Olympus 16- Spirit of Artemis!- Demi is teaching girls indian dance at her job in a dance studio. "Alright girls, that's enough for today, next week is the big test so be sure to practice before next thursday. We're not advancing until everyone is able to perform Shinjini Kulkarni." After everyone else leaves, one girl, slightly overweight around early 20's asks "Ms. Hiza, is there anyway you could help me with the dance?" "Jeri, you really should be studying on your own." "I know but, it's just, umm." "What is it?" "There's something I'm not getting and I really need help. This dance class is very important to me and I don't want to hold you down. Please Ms. Hiza." "I'll see what I can do. How's about Monday morning 10:00 sharp. We're going to be going for hours. Just be ready." "Thank you so much. I wanted to join a local dance competition and I thought maybe with some practice I could have a chance." "You don't need a competition though. Learning dance shouldn't come down to winning or losing, its learning how to express yourself through soul and movement, it is the ultimate stress reliever, and competition only creates more stress." "Oh, ok, then I'll just not enter." "That is very big of you. What do you have to prove." "I still need help learning the dance though Ms. Hiza-" "Jeri, relax, just call me Demi." "Ok Demi." "I can't help you now though. Monday like I said." "Ok."
Demi is at the hospital playing chess with her dad. "How's it been the past few days dad?" "It's been great thanks to you Demi." "I see you're getting soft in your old age." Demi moves her bishop to take his queen. "I see you're getting proud in your age." Demi's dad then uses his knight to take her queen and leave her with only two pieces to his six. They both laugh as Demi asks "Dad, i don't know if you heard, there is a dance competition coming up and-" "Demi, you know what I taught you about competition, right?" "Of course. I wasn't going to join, I just wanted to tell you it's coming to this town." "That reminds me, I heard of someone very familiar being there." "Who could we possibly know that's famous?" "I got a letter in the mail. I know you'll know who this is. Gota." "G-gota..." "Yes sweetie, it's been years right? Ah, I remember it like it was yesterday. You two were so inseparable as children, I can't even think of how many times he proposed to you." "Yeah, real good old times," "What's wrong Demi, you sound sad." "Oh no, it's nice to know that Gota will be showing up, it's just, you know, he kind of-" "I understand. I can't force you to forgive him. I just thought you should know he's around town." "Ok." Demi's GodChanger rings and she picks it up. "Hello, yeah, I'm on my way." "Duty calls?" "Nah, just some time with my friends. See you daddy." She kisses him on the forehead. "Take care. Don't over exert yourself." "See you sweetheart. What a nice kid." The man in the bed next to him asks "Is that your daughter?" "Yeah." "My god is she cute. I take it she gets it from you." "You have no idea." They continue to chat.
As Demi is walking the streets she notices a garden not well attended to, with lily's wilting. "This is terrible." She kneels down to give life to the plants, getting up only to walk into someone. "I'm terribly sorry mister." "You ok miss-" "Don't I know you?" "Well I sure know you, how's it going Demi?" "GOTA!" The two embrace a bit. "It's been what five years?" "Yeah." "Well, I'm busy now, but hows about you join the dance competition that's in town. I've just been paid one million to be there, and that's not counting the prize money of ten million." "That sounds like quite a big prize, I guess." "You going to join? I can understand if you're scared." "Gota, you know how I feel about competition. It ruin's relations-" "Who cares about relationships if you're talented enough. When you're as talented as me, people flock to you. Even the people you step on to get there. They worship you. All over Bollywood I've been tearing up dancing contests left and right because I have the gift. Still, giving credit where it's due, if it wasn't for you, I would never found my true talent, that's why I want you to join this contest." "I said no Gota, I'm sorry. If you want me too, I could watch-" "What kind of attitude is that? It sounds like you're just scared you'll be in last place there D." "It's certainly not fear-" "Maybe it is. After all-" he says as he smirks "We all know how much inferior you women are when it comes to dancing." "What did you say?" "It's no secret Demi. Why is it that the only women who win dance contests are with another man? It's because without us, you're useless. Just like how you're useless without your bedridden old-" "Stop it right now." Demi is clearly getting angry. "Daddy. Is he still being a hippie like back home? He's always had the sentimentality of a loser." Demi grits her teeth as she tries to walk away. "I guess the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. Raised by a failure, destined for failure. What can I say, anyone who's ever failed multiple times can never be a winner." Demi thinking of her dad and Dave angrily responds. "Fine, you want me in that contest? I'll beat you and shut you up for good." "Great."
