I'm Ky, a Kairu Champion. I race around the world to find a powerful energy known as Kairu. Not long ago, Lokar unleashed a power called Shadow Kairu. After going on a journey, I found Prism Kairu, a force I thought had the power to change Shadow Kairu back into normal Kairu. After using it, instead of turning all the Shadow Kairu back, it only worked on Kairu that had already been found. The rest of it transformed into something not Shadow or Pure Kairu. This new Gray Kairu changes from good to bad depending on who has it. Lokar also has a new team of E-Teens that have a type of move called a Violet Move, which increases their Kairu strength during a battle. With the odds stacked against us, we have to press on to fight Lokar and save the world from him and his Dark Teams. My quest is to save the world from Lokar by conquering all types of Kairu, and to one day ascend to the level of

REDAKAI!

Sara was lying on the ground, but then opened her eyes. She looked around as she stood up.

"Where am I? This isn't my room."

"Why, you're in my lair of course." Her eyes widened. She turned around and saw Lokar, sitting on his throne. She glared at him.

"Who are you, and why am I here?!" He laughed.

"My name is Lokar, but you may call me Master Lokar. You're here to serve me as a member of Team Femmicore." Her glared intensified as defiance also came upon her face.

"No way am I gonna serve you! Boomer told me all about you, so my answer is no!" Lokar laughed again.

"You don't have a choice! You should be very careful whom you talk about when unknown ears are listening." He held up his hand and a circle of a scene appeared. In it were three people in a cage, Jeremy, a boy Sara's age with brown hair and brown eyes, and another girl her age, with short black hair and brown eyes. Sara's face changed from anger and defiance to shock and worry.

"Jeremy! Paul! Lexi!" her face returned to it's look of anger and defiance. "Let them go!" Lokar laughed once more.

"You really think you can get me to let them go so easily?! You now have two choices! Serve me, or destroy them!" He started closing his other hand, and the cage started getting smaller. As they screamed, Sara fell to her knees.

"Alright! I'll do it!" He smiled evilly.

"You'll do what?" She sighed.

"I'll serve you…Master Lokar." He smiled.

"Good." He threw a belt identical to Rueth and Mae's, along with an X-Reader that was brown and white (mostly brown). "This is your X-Reader. You'll be training with Rueth and Mae in the morning, and you'll learn all of the rules of the Kairu Code. And, here's a little something for you" he tossed her golden ring to her, "I'm honestly not sure if it enhanced your Kairu abilities, or if that was all on your own, but just in case, I want you to have it." Zair appeared behind her. "You'll follow Zair to where your new room is." She nodded.

"Yes…Master Lokar." Zair started walking away, and Sara followed behind her. Lokar smiled.

"With my new team, Ky and the rest of Team Stax won't be able to stop them. It'll be a while before Team Femmicore can do another mission while they're training Sara, but I always have everything planned out."

Ky was outside, practicing his combat skills while his teammates looked on without him knowing. Maya looked concerned.

"He hasn't stopped practicing for three days straight, short of eating and sleep. It's not healthy. He's going to bed a few hours later and getting up even more hours earlier. It's like he can't think about anything else." Boomer nodded.

"I don't think he can. Even if Sara hadn't intervened, we would've lost that battle. That Poison Pollen Powder attack was pretty powerful, and took us down for the count. He probably thinks it was because he didn't do enough training that it happened."

"You are quite correct in how Ky is thinking Boomer." They turned around.

"Master Boaddai!" He nodded towards his kinda-sorta-granddaughter.

"That attack was indeed very powerful, and only someone who has been training as long as you or Ky would have the ability to control it. She must've been training with Lokar nearly all her life." Maya shook her head.

"That doesn't make any sense. If Lokar had two E-Teens that were so powerful, why wouldn't he send them on quests? They may be one member short, but even with the missing member, they nearly beat us." Master Boaddai had a wondering look on his face.

"I am wondering about that too. But now is not the time for such things. I've detected a Kairu deposit somewhere in the Savanna. You need to go get it." Keema walked up to them.

