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!
Ky looked excited, but pretty nervous.
"And you're sure that it's safe to take it off?" Master Boaddai nodded.
"Yes, I'm quite sure." Maya nodded.
"Come on Ky! You're healed! You can go on quests again." Ky smiled and nodded.
"Alright, but, I don't think I can actually reach the straps." Maya smiled.
"I think I can handle that." She walked behind him and undid the straps, releasing his arm. He lifted it up, moved it in a circular motion, and smiled.
"It's just fine! My arm feels great!" Maya gave him a hug.
"Awesome! You can finally come back on missions with us!" Ky hugged back, which he hasn't been able to do.
"I'm excited too." They stood like that for a while, until Master Boaddai cleared his throat. They quickly got away from each other, blushing. "While I would like to celebrate your recovery, there isn't any time to do that. I've detected a Kairu deposit, so you'll have to be on your way." Ky smiled.
"No problem. What better way to celebrate than with Kairu?" Maya nodded.
"Yeah, plus, maybe a Kairu Quest with his best friend will get Boomer out of the dumps about his other best friend." They didn't look towards Boomer since he wasn't there. Ky nodded and Maya's statement.
"Yeah. From what I know, she's still mad at her dad, and it's really worrying him since she's apparently not one to stay mad at someone. But, now that he's not fighting with you guys, he can concentrate on getting Jeremy and the others free." Maya nodded.
"But the thing is, her Inner Kairu feels different. It's darker than it was before." Ky shrugged.
"Maybe she's so mad at her dad that it won't go away." Maya shook her head.
"But the thing is, what's dark isn't hate or anger. It's something else entirely." Master Boaddai looked worried.
"We can't dwell on that now. Try and get Boomer "out of the dumps" so that you can all work together." They both nodded as they headed towards the X-Scaper. They were about to go to Ky and Boomer's room, but they stopped when they saw Mookee at the stove with a pot on fire. Ky raised an eyebrow.
"Uh, Mookee, what are you doing?" He smiled.
"I'm making an old heartbreak remedy from Nervod! It doesn't get rid of heartbreak, but it speeds up the process very quickly. I've used it on myself a couple of times, and it always worked for me, so I thought 'why don't I make it for Boomer too' and it just made so much sense! Boomer's just been so sad lately, and he won't even talk about it! Must've been some girl." Maya and Ky looked at each other and then laughed while Mookee looked confused. "What?" Maya kept laughing as she explained the situation to Mookee while Ky tried to calm down enough to quit laughing.
"Mookee, Boomer hasn't asked anyone out." She managed to stop laughing. "He's just bumped out about how Sara's been acting lately." Her face got serious. "He's getting really worried." Ky nodded.
"He's known Sara ever since they were little, and now, she's apparently acting completely different. I'm sure that's just worry him sick." Mookee nodded.
"I'll bet. My brother-in-law was that worried when he didn't find my sister after Nervod blew up. He was acting like Boomer's acting now for three months! It wasn't until we found her on another planet that he snapped out of it. Now that I think about it, they probably still think Keema's gone. I should give them a call and let them know he's alright. Maybe they'll pop by for a visit." Something hit them. Ky gave Mookee a nervous smiled.
"Okay then. Well, you work on your whatever it is, and we'll talk to Boomer! Oh, and we've picked up a Kairu deposit. You might want to get on tracking it down." They left before Mookee could say anything. Maya pointed at her door.
"In my room! Mookee and Boomer never go in there." Ky looked a bit nervous.
"Problem is, neither do I! When I looked at your messages, you had left stuff out on the breakfast table. I didn't go in your room to look at them!" She rolled her eyes.
"Come on!" She grabbed his arm and pulled him in, closing the door behind them. She sat on her bed. "With what Mookee said earlier, suddenly, a lot of stuff makes sense." Ky nodded, not sitting down.
"I know. We're worse than Boomer was with Mira's crush on him!" Maya raised an eyebrow.
"Why aren't you sitting down?" He blushed and didn't make eye contact.
"I've, um, I've never been in a girl's room before." She looked a bit shocked.
"What? What about your baby sister's room?" He shook his head.
"She stayed with my dad in his room so that he could hear her when she started crying. We didn't exactly have much of anywhere else for her to go, but Mom wanted a baby girl so badly." Maya rolled her eyes.