He drives her down to the stadium to sign up. "I can't wait to see how badly you'll fail." "Right back at you." "You haven't grown an inch since we last met. You look like an adorable little time bomb." Demi tries calming herself but Gota's words have struck a chord with her. "Here we are. You could back out you know." "As if. You need to get taken down a peg Mr. Bollywood." She enters the stadium and furiously asks "Where do I sign?" "Right here, here and here. Alright, all set. Be ready for tomorrow at 1:00 pm. Don't be late." "There we go. I wonder how it feels knowing you just put aside what you believe in." Demi is about to respond but starts thinking about it. "No getting out of it now, see you tomorrow, silver medal." Gota drives off as Demi puts her hand on her head in frustration. "What have I gotten myself into." Jeri see's her name on the board for contestants and goes to her. "Ms. Hi- Demi, with all due respect, didn't you just tell me I shouldn't join a competition?" "Yes, I know I did Jeri, I just made a terrible mistake." "What happened?" "I let some jerk I knew rile me up and stuff. It sucks. Well, I'm not going to sweat it. I made a commitment, and I'm gonna kick his ass in this contest." "I saw Gota driving off. Is it him?" "Yeah, why?" "I've been studying dance videos from across the world, he's really good. Do you think you could beat him?" "Think? I know I can kick his ass. What are you doing here by the way?" "I was just studying up on who's going to be in the competition this year. Good luck Demi." "Don't forget Monday."
At Mt. Olympus, Asteria unveils her new monster, Actaeon. "Formerly a follower of the Goddess of the Moon and the Hunt Artemis, Actaeon was banished after seeing the maiden goddess bathing, and he got turned into a stag." Actaeon stands tall with a bow and arrow on his back with deer legs and the head of a stag, his main torso looking like a fur vest of a hunter. "I can smell it. Artemis' magnificent game is ascending from the moon to seek out a host. Whoever tame's it can gain the powers of Artemis. However, if the beast is killed, Artemis is as well." Tetsu asks "Wouldn't this GodBeast be the size of the other ones? How do you plan to kill it?" "Relax. I have a plan. Lethal poisons can't harm it, but I have a special toxin to take it down. It won't directly kill it. It will simply drive the beast to madness, then it will fall into a deep slumber. I've dipped my arrows in it. Only the sound of the moon could wake the beast from this slumber. It's full proof." "I sure hope it is. You do realize that the Joutengers will be doing everything they can to retrieve the Ceryneian Hind, right?" "Of course I do. That's why I'll be in the trees, waiting until the perfect moment to strike. I will need some soldiers to keep guard." Asteria replies "Say no more. Kokolos, arise!" A squad of Kokolos arise from the ground and follow Actaeon out the ruins of Olympus. The Kokolos and Actaeon appear in the city. "You guys cause some ruckus here, I'll be setting up camp in the forest. Make sure the Joutengers are occupied." The Kokolos grunt in agreement and start attacking the civillians in the marketplace.
