Takada was alone in his room in Café La Salle as he held a cell phone to his ear. He was talking to someone on the other end, "Yes, sir. I understand. I'll keep my eye on the two of them. Don't worry, I won't fail you sir." He then disconnected his call and stared at his laptop screen. 'So far, Draco has all his cards. He also has a King Form now which makes him incredibly powerful. He can either be an asset…or a threat.' Takada frowned.
And if Draco ever did become a threat, Pluto would have to deal with him accordingly. All that power…it was just too dangerous for one person to have.
Also, Kyo was someone he would need to keep an eye on too. He seemed to know something and it involved the twins. Kyo was one of those people who knew too much for their own good.
Kyo and Mahiro stood outside Leo's room. "Should we just tell them about the past?" asked Mahiro.
"No," Kyo objected. "They need to remember on their own." Kyo explained, "If we were to tell them it could be too much for them to handle, especially with Leo's currently weakened state."
"If you're sure…"
"Yeah, Leo and Kat were good friends of ours, but they need to remember on their own…"
Leo slowly woke up from his sleep and looked over to his side to see Jinx asleep on the chair she was sitting on, leaning over the back (she was sitting on it backwards) with her arms folded on the backrest and resting her head in her arms. She looked so adorable sleeping like that.
He had another dream again, a strange one this time. It was strange because it seemed all too real…like an old memory.
'Yuusuke, Midori, Futaba Wakaba, Reika, Bacchi-Gu, Ichiban-Boshi, Tenjin, Yukimura, Mizuki, Muramasa, Mika…Who are these people? Why do I feel like I know them?' he pondered mentally. Another name came to mind, 'Nobunaga…' For some reason the mere thought of that name made Leo feel the same hatred he held towards King. Then, another name came up, 'Sanae…' He was unable to remember why she was important to him but that name made him feel like how he felt for Jinx. Was this Sanae person someone he cared for dearly?
Kyo and Mahiro seemed to know something. As soon as he got out of the hospital, he would find them and get his answers. He just wasn't sure if he was going to like them.
Looking over at Jinx, he decided to do something to help her get comfortable.
Episode 42: Memories
Draco was fighting against a strange humanoid creature. It looked human yet at the same time, it looked like a demon. It had long red hair and blood red eyes. It also had fangs and claws, as well as a glowing red scar in the shape of a cross on its back. "Come now, boy, I know you can fight better than that!" The creature charged at him. Draco blocked with his sword.
"Please! Get a hold of yourself!" pleaded Draco.
"Fool! I am in control!" It slashed at Draco with its claws. It knocked Leo back with a kick to the head that sent the Knight flying. Draco stood up, his helmet cracked. He looked at his sister, green blood dripping from her wounds. He heard rustling in the bushes. The two combatants turned to see a girl with long black hair and black eyes.
"Leo-kun!" screamed the girl.
"Perfect… now we have an audience," said the demon with a sly grin. He leapt in the air to attack the girl.
"NO!" screamed Draco.
Leo snapped awake, "Sanae-chan!" he screamed. He sat up in his bed and groaned in pain, clutching his head 'Was that a dream…? Or a memory?' He then felt something stir next to him and looked over to the side to see his sleeping companion.
Jinx was sleeping next to him in bed. The previous night, he had carried her into his bed to help her get comfortable. Having her so close to him last night made him feel strange, but in a good way. She was just so soft and she smelled nice as well. He was relieved to see that his scream had not caused her to wake up. He then decided to lie back down and she then instinctively began to snuggle against him. He looped his arms around her waist and pulled her in closer and she rested her head against his chest.
That was when the door flew open, "Ohayo, otouto…chan?" Kat was either seeing a hallucination or this was real. Leo had a girl in bed with him…Leo had a girl in bed with him…LEO HAD A FRIGGIN GIRL IN BED WITH HIM!
Leo looked up and smiled, "Ohayo, onee-chan."
Kat quirked an eyebrow and said, "Um…otouto-chan, you do know you have Jinx sleeping in bed with you, right?"
"Hai, I do," Leo nodded, "So?"
"You do know that sleeping together like that will give people the wrong idea, right?"
"I don't care," he replied, "Jinxy-chan was sleeping on a chair and I wanted to help her get comfortable."