"Just sit!" She pulled on his arm, making him sit. "Anyway, do you really think it's true?" Ky nodded.
"Most definitely. Boomer really likes Sara, and obviously more than just a friend. But the question isn't if he likes her, it's if he realizes it." Maya nodded.
"Yeah, I don't think he does. They've been friends for so long, I don't think he can see past that friendship to something more." She smiled. "Not to mention, Sara has a total crush on you anyway!" Ky blushed.
"Wh-what? Sara doesn't have a crush on me!" Maya laughed.
"She totally does! Did you see the way she reacted when she first met you? She was blushing like crazy!" The realization made Ky blush.
"But I don't think of her that way, not in the slightest!" He managed to stop blushing. "Besides, even if I did. I couldn't do that to Boomer. It's not right. It's like, against some sort of guy code." Maya nodded.
"Yeah, probably. Guys usually don't stab each other in the back." She stood up. "I think we should talk to Boomer about it though, as in his feelings about Sara. I'd hate for them to keep him from doing his job." Ky nodded and stood up as well.
"Let's go then."
Boomer sat on his bed, looking through an old album, smiling at the pictures. There was one where a young Boomer, about six, with Sara, Paul, and Lexi, all of their faces covered in chocolate cake as they threw it at each other at Boomer's 6th birthday party. He flipped the page and looked at another one, where he had apple pie everywhere on him, but mostly on his head. He smiled.
"The apple pie story."
"You still haven't told us that story yet." He looked up and shut the book.
"Oh, hey guys!" Ky and Maya smiled as they sat down on either side of him. Maya gave him a sympathetic look.
"Still thinking about Sara, huh?" Boomer nodded, holding the book.
"Yeah. I didn't think much of it when she got mad at her dad, but the fact that she's still so mad about it worries me." He clutched the book tighter. "I've never seen her that mad before, or for that long! Jeremy accidentally set her bed on fire once, and she didn't get that mad at him! How is it that she's so mad about this still?" Ky sighed.
"Boomer, it's more than that. In fact, it so obvious that it's like there's flashing lights over your head." Maya rolled her eyes while Boomer had a confused look.
"What are you talking about?" Maya sighed.
"What Ky is trying to say is that we know you're more upset than you're letting on, or at least, more than your heart is letting on." Boomer still looked confused.
"What do you mean?" She sighed.
"You and Sara have been friends for a really long time. Is it possible that knowing her for so long has, well, made you two really close, closer than friends?" Boomer still looked confused.
"What do you mean?" Ky sighed.
"Dude, you're so blind, even to yourself! You have a total crush on Sara, and it's really starting to affect you! You're so bummed out that you didn't come when I got my sling removed." His face went really red.
"What? I don't have a crush on Sara! She's one of my best friends! It'd be too weird! That'd be like if you and Maya had crushed on each other!" They looked at each other and them blushed. Maya tried to laugh to cover it up.
"Boomer, that's embarrassing! And it'd never happen, in a million years! Ky's like a brother to me!" Ky nodded, his face very red.
"Yeah, and Maya's like a sister to me! It'd never work out!" His blush went away. "But that's us Boom, not you and Sara. Even Mookee's noticed it!" Boomer's face went red.
"Mookee noticed it?! But, but!" Maya smiled encouragingly.
"It's okay Boom. You can't control your feelings anymore than anyone else can." He shook his head.
"Guys, I don't have a crush on Sara! She's my best friend." He sighed. "And besides, even if I did, she'd never return my feelings. We're like brother and sister. She'd probably just be creeped out by it." Maya still had a smile on her face.
"I don't think that's true. Even if she doesn't return your feelings, she wouldn't be creeped out by them. She'd probably feel great knowing that she was liked that way." Ky nodded.
"And besides, maybe she does like you that way! You said yourself that she's never had a boyfriend. Maybe it's because something, or in this case, someone, was keeping her from doing it." He glared at Ky.
"And how do I know it's not you?" Ky blushed.
"What do you know?" Boomer sighed.
"I may not have known her when she really started crushing on guys, but she did have little kid crushes like everyone does. I know when she's crushing, and I'm pretty sure she likes you, not me." Ky shook his head.
