Chapter 26: The True Story of Batzz
Chibi Panda's sword was on the floor as it was already broken at the time...
"Last time... on Buddyfight X... Guru shook things up at training and as Gao and Kanata to fight Tetsuya and Zanya at a tag-team Buddyfight... I tried my best to be as strong as Big Boss and Athora but..." Chibi Panda started to cry, "I accidentally broke my Saint Holy Sword. What'd I do?! It's horrible. I can't replace it. I'm in big trouble now."
Later, at sunset, at the Boarding House. Everyone is having dinner. And then Guru started to take the food one by one and then he scarfed it down.
"Oh look at me, baby!" Guru said as he eats, "Yes! I'll grab some more sashimi! I would have eat this much!" He grabbed a handful as he eat the whole thing into his mouth.
"Give me a break! You say the same thing everytime you eat, old man!" Noboru complained.
"Boy, they really do stuff themselves, don't they?" Zanya asked.
"Their appetites are impressive." Byakuya said as his brother, Tsukikage opened his scroll, 'Astounding'
"Nin!"
"Why don't we ever cooked like this, yo?" Tetsuya asked while Asmodai devours the food, "Especially after a harsh day training."
"I'm a Demon Lord. Not a Sous-Chef, Tets. Now eat!" Asmodai said as he quickly eats.
"Man, this guys have no manners all of the sudden." Minako said.
"Let them be, Minako. It's their destiny to have dinner whatever they want." Gaito said.
"I suppose." She said. Then Chibi Panda put his chopsticks down on the tables as he wasn't in a mood to eat.
"Thanks, but I'm not hungry." Chibi Panda said.
"Already?" Haruka asked.
"But it's not like you to leave on your plate, bro." Baku said.
"What's wrong? Are you okay?" Kuguru asked.
"Ugh... You wouldn't understand." Chibi Panda felt depressed that he couldn't explain it and then he leaves the table.
"Poor Chibi Panda. I wish we could help him with what's going on." Haruka said.
"Oh, don't worry, Haruka. Maybe he stuffed himself with too much of this delicious food." Kanata said.
"No. I don't think that's it." Athora disagree.
"Isn't it obvious? He's clearly upset that his Saint Holy Sword broke." Abygale explained the reason.
"It make sense for him to have his own sword broken up like that. Weird that it actually broke all of the suddenly." Minako said as Gaito nodded.
"Destiny's definitely not in any of his corner today." Gaito said as he drink. Gao looked at where Chibi Panda left while Batzz continues eating bu then stopped as he noticed everyone was stopped eating.
Later, at night, Chibi Panda was sitting on the stairs. He was still feeling depressed about his precious sword.
"I'm worried about you, man." Gao said as he appeared behind Chibi Panda.
"Huh?" Chibi Panda turned and noticed him, "Hey, Gao."
"I'd say cheer up. But... I won't. I know how how important that sword was to you." Gao understood Chibi Panda's feelings.
"It was. It's been passed down in my clan for many generations. I feel ashamed. How will I ever explain to my family what I've done?" Chibi Panda said.
"What'd you mean you feeling ashamed?" Chibi Panda heard Batzz's voice as he came along, "Who are you fighting beside, Chibi? Your father? Your mother? Your ancestors?" He asked. Chibi Panda was trying of think of answer but couldn't answer except for one, "I'm beside you."
"Right! So enough with your pitiful moping around already!" Batzz walked towards Chibi Panda as he snatched the broken Holy Sword tip.
"Hey!"
"Give it back!" Gao yelled but Batzz threw it away far away.
"Out of sight! Out of mind!"
"Gah!" Chibi Panda freaked out as his sword was thrown across the mountain.
"What are you doing?! That was his precious sword!" Gao complained.
"Don't you ever question me again, kid!" Batzz said angrily as both glared at each other.
"Stop! Both of you! I hate to think you're fighting because of me!" Chibi Panda tried to convince them as they turned their backs after their anger.
The next day...
"Get your lazy behind out of bed and scurry down here on the double!" Guru said as he used the megaphone to give them a wakeup call, "Come and breathe this mountain air. I'm training you to be disciplined, a hard working fighter. There's always a winning fighter!"
