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Tenkai Knights: Evil Successor is a fanfiction story written by bcmorgan96 on the portal[http:// fanfiction.net fanfiction.net]. it was published on feburary 23, 2015

Overview
A new villain has appeared and combined his power with what remains of Vilius'. There will also be challenges and truths that Guren, Beni, and the knights must face. There will also be many suprises a head for them all. There will be BenixGuren, GenxWakamei, Toxsa, Chooki, and CeylanxOCs.

Chapter 1: New Villan
It's been three years since the defeat of Vilius. The knights are now sixteen, attending high school (including Beni), and have gotten back to normal lives. They still search for Granox and Slyger who have still evaded them somehow all these years. But what they don't know is that even though Vilius was destroyed for good, his power still remains. A new war will soon begin. This war will test the team's trust and reveal secrets they didn't even know about the past or themselves.

On Quarton, night has fallen over the desert where Vilius' crater still remains. The area has remained the same to serve as a symbol of how the knights saved both Earth and Quarton.

Through the sandstorm, a cloaked figure approached the crater and slid down to the bottom center.

"So this is the power father was trying to uncover when mom divorced him. Then they passed and left me and little sis in the family. Unfortunately there can only be one left. Unfortunate for her."

He raised his hand as a purple energy rose from the ground and streamed into his body. His eyes glowed under his hood as he said, "Now to locate my new soldiers."

On Earth, Guren sat beside Ceylan and Beni in Chemistry class. He whispered, "You guys remember what tomorrow is, right?"

Ceylan grinned as he said, "Of course. The anniversary of when we kicked Vilius' can and brought him down for good."

Beni said, "I don't think we'll ever forget that day."

The bell rang and the three left with the other students. The three separated and went to their lockers.

As Guren stopped at his locker, his thoughts began acting up. 'Be prepared, Bravenwolf.'

He turned around thinking someone was behind him. He looked around before turning to shut his locker. He walked to the exit of the school as he thought, 'Wonder what's going on.'

He met with his friends with Gen saying, "Hey Guren. Something on your mind?"

Chooki stepped up and said, "Yeah dude. You look like something's bugging you."

Guren said, "Naw. It's nothing. Let's remember to meet at Mr. White's shop tomorrow and decide what we're gonna do for a celebration."

Gen said, "Wouldn't miss it. Now I've got to go. I got a girl waiting to go out."

Toxsa cringed as he said, "I still can't believe you're dating my sister."

A year after Vilius was defeated; Gen began to develop feelings for Wakamei. He eventually (with some encouragement from Guren and Beni) gained the confidence to ask her out.

Surprisingly, the green-haired girl accepted. They went out that night to get a pizza and see a movie. After walking her home, Gen was surprised to hear that (despite their two year age difference) Wakamei had developed feelings for Gen herself. Since then, the two's relationship has been strong.

Ceylan grinned, "Oh get over it Toxsa. Who knows? Maybe someday you'll be calling him bro-in-law."

The others laughed as Toxsa cringed at the comment before he glared at Ceylan.

After calming down, Gen said, "Anyways, I'll see you guys tomorrow."

With that, the brown haired boy ran off.

Beni said, "I'll see you guys tomorrow."

The pink-haired teen walked off as Chooki said, "I don't know about you guys but Gen's not the only one who has a girl waiting for him. Sally and I have a football game to get to."

Sally is a blonde-haired girl who Chooki met during a soccer game of his first year in high school. They both shared a passion for sports. They started hanging out before they had a date at a basketball game. Since then, they've been together.

Ceylan stated, "Toxsa and I have to go too. Serena and Diana are waiting for our double date."

Serena was Ceylan's girlfriend. She was a violet haired girl who was around his age. She and Ceylan met in their Social Studies class and got together not long after Chooki and Sally.

Diana was Toxsa's girlfriend. She was a dark haired girl who had met Toxsa at a local game convention. They began hanging out a lot after school wherever there were games and began to have feelings for each other. They got together a couple of weeks after Ceylan and Serena.

Guren said, "Okay guys. See you tomorrow."

Toxsa, Chooki, and Ceylan waved as they ran off. Guren began heading home as he thought, 'Still can't believe it's been three years since Vilius was defeated.'

On Quarton, Granox and Slyger sat with what few Corrupted that remained by a fire inside a cave. Slyger shivered as he said, "I can't believe we're reduced to hiding in caves to survive."

Granox said, "To think we were once a part of Lord Vilius' great army. And now we've lost our glory."

"Then it's time to take it back!"

The two stood up to see a cloaked figure standing in the cave entrance.

Granox pointed his axe at the silhouette and asked, "Who are you? What do you want?"

The cloak said, "I want to make a deal."

Slyger lifted his claws and said, "Sorry. Not interested!"

He charged at the cloak and when close enough, Slyger found the cloak holding a double-bladed sword mere centimeters from his throat.

The glare under the cloak caused Slyger to cower as he continued, "You can either listen to my offer. Or I can make sure neither of you see morning."

Slyger backed away as Granox said, "We're listening."

The cloak lowered his blade and said, "Here's the bargain. You two and your fellow Corrupted work for me. And in return, I will give you power that will not only allow you to regain your glory, but also help you match and, with time, possibly destroy the Tenkai Knights!"

The cloaked raised his hands and shot a purple beam that streamed from Slyger and Granox to the other Corrupted.

After a couple of minutes, the cloak stopped as the Corrupted fell to their knees and began glowing purple. The cloak turned to Granox and Slyger and said, "Wait overnight to let your bodies accept the power. By morning, we will attack the Corekai to draw out the knights. I want to see what they're made of. Now rest."

The two nodded and did as the cloak said.

The next day on Earth, Guren just walked into Mr. White's shop to see Toxsa, Chooki, Ceylan, and Gen. He looked around and asked, "Where's Beni?" Gen said, "She and Wakamei are getting Serena, Diana, and Sally."

Before anyone else could say anything, the boys felt their core brick glowing. Guren said, "Let's go see if we can finally catch Granox and Slyger."

The others nodded as Gen turned to Mr. White and Mr. Nash and said, "Let the girls know where we are." The two adults nodded before the five boys ran to the transporter and loaded their bricks.

"Tenkai Power!"

"Tenkai Speed!"

"Tenkai Strength!"

"Tenkai Agility!"

"Tenkai Strategy!" (this is property of Hamm-Ram)

They transformed and called their name:

"Bravenwolf: Tenkai Firestorm! Engage!"

"Tributon: Tenkai Iceblast! Engage!"

"Valorn: Tenkai Terrablast! Engage!"

"Lydendor: Tenkai Lightningstrike! Engage!"

"Dromus: Tenkai Whirlwind! Engage!"

"TENKAI KNIGHTS! GO!"

The five ran to meet with Beaug as Dromus asked, "What's the situation, Beaug?"

Beaug said, "Something strange has happened. Not only have their numbers somehow increased. But they appear to have a new leader. He's given them some kind of new power."

Bravenwolf asked, "What do you mean?"

"He means me!"

The knights looked across the battlefield to see the cloak standing with Granox and Slyger. He grabbed his cloak and threw it off to reveal black knight with a helmet that had teeth on the front above the eyes, a back plate similar to Tributon's, a double bladed sword in his right hand, and a spiked shield in his left. He stepped forward and said, "I am Devastus. And you five shall fall by my blades."

He raised his sword as the sky became covered in clouds. A strike of purple lightning struck his sword before he aimed and fired a powerful, purple beam at half of the Corekai army.

After the smoke cleared, the knights were shocked to see there wasn't a single trace of Corekai left. Dromus stuttered, "H-he took out half the Corekai with one blast."

Bravenwolf turned to their general and said, "Beaug! Pull back the remaining Corekai and let us take this guy. We don't wanna risk losing more."

Beaug nodded and said, "Corekai! Fall back!"

As the remaining soldiers retreated, the five slid down and ran to the middle of the battlefield. Bravenwolf pointed his sword and shouted, "Devastus! Come down here and face us yourself. No Corekai. No Corrupted. Just you and us."

Devastus stayed silent for a few seconds before turning to Granox and said, "Pull back the Corrupted. I want to see what these knights can do."

Granox bowed as he said, "As you command Lord Devastus. Corrupted! Pull back!"

The Corrupted army did as ordered as Slyger said, "They're all yours."

Devastus made a long jump and landed a few yards away from the knights. He raised his sword and said, "Let us begin."

Tributon walked forward and said, "I'll handle this guys."

He charged at Devastus while firing arrow after arrow. Devastus stood there, deflecting each shot with his sword. When Tributon reached him, he tried to hit Devastus with his shield. Devastus dodged the hit before sending the blue knight mid-air with a punch to the stomach and sent him sliding on the ground with a cyclone kick.

Valorn said, "Let's go Lydendor. It's our turn."

Lydendor said, "Right behind you."

Dromus said, "Count me in."

The three charged at the enemy knight who turned towards them.

Devastus separated his double blade into two swords before connecting them at their hilts, making a staff. Valorn met him first and began striking with his spear only to have each blow blocked by Devastus' weapon.

Unfortunately for Valorn, Devastus managed to find an opening where he struck the green knight in the side before kneeing him in the stomach and throwing him into a near-by boulder.

He then made his staff into a double blade again which he then used to block Lydendor's flail. He threw his shield to the ground in order to snatch Lydendor's flail. Lydendor then felt his own weapon wrap around his neck before he was thrown to the ground beside Tributon.

Devastus then dodged a swing from Dromus' sword and used Lydendor's flail to trip him. He punched Dromus in the face, grabbed him by the helmet, slam him to the ground, and sent him beside Valorn with a back kick.

The black knight then turned to Bravenwolf and said, "Now for you."

Bravenwolf took a stance before the two charged each other while jumping. Devastus grabbed the red knight by the throat before slamming him to the ground and stomped on his stomach.

Bravenwolf managed to recover in time to move his head to dodge Devastus' sword and managed to block another strike with his sword. Devastus then grabbed him by the leg and threw him into a boulder.

Devastus said, "I was expecting more of a challenge."

The knights rose to their feet and Bravenwolf said, "Well then try this on for size."

"Bravenwolf: Tenkai Firestorm Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Tributon: Tenkai Iceblast Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Valorn: Tenkai Terrablast Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Lydendor: Tenkai Lightningstrike Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Dromus: Tenkai Whirlwind Titan Mode! Engage!"

The five transformed and landed in front of Devastus as Valorn asked, "What you got to say now?"

Devastus said, "I'm not impressed."

"Devastus: Chaos Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

He folded up and grew in size as spiked armor pieces appeared around him. He unfolded and the armor attached to him. A back plate similar to Lydendor's attached to his back while a helmet went over his head piece. A velociraptor head attached to his chest and roared. A double bladed sword appeared in his hand.

He landed in front of the knights as he said, "Don't think your elemental powers will help you."

Bravenwolf said, "Let's test that theory."

With that, all five charged towards Devastus.

Devastus split his blade and blocked both Valorn and Dromus' attacks before striking them both in the sides and kicking them to the ground. He turned to see Tributon attempt a close range shot with his crossbow. Devastus dodged the shot before using a double knuckle to send the blue titan into Bravenwolf.

Bravenwolf then watched as Devastus brought his swords down on him only for Lydendor to block him with his shield. Lydendor pushed forward and tried to slash Devastus while Tributon ran to join the brawl. Devastus effortlessly dodged the attacks until he found the opening to send them to the ground beside Dromus and Valorn with a torso kick.

Devastus turned to see Bravenwolf getting up and brought his swords down. Thinking quickly, the red knight blocked with his sword before attempting a strike. Devastus dodged before sending the leader to his team with a back kick. He watched as the knights struggled to their feet and said, "This is what Vilius fell to. Pathetic!"

Valorn said, "Much as I hate to admit it, he's driving us down without even trying."

Bravenwolf said, "I've got one idea. It's crazy but also our only shot."

Dromus asked, "What do you have in mind?"

Bravenwolf said, "If we combine our elemental attacks together, we might be able to take him out."

Tributon said, "It's worth a shot. Let's do it!"

The five stood as their weapons began to glow.

"Tenkai Titan Firesword!"

"Tenkai Titan Iceblast!"

"Tenkai Titan Terrablast!"

"Tenkai Titan Lightningstrike!"

"Tenkai Titan Whirlwind!"

Their attacks combined before it hit Devastus, creating a cloud of dust. Lydendor said, "Looks like that did it."

However, after the dust cleared, the knights were shocked to see Devastus was still standing despite being injured. Tributon stuttered, "H-he took all five attacks and is still standing."

Devastus chuckled and said, "Impressive. Now it's my turn."

He raised his sword as it began to glow purple.

"Tenkai Titan Dark Matter Strike!"

Devastus swung his weapon and sent a dark matter blast at the knights. On contact, the force of the blast scattered the knights and landed them on their backs.

Devastus walked up to Bravenwolf and put his foot on the red knight's chest. "Time to end this." He pointed his sword at Bravenwolf, "Starting with you." He raised his sword as the other knights watched in horror.

Suddenly, a pink beam shot Devastus' weapon out of his hand. The evil knight turned to see Venetta holding a smoking spider gun. She twirled her daggers as she said, "Hey boys. Is this a guys only fight or can the girls get in?" She then charged at Devastus at her fast speed.

Devastus retrieved his sword from the ground just in time to block the pink knightess' daggers. He then threw his fist only for her dodge before using her webbing to evade a kick. She turned to her titan enemy and said, "Let's see you keep up."

With that she vanished.

Devastus' sword began to glow as he said, "Please."

He swung his sword and sent a blast that hit Venetta right when she reappeared.

The knightess slammed to the ground with a grunt. She looked up to see Devastus standing over her. He looked down on her as he said, "I was going to save you for last. But if this is all you can do." He lifted his sword and Venetta closed her eyes as he brought his weapon down.

Venetta waited for the blade, but after a few seconds she opened her eyes to gasp in shock.

Bravenwolf was kneeling with his back to her and Devastus' blade buried deep in his shoulder.

In a flash, Bravenwolf reverted out of titan mode and landed in front of Venetta.

Before Devastus could do anything, a blue energy beam shot by his face. He turned to see the other four knights charging at him. He lifted his sword and rushed to meet them.

Venetta ran over and held Bravenwolf up in her lap as she asked, "Are you alright? Why did you do something so stupid?"

Bravenwolf looked at her and said, "I'm alright. Besides, I just couldn't let him finish you. You're my friend."

"Bravenwolf?" Venetta held him in her lap as she clenched his hand.

Suddenly, Venetta began to glow. She looked at her hand asking, "What's going on?"

Her tenkai computer began explaining, "Tenkai Energy systems upgraded. Venetta: Tenkai Titan Mode now accessible."

Beaug ran over and helped Bravenwolf to his feet before turning to the pink knightess. "Venetta. I'll get Bravenwolf to cover. You must go and help the others." Venetta nodded and said, "Time to go titan. Venetta: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

(Play theme song) Venetta folded and grew in size as pink armor pieces appeared around her. She unfolded with the armor attaching to her arms, legs, and waist. A larger version of her back plate attached to her back before her helmet attached to her head piece. Finally, a spider head attached to her chest before grabbing and twirling larger versions of her daggers and saying, "Time for a little extra girl power."

Devastus held Dromus up by his throat with his weapon ready as he said, "I was going to finish Bravenwolf first but you'll do."

Suddenly, Venetta appeared and kicked Devastus to the ground. He rose to his feet only to have a purple web wrap completely around him. He looked up to see Venetta's daggers charging.

Venetta raised her daggers and said, "Time to bring the sting. Tenkai Titan Venom Charge!"

And with that, she stabbed her daggers into the ground and hit Devastus with a stream of electrified venom.

Devastus fell to the ground as Granox and Slyger ran to his sides. Slyger asked, "Are you injured Lord Devastus?" Devastus rose to his feet as he said, "I'm fine. Have the soldiers retreat. I've seen all I need to today."

Granox said, "As you command Lord Devastus. Corrupted! Retreat!"

After Devastus' forces retreated, the knights returned to Earth where they found Mr. White, Mr. Nash, Wakamei, Serena, Sally, and Diana waiting. Beni was supporting Guren as she turned to Gen, "You guys fill them in. I'll treat Guren's wound."

Gen nodded and led Guren to another room.

Sally walked up to Chooki and asked, "What happened?"

Toxsa said, "Granox and Slyger have a new master that drove us to the ground without even trying."

Mr. Nash asked, "A new corrupted leader? How is that possible?"

"I can explain that."

They all turned to see the hologram of Guardian Boreas.

Ceylan walked up and asked, "What's the deal dude? We finally manage to bring Vilius down three years ago, and you guys go and make another hostile, power-crazed maniac?" Boreas said, "He is not a creation of ours, Tributon."

Serena stepped beside her boyfriend asking, "What do you mean?"

The guardian said, "As impossible as it may sound, he's not from Quarton. Like you, he's actually from here on Earth." Gen said, "But where did he come from? And more importantly, who is he?"

Boreas said, "Questions that even we guardians don't have the answers to. However, I have even more grave news."

Mr. Nash asked, "What would that be?"

Boreas said, "When you destroyed Vilius, we recently found out half of his power remained. When Devastus first appeared, he absorbed it and combined it with his power over dark matter. By doing this, Devastus has achieved a power we had hoped would never return. Tenkai Chaos Mode!"

Mr. White said, "Anything but that!"

Chooki asked, "What's the big deal Mr. White? What's Tenkai Chaos Mode?"

The shop owner said, "For every great power, there is an equal and an opposite. For every good, an equally powerful evil."

Toxsa said, "Spit it out already!"

Wakamei popped her brother on the head and said, "Think for a second Toxsa. They're saying Devastus' chaos mode is just as powerful as your elemental modes while also being the exact opposite."

White said, "Exactly Wakamei. However, we have no idea on how to stop it."

Boreas said, "Indeed old friend. The guardians shall consult on this matter. As for you all, get some rest. You need your strength to overcome what is yet to come."

With that said, Boreas vanished.

Mr. Nash said, "He's right. You all go out and enjoy the rest of your day and then get some rest. If anything happens, Mr. White or I will contact you."

Gen said, "If you say so." The knights then walked out of the room with their girlfriends beside them.

White turned to Nash and said, "I had hoped this time would never come."

Nash said, "I know how you feel. Looks like we'll tell them about what happened and that Devastus might be who we think he is."

White said, "We need to go over what has happened since that day to be sure. Let's look for all the information we can find and decide from there."

Nash nodded and walked out of the room.

Mr. White turned to the portal and thought, 'Please let us be wrong. Just to spare the pain.'

With Beni and Guren, (This was happening between the conversation.) Guren was sitting on the couch while Beni sewed a deep wound on his shoulder. Turns out that Devastus' power was so strong, it managed to leave a wound from Quarton. Beni finished and began wrapping it with plaster.

Once Beni finished, she looked at the red-haired teen and said, "Thanks for what you did for me."

Guren smiled and said, "You're my friend. I'd do anything to protect you and the others."

Guren then noticed Beni had an uneasy look on her face. "What's wrong Beni?"

The pinkette looked at the floor and said, "It's just… for some reason I felt a strange feeling towards Devastus. It was like he knew me or something."

Before either could say anything else, Toxsa walked in and said, "Come on guys. We're heading to the diner to get some good. We'll fill you in on the way."

Guren put his shirt on and the two followed the green-haired teen.

On Quarton, Devastus sat in Vilius' old throne inside a fully restored chamber as Granox and Slyger stood before him.

Slyger asked, "What is our next plan of attack Lord Devastus?"

Devastus looked at them, "I will explain it tomorrow. Until then, I want you two to become acquainted with my generals."

Two portals opened in front of him as he pulled out two core bricks, one brown and one black. He threw each one into a portal. "Triascus! Venomark! Rise!"

Out of the portals jumped two new tenkai warriors. Triascus was the black one with armor that represented a triceratops (use your imagination). He held a shield like Granox' and held a mace.

The brown one, Venomark, stood with armor that represented a snake. He had no shield and held two shurikens.

The two bowed as Venomark asked, "What do you request of us, Lord Devastus?"

Devastus said, "I want you to become partners with Granox and Slyger while I figure out how to proceed with my plan."

The four bowed, "As Lord Devastus commands!"

The four left the chamber as Devastus turned his throne. 'Prepare yourselves knights, because I won't fail where Vilius did. I will destroy you.'

Chapter 2: The Gator's Full Fury
At Dalton's Diner, the knights sat in a couple of booths with their girlfriends telling Guren and Beni the information Boreas told them.

Guren said, "So he's not even from Quarton. But then why is he just now showing up? Where was he three years ago when Vilius was around?"

Sally said, "Maybe he was biding his time. I mean Boreas did say he absorbed what was left of Vilius' energy."

Beni said, "But that doesn't tell us what he's doing there, what he's planning, or how he even got a hold of a core brick."

Wakamei said, "Maybe his was random like your's and Gen's."

Toxsa stood up and said, "Look guys. We're all a little stressed from that fight. Why don't we do something fun and chill out a little?"

Chooki said, "Toxsa's right. If we all calm down, it'll be easier to come up with a plan. Why don't we head to the movies?"

Beni said, "Sorry Chooki. I'm gonna head home. I'm kind of tired right now."

Ceylan said, "Suit yourself. What about you Guren?"

Guren noticed Beni had a nervous look before turning to his blue-haired friend and saying, "Actually, I'm gonna walk Beni home. I'll call you guys tomorrow."

Gen said, "Okay. We'll meet up somewhere tomorrow to discuss a plan."

Everyone nodded before Guren and Beni stood and walked off.

Ceylan and Serena watched the two walk off as Serena asked, "Do you think?"

Ceylan said, "It could be possible."

On Quarton, the four guardians stood in the chamber as Notus said, "We must find a way to aid the Tenkai Knight."

Zephyrus said, "But what? The only thing we have the next level of their elemental abilities, but they need to master the ones they have first."

Eurus stepped forward and said, "I may have a different solution."

In his hand appeared four core bricks. One was a green color (a little darker than Toxsa's), the second was orange, the third was purple, and the last was gold.

Eurus said, "I created these if the knights needed extra help against Vilius. They have titan mode already unlocked since we're short on time."

Boreas asked, "What do you plan to do with them?"

Eurus said, "I'm going to send them to Earth where each one will choose a new knight or knightess and stay with them. However, they won't activate or reveal themselves until the ones who are chosen are ready."

Boreas said, "It must be a group agreement. Guardians?! All those for Eurus' plan say yay or nay."

Notus said, "Yay!"

Zephyrus said, "Yay!"

Eurus said, "Yay!"

Boreas said, "Yay! It seems we're all in agreement. Do it Eurus."

Eurus nodded and the portal opened in the center of them all. He looked to the bricks and said, "Choose those who you believe to be worthy." He threw the bricks into the portal before it closed. Eurus said, "Now all we can do is wait."

On Earth, the bricks appeared in an alley. They then began to glow before rising into the air and scattering in different directions.

The green one went through a cracked open window and landed in an open bag beside a desk.

Meanwhile, Guren and Beni were walking through town to Beni's apartment.

Guren said, "Alright Beni! What's up?"

Beni asked, "What are you-?"

Guren cut her off, "You've been uneasy ever since we got back from Quarton. And I know it's more than just Devastus feeling familiar. You can tell me."

Beni sighed and said, "Fine. It's just that… I'm starting to wonder really how much I benefit the team."

Guren asked, "What do you mean?"

Beni said, "I was so close to being finished by Devastus. It was only thanks to you blocking his attack that I'm still here."

Beni stopped when she was hugged by the red haired teen.

Guren said, "He was someone with abilities Vilius never had. You didn't know what to expect. None of us did."

After he released her, he looked straight into her eyes and said, "We'll bring him down somehow. Just like how we defeated Vilius, we will find out what he's up to and stop him."

Beni just looked him in the eyes before smiling and saying, "You're right. Thanks Guren."

The two stood that way for a few seconds before blushing and Guren let go of her.

They both walked a few more blocks before stopping in front of Beni's apartment building. Beni said, "I'll see you tomorrow."

Guren said, "Yeah. You too."

Guren shuttered and blushed as he felt Beni peck his cheek. The pinkette blushed as she said, "That's for saving me from Devastus."

With that, Beni ran inside, leaving Guren standing there.

