Kyoya ran at the edge of the Dark Forest warriors through the forest with Masemune right behind him. I've got to get Masemune away from them and explain what's going on.

He spotted a bush and tackled Masemune into the bush. "Hey! What was that for?" Masemune exclaimed but Kyoya quickly covered his mouth with his paw.

"Do you want to get us both killed?" Kyoya growled.

Masemune shook Kyoya off. "We'll both be killed if we don't fight beside Brokenstar! I heard what he did to Beetlewhisker!"

"Masemune-"

"And you just stood there and watched! How could you? You've beaten Brokenstar before! You could've saved Beetlewhisker! But no! You sit there and obey Tigerstar and Brokenstar!" Masemune went on.

"Masemune!" Kyoya growled.

"What?" Masemune growled unsheathing his claws and crouching down as if Kyoya would attack him.

"I'm not on their side," Kyoya growled.

"What?" Masemune straightened up a little.

"I was faking so I could keep an eye on Tigerstar. I had to fake everything. If I had saved Beetlewhisker they would've found out what I was doing," Kyoya explained.

"Oh! I get it!" Masemune relaxed. "Sorry."

"No time for apologies. We've got to go and lure Tigerstar and Brokenstar away from the other Dark Forest warriors," Kyoya meowed leaping out of the bush.

"But how do we do that? We can't beat both of them!" Masemune pointed out. "I can't beat either of them!"

"You can and you will! You aren't Thistleclaw's apprentice! You're my apprentice! And my apprentice will not lose to those traitors!" Kyoya growled. "Now stop arguing and follow me!" Kyoya dashed off into the trees with Masemune hard on his paws.

"But where can we find them?" Masemune asked.

"They're attacking the WindClan camp!" Kyoya answered as they emerged onto the moor. They raced for the WindClan camp. They spotted Tigerstar among a Dark Forest patrol. Kyoya and Masemune joined the patrol. "Play along!" Kyoya silently ordered Masemune. He then padded up to Tigerstar with Masemune right behind him.

"Lionfang! Strikepaw! Where have you been? You were supposed to attack the RiverClan camp," Tigerstar growled.

"Sorry. I wanted to give Strikepaw a talk. If he screws up now then we'll be having a serious talk with him," Kyoya answered.

Tigerstar nodded. "Good." He then looked back at the WindClan camp. "Once the first patrol weakens them we'll attack."

Kyoya nodded. "Alright, but I was thinking you should save you strength."

Tigerstar looked back at him, his vicious gaze full of interest. "Explain."

"Well, I know you want revenge on ThunderClan, and you're one of the Dark Forest's senior warriors. I also know that you want to kill Firestar. If you fight now like he's doing you'll ware yourself out before you get to fight Firestar," Kyoya explained. "Every warrior gets tired after fighting for awhile. Firestar is also fighting as we speak, waring himself out. If you don't fight, then you won't get tired and you'll have to upper hand when fighting him. Plus, you've been training for so long, while he's been worried about patrols and hunting. If you save your energy then your victory is a sure thing. Of course even if you don't it's a sure thing too. It just might take a little longer."

Tigerstar smiled. "You're absolutely right, Lionfang. I think we should do that. Why don't we go and check out what'll be our territory when this battle is over?"

Kyoya nodded. "Strikepaw, why don't you go find Brokenstar and ask him if he'd like to join us? I'm sure the other Dark Forest warriors can manage without him. After all, he's one of the best warriors the Dark Forest has besides Tigerstar."

Masemune nodded and dashed away in search of Brokenstar. Tigerstar then led the way toward ThunderClan territory. Just as they left the patrols raced down into the WindClan camp. "Looks like they're attacking. Took longer to weaken WindClan than I thought but it was still pretty close. Looks like I underestimated them. Oh well. They still won't win," Kyoya growled.

Tigerstar nodded in agreement. They continued in silence through ThunderClan's territory until they neared the ShadowClan border. They heard two sets of pawsteps approaching them. They looked to see Brokenstar and Masemune.

"Decided to join us?" Tigerstar asked. Masemune went over beside Kyoya and nodded ever so slightly that only Kyoya caught it.

"I came to get you, actually," Brokenstar growled. "Ivypool, Birchfall, Blossomfall, Mousewhisker, and Applefur all caused us to lose at the WindClan camp. We're ready to attack ThunderClan."

"Then let's go," Tigerstar meowed, beginning to head toward the ThunderClan camp with Brokenstar. They stopped when they realized that Kyoya and Masemune weren't following them. "We have to go attack their camp, Lionfang! Let's go!"