"Would you stop making all that racket!" Tanuki complained after popping out form Guru's hair, "Can't you see we're all trying to sleep around here?!"
"Guru!" Gao yelled out as he came outside and they saw him.
"Congratulations!" Guru pulled the little confetti maker to congratulate Gao, Gao and Chibi Panda were confused of what just happened, "You two are the first to arrive today! And they're now in my good graces!" He praised them.
"That's great. But we're looking for Batzz." Gao said.
"Did you happen to see Big Boss, this morning?" Chibi Panda asked Guru.
"No. Why are you looking for him?" Tanuki asked after giving the response.
"He disappeared early this morning." Gao explained.
"No kidding. That means Batzz was the first one up." Guru said as he looked around after he didn't noticed Batzz left first.
"Now who's in your good graces?" Tanuki asked sarcastically.
"We better go and look for him." Gao recommended.
"Let's go!" Chibi Panda said as he and Gao left to find Batzz. Guru thinks about it.
"What's on your mind?" Tanuki asked.
"I'm worry about Gao and Batzz. Their emotions are still not in tune with each other. In order to become true bonafide buddies. They must start thinking as one. And try to understand each other on a deeper level. It could spell the end for them if they don't realize this during their training here."
At the middle of the of forest, Batzz was placing the log on the ground. He set up 4 logs as he used his power. The logs became nothing but the size of a stick now but sharpen like a tip of a spear. Batzz inspected the first stick he made, he pull it out from the ground as he threw it.
"No good. It's too light." Batzz said.
"Big Boss!" He heard as he saw Gao and Chibi Panda.
"I knew we'd find him. Hey!" Gao said as he noticed something on the ground, "Are you making a new sword for Chibi Panda?" He asked.
"Huh? What?" Chibi Panda was a bit surprised. Batzz got a little nervous.
"Now why would I want to do something like that?" He lied as he was playing hard to get. Then Chibi Panda looks at the creations that Batzz made.
"Oh thank you!" Chibi Panda pulled the third stick, "I can't believe you did this!" He then change it into his new Holy Sword, "It's just perfect! I, forever in your debt for such kindness, Big Boss!" He thanked Batzz as he shed a tear of happiness. Gao chuckled as Batzz looked at Gao for his smile. And then they heard Guru laughing.
"I never knew you were so thoughtful, dragon." Guru said after he came by to see them.
"You followed us?" Gao asked.
"Your new found compassion explain why this destructive power of your Impact's drop." Guru said as Gao got a bit surprised.
"My X-Tempest Buster?"
"You don't know what you're talking about!" Batzz said angrily, "It won us a match yesterday." He recalled.
"That was enough satisfy it. Then I guess you don't want to know how to become even more powerful." Guru offered as it gave Gao and Batzz attention.
"What do you mean by that?" Batzz asked.
"You're kinda slow. It means that you're being held back by the fear in your heart."
"Fear in his heart?" Gao asked.
"You're wrong! Big Boss isn't afraid! What could he possibly be afraid of?" Chibi Panda asked.
"Need I remind you that when we first met, Gao was close to dead. Not to mention of course that Daisuke was sharing Gao's fate but this doesn't concern him right now. This matter concerns you, Gao does it not?" Guru said to Gao as he remember the time when his Impact failed, "And it was Batzz's immense power that have you knocking on death's door, correct?" He asked as Gao thinks about that, "Batzz doesn't wanna dragonified you again and make you suffer. But that's what scaring him off right now. I doubt the big hombre even realizes it."
"Ridiculous. Stop talking your nonsense!" Batzz complained as he refuse to accept the reason, "As if the great Demon Lord Dragon like me could care about a scrap work like him."
"That's enough, Batzz." Gao said.
"Okay, If you say so. This is the last day of training camp and I'm gonna work you hard." Guru said as he turned and left and laughed. Batzz was angry as he was electrifying in frustration.
Back at the Boarding House...
"Draw! Charge and Draw!" Baku said as everyone is practicing for their strategies.