As Demi arrives at Olympi, the main computer alerts to the Kokolos attack. "And I just got here." Shun remarks "Good thing you didn't get comfortable." "Let's get going guys." Demi runs with the team. The five arrive at the Marketplace. "Just some Kokolos? This is some kind of joke, right? Raiku Blade!" "Aqua Trident!" "Stygian Rock!" "Arbor Axe!" "Scallop Fans!" Using their weapons, they easily dispatch the two dozen or so Kokolos with their skills. Dave remarks. "There must be some strange ulterior motive. They wouldn't just send cannon fodder without something big coming." Miki says "We should just stay alert." They demorph as they walk home, Dave commenting "So how's your day been Demi?" "It's been fine." "I can read that nothing is fine with you. So whats troubling you?" "I met my old friend from India today. His name is Gota." Dave is in shock. "G-gota, the Gota, am I correct?" "Yeah, what's your point?" "I've seen him on TV a few times, oh the guys a complete hunk. If it wasn't for Jamie I'd go after him- Oh. So anyways what was it?" "Nothing. He kept insulting me and making fun of me, all because I didn't want to take part in some stupid dance competition." Kai speaks up. "Well, I don't know who this Gota is, but if he treats you like that again you just tell me and I'll set his ass straight." "That won't be necessary Kai. Anyways, one thing he said led to another, he insulted my father then insulted me for being a woman." Miki gets alarmed. "What? He insulted you for being a woman?" Shun snidely remarks "With a friend like that, who needs enemies." Demi and Miki glare at Shun as Miki continues. "Well, you obviously joined to prove him wrong, right?" "Yeah, but I really regret it. I stooped to his level, all because I got riled up by his insults. I made a mockery of my religious principles. Avoid conflict. And competition is conflict." Kai comments "I don't know about that. You have had quite a few conflicts since you've been on this team." "Fights against the Titan's don't count, our fight there is to protect the earth, not to win some dumb trophy and some money. Competition brings the worst out of people, at least that's what my father taught me." Miki replies "I know you're not used to competing with others, but with a big jerk like that, making him lose is going to feel super sweet when it's done, trust me. You'll show him just what a weak woman can do." "But that doesn't prove anything. I can't just pull myself off the list. I don't want to stoop to his level, I don't know what to do." Dave walks to her side to comfort her. "As handsome as Gota is, I know anyone who would treat you like that is nobody I'd ever want to associate with. Just being there to show you could do it will prove that he was wrong about you all along. Don't let him get you down too much, ok?" "Ok, thank you Dave." Kai makes a gesture like he's about to throw up as Shun gives him a nudge with a wink. Kai simply glares at him and Shun backs off.
They arrive at Olympi and Demi walks back to the studio, saying goodbye to her teammates. "Why are you leaving so soon?" "I need as much practice as I can, I'm going up against a world renown dancer, the least I could do is make sure I beat him." "Now you're getting into the spirit." She gets the studio where her boss greets her. "How's my favorite teacher doing?" "Ok, I guess." "I heard you're representing us in the dance competition, oh my goodness the publicity. Yes, she teaches in my dance studio. Hehehe." Demi just starts walking to her room to start practicing. She prepares to do a dance called the Chandrakanta, or loved by the moon. As the music plays she gets interrupted by her old friend Gota. "I see you're practicing. Oh, what is this I hear. Are you practicing the Chandrakanta? I don't know how someone as untalented as you could possibly master the steps to the dance, hell I've never been able to master it. It isn't too late to back out." Demi ignores him and continues dancing, starting to get the steps right. "I see, trying to keep focus, well, I have much more important things to do, see you tomorrow." Demi keeps practicing for another hour or so before her GodChanger rings. "What is it Amy?" "We've detected a new godbeast roaming the forest. The other's are headed there right now, I would get to the outskirts as soon as possible." "Ok. GodChange." She jumps out of the window and runs towards the city line where she meets the others as they rush towards the woods. They stare in awe at the beauty of the Ceryneian Hind. Miki breaks the silence however. "Wait, I thought GodBeasts only appear for their masters. Why is this GodBeast allowed to roam?" Amy calls the team up at once. "Guys, do remember from your ancient greek mythology class- oh wait, half of you haven't been in class for a long time. Anyway, story is Ceryneian Hind is Artemis' prized game and animal. It provides the greatest challenge for a hunter to kill and as such, only she was able to hunt down this beast. It appears that without children, Artemis transferred her spirit into her favorite animal. This beast has both GodBeast and Demi God energy readings. I assume taming it or hunting it will transfer its abilities, so do what you can to tame it." "Got it. Thanks Amy. Let's form the Olympic King."
