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!
Maya sat on top of the X-Scaper early in the morning, looking worried.
"This Gray Kairu is powerful, but it's also scary." She looked at her X-Reader. "And what's with this X-Drive? What's it supposed to mean? Did I end up getting this because I'm really-"
"SURPRISE!"
"AH!" She dropped her X-Reader. Ky quickly caught it. She looked a bit nervous, but he handed it back without looking.
"Sorry. Didn't mean to scare you." She sighed in relief.
"That's okay. I know you weren't intending to give me a heart attack." She looked up at him. "What was that for anyway?" He looked confused, but smiled.
"Oh, nothing really. Just felt like doing that." Ky looked at how she was holding her X-Reader. He sat down next to her. "Still bugged about how you didn't get as many X-Drives as me and Boomer?" She shook her head.
"No. I'm glad that at least it wasn't a Shadow Kairu X-Drive. I don't know what I'd do if it was." Ky smirked as he pulled out his own X-Reader, spinning it around.
"If it was, then I'd just use the Prism Kairu attached to Platinum Metanoid to turn it back into Pure Kairu no problem. It's not like I exhausted the Prism Kairu. It just didn't have the power to fully change the Kairu all at once. But I tested in on my X-Reader, and Master Boaddai said that it completely transformed back into Pure Kairu once he looked at the Kairu inside. There wasn't even the tiniest trace of the Gray Kairu left." Her eyes widened.
"Um, how exactly did you do that?" He smirked.
"It was easy. I just accessed it from my Platinum Metanoid X-Drive and used it on my X-Reader. I did it to Boomer's too, and it worked the same way." She turned to him, smiling.
"Do you think you could do that to my X-Reader?" He nodded.
"Sure." He went through his X-Reader and found Platinum Metanoid. "PLATINUM METANOID!" He turned to Maya. "Your X-Reader please?" She nodded and handed it over. He held his hand over her X-Reader. With a pulse of golden light from Ky's hand, her X-Reader glowed with a purely blue light. She sighed in relief as Ky let go of Platinum Metanoid's powers. She smiled at him.
"Thanks Ky!" He smiled back.
"It's no problem. I had meant to do it earlier, but we've been pretty busy lately." She nodded.
"With Sara, good or evil, I'm really not in a mood to debate that right now, on Team Femmicore, they're gonna be tough to beat. Now that we've had an actual battle with them, we know how powerful and nearly unstoppable they are. Plus, since they have those special X-Readers, they've got those powerful Violet Moves, or at least Rueth does." Ky nodded.
"Plus, the way she reacted when she had that, that, whatever it was, it was like she was having a heart attack, but then as soon as she used that Violet Move, she was better. It's really weird. Kairu's the life energy of the universe, but as far as I know, it can't heal anything, can it?" Maya shrugged.
"There are just some things that we'll never know." Ky nodded.
"But one thing I know is what today is, and I really hope that you remember what today is too." She looked confused.
"What do you mean?" He laughed.
"Come on My. You can't really forget today, can you? You of all people should be the most excited!" She shook her head.
"I can't think of anything special about today." He was keeling over with laughter.
"I'm sorry, but this is just too funny!" She glared at him.
"Ky Stax, tell me what today is right now!" He stopped laughing and smiled at her.
"I'll give you a hint. It has something to do with the number 16 and cake." She looked very puzzled.
"16? Cake?" Then, it hit her. "Wait a minute! Then that means today is-" Ky nodded.
"Yep! It's your birthday!" She was shocked.
"I thought that wasn't until tomorrow!" Ky shook his head.
"Every single calendar in the monastery says otherwise. So," he stood up, "come on down! Even if you don't want to celebrate, we're gonna anyway." He smiled at her. She smiled back as she stood up.
"Well, it is my 16th birthday. Yeah, we should celebrate." They both climbed down the side of the X-Scaper and to the ground. Down there were Master Boaddai, Boomer, Mookee, and Ekayon. All of them looked pretty happy.
"Happy birthday Maya!" She looked pretty happy, and surprised.
"You guys are awesome! And Ekayon, I didn't think you'd be here!" She hugged her friend, who hugged back.
"Think I'd miss my friend's 16th birthday? I was here for Ky's and for Boomer's, so I'm here for yours." They stopped hugging as she looked at her friends, who were also her family.
"This looks like it's shaping up to be a great day."
Lokar chuckled as he sat in his chair.
"My dear granddaughter. It seems as if you've reached your 16th year. How wonderful. This marks another year closer to you joining me." He looked up. "Rueth!" She appeared before him.