"My Final Phase!" Noboru declared.
"Oh dear!" Kuguru reacted.
"Go! My Buddy!" Haruka said.
"Attack!" Zanya said.
"Will do!" Byakuya said.
"Nin!" Tsukikage said as he opened his scroll with his word.
"Let's go, Athora!" Kanata said.
"Right!" Athora said.
"Gaito!" Abygale said.
"Get him!" Gaito said.
"Don't let me down!" Minako said.
"Yo! Yo! Yo!" Asmodai and Tetsuya said together.
Later, at sunset. Guru blew his whistle.
"And that's it!" Guru declared, "Ya'll work mighty hard this past week. Completed the lessons of this intense training camp." He started to cry, "I enjoy and upset of seeing you all go! I like to give myself a pat on the back."
"Don't you think give them a pat on a back?" Tanuki asked for a correction.
"It's a festival! A Festival! A Training Camp Festival?!" A familiar voice said as it was Dai, who appeared with a big tuna fish in his hand, "Here's the one that didn't get away!" He presented the fish to everyone, "It took me a whole week to wrangle this scrapper into the boat! That's why I'm a bit late for our training!"
"A bit late?" Gao asked with a speechless tone.
"More like a week late." Minako said.
"Sorry, bro. But our training camp just finished." Baku said.
"Yeah! Today's our last day here!" Haruka said.
"I'm afraid you missed it." Kuguru said as Dai rubbed his head for embarrassment.
"Oh darn. Bungled another one. But hey, I can train any old time right?" Dai asked as he quickly recovered after his loss.
"Great attitude! Just keep on doing what you're doing, son and get even a bigger fish!" Guru advised to Dai.
"Alright! I will!"
"Now listen, this training camp with a bang! I'm talking about a part-tee!" Guru said as later on, a party began.
At night, Dai bang the drums for entertainment.
"Hey, gather around! It's a festival! A festival! A Campfire Festival!"
"Is everybody rockin?!" Guru said as he plays the tambourine and maracas.
"Yo! Yo! Yo!" Tetsuya and Asmodai shake their grooves while hearing the beat from the drums. Meanwhile the rest are at the table having their barbecue.
"Hey, Chibi Panda." Noboru walked to him at the table, "I wanted to give this to you." He wanted to give a popsicle stick to Chibi Panda as a replacement for his sword.
"For me? Really?" Chibi Panda asked as he was speechless.
"Sure thing. You accidentally broke yours, right? And I noticed how upset you've been about it. Check it out!" He flipped the stick as it show 'Winner' on it.
"You know what that means?!" Chibi Panda asked excitedly, "I won a free ice pop!" Then he gets angry, "What am I saying?!" He got irritated, "The Saint Holy Sword is not some worthless ice pop stick!" He then whacked Noboru, "Stick this, you Kitten Shirt!"
"Hey! Cut it out!" Noboru said as Gao chuckled. Then they heard something coming as they looked up at the sky and saw Satsuki as she deployed Ku out from the cockpit to the ground, along with her at Tasuku, Daisuke and their Buddies.
"Ku! I wonder where you were." Gao said.
"Sorry for the wait, Gao." Daisuke apologized.
"She was on Buddy Police business." Tasuku explained, "Thank you for inviting us to the wrap party, Guru."
"We appreciate the offer you have for us." Daisuke said.
"Glad you made it! More the merrier! Come enjoy yourselves!" Guru said while playing his instruments.
"Gao~ Your mom sent this." Ku said as Satsuki brought a bag, "She said to tell you, it was for you and your friends and you probably need it." She explained.
"That's weird. I wonder what it is." Gao wondered as he took the bag and opened it. It revealed the boxes of pizzas and octopus dumplings, "Aw man! Octopus dumplings and pizza!" He said excitedly, "Dig in, guys!"
"Got any pizza with just cheese?" Byakuya asked, "I'm a minimalist."
"Sure do! Help yourself!" Gao said.
"Alright! Your grandma's dumplings rule, bro!" Baku said as he got excited.
