At the Bellezza Canopy, Masque hovered around inside the massive regal atrium and looked down to find a small dose of fluid darker blue gel substance lying on the floor. Masque grabbed the substance into a small tall-form beaker and phased herself out of the atrium.
As Masque phased inside an underground chamber, she poured the substance from a small tall-form beaker on the pentagram next to the deceased Rahzar. Tiger Claw and Tigress stood on the rising podium.
"Kavaxas, with this, the Seal of the Ancients, I command you! Raise Chris Bradford and Scarlett von Lake, our fallen comrades." Tiger Claw ordered as he held up the seal in his hand.
"Very well, master." Kavaxas said.
Kavaxas opened his wings and flew above the deceased mutants. He lifted his hand up in bright green light and the pentagram started to levitate the deceased mutants in the air, restoring Galva and Rahzar successfully back to life.
"I live!" Rahzar and Galva shouted.
"Behold the power of life! The power to bring back our leaders." Tiger Claw declared.
"I do not have all I need to raise your precious Shredder and Shade yet." Kavaxas informed. "Two things remain; their hearts, through which new life can flow, and both his lost helmet, the Kuro Kabuto, and her mask Kuraun which holds their mental energy."
"Then it is essential we recover them." Tigress said to Tiger Claw.
"Bradford, Xever, find the Kuro Kabuto and bring it to me." Tiger Claw ordered Rahzar and Fishface.
"Scarlett, Sapphire, find and bring the Kuraun back." Tigress ordered Galva and Masque.
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At the Crete Fortress, Ariana was typing on her computer inside her lab while reading a book at the same time. She was trying to find information about Demodragons and the Four Dragoness. Ezra, Norbit, and Nixie were looking through the spell books in order to find something useful.
That's when Kirana stepped into the lab to check on the purple mage kunoichi and teal mage ninja.
"Hey, guys, how's it going?" Kirana asked.
"It's going fine." Ariana replied. "April gave me a book that's got some stuff on the Four Dragoness and the Demodragons she found at Ray's Occult Book Shop, but I'm looking for my sources on the internet."
"We've been looking up all the spells that can harm Kavaxas." Nixie said. "Bruce gave me copies of the pages from his studies."
"We just need the right ingredients for each one." Ezra added.
"Well, if you find any info, we'll be ready soon." Kirana said as she crossed her arms over her chest. "It's like mother said, we have to be diligent."
Then, Camilla and Talia walked inside the lab.
"Yeah, especially now that Tigress is out there with Tiger Claw and Kavaxas." Camilla said.
"Hey, guys, the motion sensors are picking up a couple of mage mutants." Ariana informed. "They are heading towards Shade's old lair."
"Better check it out." Kirana said. She turned to Camilla and Talia. "Camilla, take Talia and go track the signal."
"Do we have to be on patrol duty?" Camilla complained.
"Quit complaining and do it." Kirana said with a glare.
"We need to find out what they're planing." Ezra added.
"Look, just because you're the sensei of the clan now doesn't mean you have to get in my...!" Camilla snapped.
Kirana swiftly moved behind Camilla and poked one of Camilla's pressure points on her neck, causing the red mage kunoichi to fall straight to the ground with a paralyzed, twitching look on her face. Nixie, Norbit, Ezra, Talia, and Ariana looked at the blue mage kunoichi in shock.
"Alright, fine. C'mon, Talia." Camilla groaned as she got up from the floor.
"Remember, only use stealth and recon." Kirana said.
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Outside, Kabocha was travelling on the rooftops in the air while surrounding Kuro and Gumko with its tentacles in fast speed. She saw one Shadow Ninja heading into a car and drove away to the street, making the pumpkin creature follow the vehicle until she finally tracked down the car entering the warehouse. Kabocha released Kuro and Gumko on the rooftop ledge as she landed on her tentacles behind them.
"Well, look what we got here." Gumko said, pointing his finger down at the warehouse. "It's not easy keeping those fools in line these days."
"That's why they need strong leaders to guide them on rebuilding the Shadow Clan." Kuro said with a hardcore look on his face. "They're waiting on who they can mess with."
Kuro, Gumko, and Kabocha quietly snuck into the warehouse, where they saw the Shadow Ninjas talking to each other while surrounding the car. When Kuro, Gumko, and Kabocha stepped into the spotlight, the Shadow Ninjas got into their fighting stances.
