Me: My dinos, I have here possible the last chapter I'll be posting until 2019. I'm sorry for the long wait, this month has been busy for me. I've had to work long hours for the holidays, I had to perform at two choir concerts, AND I had to celebrate my birthday. So yeah, my life is usually busy this time of year. But without further ado, let's read!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything of Dinosaur King
In Fukui, The D-Team have joined Dr. Taylor's expedition to observe dinosaur fossils. Right now, workers were digging up skeletons and examining footprints as the others watch from a tent. "Thanks again for letting us come with, dad." Max said.
"I've heard how many Fukuiraptor and Fukuisaurus fossils have been excavated here, but none have been complete skeletons." Meena says.
"That may be true, Meena." Dr. Taylor said, looking upon the partial Fukuisaurus skeleton in front of him, "But we've never had a specimen as complete as this one."
"It looks so cute." Zoe said.
"What I've learned from Meena about this dinosaur is that it's a herbivore and was a fast runner." Max said, "What else do we know?"
"Well, we should be able to get more detail from Dr. Owen when we bring the fossils to Kyoto." Dr. Taylor said.
The D-Team was confused with Dr. Taylor's answer. "Why travel all the way to Kyoto when you two can just meet up here?" Amy asks.
Dr. Taylor hesitates as he tries to explain to the kids, "Well, um...Kyoto University has better facilities, that's it,...yeah. Now Dr. Owen should be arriving soon, let's get to the car and head to Kyoto. C'mon, kids!" Dr. Taylor heads off to the car, leaving everyone confused but Max who was unimpressed. "Dad is clearly hiding something." He said.
"Well, at least we get a free trip to Kyoto." Amy said as the others head off to the car.
"I doubt it'll go well." Rex said, "I heard that Ursula and the others are in Kyoto too, All I hope is that dad doesn't know she's there."
In the background, a crane has set a pallet of rocks onto a flatbed truck that just so happens to contain a card capsule on top.
Outside of a giant glass building, Dr. Owen and Patrick were walking around the university. "Here we are Patrick, Kyoto." Dr. Owen said. But Patrick questions Dr. Owen, "Uh, shouldn't we be getting to the excavation site?"
"Owen, you old goat!"
Dr. Owen looks to see Dr. Taylor has arrived with the D-Team. "They let you in?!" Dr, Owen jokingly gasps.
"Dug up anything new?!" asks Dr. Taylor before they both answer, "Only just this funny bone, yeah!" Then the two began to do their dance as Smokey joins in on dancing.
'Eeeny, meeny, miney, moe, catch a dino by the toe! Take his fossils home for a show, and then you put him in a fossil show! D-I-N-O, spells dino! Spells dino, Yeah!'
The others didn't know what to think of the dance the two doctors did for it was that embarrassing. Even the other dinosaurs were embarrassed that Smokey danced along to that. "Yip yip yip (Must Smokey really dance along to that)?" Stone said.
As the two finished the song, they lean backwards as Dr. Owen says, "How're you doing, Rex?"
Rex puts on a smile and replies, "I'm doing fine, dad."
"Well, in that case, shall we head to that place you told me about?" Dr. Owen asked while flashing a creepy smile. Dr. Taylor hushes Dr. Owen, "Not so loud, remember the kids are here."
"He wouldn't happen to be talking about geishas, would he, dad?" Max asked as he glares at his father. The girls were unimpressed as they too glare at the shys away now extremely embarrassed of his father's ambition for today.
"Yes, but not for me son!" Dr. Taylor explains quickly, "The geishas of Kyoto are famous worldwide, and I wanted to introduce them to Dr. Owen."
During the explanation, a geisha walks right past the two doctors as Dr. Owen starts to leap after her while saying, "Oh, there's one now!" This causes Dr. Taylor to fall to the ground. He then gets back up and calls out, "Hey, wait for me!"
Rex sighs as Patrick reminds him, "You know how badly Dr. Owen wants to find a mother for you, Rex."
"It's sweet that Dr. Owen wants to get a mom for you, Rex." Meena says, "But I feel like this is taking things a bit too far."