"Hungry, Zanya?" Kuguru asked as she and Haruka kindly offered the dumplings to Zanya. Then Zanya's glasses cracked.
"Uh... girls." Zanya said as he got nervous.
"I see you still haven't been able to overcome your weakness, huh?" Kuguru asked as Haruka chuckled.
"He still isn't." Haruka said.
"Nin!" Tsukikage opened his scroll, 'Uncomfortable'
"Here, Gaito. I got this for you." Minako said as she handed him the pizza.
"Oh, thank you, Minako." Gaito accepted as she smiled, "What?"
"I'm glad you changed. You're getting stronger by a day now already." She said as Gaito blushed.
"H-Hey! Don't try to flatter me! You're not my girlfriend! You're just my follower, okay?!"
"Yeah, yeah."
"I'm serious!"
"Here you go. These taste awesome." Ku kindly offered the dumplings to Kanata.
"Thank you! What a big girl to be helping out!" Kanata complimented as Gao was afraid that comment would end badly.
"Kanata! Dive for cover!" He warned.
"What are you talking about?" Kanata asked as Ku was getting angry.
"Helping out? You think I'm some incapable little child?" Ku asked as she shed a tear, "You picked the wrong officer to offense, bud! And I always punish the insolent!" She yelled as she bites Gao's head.
"Why are you attacking me!" Gao asked as he runs around panicking while getting bitten.
"Because you're the one who started it!" Ku complained.
"No, I'm not!" Gao said as Batzz was drinking his coffee milk. Then Chibi Panda brought him a box of octopus dumplings for him.
"Hm?"
"A little thank you! For making my new sword!" Chibi Panda thanked happily.
"No prob." Batzz took the box, "How is the sword anyway?" He asked.
"Great!" Chibi Panda pull out his new sword, "With this, I feel like I can defeat the biggest villain in the whole wide world!"
"Glad to hear it."
"I'll take good care of it. If I'm gonna train hard and get stronger than I ever been before!" He said as Batzz smiled.
"You know what?" Batzz said as he ate the food, "I believe you."
Later...
"Hey, Tasuku. Daisuke." Gao said to them for a talk, "Have any new leads turned up on Wisdom?" He wondered.
"Afraid we don't have anything about him, Gao." Daisuke said.
"I agree with Daisuke. He's still missing. And we have no leads as to where he is." Tasuku said.
"The trail we have is cold. I'm afraid we are stuck in square one." Daisuke said.
"The same goes for Wisdom's subordinates, Brutal, Tenko, and Keisetsu of the CHAOS 4." Jack explained.
"No address, no phone number, nothing. It's like their information has been confidential all of the sudden." Ryuuga said as Kanata heard the conversation.
"Hm? Keisetsu?" Kanata asked.
"Wait, did I hear about Tenko?" Minako asked as she came by.
"Yeah. Why? Do you two know them?" Gao asked.
"Not at all. Just a strange name? Right, Minako?" Kanata asked her.
"Huh? Well..." Minako said.
"No, he doesn't know him!" Athora tried to defend him.
"Well then, what about you, Minako? Do you know something about Tenko?" Gao asked Minako.
"Hm? Oh... no." She shook her head, "It's nothing."
"And there's Sakate Onigashira. He's also a member of the CHAOS 4." Jack said.
"We suspected as much." Gaito was aware.
"His wicked behavior makes perfect sense after hearing Wisdom's heinous plan." Abygale said.
"I guess they're all lying low, hatching some dastardly scheme to let CHAOS take over the world." Zanya assumed a theory.
"Yeah, Sherlocks. But what's their move?" Tetsuya asked.
"If we knew, they'd be caught by now." Asmodai said.
"Sakate, huh?" Noboru gripped his fist tightly, "I owe that doofus major. Someday I'll pay him back for what he did." He swore.
"The CHAOS 4 is strong. But Wisdom also has the CHAOS Flag." Kanata said.
"And my Tyrant card. Who knows what he'll do to its power." Daisuke said.
"With those, he's gonna be impossible to beat." Kanata said.