"Yes Master Lokar?"
"Has the package been delivered yet?" She nodded.
"Yes, it has." He smiled.
"And know one knows who it's from?" Rueth nodded.
"Yes, it will be unclear who sent it to everyone but the sender." He nodded.
"Excellent." She didn't dare look up.
"Forgive me for asking, but why such secrecy Master? Sneaking around isn't something that I would think one with our mission would do." He smiled down at her.
"My dear Rueth, what must be done must be done, for the greater good of the mission. Even if my methods are not what one would normally expect, as long as our goal is accomplished, then it must be done." She nodded.
"I understand Master." Lokar nodded.
"You are dismissed to go back to training Sara." She nodded.
"As you wish Master." She left. He chuckled evilly.
"My loyal little soldier. If only you knew the truth. What would happen then? But, as I am the only one who knows the full extent of the truth, only I could ruin my plans that I have for you." His evil chuckle turned into a full on evil laughter.
Maya had been sat in a chair in front of a table with a large amount of presents on it, each one with a tag attached to it. She grabbed a small box from the pile.
"It says 'Happy birthday Maya! Balistar'. Hm, I wonder what it is." She opened it up. "This is, well, um, this is something." She held up something in a glass case. It was a device that had four squares sticking out on a small wire that connected to a small rod. All the squares had one black side and one white side, and they were spinning. Maya looked at it in confusion until she found the note Balistar had left.
"Hey Maya! Sorry we can't be there, but I thought you'd like this. It's a radiometer! The faster it spins, the more radiation there is. The one you're holding works off of the radiation given by light waves. The brighter it is outside, the faster it spins! I hope you really like it!"
She smiled.
"That's pretty cool!" She put it down and grabbed another present. "Hm, 'Happy B-Day My'! I'm gonna take a wild guess and say this is Boomer's." He nodded.
"Yep! Now open it!" She nodded and ripped off the haphazardly wrapped paper. "Awesome!" She held up a book. "This is the latest and the last one in the series! They left the shelves as quickly as they went up!" Boomer smiled and nodded.
"It was really hard to get a copy, but I found it online. It got here this morning, hence why it's so badly wrapped." She smiled.
"Thanks Boomer. Now I can find out if they defeat the Insidious Humdrum once and for all." Master Boaddai's eyes widened.
"I'm very sorry to cut the celebration short, but I've just sensed a very large and very powerful Kairu deposit. As much as I regret doing this, I'm afraid you'll have to spend your birthday on a mission. I'm sorry Maya." Maya stood up.
"Don't worry. What better present than getting Kairu, plus kicking E-Teen butt?" She pounded her right fist into her left hand. Ekayon smiled.
"As awesome of a present as that would be, leave it to me. You should get to enjoy your birthday, and you shouldn't have to spend it hunting down Kairu. Leave it to me to bring back the Kairu and deliver the butt kicking to any E-Teens who try and get the Kairu." Ky shook his head.
"It's a bit dangerous. I don't know if you know, but there's a new Kairu. When we got the Prism Kairu, it only purified all of the Shadow Kairu that had already been found. The rest of the Shadow Kairu turned into Gray Kairu, which is half Shadow, half Pure. And Lokar's got a new set of E-Teens with Violet Moves. Those Moves increase the users Kairu levels in the middle of a battle." Ekayon smiled.
"You mean Team Femmicore? I've faced off against them before and I've seen their violet Moves. They're definitely tough, but last time I faced off against them, they made the mistake of surrounding me. I made them all attack each other, and they couldn't reach their X-Readers to use them, so I won the challenge. Trust me, I'll be okay." He started heading out, but Boomer grabbed his shoulder.
"Did you face three or two?" Ekayon turned back towards him.
"I faced three girls, one named Rueth, one named Mae, and the last one was called Sara. Why?" Boomer let go of his shoulder.
"Just making sure. If you face them, please try not to hurt Sara." He looked confused.
"Why would you be concerned for an E-Teen?" Boomer had a look on his face that showed it wasn't an easy explanation.
"It's a long story." Ekayon nodded.
"In that case, I'll ask again when I get back. But seriously guys, you don't need to go on this one. I've got it. Later." Before anyone else could say anything, he ran off. Ky shrugged.
"Well, now that that's settled, why don't we get back to gifts?" Maya nodded and sat down.
"Alright then." She picked up another one, this one being very small and very nicely wrapped. "This looks a bit fancy for you guys." She read the tag and then blushed. Ky smirked.