"How's about you kids go do some sightseeing while Smokey and I show Dr. Owen one of Japan's national treasures? Haa, you know." Dr. Taylor nervously chuckles, "Well, see ya. Come along, Smokey!" Then, Dr. Taylor chases after Dr. Owen as Smokey follows, " Roooar (Wait for me)! Rooar (I've got small legs)!"
"Dad, wait up!" Max calls out to his father.
"Hey! Wait for me too!" Patrick said a he too chases after the two doctors.
"Come back, my love!" Dr. Owen calls out to the geisha.
"Dr. Owen, you need me!" Dr. Taylor calls out as Patrick adds, "He needs me, too!" The rest of the D-Team looked unimpressed as Max mumbles while shaking his head, "Oh boy." On the other hand, a couple of the chibi dinosaurs were having a field day as they couldn't help but laugh at the situation. "Yap yap yap yap (I know this is mean, but it's too darn funny not to laugh)!" Chomp said, continuing to laugh.
"Grroowl (Eh, some people don't know how to handle love)." Ace said as he and Sky snuggle close together.
Over in another location of the university, the truck from the digsite in Fukui has arrived to Kyoto. As workers were lowering the pallets to the ground, the card capsule fall from one of the pallets and tumbles into a patch of grass while also cracking open.
Then the cards are activated.
The dinosaur that appears to be a small iguanodont. It's has a tan underbelly, and is green with a lime green square pattern. This dinosaur is the exact same species as the ones from the digsite, a Fukuisaurus.
Once activated, the people around began to panic as the dinosaur runs off.
"I can't believe Dr. Taylor brought us all the way to Kyoto just to ditch us." Zoe said, carrying Paris in her pink sash.
"Well, it could be worse." Amy says, "I'm glad right now we're not in a dinosaur fight against Rod and Laura."
"Hey, guys!"
The D-Team recognizes the voice calling for them. The team looks up ahead to see the Alpha trio up ahead. By the looks of it, the trio appears to have been having an eventful day. Ursula was now dressed in a geisha robe while riding in a rickshaw that's being pulled by Ed, and Zander was carrying Lily in a baby carrier. "Zander." Max says as the trio catches up to everyone, "Glad to see you."
"Hi, Lily." Zoe cooed, tickling her niece as Lily giggles. Then Zoe asks Zander, "Where's Corey?"
"Oh he's now feeling all that well, so Reese is home taking care of him." he replies.
The others were still looking at the rickshaw Ed and Ursula had while Ed was trying to catch his breath. "What's with the rickshaw?" Rex asks.
"Ursula...bribed me...to pull...the rickshaw… around...to shop...for her...geisha...wardrobe." Ed gasps for air, "Too tired...need food..and water…"
"We'll get you some later, Ed." Ursula tells her brother before looking back at her comrades, "Right now, we've got a problem. A dinosaur has appeared in the area not too long ago."
"What?!" The D-Team exclaims.
"Indeed, and we better hurry and find it before Dr. Z and the others do." Zander says.
Elsewhere, Dr. Taylor, Smokey, Dr. Owen, and Patrick were watching a geisha dance while enjoying some food. Apparently, Dr. Owen has downed a few too many drinks and is now drunk. "So beautiful, and so elegant!" he said, "oh my! Yay!"
"Dr. Owen, indoor voices." Dr. Taylor reminds Dr. Owen.
"Oops, my bad." he said.
Smokey watched as the geisha dance, he huffs, "Roooar (Bet she can't dance as well as me)."
"I can't seem to get ahold of my dad." Max said, all while he and the others were in search of the dinosaur. Rex was also trying to contact his dad, but with no luck. "Our dads must of turned of their cell phones."
Once Ursula heard 'our dads', she began to panic. "Are you saying Dr. Owen is here too?!"
"Well yeah, but-"
"Then I say we leave them be! I'm not wanting to be chased around by Dr. Owen today." Ursula declares, "Hoof it Ed, we're going. Now!"
"Okay." Ed groans as he pulls the rickshaw.
In an alleyway, a geisha was walking alongside an elderly woman. Fukuisaurus was running behind them as it notices the hairpin in the geisha's hair. So, the dinosaur pulls the hairpin out.
"Huh?" Feeling something taking her hairpin, the geisha and elderly woman turn around to see Fukuisaurus. The two scream as the iguanodont hightails it out of the alleyway.
