"BURNING DIVIDE!"

"LIGHTNING SONIC!"

Pluto's burning double drop kick smashed into the Trilobite Beast Spirit as Draco's super fast electrical flying kick rammed into Yazawa. Both Beast Spirits were sent into the water and it exploded from the energy discharge. The bodies of Yazawa, now in human form, and the Trilobite Beast Spirit floated on the surface. Both were heavily damaged and perfect for sealing.

Pluto said, "All yours." Draco nodded and threw two cards. The cards stuck to the fallen Beast Spirits and then sucked them in before flying back into Draco's hand.

The Category Queen of Spades: Absorb Capricorn and the Category 7 of Spades: Metal Trilobite were now Draco's. He then quoted, describing Yazawa, "A male should have a title befitting their status and not otherwise." He had gotten his hearing back.

"Got that right," Pluto agreed. "A male queen? Come on, anybody would find that funny!"

The two Knights ejected the cards out of their belt buckles and transformed out of their armors. Leo then remembered something, "Jinx-san!" he ran over to her unconscious body. He kneeled down and tried shaking her awake. "Jinx-san! Jinx-san! Wake up, onegai!" her eyes fluttered open. Draco was relieved but still concerned. "Daijoubu?"

"Ugh, I have a splitting headache and my ears are ringing," she answered as she rubbed her head. "Other than that I'm fine."

"Thank Kami…"

Takada smiled at this before he remembered something. "The dogs! Oh man! I'll see you two later!" he then rushed off to find his dogs.

Leo laughed as Jinx sat up. "What happened?" she asked. He held up the two cards.

"Gomenasai…" Leo said with much regret. He held his head down. "I was unable to protect you."

Jinx then flicked his nose to his surprise. She grinned, "Hey, we're heroes, right? We get hurt all the time and you should know that I'm not some sort of damsel in distress. Not my style." Her eyes glowed pink to put more emphasis to her next statement, "I'm more of a witch myself."

"Souka (I see)," he said before he laughed. He looked down and saw that Jinx was bleeding from the cut she had received earlier. He took off his scarf and wrapped it around the wound.

"Thanks," she said, blushing a bit.

Leo then noticed a familiar black clad individual. "Amakusa-san!" he said before he stood up. Jinx watched as Leo approached the guy in black. She remembered Leo telling her his name.

"Must be one of the other Knights," she mused.

"You're late!" Leo said. "I already got the Beast Spirits, see?" He held up the cards to show Desmond. Desmond didn't seem to be reacting. "Ano, Amakusa-san?" He was then surprised when Desmond suddenly punched him in the face, sending him to the ground. Jinx gasped.

"Itai…Amakusa-san, what was that for…?" Leo groaned as he rubbed where Desmond's fist met his face. He looked up to see Desmond with his Advent Buckle on.

"Henshin," Desmond said in monotone before he slid in his Category Ace card and the buckle split open.

"CHANGE GENBU!"

Leo watched as Shadow transformed and swung down his staff right at him.

He only noticed that the eyes on Shadow's helmet were blood red instead of aqua blue.

Episode 20: Vengeance

As Shadow's staff came speeding down upon his head, Leo only noticed that the Knight of Genbu's usual blue eyepieces of his helmet were now a startling blood red.

The staff was an inch before splitting Leo's skull when a pink hex exploded upon the Knight of Genbu's chestplate and sent him staggering back. Leo, completely shocked, turned to see where the attack had came from. It had came from Jinx, a completely pissed off and livid Jinx with pink glowing eyes and hands crackling with pink energy.

"Leave…him…ALONE!" she seethed, trying to calm herself despite the predicament.

Shadow came forward again but this time swung faster, but not as fast as Leo.

"CHANGE SEIRYU!"

The blue energy field became a shield and smashed Shadow away before sweeping over Leo once again to transform him into Draco.

Jinx ran over to Draco and helped him up. "Are you okay?" she asked.