With Mr. White, he was sitting at his computer deep in thought. He stared at the screen thinking, 'Could it really be him? And if it is, how can we explain this without causing any emotional pain?'

He opened a drawer and pulled out a picture. 'It seems that one from the past has finally caught up to us, old friend. If only we could've done something before it was too late.'

The next morning on Quarton, Granox, Triascus, Slyger, and Venomark walked into Devastus' throne chamber. Venomark asked, "You summoned us my lord?"

Devastus said, "I did. It is time to begin the first phase of my plan."

Granox said, "We are at your command."

Devastus said, "Granox! Triascus! You two shall attack the knights."

Triascus said, "Yes sir!"

Slyger asked, "And what of us Lord Devastus?"

Devastus said, "You and Venomark shall search a set of coordinates I've marked something you'll know very well. My readings say there is a high chance of it being there. While Granox and Triascus distract the knights, you shall bring it here."

The four responded in union, "As Devastus commands!"

Back on Earth, the knights along with the girls were heading to Mr. White's shop. As they entered, they were surprised to see him talking with Mr. Nash at his desk.

Guren asked, "What are you doing here dad?"

Mr. Nash turned to the group and said, "Everyone? White and I have decided there's something we need to tell you."

The two men led the group into the living room where everyone sat down. Serena asked, "So what's up?"

White began, "A long time ago, Nash and I along with another friend were researching information on Quarton to find a way to reach tenkai energy for our planet."

Nash looked at Beni and said, "The third man of our group was your father."

Everyone was shocked when White pulled out his picture that showed him, Nash, and Beni's father when they were younger.

Beni asked, "Why don't I remember any of this?"

Nash said, "You and Guren were only a few months old."

White said, "And there's also something else your father kept from you. You have an older brother named Dante Webb,"

Beni was even more shocked before asking, "But… why didn't my dad tell me?"

Nash said, "Your mother believed he was becoming too obsessed with Quarton and filed a divorce. In the end, your mother left with your brother in her custody and you in your father's."

Toxsa asked, "What does this have to do with Devastus?"

Nash said, "We have reasons to believe that Dante might be Devastus."

Ceylan asked, "What makes you say that?"

White answered, "Before Beni's parents divorced, her father gave both her and Dante a core brick he somehow found. Dante's core brick, when unfolded, matches the description of Devastus."

Nash said, "Another thing was that when Webb informed us of Beni's coming here, he told us he had just finished a device that could give one the ability to manipulate dark matter. And a few weeks ago, the local authorities of that area contacted us telling us that Webb was killed and the device stolen. We believe Dante was responsible because they told us he disappeared at the same time your mother was killed a month before."

Everyone looked at the pinkette who just stared at her knees. "Why? Why didn't you tell me this before? I've been trying to contact my father for a year and for the past three you never told me he was dead?! And why didn't you tell me about Dante?"

White said, "We were going to tell you after we found out who it was-."

Beni said, "I had a right to know the minute you found out! What, did you want me to kill Dante before I even knew about him?"

Tears began to fill the girl's eyes before she stood and ran out of the room.

Nash turned to his son and said, "Talk to her."

Guren nodded and walked out of the room."

Chooki said, "There's still one thing I don't get. Why is Devastus/Dante doing this?"

White said, "Because as he grew up, Dante began to change. Like Vilius, he started craving power and developing a want for control. This is what led to him taking the lives of his parents and stealing the dark matter device."

Serena asked, "But why? What's he after?"

White said, "We believe only one thing to start where Vilius left off."

The knights stared in shock as Toxsa said, "You don't mean."

Nash nodded and said, "The conquering of both Earth and Quarton."

Gen clenched his fist and said, "Not if we can help it."

With Beni, she was sitting by a wall as tears continued to stream down her cheeks. She thought, 'Why dad? Why didn't you tell me about Dante?'

"Hey."

Beni looked up to see Guren sit down beside her. "You okay?"

She looked back to the floor as she said, "No I'm not okay. I just found out the brother I never knew I had killed our parents and is now coming after me one Quarton. How could I be okay?" She threw herself on to Guren and buried her face in his chest.

He rubbed her back and said, "It's okay. Let it out. All of it. If you ever want to talk, I'm here."

They just sat there until Beni managed to calm down. She looked at Guren with red eyes as he asked, "You feel good enough to talk now?"

Beni sniffled a little before nodding. "It's just… now that I know we're fighting my brother, I don't know if I can help destroy him. True, I might not know him that well, but he's still the only family I have left."

Beni blushed when she felt Guren's hand on top of her's. She looked up at him as he said, "We'll try to find a way to beat him without destroying him. But if we can't, just know one thing. He's not your only family. You have me and the others. And we'll always be here for you."

Beni smiled and said, "Thanks Guren."

Before they could say anything else, they felt their core bricks activating. Guren asked, "You gonna be okay?"

Beni sat for a moment before saying, "Yeah. I'll be fine. So let's get going."

The two stood and met with the others in the portal chamber. Guren said, "Let's go guys." They loaded their bricks and entered the portal.

"Tenkai Power!"

"Tenkai Speed!"

"Tenkai Strength!"

"Tenkai Agility!"

"Tenkai Strategy!"

"Tenkai Charm!" (Owned by Ham-Ram)

"Bravenwolf: Tenkai Firestorm! Engage!"

"Tributon: Tenkai Iceblast! Engage!"

"Valorn: Tenkai Terra Blast! Engage!"

"Lydendor: Tenkai Lightning Strike! Engage!"

"Dromus: Tenkai Whirlwind! Engage!"

"Venetta Core Engage!"

"TENKAI KNIGHTS! GO!"

The six met up with Beaug as Dromus asked, "What's the situation?"

Beaug said, "Granox and a new general began attacking our base. For what purpose, we do not know."

They all turned to see the battle between the Corekai and Corrupted with Granox and Triascus, in their titan modes, leading the Corrupted. Triascus' armor resembled a triceratops. He held a double-edged axe and had a serrated shield.

Triascus raised his axe and said, "Tenkai Knights! In the name of Lord Devastus, you shall fall today by the hands of Granox and I, Triascus."

Bravenwolf said, "You're about to eat those words. Let's go titan guys."

"Bravenwolf: Tenkai Firestorm Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Tributon: Tenkai Iceblast Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Valorn: Tenkai Terra Blast Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Lydendor: Tenkai Lightning Strike Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Dromus: Tenkai Whirlwind Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Venetta: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

The six transformed and stood in a group facing the two corrupted generals. Bravenwolf turned to his group and said, "We split into two groups and take one since we don't know how much power Triascus has or how much stronger Granox has become after being infused with dark matter. Dromus, Valorn, and Lydendor! You guys handle Triascus."

Dromus said, "Right!"

Bravenwolf continued, "Venetta and Tributon! We'll take on Granox. Let's move."

They split into their groups and charged for their targets.

On Earth, Wakamei and the girls were watching the battle along with White and Nash. The green haired girl thought, 'Toxsa. Gen. Please be careful.'

Back on Quarton, Dromus blocked Triascus' axe before Valorn hit the corrupted general with a blast from his lance. Triascus then blocked Lydendor's shield with his own before blasting the yellow knight with his axe.

He then charged toward Valorn as the blades on his shield began spinning like a saw. Valorn lifted his lance to block the blow only to be surprised when his weapon was cut in half. Triascus then slashed Valorn's chest before kicking him to the ground. He then raised his shield to block Dromus's sword.

Tributon shot rapidly at Granox who blocked with his mace. Venetta then charged at the rhino based knight with her daggers raised. Granox blocked one dagger but was slashed in the shoulder by the other. He then knocked her into a charging Tributon just in time to block Bravenwolf's sword.

While their weapons were locked, Bravenwolf said, "I see you've gotten a little stronger Granox. I always thought you were tougher than this."

Granox pushed him back a few feet before saying, "My new master gave me part of his power and it's made it to where I can match each and every one of you blow to blow."

"We'll see about that!" Bravenwolf gripped his sword in both hands before charging at Granox.

Back with Triascus, he threw Lydendor into a nearby boulder before he aimed his shield at the yellow knight. His shield opened before shooting out restraints which bounded Lydendor to the boulder.

He then turned to drop his axe and catch a punch from Valorn. He kneed the green knight in the stomach before slamming him to the ground.

Triascus then caught Dromus's sword before throwing the weapon to the ground. Dromus then found himself lifted up by his throat. Triascus said, "You've managed to put up part of a challenge. For that, I'll make your death swift."

Tributon saw this and said, "Hang on dude!"

But before he could make a move, Venetta was knocked into him. Granox blocked Bravenwolf's sword while saying, "You've got to deal with me first."

Triascus threw Dromus to the ground as corrupted soldiers marched behind him. He turned to the leader and said, "You and your soldiers may have the pleasure of finishing off Lydendor and Valorn after they watch as Dromus is finished off." The soldier nodded before they split into two groups and surrounded Valorn and Lydendor.

Triascus picked up Dromus's sword and stood over the fallen titan, "I see it fitting that you shall fall by your own sword." He raised the blade to strike when suddenly…

A dark green blast shot the sword out of his hand before multiple more took out every one of the corrupted soldiers.

They all turned to see a green knight holding a trident and had the design of an alligator on the armor.

In a female voice, "I take it you don't know how to play fair."

Triascus asked, "Who dares challenge me?"

The knightess spun her trident and said, "Names Hydrona. And if you're so great, then I must be greater since I'm the one who's gonna kick your can."

Triascus looked at the remaining Corrupted and said, "Get her!"

The soldier charged at the knightess who jumped down and ran right past each of them before stopping in front of Valorn. She leaned her trident on her shoulder as each of the Corrupted exploded. Valorn leaned his head up and said, "Wow. Thanks."

Hydrona looked at him and said, "No prob. I've saved your can before Toxsa."

Valorn looked at her shocked as he asked, "How'd you know my name?"

Hydrona asked, "Why wouldn't I know your name you little goofball?"

Valorn shot up in a sitting position and asked, "W- Wakamei?"

Hydrona said, "The one and only. How I got here, I'll tell you guys later. Right now I plan on taking out Triascus."

Triascus stepped off of Dromus, threw the sword down, and picked up his axe as he said, "Prepare to be destroyed."

Hydrona said, "I was just about to say the same thing. But let me even the odds first. Hydrona: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

(Play theme song) She folded up and grew in size as armor pieces that looked like scales of an alligator appeared around her. She unfolded the armor attached to her arms and legs, a back plate similar to Valorn's old titan mode's attached to her back and a helmet with gator eyes on top of it attached to her head piece. Finally, a small gator head attached to her chest as a larger version of her trident appeared in front of her. She grabbed her weapon and twirled it as she said, "Time for you to feel the gator's bite."

She landed before her and Triascus charged at each other. Their weapons clashed repeatedly as they either blocked or dodged each other's blow. One collision pushed them a distance apart as Triascus asked, "Do you honestly think you can beat me?"

Hydrona said, "Let's find out."

Her trident began glowing as she said, "Titan Trident Blast!" She fired a powerful blast that reverted Triascus to brick form and sent him flying. "I'll get you for this!" He called as he flew off.

Granox watched in shock as Bravenwolf said, "Now it's your turn Granox."

Bravenwolf's chest began to glow as he said, "Tenkai Cannon!"

The wolf on his chest opened and fired a strong blast which sent Granox flying.

After seeing this, the remaining Corrupted retreated.

Bravenwolf and Tributon freed Lydendor while Venetta helped Valorn. Hydrona helped Dromus to his feet as she asked, "Surprised to see me?"

Dromus steadied himself as he said, "In a way, yeah. How are you-?"

"Here? I'll explain when we get back."

Bravenwolf said, "She's right. We need to get back now. Beaug! Let us know if you find anything out. I have a feeling Devastus has something big planned."

Beaug nodded and with that, the knights vanished.

Meanwhile, Triascus and Granox were revived behind Devastus' throne as Triascus said, "My deepest apologizes master. We failed our mission."

Devastus' throne turned before he said, "Not from my perspective Triascus."

Granox became confused as he said, "Come again my lord."

Devastus said, "While it would have been an even greater victory to see the knights destroyed, you did accomplish your mission of keeping them distracted long enough for Venomark and Slyger to complete theirs. Show them you two."

The door opened for Slyger and Venomark to bring in something that Granox recognized on sight. "Lord Devastus? Is that-?"

"Yes Granox," said Devastus. "That is one of the Black Tenkai Dragon Cubes. My plan requires the Black Tenkai Dragon. During the next few battles, you two will search for the next one while Slyger helps the knights meet Venomark. Speaking of which, Venomark is your weapon ready?"

Venomark said, "Yes master. It will be fully charged for battle in a couple of days."

Devastus said, "Excellent. Now leave. I wish to be alone to further develop my plan."

The four said, "As Devastus commands!"

On Earth, the knights sat in the living room as the boys and girls questioned Wakamei.

"How were you able to get to Quarton?" Toxsa asked.

Wakamei said, "It happened around the middle of your fight with Triascus."

(Flashback)

Wakamei and the girls watched as Triascus wiped the floor with Dromus and Valorn. Wakamei began to worry about her brother and boyfriend.

"Gen. Toxsa. Oh, I wish I could be there to help you guys," said the green-haired teen.

Diana then noticed a faint glow in Wakamei's hand bag. "Wakamei? What's that?"

Wakamei looked in her bag and found, to her shock, a core brick.

She held it up and said, "I don't understand. Where did this-?"

Serena said, "That doesn't matter right now. You need to go help the guys and Beni."

Wakamei said, "Right."

She ran to the portal and loaded the brick. "Let's see what this thing can do."

(Theme song)

A dark green suit appeared on her as she put her fists together before she turned into a dark green brick.

"Tenkai Loyalty!"

She unfolded as her helmet and back plate attached. Her trident appeared as she said, "Hydrona Core! Engage!"

(Flashback end)

Gen said, "Amazing. But how did a core brick even end up in your bag?"

"We can explain that."

Everyone turned to see the holograms of now just Boreas, but also Eurus.

Eurus said, "In a way to aid you, I created four additional core bricks and sent them here to choose four new knights to aid you against Devastus."

Serena asked, "But why didn't hers summon her at the same time as the others?"

Boreas said, "Because he designed them to activate when the chosen were ready. When Wakamei realized how much she wanted to help the others, her brick was able to activate and reveal itself."

Toxsa asked, "So we need to expect three more members to the team after my sister?"

Eurus said, "Correct Valorn. And with time, we will reveal other ways to aid you in battle. But only when you're ready."

Boreas said, "Now we must return. Good luck to you Tenkai Knights."

With that, the guardians disappeared.

Beni said, "All I can say is it'll be great to have another girl on the team."

Guren said, "I agree. And I'm sure I speak for us all when I say welcome to the team Hydrona."

Wakamei smiled as she said, "Glad to be a part of the team Bravenwolf."

Chapter 3: The Stealthy Vixen
On Quarton, the knights were aiding the Corekai against the Corrupted. Venetta and Hydrona were knocking down Corrupted soldiers with ease. Lydendor, Valorn, and Tributon were holding off against the Corrupted beasts, such as griffons and bulls.

Meanwhile, Bravenwolf and Dromus were double teaming Slyger.

Bravenwolf asked, "Do you really think you can take us all by yourself?"

Dromus said, "Devastus must have a lot of confidence in you if he thinks you're all he needed to send."

Slyger blocked the two's swords with his claws as he said, "Things aren't always as they appear you two."

A few miles away, Venomark held a small sniper blaster with a long range targeting system. He aimed the weapon towards the battle as he said, "Time to see how strong a dose the knights can each take."

Lydendor charged at a griffon when a brown energy shot hit him and knocked him to the ground. He laid on the ground as he said, "What's going on? I can't move."

Valorn destroyed the griffon that charged at Lydendor before turning to his fallen friend saying, "Hang on! I'm coming!"

He ran towards the fallen Lydendor when suddenly…

Another blast shot out of nowhere and hit the green knight.

Tributon saw this as he said, "This is crazy! Where are those shots coming from?"

Then, like the others, the blue knight was hit and paralyzed.

While fighting off Corrupted, Hydrona and Venetta managed to see everything that happened. Hydrona said, "Looks like Devastus added a sharpshooter to his team."

Venetta said, "I managed to see where they're coming from after that last shot. Hydrona? Can you cover me while I try to stop it?"

Hydrona turned to her fellow knightess and said, "No prob. I can handle these Corrupted." She emphasized her point by destroying three soldiers with her trident.

Venetta nodded and, at her quick speed, ran toward her target.

With Venomark, he fired another shot and managed to hit Dromus. He then aimed at Bravenwolf and said, "Now for you."

Suddenly, a dagger shot out of nowhere and destroyed the weapon on strike. He stood up to see Venetta standing there.

She picked up her dagger and said, "Too much of a coward to fight us head on I see."

Venomark chuckled and said, "No. It's just snakes have an easier time poisoning their prey when they're stealthy."

Venetta held her daggers up as she asked, "What are you up to?"

"You'll find out soon enough."

With that, Venomark disappeared.

Back on the battlefield, Bravenwolf blocked a fallen Dromus from Slyger's claws.

Through a hidden communicator, Slyger heard Venomark say, "Slyger! We've done all we can do. You and the Corrupted fall back."

"Understood."

The Corrupted general pushed Bravenwolf back before calling out to his soldiers, "Corrupted! Fall back!"

After Slyger and his forces were gone, Venetta, Hydrona, and Bravenwolf ran to their teammates. Venetta asked, "You guys okay?"

Valorn said, "I don't know. For some reason we can't move."

Bravenwolf said, "Let's get you guys back to Earth."

With that, they all disappeared.

Beaug watched as this happened and said, "I hope they're okay."

Then a soldier walked up and said, "Commander Beaug! One of our scouts has returned with dyer news."

On Earth, White was scanning Gen after doing the same to Toxsa, Chooki, and Ceylan. Guren, Beni, Wakamei, and Sally watched from the side. Diana was at home because her parents were making her do her homework, Serena was having to help her mother in town, and Mr. Nash was at work.

After the scan was finished, Guren asked, "Anything out of the ordinary Mr. White?"

The shop owner said, "I couldn't find any effects. It's possible that the effects of Venomark's weapon only works on you while on Quarton."

Beni then noticed a serious look on Sally's face. The pinkette turned to the red head and asked, "What's wrong Sal?"

Sally asked, "Have you guys noticed Devastus' actions lately?"

Wakamei asked, "What do you mean?"

"Ever since he showed up, all he's done is draw you guys into battle after battle. With his powers combined with Vilius', you'd expect him to be doing something bigger."

Suddenly, the portal activated and everyone watched as Beaug jumped in front of them in his earthly, robotic form.

Toxsa stood and asked, "Beaug? What are you doing here?"

Beaug stood and said, "Tenkai Knights! I am here to tell you one of our scouts has come across terrible news."

On Quarton, Devastus sat in his throne as Slyger, Venomark, Granox, and Triascus returned from their missions.

Triascus stepped forward and said, "Lord Devastus. Granox and I successfully acquired the second cube and have brought it here."

Devastus said, "Excellent. Well done."

He then turned to Venomark and Slyger saying, "As for you two. Was your mission accomplished?"

Slyger said, "Not completely Lord Devastus. We managed to strike Dromus, Valorn, Lydendor, and Tributon."

Devastus asked, "And what of Bravenwolf, Venetta, and Hydrona?"

Venomark said, "I apologize my lord. Venetta destroyed my blaster before I could get them."

Devastus said, "Then we'll just have to change part of our strategy. As long as the effects of the blasts take hold while they're on Earth."

Venomark said, "Yes my lord. The effects will begin by nightfall."

Devastus said, "Excellent. Now be gone."

Back on Earth, Beaug said, "And I'm afraid we failed to secure it from them."

Guren said, "So that's Devastus' plan. While we were distracted by two of them attacking the Corekai, the other two would locate and take one of the black dragon cubes."

Wakamei said, "So now we know the black dragon is part of his plan. But it's a safe bet to say he knows that it can be taken down by the white dragon and Guren's Tenkai Wolf together. So why bother trying to revive it?"

Guren said, "Devastus must know something we don't. Something we need to figure out before it's too late. First thing in the morning, we meet here to see what we can find out."

Beaug said, "We'll see what we can find out on Quarton. We'll contact you if we find anything."

With that, Beaug activated the portal and returned home.

Chooki said, "I'm gonna take Sally to do something. We'll see you guys here tomorrow."

The two then exited the shop with everyone else soon following.

Later with Beni, she sat at her computer looking through several tabs. "Come on! There has to be something about what Dante or what he's planning."

She then stopped on an article link that had her father's name in the title and mentioned Quarton. The title said, 'Scientist: James Webb Uncovers Future Legend.'

'This sounds interesting.' Beni thought as she clicked on it. A window opened to show an old newspaper article with pictures that looked like her and her friends as the knights. There were also images of Vilius, Slyger, and Granox.

Between the pictures was a piece of information written in Quartonian language. Beni read the passage below it out loud, "'While it was difficult, James Webb managed to translate part of the legend into a book. Information states that after Webb's death, his book was transferred to his lifelong friend: Seth White.' Well looks like Mr. White has more answers than he knows." She copied the link and transferred it to her nearby tablet.

Meanwhile at the park, Chooki and Sally were playing soccer. As the game progressed on, Sally noticed Chooki was a little slower than his usual soccer skills.

After a few more plays, the two finally decided to call it quits. This is when Sally asked, "Chooki? Are you okay? You don't seem as efficient as you usually do."

Chooki looked to her and said, "I don't know Sal. Ever since I got back from Quarton, I've been feeling a little different."

"Maybe we should get you home. A good night sleep is probably what you need most right now." Chooki nodded and followed his girlfriend.

In an unknown location, a cloaked figure sat at a computer while a tablet sat beside him. He looked at the tablet as he said, "Vilius' old archives must have clues to what I'm looking for."

As he continued searching the tablet and the computer, he wrist phone went off. He answered, "What is it Triascus?"

"My lord? We believe we have located a clue to what we've been searching for."

"Hold on to it. I'll be returning soon. Dante out!"

He shut his phone off and pulled his hood off to reveal he had jet black hair and red eyes. He pulled out a pendant that resembled a curved claw and said, "Hopefully there are some things even the guardians have forgotten besides just Chaos Mode."

The next morning, Guren and Beni sat in the waiting room of Mr. White's shop. They had been waiting for the others for about an hour before Guren looked at his watch and said, "Wonder what's taking them so long. Usually they're the first ones here."

Right after he said this, Wakamei came in with a pale, sweating Gen leaning on her for support. Sally, Diana, and Serena soon followed in also supporting their boyfriends who were the same as Gen.

Beni stood up asking, "What's going on?"

Serena said, "They've been this way since this morning. And that's not the only thing that's happened to them."

Each girl pulled out their boy's core brick to show they were half rusty brown in color.

Wakamei said, "But for some reason, mine is still okay."

Guren said, "Ours are still the same too. Look, get them to the living room while I get Mr. White. He might know what to do." The girls did as he said with Beni following them as Guren walked to the back room.

A few minutes later, the boys sat on the couches with their girlfriends wiping sweat off their foreheads with cold rags while Beni and Guren watched Mr. White scan Gen's brick.

Beni asked, "What's going on? And why only them?"

White said, "It seems those shots from Venomark actually did something."

Diana said, "But I thought you said they weren't affected in any way."

"It seems Venomark programed the blasts with a virus that would spread to them through their links to their core bricks instead of their bodies directly. That would explain why I couldn't detect it the first time."

Guren asked, "Is there any way to stop it?"

"I could modify the portal weapon to vaporize it from their bricks which should aid them. But to finish what is left of the virus would be to destroy Venomark."

Wakamei asked, "But won't Devastus just revive him?"

"Yes but by doing so, Venomark's control over the virus will reset. And since the weapon was destroyed, he won't be able to use it again after we rid them of it."

Just then, Beni', Wakamei', and Guren's bricks began activating.

"Guren you must stay. Since your brick is the only unaffected one with a white dragon cube, yours must be used to help regenerate the others! Beni! Wakamei! Go! I'll send aid as soon as I can."

The two girls nodded and Beni said, "Let's show them some girl power Wakamei."

They loaded their bricks and entered the portal.

"Tenkai Charm!"

"Tenkai Loyalty!"

"Venetta Core! Engage!"

"Hydrona Core! Engage!"

"TENKAI KNIGHTS! GO!"