The Olympic King is formed and they immediately summon the Crab Godbeast. "Olympic King, Hephaestus formation!" The stag simply continues its feast of trees as the Joutengers finish their formation. "Hammer Strike!" They use their hammer to strike the ground to cause the beast to lose balance, but to no avail. The stag is able to simply gallop till the tremors stop. "You demi gods will have to try a lot harder than that." Eagle remarks "Damn shrew." Miki says "Let's see if we could damage it. We need Dionysius." "Ok, Dionysius formation!" The crab godbeast detaches as the panther godbeast combines for Dionysius formation. "Bacchus Shot!" The Olympic King fires two direct shots at the stag, missing both shots and the Hind starts to run away. "Oh no you don't. Hermes formation!" The turtle arises, the panther detaches and the Hermes formation is formed. "Chains of Caduceus." The Olympic King tries to capture the stag using his chain but it manages to break free of the chains. The Olympic King then tries to simply rush the stag but he is able to escape the grasp of the Joutengers. "Damn it, we need to get that thing somehow." "No hunter has ever relied on sheer brute force to tame a creature, you Joutengers are hopeless." Actaeon, watching from the distance in a tree, fires his arrow. "This'll shock him." The arrow strikes the Ceryneian Hind in the neck, turning its eyes red as he starts going insane. He starts thrashing about thrashing through the forest, crushing trees and putting dents in the nearby hills. "We got to stop him." The Joutengers try using Olympic Kings super speed to attack the stag but to no avail as the hind simply uses his two back legs to knock the Olympic King out, ejecting the Joutengers from the Olympic King. "Damn it, this can't be real. Why did it get angry all of a sudden?" Demi replies "Maybe it's because of we're attacking it?" "We have to stop it." Dave see's something on the GodBeast, the arrow on its neck. "Guys, I think we have a problem." "What is it?" "I see an arrow on the beasts neck, even worse, I think the dark aura around it is causing the beast extreme pain." "So we need to find who shot those arrows?" "Yes." "This is a huge forest, things will be easy if we split up. Once we find him, we alert the others and kill him. Is that understood?" "Yes." "Then let's move out."
As Miki is walking in the forest alone, the little things like snapping twigs and rustling leaves start making her paranoid, Actaeon slowly following her from above the trees. "How foolish. Thank goodness I have enough to take down a team of foolish demi gods." He shoots an arrow at her back as Miki starts convulsing violently. Her eyes inside her helmet turn red as she starts rampaging towards the city. Kai is walking down the eastern side of the forest, not using his senses as to their fullest because he is thinking of Demi. Actaeon seizes the opportunity and shoots him in the shoulder, Kai going mad and running to the city as well. Shun walks the northern part of the forest, trying to stay on high alert. "This hunter must be really skilled. I need to be aware for the sounds of bows, if only I knew what a strung bow sounds like." "Quite like this." "Huh!?" He strikes Shun in the arm, and Shun follows Miki and Kai into the city. "Two to go." Demi and Dave find each other in the west side of the forest, startling each other as they bump into each other. "Have you heard from the others." "I'm afraid not. This elusive foe is a crafty one, I just hope that they're ok." Amy calls the team on their GodChangers, Actaeon hearing the sound and moving quickly to their location. "Guy's, Miki, Shun and Kai are attacking the city for no reason." "We're on our way." "Let's go Demi." Actaeon shoots an arrow at Dave, alarming Demi. "Dave, are you o-" Dave immediately turns on her and runs away, tripping her up as Actaeon watches on. "Crap, I'm out of those arrows. No matter, poor little green will be so devastated about fighting her comrades she will get killed for it. Now all I have to do is watch and wait." Actaeon sets up camp on a tall tree on the city outskirts with a clear view of the plaza.