"Hai," he nodded. He watched as Shadow staggered back to his feet and went into an offensive stance, holding his staff horizontally behind him with his right hand as he pointed to Leo with his left. His legs were apart in a horse riding stance.

Draco noticed that the green parts of Shadow's armor were also darker. He didn't know what was going on, but he knew a battle was unavoidable. He drew out his sword and prepared for battle.

Sword and staff swung and clashed into one another, sending sparks flying. Draco, the Dragon of the Storm, was going against Shadow, the Turtle of the Forest. Shadow jabbed with his staff as Draco dodged the strikes effortlessly thanks to his reflexes. He stabbed at Shadow too but then Shadow side stepped him and use his staff to tear the sword right out of his hand. Draco looked up to see his sword coming back down. This was the distraction Shadow was looking for. He swung his staff down and…

"CHANGE BYAKKO!"

A motorcycle carrying a white and black clad Tiger Knight jumped in and skidded to a halt between Leo and Shadow, causing the Knight of Genbu to step back from his attack. Pluto dismounted from his bike and looked at Draco over his shoulder. "Let me handle him," Pluto offered. "You kids enjoy your date." He hadn't been too far to hear or see the commotion.

"But…" Draco began.

"Go!" Pluto insisted firmly. He took out his gun. "Just go."

Draco looked between Shadow and Pluto. Praying to Kami he then took hold of Jinx's hand after sheathing his sword. "Ikuzo (Let's go)! Hayaku (Hurry)!" He led her, running, away from the battle.

"But what about him?" Jinx asked, referring to Pluto.

"He'll be fine," Draco said, although he was unsure of it himself he tried his best to hide it. "How's your hand?" he asked.

"It's okay, but I left my communicator behind," Jinx said.

Leo mentally slapped himself. 'Baka The communicator! You got one too. Call the others!' They stopped running and Draco searched for the yellow and black circular communicator on him. "Yatta!" he cheered to himself as he took it out. He flipped it open and called for the Tower. Robin answered

"Draco? What's going on?"

"The park, something happened to Shadow!" Draco shouted over his communicator. "Pluto is fighting him right now but something's different about Shadow! He's dangerous, I can feel it."

"We're on our way!" Robin said.

"Hayaku, Robin-san," Draco urged as Robin signed off.

Back at the battle, Pluto was shooting at Shadow with his gun but they were easily deflected by his opponent's staff. Pluto was thinking, 'Gotta use my power like when I fought the Trilobite!' He focused, eyepieces glowing, and a large chunk of the ground shot up and out towards Shadow. The large clump of dirt smashed against the Turtle Knights chest and faceplate. Pluto smirked under his helmet. 'Okay, I got the hang of that now. So, now what do I do?' Out of all the Advent Knights, despite being the oldest and the one doing this the longest, Pluto had never used his powers in battle until now. He was more used to using his gun rather than rely on the powers he had received due to the transformation's side effect. However, he did not have the same amount of experience as the others.

Shadow waved his arms and Pluto was suddenly blasted by a stream of water coming from the lake. He pushed back against the water but Shadow merely pushed back with it. Pluto was inevitably knocked off his feet and into the water. He got back up and took up his gun before aiming.

Shadow threw his staff and knocked Pluto's weapon out of his hand before he jumped up and delivered a powerful double footed kick into his chest, knocking him further into the water. Shadow landed with a splash, now in HIS element. This time the advantage was all his.

He summoned up all the water around him and sent them at Pluto in the form of water bombs. They bombarded against Pluto and exploded on impact. Pluto could feel the force of each bomb as they smashed into him. He gripped his fists and threw a wave of mud towards Shadow. Shadow then sucked the water out of the mud turning it into useless dry earth before he whirled the water and lashed it out at Pluto like whips. Pluto was ready to jump but then found he couldn't. He looked down and saw vines snaking up his legs. He was stuck. The water whips lashed out on his body.