"Ah, nothing's impossible. And there's tons of Mirage Cards out there, son." Guru said as Gao and Kanata were surprised.
"Now you finally tell us?!" Gao asked.
"Truth be told, I'm the genius who created the Mirage Card that the badger had stolen in the first place!" Guru explained, "I can rustle up a second Mirage Card for you boys, lickety-split!" Kanata and Athora were surprised.
"Then go ahead and make one!" Gao demanded, "Can we help you?!"
"Hah! I just busted your tops!" He joked as everyone except, Tasuku and Jack, including Gaito and Abygale fell.
"Crazy old coot!" Noboru yelled.
"He's a joke alright." Gao said.
"So what now?" Chibi Panda asked. Then behind the trees near the Boarding House, Sakate appeared as he heard the conversation.
'It's just the matter of time before I catch you, Demon Lord Dragon, Batzz.' Sakate thinks as he heard rustling in the bushes, he turned to see Brutal, Tenko, and Keisetsu, all together.
"Kay, Sakate. We got this." Brutal said.
"You are. No longer needed. For this." Tenko said.
"Yeah. You only get in our way." Keisetsu said. Then Sakate got irritated.
"You're not... My boss!"
"What are you even doing here?" Sakate asked.
"That's what we should be asking you." Keisetsu changed the subject.
"Master Wisdom was clear. Separate and travel to different Worlds. Capture powerful monsters and CHAOsify them." Brutal reminded Sakate about Wisdom's orders.
"His orders. Are absolute. You are not. Suppose to. Ignore them." Tenko said as it got Sakate frustrated.
"No doubt. You came here to capture Batzz, right?" Keisetsu asked.
"Capturing him on your own would put you back in Master Wisdom's good book. Was that your plan, Sakate?" Brutal asked Sakate.
"Anyone who. Defies Wisdom's Orders. Are considered traitors." Tenko said.
"I'm no traitor!" Sakate yelled, "And even if it were, I wouldn't tell you."
"Be careful. Don't violate your orders." Brutal said.
"Orders. Are. Absolute. We must. Obey. Wisdom's orders." Tenko said.
"Whatefs. You ignore orders, hoping to score points with the boss and got caught. You're totally cringe, dude." Keisetsu said.
"Are you trying to pick a fight?" sakate said angrily.
"That wouldn't be wise. Master would not approve, besides you couldn't defeat us." Brutal said.
"You don't scare me, Brutal. The day will come when I prove you wrong and beat you." Sakate said as he stand down, "But I'm too busy for it to be today."
"So. You prefer. To stand down?" Tenko asked.
"Yeah. Like this!" Sakate said as he dashes away in the dust.
"Sakate." Brutal said.
"Yeah. Nice going. You played that perfectly." Keisetsu complimented sarcastically.
"I will. Deal with. That traitor." Tenko said as she plans to go after him. But Brutal grabbed her shoulder.
"No. Wisdom did not give you the order to do so." Brutal said as she stopped, "Just let him be. We have our own missions to take care of."
"Understood."
"Man, she agreed so easily. It's no wonder she's loyal to Master Wisdom so much." Keisetsu said.
Back at the Boarding House, Guru pull out a pack of fireworks.
"And for the exciting finale! Fireworks!" Guru said as everyone cheered for excitement, "In just a moment, but first I have a very important announcement to make."
"Huh?" Gao was confused.
"An announcement?" Haruka asked.
"What is it, bro?" Baku asked.
"Well, it's probably another tall tale." Kuguru said.
"Exactly. A tall tale is that our friend, Batzz here nearly destroyed Dragon World. It's a big fat lie!" Guru announced as everyone got surprised.
"Guru?! Is that the truth?" Gao asked.
"Is he right, Big Boss?" Chibi Panda asked Batzz, "You really didn't do that thing?"
"Now, to be clear, he did go on a rampage. But in no safe he perform did he attempt to destroy his home planet of Dragon World of his own free will." Guru explained.
"So then why did he do it?" Athora asked.
"Are you implying that someone was controlling him?" Abygale asked.
"If that was true, then who would it be responsible for this?" Ryuuga asked.
