[Super Hero Time]

Josh: Hey all you readers, This is chapter 8 of FANG... Um, yeah, some surprises, even though it's a cliché type of a surprise, as in you should know what's going to happen. Leave it to the author to make stupid surprises. Eh oh well, let's get started.

The Cheetah D-Brid skidded all around Josh as he hit the ground with his hammer, each time missing.

"Okay, well this is what I wanted. Now, how am I going to catch him?"

FLASH BACK

"For now, we're not going to work on your overall speed. When it comes to Speed, it's no so much moving fast, but rather;" Nolan pulled on a booster as Turbo Shot was announced from the system. Nolan took a step to his left and disappeared.

Josh looked around as he heard Turbo Shot Over be announced. He then felt the cold blade of Nolan's katana tap his armor behind him.

"Rather it's the reflexes of the user. Remember, no matter how fast you are, there will always be someone faster. Your reflexes will save you, granted that they're trained well.

END FLASHBACK

"I got it. Since he's faster than I am, instead of attacking him…"

Josh stands still and rests his hammer on his shoulder. When he feels the wind of the D-Brids' swipe, he pushed the hammer towards his back and stopped the attack before it reached, which three the D-Brid off.

"What the…?"

"Hi there." Josh said without turning his back.

"Bet you can't do it twice."

So, Josh did it again, and again, and once again. Another thing that Nolan liked about Josh was that he was a fast learner.

"Well, that's an interesting ability you have."

"FINAL SLASH ATTACK!"

Josh and the Cheetah D-Brid turn their attention to the others as Amy used her Raptonic Barrage and Will, his Twin Shark Cyclone on the Jaguar D-Brid, Killing it. The Cheetah D-Brid snickered and saluted the three, taking off in defeat.

"Okay then." Josh said, his transformation canceling out. I'm going to meet Sarah back at SADE.

"Yeah you go do that." Will replied, trying to strike a nerve in Amy. The three rode back towards the direction they came as the Jaguar D-brid Crawled out of the fire and rubble. She stood up and dragged herself to the back of a building nearby to escape being noticed. She clutched her side as the D-Brid reverted to Sarah, clutching her side, leaking small drops of blood through her clothes.

"Oh man, this isn't good..." She says, feeling pain. "Need... to get back..."

Chapter 8: Beautiful Nightmare

The trio return after a successful mission and head to Rodriguez's office to report in.

"We're back!" Amy called happily. Will walked in with his hands folded on the back of his head and Josh walked in, happy that his Speed training worked well. He looked and saw that Sarah wasn't there in the room.

"Where did Sarah go?" Josh asked.

"I sent her out to a Dreamon distress signal shortly before you left. She said that it was small so you three were sent to the D-Brid sightings. By the way, how did it go?"

"One of them escaped." Josh admitted. "Shortly after the first one was destroyed."

"I see. Why wasn't the other captured?"

"The Cheetah D-Brid escaped so without Speed to match his, it was impossible to catch him."

"I see; well if he shows up be ready."

"Yes sir." They saluted. As they turned to leave, they saw Sarah hit the door post to keep herself up, the bleeding getting worse.

"Sorry... the enemy was worse than I thought..." Sarah collapsed onto the ground. Josh bolted to her without thinking, picked her up, and ran to the infirmary, while Rodriguez called ahead and made arrangements for her to be given care the second Josh got in there. Amy and Will ran after Josh.

After about an hour of siting outside the room, the doctor walked out. He turned to Josh, but Josh, too distraught walked out of the room.

"Is she going to be OK?" Amy asked.

"Well..."

"Well what?" Will asked again.

"When we we're cleaning the wound on her stomach, we decided to run test to be safe, as this is SADE's procedure. We found a substance in her blood."

"Substance...? Like a drug?"

"More like this." The doctor held up a test tube with small amount of blood he tested. He swished the tube a bit and Will and Amy's eyes widen as they see black dots swirl around the tube.

"It's sand..." Amy concluded. The doctor nodded to confirm it.

"This isn't good, should we tell Josh?"

"What that his girlfriend's a D-Brid? We cant!" Amy shot.

"Well do you want to see him get hurt?"

"No, I don't but..."

"Well?"

"I don't know!"

"Listen, maybe it would be better if you keep your voices down." The Doctor suggested.

"Sorry, can she have visitors at least?"

"Only one for now."

"That's fine. Will, can you go and check on Josh?"

"Got it." Will walked out the waiting room as Amy turned her attention towards Sarah's room.