Draco continued to watch this as was Jinx. The Titans hadn't arrived yet. What was taking them so long? He had tried calling his sister but the line was busy for some reason. 'She must be using the phone right now. Kuso! I really need her!' He wanted to go into the battle but Pluto had insisted he stay out of it. However, something was telling him to fight…something deep inside him was urging him on to pick up his sword and fight.

Shadow had pulled his staff back into his hand and drawn two cards. With his opponent immobilized this would be an easy win. He slashed them through.

"RUSH! STAB!"

The power of the cards coursed through him as he ran towards Pluto, the sharp tip of his staff aimed right at Pluto's Advent Buckle.

"NO!" Draco shouted. He drew a card and slashed it through his sword quickly.

"MACH!"

Running at the speed of sound and before Jinx could blink Draco ran towards the two Knights and placed himself right between Pluto and Shadow's attack.

The attack, aimed for Pluto's Advent Buckle, had slammed into Draco's instead. Sparks flew as the card inside it was forcefully ejected. Draco was forced to turn back into Leo as he was sent crashing into the water. Jinx screamed out.

Pluto's eyes widened in shock. He tried to pull himself out of the water and tear off the vines holding him but his strength couldn't do it. He glared at Shadow who only drew two more cards.

"BLIZZARD! BITE!" His staff announced the combo, "BLIZZARD CRASH!" He jumped up and froze Pluto in a block of ice before he smashed into him. The ice shattered off and his Change Ace card was forced out of the Advent Buckle he was wearing. The vines had been frozen during the attack as was some of the water. Takada was sent flying into the water as well.

Shadow looked at the two Category Ace cards floating on the water and bent down to pick them up. He inspected them. Suddenly, green energy bolts slammed into his body and exploded, much to his surprise. He dropped the cards and looked to see his new adversaries.

"TITANS! GO!" Robin shouted as he led the 5 Titans into battle. Raven was the most hesitant to attack when she saw who they were fighting but set it aside. Shadow had attacked both Takada and Leo so he was now the enemy.

Cyborg fired a blue sonic beam which the Knight of Genbu avoided by jumping out of the way. Now on the grass, he summoned up several vines to attack the Titans. Robin used his birdarangs to slice them apart and was reminded briefly of Poison Ivy.

Beast Boy assumed the form of an Ankylosaur and knocked Shadow into the fountain. He smashed through the statue of the fountain and tumbled on the grass. He looked up to see Raven, hovering over him.

No hesitation.

"Azarath, Metrion…" There was a hint of sadness in her voice, "ZINTHOS!" several benches and lampposts were collected and thrown at him. He drew a card and slashed it through.

"GELL!" His body liquefied in response and the various items just went right through him. His body solidified and he knocked Raven aside with his staff. She fell to the ground and looked up as Shadow stood over her. He gripped his staff with both hands and brought it up over his head before he swung it down for the kill.

Then, he stopped.

Raven watched him as his body shuddered. His head was shaking repeatedly. He was stumbling slightly on his feet. For some reason, he couldn't bring himself to kill her. His eyepieces were also starting to fade back to blue. Raven blinked. Was Shadow under someone's control?

Starfire and Jinx were helping Leo and Takada out of the water. They were completely soaked and knocked out. Jinx gritted her teeth. She then, with a loud screech, fired a charged up hex at Shadow.

Shadow's red eyepieces looked up just in time to see the hex coming at him. He saw the hex coming at him and he crossed his arms over his chest as he tucked in his head. The hex exploded on impact and sent him flying far…really far…I mean he was…well, you get the idea.

When he had finally landed on good old terra firma, the Titans were running over to him to either finish him off or ask questions. He couldn't let them get him. His armor was heavily damaged with cracks from Jinx's assault. He had only one chance, to distract them. He punched his fist into the ground and sent a surge of his power right under Starfire and Jinx. Vines suddenly shot out and ensnared themselves around the surprised girls. The girls were soon quickly wrapped up in vines. Robin saw this and had to decide between taking Shadow to justice or save Starfire and Jinx from suffocation. This moment of hesitation was the chance Shadow needed to make his escape.