Over at Zeta Point, Dr. Z was hard at work with repairing Helga after his grandchildren have returned her. Right now, Dr. Z was welding a few components together in Helga's chest as Rod and Laura enter. "So how's it going repairing Helga, grandpa?" Rod asks.
"It could be going better." Dr. Z replies while lifting his welding helmet up, "All of her circuits are fried and a couple of her gears have been bashed. It may take me days to repair Helga to what she once was."
Laura asks, "Will she still remember us?"
"Of course she will, there's no need to worry about that." Dr. Z said, tussling Laura's hair, "But I'm still surprised as to how most of her circuits are frie, that Pentaceratops couldn't of done something like that. By any chance, do either of you two know of anything else that had happened to her?" The two shake their head no. "Alright, now you two go back to studying while I continue the repairs." Dr. Z said.
But that's when the three hear something. Dr. Z takes out his Alpha scanner and says, "Another one of my dinosaurs has appeared!"
Rod and Laura were surprised as Rod asks Dr. Z, "Where's the dinosaur?"
"Ooh, it's in Kyoto! The city of famous geishas." Dr. Z gushed. Rod and Laura were confused with Dr. Z's mood.
"Are you okay, grandpa?"
Dr. Z blushed, embarrassed by how he acted while his grandchildren were still around. "I'm fine, Laura. But right now, it's time to gnab that dinosaur!" He said, "I'll also be accompanying you two for the dinosaur, since now that we have enough dinosaurs."
"Sounds good to me" Rod said, giving a thumbs up.
Laura cheers, "Yay! Grandpa's joining us on a mission."
"Indeed." Dr. Z said, "Now then, let's get going!"
Back in Kyoto, one geisha was showing her skills in from of an instructor. She was doing well, until she trips and falls to the ground during her instructor stops the music and is disappointed with the geisha, "Shino! You are much too clumsy!"
Shino looks up and apologizes, "I'm sorry."
"To perform the traditional dance of the geisha, you must show elegance and grace. Something that you lack." The instructor told Shino, "Maybe you should give this up."
"Oh, no. No." Shino pleads.
The instructor turns her back and leaves while saying, "Perhaps you should go home now before you trip and break something."
"No!" But Shino's plead fell upon deaf ears.
Later, Shino is seen crying in the alleyway as the D-Team and Alpha trio walk right on by as they notice the crying geisha. "Ignore her." Ursula says, "We need to find the dinosaur."
"Ursula, that's not nice!" Zander scolds. So ignoring Ursula, the team walks up to see if they could help.
Meena asks the geisha, "Excuse us ma'am, are you alright?"
"No." Shino shook her head.
"Have you seen a dinosaur by any chance?" Max asks.
Shino was confused, she stops crying and get up while asking, "Dinosaur? Why would you ask that?" Now completely unaware, Fukuisaurus sneaks up from behind and takes Shino's hairpin. Feeling something going after her hairpin, Shino turns around and gasps along with the others as she falls to the ground.
"No way, a Fukuisaurus!" Rex said as he identified the dinosaur.
"Hurry, before it gets away!" Ursula said as she tries to chase the iguanodont.
As the others follow, Shino was still in shock as she wonders, "Why would a dinosaur want my hairpin?"
The team makes it to the end of the alley only to find out that Fukuisaurus has vanished. "Wow, for a little guy Fukuisaurus can get away fast." Ed said.
"But the question now is where did he go?" Amy says.
The group then heads back to Shino who was dusting herself off. "Feeling any better?" Zoe asks.
"Much better now." Shino chuckles, "I'm Shino."
"Hi, I'm Max. These are my friends, Rex, Zoe, Meena, Amy, Ursula, Zander, Ed, and little Lily." Max introduced everyone, "And we're gonna get you're hairpin back."
"Oh, that's quite alright." Shoni says, turning depressed again.
"You don't want your hairpin back?" Amy asked.
There's no use, the dinosaur must of sensed that I will not be using it anymore." Shino says.
Rex asks, "What do you mean, Shino?"
"My teacher has called me clumsy and says I do not have what it takes to become a geisha." Shino explains.
"Was that why you were crying?" Ed asked.
Shino nods before burying her face into her hand and sobs some more, "Oh what am I thinking? Chasing after a crazy dream!"