"But I don't like her like that. And besides, maybe she just thinks she has a crush on me." Now Boomer looked confused.
"Huh?" Ky thought about a story his dad had told him.
"When my parents were Kairu Warriors, and my mom was still alive, my dad flirted with just about every cute girl that he met on his Kairu Quests. My mom had a crush on this guy they had met once in Brazil. But apparently, they didn't really like them. They thought they liked other people, when they really liked each other, but they just didn't want things to get weird." Maya nodded.
"That actually makes a lot of sense. I read that in books all the time. Best friends grow up, convince themselves they don't like each other, go out with other people, find out that they really do like their best friend, best friend feels the same way, and they end up with each other." Boomer stood up and rolled his eyes, walking over to a window.
"That's in books Maya. Sara's not just some character in a story. She's just, she's so much more than that." Ky stood up and put his hand on his best friend's shoulder.
"That's true bud, and you know what? You're not just a character in a story either." Maya nodded.
"You're way better than that. And, if Sara can't see past your friendship, then it's her loss, not yours." Boomer smiled.
"I always said she needed glasses, but that's just because her mom wears them." Ky smiled.
"That's the Boomer we all know and love! Now, come on, we've got Kairu!" Boomer nodded, turning back to them.
"Alright! Let's do this!"
The Battacor stood before Lokar. Zylus looked a bit nervous.
"Um, sir, if you're wondering about-" Lokar cut him off.
"I am not here to scold you. I'm here to congratulate you." Zylus looked up, surprised, but happy.
"Really?" Lokar nodded, a smile on his face.
"I've noticed how well you fared against Team Stax when Ky was gone. You brought back more Kairu in that time period than you ever did when you were my Warriors before I banished you from my presence." His smiled disappeared. "However, it will not last with Ky back as leader again since his shoulder has healed. Not unless you grow stronger." He held up his hand, which had six X-Drives swirling around. "To ensure victory over Team Stax, I am giving you these X-Drives. Do not misuse them. I will know if you do." He handed them over. Rynoh looked very excited.
"No way!" Bash looked very happy.
"This is awesome!" Zylus looked back up at Lokar.
"I promise Master, we won't disappoint you!" His face became more serious, still with a smile, but an evil one. "Ky may be healed, but he hasn't fought in a long time, and because of that, he won't stand a chance!" Lokar nodded.
"That's exactly as it should be."
Mookee gently landed the X-Scaper as best as he could in a very mountainous region. Ky looked outside.
"Well, it looks like it won't be easy." Maya nodded.
"We're gonna have to do a lot of climbing." She closed her eyes, then opened them. The Kairu's at the top of this mountain, and most people don't climb this high. There's not enough air for them to do it." Ky smirked.
"Then it's a good thing we've been training at the monastery for so long. The air there is really thin." Maya shook her head.
"This air is a lot thinner than that Ky. We'd need professional climbing gear because of the lack of pressure, and then we'd need some sort of mask to help us get enough oxygen." Mookee smiled.
"I have just the thing!" He started digging underneath the control panel, before coming out with six devices, three clear masks like medical masks, and three little chips. "You see, back on Nervod, the pressure and oxygen levels would rapidly change due to our positioning in our solar system toward our sun, which would cause sudden storms. We were adapted to them, but there were people from other planets who would visit that weren't. In order for them to survive, we gave them these. These masks automatically look at your anatomy and how much air you need and provide it from the atmosphere, and these little chips provided an invisible pressure shield so that way they wouldn't get crushed, or have something bad happen from lack of pressure!" Boomer smiled.
"That's pretty ingenious," then he had a confused look on his face, "but why do you have them on this ship?" Mookee smiled.
"I'm always prepared! Not to mention, all ships were required to have these incase aliens crash-landed on Nervod." Ky grabbed his mask and chip, putting the mask on. Maya did the same but held out the chip.
"Uh, Mookee, where do the chips go?" He pointed where his neck met his shoulder on his right side.
"Right here." They all put them there. Maya shivered.
"This energy field feels weird." Boomer shrugged.
"I don't really feel it, but you've got your Maya sense." Maya shook her head.