"And more importantly, who in the universe is brilliant enough villain to control a monster like Batzz?" Asmodai wondered.
"Guru, do you know who did it?" Dai asked.
"Is the sun yella?" Guru asked.
"Then tell us! You have to!" Gao quickly demanded.
"It was Wisdom's ancestor!" Guru answered as everyone got surprised again.
"You're kidding!"
"He somehow got inside Batzz's mind and controlled him like a puppet." His glasses glimmered for seriousness, "When it was all over, the other dragons captured Batzz and sealed him away."
"That's nonsense! I was never controlled by anyone!" Batzz refused as Guru laughed.
"I figured you must've forgotten it. Makes sense, considering how he manipulated ya."
"He forgets?" Dai asked.
"So all this time..." Daisuke said.
"He's been innocent all along?" Tasuku said.
"That's impossible!" Ryuuga said.
"How can this be?!" Jack asked.
"They were able to make sure poor Batzz couldn't remember anything at all about the whole enchilada. I still have no idea how they achieved it all." Guru explained.
"You're saying he's endured centuries of shame? For something he didn't even do?" Kanata asked.
"Uh-huh, that's correct."
"A past that he can't even remember." Gaito said, "What a cruel destiny."
"You got that right. It's no wonder he didn't even know how it happened for him." Minako said.
"That's great, Batzz! Don't... huh?" Gao was about to explain to Batzz but then noticed Batzz is getting angry all of the sudden.
"Not true. No way that I could ever be controlled. It's totally impossible. I rein destruction on Dragon World! I am... the greatest!" He yelled as he refused to admit the truth and then he flies away.
"Wait! Big Boss!" Chibi Panda yelled.
"Just leave Batzz to me." Gao recommended himself as he went off after Batzz. Meanwhile, Sakate was above the tree, watching as he was upset about his comrades.
"Agh. I can't believe those chumps came and ruined my plans. It's your fault, Demon Lord Dragon. I'll hold you accountable." Sakate swore to capture Batzz."
At the mountains, Batzz landed on the rock as he sat there.
"Hey, Batzz!" Gao said as he founded him, "Batzz. You owe an explanation..." He tried to explain.
"Not now." Batzz interrupted as he turned to Gao, "Please, kid. Leave me alone."
"I can't. Listen, you have to tell me. Everything." Gao requested.
"Yeah. Like what?" Batzz asked as he calmed down, "Hmph. I don't remember. Do yourself a big favor and forget you ever met me, kid." He requested.
"No chance. Talk to me." Gao said as he refused the request, "I'm your friend."
"There are trillions of stars up there. Each with a story." Batzz explained.
"Okay..."
"I was a kid. The last time I looked at them like this... What'll you do when you know the truth?" He asked.
"Same thing as now. I knew the truth about you long before Guru spill the beans. I knew that you could never try to destroy Dragon World." Gao said as he believed.
"I'm not so innocent. I'm a Demon Lord."
"That's why I want to know." Gao said, "I want to hear it from you, Batzz."
"I have lots of friends, you know. And they... they just couldn't keep up with my growing power. Eventually, I couldn't fight them."
"Cool." Gao complimented.
"Not really. It made me a loner."
"I'm sorry."
"It's a stupid story. In a quest to become stronger, I scoured the land."
"Is that when they started calling you the Demon Lord Dragon?" He asked.
"It's no different now than with my friends when I was a kid. My awesome power hurt you." Batzz said as Gao rubbed his nose.
"I'm still standing just like Daisuke is!" Gao said as Batzz turned his head.
"Kid..."
"You and I are Buddies! I'll fight by your side! I'm willing to risk being dragonified by your power, Batzz! And... if I am, I'll trust you'll save me!"
"Or we could ask Daisuke to help use the Gears and..."
"Batzz... We swore not to use them! We don't want the others to know about the secret." Gao said.
"But are you sure about this?"
"Cross my heart! And we promised Daisuke we will keep the secret. Besides, I'll get even stronger than I am now. So I'll be a Buddy worthy of you!" He swore as Batzz was surprised.