The others felt sorry for Shino as she continues to cry. Then Meena begins to urge Shino to not give up. "Shino, don't let someone else take away your dreams." She says, "My mother has told me if you fall, you get back up again! You prove to them you have what it takes to become a geisha."
"Yeah!" Max cheers, "We'll get you your hairpin back, I promise!"
Shino looks up from crying, "Really?"
"Trust us, Shino." Zoe says, "When Max says he'll do something, he won't stop till he does."
"Especially if it involves food." Ursula whispers to Zander and Ed, in which both brothers quietly giggle. "You can count on all of us, Shino." Zander says as he looks to his daughter, "Isn't that right, Lily?"
Lily takes her thumb out of her mouth, raises both hands in the air and says, "Bah bah-ah!"
Inside of a room, piles of shiny objects laid scattered across the room. Fukuisaurus was near the pile as the dinosaur places Shino's hairpin on top of it, adding another shiny object to its collection.
Flying above a bridge, Dr. Z and his grandchildren were on their way to Kyoto. "We're just coming up to Kyoto, grandpa." Rod says as he and Laura flew the aircraft.
"Excellent! Find a safe place to land, and then we'll find that dinosaur." Dr. Z says before whispering, "And maybe I can find some geishas for myself."
"Did you say something, grandpa?" Laura asks.
Dr. Z lies, "Oh nothing, Laura. Just talking to myself, you know that's what happens at my age sometimes."
Rod and Laura look to each other and shrug before returning to flying as Dr. Z sighs in relief. 'Maybe it's best to find geishas after capturing the dinosaur.' He thought to himself.
With the heroes, Shino was finishing talking to some of the other geishas as she bows before the other geishas walked away. "This is strange." She tells the others, "The other geishas have lose their hairpins as well."
"Why steal a hairpin?" Ursula wonders before snarking, "What's Fukuisaurus going to do, pawn it for money?" Zander and Ed look at her questionably as Lily laughs while clapping at her aunt. Ursula then says, "At least someone likes my sense of humor."
By one of the rivers, Dr. Z and his grandchildren have landed. "Perfect landing." Rod said.
"My my, you two are so smart you surprise even me." Dr. Z compliments Rod and Laura, "Now then, let's find the dinosaur."
"Grandpa! Look up there!"
Dr. Z looks up to where Laura was pointing and sees the D-Team and the Alpha trio walking across the bridge. His blood began to boil as he saw his three children. "Oh great, just what we needed!" Dr. Z complains, "Those brats and those three nincompoops must be after the dinosaur too."
"Should we call our dinosaurs out?" Rod asks.
Dr. Z was about to say yes, when he suddenly gets an idea.
"No. In fact, I have an idea." Dr. Z said, slyly smiling, "You two use your scooters to locate the dinosaur first. Otherwise, I'll follow them to the dinosaur. Understood?"
The two nod, "Yes, sir."
"I think I better call my dad for back up." Max said, making ursula turn pale. She pleads, "No, please! You know your dad's with Dr. Owen. Don't do this to me!"
"We got no other choice." Rex tells her, "And who knows, maybe Dr. Taylor has seen the dinosaur." Then, Ursula whines in defeat as she lays back into her seat.
"Next time, leave some tea and cookies for the rest of us." Dr. Taylor says to the drunken Dr. Owen, who was staggering out of the restaurant. Smokey adds, "Roar (Yeah)! Roooar (I didn't even get a cookie at all)!"
"It's no wonder you're sick." Patrick said.
By now, Dr. Taylor hears his phone going off and picks up the call. "Huh-oh, hello Max." He says. Dr. Taylor listens to his son before he exclaims, "What, there's a dinosaur in Kyoto?!"
"Let's go!" Dr. Owen said.
In another part of town, a golden box stood alone covered in shiny decor. This attracts Fukuisaurus as it takes the golden peacock atop of the box and makes its way back to its hideout of shiny treasures.
Not far away, The others were waiting for Dr. Taylor and Dr. Owen to arrive. "Everyone!" Dr. Taylor calls out, "What kind of dinosaur are we dealing with?"
"A Fukuisaurus." Meena said.
"We tried to chase him, but he got away somehow." Zoe adds.