"Can I go along too? I want to see if I'm cut out for being a Kairu Warrior!" Master Boaddai looked a bit concerned.

"Um, not today Keema. Perhaps you can train with Team Tiro, and learn with them rather than going on a mission with Team Stax. Besides, I'm sure Mookee can handle helping them the way he usually does." Master Boaddai then looked towards Ky. "Ky, have you heard any of what I've just said?" Ky stopped, panting a little.

"No, sorry Master B. What'd you say?"

"There's a Kairu deposit somewhere in the Savanna. I want you to go and get it." He nodded.

"Alright then." He turned towards Boomer and Maya. "Let's go guys." They nodded as they all headed towards the X-Scaper. Keema smiled at Master Boaddai.

"So, when do I start?"

Three shadowed figures of three very familiar E-Teens stood in front of Lokar.

"You all know that after your failure in the Kairu Tournament, I banished you from my presence due to your complete and total failure. I told you to never return to my presence. However, things have changed and I am need of you again. I have summoned you to give you another chance. In light of Team Hiverax's betrayal, even if you annoy me, I at least know you would not betray my trust." A very familiar voice was heard from the silhouette of a boy with one arm much larger than the other.

"Don't worry Master Lokar, we won't fail you." Lokar nodded.

"Good. I'm sensing a Kairu deposit in the Savanna desert. Go and bring me the relic." They all nodded and spoke at the same time.

"Yes Master Lokar." They disappeared, and Lokar laughed evilly.

Ky looked back towards Mookee as they left the ship.

"You're sure that the air conditioning is working this time, right?" Mookee nodded.

"Yes, I'm positive I won't get too hot. Now go on! I'm sure you'll get the Kairu this time!" Boomer nodded.

"Don't worry, we will!" They closed the doors. Maya closed her eyes.

"The Kairu is this way," she pointed in a direction, "and it's really close." Ky nodded.

"Then we'll have to get there before Team Femmicore or anyone else does." He started running towards where Maya had pointed, while she and Boomer just looked at each other. Maya looked concerned.

"He just assumed that Lokar is sending Team Femmicore. That loss is really affecting him." Boomer nodded.

"Yeah. He's just can't get it out of his head. But, we'd better catch up with him, or else he'll end up fighting all alone." They ran off towards him, but Ky had other thoughts in his head other than his loss.

"Who was that girl? Rueth just seemed so familiar. She threw witty one-liners at me like I do with my opponents, and she fought like how I would fight," in Ky's mind, the events of three days ago were flashing through his head, "she was also really strict about the Kairu Code with her teammate, and seemed genuinely concerned for Sara when she used the Kairu in the ring. She seems to good to be evil, so why does she work for Lokar? None of this adds up." Unknown to him, Maya was trying to get his attention.

"Ky. Ky! KY!" He finally stopped and looked back. Maya and Boomer were soaked in sweat. Ky looked a bit surprised.

"Sorry guys! Didn't realize I was going too fast." Maya and Boomer finally caught up. Boomer had his hands on his knees.

"Next time, don't zone out while we're running."

"Well, if it isn't Team Stax!" Maya's eyes widened.

"I know that voice, but it can't be!" They turned around. "Zylus?!" Yes, Team Battacor, consisting of Zylus, Rynoh, and Bash, were back once again. Zylus had his arms crossed and was smirking at them.

"Did you miss us Team Stax? Honestly, not being banished from Lokar's presence for so long was so boring, so I'm declaring a Kairu Challenge!" They all got into position. Bash looked pretty excited.

"Finally something to do! Sitting around for a year has been so boring! I missed being an E-Teen!" Ky smirked.

"Well, if you really missed us kicking your butts that badly, then Challenge Accepted!" The sky changed as they all stacked up. Zylus pulled out his X-Reader and grabbed two X-Drives from a wheel.

"MAGNOX!" Magnox appeared behind him. Bash pulled two X-Drives from a wheel over his X-Reader.