"SMOG!" his staff announced after he slashed through his card. The black smog covered the entire park and blinded the Titans. Raven used her powers to blow it away with Beast Boy who was flapping his wings as a pterodactyl. Shadow was gone.

Robin and the others went to Jinx and Starfire who were trapped in the vines. Beast Boy and Cyborg tore off the vines covering Jinx while Robin cut Starfire out. Starfire gasped and Robin hugged her.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"I am now," Starfire said gratefully.

Jinx threw the vines still on her off, still feeling a bit freaked out, when she remembered, "LEO!" she got up and dashed towards Leo's prone form. She placed her fingers on his neck and was relieved to feel a pulse. She saw the cards still floating in the lake and was about to go get them when Raven used her dark telekinesis and picked them up.

"Thanks," Jinx muttered. It wasn't disgruntled or anything, she just wasn't used to saying thanks to the Titans, especially Raven.

"No problem," Raven said before she placed the cards in Jinx's hands. Cyborg was checking Leo and Takada's vitals.

"They're okay, just unconscious," he analyzed, confirming Jinx's relief. He inspected their ruined Advent Buckles still strapped to their waists. He shook his head. "Can't say much for their buckles, though."

"We better get them to the infirmary," Robin suggested.

Raven was already healing them and nodded, "Agreed."

Cyborg picked Leo up as Starfire held Takada in her arms. Jinx looked absolutely worried. It was written all over her face.

Raven had a look of worry on her face too but this was for a certain black clad teen. What had happened to him? She was going to get into the bottom of this A.S.A.P.

The robed Royals, now only 10 remaining, watched as everything that had happened unfolded before their eyes through their trusty viewing portal.

"Two have fallen," King said, amused as he smirked, "But only one remains. However, the Knights of Byakko and Seiryu still live and we do not have the Category Aces."

"No matter," Isaka said confidently, "Our own personal warrior will eliminate the Knight of Suzaku and finish the job."

"Is this really right?" Hikaru questioned.

"What makes you say that?" King asked.

"This just doesn't seem…honorable," Hikaru offered. Isaka snorted.

"Honor is for the weak!" Isaka crowed.

"It is not!" Hikaru shouted back.

"Please, no fighting amongst yourselves," King commanded. Hikaru and Isaka recomposed themselves.

"I just think it's a little cruel to use him like this," Hikasu said diplomatically. "He's sick and even if he is just a human we have no right to you him like a puppet. It's low, even for us."

"We must do all we can to ensure our survival!" Isaka retorted. The other still hooded members nodded in agreement. Well, maybe except one.

"What's wrong, Shima?" King asked and another one of the robed Royals pulled down his hood to reveal a man with kind features and wearing a bandanna over his head.

"I agree with Hikaru, actually," Shima said. Hikaru smiled. "We do want to survive, but must we harm humans? Can't we live in peace with them?"

"NO!" Isaka exclaimed, angered by Shima's words, "Why should we? Don't you remember that it was a human that defeated us all and sealed us away? Revenge is the only way! The ONLY way!"

Shima and Isaka glared at each other.

King decided to nip this in the bud. "Meeting adjourned," he said.

The remaining 10 Royals left to their own devices, Isaka giving both Hikaru and Shima dirty looks before he disappeared as well. Hikaru went over to Shima.

"You think I'm right, Shima?" Hikaru asked.

"Yes, Hikaru, I do. So what if a human did seal us? We accepted our defeat all those millennia ago. Now that we are free we should enjoy life."

"I agree."

"Let us go for ice cream."

"Yay, ice cream!"

Kat's bike pulled up in front of the Tower before she removed her helmet and dismounted her bike. She rushed into the large structure and took the elevator up to the infirmary.

When she arrived she gasped in shock. Her brother and Takada were lying in bed and they didn't look too good. Most of their injuries had been healed by Raven but there were still signs that the two had been in battle.