"I'm not so sure it's mine anymore." Ky put his hand on her shoulder as best as he could, but there was a small gap from the energy field, but it was still comforting to her.
"Don't worry Maya. I'm sure there's some reason why Mae has the same powers as you. It's still your Maya sense. She just has a Mae sense. They're not the same. No one can detect Kairu better than you." She smiled, blushing a little.
"Thanks, now, let's find that Kairu." They all left the ship. Boomer looked up.
"Looks like we're gonna have to climb." Maya nodded.
"I don't sense any passes anywhere, so it looks like that's the case." Ky smirked.
"Who needs to climb when you have Kairu?" He put his X-Reader on his wrist. "Grab my hands guys!" Maya and Boomer grabbed his hand, unsure of what was gonna happen. He smirked. "JET JUMP!" Boomer and Maya screamed as they soared through the air, while Ky shouted, "WOO HOO!" They reached an edge, and Ky gently landed. Maya and Boomer sighed in relief, but Ky still had that dangerous glint in his eyes. ""JET JUMP!" Maya and boomer looked at each other before they flew up once again. He did this, stopping at every semi platform before taking off again, until they were pretty much at the top of the mountain. He smiled as he let go of their hands. "Thank you for riding Ky Airlines. We appreciate you choosing us as your mode of transportation, and hope you fly with us again very soon." Maya glared at him.
"That's not something to joke about Ky!" He smirked at her.
"Hey, I got us here, didn't I?" She closed her eyes.
"Yes, you did get us here, but at least give us some sort of warning." Boomer tapped on Maya's shoulder as he looked the other direction.
"You mean like 'hey, the Battacor are here so let's stack up'?" She nodded, not looking away from Ky as she glared at him.
"Yeah, like that!" Boomer nodded.
"Okay then. Hey, the Battacor are here, so let's stack up!" Maya looked confused as she turned around.
"What?" Zylus smirked as he stood up, with Rynoh and Bash right next to him. He folded his arms over his chest.
"Too bad. Watching you and Ky argue like that was pretty funny." He unfolded his arms. "But enough of that. KAIRU CHALLENGE!" Maya looked concerned.
"We don't even know where the Kairu is yet, and besides, we don't know if your attacks will work right with these energy suits we have." Rynoh rolled his eyes (as best as he could), having heard them.
"You can use Kairu attacks just fine in those." Boomer looked confused.
"How would you know?" He sighed.
"I've been to Nervod plenty of times, and I've used those chips. They don't affect Kairu." Ky narrowed his eyes.
"How do we know you're not lying?" Bash pointed at his own neck, showing a chip like theirs.
"Do you really think we're dumb enough to use something that won't work in a Kairu Challenge?" Boomer smirked.
"Are you sure you want us to answer that?" Zylus glared at him.
"Are you gonna accept the Challenge or not?!" Maya shrugged.
"I guess we have no choice." Ky smirked.
"Challenge Accepted!" The sky changed into a vortex of blue as they all stacked up. Zylus got his X-Reader from the gauntlet on his arm.
"MAGNOX! MAGNETIC TORNADO!" Bash grabbed his X-Reader from the Battacor symbol on his chest.
"DRUGER! DEBRIS HARVEST!" Rynoh grabbed his from his side.
"SPYKOR! NEURO BLAST!" Ky smirked, his X-Reader already on his wrist.
"METANOID! PLASMA HANDS!" Maya grabbed her X-Reader.
"INFINITA! FIRE DAGGERS!" Boomer grabbed his X-Reader.
"FROZTOK! BOREALIS BLAST!" They were all stacked up. Zylus smirked at Ky.
"Looks like you're gonna get a taste of our new strength!" He turned towards Bash and Rynoh. "Bash, Rynoh, you guys ready?" Bash nodded.
"I'm always ready to beat Team Stax." Rynoh nodded.
"It's gonna be a piece of cake!" They all jumped up into the air. Zylus held up his hands, along with Bash and Rynoh. Zylus held them out, preparing to use an Attack.
"MAGNETIC TORNADO!" Bash held out his hands.
"DEBRIS HARVEST!" Rynoh put his fingers up to his forehead.
"NEURO BLAST!" Then, they all shouted together.