The two girls ran to Beaug with Hydrona asking, "What's the situation?"

Beaug said, "With our forces divided to find the black dragon cubes, the Corrupted are overpowering us. Venomark and Slyger are leading the attack."

The three turned to see Slyger and Venomark in front of an army of Corrupted. They were easily taking down every Corekai in their way.

"Hydrona and I will separate Slyger and Venomark from their forces. Will that give a chance against the Corrupted?"

"It should give us a fighting chance."

Hydrona said, "Then let's go!"

The knightesses ran out charging into the two Corrupted generals, dividing them from their soldiers. That's when the Corekai began to hold their ground with less difficulty.

Hydrona's trident clashed with Slyger's claws. "When Valorn said you were ugly, he was being way too generous."

Slyger pushed her back as he said, "Let's see what you think after I destroy you. Slyger: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

He transformed and landed in front of Hydrona before the knightess said, "You're not the only one with that trick. Hydrona: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

She transformed before the two titans charged each other and began clashing blow to blow.

Venetta had just entered titan mode with Venomark soon following, "Venomark: Chaos Titan Mode! Engage!"

He folded up while growing in size with armor pieces with snake scale designs on them appeared around him. He unfolded with the armor soon attaching. A back plate similar to Lydendor's original attached to his back. His helmet covered his head piece while a snake head attached to his chest. Finally, two shurikens appeared and were spun in his hand as he said, "For the victory of Lord Devastus!"

The titans locked weapons as Venetta said, "You're gonna pay for what you did to my friends."

Venomark chuckled. "Actually, I'm about to show how much more dangerous a snake is than a spider."

He swung a shuriken only for Venetta to block with her dagger. She then slashed at him with him dodging by jumping. He then charged forward and pushed her back with a blocked strike from both shurikens.

The knightess regained her balance as she asked, "Is that all you've got?"

On Earth, White continued working on the portal weapon as Guren and the girls took care of the team while they watched the battle on Quarton. "Mr. White? You've got to let me go. They need help."

"I'm sorry Guren. But your brick is needed to eliminate half of the virus. Then you can go aid the girls in destroying the other half by defeating Venomark."

Sally wiped some sweat off of Chooki's head as she thought, 'Hang on Chooki. God I wish I could take that Venomark creep out myself.'

Back on Quarton, Venetta and Venomark pushed each other back as Venetta said, "Time to bring the charge. Tenkai Titan Venom Charge!"

She stabbed her daggers into the ground and sent a stream of electrified venom at Venomark.

However, the Corrupted general jumped up to dodge the attack as his eyes began to glow. "Now to see if you can take a little poison."

Venetta looked confused before she felt her body begin to weaken. "What's going on? What did you do?"

"I drawed out our battle in order to inject my poison into you with each strike of my shurikens. I told you snakes are much more dangerous than spiders."

Venetta dropped her daggers before she fell to the ground. "You won't get away with this."

Venomark chuckled. "We'll see after you're finished off."

He threw his shurikens at the fallen knightess only for Hydrona to run out in front of her fellow knightess and deflect the attack with her trident.

Slyger moved to Venomark's side as Hydrona said, "You'll have to get through me first."

"You say it like that would be a challenge."

Back on Earth, Guren and the girls watched as Hydrona struggled to hold her own against both Slyger and Venomark. Guren said, "Mr. White. Please tell me you're done with my brick."

"Almost. But I still need a little more time."

Sally said, "But Wakamei and Beni need help now. And Venomark needs to be taken out."

Then everyone noticed as a golden glow came from her pocket.

To everyone's surprise, Sally pulled it out to reveal a golden core brick.

Guren said, "Looks like you're the new knightess to take the job."

Sally smiled. "Time to show that snake some real power."

She ran to the portal and loaded the brick. The portal activated and the transformation began.

"Tenkai Stealth!"

She became a golden brick before unfolding. A helmet that represented a fox attached over her head piece and a back plate similar to Bravenwolf's original attached to her back. She then acquired two sais.

"Vixen Core! Engage!"

At the battle, Slyger and Venomark both slashed Hydrona before kicking her down beside Venetta at the same time.

Slyger aimed his claw at Hydrona, "With you two gone and the other four finished by the virus, Bravenwolf will be easy to bring down."

"Not if I can help it!"

The two generals looked up to see Vixen taking down Corrupted with ease. After she beat the last one, she looked to them saying, "I'll give you two a beat down you won't soon forget. Vixen: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

She folded up and grew in size as golden armor pieces appeared. She unfolded and the armor attached along with a back plate on her back. Her helmet covered her head piece and a fox head attached to her chest. Two sais appeared in her hands as she said, "Time for the fury of the fox!"

She charged forward and locked weapons with both generals as she looked to Hydrona. "You in good enough shape to tag team them?"

Hydrona stood to her feet and said, "No problem." She charged forward and knocked Slyger away.

Vixen and Venomark began trading blows while blocking or dodging each other. Vixen pushed him back and said, "This one is for Chooki."

Her sais began to glow as she said, "Tenkai Titan Sai Strike!"

She swung her blades and sent a cross blast at Venomark. The blast reverted him to brick mode and destroyed him. "And that's how the snake falls."

Hydrona stood a few feet from Slyger. "Time to give you a taste of what I gave Triascus. Titan Trident Blast!" She blasted Slyger with a powerful blast and sent him flying in brick form.

"Not again!"

The two then ran over to help Venetta to her feet. "You feeling alright?"

Venetta said, "Yeah. The venom has faded. I'll be okay."

Hydrona said, "Let's get back to Earth. Hopefully the boys are alright."

With that, the three knightesses vanished.

Back on Earth, the girls walked into the living room where they found White, Serena, and Diana standing by his desk while Guren stood in front of Gen, Chooki, Ceylan, and Toxsa with the portal weapon in his hands.

White said, "Just in time girls. The modified portal weapon should cure the virus completely now that Venomark was destroyed. Theoretically it should work."

Guren loaded his brick and aimed the portal weapon at his team. "Here's to hoping."

He fired the beam which hit his four teammates. After a few minutes, the beam stopped to reveal the four were back to their normal selves and their bricks had returned to their original colors.

The girls(except Beni) hugged their boyfriends.

Wakamei kissed Gen before saying, "Don't scare me like that again."

Gen smiled. "Don't worry. It won't happen again."

Beni said, "I hate to bring the joy fest down, but with only two, well three of us. Devastus managed to get the third dragon cube."

Guren said, "But a bright side to today is we've gained a new member to the team."

Wakamei smiled, "He's right. Sally has just registered as Vixen and according to Boreas and Eurus said, we should expect two more members."

Toxsa said, "The only problem is now there'll be two sport speakers I won't understand."

Everyone laughed at the green-haired teen before Guren said, "And there's still two black cubes out there. We only need one to stop whatever Devastus is planning."

Meanwhile on Quarton, Slyger and Venomark were revived as they stood with Triascus and Granox in front of Devastus. "I apologize my lord. My virus failed to defeat the infected knights."

Devastus said, "While I am disappointed with that failure, I will give you another chance. In the meantime, Triascus? You reported you and Granox finding something along with the dragon cube?"

Triascus stepped forward, "Yes my lord. We believe it t be as ancient as the Tenkai Wolf." He pulled out a tablet with purple engraved Quartonian symbols on it. He handed it to Devastus and said, "I believe it may be linked to the Tenkai Wolf."

Devastus studied the tablet before saying, "I'll review it while you five engage the knights tomorrow."

Slyger asked, "We 'five' my lord?"

A portal opened as Devastus pulled out a grey brick. He threw it into the portal. "Nightmare! Rise!"

Out of the portal jumped a knight whose back plate that resembled bat wings and had a helmet that was similar to Vilius' original.

Devastus rose from his throne and said, "Boys! Meet your new commrade, Nightmare. He shall lead the attack tomorrow while some troops locate the fourth cube. And Nightmare? Make sure your abilities are ready for tomorrow."

Nightmare said, "As Devastus commands!"

Chapter 4: Battle of fear, faith and courage
At school Serena and Diana sat in chemistry class, struggling to stay awake. While the teacher turned to the board, Diana whispered, "I'm really getting close to just taking detention. Why does this stuff have to be so boring?"

"I'm not the person to ask. I'm like Ceylan. I have a tough time with school."

After the two stayed silent for a while, Diana brought up something she had been thinking about for a time. "What do you think it's like to be on Quarton? Have you wondered how it feels to be a Tenkai Knight?"

"I have actually. I would give anything for a chance to go and help them. Especially with how tough Devastus is compared to Vilius. And from what they told us, Vilius was almost unbeatable."

"The feeling is mutual. I'd take any chance to go there."

"Ladies?!"

The two looked forward to see their teacher staring straight at them. "I'm sure you don't find my lessons very interesting. But I'm sure you'd prefer dealing with them instead of paying the principal a visit. PAY ATTENTION!"

"Yes ma'am."

"Sorry."

With that, the teacher turned back to the board to continue her lesson.

Later at lunch, the two girls sat at their group table beside their boyfriends. Diana began the conversation, "So what's your plan to try and get the fourth cube?"

Ceylan said, "Beaug and the Corekai are leaving the fortress while leaving its defenses and forcefield up. They plan on finding where the cube is and salvage it if the Corrupted aren't already there."

Gen said, "But if they are, the Corekai will alert us and hold them off until we arrive to help."

Beni continued, "More than likely, Devastus' generals will be there so with us there, we'll have a better chance of getting the cube."

Serena said, "Sounds like a good plan." 'Just wish me and Diana could be with you guys.'

Meanwhile in a dark alley, Slyger appeared in his earth form wearing his usual black suit and hat while holding a strange dart gun in his hand. He pressed his communicator and said, "I'm on Earth. What's the plan Nightmare?"

"Excellent Slyger. Now locate the knights and make sure to hit them with my mind dartes. Once activated during battle, they'll make them unable to fight at full capacity. And the dartes are designed to be undetected by the knights."

"Understood. Slyger out!"

Slyger began walking toward the school. "Now to just wait out the knights."

In the hall of the school, Guren and Chooki were walking to their next class when Chooki asked, "Hey dude? Do you have any plans after school?"

"Not really. Why?"

"With how Beni's been feeling since she found out her brother, Sally thought it'd be a good idea to invite her to go skating with us later. And since she talks to you more than anyone of our friends, I thought it would be good for you to come with us."

Guren thought for a moment before responding, "Sure. I'll come along."

"Great. We plan on meeting around five."

(Happening at the same time)

With Sally, her and Beni were walking to their Geometry class. "Hey? Chooki and I are going skating this afternoon and we were wondering if you'd like to come."

"I don't know."

"Please Beni. You've been acting different ever since White and Nash told you about Dante. As your friends, we just want to help you."

Beni thought for a moment before giving a small smile. "Okay. I guess being with some friends won't hurt."

"Awesome. Meet us at the skating ring around five."

A few hours later, the final bell rang and the knights, Diana, and Serena walked out. As they turned to go their separate ways, Slyger aimed from his hiding spot and fired. Each dart hit one knight in the neck without them noticing. Slyger grinned. "Perfect. Mission accomplished."

With that he disappeared.

Meanwhile in an unknown location, Dante sat at his desk with the tablet Triascus gave him, trying to translate it. After translating about a quarter of it he decided to review what he had.

"'As the forces of evil clashed with those of good on Quarton, before the rising of the two sided beast, the clashing of two predators occurred. From the side of good stood a shifting predator of today while a predator of ancient times stood for evil. They both appeared to have high intelligence while also gaining advantage of each other countless times...' Hmm. No doubt the predator of good is Bravenwolf's Tenkai Wolf."

He pulled his pendant out and asked, "But what happened to you? This tablet must reveal your location."

But before he could start working again, his phone went off. "What is it Nightmare?"

"My lord. We need you to return. It seems our plan may need to be altered."

Dante sighed, "When will these problems end? I'm on my way."

He hung up, grabbed the tablet, and exited the room. 'I will find a way to unlock it. It is the key to my victory.'

Meanwhile at the skating ring, Guren and Chooki arrived to find Sally and Beni waiting for them. Sally greeted Chooki with a kiss while Beni greeted Guren, "Hey Guren. I didn't know you were coming."

Chooki answered, "We just thought he'd be good extra company since you talk to him more than anyone on the team. Hope that's okay."

Beni smiled. "Yeah that's great."

Guren said, "Then let's get in and have some fun."

After they bought their skates, Chooki and Sally began skating together while Guren started doing some solo tricks.

During his fun, Guren noticed Beni still standing by the wall. He rolled over and asked, "What's wrong?"

Beni looked to him nervously. "I've… never skated before."

Guren smiled and said, "Why didn't you say so? I can show you. Come on, it'll be easy."

Beni hesitantly pushed herself from the wall and would have fallen if Guren hadn't caught her. "Don't worry. I got you."

Guren held her hands and gently pulled her onto the ring. "Just stay calm and follow my lead."

Guren started slowly with Beni progressing at a steady pace. After learning the basics, Beni began to skate solo for a moment before skating backwards. Guren pulled up beside her as he said, "You're a fast learner."

Beni smiled. "I'm lucky enough to have a good teacher."

Skating together from the side, Chooki and Sally watched the two. Sally smiled. "I'm starting to see what they see."

"Yep. Looks like I owe Ceylan money."

After an hour, the four sat at a table for a break when their bricks activated. Guren said, "Time to hit the battlefield guys."

The four exited the building and met with their team at the shop. They loaded their bricks and the portal activated.

"Tenkai Power!"

"Tenkai Speed!"

"Tenkai Strength!"

"Tenkai Agility!"

"Tenkai Strategy!"

"Tenkai Charm!"

"Tenkai Loyalty!"

"Tenkai Stealth!"

"Bravenwolf: Tenkai Firestorm! Engage!"

"Tributon: Tenkai Iceblast! Engage!"

"Valorn: Tenkai Terrablast! Engage!"

"Lydendor: Tenkai Lightning Strike! Engage!"

"Dromus: Tenkai Whirlwind! Engage!"

"Venetta Core! Engage!"

"Hydrona Core! Engage!"

"Vixen Core! Engage!"

"TENKAI KNIGHTS! GO!"

The knights ran to Beaug with Vixen asking, "What's the word Beaug?"

"Tenkai Knights. We have managed to find the fourth cube as the Corrupted finished uncovering it. However, we encountered heavier resistance when Triascus, Granox, Slyger, Venomark, and a new general named Nightmare arrived."

Hydrona asked, "What's this Nightmare guy look like?"

Valorn pointed his spear to the battle and said, "See for yourself sis."

The knights looked towards the fight to see the Corrupted were overpowering the Corekai with the aid of their generals. Nightmare struck one Corekai after another down with his scythe. He looked up to see them looking down on the battle. "The knights have arrived. Generals! Enter your titan modes!"

Granox said, "Don't have to tell me twice."

"Granox: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Slyger: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Venomark: Chaos Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Triascus: Chaos Titan Mode! Engage!"

They transformed and said in union, "For Devastus and victory!"

Nightmare said, "Now it's my turn. Nightmare: Chaos Titan Mode! Engage!"

He folded up and grew in size as armor pieces appeared around him. He unfolded as the armor attached. A back plate similar to Vilius' attached to his back. His helmet covered his head piece before a bat head attached to his chest. A scythe appeared in his hand before he said, "For the honor of Lord Devastus!"

The knights watched this happen before Bravenwolf said, "The Corekai need help. Hydrona, Venetta, and Vixen! You guys help them secure the dragon cube."

"You got it."

"No problem."

"Count on us."

"As for the rest of us. It's time for some titans to clash."

"Bravenwolf: Tenkai Firestorm Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Tributon: Tenkai Iceblast Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Valorn: Tenkai Terrablast Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Lydendor: Tenkai Lightning Strike Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Dromus: Tenkai Whirlwind Titan Mode! Engage!"

Venetta, Hydrona, and Vixen ran to aid the struggling Corekai soldiers. Venetta stopped some of the Corrupted by shooting them with her webs before taking them out with either a blast shot from her blaster or a strike from her daggers.

Hydrona stabbed her trident into the ground and spun on it, kicking every close range Corrupted to the ground. She then pulled her weapon out of the ground before finishing the Corrupted with a cyclone blast.

Vixen jumped past some Corrupted before landing and blocking two with her sais. She pushed them back before taking them out with slashes from both of her sais. She then deflected some shots with her blades before charging at the shooters.

Dromus clashed weapons with Venomark before jumping back to dodge one of his shurikens. He then charged and swung his sword only for Venomark to duck. Venomark then threw his shurikens with Dromus deflecting them with his sword where Venomark caught them. Dromus the pushed Venomark back with a kick to the chest before charging forward and causing the two to lock weapons.

Lydendor and Granox were also trading blows. Lydendor threw his slicer only to catch it after it was deflected back by Granox' mace. The rhino knight brought his mace down but Lydendor blocked it with his slicer. The yellow knight pushed the weapon back and Granox ducked to dodge a swing from his slicer. Lydendor then avoided a swing from Granox' weapon before pushing him back with a side kick.

Tributon and Slyger were airborne while firing rapidly at each other. They would charge one another and cross weapons before one made distance. They would unload more firearms while also trying to dodge the other's shots.

Bravenwolf's sword clashed with Triascus' axe before the red knight threw a kick. Triascus blocked the blow with his shield before pushing the sword away with his axe and attempted a head strike with his weapon. Bravenwolf shifted to the side to dodge the weapon before throwing a right cross. Triascus deflected the punch with his elbow and pushed the red knight back with a punch of his own.

Valorn fired rapidly at Nightmare who blocked each shot by spinning his scythe. After the shots stopped, the two charged each other and began clashing weapons or dodging each other's strikes. One clash gave distance between the two and they took their stances.

Valorn gripped his spear tightly as he said, "You know, it's funny. Despite how menacing you look, the best name Devastus could give you is Nightmare."

Nightmare chuckled. "Actually the name suits me perfectly. And you all are about to see why."

After he said this, Nightmare's eyes began to glow in their red color.

"And how is-?"

Valorn stopped mid-sentence as Toxsa found himself in nothing but empty space. "What the? Where am I?"

Suddenly, Toxsa found himself surrounded by videogame creatures from games that horrified him. They included zombies, demons, and psycho killers. And he wasn't the only one experiencing something they feared.

All of the knights were going through fears of their own. Guren was dealing with seeing his friends trying to kill him, Ceylan with horror film killers, Chooki with living sports equipment, Wakamei with spiders and scorpions, Sally with savage animals, Gen with his old self, and Beni…

Beni was being force to see something she never wanted to. She watched as a jet-black haired teen killed her father slowly and painfully as possible. She watched as the teen stabbed her father repeatedly.

"Stop! Please stop!" She screamed and fell to her knees. "Why? Why are you doing this?"

Valorn fell to his knees and said, "Man. This is worse than the 'Five Nights at Freddy's' franchise."

With the visions of fear distracting them, the titans were having a hard time fighting back and the knightesses were having trouble against the Corrupted soldiers.

Nightmare looked to his soldiers and said, "While they're at a disadvantage, secure the dragon cube."

The soldiers did as told and Nightmare charged at the troubled Valorn.

On Earth, Serena and Diana watched the battle and began to worry seeing their friends having trouble against their enemies.

Serena said, "That's just low. Using their fears to blind them. I wish I could just pound that Nightmare into the ground."

Diana said, "I just wish we could find a way to help them."

They then noticed their pockets began to glow. To their surprise, Serena pulled out an orange core brick while Diana pulled out a purple one.

Serena said, "Looks like we just got our chance. Let's go Diana."

They loaded their new bricks and entered the portal for the first time.

"Tenkai Courage!" Serena threw her arms to the sides.

"Tenkai Faith!" Diana put her hands to her heart.

Serena unfolded and a helmet like a beak and a back plate that looked like folded wings attached to her before twin blasters entered her hands.

"Soara Core! Engage!"

Diana unfolded and a helmet with curved sides and a plate that resembled folded butterfly wings attached. A staff with a sphere top appeared in her hand.

"Fluttira Core! Engage!"

Nightmare stood with his foot on Valorn's chest as he said, "Allow me to put your fears to rest."

Suddenly, a purple energy blast knocked the weapon out of Nightmare's hands before two orange blasts knocked him to the ground.

On the cliff, Fluttira and Soara stood with their weapons glowing. "Nice shot Soara."

"You too Fluttira. Now let's go titan and see what we can really do."

"Soara: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

She folded up and grew in size as armor pieces with feather designs appeared around her. She unfolded and the armor pieces attached to her arms and legs along with a back plate resembling eagle wings attached to her back. Her helmet went over her head piece before and eagle head attached to her chest. Twin blasters were twirled in her hands as she said, "Time for the eagle to soar!"

"Fluttira: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

She folded up and grew in size as purple armor appeared around her. She unfolded and the armor attached to her arms and legs before a back plate resembling butterfly wings attached to her back. Her helmet covered her head piece and a butterfly head with no antennas attached to her chest. A larger version of her staff was spun in her hands before she said, "Time for the wrath of the butterfly!"

The two took to the air and while Soara blasted the Corrupted titans off the knights, Fluttira blasted the Corrupted that surrounded Venetta, Hydrona, and Vixen. The two landed as Fluttira said, "Now to take back the advantage. Tenkai Titan Regeneration!"

Her back plate began to glow before firing streams of energy at her friends. The knights soon found the visions stopped and the sight of Quarton had returned.

Nightmare stood to his feet shocked. "She- she destroyed the darts."

Fluttira and Soara charged at Nightmare as Soara said, "And now it's your turn."

Soara's blasters charged with energy. "Tenkai Titan Blasters!"

Fluttira's staff began to charge as well. "Tenkai Titan Staff!"

In union, both titans fire strong blasts of energy. The blasts struck Nightmare in union and sent him shooting from the battlefield in brick form. "I will be back!"

Bravenwolf and his fellow titans rose to their feet as the red knight said, "Let's get in on the fun."

The five titans turned to Granox, Slyger, Venomark, and Triascus. They went airborne before initiating their attacks.

"Tenkai Titan Firestorm! GO!"

"Tenkai Titan Iceblast! GO!"

"Tenkai Titan Terrablast! GO!"

"Tenkai Titan Lightning Strike! GO!"

"Tenkai Titan Whirlwind! GO!"

Their attacks combined and struck the four Corrupted generals. Like Nightmare, they were all sent flying in brick form.

With them gone, the Corrupted soldiers fled the battlefield.

Venetta, Hydrona, and Vixen regrouped with the titans at the same time as Soara and Fluttira. Venetta asked, "Serena? Diana? Is that you?"

Soara said, "Who else? And looks like we got here just in time."

Tributon said, "I'll say. Those visions are gonna be stuck in my head for a while."

Beaug then ran up to them saying, "Tenkai Knights! I'm afraid I have terrible news."

Dromus sighed. "Don't tell us. They got away with the dragon cube?"

Beaug nodded and the knights sighed in union. Fluttira said, "Great. That means we've only got one chance left to stop him."

Valorn said, "Especially if he manages to nab the black key from the guardians."

Bravenwolf looked to Beaug. "Beaug? Contact us if anything happens."

Beaug saluted and with that, the knights disappeared.

With Devastus, he sat on his throne as Nightmare said, "I apologize my lord. While we did secure the cube, the knights still live."

Granox said, "Not only that. But now it appears there are ten of them."

Devastus turned his throne to face them as he said, "As long as we secure the final dragon cube and the black key, it won't matter. Now leave me. I have business to attend to."

The five nodded and left the chamber.

Devastus pulled out the tablet and think. 'According to what I've recently uncovered, in order to find you I will need the power of the defeated evil merged with the strength of the immortals. Then to give you life, I'll need the power of the two good beasts, the dark beast, and the power of the king of beasts. But where to start? And more importantly, how do I distract the knights long enough to begin it?'

Back on Earth, the guys and girls sat in the living room with White and Nash.

White said, "I know losing the fourth cube was a great loss, but there is a bright side."

Wakamei asked, "Yeah? What's that?"

Nash said, "The second completion of your team."

Ceylan said, "They're right. From what the guardians told us, Serena and Diana should be the last two new members. I think that calls for a small celebration."

Toxsa said, "He's right. Our team is complete for the second time. Let's do something fun."

Diana said, "We do get out of school early tomorrow since next week is spring break. And since Wakamei is off, how about we hang out at the beach?"