"Is that all?" Kat asked skeptically. 'I bet she's comfortable now,' she chuckled mentally, 'But wait till she wakes up.' Kat then pulled up a chair, crossed her arms and legs to watch the show. She had also brought along some fresh fruit (she couldn't cook so this was the safer option). She then began, "Hey, otouto-chan, did Kyo talk to you about that old school we went to together? You know, the isolated one, Kanenone Gakuen."
"Hai, he did," Leo nodded, "But I have trouble remembering a few details there. Did we have friends there?"
"I'm not so sure," Kat frowned, "I mean, did we even interact with anybody? Or were we only hanging out by ourselves?" she scratched her head, "Kuso…my head hurts! Kyo knows something, and we have to find out what."
Jinx began to stir and then her eyes opened a bit. She was then looking deeply into a pair of emerald green eyes. "Ohayo, Jinxy-chan," Leo greeted.
'Here it comes,' Kat thought.
It took her 5 seconds to realize she was in bed with a boy and then she reacted accordingly. Jinx let out a surprised shriek and picked up Leo by the collar and threw him out of the bed and crashing into the wall before he fell in a heap. He now sported a bump on his head and his eyes were in swirls.
'Nice throw,' Kat complimented mentally.
Jinx began breathing hard, but then sat up straight and then realized what she'd done, "Oh my God! Leo!" She jumped out of bed and tended to him. "Are you alright?"
"Okaasan said this…Pain is only intense if you think about it…Itai…" Leo groaned.
Kat just chuckled at the scene but then the face of Kyo came up in her mind, 'Time to pay that guy a visit, but after Leo gets discharged. He wants answers as much as I do.' The doctor walked in, looking at his charts.
"Okay, Mr. Narukawa, you are free to go." The doctor left not noticing Leo on the floor with a bump on his head.
"That guy needs glasses," Kat muttered as she looked to see Leo still out of it and Jinx trying to wake him up.
Kyo and Mahiro were waiting outside the hospital for Leo and Kat. "Are you sure we should be waiting out here?" asked Mahiro.
"Hai, when Leo gets discharged today we'll be waiting right here. Hopefully Leo and Kat will have regained some memory." They stood there waiting. Eventually, Kat, Leo and Jinx walked out. "And there they are."
"It's a good thing mama paid for your medical bills in advance, otouto-chan," Kat commented.
"Hai, I agree," Leo nodded in agreement, "There was even enough for the bump I had on my head."
Jinx looked sheepish and apologized, "Sorry about that, Leo."
Leo dismissed it, "Daijoubu. It was my fault anyway."
"Good, you're both here," Kyo said to the twins. Leo greeted Kyo politely.
"Ohayo, Kyo-san," Leo bowed.
"Okay, Kyo, tell us what's going on," demanded Kat.
"First, tell me how much you two remember," replied Kyo.
"Well, we remember the school but not interacting with anyone there," answered Leo.
"And that's all?" asked Mahiro.
"Hai," answered Leo.
"Now, Kyo, tell us what you…" Kat was interrupted when nearly a hundred people in white robes surrounded them.
"I was wondering when you guys would show up…" said Kyo with a smirk as he drew his sword.
"You know these guys, Kyo?" asked Kat as she instinctively got into a battle stance.
"Unfortunately," said Kyo.
One of the men pointed at Kyo. "Demon Child, we have come for you."
Kyo just smirked. "Then come and get me."
The figures went on the attack.
Desmond was in his apartment, in a room specially made for training. Standing in front of him were his three Royal friends; Shima, Daichi and Hikaru.
"Desmond-nii, you sure you want to do this?" Hikaru asked fearfully. Desmond gave her a cold gaze.
"I need power and if I am able attain King Form I will have it," Desmond replied.
"Power isn't everything, Desmond," Shima advised, "Trust me on this."
"Forgive me, Mr. Shima, but this is something I need to do," Desmond told Shima, regretfully. "You all ready?" The three Royals in human form nodded reluctantly. Actually, Daichi was bobbing his head. He was asleep, again.
"I just hope you know what you're doing," Shima said in deep concern for the Knight of Genbu.
"Henshin," Desmond commanded.
"CHANGE GENBU!"
He drew three Blank Seal cards and threw them at the three Royals. They stuck onto them and sealed them before flying into his hand.
The Jack of Clubs: Fusion Elephant (Daichi). It depicted a golden elephant.
The Queen of Clubs: Absorb Tiger (Hikaru). It depicted two top halves of a tiger connected at the middle, facing different directions.