She didn't know what was going on. After she had called Craig to give him her answer the T-Com the Titans had given her started beeping. When she saw Robin's face and said, "What's up, Tweety-Bird?" she knew something was wrong when Robin didn't react. All he said was, "Leo's hurt." She immediately rushed over after that.

Now standing over her brother's prone form, she could see Jinx sitting on a chair and holding his hand.

"How is he?" Kat asked, trying to control her emotions.

"He's alive, so is Takada. They're gonna be okay. Just some cuts and bruises that's all," Cyborg reported. He then pointed to a nearby table where their Advent Buckles and Change Ace cards were. "Can't say the same for their buckles. The cards are safe at least."

"What happened?" she asked, her tone becoming sharp and dangerous.

"Shadow happened," was Robin's answer. That was all she needed to hear as her eyes narrowed and flashed red with fire. She gave her brother one last apologetic look before rushing off. The Titans, except Jinx, chased after her.

Back outside the Tower, she got back on her bike and put on her helmet. The Titans were there too.

"What're you doing?" Robin asked, although he could guess the answer already.

"Giving a certain Turtle a piece of my mind," she said simply.

"Maybe we should-" Cyborg began.

"No!" she shouted abruptly. "This is my fight, not yours."

Robin stepped forward again, this time trying to get through to Kat. He said, "Leo's a Titan and so are you. We stick together through thick and thin."

Kat gave him a leveled look. "My otouto-chan and I may be honorary members to your little club, Tweety-Bird, but we're siblings first and Knights second. There's nothing else besides that."

"Please, reconsider," Starfire pleaded.

"I'm sorry, Starry," Kat apologized. She revved up her engine.

"Wait," Raven said, placing a hand on her shoulder. Kat looked at her.

"What?"

"Shadow's not himself. I sensed something's wrong with him. Don't hurt him. Maybe we can help him if we try," Raven said. She was pleading too.

Kat turned away from her and flipped down the visor of her helmet. "Don't worry your pretty little head, Blackbird, because I'm gonna knock some sense into him!" She kicked off the stand and sped away. The Titans watched her as her bike kicked up some dust.

Beast Boy stated the obvious, "Dudes, that is one pissed off chick."

BB, you've got no idea.

Kat was racing through the street, avoiding traffic to clear her head.

'This is all my fault,' Kat scolded herself. 'I'm the reason my brother's hurt. If I wasn't so busy trying to fix a non-existent relationship, none of this would've happened!' She was referring to herself and Craig.

Right after she had called Tara and asked for some advice she called Craig. They talked and patched things up. They even reminisced and talked about the time they met and how they became friends. He also told her how long he'd had these feelings for her. She smiled and laughed as they talked. It was at this time when her brother was calling her for help but she was just too busy talking to Craig that the line was too busy for his call to get through.

It was her fault. She blamed herself. Not only did her twin brother get hurt but he now lost the ability to transform because his Advent Buckle was destroyed. Oh, Takada too. He suffered the same fate too.

'Is should've been there,' she told herself. 'Then they would've had a fighting chance and my otouto-chan would've have gotten hurt.' Ever since their parents divorce and now after finding out her father's disappearance, Leo was all she had. He was her twin brother, her other half, the second part of the whole. He was the Yin to her Yang or was he the Yang to her Yin? Either way Leo was just so important to her. He was more than just family to her, much more and words could not describe it.

She continued to race through the city, looking for Desmond when she rode by an abandoned factory and saw another bike coming the opposite the direction. She knew those black clothes anyway. She swerved to the side to create a barricade for the other rider. The Man in Black had no choice but to slow down and hit the brakes before he pulled over. Kat flipped her visor up as Desmond did the same. Her storm blue eyes glared through his bangs and into his blood red ones. She took off her helmet and placed it on her bike before getting off. She was already wearing her Advent Buckle as it was strapped to her waist. Desmond also took off his helmet and got off his bike to reveal that he was too wearing his Advent Buckle as well. The buckles had already been loaded with their Change Ace cards.

Words would not do in this battle, only action. After all, actions spoke louder than words, didn't they.