Miki, Shun, Kai and Dave, morphed and driven mad, start attacking innocent civilians and destroying city property. Demi quickly catches up with them, though very exhausted and catching her breath. "You guys need to, to, oh man," she pants a bit as Miki and Shun attack her, Demi fighting back rather strongly, throwing them to the ground as Kai attacks her, but she uses her super strength to hold him at bay as Miki and Shun start harassing the civilians again, Demi tossing Kai to the side to chase them as she's intercepted by Dave, Gota driving onto the scene in shock. "What the hell, oh my, those are the Joutengers, why are they fighting one another though?" Demi sees him as she's holding Dave down and yells at him "It's not safe! Drive away now!" Demi tries running to Miki and Shun who eye Gota and try to attack him, but Kai and Dave stop her, Demi using her super strength to punch them both hard in the gut and send them flying into buildings, Miki and Shun charging her. She does the same and the four charge again, though Dave was clearly hurt badly by the attack, still driven by the poison to attack. Demi, however, seeing him hurt, refuses to attack him, suddenly in a state of shock. "W-what have I done? I can't hurt my friends. Especially him. Why did I do this? WHY!?" The four concentrate their attacks on her in this state, using their weapons to make sure she can't fight back, Miki slashing her in the knee and Shun and Kai striking her chest while Dave throws his fans at her feet, causing her to demorph and fall down, hardly able to move. "DEMI!" Gota goes to rescue her but she yells at him. "What are you doing, get out of here now!" "I can't. You can't die now, not before we have our little contest." Demi uses her plant powers and whats left of her energy to summon gigantic vine traps to hold her teammates down, who eventually fall asleep. Gota grabs Demi and tries driving her to a hospital. "You need to get to a doctor." "I'm fine, I just need to rest up at my place." "So the studio?" "Yeah." "So how come I was never told you were one of the Joutengers?" "Because it's a secret and you can't tell anyone, can you at least do that you jerk!" "Hey, I'm driving you out of the danger zone, that has to count for something, right?" Demi remains silent as she looks in his back seat. "You have the traditional indian dress. You keep it as a souvenir?" "Think of it as a reminder of my roots. Here we are." Demi gets out of the car but has a hard time moving because of her sprained knee. "Here, let me help you." Demi, initially defensive, agrees to his help as they walk up to her studio room. Mr. Lao says "Hey there Gota, what brings you to these parts?" "I'm helping my friend out, we're kind of busy." Gota helps Demi up the steps as Mr. Lao wonders. "That's the Gota. And Demi is just casually friends with him? If he helped me advertise, even if she doesn't win, I could get a free endorsement out of it. I'm such a genius."
Demi starts practicing again in her room, thinking about what happened today. "I can't believe I hesitated to attack Dave, he wasn't himself, I can't believe I let my feelings for him get in the way of my Joutenger duties." She starts getting frustrated and her injury halts her practicing. "Why am I so weak?" "You aren't weak Demi." "What do you mean? Didn't you say because my dad was such a loser, that I was always destined to be one?" "That was me being foolish. I never meant anything I said back there, I just wanted you to show the world what you're made of." "And why the hell would you do that? Are you trying to fool me?" "Of course not, I just think that, all those years ago, I should have said goodbye. I can't believe I was such a jerk to forget the closest person in the world to me. When I saw you, I was a bit shocked by how you haven't grown much since we last met, but that you are infinitely more beautiful than you were back home." "I don't need you to compliment me. Why did you try to force me to do something I didn't want to do?" "Cause you've always had a slice of humble pie, and I felt it was as good a time as ever to show the world what you could do, and most likely beat me." "Huh?" "Yeah, I've always felt that way since we were kids. The only reason I wanted to learn dancing was to impress you. One day a talent agent came to the village to find someone" "I remember. He was trying to find fresh young talent for himself to show to Bollywood. He chose you because you were the better dancer." "But that's not true. Yes, my dancing skills are impeccable, but he told me that part of why I got the job was because of my looks, I mean, what girl wouldn't want me?" "I could name a few." "Anyways, I told him when he was interviewing me to see you because you had the raw talent, I just learned from you. He said you're image wasn't marketable enough for Bollywood." "What, I wasn't pretty enough?" "I guess its the fact that you don't really doll yourself up that much." "Regardless, I wanted to give you this back." He gives her a pink carnation that she picked for him the last time they met. "I'm sorry that I didn't get to say goodbye. I don't deserve anything from you Demi." "Against my better judgment, I believe you. Part of my faith is forgiveness. My father would encourage me to do the same. I just thought I'd never get to see you again." Gota gets some ice pads for Demi's knee as Gota starts practicing. "You know what would really get the crowd going? A duet of the Chandrakanta." "A duet? I'm not sure, I've never done one before, let alone with so many people watching." "Relax, true the Chandrakanta is difficult to get perfect, but if we help each other out and work together we can really give the world a spectacle, and you'd finally get the spotlight you deserve. You want to do that?" "Ok, but just this one time." "Alright. Is your leg getting better?" "Yeah, it is. I'm worried about my friends, that hunter is still on the loose." "If he causes a fuss, we'll stop and you'll kick his ass. I saw your strength back there. Mind if you take the lead in the dance?" "I guess not."