The King of Clubs: Evolution Xuanwu (Shima). It depicted a turtle with a golden club symbol on the back its shell.
Shadow detached his shell shield and strapped it onto his left arm. It appeared that his shield was also an Advent Absorber. He stored the Category Jack first for later use and gazed at the Category Queen and King.
"Time to behold, my King Form," Shadow said before sliding the cards into his shield/Advent Absorber.
"ABSORB QUEEN!" it announced after he slid in the Queen of Clubs. He then, without hesitation, slashed through the King of Clubs. "EVOLUTION KING!"
Shadow could feel the power coursing through his as his armor glowed, 'Yes, I can feel it, yes…' But then, something went wrong. His body crackled with electricity as he staggered and stumbled, groaning in pain. He thought it would pass but it only got worse as he started to scream, loud. "AAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Walter, alarmed by the screaming, burst into the room to see his young master in pain. "Master Desmond!"
Suddenly, Shadow's armor shattered and vanished before he was thrown against the wall violently. The Jack, Queen and King of Club cards then all unsealed themselves and the Royals appeared again in human form and were shocked at what they saw.
"Desmond-nii!" Hikaru cried.
"Desmond!" Shima shouted in panic. 'I knew it was a bad idea!'
Desmond was lying against the wall, unconscious and his head was bleeding. "We need to get him medical attention!" Walter said.
"No...hospital," Desmond whispered weakly.
"But, sir…" Walter insister.
"No...hospital," Desmond repeated. Daichi lifted the boy up and carried him out of his room. Hikaru on the other hand had picked up Desmond's Advent Buckle and then looked up at Shima.
"Shima," Hikaru said, tears in her eyes, "Will Desmond-nii be alright?"
Shima just remained silent but with a grim look on his face. He followed Walter and Daichi out of the room and Hikaru went with him soon after.
'I better call Raven,' Hikaru thought before she went to the phone to call Titans Tower. 'She'd want to see him.'
Jinx was throwing hexes left and right at the white robed figures as she expertly dodged their attacks by 'dancing' away. Leo was temporarily entranced by her dancing but he was able to concentrate again on the attackers as he sent them flying with an air blast.
Kat was throwing ice and fire arrows at her targets. She didn't want to kill them, but hurting them was another option. At the same time, she'd alerted the Titans and they should be arriving any minute. When green blasts of energy rained from the skies, she knew that it was Starfire and with her were the other Titans, minus Raven for some reason. Terra was with the team too as she floated on a boulder and started raining rock down on the figures.
"It was about time, Tweety!" Kat called.
"TITANS, GO!" Robin ordered, ignoring Kat's comment.
Kyo expertly slashed at the figures. One attacked from behind but was knocked away by a starbolt. He nodded at Starfire then went back on the offensive. Cyborg was knocking the figures way with sonic blasts. "Just who are these guys?!" exclaimed Cyborg. Beast Boy turned into an elephant and slammed into several of the warriors. He then changed back.
"Who cares, we're still kicking their butts!" exclaimed Beast Boy. One soldier appeared behind him posed to strike a killing blow, but stopped when he felt a cold piece of metal slice into his skull. Beast Boy turned to see Kyo's sword embedded in the soldiers head. Everyone stared at him as he removed his blade. He smirked.
"Who's next?" The troops started backing away and escaped. "Mibu cowards."
"You…killed him," Robin pointed out as Kyo wiped the blood off his blade and sheathed his sword.
"I know what you're thinking, Robin," Kyo said as he placed his fallen sunglasses back over his red eyes, "And frankly speaking, I don't really care."
"But, you killed that man," Robin said. He'd been raised to never take a life. Though, he'd had come close a few time when it involved a certain one eyed criminal, he would try to never allow those urges to overtake him.
"And saved your friend's life," Kyo pointed out.
"Well, thanks, dude," Beast Boy said, but he was still a little unnerved.
"It doesn't matter! You killed a man! We're taking you back to the Tower," Robin said to Kyo, commanding him, "We want some answers."
"Hey, Tweety!" Kat cut in, "We want some answers from him first!"
"Kat, this is no time to argue," Robin said seriously, "This friend of yours just murdered a man."
"He wasn't human," Kyo said. Everyone stared at him in confusion. "The one you claimed I killed, he wasn't human."
"But, he appeared to be human," Starfire said.
"So do you, but you're an alien," replied Kyo.