"Henshin!" Kat cried out.

"Henshin," Desmond said in monotone.

Both Advent Buckles split open to reveal their respective symbols.

"CHANGE SUZAKU!"

"CHANGE GENBU!"

Mimic summoned her Suzaku Arrow with the card reader attached and went on the attack, charging towards Shadow. Her strikes were being parried fluidly by his own staff. He slammed her in the chest with an open palm strike before jabbing her with his staff and sending her back. She stumbled but recovered quickly.

She shot ice and fire arrows at him but he was able to deflect them easily with his staff, spinning it around in front of him to create a spinning barricade. She continued to fire but he continued to step closer to her until he got her with a kick to the face. She fell back on the asphalt and tried getting up only for Shadow to stomp on her chest to keep her down and jab the head of his staff repeatedly into her visor. Her head bounced back and forth between the asphalt and his staff as her visor began to crack. She then grabbed his staff and focused her cold power into it and covering it in ice. The ice froze over his hands as well. Now he lacked flexibility with his hands frozen with his staff.

She flipped back to her feet but not before kicking him back. She then slashed at him with her weapon and he could do nothing but dodge and block with his hands frozen to his staff. Mimic thought her victory was close as she then performed a tornado kick and sent him flying back.

Shadow got on one knee and brought his staff down on his other one. It shattered most of the ice off, the ice covering his hands. He flexed his fingers and twirled his staff around. He did a 'bring it on' motion with his hand. Mimic obliged.

She shot fireballs at him and he put them out using water he gathered from the air and covering the ends of his staff with it to quench the flames. Mimic then fired ice at him but he jumped over the ice blasts and rushed over to her, slashing her across the chest before bringing the staff down on her head. She brought up her arm to block and sparks flew as her forearm got struck. She thanked the armor for the protection but she could feel a bruise forming under the armor, same goes with under her visor.

She decided to go hand-to-hand and so did Shadow as they discarded their weapons. Shadow threw punches at her in which she effortlessly dodged from side to side. She then got a few good hits in his solar plexus before jumping up and performing a roundhouse kick to his head. However, he caught her leg and sent her crashing to the ground before he stomped on her. She rolled away and got back to her feet. She gave him a right hook and then a left but he was able to block them. She used both her fists this time and he grabbed them. They grappled with each other, trying to crush the others hands. Mimic jumped up and planted both feet into his chest to force him to let go and send him staggering back. She flexed her fingers again as he cracked his neck. She summoned her Suzaku Arrow again and fired.

Shadow took the shield on his back off and deflected the shot. He then threw the shield like a Frisbee, forcing Mimic to duck. Shadow then dashed forward and kicked her in the face. She blocked just in time. She did get sent reeling back still. The shield returned to its owner and was strapped to his right forearm. Mimic got back up. She summoned ice into her right hand and fire into her left hand. She gripped her fists and went into a flurry of punches. They didn't even make a dent in Shadow's Shell Shield. He continued to hold it in front of him to block and somehow taunt Mimic. Mimic, growing angrier, planted her ice cold fist into it and froze it over before she planted her flaming fist to it to rapidly melt off the ice. The shield cracked, much to Shadow's surprise and Mimic gave it one good and powerful punch before it split in half from the force. Shadow dropped the remains of his shield as a fist came at face. Mimic then performed a Karate chop to his neck but Shadow grabbed her arm. He punched her right in the chest and she was sent back as he let go.

The Titans tried to follow Kat but only found the busted and charred remains of her communicator. It had bits of frost on it too. This was serious. She didn't want to be found.

Mimic went to her card holster and drew out a couple of cards. She was going to slash them through. 'Okay, this combo has never failed me,' she thought. The cards were Chop Head and Tornado Hawk. Shadow, seeing this, drew a card as well. It was his 10 of Clubs: Remote Tapir.

As Mimic was about to slash her cards through, Shadow did so first. "REMOTE!" The card, unlike the others, did not vanish after it was slashed. Instead he pointed it at Mimic's two hand cards and they flew out of her hands.