"MAGNETIC DEBRIS BLAST!" The Attack was massive, combining the power of Green, Red, and Blue attacks all into one. They couldn't dodge it as it hit them, spinning them around from Zylus's Attack, getting them hit repeatedly with piece of glowing red debris from Bash's Attack, and messing with their heads and ability to focus with Rynoh's Attack. Zylus laughed as they all controlled the attack.
"This is more fun than when we stole the X-Scaper!" Bash nodded.
"Team Stax is finished!" Ky braced himself for his next move.
"Not yet! JET JUMP!" He tried to use the Kairu Attack to get out, but he just kept hitting debris and getting knocked back down. Rynoh smiled.
"Looks like it is Stax!" He turned towards Zylus. "And we didn't even have to use the special X-Drives that Lokar gave us! They would've been pretty cool to use, but beating Team Stax so easily is waybetter and using those X-Drives!" Boomer looked sick.
"I think I'm gonna throw up if this doesn't stop soon! Ow! OW!" He got hit in the head with a couple pieces of debris. Maya kept trying to dodge it as best as she could with no control in the tornado.
"We've gotta think of something, or else they'll win! When did they become so smart?!" Ky looked serious.
"I'm not sure, but there's gotta be a way out of this!" He smirked. "PLASMA TORNADO!" Maya looked at him like he was crazy.
"Are you insane?!" Ky smirked at her.
"Trust me Maya!" He waved his hands, and the normal direction of the tornado changed so that it would go the other way, canceling out the first one. They fell down to the ground, with Boomer landing on his face, and a bunch of debris falling on him. Ky smirked at Maya. "Now, am I still insane?" Maya smiled, clearly impressed.
"Nope, I think you're a genius for somehow figuring out that you can change the direction of a Spinning Wind Attack." Zylus glared at them.
"You might think you're clever now, but you won't last long! You're almost out of Kairu after that little stunt that we pulled! Watch this! PLATINUM MAGNOX!" Boomer's eyes widened as he stood up.
"No, that can't be!" Zylus transformed into Platinum Magnox, which included platinum armor. Rynoh smirked.
"He's not the only one who's got some new tricks up their sleeve! PLATINUM SPYKOR!" He changed into Platinum Spykor, and the only real difference was the color and the fact that his eyes were similar to the eyes of Platinum Metanoid's eyes. Ky shook his head in disbelief.
"That can't be right! You guys have two Platinum Monsters?!" Bash smirked.
"Make that three! PLATINUM DRUDGER!" Drudger looked relatively the same, only platinum colored. Zylus looked at both of them.
"Ready boys?" Bash nodded.
"Always." Rynoh nodded as well.
"When aren't we ready?" Zylus smirked.
"Then here we go!" He held out his hands, which started glowing green. "PLATINUM MAGNET STRIKE!" Bash held out his hands, which had a red glow.
"PLATINUM DEBRIS RAY!" Rynoh put his hands up to his head, making a blue glow.
"PLATINUM NEURO RAGE!" The three Attacks combined into one, creating a large beam of twirling red, blue, and green, hitting all of them directly. The sky changed back to normal and Team Battacor high-fived each other as they transformed back into their normal selves. Zylus smiled in his evil way.
"Awesome battle! Now let's go get that Kairu!" They walked off as Ky stood up.
"Did the Battacor just beat us?" Boomer nodded as he got up.
"They actually beat us several times when you were out of commission, but that's because Mr. C wasn't you." Maya had a though filled frown on her face as she stood up.
"But they never had strategies that good! They combined all of their attacks into one ultimate attack, and then combined them again into an even better attack than the first." Ky nodded.
"So the question is, where'd they come up with that?" Boomer shrugged.
"I'm clueless on that, but right now, we should probably focus on getting back in the race for the Kairu." Maya nodded.
"The Kairu is really close too." Ky nodded.
"Then let's go!" They started running off.
Zylus was smirking as they headed in the direction of the Kairu, his X-Reader in front of him.
"Those tips that Team Femmicore gave us were great! Who knew that our combos would work so well with me using Green Attacks, Bash using Red Attacks, and you using Blue Attacks?" Rynoh nodded.
"Rueth fights almost exactly like Ky, and their weak points are similar, so she knows how to take him down." Bash nodded.
"Not to mention the fact that Mae fights similarly to Maya." Zylus nodded.