"I even scanned the body," Cyborg said, pointing to his scanners.
"Looks can be deceiving," Mahiro supported Kyo's claim, "The Mibu are deceptive and duplicitous. They are able to fool anyone with their creations."
Leo was silent the whole time. The way Kyo fought was bringing back another memory. He was seeing himself fighting against Kyo. He shook his head. This was all too weird for him. Jinx noticed his distress and went to ask him how he was.
"You okay?" Jinx asked.
"Daijoubu," he replied. He was obviously lying and thus not alright, but he didn't want to worry the girl.
"Well, you can explain to us who these Mibu are when we get back to the Tower," Robin said to Kyo and Mahiro.
"Tweety!" Kat cried.
"Tweety?" Kyo repeated, chuckling. Mahiro giggled as well.
Suddenly, Robin's communicator beeped and he picked it up before flipping it open, "Robin here." Raven's face was on the screen and she didn't look calm, "Raven, what's going on?"
"Robin," Raven began, "I think we have a problem here." Kat was looking over Robin's shoulder to see as Raven raised up a Blank Seal card. "It got loose."
(A few minutes previously)
There was a knock at the door and Hikaru quickly opened it up. "I'm glad you're here, Raven," Hikaru said to the hooded Azarathean.
"How is he?" Raven asked, worriedly. Hikaru had called Raven about Desmond and the girl had flown over as fast as she could.
"Follow me." Hikaru led Raven over to Desmond's room. They passed by Daichi who was sleeping on the couch and then entered the room where Desmond was lying in his bed, unconscious, with both Shima and Walter tending to him. He had bruises on him and a bandage around his head. On a nearby table lay Desmond's Genbu Advent Buckle.
"Ah, Miss Roth," Walter acknowledged and greeted, "Welcome."
Shima greeted her as well.
"How is he?" Raven asked as she went over to see the unconscious Knight of Genbu. They then explained to her what's happened and she looked shocked. "He tried to do what? Why didn't you stop him?"
"Master Desmond is quite stubborn, Miss Roth," Walter explained, "Quite like his father. We couldn't really stop him when he sets his mind on a goal."
"He wanted power, plain and simple, and this is what happened," Shima added guiltily. He felt it was his fault since Desmond was trying to gain King Form.
"Takada told us that the King Form is unstable," Raven reported to them, "Only Leo was able to access it because of his abnormally high Fusion Sync Rate."
"Well, Desmond was not going to let that stop him," Shima replied.
"Where's his buckle?" Raven asked and Hikaru handed the device over to Raven. "I'm going to be holding on to this. I don't want him getting hurt again." She then ejected the card in the buckle and her eyes held a look of surprise. "Alright, where is his Ace card?"
Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Hikaru replied, "But, isn't that his Ace card?"
Raven shook her head and showed them the card she'd ejected. The card was blank.
The Genbu Beast Spirit was free.
(Back to the present)
"NANI!?" Kat shrieked. "Oh, that baka kameyarou! He's just released a Category Ace!"
"Category Ace?" Mahiro questioned, "Is that bad?"
"There's a reason why the Category Ace cards were not supposed to be unsealed. They are the best fighters amongst the Beast Spirits!"
"And, if this is like the last time this happened, we'll be in for a fight of our lives," Leo added.
"Last time?" Kyo asked, "Like this has happened before?"
"A while back in Tokyo, our own Category Aces were unsealed and we had to unseal them ourselves. It was not easy," Kat said. "It took the Sailor Senshi and the Celestial Knights helping us to finally seal them."
"The Sailor Senshi? You mean those girls in short skirts and sailor suits?" Kyo blurted out.
"Can you people tell me what's going on?" Robin asked impatiently. Kat and Leo had run off. "Hey, you two!"
"No time, Tweety!" Kat shouted back.
"We have to seal this Beast Spirit before it's too late!" Leo added.
But, what if it was already too late?
A mysterious figure walked out of an alley. It was clad from head to toe in black armor. It had a theme in it, which was a turtle. However, it did not look overly bulky. It had a turtle shell on its back as well as turtle shell shaped shields on its shoulders. Its head resembled a turtle's but with sickly green eyes and on its head was a Club symbol. The symbol was also on its shields and shell.