"Is it from Mr. Dreamy?" She glared at him.
"His name is King Kieran of McCann castle, and yes." She looked down at the package curiously. "What I'm wondering is how he knew my birthday." Ky's smirk grew wider.
"I may have gone through your messages to get his address." She stood up, about ready to give him a Kairu butt kicking.
"I cannot believe you'd do something like that!" Ky laughed.
"Hey, I only did it because I knew he'd be wanting to do something for your birthday! It's not like I did anything else!" Master Boaddai shook his head.
"Invading another's privacy is never a good thing, no matter how much you invaded or for what purpose, whether good or bad." Maya nodded, folding her arms across her chest.
"Master Boaddai's right. It's rude and invasive." Ky nodded.
"I get that, but are we gonna stand around while you let those presents collect dust?" She glared at him as she sat down and unwrapped the present. It was a red velvet box, and inside was a pair of beautiful sapphire flower earrings inlaid with gold. On them was a note that said 'for the most beautiful flower out there' and reading it made Maya blush.
"These must be really expensive!" Boomer nodded.
"Well, he's a king, he can afford it." She felt her ears.
"Too bad my ears aren't pierced." She pulled one of them out, and was a bit shocked. "Wait, these are clip on earrings. I guess he remembered that my ears weren't pierced." Ky nodded.
"He wouldn't forget anything about 'the most beautiful flower out there'. He and Boomer made kissy faces, which made Maya glare at them.
"Quit it! He's a sweet guy, and you shouldn't be making fun of him like that." She looked away and grabbed another box from the pile. "Hm, from Slanva? I didn't realize she knew how to get in contact with us." She opened up the package. "Oh, nice!" She held up a pair of goggles similar to Slanva's, but with blue lenses instead of pink. She smiled. "These are the same type of goggles that the Bayouviens use. They act like sunglasses, but they can also be used as night-vision goggles, as well as heat-vision. These will be great if we ever get any late night quests or if it's really bright out." She put them on her head before grabbing the next package. "Huh?" Master Boaddai looked a bit concerned.
"What is it Maya?" She held up the package.
"It has my name on it, but it doesn't say who it's from." She shrugged. "Maybe it's Ekayon's present, and he forgot to put his name on it." She started unwrapping it, and her eyes gleamed with joy. "No way! This ring is gorgeous!" She pulled out a golden ring with a ruby in the center and two amethyst gems next to it. Master Boaddai sensed something dangerous as Maya started to put it on her right middle ringer.
"No Maya! Don't put that ring on!" It was too late. She had already put it on, and nothing happened. She gave Master Boaddai a concerned look.
"Something wrong Master B?" Suddenly, the feeling he had was gone.
"Oh, nothing. Perhaps it was something I ate. I should be more cautious when I eat whatever Mookee has cooked." Boomer looked around.
"Speaking of him, where is the little guy? And where's Keema?" Ky gestured towards the X-Scaper.
"Mookee's putting the final touches on Maya's birthday cake, and Keema's still training with Team Tiro since he did play a part in that rockslide. From what Mookee keeps saying, and from the amount of ingredients that he brought into the kitchen, it's gonna be a huge cake. Seriously, they brought in 6 giant bags of flour!" Boomer's eyes filled with excitement.
"Awesome! A lot of flour means a lot of cake, which means there's enough for me to eat all by myself and still leave enough for the rest of you!"
Ekayon used his X-Reader to look around until it settled on a large Greek temple. He looked up and saw the Kairu deposit on the arch above the entrance. He looked around.
"Perfect. No E-Teens, no mess. Maybe I'll make it back for the rest of Maya's party, and I might just find a gift too."
"The only gift you'll be giving the birthday girl is the gift of disappointment, since you failed to get the Kairu!" He turned around, glaring.
"Team Radikor." Zane smirked.
"Miss us much?" Ekayon smirked and shook his head.
"Not really. Seeing you guys get stuck in a pit of quicksand is pretty funny." Zane glared at him.
"That was only because you tricked us into it!" He smirked.
"I did, didn't I?" Zane put his fists together.
"Kairu Challenge!" Ekayon smiled.
"Challenge Accepted." The sky changed as Ekayon stacked up. "SCORPIRION! ENERGY WHIPLASH!" Zane pulled out his X-Reader.
"BRUTICON! ANTI-MATTER BEAM!" Zair got her X-Reader out.
"CYONIS! LIGHTNING STIRKE!" Techris got out his X-Reader.
"SILVERBAXX! EARTH SLAM!" They faced each other. Zair smirked.