The two start practicing as Gota goes to make a phone call. "Hello, yes, I need that, and that, and that for the contest tomorrow. Ok, bye. Tomorrow is going to be so perfect. I just set us up to be a duet for the contest and they allowed it because of me. Let's start." The two start practicing the steps of the dance, Demi struggling a bit at first due to her gimped knee but starts gaining strength back and she continues into the night, finally getting the steps right in the deepest part of the night, passing out next to each other. Actaeon stands in the tree, waiting for the Godbeast to tire, but the small dose of poison is causing it to stay mad for a long time, also into the night, but sticking to the forest, leaving the whole forest trampled. "Curses. I'm stuck with regular arrows. It would probably take a few thousand to do the trick." At noon the next day, Demi and Gota are awoken by Gota's loud cell phone. "OH CRAP, WE'VE GOT AN HOUR TILL SHOWTIME!" "I don't even remember going to bed." "Don't worry, we'll be fine. You do remember the steps, right?" "Of course. We didn't just practice till dawn for nothing." Demi puts on traditional Indian garb while Gota dresses the same. "It's almost showtime. You ready to knock their socks off Demi?" "I guess so." "Great." They hop into Gota's dodge challenger and they drive really fast to the stadium, with one minute till curtain, Gota bringing his personal radio that he put a cassette in before they left. Several performances go by, about 100 or so, before it is Gota and Demi's turn. The host of the show introduces them. "And coming up is Bollywood dancing sensation and India's most eligible bachelor, GOTA RAJAN!" Gota walks to the stage in glee as the women of the audience applaud wildly. "And never before seen, he brings with him a dance partner, from his home village back in India, we have DEMI HIZA!" The girls in the audience give a very discontent look at her as the guys applaud normally. "Today they will be performing the special dance called the Chandrakanta, or loved by the moon in Hindi. Anyway, play the music, let's hit it." A very soothing and almost meditating type song plays, with some simple strings plays as the two begin their long dance of symmetry, grace and beauty.
As per the conditions, the sound of the moon wakes up the four Joutengers still trapped inside the vines. "What the hell happened?" "It appears we were asleep. GYAHH!" Dave suddenly feels a pain in his stomach as Kai feels it as well. Kai screams "What the hell did we do to get this?" "Well, seeing as how I see nothing but plants, plants and more plants, I'd say Typhon did it." Dave chuckles a bit but Kai and Miki are not amused. "We must have done something that pissed off Demi. Let's call Amy." Miki calls Amy on her GodChanger. Back at Base, where Amy and Hera are watching soaps, Amy answers the call. "OH CRAP, Miki, what happened to you guys, once you fell asleep I couldn't contact you." "Amy, what the hell happened to us?" "You're not going to like this one bit." "Tell us so we could understand." "Yeah, otherwise this is one weird hangover." Amy laughs a bit and then explains. "You guys kind of went on a rampage that injured several civilians. I have the whole thing on tape." "You do?" Dave overhears what she says. "I-injured civilians?" "I'm afraid so." The four appear crestfallen as Kai gets angry. "WHO THE HELL DID THIS TO US?" "I thought it was important for you guys to know that Demi gave everything she had to stop you, but she started hesitating." "Why?" "You guys need to get to the location of the nearest monster and stat." "The archer from the woods, he mocked me right as he struck me with his arrow, that's the guy." "It appears he likes to hide in trees." "Then we'll just knock him back down to the ground." "I like the way you think Miki, he'll pay for making me fight Demi." All of the Joutengers save for Dave enthusiastically rush to fight Actaeon, as Dave starts thinking about what he could have done. Miki yells at him "C'mon Dave, the monster isn't going to beat itself." "Cause that would be really awesome if it did." "Oh, yeah, I'm coming." "If it's about what you did, you'll just have to see what happened when all's said and done. It sucks for all of us, but all we can do is make sure Demi is fine at her dance competition while we take the archer down. Besides, it will be pretty fun to repay him for what he did to us." The others run off together, Dave following right behind. In his head "I need to put on a strong face, for the good of the team, for now anyways."