"Sorry to interrupt your love fest!" They heard a familiar voice as they saw Sakate above the edge, "Demon Lord Dragon, Batzz. I'm taking you with me!"
"Sakate?" Gao noticed.
"I'm going to offer you to Master Wisdom."
"Dream on!" Gao refused to let it happen as Sakate pulled out his Buddy.
"Kid Ibuki!" He called him out as Kid Ibuki and Oni Boss came out.
"I'm gonna crush you!" Kid Ibuki said as they are going to capture Batzz.
"Perfect. You're just in time to quell my burning rage!" Batzz yelled as he jumped and transform into his true form.
At the Boarding House, the others saw Batzz's lightning behind the forest.
"What's that?" Zanya asked.
"It's Batzz, yo!" Tetsuya said as he recognized who's lightning belongs to.
"Let's check it out!" Byakuya recommended as Tsukikage opened his, 'As quickly as possible!'
"Nin!"
Batzz then attacks Kid Ibuki as he strikes with his gauntlet. Oni Boss counters with its fist as they fought in a combat. After Batzz kicks Oni Boss, he makes his attack but Oni Boss counters by punching him out. Batzz then quickly grabs Oni Boss as he lifts him out and throws him into the ground.
"Sakate! Why don't you fight me yourself?!" Batzz demand an explanation, "I promised you, it'll be the last time you fight anyone!" He snapped in anger.
"Silence. You might've defeated me in Dragon World and at the Buddy Masters, but not today." Sakate argued.
"Is that fear in your voice?" Sakate heard someone as he looked down and saw Brutal, Tenko, Keisetsu below him. Gao then run near the edge as he saw the others.
"Who the heck are you?" Batzz asked.
"I'm Brutal of the Martial Arts." Brutal introduced himself.
"Keisetsu of the Sword Arts." Keisetsu introduced himself.
"I am. Tenko. Of the Dynasty Arts." Tenko introduced herself. Gao heard the names as he realized something.
"They're the members of the... CHAOS 4!"
"Are you still trying to interfere with my plans?" Sakate assumed, "Leave me be. And take off!" He complained.
"Our orders. Are..." Tenko was about to explained as Brutal stopped him.
"Don't. Let me handle this." Brutal said, "Your conniving is over. Master Wisdom wants to you right away." It got Sakate surprised.
"He really said that?" Sakate asked.
"Do not. Ignore his orders." Tenko said.
"I don't jolly!" He heard someone as it was Guru with the gang, "You're outmatched and outclassed."
"Guru!" Gao said.
"That's really him?" Brutal asked, "The Legendary Bunbuku?"
"The information. Seems to be authentic. For him." Tenko said. Then Kanata got a bit surprised.
"Keisetsu." He saw him.
"It's Kanata." Keisetsu said. Then Minako got a bit shock on her face.
"Is that..." She said as she saw Tenko. But Tenko shows no response or reaction.
"Just go tell your master that you couldn't find what you're looking for." Guru requested, "And save yourself the embarrassment of losing to an old man."
"Zip it. Mind your own business." Sakate said.
"First off, you being here has made this my business. Second, you're really rockman hurt, right?"
"Why you!" Sakate gets angry, "I'll tear you apart!"
"You cannot defeat him." Brutal said.
"Why not?!" He asked as Keisetsu sighed.
"Record from Bunbuku. Shows that he's. Impossible to defeat. Number of wins. Unknown." Tenko said.
"Huh? What are you saying?"
"She means that it's better to live than fight another day." Keisetsu explained as Brutal took out his card which activate a portal behind Sakate. Then Brutal jumps as he pushed Sakate into the portal. Tenko follows along as Keisetsu follows too. Then the portal closed. Everyone got surprised.
"They got away!" Haruka said.
"That's an easy escape." Ku said.
"Those four could return at any time." Athora said.
"Then we'll have to stick together." Abygale said.
"Lucky for us, you didn't have to fight against them with your full power. It would've been pretty bad." Asmodai said to Batzz.
"Yeah. The Earth would've been completely destroyed." Batzz said for his expectations.