"I am finally free," the Genbu Beast Spirit spoke in its tongue as he stared at his hands. "So much has changed. How long have I been imprisoned?" He stared at the tall buildings. "This…isn't right. Where is my home?" He walked out of the alley and into the streets. As soon as he was seen, people began screaming in terror at the 'monster'. He stared curiously at these strange yet familiar creatures. "Humans? These are humans?" He heard them all screaming and he grew irritated. "Silence…" they continued screaming in panic, "I said silence…" They didn't stop screaming. "SILENCE!"
As soon as he shouted in anger, vines erupted from the ground, sending rubble and stone flying as the vines lashed out at everyone and everything. A bench was crushed under a large vine as some unlucky people were smashed into buildings and through windows. Cars were sent flying by the vines that erupted from the ground. People screamed in terror as they tried to escape from the monster.
"Yes…run! RUN AWAY YOU PATHETIC CREATURES!" the Genbu Beast Spirit shouted victoriously, watching the people run away from him. He laughed out loud.
"Fuujin!" exclaimed Draco as he sent a blast of wind at the Beast Spirit; however it had no affect on him.
"Is that the best you can do, Ryu?" asked the Beast Spirit. He shot several vines at Draco but they exploded into flames.
"Don't even try it!" exclaimed Mimic, speaking the Beast Spirit's language.
"Zaku, my how you and Ryu have weakened over the past 10,000 years," Genbu snorted arrogantly. Draco was surprised that his sister could speak the Beast Spirit's language. The Genbu Beast Spirit then realized something, "Hold on, you only resemble them to an extent, but you aren't them! You simply have their powers… But that won't save you!"
"Onee-chan, what is he saying?" Draco asked his sister, recovering from his shock.
"Brace yourself," was her reply.
"Titans! GO!" exclaimed Robin as he and the others went on the attack. Kyo, not belonging to any team, just did what he did best and charged at the Beast Spirit. Raven appeared behind the group with Takada, Hikaru, Daichi, and Shima. Kyo was the first to attack, slashing his blade at the Beast Spirit.
The Genbu Beast Spirit protected itself with his shoulder shields before grabbing Kyo by the throat with a vine and throwing him aside. Starfire rained starbolts upon the Beast Spirit but his armored hide protected it from any damage. He formed a large ball of water over his head and threw it at Starfire. She was splashed by the explosive ball of H2O and sent falling to the ground. Robin caught her and laid her down gently before throwing his birdarangs. They were deflected but blew up when they did. The Genbu Beast Spirit rushed out of the smoke cloud to slam into Robin with a tackle but got tackled by Cyborg instead and smashed through a window. He dug himself out but his eyes widened when a large green elephant trumpeted and smashed into him, its weight pressing on top of him.
The green elephant's eyes widened when it began to rise up and was then thrown with great strength…over Raven and the Club Royals. Beast Boy fell on top of Raven but he'd changed into human form just in time when he collided with the girl.
"Um…sorry?" Beast Boy said nervously.
"Get off," she said in a threatening manner and he hastily did.
The Genbu Beast Spirit shot a torrent of water at the heroes, sending them flying. Starfire and Raven took to the air and rained on him with emerald and dark energy. Draco on the other hand just blasted the stream of water with lightning. The water conducted the bolt and electrocuted the Beast Spirit. Mimic froze the water and rose it high above her head before throwing the ice at the Beast Spirit. The Genbu Beast Spirit threw a fist and the ice shattered, raining hail stones on everyone.
"Is that all you pathetic creatures got!?" the Genbu Beast Spirit jeered, "You are weak! Is this the legacy of the Human Beast Spirit!? Hah!"
"Stop this now, Gen!" Shima shouted, speaking in the Beast Spirit's tongue.
"Oh, I remember you," Gen said, his eyes narrowed, "All of you. The Elephant, Tiger and Xuanwu. Why don't you all join me?"
"How about no?" Hikaru responded, growling.
Daichi spoke in a deep voice, "We're going to be putting you back where you belong." He then yawned.
Gen challenged, "I'd like to see you all try."
"Gladly!" Hikaru responded before morphing into her true Beast Spirit form, shocking Kyo, but not the Titans as they knew who she was. Shima and Daichi then revealed their true forms as well.
Shima's Beast Spirit form, the Xuanwu Beast Spirit, was similar to Gen's, except that his armor was obsidian and green. He too had shields on his shoulders but they were spiked, as well as the shell on his back. The shins had fins on them as well as his forearms. On his head was a helmet with two horns that looked like a crown and his eyes were blue. He also had a turtle-like face. A Club symbol was on his chest.