Beni said, "That's a great idea. We could even have a little barbecue there too."

Guren said, "So it's settled. After school, we head home, get some gear, and meet at the beach for some fun."

Everyone nodded and as they began exiting the room, Beni stopped and turned to Mr. White. "Oh. Mr. White, with all that's been happening, there's something I forgot to tell you."

"Yes Beni?"

She pulled out her tablet and pulled up a page she marked. "I started looking on the internet to try and find some clues on Dante and I found this page. It says that after my father died, in his will he sent a book to you written in Quartonian language."

Mr. White looked at the page for a moment before responding, "Ah yes. I did receive that book. However since it was so long ago, I can't remember where I placed it. Check back tomorrow and I'll try to have it found."

Beni smiled and said, "Thanks Mr. White. I'll see you tomorrow."

With that, the girl ran out to follow her friends.

Chapter 5:
Devastus sat at his throne when his generals entered the chamber and bowed.

Triascus was the first to speak, "You wished to see us Lord Devastus?"

"Yes my generals. I have recently found out that there are still a couple of pieces of my plan left to acquire before we can move forward."

Granox asked, "What do you wish us to do?"

Devastus pointed his sword at Venomark, Triascus, and Nightmare. "You three will remain conducting research to find the location of the black dragon key. Since I never fused with the cubes like Vilius, we will need it to control the beast."

The three raised their weapons. "As Devastus commands!"

Devastus then looked to Granox and Slyger. "As for you two. I will be making a visit to Earth to give the knights a little warning for what is to come. When I return, you two shall lead me to where Vilius' core brick lies."

Granox said, "But sire? Vilius is being guarded by-."

"Bravenwolf's Tenkai Wolf. I know. I have already devised how to take care of that."

Slyger bowed as he said, "As you wish my lord."

Devastus rose to his feet and said, "Now be gone. I wish to be alone."

On Earth, Guren, Ceylan, Chooki, Sally, Serena, and Diana sat at the beach dressed in their swim wear. They were currently waiting for Gen, Wakamei, Toxsa, and Beni.

Guren wore a white t-shirt along with his red trunks. Ceylan was shirtless and wore his blue swim trunks. Chooki was also shirtless and wore his usual yellow trunks. Serena and Diana wore a two-piece bikinis that matched the color of their core bricks. And finally, Sally wore a one-piece that was the same shade of gold as her brick.

Ceylan groaned as he said, "Dude. They are taking forever!"

Chooki said, "Be patient man. Remember they're the ones who're cooking for our celebration here."

Diana said, "Chooki's right. They're gonna need to get plenty of supplies for some good food."

Serena said, "Speaking of which, here they come now."

They turned to see a grey jeep pull up beside Chooki's SUV with Gen at the wheel with Toxsa beside him and Wakamei and Beni in the back seat. Toxsa stepped out to show him wearing a blue t-shirt, no headband, and his usual green trunks.

Gen stepped out wearing sunglasses, a black t-shirt, and grey swim trunks.

Wakamei jumped out wearing a white shirt over a red one-piece with yellow high lights on the sides.

And finally, Beni climbed out wearing a pink one-piece that was a shade lighter than her hair.

Ceylan stood up and said, "Now to start the party. Right Guren… Guren?"

Ceylan spoke deaf ears as the Bravenwolf knight stared at Beni. He couldn't bring himself to turn away. He was being hypnotized by how beautiful she looked.

"Guren!"

He snapped out of his trance and turned to Chooki. "Huh?"

"I said let's go help them unload."

"Oh. Right."

The two boys walked over and began helping with equipment.

While Chooki was helping Toxsa get the drink coolers and Wakamei and Gen were getting the mobile grill out, Beni was trying to get the surf boards down. As she started pulling it off the roof, she accidentally tripped and would have met the ground if Guren hadn't caught her.

She looked to see him smiling at her. "Careful Beni. I don't think the ground is that comfortable."

He put her down as she began to blush. "Thanks Guren. I appreciate it." 'Oh my. Why is my heart beating so much. I've never felt this before.'

After getting everything unloaded and set up, they all began having fun in their own ways. Gen and Wakamei were sunbathing under an umbrella, Ceylan and Serena were surfing, Toxsa and Diana were sand building, Chooki and Sally were setting up for volleyball, and Beni and Guren were snorkeling.

Guren and Beni watched as different sea creatures swam underneath them. However, they both shared some similar thoughts in their minds. 'She's so beautiful. And she's changed a lot for the better. She's kinder, happier, friendlier, and more social.'

'He's so gracious. He's always around when we need him. Especially me. Could… could I have feelings for him?'

They both resurfaced as Chooki called from the shore, "Hey Guren! Beni! You two wanna play me and Sally?"

Guren turned to the pinkette. "You want to?"

"Sure. Sounds fun."

The walked out of the water and stood on the side of the net opposite of Chooki and Sally. "Here we go!" Chooki chanted before launching the ball.

The game went on for about an hour and the teams were tied. Sally jumped up and smacked the ball hard. Beni jumped up to intercept it, but instead it hit her in the face and caused her to fall on Guren.

While on the ground their eyes locked and they began to blush. Beni calmly climbed off of him as she said, "Sorry."

Guren stood up. "It's okay. Accidents happen. Looks like they won though."

Beni smiled. "It was still fun though."

With Gen, he was at their grill cooking burgers they had brought from the diner. He failed to notice Wakamei sneaking up behind him until she wrapped her arms around him, pecked his cheek, and rested her head on his shoulder. "How do you think they're doing?"

Gen pressed a patty down and it began to sizzle. "They're doing okay. Should be ready in about half an hour."

Wakamei giggled. "I wasn't talking about the food."

"Oh. You mean Guren and Beni. Well after all that's happened, I'm starting to see what Ceylan and Serena have been saying. But I believe to keep the chances high, we should give them time and no try and rush it."

Wakamei smiled as she said, "That's what I love about you Gen. You know what to do along with how and when to do it."

Gen grinned. "I'm glad to be this way. Especially since it helped me end up with a great girlfriend."

They shared a brief kiss before Wakamei gave him a gentle hug. "Never change Gen. Ever."

The green-haired girl walked off as Gen said, "I am a lucky guy."

Later on when the food was ready, everyone sat around a small fire while enjoying the food. Diana smiled. "Wow Gen. Best. Burger. EVER!"

Gen chuckled and said, "You can thank Wakamei for that. She's the one who taught me how to cook like this."

Wakamei blushed at her boyfriend's compliment. "Oh Gen."

Toxsa smirked before he said, "I never thought I'd say it, but it looks like you can teach someone how to cook sis."

Wakamei gave her green-haired brother an irritated look before she felt Beni's hand on her shoulder. The pinkette winked at her friend before she pulled a soda out of the cooler and shook it up. "Hey Toxsa? Need another soda?"

"Sure. I could use another."

She threw the soda to him and right after he opened it, the drink sprayed him right in the face. Everyone laughed as the beverage ran down Toxsa's face. He held an annoyed look while Beni and Wakamei fist-pumped.

After finishing, they all played around in the water for a couple of hours before sitting down by the shore and watching the sunset.

Diana rested her head on Toxsa's shoulder. "A real sunset is always better than the ones in GTA V."

Chooki turned to Sally and whispered, "Yep. They're meant for each other."

Sally giggled. "Still she's right. There's something that makes a sunset the most beautiful thing in the world."

Chooki took her hand and said, "I can think of one thing that's more beautiful."

Sally smiled as they leaned their heads together.

"Enjoying the sight knights?"

Everyone stood to their feet and turned to see a cloaked guy standing behind them with a visible grin on his face.

Wakamei stepped forward and asked, "Who are you supposed to be?"

The guy chuckled. "I'm surprised you have to ask that Hydrona."

Beni's eyes widened in shock. "D-Dante?"

The guy's grin grew before he pulled the hood down to reveal Beni's black-haired brother.

Guren stepped in front of Beni asking, "What do you want Dante?"

"Oh calm yourself Bravenwolf or, as you prefer, Guren. I just thought I'd come and advise you to enjoy what days you have left."

Beni asked, "Why are you doing this Dante? What drove you to killing our parents?"

Dante frowned. "Simple little sister. They were in the way of my goals. Plus they were weak. And only the strong deserve to survive in this universe."

Toxsa said, "You'll have to get through us first."

Dante smirked and chuckled, "You say that as if it were a challenge. Once my plan is complete and you all are destroyed, I will remake both Earth and Quarton in my own image."

Serena stepped forward. "What are you planning you tenkai freak?"

"You'll find out soon enough. Till then, farewell knights." He pulled out his glowing brick and began teleporting with quartonian energy.

"Hold it!" Guren ran forward and tried to grab him but was too late when Dante completely disappeared.

Before anyone could say anything, Guren's phone went off. "What's up Mr. White?"

"I need you all to get here as soon as possible. Eurus and Notus are here and wish to speak to you."

"We're on our way."

They loaded Gen's jeep and Chooki's SUV and headed to the mall. They then made it to the shop where they found Mr. White sitting at his desk with Beaug standing beside him.

Beni said, "We're here Mr. White. What's up?"

"For starters, I found the book your father sent me Beni. I've asked Beaug here to aid me in translating where your father left off. As for the rest, these two will explain."

The holograms of Eurus and Notus appeared. Eurus began, "Hello knights. With your team now complete, we believe you are now ready for the next level of your abilities."

Ceylan said, "Not a minute too soon, because we just had a run in with Dante. We think he's going to make a move soon."

Notus said, "The guardians will inform the Corekai to be extremely vigilant. For now, we will explain your test."

Eurus said, "We will split you into two groups and send you to two different locations. The knights will come with me while the knightesses shall go with Notus."

The group then followed the two to the portal as Diana asked, "What exactly are we learning?"

"Something new for you five, but familiar to the boys. It will be different for them in a way. All you can know for now is that it'll give you twice your might."

Notus entered a location into the portal. "You shall go first."

The girls nodded before loading their bricks and entering the portal.

"Tenkai Charm!"

"Tenkai Loyalty!"

"Tenkai Stealth!"

"Tenkai Courage!"

"Tenkai Faith!"

"Venetta Core! Engage!"

"Hydrona Core! Engage!"

"Vixen Core! Engage!"

"Soara Core! Engage!"

"Fluttira Core! Engage!"

"TENKAI KNIGHTESSES! GO!"

After they were gone and Notus disappeared, Eurus entered a different location and turned to the boys. "Now it's your turn."

The boys nodded and loaded their bricks and entered the portal.

"Tenkai Power!"

"Tenkai Speed!"

"Tenkai Strength!"

"Tenkai Agility!"

"Tenkai Strategy!"

"Bravenwolf: Tenkai Firestorm! Engage!"

"Tributon: Tenkai Iceblast! Engage!"

"Valorn: Tenkai Terrablast! Engage!"

"Lydendor: Tenkai Lightning Strike! Engage!"

"Dromus: Tenkai Whirlwind! Engage!"

"TENKAI KNIGHTS! GO!"

With the girls, they found themselves in a dark desert area. Hydrona looked around and asked, "Notus?"

The yellow guardian appeared. "I'm here knightesses. As I said. If you accomplish this challenge, you will be able to double your might in battle."

In a flash of light, the girls found dark blue copies of themselves standing in front of them.

"The test begins. Now!"

Right after Notus vanished, the girls quickly blocked attacks from each of their charging doubles.

With the boys, they were going through the same task. They exchanged and blocked attacks with their doubles. Eurus told them they'll be repeating something with a certain difference.

"What do you think he meant?" Valorn asked as he blocked a blast from his double.

Bravenwolf crossed swords with his double as he said, "It's hard to tell. He said we were learning something again while also learning it for the first time."

Lydendor kicked his double away and said, "Maybe we just have to beat these guys to get Eurus to tell us."

The two groups constantly battled with their doubles, neither the original nor the fakes were gaining any advantages.

Venetta stood by her friends and said, "We're getting nowhere. They manage to do everything we do."

Soara said, "Let's see if they can imitate titan mode."

Fluttira said, "Worth a try."

"Venetta: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Hydrona: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Vixen: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Soara: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Fluttira: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

The boys had the same idea.

"Bravenwolf: Tenkai Firestorm Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Tributon: Tenkai Iceblast Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Valorn: Tenkai Terrablast Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Lydendor: Tenkai Lightning Strike Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Dromus: Tenkai Whirlwind Titan Mode! Engage!"

They all transformed and landed only to be surprised when they found their doubles were were also in titan mode. As another fight began, the knights were unaware of what was happening on another part of Quarton.

Slyger and Granox were leading Devastus and a group of Corrupted through a cave. At the end, they all saw the great Tenkai Wolf standing guard around Vilius in brick form.

Slyger asked, "What do we do my lord?"

Devastus remained silent before simply walking past Granox and Slyger and out into the open where the guardian beast instantly spotted him. The wolf growled before charging at Devastus. Devastus raised his arm and right before the wolf could strike, it was hit by a stream of dark matter from Devastus' hand. Granox, Slyger, and the Corrupted watched in amazement as the wolf's eyes went dim and it fell to the ground unconscious in brick form.

Devastus looked to the Corrupted. "Soldiers! Take the wolf back to the castle. Granox and Slyger! You two shall remain here."

The soldiers saluted before surrounding the brick and teleporting out of the cave with it.

As soon as they were gone, the black brick activated and there stood Vilius. He turned to Slyger and Granox. "It's about time you two showed up. Get me out of here."

Slyger said, "Sorry "Lord" Vilius but."

Granox continued, "We don't answer to you any longer."

Devastus said, "Indeed. I, Devastus, am their new master. And I'm here for one thing. You can take the easy way and hand over your evil tenkai energy. Or we can do this the hard way and I can take it."

Vilius held up his trident. "I give my power to no one. Vilius: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

He transformed as Devastus said, "Very well. Devastus: Chaos Titan Mode! Engage!" He transformed before the two took their stances and the battle began.

With the girls and guys, they were still having steady battles with their doubles.

Bravenwolf' sword began to burn as he said, "Tenkai Titan Firestorm! GO!" He launched his attack while the double was doing the same thing. Their attacks collided before the double charged at Bravenwolf.

Tributon's crossbow began to charge as he said, "Tenkai Titan Iceblast! GO!" He fired a powerful blue blast at his double who also did the same. Their attacks exploded on contact before the two began to open fire again.

Valorn's spear began to glow as he called out, "Tenkai Titan Terrablast! GO!" He stabbed his spear into the ground as earth like missiles fired from the ground. His double did the same attack and each missile collided with another.

Lydendor's slicer charged with lightning as his double was doing the same. "Tenkai Titan Lightning Strike! GO!" The two charged each other and clashed slicers.

Dromus' sword became surrounded with wind as he called out, "Tenkai Titan Whirlwind! GO!" He shot a tornado at his double only for it to collide with one created by the double.

The knights stood side by side as their doubles did the same. As they stood there, Valorn brought up a question. "Have you guys noticed this seems familiar?"

It was then that Tributon realized something. "This is the same challenge we did when we learned titan fusion. Eurus must be telling us we're now able to do it as elemental titans."

After he said this, they all began to glow with Valorn and Tributon being the brightest. Bravenwolf said, "Looks like you're right. Why don't you two try it out?"

"Be glad to."

"Valorn: Tenkai Terrablast!"

"Tributon: Tenkai Iceblast!"

"Titan Fusion! Engage!"

Tributon's helmet, top armor, waist plate, and back plate disappeared before his upper body folded in. Valorn's arm armor and lower armor disappeared before before his legs folded in. The two combined in the middle before Tributon's arm armor attached to Valorn's arms and Valorn's waist plate attached to Tributon's waist. Both of their weapons appeared in Valorn's hands as they said in union, "We're twice the knight!"

The fused knights charged at the Dromus double and with one slash of their spear, the double was destroyed. They then took out the Bravenwolf and Lydendor doubles with their crossbow.

They then faced their doubles as Tributon asked, "You up for a little elemental combo?"

"You bet!"

Their weapons began to glow as Valorn aimed them at the doubles.

"Tenkai Titan Freezing Terrablast! GO!"

They stabbed the weapons into the ground and pulled the crossbow's trigger. With that, spikes of frozen earth shot out of the ground and finished the doubles.

After they landed, they began to glow as they separated.

The two fist pumped as Valorn said, "Aw yeah! That's better than a bonus level on Doomsploder 10."

Bravenwolf, Dromus, and Lydendor ran up to them with Dromus saying, "That was some great teamwork guys."

Tributon said, "No doubt. I tell you it feels good to have titan fusion back. Especially with our elemental powers."

Bravenwolf said, "Now we just have to wait for the girls to pass their test."

With the knightesses, they were still sparing with their doubles.

Hydrona and her double crossed tridents as she said, "This is getting us nowhere. No matter how hard we hit, they come back just as hard."

Soara shot at her double while also dodging blasts. "She's right. It's like we need twice our strength to beat them."

Venetta crossed daggers with her double when she realized something. "Twice our strength? That's it!"

All of them pushed their doubles back and stood side by side. "Girls? I think Notus gave us this challenge to achieve titan fusion."

Hydrona asked, "Titan fusion? Toxsa told me about that. Doesn't it allow two of us to combine as titans?"

"Exactly!"

After this was said, they all began to glow. Venetta turned to Soara and Fluttira and said, "Since you two were the last to join the team. Why don't you be the first to try it out?"

"You bet."

"Fluttira!"

"Soara!"

"Titan Fusion! Engage!"

Soara's top and waist armor disappeared before her arms and head piece folded in before her torso folded down. Fluttira's arm, waist, and leg armor disappeared before her legs folded in. They attached in the middle before Soara's arm armor attached to Fluttira's arms and Fluttira's waist plate attached to Soara's waist. Their weapons appeared in Fluttira's hand as the said in union, "And now we've got twice the might!"

They charged at the Hydrona double and destroyed it with a swing of their staff. They then dodged the Venetta and Vixen doubles before taking them out with their blaster. They then turned to their doubles as their weapons charged up.

"Titan Fusion Weapons Blast!"

They fired powerful blasts from both of their weapons. On contact, the blasts destroyed the doubles.

The fused knightesses landed and in a flash of light, they defused. They high-fived as Soara said, "Oh yeah! We bad!"

Hydrona said, "Nice job girls. You guys make a great team."

Then before anyone knew it, both groups found themselves teleported back to Earth where Eurus and Notus were waiting for them.

Eurus said, "Well done all of you. Now that you have titan fusion, you are ready for the modifications we have prepared for you. Hold out your bricks."

Everyone did as they were told. Eurus and Notus' vizors began to glow gold as everyone' bricks began to glow in their colors. After a couple of minutes, the glowing stopped.

Toxsa looked at his brick closely and asked, "What kind of tricks do we have now?"

Notus spoke first, "We've made it to where you can fuse the normal titans with the elementals."

Eurus then continued, "And we've also modified your bricks to activate your weapons while here on Earth. We have reason to believe Devastus' has his own way of sending his generals to Earth. It will give you an alternative defense should the portal weapon be unavailable. Simply grip you brick and call out the name of your weapons."

"Now we must return to Quarton. Farewell and good luck to you all in your future battles."

With that, the two guardians disappeared.

They all walked into the living room where Mr. White was reading some papers. He noticed them walking in and said, "Welcome back everyone."

Serena asked, "How'd it go with translating the legend?"

"Beaug and I managed to get part of. He had to return to help the Corekai locate the last dragon cube."

"Of course." He handed Guren the papers as everyone sat down to listen as he read out loud.

"After a great threat is defeated, an even greater evil will soon rise. The evil will seek the power of the past evil and the immortals and cause a defender to choose sides. The evil will then seek the power of the three beasts and their king to locate the structure of destruction…"

Guren sat the paper down on the table as Beni said, "So we can at least say that the new threat is Dante and old was Vilius."

Gen said, "But that still leaves the questions of what the powers of the immortals, the king of beasts, and this structure of destruction are."

Sally said, "And here's another. What kind of power will this 'structure' give Dante?"

White said, "You've all through enough challenges today. You should all get home and get some rest. Nash, Beaug, and I will work on translating more tomorrow and let you know what we find out."

They all nodded and left the shop. White just sat there as he thought, 'Could he possibly be trying to unlock it? If his is and does, they're going to need all the help they can get to stop him.'

Back on Quarton, a badly damaged Vilius was kneeling down while a barely scratched Devastus stood in front of him. "Such power. H-how can it even exist?"

Devastus chuckled and stabbed his sword into the ground. "You'll know soon enough. Your power is about to become a part of it."

Vilius watched as Devastus held his hand up. "Tenkai Energy Drain!"

Vilius then screamed in fear and pain as he felt and saw his energy being drained from his body by Devastus.

After a few seconds, Devastus stopped his action and Vilius just sat completely still. Then the former warlord turned grey before shattering into dust.

Slyger said, "Excellent Lord Devastus. Now you have your powers combined with the full might of Vilius'."

Granox said, "Now we surely have the power to finish the knights."

"We don't. At least I don't. Not yet."

Suddenly, Granox and Slyger became frightened when Devastus lifted the two by their heads off of the ground. Slyger stuttered, "Wh-what are you doing Lord Devastus?"

"You two gave me an army; helped buy time as I developed my plan; aided me in getting two of the pieces I needed. And now… you are no longer of any use to me."

After he finished, Devastus' hands began to glow and the two corrupted generals felt the power he gave them being drained along with the power they were given from Vilius out of their bodies. Their vizors soon went dark and Devastus dropped them to the ground.

"Since you did serve me well, I won't turn you to dust like I did Vilius."

He reverted out of titan mode and began to exit the cave. 'Two pieces down. And four more to go. And once I have all the pieces gathered, my pet will be awoken and no one, not even the Tenkai Knights, will stand against me.'

Chapter 6:
Devastus stood in the containment chamber with Triascus, Venomark, and Nightmare.

In front of them was an activated Tenkai Wolf who struggled to get out of a high powered containment field.

"Is it completely contained Venomark?"

"Yes Lord Devastus. This field is made from the same power as the one used to contain the white dragon by Vilius. What makes it more powerful is that it is combined with your power over dark matter."

"Excellent. And what is your progress of finding the black key?"

Triascus said, "With the aid of some recently uncovered information, we've managed to trace it to the guardians."

Devastus chuckled. "Good. Two more pieces in one spot. Do we have the means for me to reach their chamber?"

Nightmare said, "Yes my lord. We have modified the portal to send you to the guardians' chamber."

"Perfect! Prepare yourselves to face the knights soon. We must obtain the final cube in order to move my plan forward. While I work on the wolf, you three will prepare for battle against the knights tonight."

"Prepare with what my lord?" Triascus asked.

"With them!"

A chamber door opened and from the other side came roaring and screeching.

Nightmare chuckled. "Yes my lord. They will certainly provide the knights with a surprise."

On Earth, Mr. Nash stood in the woods with the knights. Ceylan and Serena stood in front of some levitating targets while the others stood across from each other in groups of two. "Okay guys. Practice starts now!"

Ceylan pulled out his brick and called out, "Tenkai Arrow!" His brick glowed blue before transforming into a human version of his tenkai weapon. Serena pulled her brick out as well. "Tenkai Blasters!" Human versions of her blasters appeared in her hands.

With that, the levitating targets moved and scattered. Ceylan and Serena then began shooting. They had good aims but they knew they could improve.

Meanwhile, Guren was facing Gen as they both pulled out their bricks.

"Tenkai Sword!" They both called out before their weapons appeared. They then charged each other and crossed swords.

Toxsa, to his displeasure, was facing his sister. Even with his teenage growth, Wakamei managed to keep at least two inches on him.

"Tenkai Spear!"

"Tenkai Trident!"

Toxsa swung his spear only for Wakamei to block it. She pushed his weapon back before tripping him with her trident. She then brought her weapon down with Toxsa blocking it. "Got to learn to keep up little bro."

Chooki and Sally took their stances and raised their bricks.

"Tenkai Flail!"

"Tenkai Sais!"

Chooki sent his weapon with Sally deflecting it with her sais as she charged at him. His chain retracted just in time for him to block her blades.

With Beni and Diana.

"Tenkai Daggers!"

"Tenkai Staff!"

Their weapons appeared before Diana fired at the pinkette who blocked with her daggers. Beni then charged with her daggers pointing down. She brought her daggers with Diana soon blocking with her staff.