"And Sara's pretty new to Kairu, but being one of the best friends of a member of Team Stax does have a great tactical advantage! She knew all of Boomer's weak points! When she gave us those tips, it was like being inside Boomer's brain." Rynoh nodded.
"And they have no idea that she betrayed them by helping us out!" Bash looked a bit confused as he looked ahead.
"Hey, what's that?" He pointed at a building in front of them. Zylus smirked.
"It looks like some sort of shrine. If the Kairu's anywhere, it'd be there!" Rynoh held out his X-Reader, which was beeping.
"It sure seems that way." Before they could get any closer, they were shocked and knocked out, falling to the ground. Three people in brown robes dragged them away.
Ky turned to Maya as they ran, trying to catch up with Team Battacor.
"How close is the Kairu?" She closed her eyes, but quickly opened them.
"Very close. In fact, we're close enough so that I can tell it's Gray Kairu, but I also feel a weird energy. It's not any form of Kairu that we know. It's not Gray Kairu, Pure Kairu, or even Shadow Kairu. In fact, I don't think it's Kairu at all." Boomer smiled as the kept running.
"Well, as long as we get the actual Kairu, in this case Gray Kairu, I'm sure it doesn't matter." Just then, they saw the building. Ky smiled.
"That must be where the Gray Kairu is!" Maya stopped running.
"Something doesn't feel right. Why is there a building this high up in the mountains?" Ky stopped as well.
"I'm not sure, but you're right about that." Boomer smiled.
"Come on, if we're quick enough, it won't – AH!" Boomer was suddenly shocked and he fell to the ground. Ky's eye widened.
"Boomer!" Maya grabbed him by the back of his shirt before he could do anything.
"Ky, stop!" He turned towards her.
"What are you doing?" She gave him a stern frown.
"If we go charging in, we're gonna get shocked and then knocked out too, just like Boomer. What we need to do is-" she stopped suddenly, then turned towards her right. "Someone's coming! We've got to hide!" Ky nodded as they went and hid behind a large rock. The same three people in brown robes came out of the building and grabbed Boomer, dragging him towards the temple, not getting shocked. Maya closed her eyes, then opened them.
"The energy is gone, but It's probably gonna come back on soon!" Ky nodded.
"Then we've gotta hurry!" They ran from their hiding spot and towards the temple, this time without getting shocked. Maya had a worried frown on her face.
"It's back up again, so we're gonna have to figure out who those people are, and what's so precious in that building that they're using sneaky means to attack people!" Ky nodded.
"But, more than that, we've gotta figure out what they're going to do with Boomer!"
"I told you, I'm not evil!" Boomer, along with Team Battacor, was hanging upside down over a big pit of lava, with nothing but a rope for each of them tied around their legs, the top going through a hole in a stalactite. The three who were wearing robes were standing safely on one end. The entire area around the pit had multiple rocks, some of them being very large, and on one end there was a small opening.
"Do not lie about your alliances, or else they may not help you in the end!" Maya and Ky snuck through the opening and quickly got behind a rock. Zylus glared at the ones wearing the robes.
"Look, just let us down, and we'll go easy on you!" The robed person in the center glared at him.
"Go easy on us? We have our guardian to protect us, and yet you have none. Now, admit to your wrongdoings and your evil intentions, and we will not cut your ropes, thus sending you into the lava." Boomer looked scared.
"But I'm not evil! I haven't really done anything wrong!" The center one glared at him.
"All evil is revealed in the presence of Ágios." Maya's eye widened.
"Ágios? I read that name in one of my culture books. There's a group of people who live very high up in the mountains, able to survive with very little oxygen and they stay up here because their bodies can't handle the pressure most people normally live at. They're called the Ágiosans and they have a guardian that they call Ágios. She's a very smart and wise woman, and a very firm judge, who sees evil in people's hearts. If they didn't ask for her forgiveness or accept her, then they were punished, but those who did accept her forgiveness and accepted her were saved and allowed to live with the rest of her people. It's said that in her eyes, all evil was the same, and therefore, all evil had the same punishment, which was being burned alive. It's also said her ability to see evil is passed down to the leader of the Ágiosans." Ky looked worried.