Daichi's Beast Spirit form, the Elephant Beast Spirit, had green skin covered in green armor. He was also incredibly muscular. He had large boot-clad feet and claws too. The armor covered his chest, shoulders and forearms and he also wore black leather pants. His face was in a black mask with tusks on the side and large elephant ears. His trunk wrapped around his neck and dangled behind him. He was armed with a war-hammer and Morning Star, both weapons connected by a length of chain.
The three Club Royal Beast Spirits then charged upon the Genbu Beast Spirits. Shima revealed his weapon, a glaive, and started to attack ferociously, slashing at his Category Ace counterpart. Hikaru slashed with her claws as she rushed around to claw at him repeatedly. Daichi swung his hammer, hard, smashing it against the strong shields of the Genbu Beast Spirit.
Kyo was the first to speak up, "You never told me you were friends with monsters."
"You never asked," Mimic replied smugly.
"You still talk like that?" asked Kyo with a deadpan expression.
"Of course," said Mimic.
"Go, Hikaru!" Cyborg shouted out, cheering for the girl he'd gone to prom to. Honestly, he liked her style.
"Yes, Friend Shima, Friend Daichi and Friend Hikaru!" Starfire cheered, "Kick his butt!"
"Shouldn't we be helping them?" Robin questioned.
"Doesn't look like it, Robin," Beast Boy responded, witnessing as the Genbu Beast Spirit was receiving a beating of his life. "They seem to be doing alright."
"Besides, they are only fighting like they'd done over 10,000 years ago," Draco spoke sagely, "Like the Battle Game demands it."
'This is amazing. Not only have Kat and Leo become stronger, but they also allied themselves with Beast Spirits… It's strange, but it feels almost natural to see them working together. Looks like I have even more allies now…' thought Kyo.
Raven eyes just watched but her mind and heart were elsewhere, 'Desmond…'
Walter opened the door with a tray that had a bowl on it and said, "Sir, I have brought you a bowl of soup and-" he then dropped the tray, shattering the bowl and spilling the soup. "Sir?"
Desmond's bed was empty and the Genbu Buckle was also gone.
"Oh, dear, this is not good," Walter said worriedly.
The Dark Club came racing towards the scene, its black coated Rider driving it like a bat out of hell. 'Must get my Category Ace back.' It was Desmond, and he was obsessed as he accelerated and dashed towards the battle. "You're mine, Genbu Beast Spirit!"
"ENOUGH!" the Genbu Beast Spirit roared furiously before he sent Shima, Hikaru and Daichi flying and smashing into a building with his vines. He then wrapped the vines around their bodies. The Club Royals struggled but were being thrashed, bashed and thrown around like rag dolls by the Genbu Beast Spirit.
"Okay, they need help!" Robin spoke up.
"What was your first clue?" Kyo asked, getting his sword ready.
"TITANS, G-huh? Robin commanded but was halted as a motorcycle came racing by and then rammed into the Genbu Beast Spirit, sending him toppling down on his back. The vines unraveled around the Club Royals before they fell to the ground but were saved when a large leaf acted as a trampoline to break their fall.
The Genbu Beast Spirit struggled back up and looked up to see who had interfered. The rider spun his bike back around and kicked the stand down before removing his helmet. The Genbu Beast Spirit eyed the rider in recognition. "You…my host!"
Desmond dismounted from his bike and held up a Blank Seal card, "You're going back where you belong!" He summoned his Genbu Staff.
"No, Desmond!" Raven shouted, running towards him, "He'll kill you!" The Genbu Beast Spirit smacked her away with a vine.
"Raven!" Desmond shouted, seeing the girl he was dating being sent sailing but was caught by Shima. He was relieved but was then angered at the Genbu Beast Spirit's actions. "You dare hurt her…I'm taking you down!" He charged but was sent flying by a torrent of water. Daichi blocked the torrent and Hikaru caught Desmond.
"He's hurt, bad," Hikaru said. Desmond still hadn't fully recovered from the incident earlier.
"Take him away," Daichi commanded and Hikaru listened to the Jack of Clubs. Shima watched over Desmond as Hikaru stood guard just incase she was needed to fight.