"Well then, where do you traitors want me to break first?" Kuro called out.
"You are not worthy to be our master of the Shadow Clan." One Shadow Ninja spoke.
Kuro narrowed his eyes and jumped high in the air as he extended his hand forward and created a multitude of fists composed of dark energy to attack the Shadow Droids. Gumko thrusted his hands forward and shot numerous pumpkin orbs that surrounded the Shadow Ninjas, causing the pumpkins to explode that knocked the mage kunoichis down to the ground. Kabocha released her vine-like appendages to strike at the Shadow Ninjas one by one. Gumko and Kabocha walked over to Kuro as they stared at the downed Shadow Ninjas lying unconscious on the floor.
"They're not worthy of the Shadow Clan material." Kuro commented.
Suddenly, Kuro gasped sharply when he felt a pink aura hiding in the shadows.
"Someone's here." Kuro said.
Kuro, Gumko, and Kabocha came together in a defensive huddle as they looked around to the darkness.
"Bring it on and I'll blow them up." Gumko smirked.
Kuro closed his eyes and concentrated on the pink aura moving swiftly throughout the darkness.
"This aura feels very familiar." Kuro said to Gumko. His eyes quickly widened wide in shock. "Oh no."
Suddenly, Gumko and Kabocha got hit to the ground by a large pink energy beam.
"Gumko! Kabocha!" Kuro shouted.
Kuro looked around to see the attacker stepping into the light that made him growl under his breath. The attacker was a female teenage mage. She had a curvy yet athletic build with tan skin, bob-cut platinum-blonde hair, deep periwinkle eyes, glossy red lips, and thick dark lashes varnished in mascara. She wore a thigh-length strapless light pink glittery leotard under a bell sleeved brilliant red bolero, white-and-pink-striped leggings, and hot pink wedged heeled boots. She also held a giant pink metallic lollipop-shaped staff in her hand.
"Konnichiwa, Kuro." A female mage greeted with a cocky smile.
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Meanwhile, Camilla and Talia raced across the rooftops with enhanced jumps as they were trying to find the mage mutants heading to Shade's old lair.
"You know you shouldn't have snapped at Kirana like that, Camilla." Talia said. "She's just doing her job as the leader of the team and the entire Magnolia Clan."
"I know." Camilla said with a sympathetic face. "She misses our mother deeply. Being sensei has been really hard on her and losing another parent is hard for Ezra."
Camilla and Talia stopped on the next rooftop as they stood the rooftop ledge to see Masque and Galva on the rooftop of Shade's old lair.
"No way!" Talia gasped shockingly. "How did Masque become tangible and how did Galva come back from the dead?"
"I don't know." Camilla said with wide, surprising eyes. "I thought Masque was destroyed when I broke her belt and you told me that Mala use the injecting vial to dissolve Galva.
"So, what do we do?" Talia asked.
"Let's find out what they're looking for." Camilla replied.
With that, Talia and Camilla sped forward across the rooftops. They climbed to the rooftop of Shade's old lair and landed on their feet on the ground as they silently hid behind the marble brick pillar to hear the conservation.
"I can't believe Tigress sent us on a search party." Masque said with an irritated sigh. "Why does she want Shade's mask anyway?"
"Are you serious?" Galva said. "The Kuraun is the symbol of honor for the Shadow Clan. It's more than a mere mask. It has more power than you ever imagine."
Then, Camilla and Talia hopped out of their hiding spot to confront the mage mutants.
"Ahh! Hey freakshow! Great timing." Camilla smirked. "Because we're just dying to break you two apart."
"I'm gonna enjoy round two!" Galva said sinisterly.
Galva charged forward to attack Talia with her giant fists and Masque fired rapid ghost white energy blasts at Camilla. Talia managed to dodge Galva's fists and began swinging blades of orange psychic energy at Galva in fast succession, sending the goo mage mutant to roll on the floor with a grunt. Masque then shot out many explosive ghost white energy rings at the red mage kunoichi. But Camilla dodged each incoming explosive energy rings and fired a large red bullet-esque sphere of psychic energy towards Masque that knocked her back to Galva.
"Whatever's here must be pretty important." Camilla said. "Come on, spill it. What does Kavaxas want Shade's mask anyway?"