"And they think that Boomer's evil? They're gonna burn him alive?!" Maya shrugged.
"My culture book never said that they could see the intentions behind their evil acts, just the evil they committed. Almost everyone has a little evil in them. It's what causes us to lash out and hurt people when we're angry. It's also what causes us to say things we don't mean, and to lie, even when we have good intentions." Maya's eyes widened. "Maybe Boomer's been lying to us. He said after our talk that he was fine about Sara, even if she didn't like him, but maybe he was just saying that so we'd stop talking about it!" Ky nodded.
"He usually faces his problems head first, but it seems like his feelings aren't that straightforward, even though he is. Well, I can't stand idly by and watch them do that!" Maya looked very nervous he started shaking her head.
"They see a little white lie as evil. You can't do anything for him, or you'll get caught too!" He smirked at her.
"Then it's a good thing that I don't lie." He stood up. "Stop right there!" They all looked at him while Maya stayed behind the rock, very scared. Boomer smiled.
"Ky! Thank goodness you're here!" The one in the center took of their hood, revealing a woman with short black hair and green eyes.
"Who are you?" He smiled.
"I'm Ky Stax, leader of Team Stax." She nodded.
"I am Likerius, leader of the Ágiosans and the high priestess of Ágios." Ky nodded.
"I'm a Kairu Warrior, which is-" She cut him off.
"I am well aware of what a Kairu Warrior is. In times past, we have let Kairu Warriors train here. Our great Ágios was one with the Kairu of the universe. The Kairu granted her with the ability to see evil in people's hearts, and that ability has been passed down to me. I can tell that you're not evil, but pure of heart, and although you have a secret, it is one kept from yourself. Now I must ask, what business do you have with us?" Ky smiled.
"You see, I'm here with my team, and that blonde guy hanging over there is actually my teammate." Boomer smiled nervously and wiggled his fingers in a wave. "I'd appreciate it if you didn't give him a big lava bath." Her eyes didn't open up more and stayed narrowed.
"You are still telling the truth. But, what of your other teammate? I know that Kairu Warriors train in groups of three, with the exception being lone Warriors. Since you have one teammate, you must have another." Maya came out from her hiding place, trying to smile but looking terrified.
"Hi, I'm-" She didn't get to finish before Likerius jumped over the pit and grabbed Maya's arms pinning them behind her back with one hand and using the other to cover her mouth.
"Do not speak!" Ky freaked out.
"What are you doing to her?! Let her go! She's my teammate!" He clenched his fist as he glared at Likerius. "I don't care if you're supposed to be good guys, but if you hurt her, I won't hesitate to fight!" Likerius looked towards him as Maya struggled.
"You're teammate is evil. She has a darkness in her heart, and it is some of the greatest darkness I've ever seen." Ky shook his head.
"That can't be right!" Zylus laughed.
"Ha ha! Maya's evil! Lokar knew it all along! I guess you can't help being evil when he's your grandfather though!" Likerius looked towards Zylus.
"Do not speak until you have admitted your wrongdoings and evil intentions! Once you have, I may let you go, but for now, if you speak, you will be dropped into the lava!" Zylus shut up. She turned back towards Ky. "You must face the truth!" Ky shook his head.
"I don't care, being Lokar's granddaughter has nothing to do with it! She didn't even know about that until last year! She grew up with Master Boaddai, learning the ways of Kairu and growing up to be good! If she was evil, then she'd have a ton of Shadow Kairu X-Drives from collecting Gray Kairu, but she doesn't." Maya stopped struggling, looking like she was going to cry. Ky glared at Likerius, seeing the state this situation was putting her in. "Let her go!" Likerius's eyes widened.
"The actions you would have to take to get her back would turn your heart dark. Are you certain?" He nodded.
"I'm going to protect my team, no matter who or what is in my way! Whether it's E-Teens," Ky motioned at Team Battacor, "or themselves," he motioned at Boomer, "I'll protect them! It's my job to do so, and if I didn't, then I wouldn't deserve to be leader of Team Stax!" Likerius smiled.
"You are true to who you are. Your passion to protect others is much like Ágios's. Very well then." She released Maya, who nearly fell to the ground, but Ky quickly caught her.
"You okay My?" she nodded, standing up on her own and wiping away her tears.