The Joutengers arrive in the forest as the Ceryneian Hind, calmed down from the sound of the Chandrakanta, starts walking towards the city. "You think we should form the mech to make sure it doesn't start going crazy?" "I don't think that's a good idea Shun. We can't form Olympic King without Demi. Besides, we need to make sure the archer doesn't do anything while the deer is peaceful." "Man, that Hind sure did a number on the forest." "Yeah, looks like most of the forest is trampled grass." "Less trees means he has less place to hide." "Right Dave, and that means less need to split up." The four start walking through the forest, Actaeon trying his best to stay still and silent. However, a small lead makes a small crinkle as he tries moving his foot, alerting Dave with his sensory powers. "He's up there." "Nice one Dave." Miki shoots a bolt of lightning at Actaeon as he tries to start running away, knocking him out of the trees and leaving him in pain. "Curses." "Now it's time for some payback, but first," "Wait, why are there only three of you here?" Actaeon tries to grab his bow, but an invisible Kai uses his super speed to grab his bow and then punches him in the back to grab the arrows. "Let's disarm you." Kai says as he turns visible. "You may have taken my bow, but archers didn't just use bows you know." Actaeon pulls out his carving knife as Dave uses his fans to counter his attacks completely. Miki and Kai double attack him from behind as Shun uses his lance to slash him back hard. "Blast it, I can't fight at such close distance, I need to run." Actaeon tries running into the city. "Yes, the Hind is there, all I need to do is capture it and I get away scott free." Miki shoots another lightning bolt at him as they enter the city plaza, not to far from the stadium, the sound of the Chandrakanta flowing into the nearby areas. "Of course, thats how you Joutengers were able to wake up, that music is so rare over here. Regardless, I will destroy-" Kai wastes no time and uses his super speed to punch Actaeon in the face and kicks him into a trident slash from Shun and Dave's double fan slash. "Raiku Blade." Miki charges her sword with lightning and slashes him down hard, making him reel. "Oh god, this is, GYAAAAAH!" Miki says with a creepy tone of voice. "That was way too easy, you're seriously that pathetic?" "Umm, Miki?" "Quiet Shun." "Miki please." "You too Dave, we have ourselves an easy win here. He can't do anything without his bow and arrows. It's what he deserves for what he made us do." "Still, we can't kill out of revenger Miki." "Fine. We don't even have the Blade of Olympus yet." "We should still make sure he doesn't worm his way out. ICE WALL!" Shun uses his water powers to create an ice prison of sorts for Actaeon. "Do you mortals even know who I am?" Shun joking remarks "Care to share with the rest of the class Mr. Dunce?" "I'm Actaeon, formerly Artemis' number one follower-" Dave interrupts. "Yes, I know this story from the old texts." Miki says "Now that you mention it, the name Actaeon does ring a bell. You got turned into a stag because you peeped on Artemis." "Yes, and now it's my time to get a perfect revenge by killing her prized game and her." "Well, you're just going to wait till after JoutenGreen is done."
Back at the dance competition, Demi and Gota are just about done, the Ceryneian Hind lowering its head into the stadium as he fades away. "That was so, beautiful. I would be honored if you were my master." The crowd applauds wildly as the judges give her and Gota a perfect score. "I can't believe it, we won together as a team. How does it feel to be known Demi?" "Not much has changed actually. I guess it feels pretty good. I got to get to my teammates." A number pops up on Demi's phone, 1-2-9. She rushes outside and morphs, greeting the others. "Hey Demi, we heard your applause, it was really loud. You must have been amazing." "Thanks Shun." Miki says "We caught the guy who drove us mad with those arrows. Demi, if you would do the honors?" "No, I'm not about killing in revenge. I will weaken him though. ARBOR AXE!" However, instead of her axe, a bow and arrow appears, called the Lunar Bow. "Lunar Bow!" She shoots a three shot at him, knocking Actaeon back really hard as the team gets the Blade of Olympus ready. "Judgment Slash!" Actaeon explodes as Asteria uses her crystal ball to make him grow. "Olympic King, arise!" Olympic King forms and prepares for battle with Actaeon. "You may have beaten me before but not this time." Actaeon uses his bow and arrows to continually strike Olympic King, knocking him down. "This is looking bad. I need to summon the Lunar Godbeast. 1-2-9." The Lunar Godbeast appears, tackles Actaeon with his horns and knocks Actaeon down. "Olympic King, Artemis Formation!" The top half of the deer becomes a hood for the Olympic King while the legs and abdomen become a coat of sorts with an arrow holder, the horns becoming a bow. As the combination forms, the sunny sky suddenly turns to night. The Olympic King shoots Actaeon as he tries to get up and Actaeon gets knocked down again. "We need to finish this guy." "You got it. Lunar Volley!" The Olympic King shoots a large arrow into the moon as it causes the moon to light up and a flurry of dozens of arrows descend on Actaeon, causing him to explode.