"Huh. So we got that right, Fukuisaurus does run fast." Dr. Taylor said, "Guess what, Dr. Owen?" But Dr. Owen was not behind him, only Patrick. "Dr. Owen?"
"I've never seen such beauty!" Dr. Owen said, still a bit tipsy while taking Shino's hand.
"So did this girl have her hairpin stolen, Max?" Dr. Taylor asks his son, who nods in response, "Mm-hmm."
"Not only hairpins, but many mirrors and other shiny objects have been taken." Zander tells Dr. Taylor.
Dr. Taylor then calls out to his friend, "Hey, Dr. Owen! Do you thin Fukuisaurus could be stealing all this stuff?"
Dr. Owen soon gets serious and begins to explain, "Well birds have been thought to be descendants of dinosaurs, and some bird tend to be attracted to shiny objects and put them in their nests."
"What good is a hairpin?" Amy asked.
"Well, human being aren't the only creature who are attracted to beautiful objects." Dr. Owen said while grabbing Shino's hand again, "Isn't that right, Shino?" Shino giggled in embarrassment.
"Hmm, I wonder if Fukuisaurus is trying to attract a mate?" Meena thought out loud, "Then maybe that would explain why it's collecting so many shiny objects."
"It's a possibility." Rex said, "Whatever the reason, we better stop it before he gets into some serious mischief."
"Agreed." Dr. Taylor said, "By the way, what happened to your siblings Zander? I thought they were here."
"Once you-know-who found out Dr. Owen was coming, she has Ed make a break for it before you got here." Zander explained. Meanwhile, Dr. Z peeks out from behind a statue and listened to the entire conversation. "Ah, a Fukuisaurus." He said, "A perfect dinosaur to add to my dinosaur kingdom."
As the D-Team walked along a creek to find the loose dinosaur, the group stumbles upon a few friend as Dr. Owen gasps. Turns out everyone has ran into Ursula and Ed. "Oh, hey." Ursula said, unhappily.
"I assume Ed ran out of energy while trying to escape?" Zander asked while tilting his head.
Max shook his head, "You gotta do better than that, old lady."
"WILL YOU STOP CALLING ME OLD! I'M IN A GEISHA OUTFIT IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED!" She roars.
Dr. Owen seemed excited about this, "My dear Ursula a geisha?! Woo-hoo!" He then runs to hug her.
"Doctor, wait!" Patrick calls out, "She could bite and have rabies."
As Rex watched, he felt completely embarrassed as he looks away all while Zoe pats his back. Ursula knew what was about to happen, she then kicks Ed in the head and shouts, "Step on it!" Ed groans before he picks up speed and runs off as Dr. Owen follows. "Wait, my love!" Dr. Owen calls out.
"Get away from me!" Ursula yells, "Faster, Ed!"
"We better catch up to them." Zander said, "I can only imagine what'll happen if Ursula is unattended while mad."
Unaware of the group, Fukuisaurus appears trying to grab as many lightbulbs from a truck.
Upon a flight of steps, Ed continues to pull the rickshaw up the stairs for Ursula as Dr. Owen continues the chase. Ursula kept bouncing out of her seat as she says, "This isn't fun!"
"You're telling me!" Ed said.
Ursula turns around and yells back to Dr. Owen, "Why do you keep following me?!"
"Because I love you!" Dr. Owen calls out.
"Seinor, we have to go!" Patrick tries to reason, "There's a dinosaur on the loose!"
As the two ex-members of the Alpha Gang make it to a nearby building, they manage to cross paths with Fukuisaurus as Ed makes an emergency stop in front of the iguanodont. Dr. Owen gets in front of the rickshaw and warn the dinosaur, "Stay away from my love, you big oaf!"
Seizing the opportunity, Ursula tells Ed, "Let's get out of here!" Then the two were off once more. Dr. Owen notices and chases his crush again, "Ursula, wait!"
But then, Dr. Z is seen running up to the iguanodont with an Alpha scanner out and a dinosaur card in another hand "At last, I found my dinosaur!" Dr, Z said before summoning a dinosaur, "Alpha Slash! Destroy them, Saurophaganax!"
One summoned, Saurophaganax gives chase to Fukuisaurus as the rest of the D-Team follows in pursuit. "After them!" Amy said.