"Hey, what gives!" she exclaimed. Her two cards then exploded in a flash of green light. In their places were the Hammerhead Shark Beast Spirit and the Hawk Beast Spirit. They didn't look too happy.

"Attack," Shadow commanded the two unsealed Beast Spirits before they charged at Mimic.

The Hammerhead Shark Beast Spirit, as it name implied, was an armored humanoid hammerhead shark with blades on its forearms and blades on its hammerhead. No wonder it became Mimic's Chop Head card. The Hawk Beast Spirit was a humanoid hawk and looked almost identical to the Eagle Beast Spirit but with a brighter color scheme. Both Beast Spirits, following the orders of the Knight that had unsealed them, attacked the Knight that had sealed them, namely Mimic. They clawed and slashed at her and she could only defend herself from the double onslaught. She had enough.

"ENOUGH!" she roared. A ball of solid ice smashed into the Hawk Beast Spirit and a massive fireball exploded upon the Hammerhead Beast Spirit. Both newly unsealed, they were still a little weak to go up against Mimic. She threw two Seal Cards and resealed them before placing them back into her card holster.

"So, you like to play games, huh?" she said to Shadow. Shadow didn't answer. What about THIS then!" She drew three cards and slashed them through.

"FLOAT! DRILL! TORNADO!" Shadow only watched as Mimic's card reader announced, "SPINNING DANCE!" she floated up high into the air and went into a spinning motion. Shadow drew three cards and slashed them through his staff.

"RUSH! BLIZZARD! POISON!"

Shadow then prepared for his counterattack. Mimic came down on him, performing a powerful and rapidly spinning drill kick. Shadow waited for the opportune moment before he struck.

"BLIZZARD VENOM!"

Just as she came down on him, Shadow side stepped the attack and quickly struck out with his staff. His staff connected with her buckle, much to her surprise especially since she was spinning rapidly seconds ago. She felt the effects of the ice and poison going into her before she was tossed around and then slammed into the wall. She struggled to get up but the poison and ice had weakened her. The ice she could handle since she had ice powers already, but the poison…

Her Advent Buckle crackled and cracks began to form on its surface. Her Change Ace card was forcefully ejected and with it her armor disappeared as well. She looked up with one swollen eye and a black eye with various other injuries to see Shadow picking up her Change Ace card.

"G-Give it b-back…" she struggled to say as she tried to get up on all fours but fell again. Shadow turned around and got on his bike before he rode away. Kat could only watch as Shadow rode away with her card now rendering her transformation obsolete. Even if her Advent Buckle was repaired she could no longer become the Knight of Suzaku without her card.

She struggled back up and leaned herself against the wall for support. She sat near the wall and slid down to a seated position. Her hand was on her injured arm as she winced. Oddly enough green liquid was trailing down her arm and dripped off her fingers. Was it blood?

If so then why was her blood green?

She was getting tired…so tired…her eyes began to close as she drifted off to sleep.

Leo's eyes suddenly snapped wide open and he sat up, much to Jinx's surprise. He looked around frantically, sweating and panting.

Jinx was relieved to see him awake but became panicked by his frantic state, "Leo! Leo, what's wrong?"

He said only this: "Onee-chan!"

A/N: An intense battle wasn't that? Now only Shadow remains as the sole Advent Knight. He also has Kat's Change Ace as a prize. Why is Kat's blood green? What secrets is she hiding from her brother? Who is she really? Stay tune for next chap for these answers.

Preview to the next chap: The Titans find Kat from directions Leo is giving them. Could it be a twin psychic connection thing? They discover her badly injured and with green blood to boot. What will she say now and to her brother? Is she really who she says she is and what about the Advent Buckles?

Combos revealed

Spinning Dance.

Cards used: Float Dragonfly, Tornado Hawk and Drill Shell

Used by: Mimic

Blizzard Venom

Cards used: Rush Rhinoceros, Blizzard Polar and Poison Scorpion

Used by: Shadow