"Glad you asked." Masque replied. "He's going to help bring Shade back to like just like he did to Scarlett."
"With the Kuraun, Lady Shade will walk the Earth once more!" Galva declared.
Camilla and Talia gasped in shock.
"But sadly, you won't be around to witness it." Galva said.
Galva and Masque then lunged forward to attack the mage kunoichis, but they got attacked to the ground by a powerful green blast of energy. Camilla and Talia looked at the source of that attack to see two mysterious figures dropped down to the ground in between them and the downed mage mutants. One was a nineteen-year-old boy. He had a thin, muscular body with an angular face, light brown skin, long wild black hair, and ocean blue eyes. He wore a long black hooded jacket with red flames and blue lines on his sleeves over a white tank top underneath a red T-shirt with a wide collar, black baggy pants, a pair of black gloves with a blue shell on the backs of the hands, and black boots with silver steel-toed. He also has a long red scar on his left eye and a red shaped fang under his right eye. Another was a beautifully teenaged girl with fair skin and green eyes. Her long pale green hair was tied into a ponytail with a yellow ribbon tied on the back of her head and bangs part in the middle. She wore a dark grayish coat with short sleeves over a black leather top with the zip in the middle, skinny black leather trousers, and pointed black boot shoes with matching gloves.
"I've been looking for you. You're the Four Dragoness." The mysterious boy spoke as he turned to face Camilla and Talia. "My name is Zackery Masayoshi Orion and this is Yami. We're here to help you."
As Masque and Galva was starting to get up from the ground, Talia quickly took out a smoke bomb and threw it to the ground that enveloped the two mage kunoichis and two mysterious figures in a puff of misty black smoke and disappeared out of the mage mutant's sight.
"Who the heck were those two?" Masque said.
"Forget about them. We have to find the Kuraun before they do." Galva said.
With that, Galva and Masque ran off to pursue their mission.
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Back in the warehouse, Kuro and the female mage kunoichi stared at each other with intense faces.
"Mika!" Kuro exclaimed. "You may have stolen my Shadow Soldiers. But your sneaky attacks are almost as amusing as your stick."
Kuro charged forward and fired numerous spheres of dark energy continuously at Mika from his hands. Mika jumped into the air and created multiple pink orbs to appear all around her staff as she then fired a beam of pink energy from each orb at the mage ninja. Kuro swiped his hand and fired multiple rays of yellow light towards the staff-wielding mage kunoichi. Mika moved away from Kuro's attack and slashed the air to release a pink crescent blade of energy from her staff at him. Kuro jumped above Mika and landed behind her for a strike, but Mika created a glowing pink ball of energy from her staff and fired it at the mage ninja. Kuro growled and morphed himself into his wolf mutant form as he unleashed a rapid-fire combo of slashes at Mika.
"So, the rumors are true!" Mika exclaimed as she dodged Kuro's violent claw slashes and blocked them with her staff. "You've become an untamed freak!"
Mika created a pink globe of swirling energy from her staff and fired off a barrage of pink diamonds from it at Kuro, that sent him to crash towards a pole on the ground.
"I'll put an end to your reign right now." Mika said.
Mika aimed her staff at the downed Kuro and prepared to finish him off, but Gumko came in front of Mika and swiftly threw ten pumpkin orbs to surround the staff-wielding mage kunoichi in an explosion one by one. Mika protected herself from the bombs with a transparent pink force field and looked around to realize that the two mage ninjas are gone. Mika turned around to watch all of the Shadow Ninjas getting up from the ground.
"Shadow Ninjas, I've got a mission for you." Mika spoke firmly. "We have to track the Kuraun for now. We can worry about the traitors later."
Kabocha was soaring on the rooftops in the air while surrounding Kuro and Gumko with her tentacles in fast speed until she released them on the rooftop ground.
"That Mika is a cunning one, Kuro." Gumko said. "If she's after the Kuraun, we're gonna need help to defeat her."
"And I know just the right help we'll need." Kuro said.
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Back at the Crete Fortress, Kirana was waiting for Camilla and Talia to return from their mission as Ariana, Ezra, Norbit, and Nixie sat on the couch and looked down on her touchscreen pad in thought.
"Okay, since only Camilla and I can transform into our pre-Dragoness form, I believe we can have an excellent advantage to take his weak spot." Ariana explained.