Kyoya and Masemune stayed where they were.

"Lionfang! Strikepaw! Let's go! Don't just stand there!" Brokenstar ordered.

Kyoya and Masemune exchanged a look before looking back at the two Dark Forest toms. "No," the said in unison.

Tigerstar and Brokenstar turned to them and narrowed their eyes. "What did you say?" Tigerstar growled.

"You heard us-no," Kyoya growled, unsheathing his claws.

"Strikepaw, you're an apprentice and need to obey senior warriors!" Brokenstar snarled.

"Wrong," Kyoya snapped. "He obeys his mentor."

"His mentor is Thistleclaw," Tigerstar growled.

"Wrong again. His mentor is me," Kyoya growled. "And I am not attacking the ThunderClan camp."

"Don't forget your place, Lionfang! You obey us!" Brokenstar growled.

"No, I don't. I never was part of you. You lied to recruit me. You should've known better! You can't fool me! I was only there to spy so I could try and get Sandra to forgive me, because she was right about you all along!" Kyoya snarled, crouching down.

"You little traitor!" Tigerstar growled.

"You should've especially known! You're the tiger, I'm the lion. And I will never trust a tiger that was a traitor!" Kyoya growled.

"Take care of those traitors," Brokenstar ordered. "I'll go help the attack on the ThunderClan camp." Brokenstar dashed off toward the ThunderClan camp and left Tigerstar facing Kyoya and Strikepaw.

"I'll make you regret betraying me!" Tigerstar leaped toward Kyoya. Kyoya flashed Masemune a look before he ducked under Tigerstar's outstretched paws and let Masemune knock Tigerstar away.

"Just like I taught you," Kyoya murmured. Masemune nodded and leaped at Tigerstar. Tigerstar rolled away and swiped at Masemune. Kyoya waited until Tigerstar had his back turned before leaping and tackling him to the ground. Kyoya placed a paw on his belly and a paw on his neck. "You can either run or die. Your choice."

Tigerstar growled in frustration, but Kyoya knew that Tigerstar was beat. He let him up and watched the tabby as he turned to walk away.

"Did I do ok?" Masemune asked.

Kyoya glanced at him and nodded. "You did great. Now we have to head back and-" He was cut off by a screech. Kyoya barely had time to look before he was tackled to the ground by Tigerstar's surprise attack.

"You should've known I wouldn't let you go!" Tigerstar growled.

"Kyoya!" Masemune leaped at Tigerstar but Tigerstar kicked him away with his hind paws, claws unsheathed. Masemune shreiked as he slammed into a tree, bleeding from his side.

"I'll deal with you next, Strikepaw!" Tigerstar snarled, turning back to Kyoya. "Now it's time for you to pay, Lionfang!" Tigerstar bared his teeth and snapped at Kyoya's neck. Kyoya fought to free himself, but Tigerstar dug his claws deep into his shoulders.

"Kyoya!" Tigerstar's weight was lifted off him and Kyoya struggled to his paws. He gasped when he saw Sandra grappling with the large tabby tom.

"I will not be beaten!" Tigerstar exclaimed, knocking Sandra away with a powerful swipe. He was about to leap when Emma and Ryuga leaped out of the bushes and tackled him to the ground. They then chased him off.

"Tigerstar ran off! He's gone!" Masemune rasped, limping up to Kyoya.

"He'll be back," Sandra muttered darkly as she tried to push herself up but she just fell right back down. Kyoya ran to her side to see her front right leg was injured pretty badly.

"Masemune! We have to get back to camp!" Kyoya meowed as he nudged Sandra to her paws. Emma and Ryuga appeared a moment later.

"We lost Tigerstar at the border," Emma explained.

"We've got to get back to camp, now!" Sandra growled, limping slowly forward.

"Take it easy. You won't make it very far on your own with that leg," Kyoya meowed, letting her lean on his shoulder as they made their way to camp.

"Be ready to fight when you get there," Sandra warned. "The second patrol should have reached camp by now."

"That means Brokenstar is there," Masemune meowed, grimly.

"Then let's pick it up!" Ryuga growled trying to move faster but his wounds slowed him down. Emma rolled her eyes as she nudged him to his paws.

"Stop acting so tough and actually be careful since you didn't let Littlecloud look at your wounds," she growled. Ryuga growled but didn't argue as they headed toward the ThunderClan camp.