"DRUDGER!" Drudger appeared behind Bash. Rynoh also pulled out two X-Drives from his own X-Reader.

"SPYKOR!" Spykor appeared behind Rynoh. Ky pulled out his own X-Reader.

"METANOID!" Metanoid appeared behind Ky. Maya got out her X-Reader.

"HARRIER!" Harrier appeared behind her. Boomer got out his X-Reader.

"FROZTOK!" Froztok appeared behind Boomer. All six people of both teams were ready to battle. Zylus smiled.

"Since we're the challengers, I claim the first moves! MAGNETIC TORNADO!" Ky and Maya just barely managed to leap back and dodge it. Maya raised her arms.

"FEATHER DAGGERS!" Rynoh Leaped back to avoid her Feather Dagger attack. He smirked.

"NEURO BLAST!" Boomer managed to dodge it, then lifted up his arms.

"HAILSTORM!" He sent it at all of Team Battacor, and they were all knocked over. Zylus rubbed his head, but was smirking.

"This is even more fun than I remember!" He stood up. "MAGNA SLAM!" Ky barely managed to dodge it, but he recovered to get out an attack.

"PLASMA CLAW!" A red claw shot at Zylus, knocking him over. Bash face Boomer.

"DEBRIS HARVEST!" Boomer barely dodged it before using his own attack.

"STAR SMASH!" Boomer's attack easily took out bash. Maya smirked at Rynoh.

"Looks like you're the last one left. Next time, do a little more training before coming to face us again. You guys have gotten soft from doing nothing for a year. SCREECH STUNNER!" That last attack took out Rynoh by knocking him over. The sky reverted back to normal as Team Stax high-fived each other. Ky smiled.

"Looks like Team Battacor should've stay home in bed." Boomer nodded.

"Yeah. Now let's go. We've still got some Kairu to find." They ran off. Zylus stood up, looking angry.

"I can't believe that just happened!" Rynoh sat up.

"It's probably because we're thinking that our opponents are each other. We haven't trained with anyone but ourselves in a long time. We really are out of shape." Bash nodded.

"But now that we've face Team Stax once again, we should be getting used to battle again." Zylus nodded, smirking.

"And when we face Team Stax again, we won't lose!"

Zair was leading Sara to where she would start her training. Sara looked at Zair.

"So, why do you work with Lokar?" Zair rolled her eyes.

"Because my brother is an idiot. His name is Zane, and he got himself kicked out of Master Boaddai's monastery. He pretty much begged me to help him out, and you know," she turned her head around and smirked at her, "being bad isn't so bad after all." Sara nodded.

"I know what you mean, at least with the brother thing. My little brother Jeremy gets himself into so much trouble. He pulls pranks all the time and doesn't like to do his homework." Zair nodded, smiling.

"Zane did a lot of that, except those pranks were more like cheating, and he neglected his Kairu principles for combat training."

"Just like Jeremy with playing video games instead of homework!" They started laughing about that. "You know Zair, you're not so bad, for a bad guy that is." Zair blushed a little.

"Don't talk about it, okay?" Sara nodded.

"You got it." They stopped. Zair pointed at a door.

"The rest of your team is out there. There's something that bugs me about them being here though." Sara raised an eyebrow.

"Why?" Zair sighed.

"I've been here with my brother for over 5 years. We all knew about the other E-Teens, short of this one called the Hiverax, but they were on an alien planet, and they were robots. But Rueth and Mae, they've been here for longer than any of the other E-Teens. The rest of us didn't even know they existed until four days ago, so why tell us about them now? And why did Lokar wait so long to use them? Most importantly, why were there only two of them until you got here? None of it adds up." Sara thought about it.

"I'm not sure about that either. You're right in that it doesn't add up. But, you do realize you're thinking like a good guy, right?" Zair immediately blushed.

"Just, just don't mention it to anyone, got that?!" Sara smiled and nodded.