Mr. Nash watched as Ceylan and Serena continued target practice while everyone else continued sparing. 'They're improving greatly. Hopefully they'll be ready if Dante starts sending his men to Earth.'

They all practiced adjusting to their weapons for about three hours before Mr. Nash decided to call it quits, "Okay gang. Practice is done for the day. Enjoy the rest of your day. We'll start practice again tomorrow."

Everyone nodded and deactivated their weapons. Wakamei said, "Lunchtime! Meals are half price at the diner today. Anyone in?"

Beni said, "Sorry Wak. No offense, but I kinda want something different than the diner."

The green-haired girl said, "That's understandable. Anyone else want to object?"

Before answering last, Guren noticed a small hint of distress in Beni's eyes. "Actually. I'm gonna go with Beni. I kinda want something other than a diner burger."

Ceylan said, "Okay. Then I guess we'll see you guys later."

The two split from the rest of the group.

As Guren walked beside Beni he thought, 'Something's bugging her again. I just hope she's willing to talk about it.'

Meanwhile on Quarton, Devastus stood in the prison chamber with the Tenkai Wolf in it's containment field. The beast let out a ferocious roar at the dark matter wielder as he stood unfazed.

Devastus chuckled. "I can see you still have plenty of fight left in you. How about we test your strength of will?"

Devastus' hands began to glow purple before he struck the wolf with powerful streams of dark matter. The wolf let out a roar of pain as Devastus laughed.

"Your will is strong but not strong enough." (Author note: Cliche I know.)

The torturing of the beast continued for a few hours before Devastus stopped when the wolf passed out. Power began charging through Devastus' body as he laughed maniacally. "Just four pieces left to begin my regin. Now to acquire the next two."

He walked to a computer and brought up an image of Nightmare. "Nightmare? Prepare to secure the final cube. Keep the knights busy long enough so I may acquire the dragon key."

"As you command Lord Devastus."

The screen deactivated and Devastus said, "Time to go traveling."

Back on Earth, Guren and Beni sat down in a booth at Larry's Pizza. (I can't help it. This place is the best.) A waitress stopped at their table and placed down two menus. "How are ya'll doin'? Can I start you off with some drinks and order if you're ready?"

Guren said, "We'll have two sodas. And I think we'll just have a large pepperoni."

"Alright. I'll be back in a sec." She then walked off.

The two sat quietly until Beni decided to break the silence. "Okay Guren. What's up?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean why did you come with me instead of the others? And don't lie to me."

Guren sighed. "I'm just worried about you Beni. I noticed you're uneasy about something."

"It's complicated."

"Try me. You know I'll listen to whatever you need to say."

Beni looked up to see the sincerity in the red-haired teen's eyes. She sighed and gave in. "Alright. You remember that mind trick Nightmare used on us when we first battled him?"

Guren nodded.

"Well what I saw was Dante taking our father's life before he came for me. After that, I kept having nightmares of the same fear. The nightmares got worse when we met him face to face. I began to dream him taking the lives of you and the others as slowly and painfully as possible while I was force to watch. He then tortured me with fire, blades, and guns. I wake up every time right before he finishes me." Tears began streaming down the girl's cheeks as she began to tremble.

Beni then felt Guren place his hand on her's before locking eyes with him. "Don't worry. We'll protect you against him. Especially me. I'll use every ounce of strength to keep you from him. I promise." The teen gave her a sincere smile as he wiped the tears from her face.

Beni soon smiled and said, "Thanks Guren."

Their drinks and pizza soon arrived. They ate in silence before Guren asked, "Hey Beni? After this, you wanna go see a movie? Then maybe later, head to the amusement park?"

Beni smiled and said, "I'd love to Guren."

A few minutes later, they finished their lunch and left after Guren paid.

Back on Quarton, the guardians stood in their council chamber with Eurus speaking, "We all felt it."

Boreas said, "Yes. Vilius' life disappearing, his power still remaining, and the Tenkai Wolf vanishing."

Notus asked, "But what could have caused this?"

"I can answer that."

The guardians turned to see Devastus appear through a portal. "Greetings guardians. It is a pleasure to meet face to face. And I'm sure you can guess why I'm here."

Zephyrus armed his blaster and shield. "Indeed. And we will not allow you to take the portal and the black key."

Devastus chuckled. "You're only half right. I do need the key but not the portal. I've come here for your tenkai energies. And I will have it! Devastus: Chaos Titan Mode! Engage!"

He transformed and took his battle stance.

Boreas raised his blaster and said, "Not if we can help it!"

With that the four guardians charged at him.

Back on Earth, Beni and Guren had just left the theater after watching Fault In Our Stars and were now having fun at the amusement park. They rode roller coasters, ferris wheels, and even a few boat rides.

They headed to a concession stand when something caught Beni's eye. She left Guren's side to walk up to a game stand with a man sitting in a chair reading a newspaper. Three stacks of bottles sat side by side.

As he caught up to her, Guren noticed Beni eying a stuffed bunny that matched the same shade of her hair hanging from the main prizes.

Beni asked, "What do I have to do?"

The owner said, "Five bucks. You get three throws to knock down the stacks completely. One stack gets a mini prize, two gets a middle prize, and all three gets a main prize."

Beni pulled out a five dollar bill and placed it on the counter. "Set me up."

The man took the bill and handed her three tennis balls. Beni took aim and launched her first throw. She only managed to knock down the top bottle. Then her second throw took out two but left one. Her last throw, to her dismay, missed completely. She sighed as she said, "I always forget these games are rigged."

"Actually they're not."

Beni watched as Guren put a five down. "Let me give it a try."

The owner stacked the bottles, took the payment, and handed Guren the balls. Guren took his first throw and knocked the first three down completely. The same happened with his next two throws. "We'll take the pink rabbit there."

The owner handed the prize to Guren who in turn gave it to Beni.

The pinkette looked to him surprised. "How did you do that?"

Guren smiled. "The game has nothing to do with arm strength. It's all in the wrist. Gives more spin on the ball. Besides, I saw that rabbit staring at you. I think he likes you."

Beni embraced her prize as a smile appeared on her face. "Thanks Guren."

The two then grabbed some food.

After they finished, they decided to leave the park and watch the sunset at the docks. They sat beside each other with their legs hanging over the edge.

"I really had fun today Guren. Thank you."

"Beni? With how much you're having to go through. I figured you really needed a friend right now. And I just want you to know when you need to talk, you can always come to me."

The red-haired teen blushed when he felt Beni's hand on his. He turned to face her with her smiling and blushing as well.

"I can't tell you how glad I am to have met you Guren. If it hadn't been for you and Kiro, I wouldn't be here today. While Kiro did show me what it was like to have a true friend for the first time, you were the one who showed me how far you can go with friends by your side. For that, I'll always be grateful."

Guren smiled back as he said, "No problem Beni. I'm not the type to just abandon people in need."

The two began leaning closer to each other as the same thought clicked in their minds. 'This is perfect'

But, to their displeasure, the moment was interrupted by their bricks activating. They let go of each other's hand and Guren said, "Duty calls."

Beni nodded and the two headed to the shop.

With the guardians, Devastus dodged blasts from Zephyrus and Eurus before crossing his sword with Boreas and Notus' blasters.

They were pushed back before Notus said, "Your strategy is different from Vilius'. But I must ask, what use do you need of our immortal tenkai energies?"

Devastus chuckled. "Simple. Tell me, do you recall a structure that is equal and opposite to the power of the Tenkai Fortress?"

Boreas shot his head up. "The Dark Mount Fortress?!"

"Exactly. And to locate and activate it, I need Vilius' power combined with yours'."

Eurus asked, "But for what reasons?"

"Again very simple. To awaken the beast that lays trapped inside."

Zephyrus said, "You can't mean that monster. They only way to control it is with the-."

"Control claw. I have it." Devastus pulled out the pendant he always had on Earth. "And I will use it to control the beast and the universe."

Boreas stood forward. "We will not allow it. That beast will remain in hibernation and will not be activated again."

Devastus split his sword in two as he said, "I'll remember that after you're defeated."

Devastus charged at the four as they took their stances.

Back on Earth, Guren and Beni ran into the shop and met with the team. Guren said, "Let's hit it guys!"

"Tenkai Power!"

"Tenkai Speed!"

"Tenkai Strength!"

"Tenkai Agility!"

"Tenkai Strategy!"

"Tenkai Charm!"

"Tenkai Loyalty!"

"Tenkai Stealth!"

"Tenkai Courage!"

"Tenkai Faith!"

"Bravenwolf: Tenkai Firestorm! Engage!"

"Tributon: Tenkai Iceblast! Engage!"

"Valorn: Tenkai Terrablast! Engage!"

"Lydendor: Tenkai Lightning Strike! Engage!"

"Dromus: Tenkai Whirlwind! Engage!"

"Venetta Core! Engage!"

"Hydrona Core! Engage!"

"Vixen Core! Engage!"

"Soara Core! Engage!"

"Fluttira Core! Engage!"

"TENKAI KNIGHTS! GO!"

They met with Beaug who explained the situation. "Greetings knights. We have managed to find the final dragon cube when Nightmare, Venomark, and Triascus arrived with an army of Corrupted. Their combined might is making it very difficult to secure the cube. We really need an assist."

They looked down to the field seeing Nightmare, Triascus, and Venomark in titan mode leading corrupted soldiers. The Corekai stood in their way of the cube and attempted to take them down. Unfortunately, the three titans brushed past them without trying.

Bravenwolf said, "Time to even the odds guys!"

"Bravenwolf: Tenkai Firestorm Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Tributon: Tenkai Iceblast Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Valorn: Tenkai Terrablast Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Lydendor: Tenkai Lightning Strike Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Dromus: Tenkai Whirlwind Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Venetta: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Hydrona: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Vixen: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Soara: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Fluttira: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

Then ten transformed and landed in between the corrupted generals and the dragon cube. Bravenwolf pointed his sword. "That's as far as you guys go. We're not letting Devastus revive the evil dragon as long as we can keep fighting."

Nightmare stepped forward and said, "We'll see about that Bravenwolf. But it seems we're outnumbered against you. Let's change that!"

The three corrupted then shot beams in different directions: Triascus at a boulder, Venomark to the ground, and Nightmare to the storm clouds covering the sky.

The boulder Triascus fired at began to crack and break as the general called out, " Tenkai Triceratops! Rise!"

The boulder busted to reveal a triceratops with a structure similar to that of the Tenkai Wolf's. It had black armor and purple horns and claws. It stomped its feet and let out a roar.

"Tenkai Cobra! Rise!" Venomark called out. The ground began to shatter before a titan cobra beast bursted to the surface. It turned to the knights and released its fangs with a high screech.

"Tenkai Bat! Rise!" Nightmare called. The thunder clouds were blown apart by a titan bat beast. It had the same armor color as Nightmare's and had dark piercing red eyes. It stopped to hover behind Nightmare and let out a high screech.

Nightmare chuckled as he said, "Tenkai Knights? Meet our pets. And your destruction."

The three generals and their beasts then charged forward with the knights dodging by a hair.

Bravenwolf said, "These things are tough. We'll have to split up and take them on. Tributon, Lydendor, Vixen, and Soara! You guys handle Venomark and his cobra."

Tributon said, "You got it dude!"

"Dromus, Valorn, Hydrona, and Fluttira! See if you can handle horn head and his armored lizard."

"You can count on us!"

"Venetta? You and I will have to do our best against Nightmare and his flying rodent."

"I got your back."

"Okay guys. Let's move!"

They all split into their groups and charged for their intended targets.

Lydendor and Vixen charged and locked weapons with Venomark. He blocked Vixen sais with one of his shurikens while blocking Lydendor' slicer with the other. He pushed Lydendor back before swinging his shuriken at Vixen. The knightess blocked with her sais and was pushed to the ground by the blow. Venomark then jumped to bring his shurikens down on the knightess. However the attack was cancelled when Lydendor kicked him from the side.

Tributon and Soara circled the Tenkai Cobra, blasting it and dodging it's fangs and tail. Soara blasted the beast who dodged by moving it's head. It then opened it's mouth and show a green liquid at the knightess. Soara dodged and watched as the liquid burned a rock. Tributon pulled up beside her and said, "This thing spits acid? You gotta be kidding!" The two then split again to dodge the monster's fangs.

Fluttira and Valorn charged and locked weapons with Triascus' axe. Triascus pushed Fluttira back before attempting a strike on Valorn. The green knight blocked the attack but was pushed back. Fluttira then charged and began clashing weapons with Triascus who was soon blasted away by Valorn.

Dromus and Hydrona were slashing and blasting the Tenkai Triceratops as it attempted to charge into them. Dromus charged and slashed the beast's armor while Hydrona blasted it's face. It swatted Dromus away with it's tail before aiming it's horns at Hydrona. It's horns began to glow and before Hydrona could react, a powerful blast from all three horns blasted her into a boulder. It then made a charge for the pinned knightess when Dromus landed in front of it and stopped it by blocking it's horns with his sword.

Nightmare and Venetta locked weapons. Venetta pushed back before attempting a slash with one of her daggers. Nightmare blocked with his scythe before dodging to avoid a slash from her second dagger. He then charged with a head strike but was blocked by Venetta's daggers. Venetta then threw a kick only for Nightmare to block it.

Bravenwolf took to the air to battle the Tenkai Bat. He dodged and clashed his sword with the beast's blade like wings. The beast pushed the red knight back and shot a screech of high echos at him. Bravenwolf tried to resist but the attack eventually pushed him to the ground and made him land on his feet. He looked up to see the beast coming at him and managed to dodge it's wings.

The battles continued for a couple of hours until the knights regrouped as did the generals and their beasts. Venomark asked, "Are you ready to surrender now knights?"

Venetta said, "I'll admit you're new pets are strong, but it'll take a bigger surprise to take us down."

Nightmare said, "We were hoping you'd say that. Generals! Engage Titan Beast Fusion!"

"Triascus! Titan Beast Fusion! Engage!"

Triascus legs and shoulder armor disappeared before his legs folded in. The Tenkai Triceratops' head detached from it's body and split in half. A slot opened at the beast's neck where Triascus merged at his waist. The two halves of the beast's head became new shoulder armor for Triascus. His axe and shield appeared in his hands as he said, "For the glory of Devastus!"

"Venomark! Titan Beast Fusion! Engage!"

Venomark's leg and right arm armor disappeared before his legs and right arm folded in. The Tenkai Cobra's head and part of it's neck detached as a slot opened where Venomark merged at his waist. The cobra head then attached to become his right arm and his shurikens attached to his left hand to become a double sided saw. "As Devastus commands!"

"Nightmare! Titan Beast Fusion! Engage!"

Nightmare back plate and arm armor disappeared as his arms folded in. The Tenkai Bat's head came off and the chest opened up. It attached to Nightmare's back with it's legs becoming his new arms. It's head split in the middle and became a new shield in his left hand. His scythe appeared in his other hand as he said, "For Devastus and victory!"

The three hovered or stood in front of the knights who stood shocked. Nightmare said, "Attack together generals!"

Triascus' horns and shoulder horns began to glow. "Tenkai Titan Horn Pulse!"

Venomark's cobra hand's mouth began to glow. "Tenkai Titan Toxic Poison Blast!"

Nightmare's shield began to glow as well. "Tenkai Titan Sonic Shockwave!"

All three launched their attacks and the combined attacks scattered the knights with great force.

Hydrona kneeled as she said, "Damn! I'm going to be feeling that for weeks!"

Vixen said, "You're telling me. How do we fight them now?"

Bravenwolf said, "With some fusions of our own. Who's up for a little titan fusion?"

Dromus said, "I'm game. Let's do it!"

They split back into their groups and charged.

While charging towards Venomark, Tributon, Soara, Lydendor, and Vixen began their fusions.

"Soara!"

"Tributon: Tenkai Iceblast!"

"TITAN FUSION! ENGAGE!"

Soara's arm, leg, waist, and back armor disappeared before her legs folded in. Tributon's arm, back, torso, and head armor disappeared before his upper body folded in. They merged in the middle before Tributon's armor attached to her arms, his back plate attached, and her waist plate attached. Tributon's crossbow and one of Soara's blasters appeared in her hands as the said, "We've got twice the might!"

"Our turn!"

"Lydendor: Tenkai Lightning Strike!"

"Vixen!"

"TITAN FUSION! ENGAGE!"

Lydendor's arm, leg, and waist armor disappeared before his legs folded in. Vixen's upper armor then disappeared before her upper body folded in. The two then merged in the middle before Vixen's armor attached to Lydendor's arms and his waist armor attached. Vixen's sais merged at their hilts along with Lydendor's slicer appeared in his hands. "We're twice the knight!"

The two fused knights charged and dodged Venomark's toxic blast and his serpent tail. Lydendor looked to Soara and said, "Let's hit him with two fusion attacks."

"You got it!"

Soara's weapons began to glow blue as she and Tributon said in union, "Titan Double Iceblast! GO!" Both weapons fired powerful blue beams of ice.

Lydendor's slicer and double sai began to charge with electricity.

"Titan Lightning Blades! GO!"

He threw both weapons with some spin at Venomark.

Before Venomark could react, the attacks made contact and sent him and his beast flying in brick form.

(At the same time)

As they charged Triascus, Dromus, Hydrona, Valorn, and Fluttira began their fusions.

"Hydrona!"

"Fluttira!"

"TITAN FUSION! ENGAGE!"

Hydrona's arm, waist, and leg armor disappeared before her legs folded in. Fluttira's upper body and waist armor disappeared before her upper body folded in. They merged in the middle before Fluttira's arm armor attached to Hydrona's arms and Hydrona's waist armor attached. Their weapons then appeared in Hydrona's hands. "We've got twice the might!"

"Dromus: Tenkai Whirlwind!"

"Valorn: Tenkai Terrablast!"

"TITAN FUSION! ENGAGE!"

Dromus' arm, waist, and leg armor disappeared before his legs and lower body folded in. Valorn's upper body and waist armor disappeared before his upper body folded in. They merged in the middle before Valorn's arm armor attached to Dromus and Dromus' waist armor attached. Their weapons then appeared in Dromus' hands. "We're twice the knight!"

The two fused knights charged at Triascus while dodging his horn blasts before using their own attacks.

"Titan Trident and Staff Blast! GO!"

"Titan Earthbound Hurricane! GO!"

Hydrona fired a fused blast from her weapons while Dromus fired a hurricane with stalagmites at rapid speed from his weapons. The two attacks made contact and like Venomark, Triascus and his beast were sent flying in brick form.

(Also happening at the same time)

Venetta and Bravenwolf dodged Nightmare's scythe before they commenced their fusion.

"Venetta!"

"Bravenwolf: Tenkai Firestorm!"

"TITAN FUSION! ENGAGE!"

Venetta's arm, leg, back, and waist armor disappeared before her lower body folded in. Bravenwolf's upper body and waist armor disappeared before his upper body folded in. They merged in the middle before Bravenwolf's back plate and arm armor attached to Venetta before her waist armor attached. Bravenwolf's sword and her spider blaster appeared in her hands. "We've got twice the might!"

The fused knight charged at Nightmare while dodging his shockwaves. Venetta said, "Time to bring an end to this nightmare."

"Titan Blazing Venom Storm! GO!"

Their sword fired a blazing blast that soon combined with a purple venom blast that came from their blaster. The attack struck Nightmare and sent him and his beast flying in brick form like his fellow generals.

The five fused knights then landed before defusing.

Beaug ran to them and said, "Well done knights. I have excellent news. We managed to secure the final cube from the Corrupted."

Dromus said, "Finally! Score one for the good guys."

"Don't bet on it!"

They all looked up to see Devastus coming at them. Before any of them could react, Devastus sent a blast powerful enough to revert them out of titan mode, scatter them, and knock them out.

About an hour later, everyone began to wake up as Dromus asked, "Everyone okay?"

Tributon said, "I think so. But here's a surprise. One dragon cube is gone."

Hydrona stood to her feet and looked around. "That's not the only thing that's missing."

Venetta looked around before realizing Hydrona was right. Something was missing… or someone. "Bravenwolf? Where's Bravenwolf?"

They all looked around to find Bravenwolf was indeed gone.

At Devastus' castle, Bravenwolf was chained to a wall with Devastus and his generals standing in front of him. The red knight was currently unconscious.

Venomark said, "I congratulate you my lord. Not only do you obtain the final cube and the guardians' immortal tenkai energies, but you also capture the leader of the Tenkai Knights."

Triascus said, "I must ask Lord Devastus. How do you plan to finish him?"

"I don't. At least not now."

Nightmare asked, "Sire?"

"When I took the guardians' energies, I also received information about what is required for my plan."

Flashback

Devastus stood over the kneeling, defeated guardians. He lifted his hand as it began to glow. "Tenkai Energy Drain!"

The guardians felt their power leaving their bodies, being absorbed by Devastus.

A few moments later, the process stopped. As Devastus adjusted to the power he began receiving new information.

Present

"It turns out that the knights have something we need."

Nightmare asked, "And how can we gain this something?"

Devastus chuckled as his hand began to glow and turned to Bravenwolf. "With their leader's help."

Chapter 7:
An unconscious Bravenwolf began to stir before he awoke to find himself chained to a wall in a cell. He observed his surroundings with one question in mind. "Where am I?"

"Finally awake Bravenwolf?"

The red knight looked forward to see Devastus walking into the cell.

"Devastus! What do you want? Why am I here?"

"Simple. There are a couple of pieces I need to complete my plan. And only you can help me acquire them."

The red knight growled. "Like I'd ever help you."

Devastus grabbed Bravenwolf by the throat and slammed his head against the wall. His hand began to glow purple as the evil knight chuckled. "You're about to see how persuasive I am in changing your mind."

Back on Earth, the knights sat with White and Nash in the shop. Ceylan said, "I can't believe we just left. We need to get back and save Guren!"

Gen stood up. "We can't just rush back there. Our tenkai energies will be too low for us to even have a chance. Especially without a plan. Until we come up with a strategy, we need to stay here!"

Chooki shot up and glared at Gen. "Who made you captain! I don't remember anyone voting you in charge!"

Toxsa said, "Right! Besides if anyone should be in charge right now, it should be me. With my strategic gamer mind, I would be the best choice for second in command."

Ceylan glared at the green-haired teen. "Only this isn't a video game boulder brain! Guren's been captured and if we don't do save him, we won't get a second chance. Maybe you could see that if you thought of real life for once."

Gen said, "That coming from the guy who makes terrible jokes. You're always treating our missions like their child's play. You never take any situation seriously!"

Chooki said, "And you have room to talk? Especially since you used to be loyal to Vilius? For all we know you could've turned on us again to join Devastus!"

"STOP IT!"

The boys stopped their arguing to see Beni stand from the couch, her hands clenched into tight fists, and her eyes on the verge of tears.

"Don't you guys get it? Dante wants us to start fighting. He knows that without Guren, our team will start tearing apart. Guren could be tortured, Dante might be draining his power, and the more time we waste fighting with each other the higher the chances Guren might be…"

Before she finished, Beni took a short pause before running out of the room.

Wakamei stood from the couch and looked to the boys with a serious look. "I'll go try and calm her down. But she's right. Guren would want us working as a team even if he wasn't here, not tearing the team apart ourselves."

With that the green-haired girl walked out to follow her fellow knightess.

In the hall, Beni sat against the wall while clutching the stuffed rabbit Guren won for her in sadness. Her eyes rapidly streamed tears as thoughts filled her mind. 'Dante? Why are you this way? And Guren. I hope you're okay. I just hope Dante hasn't hurt you too bad or… even...'

"Hey."

Beni looked up to see Wakamei sit down beside her. Wakamei looked to the pinkette with sympathy. "I know it's hard. And it hurts a lot."

Beni threw her arms around Wakamei and buried her face in her shoulder. "I just don't understand. Why does it hurt so much?"

Wakamei rubbed the girl's back as she returned the embrace. "Because you're still figuring yourself out. Just like I with what I began to feel for Gen."

"What do you mean?"

Wakamei stroked her hair as she continued, "Isn't it obvious Beni? You have feelings for Guren. You just don't know how to adjust to them."

Beni looked to her friend and asked, "What makes you say that?"

"Ever since Dante showed up, haven't you noticed you and Guren have gotten closer than before?"

"He just wants to help me get through this time."