From behind, Dr. Taylor and Shino were having a hard time catching up. Then Dr. Taylor spots another rickshaw as Smokey hops in and says, "Roar (Shotgun)!"
"Hey Shino, over here! I can give you a ride." Dr. Taylor said.
Shino thanks the doctor, "Oh, thank you."
Saurophaganax has now chased Fukuisaurus to the top of a building. But he was tired of running, so Saurophaganax slams his tail and causes the floor to open up. Fukuisaurus fell into one of the cracks as Saurophaganax closes the distance. "Finish him off while you can, Saurophaganax!" Dr. Z calls out.
The D-Team has now made it to the fight. "Oh no, Fukuisaurus is trapped!" Meena gasps in horror.
"I'm on it!" Rex said as he summons Ace, "Dino Slash! Carnotaurus, blow them away!"
While getting out his Alpha scanner, Zander hands Spiny's card to Lily and asks, "Lily, do you want to summon Spiny for daddy?" Lily's eyes glistened in amazement, she takes the card. "Ah-bah!" She said while slashing the card and as Spiny is summoned.
"ROOAR (Batter up)!" Spiny said as he and Ace slam into Saurophaganax, causing the allosaurid to fall backwards. "Hey!" Dr. Z calls out, "No fair!"
This lets Fukuisaurus to flee as he ducks under the floorboards. Leaping from beam to beam downward, the iguanodont makes it safely to the ground before running off. "Wow! I wonder where he's off to?" Amy wondered while in awe of what Fukuisaurus just performed.
"It must have a nest where it hides things." Dr. Taylor suggested.
Max the declares, "Then Chomp and I will try to find it."
"Good." Rex nods, "We'll take care of Saurophaganax." Then the team was off again.
"You leave my precious dinosaur alone, he's got work to do!" Dr. Z yells. Saurophaganax gets back up and tries to run, but Spiny whips his tail and slams the fire dinosaur to the ground. Then comes in Ace who proceeds to jump on top of Saurophaganax many times. "Keep it up, you two!" Zander calls out.
"Faster!" Ursula orders Ed. She was still trying to get away from Dr. Owen, but now he's found a rickshaw that's being pulled by Patrick.
"Ursula, wait! Why are you trying to run away?!" Dr. Owen asks.
"Hurry, Ed! He's getting closer!"
By now Ed has come to a complete stop as he was drenched in sweat. "I'm going to die painfully." He whined. Ursula grunts, "Great, you're out of energy."
Then Patrick pulls up beside them and asks Dr. Owen, "Doctor, why are we chasing the lady and not the dinosaur?"
"Oh, well, actually, I…" Dr. Owen couldn't seem to find the right answer. But the scream in front of everyone caught their attention.
"Look! The Fukuisaurus is right in front of us!" Ursula said.
"So you see, there was a reason for my madness, right?" Dr. Owen said as he inched closer to Ursula.
"Say what?" Patrick said.
"Knock it off!" Ursula said while pushing Dr. Owen away from her, "Ed, let's capture the dinosaur!"
"I'll try." Ed replies.
"Alpha Slash! Blaze, Tyrannosaurus!"
"Alpha Slash! Shake 'em up, Saichania!"
As the three dinosaurs stare each other down, the rest of the group arrives as does Rod and Laura on their scooters. Tank goes to strike with her club, but Fukuisaurus jumps up and slams into Tank. She tumbles far back and is now stuck upside down.
"Neck Crusher, Terry!" Ursula commanded as she slashed the move card. Terry roars as he goes for Fukuisaurus. But the grass dinosaur then prepares it's attack. Fukuisaurus forms a ball of energy from it mouth before firing at Terry. "It's using Emerald Garden." Ursula said as she calls out to her dinosaur, "Terry, dodge it!" But it was too late, the ball hits Terry. As plants grew all around the Tyrannosaur his energy is slowly drained, which is then brought back to Fukuisaurus who's now restored of health.
Shino was amazed by the move card. "Oh my, what a graceful way of moving." She said, "Perhaps that dinosaur can teach me the elegance of being a geisha."
As Terry collapsed back into a card and Tank getting right side up, Fukuisaurus makes a break for it while knocking Tank back upside down. "ROOOOOAR (Hey, is that anyway to treat a lady)?!" She roars.