"I promise, I won't mention that you're truly good at heart." She pushed the doors open and went through. Rueth and Mae were waiting for her. Rueth smiled and held out her hand.

"I'm not sure what Master Lokar did or said to convince you to join us, but welcome to the team." Sara faked a smile and shook Rueth's hand.

"It's nice to be here," she said, but inside she was thinking, "doesn't she know why I'm here at all? Why is it that Zair knew about why I was here, but not Rueth, my team leader? A lot of things just don't add up around here, like Zair said." She let go of Rueth's hand. Mae held out hers, giggling.

"We'll have lots of fun together, I promise." Sara smiled.

"I'm sure we will," but she was really thinking, "this chick is really creepy, and quite possibly insane." Rueth smiled.

"Let's get to work. Before you can use Kairu, you have to know the Kairu Code." She sat down with her legs crossed and motioned for Sara to do the same, who did so. "The first and most important part of the Kairu Code is to never fight an unwilling opponent."

Mookee smiled as he sat in the cooled environment of the X-Scaper.

"Ah, this is so nice!" Then, he started shivering a little. "Okay, a little bit too cold, but not that bad!" Then, it got really cold. "I guess I'll have to turn down the AC a little bit." He turned a nob. A few minutes later, he was wrapping himself up in blankets while going through the X-Scaper's circuitry. "Okay, last time it was too hot, but no matter how far back I turn you, even to the point of turning on the heat coils, you won't stop making everything freeze in here! Come on, we've been through so much stuff together, the least you can do is not put me in an early hibernation!"

Ky looked towards Maya.

"How close are we to the Kairu?" Maya smiled.

"We're almost there." Soon, they saw a shepherd's staff that was glowing blue. Ky smiled as he took out his X-Reader.

"Well then, let's drain the Kairu out of this baby and head back home."

"Not so fast Team Stax!" Ky turned and saw Team Battacor behind him. He smirked.

"Ready to get beaten again already? I thought once was enough for today, don't you think?" Zylus smirked.

"You beat us the first time, but this time we're ready, understand? Kairu Challenge!" Ky's smirk didn't go away.

"Challenge Accepted!" As the sky changed, they all stacked up.

"MAGNOX!"

"SPYKOR!"

"DRUDGER!"

"METANOID!"

"FROZTOK!"

"HARRIER!" Ky's hands glowed red.

"PLASMA CLAW!" He aimed the attack at Zylus, who quickly managed to doge it.

"MAGMA SLAM!" He sent the attack right at Ky, hitting him square in the chest.

"Okay, so maybe you're not as out of shape as I had originally thought from our earlier battle, but I'm not gonna quit!" Boomer nodded.

"And what's a better way to attack than with BLIZZARD AXES?!" She threw both of them at Rynoh, who barely managed to dodge them.

"SPYKOR!" Rynoh fully transformed into his preferred monster. "You know what, that's not a bad idea. BLIZZARD AXES!" Rynoh used the attack against Boomer, who narrowly dodged them.

"Guess I'm gonna have to go FROZTOK!" He fully transformed into Froztok. "BOREALIS BLAST!" He sent a rainbow of color surrounded by red at Rynoh, who got knocked over from it. Maya smiled as she face bash.

"I guess now's as good of a time as any to suit up. HARRIER!" She fully transformed into Harrier. "WHIRLWIND!" She sent a blue tornado at Bash, who got knocked over by it.

"Okay, you want to play rough? Well, I play much rougher! DRUDGER!" He transformed into his monster. "OIL SLICK!" The attack hit Maya's feet, and she wasn't able to move her feet from her spot. She just smiled.

"That's alright. I don't need to walk to use FEATHER DAGGERS!" Drudger couldn't avoid them as the attack hit him in several places. Ky smiled.

"I guess I should go with the flow. METANOID!" He transformed into his main monster. Zylus smiled.

"Now this is a good challenge! MAGNOX!" He fully transformed into his favorite monster. "BONE CRUSHER!" Ky managed to dodge the attack by jumping backwards and easily recovered.