"And why do you think he's trying so hard? And I can see it in both of your eyes. You both have feelings for one another."

"But why hasn't he-?"

"Maybe because like you, he's trying to figure out his own feelings and adjust to them. And with what's going on, he's probably trying to figure out when the right time comes to tell you. But believe me, he will tell you."

Beni smiled and said, "Thanks Wak."

The green-haired teen returned the smile. "No problem. Now we need you. If we're going to stop your brother and help Guren, then it's gonna take all of us to do it."

Beni nodded and the two girls stood.

When they entered the living room, everything was calm. Gen looked to the pinkette. "Sorry about that Beni. Guess we realized Guren's a bigger part of the team than we thought."

"It's alright. So have we worked everything out?"

Sally nodded. "After you left the room and the arguing stopped, Mr. White told us that he and Guren decided to choose a second in command if there was a time he couldn't come to battle with us."

"And we just found it."

White and Nash walked into the room holding a paper written in Guren's handwriting. Nash said, "From what they decided, if Guren was ever absent from the team, the one to take lead as second in command is Gen."

Diana said, "Now that that's settled we can move on. What's the plan Gen?"

Gen put his hand to his chin. "We can't do much now since our energies aren't recharged enough. It's getting late and it looks like there might be a storm," he said pointing at the window. "Let's all get home, get some rest, and I'll try and have something tomorrow."

Everyone nodded and began exiting the shop.

During her walk home, Beni held her core brick in one hand and her stuffed rabbit in the other as it began to sprinkle rain. 'I promise Guren. We will help you. You brought me to this team. Now I'm going to make sure to bring you back to it.'

She turned a corner where she heard a slam and painful groan down an alley. She moved further into the alley and gasped at what she saw.

Dante had thrown Guren into a nearby trash can. Guren's shirt was covered in cuts along with a few on Guren himself who also had a few bruises on his face and arms. Guren appeared barely conscious as Dante stood over him with his brick in his hand.

"Tenkai Double-Blade!"

An earth version of his weapon appeared in his hand. The black-haired teen looked down on Guren and said, "You've outlived your use Bravenwolf. Time for it to come to an end." Dante lifted his weapon with both hands when…

"Tenkai Daggers!"

Beni ran out in front of Guren, blocking her brother's weapon with her own. She kicked him back before taking her stance. "Sorry bro. I don't plan on that happening."

Dante chuckled. "I'm not in the mood to fight right now. I suppose you can just take him back. So long."

Before Beni could react, Dante disappeared in a flash of tenkai energy.

She turned to Guren and helped him up by supporting him on her. "Guren? Are you okay?" She could see the red-haired teen was struggling to stay awake. "I gotta get you some help."

Suddenly, the rain picked up rapidly, lightning began to flash, and thunder began to boom. "He won't last to the hospital or to his house in the weather. But he can to my apartment. I can fix him up myself there."

She stood him up with his arm over her shoulder and began steering him to her path home.

Unknown to her, Dante was watching quietly from a roof. 'All according to plan.'

After half an hour, Beni managed to get the lightheaded Guren to her apartment. After struggling to get inside, Beni walked him to her bed and carefully laid him down. She couldn't help but blush as she removed his shirt to get a better look at his injuries. She observed his shirt and found the cuts were suable.

She walked into her kitchen to find her her first aid supplies. 'Something is odd. Dante is usually ruthless and determined. Why didn't he try and finish me and Guren off back there?'

She pushed the thought aside when she found all she needed. She made her way back to her bedroom where Guren still remained unconscious and began her work.

After cleaning his cuts and bandaging them, she began applying ointment to his bruises. 'Thank you first aid classes.'

After she finished, she left him to sit in her living room to repair his shirt. 'Why would Dante kidnap him on Quarton only to bring him back a couple of hours later? Better yet what did he do to Guren while he was captured?' She continued with her thoughts until she finished restoring his shirt the best she could.

She sat the shirt on the counter before looking out at the rain. 'With how bad this weather is, it'd probably be best for him to stay the night. Speaking of, I should let the others know he's back.'

She went to her computer before starting an online chat with the team. Slowly everyone appeared on the screen. Wakamei and Toxsa appeared first in one window, then Chooki and Sally, Serena, Diana, Ceylan, and Gen soon followed. "Hey guys. Everyone make it home okay?"

Diana shrugged. "Besides being nearly soaked to death, nothing terrible happened. So what's up?"

"Something you won't believe. On my way here, I found Dante in an alley about to kill Guren."

Gen asked, "Is he okay?"

"Luckily I managed to stop Dante before it was too late. But then something unusual happened. Instead of fighting me, Dante just left."

Wakamei spoke up, "That's not like him. Usually he'd fight on unless he's forced to retreat."

Gen said, "We'll it tomorrow at the shop. For now, how's Guren? Any injuries?"

"Nothing I couldn't treat. But with his current condition, you might need to stay in command for a while Gen. And with tonight's weather, it'd be best to keep him here."

Ceylan said, "Good idea. Don't want him getting worse. Let's meet up at tomorrow and we'll talk about the situation."

"Agreed. I'll see you tomorrow."

With that, the group signed out. Beni looked to her bathroom. 'I should probably shower while he's still asleep.'

She grabbed a nightgown from her closet and shut the door. She pulled back the shower curtain as she thought, 'Please don't let him wake up while I'm in here.'

About fifteen minutes later, Beni walked out dressed in a turquoise, shin-length nightgown to find Guren trying to sit up. She rushed over and put her hand on his chest. "Easy. How are you feeling?"

"Stiff. Where am I?"

"My apartment. The weather was so bad I didn't think you'd make it to your house or the hospital. It's still bad so it'd be best if you stayed the night."

"But I don't have anything to sleep in."

The pinkette giggled. "Lucky for you, you left some of your night clothes here from our last team sleepover here. They're clean and good to wear."

She walked over to her dresser and pulled out a white t-shirt, a pair of red shorts, and a pair of black boxers. She put the clothes down beside him. "I'll let you change." She left the room and shut the door.

A few minutes later, Beni walked in to see Guren standing there with his night clothes on and his jeans laying on the edge of the bed. He looked to her with a smile. "Thanks."

"No prob."

He walked over to her and said, "I'm gonna get some rest on the couch. You can have your bed back."

"Actually."

He looked to her as she began to tense up. "My nightmares are still bothering me. If it's not too much trouble… Could you stay with me tonight?"

Guren became puzzled before smiling at the pinkette. "Sure."

Guren got back on the bed under the comforter. Beni soon followed as she said, "Goodnight."

She switched her lamp off and before sleep could overtake her, she felt his arm wrap around her waist.

"Goodnight."

She smiled before she relaxed and fell asleep.

With Dante, he sat in his apartment while on the phone with Nightmare.

"I must ask my lord? Why did you let Bravenwolf return to them?"

"Simple. The best way to get the power we need from them was to use of their own."

"I don't understand." "You'll see tomorrow."

The next day, they all met up at White's shop where Guren was asked many questions.

Gen asked, "Did you notice anything when you were there?"

"The only thing I could notice was a familiar energy that was imprisoned there. And what Devastus told me was something I couldn't believe."

Flashback

Bravenwolf was held against the wall by the throat by Devastus. "Why did you bring me here?"

The evil knight chuckled. "Two reasons. You and your team have something I need while you alone carry another necessity. And I also need a test to see how well I can use the power I took from the guardians."

End flashback

Wakamei asked, "So Dante beat the guardians and took their tenkai energies?"

"Yep. And with that power and the black dragon, we'll really have to push ourselves even with our dragon and the Tenkai Wolf."

Before anybody could say anything else, their bricks activated.

Beni asked, "Guren? Are you sure you're okay to-?"

"I'll be fine. Besides, if I'm not there you guys can't use our dragon if Devastus brings out his."

Gen said, "He's right. Now let's go guys!"

They loaded their bricks and the portal activated.

"Tenkai Power!"

"Tenkai Speed!"

"Tenkai Strength!"

"Tenkai Agility!"

"Tenkai Strategy!"

"Tenkai Charm!"

"Tenkai Loyalty!"

"Tenkai Stealth!"

"Tenkai Courage!"

"Tenkai Faith!"

"Bravenwolf: Tenkai Firestorm! Engage!"

"Tributon: Tenkai Iceblast! Engage!"

"Valorn: Tenkai Terrablast! Engage!"

"Lydendor: Tenkai Lightning Strike! Engage!"

"Dromus: Tenkai Whirlwind! Engage!"

"Venetta Core! Engage!"

"Hydrona Core! Engage!"

"Vixen Core! Engage!"

"Soara Core! Engage!"

"Fluttira Core! Engage!"

"TENKAI KNIGHTS! GO!"

They all met up with Beaug who explained what was occurring. "It seems that Devastus himself has decided to lead this attack."

Dromus asked, "Are the cubes with him?"

"Yes Dromus. But for some reason, he has yet to activate the beast."

They all looked down to see Devastus in titan mode with Nightmare, Triascus, Venomark (who are also in titan mode), and an army of Corrupted following behind. Devastus swung his double blade and struck the Corekai with a dark matter blast.

Dromus looked to his teammates. "Let's help the Corekai even the odds."

"Bravenwolf: Tenkai Firestorm Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Tributon: Tenkai Iceblast Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Valorn: Tenkai Terrablast Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Lydendor: Tenkai Lightning Strike Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Dromus: Tenkai Whirlwind Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Venetta: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Hydrona: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Vixen: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Soara: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Fluttira: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

They all transformed and landed before Hydrona said, "I'd give up Devastus. Because I'm sure you can see that you're outnumbered and outmatched."

Devastus chuckled. "Outnumbered yes. But I wouldn't say outmatched."

His eyes began to glow red.

Suddenly, Bravenwolf fell to his knees clenching his head, groaning in pain.

Venetta and Tributon ran to his sides with Tributon asking, "You okay dude? What's wrong?"

"I-I don't know!"

Suddenly, his eyes flashed purple before he turned to Tributon.

To everyone's surprise, he grabbed the blue knight by the arm and threw him into Venetta.

Before anyone could react, Bravenwolf stood up, charged toward Devastus only to stop in front of him and kneel. "I serve you Lord Devastus."

"Well done Bravenwolf."

While Tributon and Venetta rose to their feet, Fluttira stepped forward. "Devastus! What did you do to him?!"

"Simple. After I captured him, I used dark matter to allow me control over his mind. I thought it would be fitting to defeat you with your leader."

Hydrona turned to Dromus. "What do we do?"

Dromus thought for a moment before looking to the team. "Let me handle. Bravenwolf. The rest of you try and bring down Devastus and his generals."

Everyone nodded before they all charged to meet Devastus, Bravenwolf, and the generals.

Tributon and Lydendor met with Triascus. The Corrupted's axe clashed with Lydendor's slicer while he blocked a shot from Tributon. He pushed Lydendor back with his shield before firing at Tributon with his axe. The blue knight dodged the shots before swinging his arrow. Triascus used his axe to lock weapons with Tributon before he was knocked away by Lydendor's slicer.

Fluttira and Vixen crossed attacks with Nightmare. Nightmare swung his scythe at Fluttira who dodged with a back flip. Then Vixen charged in to bring her sais down only for Nightmare to block with his shield. He pushed the weapons away before sending the knightess to the ground with a kick to the chest. He then charged an attack at Fluttira who in turn blocked with her staff.

Venomark threw his shurikens only for them to be blocked and deflected back at him by the charging Valorn. He caught them just in time to block the green knight's lance. Valorn pushed him back before Soara jumped off his shoulder to fire rapidly at the snake represented general. Venomark spun his shurikens to block the shots before crossing his shurikens with Soara's blasters who was using them as tonfas.

Dromus and Bravenwolf crossed swords before Dromus pushed back to dodge Bravenwolf's sword before charging forward with a kick. The red knight blocked the blow but was still pushed back. Dromus said, "Snap out of it Bravenwolf! Devastus is controlling you! You have to fight it! This isn't you!"

"Are you sure? How do you know this isn't who I really am? That I don't prefer to be a lone wolf?"

Dromus raised his sword. "Because you were the one to show me that you're stronger with friends by your side. That the strength of the wolf is the pack." He took his battle stance. "And I'm going to help you remember which pack you belong with."

Bravenwolf charge at his look alike. "You'll be wasting your time!"

Meanwhile, Venetta and Hydrona faced Devastus. "Venetta? I'm sure we'll have a better chance with titan fusion in play."

"I agree. Let's do it!"

"Venetta!"

"Hydrona!"

"TITAN FUSION! ENGAGE!"

Venetta's arm, leg, and waist armor before her lower body folded in. Hydrona's upper body, back, and waist armor disappeared before her upper body folded in. The two merged in the middle before Hydrona's arm armor attached to Venetta's arms and Venetta's waist armor attached. The combined daggers and the trident then appeared in Venetta's hands. "We've got twice the might!"

Devastus split his double blade into twin swords as he said, "Let's see if you two can be a challenge."

The fused knightess charged at Devastus who blocked their attack with his swords. He pushed back before slashing their stomach with one of his swords. He attempted another slash but they blocked with their dagger before blasting him back with their trident. Devastus regained his stance before speaking. "This could be fun after all."

The battles went on for hours but unfortunately with Bravenwolf against them, the knights were losing ground.

Devastus struck the fused knightess to the ground. The attack was so strong, it caused them to defuse. Venetta and Hydrona struggled to their feet when Devastus landed in front of them. "You've managed to put up part of a challenge."

Hydrona clenched her trident as she said, "I'll show you a challenge!"

She charged at Devastus who simply ducked the attack, stole the trident, threw her to the ground, and stabbed the weapon into the ground around her arm, pinning her to the ground.

Devastus then walked over to Venetta and kicked her to the ground, holding her there with his foot. "The time has come little sister."

"You aren't my brother. Any brother of mine could never be as cruel and heartless as you!"

Devastus chuckled. "Then I guess you won't feel any emotional pain from this."

Devastus swung his double blade and slashed off a piece of Venetta's shoulder armor. Venetta screamed in pain before Devastus continued to damage her armor.

Bravenwolf's sword clashed with Dromus' hard enough to knock his weapon from his grasp. The red knight then knocked him to the ground and held him down while catching the sword. Bravenwolf held both swords at Dromus' neck. "Anything left to say Dromus?"

The grey knight was about to say something when he saw Devastus preparing to finish Venetta. "Bravenwolf! You have to break from Devastus' control! If you don't Venetta is done for! Venetta-! No! Beni needs you!"

"Beni?"

Suddenly, the memories of Guren and Beni ran through his mind. They stopped with Beni smiling and saying, "Thanks for being there for me Guren."

Bravenwolf's eyes then returned to their original green color. He dropped Dromus' sword and looked toward Devastus. "Hang on Venetta!" He stepped off of Dromus and charged at Devastus.

Devastus raised his double blade, but before he could bring it down on the armor damaged knightess, Bravenwolf appeared in front of him and knocked him back with his sword.

Dromus came and freed Hydrona as Bravenwolf turned to them. "Hydrona! Get Venetta to cover!"

Hydrona nodded before helping the pink knightess to her feet and supporting her to the Corekai.

"Dromus? What do you say we show Devastus how well wind can burn?"

"You got it!"

"Bravenwolf: Tenkai Firestorm!"

"Dromus: Tenkai Whirlwind!"

"TITAN FUSION! ENGAGE!"

Bravenwolf's arm, leg, and waist armor disappeared before his lower body folded in. Dromus' upper body, back, and waist armor disappeared before his upper body folded in. The two merged in the middle before Dromus' arm armor attached to Bravenwolf and Bravenwolf's waist armor attached. Their swords then appeared in Bravenwolf's hands. "We're twice the knight!"

They charged at Devastus as their swords began to glow.

"Titan Blazing Tornado! GO!"

They aimed both swords and shot a tornado of fire at Devastus and made contact. Normally Devastus would've been able to take the attack but after fighting Venetta and Hydrona for so long, he wasn't at full strength. The attack blasted Devastus to the ground and badly damaged him.

The Corrupted generals ran to Devastus' side after breaking off their fights with the other knights. Nightmare helped him to his feet and said, "My lord. With Bravenwolf broken free from your control our plan has failed. We must retreat."

"No you fool! Did you think I didn't have a backup plan? Corrupted! Reveal the dragon cubes!"

One by one, five groups of soldiers pulled out one black cube. Then the black control key appeared in Devastus' hand.

"Dark Tenkai Dragon! Rise!"

Black lightning fired from the key and hit the cubes. They began to glow purple before starting to fuse. The knights watched in horror as the beast was activated and let out a ferocious roar.

Dromus said, "I'd never thought we'd face that thing again."

Bravenwolf said, "Then it's a good thing we still have a dragon of our own. Let's do it!"

Dromus, Valorn, Lydendor, Tributon, and Bravenwolf released the white cubes from their bodies as they reverted to their normal titan modes. "Light Tenkai Dragon! Rise!"

The cubes rose to the sky and began to fuse. The white dragon activated and let out a fierce roar.

The two beasts glared daggers before charging each other. They dodged each others' energy blasts while also clawing and biting each other. The battle was becoming more and more dangerous as Corekai and Corrupted got caught in the crossfire.

"Restrain it!" Devastus called out.

The dark dragon tackled the light one to the ground and held it's head down by biting its neck.

Devastus walked up to them as his power surged through the key. "Perfect."

The evil knight then jabbed the key into the keyhole on the white dragon's forehead. The good beast roared in pain as it struggled to escape, but the dark dragon continued to hold it down.

The knights watched in shock as Soara asked, "What's he doing?"

Tributon said, "It looks like he's trying to corrupt the Light Dragon."

Venetta said, "But the dragon is able to resist dark matter. Devastus must know that he needs more than dark matter alone."

Bravenwolf then realized it. "Which is why he's using dark matter combined with the energies he stole from Vilius' and the guardians'. That much power is too much even for the Light Dragon to resist."

They realized the roaring began to stop and watched as Devastus pulled the key out of the white beast's head.

As the dark dragon released its opposite twin, the light dragon's eyes turned purple and rose to its feet.

Both dragons turned to Devastus and bowed.

"Now both dragons are mine to control."

Tributon turned to Bravenwolf with a serious look. "I think it's time to bring out Wolf."

The red knight nodded and began to concentrate.

After a few moments, Bravenwolf realized something terrible. "Something's wrong. I can't feel my connection to Wolf."

"WHAT!"

Venetta said, "This is no time for joking around Bravenwolf."

"It's my extreme pleasure to say he's not joking."

The knights turned back to Devastus and, to their horror, saw him holding the wolf control symbol in his hand. "How did you-?"

"Remember Bravenwolf. I told you that there was a piece I needed from all of you and another piece I needed from you alone. While you were unconscious, I extracted this from you. Then I corrupted its energy with my dark matter. Now I'll show you the results."

In a flash of purple energy, the Tenkai Wolf appeared in front of Devastus beside the dragons. The energy symbol in Devastus' hand turned purple before dissolving into the beast's forehead. Its eyes then turned purple like the white dragon's before it let out a ferocious roar at the knights.

Bravenwolf could only watch in horror as the beast glared daggers at him. "Wolf? What has he done to you?"

Chapter 8:
Devastus pointed his sword forward. "Attack my pets!"

All three beasts fired their blasts and destroyed the Corekai bases.

The knights stood shocked at the sight. Dromus said, "He's too strong with all three of them. What do we do Bravenwolf?"

The red knight continued to look at the destruction before looking to the ground for a moment. He then looked to Beaug. "Beaug! Get the Corekai and find a place for refuge. Right now, we don't have a choice but to go into hiding for the time. At least until we can get a plan together."

Beaug hesitated before saying, "As you command Bravenwolf. Corekai! Fall back and retreat!"

Valorn asked, "What are you doing?"

"Without our elemental modes we won't stand a chance. We have to get back and come up with a new plan."

Lydendor said, "He's right. If we try and take them head on, we'll be done for."

The team hesitated before they eventually agreed and they all disappeared.

Devastus just watched in amusement while the dragons and wolf stood by his sides and roared.

Later at his castle, Devastus sat at his throne while Triascus, Venomark, and Nightmare stood before him.

Nightmare asked, "What is our next move Lord Devastus? Do we hunt down and finish off the Corekai?"

"No. Let them live out their remaining hours with what little hope they have left. It'll make our victory all the more sweeter."

Triascus asked, "Then what is our next move sir?"

"There is still one more power I need to complete my plan. Venomark! Prepare the portal for transport!"

"For Earth sire?"

"No. I have another target in mind."

On Earth, the knights were talking in the shop with White and Nash.

"And that's what happened."

Nash said, "This is very bad. With those three under Dante's control and no leads, we have no way of figuring out how to stop him."

Toxsa groaned. "This is harder to figure out than the legend on Crash Temple III!"

Beni's head shot up as a thought entered her mind. "Legend? That's it! Guys do you remember the legend White and Beaug partially translated?"

Sally said, "Yeah. Why?"

"Almost everything that's happened was said in that legend. The power of the immortals being the guardians' energies."

Guren caught on. "The past evil's power being Vilius' evil tenkai energy."

Gen finished. "And the defender choosing sides being Guren when Dante had control over him."

Diana said, "But we don't know what control over the dragons and Wolf have to do with this."

White spoke up, "Luckily. I managed to translate the rest of the legend."

The shop owner pulled out a typed paper and began reading out loud.

"When the structure rises, three beasts and their king will be used to activate an ancient predator of evil. A great battle will begin on the cube before spreading to its spherical sister. Good and evil will clash and only destiny will choose who will be victorious."

Serena said, "So now we know what those three are for. But why hasn't Dante used this structure of destruction yet to activate this so called ancient predator?"

Nash said, "Because he's still missing a power to awaken the beast. The power of the wild king of beasts."

A thought shot through Guren', Beni', Ceylan', Toxsa', and Chooki' minds. "Scorpidon of Beast World!"

Nash said, "Exactly. So now we know where his next target is."

Wakamei asked, "But how do we get there?"

White spoke. "I could modify the portal to send you there but it'll take me till morning to do it."

Gen then stood from the couch and asked, "White? Nash? Do either of you know what this ancient predator is?"

White sighed. "We don't know the name of it. All we can tell you is that it is equally and oppositely as the Tenkai Wolf."

Chooki said, "And the cube and the spherical sister must mean a battle starting and spreading from Quarton to Earth."

Guren said, "Then there's no time to lose. Tomorrow we head straight to Beast World and stop Devastus!"

The next morning on Quarton, Devastus stood with his generals, the dragons, Wolf, and an army of soldiers beside their portal. He turned to Venomark. "Is it set with the right coordinates?"

"Yes my lord. It will have no trouble getting us to Beast World thanks to your dark matter powering it."

"Excellent. Corrupted! Prepare yourselves! The beast warriors will be defeated but not without a fight!" Triascus asked, "And what about the knights Lord Devastus?"

"They'll be there. But without their elemental powers they won't present that much of a problem."

The portal activated and Devastus raised his sword. "Forward Corrupted!"

With that, Devastus and his forces entered the portal.

Back on Earth, the knights met at White's shop. They were sitting in the living room while White finished the portal. They all remained silent but were thinking about the same thing. This was their last chance to stop Devastus from completing his plan. They also realized that since the boys lost their dragon cubes along with their elemental powers, fighting him and his generals would be that much more difficult.

A few minutes passed before White walked in with a little sweat on his forehead. "Okay everyone. The portal is modified to send you to Beast World. Are you ready to go?"

Everyone nodded but as they stood to their feet, Wakamei brought up another problem. "Wait guys. We still have a problem."

Guren asked, "What do you mean?"

"Even if we do get there, we'll still have Devastus' army of Corrupted waiting for us."

Beni said, "She's right. Without the Corekai, will be outnumbered and over runned. And we don't have a way to get them to Beast World."

"We will help with that."

Everyone turned to see Boreas' hologram appear.

"While we guardians have lost our immortality and energies, we still have control over the portal on Quarton. We can send the Corekai to aid you against the Corrupted."

"Thanks Boreas. Now let's go guys!" Guren said raising his brick.

They loaded their brick and the portal activated.

"Tenkai Power!"

"Tenkai Speed!"

"Tenkai Strength!"

"Tenkai Agility!"

"Tenkai Strategy!"

"Tenkai Charm!"

"Tenkai Loyalty!"

"Tenkai Stealth!"

"Tenkai Courage!"