"It's not something to joke about, Batzz. You wouldn't do that." Gao said as he smirked.
"Sorry. Did you say something?" He asked as Gao smirked.
"You know, you really are extraordinary."
"You too, kid."
"The best buddy ever!"
"Best of us, the greatest of all times! Right?" He asked as Gao nodded in agreement.
Afterwards, everyone started to play with fireworks.
"It's a festival! A festival! A fireworks festival!" Dai said.
"Time to let these babies fly!" Noboru said as he set up the fireworks. Then the firework flew up into the air as they burst up.
"Wow. My first fireworks." Chibi Panda said as he was amazed for seeing his first fireworks at night, "Beautiful."
"And so romantic." Kuguru said.
"I love firework!" Haruka said.
"It's the perfect way to end our training camp." Baku said as Gao smirked.
"This isn't the end." Gao said as they looked at him, "It's just the beginning... of our battle... against Wisdom!" They smiled as they agreed with him.
"I'm gonna fight him too!" Chibi Panda swore. Afterwards, when they continue watching the fireworks, Batzz started to glow in a golden aura. Guru then noticed it.
"Well I'll be, check out of that gold black glowing around Batzz."
"You kidding me?" Tanuki asked as he came out from Guru's hair, "Is it the power of Overturn?"
"Don't know. But if the power's unleashed, Gao and Batzz may finally become true Buddies after all." Guru deduced the theory.
At the CHAOS Company, Sakate and the rest of the CHAOS 4 informed Master Wisdom about Guru.
"Bunbuku? I wonder what the old legend's been up to." Wisdom said.
"We've confirmed that he's joined forces with Gao Mikado." Brutal explained.
"We only know this cuz I got close to them, Master." Sakate boasted, "I overheard Bunbuku say that he can make a second Mirage Card."
"Is that so? Well done, Sakate. However..." He turned his eyes to Sakate, disappointingly, "Be warned. Don't ever disobey my orders again." He warned as Sakate got nervous, "Or it will be the last thing that you ever do."
"Shall I. Do his. Punishment, Master?" Tenko asked as Sakate got nervous for that.
"That won't be necessary, Tenko. Now then, let's get back to business. Bring up Geargod status." Wisdom requested his butler to bring the status on the data on screen, "How disappointing." He said after seeing the results of the data, "It's clear that he's still needs more time to prepare for the next stage."
"It will. Be awhile. For Geargod VII. To be complete." Tenko said.
"I guess, you'd like us to keep gathering a monsters a little while longer?" Keisetsu assumed.
"Bunbuku's a surprise. He poses a real glitch to my plan, which I shall have to rectify immediately." Wisdom said as he held the stolen Mirage Card.
Spotlight has shown as Daisuke and Ryuusei appeared on stage.
"Welcome back to more Corner Time!" Daisuke said.
"For this chapter, we are showing one card in this chapter!" Ryuusei said.
"Presenting... now!" He clapped his hands twice as it revealed a card. It revealed a slightly muscular, male bipedal dragon with light orange, glowing scales, blue eyes, white, spiky hair and two tails. he wears a red-orange crystal armor for his chest, waist and legs, a pair of amber orange crystal gauntlets, a long white scarf and red crystal wing a in shape of plane wings, "This is another Cosmic Brawler like Ryuusei. Cosmic Brawler, Tenjo. A size 2 Cosmic monster with 5000 power, 3000 defense, and a critical of 2. He has an effect that if there is a monster with "Ryuusei" in its card name on the field, he decrease the size of this card by 1. And... when this card deal damage to the opponent, I can put the top card of my deck into my gauge."
"Wow! Another Cosmic Brawler! I thought I was only one!" Ryuusei said as he cries.
"Hey. I thought you would be happy to be the only one."
"That was before I had allies who shared the same title as me!"
"Oh boy. Anyways, the next chapter is another battle against Guru, but two surprises for Gao will appear soon and another ability will show. Give us a review of what you think and gives us good card ideas. Until then, bye for now!" Daisuke waved as he tried to comfort Ryuusei and then the screen faded black.