"PLASMA SWORD!" He threw the red sword at Zylus, who knocked the attack to the side with his arm.

"You're gonna have to do better than that Ky! SONIC SLAP!" The attack hit Kai in the chest, but he easily got up after receiving the hit.

"You guys can't beat us that easily! HYPER HURRICANE!" The attack sent Zylus flying, and made him transform back into his normal form. Boomer smiled at Rynoh.

"Well, this is the end of the line. STAR SMASH!" The green attack hit Rynoh dead in the chest, making him fall back and turn back into his normal form. Maya held up her arms.

"You know how this goes Bash. WIND BLAST!" The attack hit Bash and made him turn into his normal form after being sent flying. Team Stax high-fived each other once again. Ky smiled.

"And that's how you kick Battacor butt. Now let's get the Kairu." Zylus glared at Ky.

"You may have won it this time, but we'll get it next time!" They quickly left. The rest turned towards the staff. They held out their X-Readers. The Kairu danced in the sky as it came out before going into their X-Readers. Maya smiled.

"I got a great new Red Attack, Ram Horns!" Boomer pumped his fist up a little.

"Sweet! Mine's a new Blue Attack, Shepherd's Guard." Ky nodded.

"And I got a Green Attack, Sheep Stampede! Well, we should probably go back home now."

While Keema trained with Team Tiro, Master Boaddai was talking with Connor.

"Are you sure about this?" Connor nodded.

"Yes. I'm positive, well, as positive as I can be without seeing it for myself. If they ever get a chance, I'll go along with them and determine if it's true or not. But you can't tell anyone else about it, not even Ky. I don't want him to get his hopes up, only to later find out I was wrong the entire time. But, if it's true, then I may be a bit happy, but I'm still very concerned at the same time. I want it to be true, but at the same time, I hope it isn't." Master Boaddai nodded.

"I'm not surprised, especially after what happened. And especially not with where she is right now."

Ky walked into the X-Scaper and started rubbing his arms.

"Mookee, what'd you do to the place?!" Mookee was in his nest and as he spoke, he sounded like he was yawning.

"The AC won't go down at all. I turned up the heat coils, but that didn't work." Boomer looked under the panel.

"This wire is just touching another." He moved it. "There, that should work." The X-Scaper instantly felt warmer. Mookee came out of his nest as he felt the heat.

"Thank goodness for that! Now, can someone help me clean up the kitchen?" Everybody started laughing. "What?"

"Do you understand all the rules of the Code?" Sara nodded.

"Yeah. I must say, it's quite an honorable Code. And you follow it?" Rueth nodded.

"Breaking the Kairu Code is one of the worst things a Kairu Warrior can do. The Code is there for a reason, and it's to protect the Warriors and those around them. Evil or good, we must keep the Code. Lokar punishes those who break the Code very severely. But," Rueth stood up, "since you now know the Kairu Code, we've gotta start training. Let's hope you catch on quickly. I liked my first victory, and I don't want to have to wait too long for another because you aren't trained." She pulled out her X-Reader. "These ones are monsters, and these ones are Red Attacks, or strength ones."

Opponents like Team Battacor can be really tough, but when you go a long time without fighting, you're just not used to it anymore. When that happens, it's smart to use Green Attacks, or Speed Attacks, because even though they're not as strong, they're really fast and a lot harder to dodge than a Blue or Red Attack.

Next Time on Redakai: The Dark Team

After finding Kairu on the island of Madagascar, Team Stax has to face off against one of it's fiercest rivals, Team Radikor! While Keema trains with Team Tiro, Sara herself trains to be an E-Teen with Rueth and Mae, but will Sara ever figure it all out? Will Zair understand why Lokar kept Team Femmicore hidden for so long? Will Ky figure out what bugs him so much about Rueth? Will Connor's theory be revealed? Will Mookee actually make something edible? Find out in the next episode of Redakai: The Dark Team Episode 3 The Web of Lies!