"TITANS! GO!" Robin shouted again and once again they went on the attack. Cyborg threw the Genbu Beast Spirit back with a sonic beam as Starfire blasted on it with starbolts. Robin threw several birdarangs in quick succession as Jinx threw her hexes. Terra was throwing stones at it. Raven, meanwhile, chanted to focus her powers.
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" she covered several overturned cars with her magical energy and levitated them around her before sending them flying like rockets. They blew up on impact with the Genbu Beast Spirit's body.
"Did they win?" Kyo asked.
"No, they didn't," Mimic replied as the Genbu Beast Spirit walked out of the smoke cloud.
Daichi twirled his Morning Star and sent balls of exploding energy at the Genbu Beast Spirit.
Kyo shouted, "Mizuchi!" and swung his sword to send a blade of wind at the creature. It didn't even cut it. Mimic was shooting arrows at the advancing Beast Spirit but they were being deflected by his powerful shields.
Draco's hand went over to his Advent Absorber. "This is the only way," he said. Jinx looked over to see her boyfriend ready to execute an upgrade.
"Leo?" Jinx asked.
"ABSORB QUEEN!"
"Time to evolve," Draco said before he swiped through his Category King.
"EVOLUTION KING!"
All his cards once again flew out and spun around him, glowing gold like his armor. The Titans stopped what they were doing and were transfixed by the sight as Draco began his transformation into King Form. The cards slammed into his body, forming his King Form's gold, sapphire and bronze armor and in a flash of light his Golden Dragon Blade appeared.
The Genbu Beast Spirit took notice of Draco and then decided, "You are my worthy opponent! Fight me!" He then began charging towards Draco. Draco summoned five cards: Slash Lizard (2 of Spades), Beat Lion (3 of Spades), Tackle Boar (4 of Spades), Kick Locust (5 of Spades) and Thunder Deer (6 of Spades). He caught the cards in his hand and slid them into his King Dragon Blade in the following order:
"SPADE 2!"
"SPADE 3!"
"SPADE 4!"
"SPADE 5!"
"SPADE 6!"
The King Dragon Blade then announced the name of the attack, "STRAIGHT FLUSH!" The 5 previous cards then projected themselves in front of him as his Seiryu Blade appeared in his other hand. The projections were then absorbed into both the King Dragon Blade and the Seiryu Blade. Draco's red eyes looked up to see the Genbu Beast Spirit charging at him, ready to throw a fist as Draco raised his swords to get ready. The Genbu Beast Spirit's fist made contact with Draco's chest but did nothing. The Beast Spirit then looked up to see Draco's eyes boring down on him before he swung both swords down vertically and slashed at the Beast Spirit with the energizes blades, ripping off sparks and spilling green blood. The force of the attack also sent out a powerful wave of energy that blew nearly everyone back. The Genbu Beast Spirit staggered backwards and looked at Draco, horrified before his body exploded and then he fell on the street, his body enflamed. Draco was about to throw a card to seal him but another card came flying past his head and stuck to the Genbu Beast Spirit's chest. The Ace of Clubs was then absorbed and sealed before the card flew back into Desmond's hand. By his side were the Club Royals.
"Let's go," Desmond said to the other Club Royals who had turned back to human form. As they turned to leave, however, they were stopped by a voice.
"Hey, kameyarou!" Mimic shouted out rudely and Desmond looked over his shoulder, "This is all your fault! This all happened because of you! What were you even thinking!?"
"Onee-chan…" Draco began.
"I had my reasons," was the reply Desmond gave her, "Nothing else." He then walked away from the scene, followed by Daichi, Shima and Hikaru, but Mimic wanted to run over and give him a piece of her mind. She was stopped in her tracks when Raven's hand was placed on her shoulder.
"I'll go talk to him later," Raven said with a serious expression on her face.
"Fine," Mimic sighed in agreement. "He's your boyfriend."
Draco changed back to his human form, Leo, and was about to fall back due to exhaustion when Cyborg caught him. Leo was fast asleep now, fatigued from his transformation to King Form. Jinx admired him.
"He looks so peaceful sleeping like that," Jinx said with a sigh.
Robin looked at Kyo sternly. "Now, you're coming back to the Tower with us. We want some answers," ordered the Titans' leader.
"I got first dibs, Tweety," Mimic snapped.
"Fine," said Kyo. He looked at Mahiro. "Come on, Mahiro-chan." Kyo and Mahiro followed the Titans and the twin Knights.
"Sanae-chan…" mumbled Leo in his sleep.