"I'm fine." Likerius nodded towards the two on the other side. They quickly cut boomer's rope and grabbed him so he'd land safely. Boomer stood up and smiled.
"I though I was a goner there!" Ky smiled.
"Don't worry Boom. I'd have figured out some other way to stop it." Likerius and the other two walked towards the group.
"Since you are Kairu Warriors, you must be here for a reason. The way of Kairu is not a random way." Ky nodded.
"We were just gonna grab the Kairu and be on our way." Likerius nodded.
"The only thing in our temple that would house Kairu would be our statue of Ágios." Ky nodded.
"Then take us to it."
They stood before the statue of a gorgeous woman with long, flowing hair, and closed eyes. It glowed with the light of Gray Kairu. Team Stax all held out their X-Readers and the Kairu entered into it. Ky looked at his X-Reader.
"Not enough to get an X-Drive. Too bad." He turned to Likerius. "I'd like to say hope to see you again, but attacking my friends isn't exactly the way to get on my good side." Likerius frowned at him.
"The only reason I let them go is because I did not want to see a pure heart tainted on the behalf of others. Now, be on your way." Ky nodded, and they started leaving. Ky gave Maya a look.
"You're not evil, so either you lied about something, or there's something you're not telling us, which would still be considered lying." She looked a bit nervous, but then she held up her ring. Even though Lokar had sent it, it was still a beautiful ring and she liked it.
"Maybe it's just because of whatever was in this ring. It certainly was evil, that's for sure." Ky shrugged.
"Maybe. You're the one who actually knows anything about them." He turned towards Boomer. "But you're still in trouble for lying to us. You weren't being honest about Sara at all!" Boomer blushed.
Likerius went back to where the Battacor were hanging.
"Now, admit your – what?!" They were gone, their ropes having been severed. She frowned at that. "Looks like some very dangerous people have gotten out, but no matter. It is not our place to find the guilty, merely to punish those who come our way."
Lokar frowned at Team Battacor, who stood before him.
"So, in essence, you failed the mission." Zylus nodded.
"But it wasn't our faults! We won our Kairu Challenge! We beat Team Stax!" Rynoh nodded.
"Yeah, it was those weird people in the robes!" Lokar lost his temper.
"ENOUGH!" They shut up. "I don't want to hear excuses! You failed to bring me the Kairu!" bash nodded.
"Yeah, but sir, we found out something really important about Maya!" Lokar looked interested.
"I'm listening." Zylus smiled.
"Those weird people in the robes can apparently see people's evil, and they said Maya's was some of the greatest they've ever seen!" Lokar smiled.
"What you lack in Kairu you've made up for in information. For now, I am pleased, but the fact remains that you failed. Although, since you did win your battle, I shall have a little faith when I send you out on another mission. You are dismissed." They smiled as they all laughed. Zylus turned to Rynoh.
"How about we celebrate with a game of Space Ball?" They left. Lokar smiled evilly.
"So, my granddaughter is getting to be darker and darker by the second. Perfect. My plans always go my way. I always have everything calculated." He laughed evilly.
Maya sat on her bed, holding her X-Reader.
"I can't believe it. They didn't get enough Kairu for an X-Drive, but I did." She closed her eyes, nearly in tears. "Why me? Why do I have to be the one who's evil, even if I don't feel evil?" she held up her X-Reader, showing a Shadow Kairu X-Drive. "Why do I keep getting Shadow Kairu X-Drives?"
Having good X-Drives is only one half of a Kairu Challenge. The other half is the way you use them. Combining the three types of Attacks in the way that Team Battacor did would make anyone get a bit messed up, like we did. Battling like that is always a good way to go, as shown by our royal butt kicking, which I hope never to endure again.
Next Time on Redakai: The Dark Team
After a successful battle against the Radikor, Team Stax receives new X-Drives, and Ky gets a strange one called Time Cross. It isn't a Red, Blue, or Green Attack, and it's not a Violet Move, so no one is sure what its purpose is. Not knowing the repercussions, Master Boaddai forbids him to use it. What happens when Ky uses it anyway in a battle against Team Femmicore? What happens to him? Find out in the next episode of Redakai: The Dark Team Episode 10 The Time Line Cross!