"Tenkai Faith!"

"Bravenwolf Core! Engage!"

"Tributon Core! Engage!"

"Valorn Core! Engage!"

"Lydendor Core! Engage!"

"Dromus Core! Engage!"

"Venetta Core! Engage!"

"Hydrona Core! Engage!"

"Vixen Core! Engage!"

"Soara Core! Engage!"

"Fluttira Core! Engage!"

"TENKAI KNIGHTS! GO!"

They landed only to be horrified at the sight.

There were many wildfires as energy blasts took down trees. There were many beast warriors either fleeing or falling to Corrupted soldiers.

Bravenwolf spotted their friend Arangor being cornered by Corrupted.

"Engage Tenkai Boosters!" The red knight charged forward at rapid speed. Before the Corrupted knew it, they were destroyed by Bravenwolf with a slash of his sword.

Arangor looked up in relief and surprise. "Bravenwolf? Is that really you?"

"It is. Are you alright?"

"Guys! Heads up!" They heard Valorn call out before they say Corrupted beasts coming right at them.

Suddenly, energy blasts struck each one of the beasts and destroyed them.

They all turned to see Beaug standing with a small army of Corekai. "We are here knights!"

Bravenwolf said, "Glad to have you Beaug. Arangor? What happened?"

"Devastus and his forces showed up out of nowhere. We tried to fight back but with the dragons and the wolf, we were outmatched. We know he's here for Scorpidon's power so our king went into hiding. But we know it's only a matter of time before Devastus finds him."

Dromus said, "That's why we're here. But we need you to help us come up with a plan first. Is there anywhere we can go?"

"Just follow me. Most of us have gathered to find a way to help our king."

The ape knight ran off with all of them following.

Unknown to them, a stealth Corrupted scout was spying on them and was now currently returning to Devastus.

With said knight, he stood with his three generals as the dragons and wolf searched the forest. "Have any soldiers located him yet?"

Nightmare said, "Some of them have found some leads. But it will still take time."

"Very well. Because Scorpidon's power is the last power I need to awaken my victory. Then both Earth and Quarton will be mine to rule."

Triascus said, "Indeed my lord."

Suddenly, the stealth scout appeared in front of the four.

Venomark asked, "What do you have to report soldier?"

The scout bowed to them. "The knights are here and have met with the Beast World's general. And from how he spoke, Arangor knows where Scorpidon is hiding. For this, I fired and planted a miniature microphone on Bravenwolf. Now when they discuss what has happened here, we'll be able to find out what they know."

Devastus stepped forward. "Well done soldier. Now return to your station. And the second you hear anything of importance, you report it immediately."

"Yes sir!"

With that, the scout disappeared.

With the knights, they found themselves in an abandoned temple with Arangor and an army of beast warrior. Luckily the Corekai and the soldiers were negotiating fairly.

Arangor looked to the knights and said, "These are the only ones who have survived here. The others have either managed to escape the area or have been captured or destroyed by the Corrupted."

Tributon said, "With the Corekai here, we'll have a better chance against the Corrupted."

Venetta said, "For the time being, what all do you know that can help us understand what's going on? Like where is Scorpidon hiding?"

"Right after Devastus had his three beasts attack, Scorpidon escaped the area undetected. He only informed me that he has taken cover in his heavy fortified, underground fortress. It is located far beneath the main temple with the secret passage on the back of the temple."

Hydrona said, "Okay. So with how much we've learned from his past strategies, we can safely assume Devastus will have his forces stand guard with two generals leading while he brings the third general to take care of any defense problems."

Dromus said, "She's right. So we'll need someone to follow Devastus to keep him from Scorpidon."

Before anything else was said, a beast soldier swung to Arangor. "Sir! One of our scouts has reported Devastus has found and is attacking the defense fortress!"

"What? How did he find it?"

Vixen then noticed something on the back of Bravenwolf's helmet and pulled it off. "This explains it. They must have planted this on Bravenwolf somehow. And they've been listening to our whole meeting." She then crushed it in her hands.

Bravenwolf looked to Beaug and Arangor. "Get your soldiers together! We're gonna need you to hold off the Corrupted army!"

"Yes Bravenwolf!"

"You got it!"

The red knight then turned to his team. "Venetta! You and I will go after Devastus and his general. The rest of you help Beaug and Arangor. With eight of you out there, you'll have three fused titans to hold off the beasts while the other two hold against two remaining generals!"

Tributon said, "Count on us!"

"Now let's get moving!"

With Devastus, his forces were taking down fortress blasters and soldiers. The dragons and Wolf took down any titan beasts with a few energy blasts.

After the outer temple defenses were gone, Devastus looked to his generals. "Triascus! Nightmare! Stand guard for when the knights show up. Venomark! You will accompany me in capturing Scorpidon's power!"

"As Devastus commands!"

The two generals walked to their army while Devastus and Venomark entered the passage.

Not long after, the knights and their armies arrived to see Nightmare pointing his scythe at them. "Hello knights. Come here to try and stop Devastus? Well I'm afraid you've only come to be destroyed! Nightmare: Chaos Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Triascus: Chaos Titan Mode! Engage!"

The two transformed before Triascus raised his axe. "Corrupted! Attack!" The army of Corrupted charged forward.

Dromus said, "Our turn guys!"

"Dromus: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Tributon: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Valorn: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Lydendor: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Hydrona: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Vixen: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Soara: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Fluttira: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

They all transformed and charged forward with Bravenwolf and Venetta following Beaug and Arangor.

"Corekai! Charge!"

"Beast Warriors! Attack!"

As the armies clashed, Dromus charged forward and clashed his sword with Triascus' axe. He pushed back to block with his shield before pushing himself by kick Dromus in the chest. Triascus then fired rapidly with his axe only for Dromus to slash each blast.

Valorn fired his lance only for Nightmare to block by spinning his scythe. Nightmare then charged forward and struck with his scythe but Valorn blocked with his shield. The green knight then tried to jab with his lance but Nightmare did a backflip to dodge.

"Tributon!"

"Lydendor!"

"TITAN FUSION! ENGAGE!"

Tributon's arm and lower body armor disappeared before his lower body folded in. Lydendor's upper body and back armor disappeared before his upper body folded in. They merged in the middle before Lydendor's arm armor attached to Tributon and Tributon's waist armor attached. Their weapons then appeared in his hands. "We're twice the knight!"

The fused knight charged and fired rapidly at the Tenkai Wolf. The beast charged back while also returning fire. They each dodged the other's shots before the wolf brought its claws down on the knight's slicer and pushed them back. The knight threw their slicer only for the beast to knock it back to them with its tail.

"Hydrona!"

"Soara!"

"TITAN FUSION! ENGAGE!"

Hydrona's arm and lower body armor disappeared before her lower body folded in. Soara's upper body and back armor disappeared before her upper body folded in. They merged in the middle before Soara's arm armor attached to Hydrona and Hydrona's waist armor attached. Her trident and one of Soara's blasters then appeared in her hands. "We've got twice the might!"

The fused knightess clashed their trident with the white dragon's claw. The beast pushed them back with its tail before firing its laser at them. They dodged the attack by a few feet before shooting with their blaster and trident. The beast just took the shots as it charged at them and bit their trident.

"Fluttira!"

"Vixen!"

"TITAN FUSION! ENGAGE!"

Fluttira's arm and lower body armor disappeared before her lower body folded in. Vixen's upper body and back armor disappeared before her upper body folded in. They merged in the middle before Vixen's arm armor attached to Fluttira and Fluttira's waist armor attached. Her staff and Vixen's fused sais appeared in her hands. "We've got twice the might!"

They blocked the dark dragon's bite with their staff before striking it with their sai. The dragon released their weapon before knocking them to the ground with a swing of its tail. The fused knightess landed on their feet as Fluttira said, "You know, our fight is actually a little easier."

"How's that?"

"Because unlike the other two, this one was created to be evil."

The fused knightess then charged at the dark beast while firing with their staff.

Bravenwolf and Venetta helped Beaug and Arangor until the red knight saw Dromus and Valorn had moved the generals from the entrance.

"Venetta! Now's our chance! Beaug! Arangor! Will you be okay?"

Arangor struck down a Corrupted with his spear before turning to them. "We'll be fine! Now go stop Devastus!"

"Right! Let's go Venetta!"

The pink knightess nodded and the two charged through Corrupted before making it to the entrance.

With Devastus and Venomark, they just finished off the fortress defenses and currently had Scorpidon cornered. Devastus stepped forward. "It's over Scorpidon. Make it easier on yourself and hand over you power."

"Never!" The scorpion shot a powerful blast at Devastus who destroyed it with a simple swing of his double blade.

"Very well. Tenkai Dark Matter Strike!"

Devastus launched three dark matter slashes from his sword. The attack his Scorpidon and slammed him to the wall while also causing severe damage. The king scorpion looked to the evil knight. "You won't get away with this!"

"If only that were true."

"Leave him alone Devastus!"

Bravenwolf and Venetta then landed between the evil knights and Scorpidon.

Venetta aimed her dagger. "You've caused enough pain. It ends here. Venetta: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Bravenwolf: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

They transformed as Devastus chuckled.

"Very well. I'll humor your pointless effort. Devastus: Chaos Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Venomark: Chaos Titan Mode! Engage!"

The two transformed before Devastus turned to Venomark. "Handle Venetta. Bravenwolf is mine."

Venomark nodded and the four titans charged each other.

Venetta crossed her daggers with Venomark's shurikens. Venomark broke the lock to attempt a strike to her side but the pink knightess dodged it and pushed him with a kick to the chest. She then charged forward before the two began to rapidly clash weapons.

Bravenwolf's sword clashed with Devastus' double blade.

Devastus just held the weapon lock as he said, "Tell me Bravenwolf. If you couldn't defeat me with your elemental powers, how do you plan to do so without them?"

The red knight growled. "By any way I can."

Bravenwolf broke the weapons lock and attempted another strike with his sword. However Devastus caught the blade with his hand, snatched it from the red knight's grip, and sent him skidding back with a chest punch.

Bravenwolf skidded to a stop before watching Devastus throw his sword down and stab his own into the ground. "Let's see if you can do better in hand to hand."

Bravenwolf removed his shield and threw it to the ground. "Fine by me!"

He charged at Devastus with a punch that was instantly caught. Before Bravenwolf could react, Devastus kneed him in the stomach, elbowed his back, and punched him in the face. Bravenwolf then attempted a cyclone kick only for Devastus to catch it, elbow him in the knee, and send him crashing into a wall with a back kick.

Bravenwolf slid to the ground injured and exhausted as Devastus saw Venomark strike Venetta in the side before throwing her beside the red knight. "Now that that's done."

Scorpidon watched in fear when Devastus walked toward him as his hands began to glow.

"Tenkai Energy Drain!"

Scorpidon yelled in pain as his power was absorbed by Devastus. Devastus grinned as he watched and enjoyed the scorpion's pain.

Soon the process stopped as Scorpidon froze and became silent.

Venetta and Bravenwolf then watched in horror as Scorpidon turned grey and became dust on the floor.

Devastus began to charge with energy. "All the power is mine! I can feel it!"

He then busted through the temple until he was over the battle outside with Venomark close behind. "Corrupted! We have what we've came for! Fall back and prepare to return to Quarton!"

Triascus, Nightmare, the dragons, and Wolf broke away from battling the knights and led their army to Devastus.

When all of the Corrupted were gathered, Devastus released some energy and in a purple flash he and his entire army were gone.

The knights landed and after they defused they saw Venetta supporting Bravenwolf outside of the temple. The knights along with Beaug and Arangor ran up to them with the ape knight asking, "What happened? Where's King Scorpidon?"

Venetta looked to Bravenwolf and the red knight looked to the ground. Arangor realized the horrible truth. "No. Don't say it."

Venetta said, "He's gone. He turned to dust right after Devastus drained him of his energy."

Dromus said, "That means he's heading to Quarton to activate that fortress of destruction. We need to get back before it's too late."

Valorn asked, "How? Without the guardians we don't have a portal."

Arangor said, "The main temple does. And since it can Scorpidon's energy, it can send you exactly where Devastus is."

Bravenwolf said, "Lead the way Arangor!"

A few moments later, the Corekai army surrounded the temple while the knights and Beaug stood at the top with Arangor.

"Good luck knights. And promise you'll bring back Scorpidon's power."

Bravenwolf looked to him with a serious look. "We will Arangor."

The ape knight nodded and activated the portal before running to get away from the temple. He then watched as the portal's energy surrounded the knights and Corekai. Then in a flash, they all were gone.

On Quarton, the knights and Corekai just appeared to see what was waiting in front of them. Triascus, Venomark, Nightmare, Wolf, and the Corrupted stood guard around Devastus who had his back to the knights while the dragons guarded the air.

"Devastus!"

With his back still facing them, Devastus chuckled. "Welcome back knights. You're just in time to witness the first phase of your destruction."

His hands began to charge with energy.

"By the power of history's evil and the energy of the immortals. Rise to the surface Dark Mount Fortress!"

He blasted through the ground and the knights watched as a structure similar to the Tenkai Fortress rose to the surface. It had black and red coloring around it and had many sharp blades on the edges. And at the top laid what appeared to be a dormant titan brick.

Devastus then turned to the dragons and Wolf. "Now my pets. Let us awaken your new comrade!"

With that the beasts fired beams to the brick. The wolf shot from its eyes and the dragons from the keyhole covers on their foreheads. Devastus then pulled out his claw pendant, which began to glow, and fired it at the brick.

"Through the power of the three beasts and the king of beasts! Rise once again!"

Right when the beams stopped, the brick activated and detached from the fortress. It unfolded to reveal a creature with a long tail, two legs, two arms, and a long snout. Soon dark armor with scale designs attached to its body. Two claws along with a third large curved claw attached to both of the creatures feet. Three claws then attached to both of its hands. Then after its face armor attached, its eyes flashed red and it let out a frightening roar.

The beast landed in front of Devastus and bowed its head.

"Finally! My ultimate beast has awoken!"

The knights and Beaug watched in horror as the Corekai general said, "It can't be."

Bravenwolf asked, "What is that thing Beaug?"

"The beast with power that opposes that of the Tenkai Wolf. The ancient alpha predator of evil on Quarton. The Tenkai Raptor!"

The beast let out a ferocious roar as the knights just stood and watched in fear.

Chapter 9:
The knights stood as the Tenkai Raptor viciously glared at them. It just gritted its teeth while growling in anger.

Devastus walked up beside it with the Tenkai Wolf by his side and the two dragons hovering above them. "Well knights. What do you have to say now?"

They just stood speechless until Bravenwolf said, "Just because you have a new pet doesn't mean we won't stop you!"

"Oh I beg to differ. Raptor! Show them your power!"

The beast's eyes flashed and it shot a powerful red beam at the knights. The blast only struck the ground in front of them and the force of the blast scattered them with serious damage.

Devastus laughed maniacally as he watched the knights struggle to their feet. "And with the other three, I'm invincible! You can try and run away back to Earth. But soon, you won't have anywhere to hide."

Beaug looked to Bravenwolf. "Bravenwolf! You and the knights must return to your world."

"But Beaug. We can't just-."

"If you stay in your condition, you'll never survive. You all are our the last hope of stopping Devastus. You must go. I will get the Corekai somewhere safe for the time."

The red knight hesitated for a moment before sighing. "Alright. Just stay safe. Tenkai Knights! Return to Earth!"

They all looked to Bravenwolf before reluctantly doing as he said.

With that they all disappeared.

Beaug turned to his soldiers and raised his spear. "Corekai! Retreat!"

The army did as ordered while Devastus watched in amusement.

Triascus asked, "Do we go after them my lord?"

" destruction will come soon enough. For now, return to base. Soon we'll be attacking two worlds at the same time. Venomark!"

"Yes sire?"

"When we return to base. Prepare the portal for Earth. The time is near for the beginning of my rule over two worlds."

"Yes sire!"

Back on Earth, the knights arrived to find White and Nash waiting for them. Nash asked, "What happened?"

Gen said, "We failed Mr. Nash. Dante not only acquired Scorpidon's power but also raised the Dark Mount Fortress and awakened the Tenkai Raptor."

White said, "Oh no. Now our matters have become much worse."

Wakamei asked, "What do you mean?"

The two men led the teens into the living room and switched on the TV. Images of the city appeared on the TV with something the knights knew all too well. "Brickification."

The reporter woman began to speak. "The same event occurring for the second time after three years. However unlike the first occurrence, no humans or animals are affected by the strange power. Wait. We are now getting a report from our reporter, Jennifer Morgan, from outside of the city. Jennifer!"

The screen switched to a woman with brown hair. "Thank you Sarah. We are standing beside one of the local out of city lakes where a strange portal has appeared!"

Right after the camera showed the portal, something began to happen. "Wait! It appears something is trying to emerge from vortex. We are now entering our helicopter to give a better image."

The helicopter took to the air as the camera zoomed in on the portal.

Then out jumped ones the knights recognized as Triascus, Venomark, and Corrupted in earth form. "Attack the city Corrupted! For the glory of Devastus!"

The camera then showed the army march toward the city. "It appears these 'Corrupted' are highly armed and dangerou. Citizens are advised to stay in doors and off of the streets. We have no way of telling on how to defend ourselves at this point so we must avoid all contact with them."

Before anything else could be shown, the knights watched as the television became brickified.

Toxsa groaned. "Great! Now Dante's started his assault on Earth! What do we do now?"

Guren looked to his brick and clenched it hard in his hand. "We fight!"

Diana asked, "Guren? Are you crazy? They have us outnumbered a thousand to ten and

you want to fight them?!"

Guren looked to his team with a serious look as he showed them his brick. "I get it guys. We're all scared! I'm scared to! But it's not Dante I'm afraid of. It's us letting him win without even trying that scares me. If we don't stand up to him, no one will!"

They all looked to him and before Gen stood up and raised his brick to. "Guren's right! We've always fought on even when there was almost no hope and always managed to find a way to pull out a victory! We can do the same again!"

After they said this, everyone stood and began to agree with the two. Chooki said, "Alright guys! What's the game plan?"

Guren turned to White. "Mr. White? See if you can get the tower to hold off the brickification again like last time."

Guren then turned to his father. "Dad? See if you can contact Beaug and Arangor and have them send as many soldiers as they can. Also tell them we need both of them to came along because we the guardians to help defend Quarton."

The men nodded and Guren to his team. "The rest of us are going to hold off the Corrupted who are here until the Corekai and Beast warriors arrive. Our weapons are the only things that can stop them. So we'll have to fight them off here until we can stop Dante on Quarton."

Everyone nodded and the team exited the shop.

Outisde, the knights watched as a projection appeared over the city with an image of Devastus.

"People of Earth! I am Lord Devastus! Your planet is now under the rule of the Corrupted! Embrace our authority or face extinction!"

With that, the image disappeared.

Guren gritted his teeth as he activated his sword. "Not if we can help it."

Back on Quarton, Devastus sat in the chamber with the dark dragon and the Tenkai Raptor. "Now let us test how well we combine our power."

All three began to glow as Devastus began to laugh. "It's working!"

Back on Earth, Kiro had been held by Mrs. Jones and Dalton while their husbands kept watch. Mrs. Dalton held the young girl who clutched her stuffed dog. "It's okay. We'll be okay."

Mrs. Jones then said, "She's right. Someone will help us and stop these things."

"Don't bet on it!"

They turned to see Triascus and Venomark with a small group of Corrupted walking up to them. Venomark spun his shurikens as he said, "I think it's time to prove how wrong you are."

Triascus' axe began to charge and he took aim at the five when…

"Tenkai Sword!"

"Tenkai Daggers!"

The two generals blocked the weapons of Guren and Beni while the rest of the team began to appear and fight off the Corrupted soldiers.

The Daltons and Jones watched as their kids and their friends fight off the robotic soldiers. Wakamei blocked the weapons of two soldiers while Gen ran up behind them and took them out with a slash of his sword. He then ducked to allow Wakamei to roll off his back and blast the next three with her trident.

Toxsa blasted four oncoming soldiers before blocking one's sword with his lance while Diana came and knocked the soldier away with her staff. She then blasted two more that were coming at her from behind while Toxsa took out five that were coming at him with a swing of his lance.

Chooki and Sally decided to double team a group of Corrupted. Chooki took out a few with his flail while Sally sliced them down with her sais. Chooki then tripped one who was then destroyed by a Sally jabbing him with her weapons. She then spring boarded off Chooki's shoulder to slash down three more.

Ceylan blocked the swords of two soldiers with his crossbow before pushing them back and taking them out with a couple of shots. Serena used her blasters as tonfas before revolving her blasters to take them out. The two then stood side by side before opening fire at ten oncoming soldiers.

Guren's sword clashed with Triascus' axe as he pushed against the evil knight. Triascus then broke the weapon lock before attempting to bring his weapon down on the red boy. Thinking quickly, Guren blocked with his sword and blocked another swing while also being pushed back. He gripped his sword tight as the evil knight did the same. "That all you got?"

Beni and Venomark clashed weapons. He spun his shurikens like saws while he swung his attacks. Beni brought her daggers together to block the attacks before pushing him back. She then ran forward and locked her daggers with his shurikens. As they held the lock, Venomark said, "You're usually faster on Quarton."

The adults soon began to worry as the teens began to struggle with the Corrupted outnumbering them. Just when it seemed like the team was going to be overruned.

"Corekai! Engage!"

"Beast Warriors! Attack!"

To their great relief, the team watched as their friends from Quarton and Beast World appeared out of nowhere in their earth forms. And while Triascus and Venomark were distracted, they were knocked back by someone Beni and Guren would have never expected.

"Granox?"

"Slyger?"

It was indeed the two who were betrayed by Devastus and were left to die by Devastus and left to die after being drained of their Tenkai Energies.

While the Corekai and Beast Warriors overpowered the group of Corrupted, Granox and Slyger quickly maneuvered Trisacus and Venomark. Granox knocked Triascus' axe out of his hands before using his mace to knock the triceratops based knight to the ground. Slyger used his claws to deflect Venomark's shurikens before blasting the snake based knight to the ground.

As Triascus and Venomark stood to their feet, they found out they were now outnumbered.

"Corrupted! Fall back and Retreat!"

They all stood up and followed their generals.

While Beaug and Arangor helped their team and the adults, Guren and Beni watched as their former enemies held out their hands to them. The two hesitated for a moment before taking their hands and were helped up.

Guren said, "We thought Devastus finished you guys. How are you here?"

Granox said, "Thank the Guardians for saving us."

(Flashback)

The guardians were looking through the cave when they found the bodies of Granox and Slyger.

Eurus asked, "Are you sure we should do this Boreas?"

"Yes Eurus. They could have information that could help us against Devastus." The guardians held their hands over the bodies and transferred energy to them. After a few moments the guardians stopped and the two generals' vizors began to light up.

The two sat up and Slyger looked to the guardians. "Where are we? I thought we died."

Boreas said, "We used half of our remaining energies to revive you."

Granox asked, "Why did you help us though?"

Notus said, "Because with how powerful Devastus has become, we need as much help as can acquire."

(End of Flashback)

Slyger said, "And why we helped you was for redemption."

After convincing the adults to follow Beaug and Arangor to the forcefield tower, the rest of the team joined the conversation. Chooki asked, "Redemption? Why?"

The two former Corrupted looked to the ground in shame.

"Because we now know the the true meaning of bringing destruction."

"And have thus lost the taste for inflicting it."

Gen asked, "And how do you plan on proving it?"

Slyger said, "By helping you against the Corrupted who remain on Quarton while also getting you inside of Devastus' fortress."

Toxsa said, "Sounds good to me. With Beaug and Arangor here, we'll have someone here to protect the city while we're on Quarton."

"Then let's get to White's shop. Slyger! Granox! Meet us on Quarton!"

The two nodded and the team ran to the shop.

Back on Quarton, Nightmare contacted Devastus. "My lord? Triascus has reported that Slyger and Granox are still alive and have joined forces with the knights. Intel also says they're currently heading to Quarton."

A shadow appeared over the screen before splitting into three. "Good. Keep Slyger, Granox, Corekai, and Beast Warriors busy. But leave the knights for me."

"Sire? Are you sure? I could easily-."

"That's an order Nightmare! I want to finish them myself with something they'll never see coming."

"As you wish Lord Devastus."