"Right in there; please don't take too long."

"I understand." Amy walked inside and sat next to her bed.

Sarah laid comfortably in the bed sleeping off the pain. Amy and Tira watched as Amy feels the need to tell Josh what the doctors found. Sarah slowly opened her eyes and saw Amy sitting there.

"Hey, are you feeling okay?"

Sarah smirked and turned her head. "You don't like me... Do you?"

The question caught Amy off guard. "What gave you that idea?"

"It's because of Josh, right?"

"My god, what's with you people and that?"

Sarah laughed a bit. "I knew it. Josh is special to you, isn't he?"

"Well, yeah; he's my bro. I'd kill for him and Will, and they'd go to great lengths for me as well."

"So, are you going to tell him that I'm a D-Brid?"

"To be honest, if I tell him, it's for his protection."

"Don't worry; if I wasn't in control of it, then I wouldn't be a part of SADE."

"In control...?"

"The truth is... I was the Jaguar D-Brid that you nearly killed earlier."

Amy froze, speechless by the sudden revelation.

"Yep, that was me, I guess I don't have as much control as I had hoped. Sorry for the deception."

Amy still stayed frozen for a few more seconds. "That was you... Why did you-"

"I was after the D-Brid I was with." She admitted. "The Cheetah D-Brid is the JACK of Clubs."

"The JACK of Clubs?"

"He's part of the Neo Royal Flush Five."

"What's that...?" Amy asked again, becoming fearful.

"Didn't you learn about the Rulers of the Dreamon in the academy? The Rulers of the Dreamon, the Original Royal Flush Five, were the most powerful D-Brids in their dimension; the Nightmare Realm. Each took the alias of a face card you would find in a playing deck of cards. Only two of the five are still alive: The KING of Spades, and the QUEEN of Hearts. However, there are four new warriors who took the name of the Royal Flush Five. During a mission while I was stationed in London about two months ago, I faced against a few Dreamon. After dispatching them, I came face to face with the Cheetah D-Brid: The JACK of Clubs. He infected me with one of his cards, and with it, came my fear of Jaguars... Which naturally led to me becoming a Dreamon. I then went on a eight-hour rampage, before I calmed down. In order to keep me under control, my commander allowed me to use a Bushido claw system that has a fail-safe that will eject me out of the form.

"But why didn't you have it on earlier?"

Sarah got quiet. "It was broken, so your commander had it sent for repair. I figured I'd wouldn't need it if I went to fight him, but I lost control. If it wasn't for you guys, I would've been on another rampage.

"So, do you think Josh will find out?"

"Eventually; that's why I don't want to tell Josh, I really don't want to break his heart."

"Well, if it means that much, then I won't tell him."

"Tell me what?" Josh voice echoed from the doorway. Amy and Sarah froze.

"Oh hey. It's nothing, just girl stuff." Amy replied with a wide grin on her face.

"Amy, we should tell the others about Sarah's condition." Tira suggested.

"Yeah, that's probably a good idea."

Amy walks over to Sarah and Sarah reaches for a hug.

"Thanks for visiting, I can tell that my 'Fluffy Gator' has great friends." Sarah replied. She then whispered in her ear. "Please, don't tell him about my rampage."

Sarah lets go as Amy left. She stopped and turned to Josh, wanting to tell him; but instead left the room.

A few days pass and Sarah made a full recovery, returning to school like nothing happened. Amy, having the burden of not telling Josh about his Girlfriend, instead tells Will, who thinks that she should tell Josh the truth, despite breaking his heart.

Ken and Tyson play a one-on-one game of Basketball during their GYM period as they took a break after a few shots were made. Tyson leaned against the wall and Ken joined him as Tyson began to shuffle his cards around, preforming multiple card tricks for his amusement.

"So, how's that little fireball going?" Tyson broke the ice.

"She's going quite well actually; Turns out she survived that attack those Riders put onto her.

"Did she now? How did you know that?"

Ken smirked. "I know, because she's dating one of them."

This caught his attention. "She's dating the enemy?"

"That's right; The Titan Rider, the bulky, surprisingly fast Titan Kamen Rider."

"Well, Commander Hashimura did say that these Riders aren't pushovers, didn't he?"

"This is true. They took down Marissa's D-Brid without too much trouble, and those Bushido Riders; I'm pretty sure that they want a crack at them."

"Not yet. They need more training."

"Tell me about it. But they'll be ready soon, right?"

"Let's just say... That the trio will have quite a bit of a surprise when the time comes."