"Sanae…?" questioned Jinx.
Meanwhile, 4 parties had been observing the fight. The first party was made up of 3 figures in nearly identical suits of armor. These were the Cerberus Knights.
"We should've been in that fight!" Spear complained. "I mean I wanted a piece of that action!"
"Well, they looked like they were handling things okay," Grave said with a shrug.
"Because you knew Draco would have your girlfriend's back," Archer teased. Grave said nothing and motioned for the 3 of them to leave.
The 2nd party was hidden in an alley. It was Pluto and he'd been observing the whole fight the entire time. "Better tell this to HQ," he said before he retreated into the alley.
The 3rd party was not too far away in another nearby alleyway. His face was concealed. He then disappeared into the darkness of that alley.
Finally, the 4th party was Slade. He'd been watching through one of his monitors in the comfort of his own lair, "How interesting…"
Later, at Titan's Tower…
"So, tell us everything," ordered Robin.
"No," stated Kyo flatly. Everyone looked at him shocked.
"What do you mean 'no?!'" demanded Robin.
"I mean that I won't tell you everything, just what you need to know." Kyo sighed. "The Mibu are an ancient clan that was determined to rule the world. About 6 months ago I defeated them and their leader, Oda Nobunaga. I thought I had killed him, but it looks like I was wrong. Those guys that we fought weren't human. They were created by the Mibu for the sole purpose of fighting. Consider them expendable soldiers, cannon fodder. They were never human to begin with. Any other questions?"
"Yeah, how do you know about my otouto-chan and me?" asked Kat.
"We went to school together," stated Kyo.
"We did?" Kat blinked.
"Yes, Kanenone Gakuen, but something happened…"
"What happened?" asked Kat.
"It turns out a mutual friend of ours was from the future. She gave her life energy to save the one she loved and had to return to the future. We found out from another friend that we weren't supposed to meet at that time, and thus had our memories repressed so Fate could take its natural path. It was as if you and Leo were never at the school and we never met. Mahiro and I left soon after. The Mibu had been attacking the school so we left so everyone there would be safe." Kat held her head and groaned. "A lot to take in, huh?"
Kat nodded, "Yeah. Boy, what else did we miss?"
"Sounds a bit farfetched, really," Raven spoke up, "But then again, things like this almost always happens to us."
"Well, it's the truth," Mahiro retorted. Then she had her eyes gazing at Kat, "And both you and your brother know that it's true. You can feel it, don't you?"
Jinx, meanwhile, was in deep thought, 'Who's Sanae?' Hearing another girl's name escaping her boyfriend's lips made her feel a hint of pain and jealousy. She would need to know the facts from Kyo soon. He seemed to know quite a lot.
Suddenly, the alarm of the Tower blared and Robin went to the large monitor. He turned it on and his eyes widened. "Oh…no…" Kat walked over and so did the other Titans. On the screen there was a large dark cloud flying over the city. There was also another white cloud of something else. When the screen zoomed in, they realized that it was not a normal cloud. It was a swarm of Dark Roaches, thousands of them and another swarm of white colored Roaches that equaled in number.
"Someone better call the exterminator," Beast Boy gulped.
"Better call the army," Cyborg added.
Kyo pulled out his cell phone. He dialed a number. "Akira, get the others, we're going to need all the help we can get…"
ZK Chromedragozoid: It looks like both Leo and Kat have a secret past that neither the two of them know about. Also, it looks like there's gonna be a large full scale battle. What do you think will happen next?
Shadow Element 13: Kyo seems to be the only person who truly knows Kat and Leo's past, but could he be hiding something? Well, in the next chap, you get to see his entire group in action, so please tell us what you think.
Preview to the next chap: A large swarm of Dark Roaches are on the attack and also a new swarm of Albino Roaches have come to join them as well. The Titans, Knights and Kyo's group go into the city to fight them. Leo is still recovering from his latest transformation to King Form so now it's Kat's turn as she receives her Category King.
Episode 3: Wild
New Combo:
Straight Flush (8000 AP)
Cards Used: Slash Lizard, Beat Lion, Tackle Boar, Kick Locust and Thunder Deer.
Description: After activating the cards in the above order with the King Dragon Blade, the projections of the cards will appear before Draco and then his Seiryu Blade will appear in his free hand. The projections are then absorbed into the swords, charging them before Draco executes a double sword slash attack.