"SMOKE SCREEN!" The air filled with a dark blue cloud as they surrounded him. Ekayon rolled his eyes.
"Seriously Zair? You always use that move!" She glared at him.
"Just shut it, okay?! LIGHTNING STRIKE!" Techris held up his hands.
"EARTH SLAM!" Ekayon felt it coming from both sides, so he jumped up into the air. The attacks went right under him, and instead hit Zair and Techris, who went flying. Zane glared at him.
"You think you're so tough and strong, don't you?" Ekayon nodded.
"Yeah. That's because I am tough and strong." Zane smirked.
"Let's see how tough you are after this. ANTI-MATTER BEAM!" Ekayon just jumped over it.
"Don't you ever learn your lesson?" Zair jumped up at him from behind.
"LIGHTNING S-" Ekayon whipped around before she could finish.
"ENERGY WHIPLASH!" He used his green whip to catch Zair and then throw her towards Techris. Ekayon smirked.
"And that's how you take out the trash." Zane glared at him.
"RADIKOR RAGE!" He sent the attack at Ekayon, who easily dodged it, but the temple, not so much. It left a dent, plus a large scorch mark on the otherwise pristine white surface. Ekayon glared at him.
"Hey, I'm okay with getting hit, but you don't mess with ancient architecture, especially not stuff that has Kairu attached to it! SONIC SLAP!" Ekayon sent the attack at Zane, who was knocked over by it and sent flying before he very roughly landed on the ground. The sky went back to normal. Ekayon smiled as he turned back to normal and put away his X-Reader. "Now, unless you guys want another butt kicking, I'm going to collect the Kairu now." Zane glared at him as he stood up.
"This isn't over! We'll get the Kairu next time!" Ekayon nodded.
"Yeah, but tell me one thing. How did you know it was Maya's birthday?" he rolled his eyes.
"I trained with Master Boaddai for over a year! Her birthday had to have happened somewhere in that year! Idiot!" Then, Team Radikor disappeared. Ekayon looked up at the Pure Kairu that had made itself a part of the arch of the temple.
"Looks like Hestia was hiding a large amount of Kairu. I'm not even sure if my X-Reader can fit it all." He held up his X-Reader as the Kairu danced in the sky, going into it. "Just barely enough room. I'm gonna have to get rid of some of this. Huh?" He looked at his X-Reader, seeing an X-Drive he never thought he'd ever see. He looked pretty excited about it. "No way! This'll be a great present for Maya, since I couldn't think of one at first! She's gonna be so psyched about this!" He started heading back towards the monastery.
Maya had opened all presents but one. Apex, not really sure what to get her, had gotten her a new hairbrush (which was perfect because her old one broke from being, well, old), Boomer's parents sent her a nice handmade sweater, Master Boaddai had given her a new X-Drive called "Fire Daggers", and Gia had gotten her a video game (which Boomer and Ky were more likely to play than her). There was one last present on the table. She smiled playfully.
"Hm, I wonder who's gift this could be." She pretended not to know as she looked at the tag. "Oh, it's from Ky!" He smiled.
"Quit messing around and just open it." She laughed.
"Okay then." She opened the box. Inside was a golden oval shaped locket with the word "Maya" written on it in fancy letters. Her eyes were filled with shock. "Ky, this is so beautiful! This must've been really expensive!" He smiled.
"Look inside the locket." She opened it, and inside on one side was a picture of her, Ky, Boomer, and Mookee together. On the other side was a picture of Team Tiro, Keema, and Master Boaddai. "No matter what, we're always family, and nothing can take that away from us, not even Lokar." She smiled as she put it on.
"That's so sweet and thoughtful Ky!" She got up and hugged him. "I love it!" He hugged back.
"Glad you do." They stopped hugging as Ekayon came towards them.
"I didn't miss much, did I?" Maya shook her head.
"No, not really. Oh, and thanks for the ring! It's really cool." He looked confused.
"Ring? I didn't get you a ring. I didn't know what to get you at all. Then, after I beat the Radikor in a Kairu Challenge for a huge amount of Kairu, I won an awesome X-Drive, and decided it'd be a great present for you. It'd suit you far better than it'd suit me." He held up his X-Reader. Maya's eyes widened.
"Is that what I think it is?" He nodded.
"It's a Platinum Infinita." He was telling the truth. The Platinum Infinita looked similar to normal Infinita, but it was a platinum colored fire, and it appeared to have platinum armor on it, plus the flames at the top of its head were far larger and more intense looking. "I don't even have the normal one and would have no idea how to handle it anyway. Plus, you deserve this X-Drive. Now, what ring are you talking about?" She held up her hand to show it.