"That sounds pretty interesting; looking forward to it."

"You want me to do what?" Josh asked Sarah with a confused look on his face.

"I'm asking if I was ever turned into a Dreamon, and then eventually a D-Brid, would you love me enough to kill me?"

"Well, what kind of question is that?"

"Oh, nothing, I was just wondering because Amy told me about her friend who was transformed into a D-Brid recently. I just thought about it."

"Well that's weird you know, the fact you'd ask me something like that."

"Oh, don't worry about it."

The bell rings, dismissing the class. Sarah and Josh walk out, Amy tagging a long from a distance.

"So, you've decided?" Will asked walking up towards her.

"I'm going to tell him."

"Are you sure you want to do that?"

"Positive."

"Okay then, let me know how he takes it. Good luck."

Will turns into the stairway as Amy continues to follow them.

Josh and Sarah walk up the stairs as they kiss briefly, promising to see each other afterward.

As Josh walks up the stairs once more, Amy runs up the stairs, pretending to be just catching up to him.

"Hey, did you do Nestlebaum's HW?" Amy asked.

"Yeah I did, why?"

"Do you mind if I copy it real quick?"

"Since when do you copy HW? You're like a straight A student almost."

"Please Josh, this is the only time I can do it since his class is next after this."

Josh sighed. "Fine."

Josh reached into his bag retrieving it while walking into the GYM with his companion.

"Thanks Josh, I owe you." Amy smiled.

"Well in that case... I was wondering what you were talking about the other day with her, as in what she didn't want me to know."

Amy froze. "Oh that... like we said, it's just girl stuff."

"Tell me what she told you Amy." Josh said, his composure becoming a bit disturbed.

"Well..." Amy tried to hold her tongue but... she couldn't.

"Sarah's the Jaguar D-Brid." Amy confessed.

"Is she?" Josh asked, in a curious tone.

Amy slowly nodded. "Look I know it's a lot to take in but-"

Josh suddenly bursted out laughing. "I'm sorry Amy, I just can't take you seriously."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Do you honestly think I'm going to believe that? I mean, I can understand if she's cheating on me, but a D-Brid?"

"Josh it's true. She told me that a few months back, she was infected and she would have these random rampages where it would take her over."

"Who is he?"

"Who's who?"

"The guy she's cheating on me with?"

"Are you listening? She's not cheating on you! She's a D-Brid, the exact same one we almost killed the other day! I didn't tell you because I promised her, but when the doctors ran test, they found sand in her blood... the same sand that makes up the structure of a Dreamon. Why can't you get that through your head!"

"Because I know it's not true!" He yelled at her. "I've had a few girlfriends in the past, and each one of them broke up with me because I was fat, clingy or something they thought was just a nuisance, even if I wasn't to begin with. I honestly thought I wasn't going to have another girlfriend for a long time until I met Sarah. Sarah is so awesome that I actually fell in love with her. And now, now one of my best friends is calling her a Dreamon? That I can't date her because she's the enemy? What kind of naïve idiot do you take me for?"

Amy kept silent, with each of Josh's words making her throat tighten with guilt. "Look... I was just-"

"Just trying to help? Yeah, you're trying to break one of the best things to ever happen to me, right?"

"That's not true!"

"Then what is, why are you going through such great lengths to break us up?"

"I'm trying to protect you! If she goes on another rampage and you get hurt..." Amy falls back against the wall and slid down sitting on the ground, sobbing.

"You know what, I'm out of here. I can't deal with this." Josh walked out of the GYM, leaving Amy where she was.

"Wow, that was pretty harsh." Sobek commented. "I hope she's okay."

Josh replayed all the things he said, what Amy said, and what Sarah asked him earlier.

"Are you okay?" Sobek asked.

"Yeah, just a bit devastated; I mean, just when I find the girl of my dreams, she turns out to be not what I think."

"Well you don't know for sure if Amy was just talking out a fit of anger, or she was actually hiding a secret, and by saying what she said, would divert your attention to what actually is happening."

"But you saw her didn't you, she never cries, unless she's laughing like crazy. Now I'm worried."

"Don't worry about it, she'll cool off in a bit, give her some time."