"There he goes again." Amy said.
"Probably heading to his hideout." Max said.
"Based on the habits we've learned of Fukuisaurus-" Dr. Taylor starts before he's interrupted by Dr. Owen who finished the sentence while hoping in the rickshaw, "No doubt it would build its nest in the brightest, shiniest place in town."
Shino then realizes where the dinosaur might have run off to, "Oh! The shiniest place in all of Kyoto is...is…"
"Golden Pavilion!"
As Ed gets Terry's card, Ursula says, "Alright we'll take a short break, and then head straight for Golden Pavilion."
"Finally, a break!" Ed said as he collapsed to the floor, however he's still hanging onto the rickshaw. This results in Ursula being flung out of her seat and crashing onto the pavement.
"Ready, Laura?" Rod asks his sister.
"Let's go." She replied. The two use their Alpha scooters and head for Golden Pavilion.
Right by the pavilion, Fukuisaurus swan in the lake towards the pavilion. Once the dinosaur enters the room with all of his treasures, Fukuisaurus decides to take a nap.
Outside, the D-Team has made it the hideout of the Fukuisaurus. "This must be the place." Dr. Taylor said.
"Good. I'll head inside and look for Shino's hairpin." Max said as he and Chomp head for the building.
"Be careful, Max!" Meena hollers.
Max replies, "I will!"
Entering the room, Max sees how messy of a room it is as he comments, "Whoa, Fukuisaurus keeps his room messier than I do." Then, something rocks the pavilion as Max and Chomp lose their balance. As Max fall into one of the piles, he ends up finding the hairpin. "Ha! Here it is!" He said while holding up the pin. Then came another powerful shake.
Outside, Saurophaganax has found the pavilion and is the one shaking it. Then arrives Dr. Z who is out of breath due to his old age as he gasps, "Good job, Saurophaganax!"
"Max needs help!" said Rex as he and Zander have made it to the others, "Ace, Spiny, go!" Spiny immediately jumps in and makes for the other side, but Ace was hesitant since he still wasn't fond of water. Feeling something rubbing against his leg, he looks down and saw Sky trying to get his attention. "Grrrowl (I know you can do it)." She said. Ace nods, after getting the encouragement he needed he dives into the water and follows Spiny.
"Destroy everything if you have to, Saurophaganax!" Dr. Z commands.
As Max makes it back outside, he sees Saurophaganax who roars at him. "Wah!" He screams as he and Chomp run for their lives.
Then the fire dinosaur was knocked down by Ace and Spiny who have now made it across the lake. The two were about to finish things off, but a green glow caught their attention. Fukuisaurus was performing Emerald Garden again, and all three dinosaurs were caught in the crossfire. Once their energy was drained, all three dinosaur collapse of exhaustion back into their cards. All three owners made their way to the cards as Dr. Z retrieves Saurophaganax. He sees the other dinosaur card and tries to retrieve them. "Those cards are mine!"
"Nope! Too slow."
Zander and Rex have gotten their card back in the nick of time. Dr. Z was furious of this as he yells, "This isn't fair! Next time, those cards will be mine you hear me!" As Dr. Z fled, Lily blows a raspberry at him as Rex and Zander laugh.
Once the rest of the team regrouped, Max returns the hairpin. "Shino, look, I found you hairpin."
Shino accepts the hairpin then notices something. Max was confused, until he turns around and saw Fukuisaurus right behind him. "Agh, back off!" He says, "That hairpin belongs to Shino!"
"It's alright, Max." Shino assures as she walks up to the dinosaur and gives him the hairpin, "I'd like him to have it." Fukuisaurus accepts it and hold the pin in his beak. Shino giggles, "Oh, yes. It suits you well."
"Are you sure?" Max asks.
"Yes, I am." Shino replies, "Thank you, Max."
But then something began to rumble, from behind Fukuisaurus was the pack of Velociraptor as they roar. Rod and Laura appear as Rod says, "That Fukuisaurus card is ours! Velociraptor pack, Final Fury!" The pack charges while each raptor glowed a different color. Fukuisaurus gives the hairpin back to Shino before trying to power up his move. But the pack was faster and they delivered a powerful blow that turn the grass dinosaur back into a card.