"This ring. But if you didn't give it to me, and nobody here did, then who gave it to me?" Master Boaddai looked concerned.
"Let me examine it." She nodded and tried to take off the ring, but it wouldn't come off. She looked confused.
"That's weird. It won't come off." She tried pulling on it harder. Her eyes were filled with worry. "Why won't it come off?!" Master Boaddai stood next to her.
"I can examine it while it's still on your hand." She held it up to him. As he felt around for energy in the ring, his eyes widened. He dropped her hand. "You should never have put on that ring!" Maya looked really scared.
"Why?! What's in the ring?!" He looked her directly in the eyes.
"That ring has Shadow Kairu in it, but more than that, it has a piece of someone's will in it. Unless whoever sent you this ring it wants it off, it cannot be removed." Ky walked a bit towards them.
"What about the Prism Kairu? That should be able to get it off right?" Master Boaddai thought about it.
"That should work. The will that's there with the Shadow Kairu is completely dark, and Prism Kairu is a purifying force. Because of that pure darkness of the will, it should either be destroyed or return to whomever it belongs to. It's worth a try." Ky nodded.
"Maya, give me your hand." She nodded, holding up her hand. As Ky took hers, he also grabbed his X-Reader. "PLATINUM METANOID!" The power of Platinum Metanoid flowed through him as he held Maya's hand. Focusing the Prism Kairu on that, his hand glowed with a golden light, entering the ring and purifying the Shadow Kairu. With it, a small and pure black energy came out, leaving quickly to wherever it came from. Ky let go of Maya's hand and let go of Platinum Metanoid. Ky smiled. "It should be gone. Can you take off the ring?" She tugged on it until it came off. She sighed a breath of relief.
"Yeah, it's gone." Master Boaddai shook his head.
"Maybe not. Let me examine it." She handed it over. He searched through the ring. "You're right. It's perfectly safe now." He gave it back to Maya. Boomer looked relieved.
"That's good. But seriously, that was majorly freaky. But there's only one person who would ever try and do that." Ky nodded.
"Lokar. He's getting more and more desperate, but that only means we have the upper hand." Master Boaddai shook his head.
"Do not be so sure of that. Lokar never does acts of desperation. He always does carefully calculated moves. He's always been one step ahead, so that makes me very concerned that he would do something this bold. Perhaps he's planning on making a move soon."
"GUYS! I NEED HELP!" Mookee was walking out of the X-Scaper backwards, holding an absolutely gigantic cake bigger than two of Ky's dad. There were sparklers on the top, as well as sixteen candles around the base. Ky lifted an eyebrow.
"Mookee, you do realize only a few people are here, right?"
"I know, but I wanted the cake to be special! Please help me with it!" Ky rolled his eyes and used his inner Kairu to balance the cake and bring it to the table. Boomer's eyes widened.
"That is one monstrous cake!" Mookee nodded.
"I made it with several different flavors. There's strawberry, angel food, devil's food, yellow cake, vanilla, chocolate, marble, and even mint!" Maya smiled.
"It's amazing!" She reached down and hugged Mookee. "Thanks!" He smiled.
"Aw, it's nothing. I love cooking!" Boomer smiled.
"Technically, making a cake is baking, not cooking. But, that's beside the point! Blow out the candles so we can eat this!" They all laughed at Boomer's eagerness to eat cake.
Lokar smiled as a little piece of black something came towards him and went through the glowing disk on his chest to merge back with him.
"So, it looks like they found the secret behind the ring. But, even wearing it for a moment was too late." He laughed evilly as he thought of the ingeniousness of his plan.
Smoke Screen can be a great attack so that your enemy can't see you, but that also means you can't see your own teammates, which can cause you to hit them rather than your opponent. Even if your aim is dead on, if you're as highly skilled of a warrior as Ekayon, then they can still dodge. Not to mention, Zair has over used this move, and most of her opponents know their way around it, so make sure not to use the same move too often like she did.
Next Time on Redakai: The Dark Team
With celebrating happy things also comes remembering sad things. Ky remembers the day of his mother's death, as well as another great loss. But, he can't let his emotions stay on that. The X-Scaper picks up a large deposit in Africa. With Ky so tense and upset, will he be able to think straight enough to get the Kairu? Will the Radikor beat them because of Ky's emotional state? Find out in the next episode of Redakai: The Dark Team Episode 6 A Warrior's Remembrance!