"We'll discuss more when Camilla and Talia get back to make our next move." Kirana said.
"You're pretty good at bossing your team around."
Kirana, Ariana, Ezra, Norbit, and Nixie turned to see Kuro, Gumko, and Kabocha standing at the fortress entrance.
"Kuro!" Kirana exclaimed with a smile.
"I need your help." Kuro said. "Someone from Japan is trying to take over the Shadow Clan by going after the Kuraun."
"Wait, why would the bad guys want to fight over Shade's mask anyway?" Ariana asked.
"Oh, trust me, the reason why is gonna freak you out." Camilla spoke as she walked inside the living room with Talia, Zack, and Yami.
Kirana, Ariana, Ezra, Norbit, Nixie, Kuro, Gumko, and Kabocha got into their fighting stances.
"Guys, it's okay." Talia said calmly. "They're cool. They saved us from Masque and Galva."
Kirana waved her hand in front of her to sense Zack and Yami's auras.
"Talia's right. Their auras are pure." Kirana said to Ariana, Ezra, Norbit, Nixie, Kuro, Gumko, and Kabocha.
"Galva and Masque are going after that Kuraun, and we know why." Camilla said.
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Everyone gathered together into the kitchen when Camilla and Talia told them Galva and Masque's mission.
"Say what?" Kuro exclaimed in shock. "You mean to tell me that they're going to use the Kuraun to bring Shade back from the dead and you four girls are the reincarnations of the Four Dragoness?"
"Yeah, we had a hard time on believing that whole Four Dragoness reborn story too." Talia said. "It's a lot to take in, but we'll get used to it."
"Especially now that we're dealing with a dragon lord from the underworld." Ariana added.
"And your tiger enemy who wants to bring her back." Nixie noted.
"So, what's your story?" Kuro asked Zack and Yami. "I did felt a mutant aura on one of you."
"Well, I used to be a normal human being. My dad was a trained master of marital arts and hand to hand combat while my mom was a former Necromancer kunoichi known as the spectre mage." Zack explained.
"Wait, is your mother's name Akaru by any chance?" Kirana asked.
"Yes." Zack replied with a nod.
"My mother was friends with her years ago." Kirana said. "Her mystical arts of demonic magic were legendary to the Magnolia Clan."
"Well, now I lost my parents when a strange portal came at the backyard of my house." Zack continued. "The Kraang destroyed them and kidnapped me to their dimension, where they experimented on me as a lab rat. I was slowly losing my life until the Kraang carried my dead body into the bathing pit of ecto-energy, transforming me into the mutant I am today.
"And that's where he met me." Yami spoke. "I was created as artificial humanoid to mimic human emotions too closely as the Kraang's perfect servant. But I was able to display a free will of my own and started disobeying orders from the Kraang, they wanted to destroy me. But Zack saved my life and we escaped to Earth on our own."
"Then, how do you know about the Four Dragoness?" Talia asked.
"Through the Kraang database." Yami replied. "They were well-aware of your existence when they planned to use you all for their invasion on the planet. We're just glad to see their plan fail after your escape."
"Well, any enemy of the Kraang is a friend to us." Talia said with a bright smile.
"Could Mika be working with Tigress?" Kirana asked.
"Doubt it." Kuro answered. "Mika wants to believe that she's the new Shade."
"But we must keep her from getting the Kuraun, so the Shadow won't side with her as its deserved leader." Gumko said.
"And you can be their leader again." Ezra said.
"Here's one thing I don't understand. Why not just give up on the Shadow after everything Shade put you through with her lies?" Camilla questioned.
"Shade was the evil clan leader that raised you." Norbit added.
"I wish it was not that easy, Norbit. But I can't." Kuro replied. "Just like our mother, I want to rebuild the Shadow Clan with duty and honor. If Mika's coming after all of us, we have no choice but to take her down."
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Meanwhile, Galva and Masque stood on the ledge of the building rooftop on their search for the Kuraun. They unexpectedly spotted Mika and the Shadow Ninjas on a building rooftop across from them.
"I don't know what those Shadow Ninjas are doing, but there's something familiar about that person with them." Galva said.
"Let us greet them." Masque said with a sly smile.
Galva and Masque sprang high in the air and landed on their feet on the rooftop ground, where the Shadow Ninjas vanished out of sight when Mika gestured them to let her fight them alone.