As the cards float to the ground, Shino picks up the Fukuisaurus card and says, "He saved me, yet he didn't even know me."
"Hand over the cards if you know what's best for you!" Rod threatens as the pack of Velociraptor roar.
Shino backs away as Max and Dr. Taylor get n front of her. "Nice try, kids. Not this time." Dr. Taylor said before taking out his dinoholder, "Let's go, Max!"
"You said it." Max says as both father and son summon their dinosaurs, "Dino Slash!..."
"Triceratops, roar!"
"Fire up, Daspletosaurus!"
The pack begins to charge for the two D-Team dinosaur. "Thunder Bazooka!" Max said, slashing his move card. Chomp leaps into the air and corkscrews into the pack of raptors surrounded by electricity as the Velociraptors are sent flying away.
"Fire Cannon!" Dr. Taylor said. Smokey charges a fireball in his mouth before firing at the pack. The shot collides with the pack as the fireball explodes and causes the Velociraptor pack to turn back into its triangular card.
"Uh, we better get going!" Laura said quickly.
"Y-Yeah." Rod agrees as the two make their escape.
By now, Ed and Ursula have caught up with the group as Ursula asks, "What did we miss?"
"Well, Rod and Laura have been defeated and we now have the Fukuisaurus card." Meena explains. Ursula and Ed smile at the good news.
"I don't get it." Shino said as everyone turn to her, "The dinosaur gave my hairpin back."
"Maybe it's a sign for you to keep working towards your dream." Zoe said.
Shino ponders for a minute, then she responds, "You know, I think you're right."
Later on that night, Shino attempts to do her dance in front of her instructor once more and does a fantastic job. Her instructor claps, amazed by the performance. "Shino, you've done it! You've demonstrated the elegance and grace of a true geisha."
"I owe it all to Max." Shino said as she looks to her friends.
Max blushed for the attention he got. "Well, I can't take all the credit." he said, "Everyone helped out majorly today, even you too Lily." Lily giggles in response. Max continues, "But what matters most is that you're following your dream."
"Yes, thank you." Shino thanked, showing a slight blush.
"And one day, you'll become a geisha." Dr. Owen said, then he turns to Ursula with a seductive look, "Maybe you'll want to become a geisha one day, my love?" Ursula puts a hand in front of his face and says, "Don't push it."
Then the flash of a camera goes off. Apparently Zoe took a picture of the two on her phone as she cooed, "Aww, what a lovely couple."
"Zoe, delete that photo!" Ursula growls as she tries to take the camera. Zoe tosses her phone and says, "Ed, catch!" Ed catches the phone as Ursula charges for him too. Then the two began to play monkey in the middle as Ursula tried desperately to get that phone as everyone else laughs. "This isn't funny!" Ursula said.
Ed jokes, "What happened to your sense of humor?"
"Gone out the window, just like you if you don't give me that phone!" She threatened.
Flying over town, Dr. Z and his grandchildren have regrouped and are now flying back to Zeta Point. The flight was silent until Rod and Laura apologize to their grandpa, "Sorry, grandpa."
"Rod, Laura, there's no need to apologize to me." He said, "I know you two do your hardest to get those cards for me, so I'm not mad at you."
"But we didn't get the cards." Laura said.
Dr. Z tells his granddaughter, "Even if you didn't get the cards, I'd still rather have you two safe from harm than to have either of you two maimed. Once we get back home, how about we have some ice cream."
"Yeah!" The two cheered as the Alpha Gang makes their way back to Zeta Point.
In his lab, Seth was working on something as lights flashed. On one of his monitors, a screen showed whatever he was creating was reaching off the charts.
Then the lights dimmed.
He pulls out what appears of be a card. As it cools down, the card appears to be a move card for the fire element dinosaurs. The picture shows of a fire dinosaur firing a huge fireball, as Set looks at it he smiles at his work.
"It's complete." He said, "Let's see how effective this card it." Seth then grabs the Alpha Acrocanthosaurus card and placed it in his pockets before he leaves the lab.
Me: Done and done. Hopefully this will satisfy you all until I post another chapter or story next year. For next time, The D-Team restores the android from Russia who has secrets the D-Team and Alpha Trio don't know, and Dr. Z will soon learn of Seth's betrayal. Until then CarnotaursMan out! :)