As the team watches the footage in Olympi, all four Joutengers look in shock and disappointment at what they did, Dave especially who takes it really hard, almost getting ready to cry. Kai yells at him. "Hey man, stop this crybaby nonsense!" Demi yells at him "Shut up Kai!" as she tenderly hugs Dave's shoulder. "It's not becoming of a man to cry at something that wasn't even his fault. I feel like shit too, it's just, we can't just show our feelings like that, at least, that's what the streets have told me." Miki yells at Kai. "Do you not know the first thing about Dave and his powers?" "It's ok, he has a point. It wasn't my fault, still, it just feels terrible that we could lose control so easily." "I should feel bad. Take a look for yourself." The part of the footage where Demi hesitates to attack a weakened Dave starts haunting him more. "I need some time alone, I'll see you guys tomorrow." Dave runs off holding back tears in his eyes. Demi tries to stop him but stops midway. "It's for the best Demi, let him feel this one out." "You're right. He wants privacy, we should give it to him." Gota arrives not too long afterwards. "Hey Demi, are these your friends?" "Yeah. One of them just left though." "I see. Well, I came to say goodbye. Here you go." Gota gives Demi the trophy and the money. "You've more than earned it for your humility and talent." Demi gives Gota the money back. "What's this?" "I don't need the money Gota. You probably have better things to spend it on." Gota, touched by this display, says "I'm going to go back to our village and use the money to build a school so that we can educate all the kids in the village. That's ten million well spent." "That's wonderful." Kai can't help but blush a bit as Shun smirks a bit at him. "Besides, I think I could use at least one trophy in my life." Miki is puzzled at this as Gota leaves. "I thought you said he was a prick." "I know what I said. But he didn't really mean it, he just wanted me to show the world what I could do. I wish I could have seen through his intentions, but I'm glad I competed. I guess a little competition now and again isn't so bad." Sara sees Dave walking home sullen and asks him "Are you ok Dave?" Dave ignores her and keeps walking away.
Dave goes into Sara's coffee shop and thinks to himself "I can't believe Demi just went easy on me like that. Am I still a joke to them? After all I've done to prove myself? I can't keep being this weak. Even driven mad I still am the weakest fighter on the team. Perhaps I'm overthinking matters, after all me and Demi do care a lot about each other, but she also cares deeply for the others, why would it be me that makes her hesitate?" Sara orders her and Dave's favorite drinks and she comforts him. "You didn't say hello back. Something must be really bothering you." All of a sudden a man in a black trenchcoat enters the coffee shop, orders a Macchiato and proceeds to Dave and Sara's table. "Evening kids. What's your name Miss?" "My name is Sara, I'm not on duty." "Relax, I just have to give you this invitation." "Oh, ok." "You kids have a good day, Dave, tell your dad Josuke said hi." "I'll try." "That was very strange. You are cordially invited as a guest of honor in the Hans residence." "Give me that. That's my father's handwriting, why on earth would he?" "It says a dinner party with me, you and him. It says "To celebrate my boy embracing his true manhood." That part was mean but otherwise I would love to come visit your dad-" "No you do not." "Oh come on, your dad must be pretty good, I mean, you are his kid." "Sometimes I even wonder that." "Look, I don't know the guy until I meet him. I'm guessing it isn't a peachy keen house where you live, but at least let me meet him to judge for myself." "I guess that's fair, preconceived notions of people are never good. Very well, you could come to my house for dinner tomorrow night." "It's a date then, see you tomorrow." "See you." Dave simply looks down into his coffee and sighs.