Masque charged forward to attack Mika with ghost white energy blasts, but Mika fired a large sphere of pink flames with two rings surrounding it from her staff to hit Masque in a violent explosion that easily overpowered the ghost mage mutant. Galva recognized Mika's fighting style and weapon that caught her attention in realization.
"Mika? I'm surprised you've come all the way here from Japan." Galva gasped sharply.
"Hello, Scarlet von Lake." Mika grinned. "I bet you're looking for the Kuraun as well, but it's in my possession."
"You've had it all along?" Galva said. "You and I both know that the Kuraun is worthy only of Shade."
"And that's why I'm here. To carry on Shade's legacy and make the Shadow great once again. I'm offering you to join me at my side." Mika offered. "Remember, you swore an oath to the Shadow just like me, Scarlet. Don't forget it."
With that, Mika vanished out of sight that made Galva question about her loyalty to Tigress and Mika's offering words.
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Outside, Kirana drove the Sonicruiser through the streets and parked the vehicle into the alleyway.
"Is this the place?" Kirana asked, pointing her finger at the safe house on the view screen.
"That's the place. Only a few Shadow safe houses I know." Kuro answered. "If Mika has the Kuraun, we get in and grab it quickly."
"Talia, you're with me, Kuro, and Gumko." Kirana ordered.
"Oh, yes!" Gumko exclaimed.
"Oh, boy." Talia smiled as she rolled her eyes.
"But remember, Galva and Masque are still out there." Kirana said. "The rest of you hang here to cover us on lookout."
"We'll keep watch from the roof." Ezra said before he turned to Nixie. "Come on, Nixie."
Ezra began to climb up on the roof and Nixie chuckled before she climbed up with Ezra.
As Kirana and Kuro ran off to the safe house, Talia and Gumko spotted two Shadow Ninjas confronting Mikey and Shinigami. They both grinned at each other and took down the two Shadow Ninjas with hand-to-hand combat. Talia, Gumko, Mikey, and Shinigami nodded their heads with smiles on their faces. They came together to the fuse box and Shinigami turned off all the switches to the safe house.
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When Kirana and Kuro snuck inside the safe house stealthily, they took out all the Shadow Ninjas and silently sensed Leo's and Karai's aura across from them. Leo and Karai saw the two mages as they signaled them hand gestures to prepare for a sneak attack. Kirana and Kuro nodded their heads as they looked down to see Mika walking inside the main room next to Tatsu.
"Tatsu, good to see you." Mika greeted with a smile.
"Mika." Tatsu said. "You're right on time. I see you have achieved your objective."
Mika held the mutated form of the Kuraun in her hands and Tatsu held the mutated form of the Kuro Kabuto. Leo, Karai, Kirana, and Kuro could see that the helmet and the mask got separated after Lady Shredder was unfused by Lila's strike.
"At last, the Kuro Kabuto and the Kuraun." Tatsu declared. "Now we'll claim our rightful place as true leaders of the Foot and the Shadow Clan."
"This will be quite a party." Mika grinned.
Tatsu put the Kuro Kabuto and the Kuraun in a case and closed it shut. Leo, Karai, Kirana, and Kuro looked up at each other as they nodded their heads in preparation. They all jumped down and prepared to finish them off, but Tatsu took out his sword to knock Leo and Karai back while Mika unleashed a wave of pink energy that exploded and sent Kirana and Kuro flying to the ground.
Tatsu and Mika turned around to see Gumko, Shinigami, Talia, and Mikey trying to get the helmet and the mask out of the case. But the quartet noticed Tatsu and Mika looking at them, making Mikey and Shinigami pull out their weapons while Talia and Gumko summon their magic in their fighting stances.
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Back at the Sonicruiser, Camilla and Yami were playing a card game on top of the vehicle. Norbit, Zack, and Kabocha were getting along with each other behind Camilla. And Ariana was reading a fashion magazine behind Yami. Ezra and Nixie gazed around the streets in search of anything suspicious.
"Nothing here yet." Nixie said.
"We gotta keep our eyes peeled." Ezra noted. "They're sneaky and everywhere."
"Hmm." Nixie said with a small nod. "So, let me recap your story to get it right. Your enemy, Tigress, is wanting to resurrect her master, Lady Shade, back from the dead and that master happens to also be the woman that killed your mom?"