The screen vanished as Devastus said, "I hope you're ready knights. Because for you doomsday is today."

Back on Earth, the team walked into portal chamber. Guren turned to his team with a serious look. "Okay guys. This is our last chance. Either we stop Devastus now or we go down trying. Now matter how it ends, it ends today!"

The team nodded and Guren continued, "Then let's go!"

They loaded their bricks and activated the portal.

"Tenkai Power!"

"Tenkai Speed!"

"Tenkai Strength!"

"Tenkai Agility!"

"Tenkai Strategy!"

"Tenkai Charm!"

"Tenkai Loyalty!"

"Tenkai Stealth!"

"Tenkai Courage!"

"Tenkai Faith!"

"Bravenwolf Core! Engage!"

"Tributon Core! Engage!"

"Valorn Core! Engage!"

"Lydendor Core! Engage!" "Dromus Core! Engage!"

"Venetta Core! Engage!"

"Hydrona Core! Engage!"

"Vixen Core! Engage!"

"Soara Core! Engage!"

"Fluttira Core! Engage!"

"TENKAI KNIGHTS! GO!"

They landed on Quarton to find Slyger and Granox standing with the guardians. Devastus' fortress was behind them while the Corekai and Beast Warriors stood in front of them. They could see the Corrupted army in front of the fortress and Nightmare standing at the entrance in titan mode.

Bravenwolf asked, "What are you doing here Boreas?"

"We have decide to aid you against the Corrupted forces here. His power has thrown the link between here and Earth out of balance. The only to restore balance is to defeat Devastus and remove his link from Quarton. We will lead the Corekai and Beast Warriors against the Corrupted forces so you can reach Devastus. You are the only ones who can stop him. You must not fail."

Slyger said, "We'll get you to the entrance and force it open. Then we'll hold off Nightmare while you all get inside."

Bravenwolf nodded and said, "Let's do it guys! Bravenwolf: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Tributon: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Valorn: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Lydendor: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Dromus: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Venetta: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Hydrona: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Vixen: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Soara: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Fluttira: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Slyger: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Granox: Tenkai Titan Mode! Engage!"

They all landed and, with the guardians, led the Corekai and Beast Warriors to meet the Corrupted army in the middle.

While the Guardians aided their army, Slyger and Granox led the knights to clash against Nightmare. Slyger said, "Keep him busy while I get the entrance opened."

The did just that. Bravenwolf and Dromus clashed their swords with Nightmare's scythe before they were pushed back. Venetta and Hydrona then blasted at him and he blocked them by spinning his weapon. He then crossed weapons with Valorn, Fluttira, and Granox. He dodged a swing of the rhino knight's mace before dodging attacks from Soara and Tributon. He then raised his scythe to block Lydendor's slicer and Vixen's sais.

Meanwhile, Slyger jabbed his claw into the door and began transferring energy through it. He stopped when it was fully charged and began to open. "Okay knights! You can head in. Granox! Give them some cover!"

The rhino based knight charged forward and knocked Nightmare to the ground before turning to Bravenwolf. "Go! Slyger and I will hold him off. You go after Devastus."

Bravenwolf nodded and Valorn said, "I can't believe I'm saying this, but good luck Granox."

They all charged through the door before Slyger closed it and left to Granox' side. Nightmare stood to his feet and said, "You two should have stayed dead. Now you'll meet death again, only this time. I will make sure it's slowly and painfully."

Granox turned to Slyger and said, "We need to keep him busy long enough for them to get to Devastus. And I think I know just the thing."

"I know what you're thinking of. Let's give it a try."

"Granox!"

"Slyger!"

"TITAN FUSION! ENGAGE!"

Granox' arm and lower body armor disappeared before his lower body folded in. Slyger' upper body armor before his upper body folded in. The two then merged in the middle before Slyger' arm armor attached to Granox' arms and Granox' waist armor attached. His mace and one of Slyger' claws appeared in his hands. "For the fall of Devastus!"

The fused knight charged and clashed his claw with Nightmare's scythe before dodging a swing with a back flip. They then swung their mace only for the evil knight to deflect it by spinning his scythe. Nightmare then charged and locked his weapon with both of the fused knights'.

With the knights, they tore through guarding Corrupted before reaching their destination: Devastus' throne chamber.

There they found Devastus standing in titan mode, with the dragons, wolf, and raptor standing beside him. Bravenwolf gripped his sword as he said, "It's over Devastus! This ends here and now!"

Devastus just chuckled as the dark dragon and Raptor moved to his sides. "Indeed it is Bravenwolf. But before we get started. Let me get more prepared."

His eyes along with the two beasts' began glowing red.

"Devastus: Legendary Chaos Titan Fusion! Engage!"

His armor disappeared as did the two beasts and they all folded in. The dragon diffused into its five cubes while the raptor became three. Devastus then unfolded and the three raptor cubes surrounded his legs and chest. They transformed into the parts of raptor and became armor around his legs while the third cube began a new raptor head on his chest. Then four of the five dragon cubes surrounded his arms, head, and back. One fused to become the dragon's wings on Devastus' back. Two more then became part of the dragon before fusing to him as armor plated by the dragon's armor and claws. The fourth cube then morphed into a dragon like version of Devastus' helmet before attaching to his head piece. The fifth and final dragon cube then changed into a sword staff with the dragon's head as the hand guards on both ends in his hand. He spun the weapon around as he unfolded his new wings. "Victory shall be mine!"

The knights watched in astonishment as Devastus landed in front of them. "That's better. Now attack my pets!"

The two remaining beasts charged at the knights with Devastus following behind.

The white dragon charged at Soara, Vixen, and Lydendor. Lydendor swung his fail only for the dragon to knock it away with its claw. Vixen then blocked the beast's claws with her sais before she was knocked away by its tail and caught by Lydendor. Soara the opened fire on the beast only to have no effect on it. It then fired its own laser with her dodging it.

Tributon blasted the oncoming wolf with his crossbow before dodging its pounce. Fluttira blocked the beast's bite with her staff before it knocked her to the ground with a swipe from its claws. It then felt Valorn shooting at it and blasted him to the ground with its tail blaster.

Devastus caught Hydrona's trident in his hand before snatching it out of her hands and sending her crashing to the ground with a powerful kick. He then used the trident to block Venetta's daggers before slashing her stomach and knocking her to the ground beside her fellow knightess. He then threw the trident down before blocking Dromus' sword with his sword staff and sending him into a wall with a punch to his stomach. Devastus then charged forward and brought his weapon down on Bravenwolf who used his sword to block the attack. To the red knight's sword was cut in half before he found himself heading to the ground by a punch to the face.

The fights continued for a while before the knights found themselves on the ground and Devastus hovering in the air. "Out of all of you, Bravenwolf. You have been the biggest thorn in my side. Which is why I'm glad you'll be first victim to all by my new power."

His weapon began to glow as he aimed it at the fallen red knight.

"Legendary Dark Titan Strike! GO!"

He fired the blast as the knights just watched it come at their leader. Venetta watched in horror as the blast came straight at the red knight. "BRAVENWOLF!"

The red knight just watched as the blast got closer and closer before his vision was gone in a flash of light.

(Somewhere unknown)

Guren found in standing in a white area and were looking around.

"Where am I? Am I dead?"

"No Guren. You still live."

The red haired boy turned to see a hologram of Bravenwolf standing with him. "Who are you?"

"I am the original Bravenwolf. The other knights and I have been watching you ever since your first battle. And the knights and I believe you Guren, are ready for your ultimate level of power."

"What do you mean?"

"Regain consciousness and you'll find out."

(Back in reality)

Devastus just laughed until he found too his and the other knights' shock that the blast was being blocked. When the attack stopped they all saw Bravenwolf standing with a red glow around his body.

After overcoming her shock, Venetta spoke up. "A.I.? What's happening?" Her computer answered. "Bravenwolf has unlocked his full power levels. However more tenkai energy is required for full access."

Venetta turned to her teammates. "Guys. Transfer as much tenkai energy as you can to Bravenwolf now!"

Her teammates nodded as they all got to their feet and began shooting streams of energy to Bravenwolf. After a few moments, the energy stopped and they reverted out of titan mode.

After absorbing all of the power, Bravenwolf shot two beams that hit the light dragon and Wolf in the foreheads. To everyone's amazement, their eyes returned to their original color before they left Devastus side and took their place beside Bravenwolf.

Devastus just watched in shock as he asked, "What? How is this happening? What are you doing?!"

Bravenwolf just looked to him with determination. "I'm evening the odds Devastus. Bravenwolf: Legendary Elemental Titan Fusion! Engage!"

His and the two beasts' armor disappeared before they all folded in. The dragon diffused into five cubes while the wolf, like the raptor diffuse into three. Bravenwolf unfolded as the two of the wolf cubes turned into parts of the wolf before attaching to his lower body as armor. The third cube became the wolf's head on the red knight's chest. Four of the five dragon cubes surrounded Bravenwolf's head, arms, and back. One then became the light dragon's wings which then attached to his back. The two around his arms then transformed into pieces of armor with the dragon's claws before attaching to his arms. The fourth cube became a dragon version of Bravenwolf's helmet before attaching to his head piece. The fifth and final dragon cube then transformed into a sword with the dragon's head as a hand guard that then appeared in the red knight's hand. He swung his weapon twice before gripping it with both hands. "It's legendary titan time!"

The team just watched as Bravenwolf landed in front of them and aimed his weapon at Devastus. "The time has come Devastus! At the end of this fight, one of will stand while the other falls!"

Devastus gripped his weapon with both hands as he glared at the knight. "Then prepare to fall Bravenwolf!"

When the two charged at each other, Venetta rose to her feet and watched her friend and brother clash weapons. "Go Bravenwolf! Bring him down no matter what!"

Chapter 10:
Beaug and Arangor crossed weapons with Venomark and Triascus as their armies continued to collide. The generals fought hard as the two sides continued to gain and lose the upper hand.

All the while, many civilians watched in shock from their hiding places. Kiro still sat with the Daltons and the Jones as she clutched her stuffed dog.

Beaug knocked Triascus away while Arangor landed beside him by flipping to avoid Venomark. Venomark asked, "Do you really believe you can defeat us without your knights?"

Arangor aimed his spear. "We know once Devastus is defeated, the knights will return to do the same to you."

Beaug looked to the sky over the battle. 'They will prevail. They must if we wish to restore the two worlds.'

Back on Quarton, the fused Slyger and Granox continued to fight off Nightmare while the guardians led the Corekai against the Corrupted. Their mace and claw blocked Nightmare's scythe before pushing him back with a kick to the chest. They then fired with their claw while Nightmare blocked the shots by spinning his weapon.

Slyger asked, "How do you think the knights are doing against Devastus?"

Suddenly, a blast from the fortress brought the battles to a pause for a moment when everyone saw Bravenwolf and Devastus in their Legendary Titan Modes shoot from the opening. The rest of the knights busted out from the entrance and looked up to see the battle become very intense.

As the battles on the ground began to continue, Bravenwolf and Devastus crossed weapons before pushing each other back with the blows. They charged each other while also firing at each other with their weapons. Bravenwolf threw a kick at the evil knight while Devastus blocked and retaliated with a swing of his sword staff. The quick thinking red knight blocked with his sword before flipping back to dodge a kick from Devastus. They then charged each other while their weapons began to glow. The clash between their weapons caused the distance between them to increase drastically.

Devastus charged his weapons on both blades as he said, "This ends right now Bravenwolf! Tenkai Legendary Chaos Strike! GO!"

Bravenwolf charged his sword as he said, "I was just thinking the same thing Devastus! Tenkai Legendary Elemental Strike! GO!"

The knights watched from the ground as the two enemies charged and collided. The blast from the collision was enough to cover the fortress, the knights, and the two armies.

Some time later, Bravenwolf woke up to find himself out of titan mode but back in elemental mode. He stood up and looked around to see Tributon, Valorn, Lydendor, and Dromus who were also back in their elemental modes. "Guys! Are you okay?"

Tributon said, "We're fine dude. Looks like you managed to bring down Devastus and restore our elemental modes."

Dromus looked around before saying, "Guys? Where are the girls?"

"We're over here Dromus." Hydrona's voice said.

The boys turned around only to be shocked at what they saw.

Vixen asked, "What? What's wrong?"

Lydendor said, "It looks like you've been upgraded."

The girls looked at themselves to see Lydendor was right. Venetta had turned a darker shade of pink while the spikes on her blaster have grown.

Hydrona had a back plate similar to Valorn's while her helmet had thick plates that resembled thick scales.

Vixen's color had become darker while the spikes in the shape of fox ears while her back plate looked similar to that of Lydendor's.

Soara's color also darkened while her back plate appeared unfolded to resemble eagle wings.

And Fluttira's color also darkened and her back plate resembled unfolded butterfly wings.

Venetta said, "Lydendor's right. What happened to us?"

"We can answer that." They all looked to the side to see the guardians, who appeared to have their powers back, land beside them.

Eurus said, "It seems the attacks Devastus and Bravenwolf used were powerful enough to separate both the white and black dragon cubes. When the white cubes refused with the knights, the black cubes somehow fused with the girls."

Fluttira said, "But wouldn't they have made us evil."

Boreas said, "Since they were released from Devastus' energy, they had no way of corrupting you. Which means you now have elemental modes like the knights. Venetta: Tenkai Plasma Web! Hydrona: Tenkai Sea Spike! Vixen: Tenkai Stealth Claw! Soara: Tenkai Sky Slash! And Fluttira: Tenkai Natural Buster! Those are your new titles."

"That won't help them!"

They all turned to see Devastus land in front of his army of rising soldiers. "While you did stop my main plan, I still have my back up plan. And while I have lost the Guardians' powers, I still have Vilius, Scorpidon, and my power over dark matter. Earth will be my first target to take over before I start with Quarton. Corrupted! Raptor! To Earth!"

Before any of the knights could react, the evil knight and his forces disappeared.

Bravenwolf said, "He's heading to Earth. We have to go after him!" Boreas said, "Before you do, we have something to aid you now that our powers are restored."

The knights all stepped forward as the guardians each blasted them with a beam of their colors. The knights felt a new power begin to form as the process soon ended.

Hydrona asked, "What did you just do to us?"

Notus said, "We have enhanced your brick to allow you to use your knight forms as armor on Earth. This will aid you in fighting off the Corrupted on Earth. After we locate Slyger and Granox, we will send them to aid you while we restore Quarton."

Bravenwolf said, "Thank you Notus. Now let's get back to stop Devastus and whatever he's planning."

Everyone nodded before they, along with the Corekai and Beast Warriors, teleported off world to their home.

Meanwhile on Earth, Devastus had reappeared in front of his forces on Earth with the Tenkai Raptor beside him. His tenkai form had become armor around his body (think of it like an Iron Man version of the Tenkai Armor but instead of sliding face mask, they're helmets have to be removed). He took his helmet off to look at his generals who bowed before him as Trisascus said, "Welcome to the battle my lord? What are your demands?"

Dante looked to his general and said, "Prepare the Corrupted. It seems our last chance for victory is to move plan B of spreading dark matter across the planet. Have them prepared for the procedure. I'm sure the knights aren't too far behind me. And with the raptor here, we'll have a distraction for Bravenwolf's Wolf. Nightmare! Venomark! Triascus! You all will hold off the knights while I prepare the soldiers with the maintenance. Once they're ready I'll send them out for the plan to commence. Don't let them past you. With half of the Corrupted army gone, the knights will have a slight advantage. Don't let them pass until the time is right!"

"Yes sire!"

The three generals then marched off. While Dante put his helmet back on and walked to the center of the city. 'You may have stopped me on Quarton knights. But victory will still be mine!'

At the tower, the citizens began to gather around while Nash and White regrouped. Nash said, "It looks like the tower has enough power to keep the brickification from affecting this part of the city. But it won't last forever. My guess is that it will last for a few hours. Any word on the knights?"

"Boreas has contacted me and reported that the knights have managed the to regain their elemental modes and are currently on their way here. They should be arriving any moment now and have also gained the ability to use their forms as tenkai forms as armor here on Earth."

Soon after he said this, a bright light began to form as everyone began to back away.

The light began to die down and Nash and White saw it was knights in their earth based armor.

After the light died out completely, the knights met with Nash and White. Nash said, "Glad to have you back guys."

They all removed their helmets as Sally said, "Glad to be back. So what's the four-one?"

White said, "We've managed to generate a shield around an area large enough to gather the all of the citizens. However, while the shield will protect them from brickification, it won't keep the Corrupted out and it will only last for a few hours."

Nash said, "And from what we've heard Devastus has taken half of the Corrupted army for what we believed for his next plan while his generals lead the rest of them here to destroy the shield. If they reach this shield, they'll be able to destroy it and cause entire spreading of the brickification." Guren replaced his helmet and said, "Beaug! Arangor! I'll stay behind with you to hold off the Corrupted and the generals. The rest of you head out to stop Devastus. I'll join you as soon as Granox and Slyger arrive."

Beni said, "But Guren."

"We don't have a choice. Go. I'll be alright."

Beni hesitated but nodded and put her helmet on. "Let's go guys!"

Everyone nodded and replaced their helmets before taking off.

With Devastus, he had gathered his soldiers into three large groups as his hands began to glow with dark matter. "Prepare yourselves my soldiers."

He fired three blasts that spread to all three groups.

"Devastus!"

The knights landed as Venetta said, "It ends here Devastus. The fighting and pain stops!"

The evil knight chuckled as he said, "For once, I agree with you little sister. This will end here!"

After he said this, in a flash of light, where the Corrupted once stood were three gigantic colossal giants of fused Corrupted soldiers. Devastus turned to the knights and said, "Once these three spread to their target areas, they'll detonate to spread and infect the entire planet with dark matter. This will give me complete control of the planet and remake it in my image!"

Dromus said, "We won't let that happen!"

Devastus said, "You don't have a choice. Giants move!"

The three giants activated their boosters and took off.

"And just to make sure you don't interfere. Devastus: Chaos Titan Mode! Engage!"

Devastus began to glow as larger versions of his armor appeared around him. Each one covered of his basic armor and began to merge with it. A larger version of his helmet covered his basic helmet as a larger version of his double blade appeared in his hand. (Think of it like the Hulkbuster armor in Age Of Ultron.) "For victory!"

He landed in front of the knights before Venetta turned to her friends and said, "Let's even this out a little guys. Venetta: Tenkai Plasma Web Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Tributon: Tenkai Iceblast Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Valorn: Tenkai Terrablast Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Lydendor: Tenkai Lightning Strike Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Dromus: Tenkai Whirlwind Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Hydrona: Tenkai Sea Spike Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Vixen: Tenkai Stealth Claw Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Soara: Tenkai Sky Slash Titan Mode! Engage!"

"Fluttira: Tenkai Natural Bluster Titan Mode! Engage!"

They transformed in the same way as Devastus as did. Venetta looked to her team and said, "I'll hold him off while you guys stop those things."

Suddenly a blast struck Devastus and pushed him back. The knights turned to see Bravenwolf, who was also in titan mode, land in front of them. He turned to his team as he gripped his sword. "Scratch that order guys! Now that Granox and Slyger are here to help Beaug and Arangor hold off the Corrupted, you guys go after the giants and I'll hold off Devastus."

The team nodded and flew off to follow the giants while Bravenwolf and Devastus clashed their weapons. Bravenwolf said, "You won't get away with this Devastus."

"We shall see about that Bravenwolf."

Back with the team, in groups of three, they followed the giants as they flew across the city. Tributon, Valorn, and Lydendor in one group. Soara, Fluttira, and Vixen in another. And Venetta, Dromus, and Hydrona in the final group. Tributon asked, "Has anyone thought about how we stop these things?"

On their communicators, White said, "Knights! We've managed to find a way for you to stop those giants. If you can strike them each with a blast powerful enough of at least three elemental titan attacks with however much power you have. It should destroy them. And if you can get Devastus close to one of them, the explosion should drain him of his powers. And if that happens, Devastus' generals will be destroyed along with the Corrupted and the Tenkai Raptor."

Venetta said, "Good to hear. You get that Bravenwolf?"

"Sure did. I'll drive him to the one your group is going after. Just don't let it out of the city." "You heard him guys."

Back with Bravenwolf, he and Devastus were flying toward Venetta's group as their fight began to become more intense. They repeatedly clashed swords until finally they reached the group where Bravenwolf kicked him into the giant. Bravenwolf turned to his team and said, "Alright everyone. All together!"

Group one. "Tenkai Titan Iceblast! GO!"

"Tenkai Titan Terrablast! GO!"

"Tenkai Titan Lightning Strike! GO!"

Group two. "Tenkai Titan Sky Slash! GO!"

"Tenkai Titan Stealth Claw! GO!"

"Tenkai Titan Natural Buster! GO!"

And finally, group three. "Tenkai Titan Firestorm! GO!"

"Tenkai Titan Plasma Web! GO!"

"Tenkai Titan Sea Spike! GO!"

"Tenkai Titan Whirlwind! GO!"

All the attacks struck the giants and reverted the knights out of their titan modes. The attack knocked Devastus into one of his giants as he was knocked out of titan mode. The power began to build up in the giants, Bravenwolf turned to his group and said, "Let's get out of here before it blows."

They all turned to leave when something grabbed Bravenwolf's leg. Devastus was clutching his leg as he said, "If I go down, I'm taking one of you with me."

Before any of the others could react, the giants exploded with the blast covering Devastus and Bravenwolf and pushing the rest of them back towards the ground.

Meanwhile on the ground, Nightmare, Venomark, Triascus, the Tenkai Raptor, and the Corrupted soldiers all began to shut down. The people of the city began to cheer as Nash said, "Well done knights!"

With said knights, after they regained their energy, they all regrouped and headed to the wreckage of the that took out Bravenwolf.

Beni removed her helmet and fell to her knees as tears began to stream down her cheeks. "No. Guren. Please don't be gone."

They then heard a rumbling noise and looked up to see some rubble being moved to show Guren stand up with his armor damaged. Beni rose to her feet with a smile on her face. "GUREN!"

They all ran toward him with Beni reaching him first and bringing him into a tight hug. "Dante? Is he?"

Guren pulled back with a solemn look. "I'm sorry Beni. All I found was this." He pulled out what appeared to be Dante's corebrick. "I tried to save him. But he just refused to let me help him."

Beni just stared at the brick before saying, "It's okay Guren. It wasn't your fault."

Later they all met up with the guardians, Slyger, Granox, Beaug, Arangor, Nash, and White. Arangor said, "I just recieved word that Master Scorpidon has been revived. We cannot thank you enough knights."

Boreas held Dante's brick as he said, "We have trapped Vilius' power into this brick and when we return to Quarton we will have the Tenkai Wolf guard it as it did with Vilius."

Toxsa turned to Slyger and Granox. "Now that this is all over, what will you guys do now?"

Granox said, "We've decided to help restore Quarton."

Slyger said, "We believe only then will we have earned redemption."

Diana said, "Well we wish you guys the best of luck."

Serena said, "And don't hesitate to visit."

With that, the Corekai, Beast Warriors, Guardians, Slyger, and Granox all vanished.

Ceylan then stepped in front of the group and said, "Now that that's over, I say there's only one thing left to do."

Later that night, there was one word that everyone chanted.

"PARTY!"

Everyone met up at the football field and were having fun.

Chooki, Sally, and some other people were having some fun playing football with some of the other school students.

Toxsa, Diana, Wakamei, and Gen were helping the Daltons prepare food for all of the guests.

Ceylan and Serena were helping the Jones help anyone who was injured.

And finally Guren was standing out by the near by sea as he thought, 'It's over. All over.'

"Hey."

Guren turned to see Beni walk up beside him to stare at the ocean. "We did. We beat my brother. And now we know he'll never hurt anyone again."

Guren then said, "Beni? There's something I need to tell you. I-. You-. I just-."

The red haired teen blushed when he felt Beni's finger on his lips. She turned to him with a smile as she asked, "Guren? Will you just shut up and kiss me?"

Guren smiled before the two moved closer together and brought their lips together. Beni wrapped her arms around his neck while he wrapped his around her waist. They enjoyed their moment until their lungs begged for air.

They pulled apart and stared deeply into each others' eyes sharing smiles.

"I love you Guren."

"I love you too Beni."

They then wrapped each other in a tight hug as the moon shined on the happy new couple.

The End.