Elsewhere, in Sarah's English class, she copies the notes her teacher wrote on the board, as at the time, they were reading the novel Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson. The story is about a freshman in High School named Melinda Sordino, who held a secret of being sexually assaulted on the night of a High School party a few weeks before her freshman year start. As a result, she became depressed, until she was able to confess her sectret at the end of the book. Sarah thought deeply, as she was put in a similar situation, in that instead of being assaulted, she's a D-Brid, a secret that she's keeping from her boyfriend. As she finished her sentence for her answer to one of the questions, her vision became blurry, slowly. She shook her head, but she then became numb. She tried to stand, but fell to the ground. The teacher bolted up to check on her. At an instant, the numbness turned into searing pain as her eye color turned from green to blazing red and shadow black.

"Get off of me..." She hissed.

"Are you okay?" Her teacher asked, helping her up.

"Please, get off, I'm losing control of myself..." She then jerked forward, feeling the D-Brid take over.

Give me your body girl, you can't withstand me forever... Let fear take it's place...

Sarah screamed at the top of her lungs as sand started to form out of thin air. Josh heard her screams and charged his way towards the classroom. When he got there, she was standing in the middle of the room, the room looking like a tornado ran through it, a few students injured, including the teacher, others running for their lives. Sarah turned having her sunglasses on her face.

"Babe...?" Josh whispered.

Sarah looked up and smiled. Out of nowhere, a Small red and black Jaguar pounced at Josh. Sobek leaped away from Josh and smacked it away with it's tail. Each robotic beast roared at each other as Sarah took her glasses off, revealing her D-Brid self.

"Sorry kid... Your girlfriend's dead."

Josh froze for an instant, realizing that the figure wasn't Sarah. "Amy was right..."

"Now that I'm back to one hundred percent, I have enough to kill you..."

The Jaguar formed into a CLAW and dropped into Sarah's hand. "HENSHIN!"

Sarah slid the Beast on the scarlet red belt, as it announced: "SHIFTER MODE!", Transforming into the Jaguar D-Shifter.

"Guess I have no choice then. Get ready Sobek."

"Got ya!"

Josh slid the hammer into his Brace and the Gator bit into it when the chime played."

"HENSHIN!" Josh called out.

TITAN MODE! The brace announced as Josh and the D-Shifter charged. Josh tackled it, the D-Shifter holding it's ground and side kicking him, making him roll into the desk beside him. It pounced on him, but he grabbed it's leg in mid air and dropped her towards the ground. Their fight, continued for the next few minutes each countering one another. The D-Shifter slid it's CLAW Beast onto it's brace, causing FINAL SLASH ATTACK to announce. The D-Shifter gained huge Claw Gauntlets on it's hand as it Charged Josh. Josh backed up against the window, but remembered something...

FLASHBACK

"You want me to do what?" Josh asked Sarah with a confused look on his face.

"I'm asking if I was ever turned into a Dreamon, and then eventually a D-Brid, would you love me enough to kill me?"

"Well, what kind of question is that?"

"Oh, nothing, I was just wondering because Amy told me about her friend who was transformed into a D-Brid recently. I just thought about it."

"Well that's weird you know, the fact you'd ask me something like that."

"Oh, don't worry about it."

END FLASHBACK

As it struck, Josh grabbed it instantly.

"That's impossible, you shouldn't be so fast!" The Jaguar D-Shifter yelled.

Josh teared up as he grabbed Sobek with his free hand and connected it to his hammer.

FINAL SLASH ATTACK!

"I love you..."

Josh used his strength to carry the D-Shifter off the ground, and out the now broken window. Josh followed it, drawing his hammer as the two descended. Josh pulled the weapon over his head and slammed the D-Shifter as it came into the concrete, causing the Broken Concrete to impale the monster. The monster exploded in flames and Sand as it flew in Josh's face...

That night, Josh watches the moon sitting in the night sky on SADE's roof, thinking about Sarah. Amy finds him there and walks towards him.

"Hey there, are you okay?" Amy asked, hearing about what happened.

Josh shook his head. "Nope." he laughed. "But I did learn something."

"Rule #12: See through Deception; That when fighting against someone I truly care about, or someone who appears to be on my side, I need to think with my head, rather then my heart. By the way, I'm sorry I got upset at you."

"Aw, Don't worry about it." She smiled.

Josh sudden started to sob when Amy wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly, it was there, that he let his emotions out, Amy not stopping him as she hugged him tighter, feeling her succumb to her emotions as well...

END

[Super Hero Time]

Will: Oh man how cute is that? Well, after the author's procrastination, and various activities (thx for keeping him live Hater Frosty -.-, especially since these two chapters were dedicated to you :P) well for the next two chapters, they focus on me, and it's the best out of the three because we actually get somewhere in the plot!, but i'll just let you see for yourself. Ja Ne! (see you later)