"Well, Sage has been killed before and manages to come back, but this time it's for real." Ezra recalled.
"But, she didn't kill your dad, right?" Nixie asked, with concern.
"Oh no, no." Ezra replied as he shook his head. "He disappeared. Nobody knows what happened to him, but Sage used her magic a while back to show me what really happened. He hid me in a box and the Kraang killed him in a different alley."
"Oh, I'm so sorry." Nixie said with a small frown. "To be honest, I don't have a clue about what happened to mine. They went out for a drive and never came back. I don't know if it was a problem with them or me."
"I'm sorry, Nixie." Ezra said as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
"It's okay." Nixie assured with a small smile. "Ever since then, I've been teaching myself magic and going to places with Bruce."
"You know, you and Bruce would make a nice pair." Ezra joked with a wink.
"Oh, har har." Nixie teased with a smile.
Ariana's eyes suddenly wide open when rapid shockwaves began travelling up her body towards her brain.
"Guys, we've got company!" Ariana cried to the others.
Ariana, Yami, Camilla, Zack, Ezra, Norbit, Nixie, and Kabocha got up into their fighting stances when a squad of Shadow Ninjas came into the scene as they surrounded the Sonicruiser in a circle. Ariana telekinetically summoned numerous purple orbs of psychic energy to surround her and then launched them in different directions at the Shadow Ninjas one by one. Zack slowly generated a strong green electric shock and released ecto-energy in the form of electric energy that knocked out the Shadow Ninjas coming in his direction. Yami channeled her magnetic energies into the ground and released a series of violet powerful energy columns that knocked the Shadow Ninjas away from her with great force. Camilla crouched herself down for a second and launched herself to unleash a sudden barrage of red psychic energy bolts to hit the Shadow Ninjas in low and high directions. Ezra fired several teal energy balls at incoming Shadow Ninjas while Norbit launched five mini rockets at a herd of Shadow Ninjas and Nixie fired navy blue bolts at the other herd of Shadow Ninjas. Kabocha performed two hit flailing moves with her tentacles in a lifting dance spin that sent the Shadow Ninjas hard to the ground.
"You ready, Camilla?" Ariana asked Camilla.
"Let's have some real fun." Camilla said with a grin.
A large blazing purple energy ring extended from the center of Ariana's body and a large blazing red energy ring extended from the center of Camilla's body. Both rings swept in opposite directions vertically across their bodies, transforming them into their Pre-Dragoness forms. Camilla and Ariana nodded their heads as they attacked through the Shadow Ninjas with their psychic energy magic.
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Back in the safe house, Leo charged forward to attack Tatsu with his katana swords, but Tatsu knocked him down to the ground. Karai charged next with her tanto sword, but Tatsu knocked her down to the ground next to Leo. Shinigami sped forward to strike with her kusarigama chain, but Tatsu poked one of her pressure points that knocked her down easily. Mikey ran forward to swing his nunchuck, but Tatsu threw him down next to Shinigami. Kirana charged forward to attack Mika with her psychic energy magic, but Mika fired a pink massive beam of energy from her staff that knocked her down to the ground. Kuro charged next with his light and dark magic, but Mika's staff glowed bright pink and fired a pink energy beam that hit him to the ground next to Kirana. Gumko sped forward to strike with his pumpkin bombs, but Mika slammed her staff down into the ground and unleashed bright pink energy waves that knocked him down easily. Talia ran forward to blast her psychic energy magic, but Mika released a powerful pink flame from her staff that threw her straight to the wall.
Karai got up and used her tanto sword to slice Tatsu's mask off that revealed his white blinded eyes.
"Foolish gambit!" Tatsu shouted with a chuckle.
"Tatsu is blind?" Leo asked in shock.
"I did not see that coming." Kirana and Mika said together with wide eyes.
"Don't you know I can hear you coming a mile away?" Tatsu responded.
Tatsu clashed his sword with Karai's tanto sword.
"You couldn't defeat me yourself, so you employed your freaks to fight me, yes?" Tatsu asked.
"What's he talking about, Karai?" Leo demanded.
"Did my old student not tell you the story of poor Hattori Tatsu?" Tatsu questioned.
Tatsu charged forward to attack Karai again with his sword. Karai held the knife in her hand and jumped up in the air to clash her swords with Tatsu's sword as she rolled to the ground and threw her shuriken in the air.
"I was born blind, but with an acute sense of hearing." Tatsu explained. "They say it gave me a sixth sense."
Tatsu swiftly backed away from the shuriken as he landed on the floor with Karai. He turned to his left and clashed his sword with Karai's tanto sword again.
"Plan Blackout was definitely not the way to go, dudes." Mikey spoke as he got up from the floor.
"Yeah, you think?" Talia asked as she helped Shinigami and Gumko up from the floor.
"Shredder recognized this as a skill when all others mocked me. I used that prejudice in my favor until I became Shredder's right hand." Tatsu continued as he kept blocking his sword with Karai's tanto sword again. "The Blind Swordsman."
Tatsu then punched Karai's face to the ground.
"When this brat recruited Foot soldiers of her own, they attempted to eliminate me." Tatsu said.
"You did what?" Leo and Kirana asked Karai in shock.
Karai stood back up in her feet and ignored her friends' question.
"Tatsu, I was arrogant, but they have nothing to do with that." Karai said.
"Do not insult me with your platitudes, girl!" Tatsu yelled. "Your friends will share your fate."
Mikey swung his nunchucks at Tatsu, who was able to knock the weapon away with his sword. Shinigami threw her kusarigama chain at Tatsu, but he dodged that attack and clashed his sword with Leo's katana swords when the mutant turtle ran up to him.
"I expected more from the students of the great Splinter." Tatsu insulted.
Tatsu knocked Leo back with rapid few punches, sending him roll onto the floor and look up at Tatsu with an angry face. Kirana constructed two blue katana blades made of psychic energy and sped forward to clash them against Tatsu's sword.
"You look as beautiful as your mother." Tatsu said. "I did admire her beauty and her expert knowledge in magic."
Tatsu knocked Kirana back with a strong kick, sending her roll onto the floor towards Leo.
Shinigami and Mikey threw their chains together at Tatsu, who grabbed the ends of the kusarigama chains. He pulled them and kicked them in the air, leading Mikey and Shinigami straight into the water behind him. Karai's eyes widened wide in shock when she saw Shinigami floating unconsciously back up on the water.
"Shini, no!" Karai yelled.
Karai charged forward to strike at Tatsu with an angry face, but Tatsu punched her in the face and kicked her in the stomach that knocked her to the ground.
Talia and Gumko threw their magic together at Mika, who sprang high in the air above to avoid the attack. Her staff was surrounded by pink electricity and she fired a sphere of pink energy that hit them with electrical waves, that sent Gumko and Talia to collapse hard on the floor. Kuro's eyes widened wide in shock when he saw Gumko out cold at his sight.
"Gumko!" Kuro shouted.
Kuro charged forward to strike at Mika with a furious face, but Mika formed a sphere of pink electricity from her staff and fired it at Kuro that knocked him to the ground next to Karai. Tatsu walked over to Karai and Kuro as he raised his sword above them.
"Tatsu, wait!" Mika exclaimed. "We are here to claim what you have, not kill them!"
"You're not in position to stop me, witch!" Tatsu snapped. "Korede owarida!"
Suddenly, an explosion near Tatsu made him stop from above. Everyone looked up to see the rest of the teams with their weapons and magic ready.
"Aw, yeah! The cavalry has arrived." Casey spoke.
Casey threw up his explosive puck with his hockey stick at Tatsu and Mika, who immediately dodged out of the way. Tatsu and Mika both ordered some Foot and Shadow soldiers to fight the rest of the heroes.
"Goongala!" Casey cried as he skated past the Foot and Shadow soldiers.
"Watch it, Jones." Camilla said as she and Raph helped Casey take down some Foot and Shadow Ninjas.
Casey turned on his taser from his hockey glove to electrocute Tatsu, who instead grabbed Casey's arm to electrocute him and kicked him down to the ground that left him in pain. Yami charged forward to attack Tatsu with her magic, but Tatsu grabbed the unconscious Casey's arm once again and electrocuted her that made Yami collapse out cold to the floor.
"Casey!" April exclaimed as she helped Karai and Kuro up from the floor.
"Yami!" Zack cried in shock.
Tatsu jumped towards April and Zack, but Donnie stopped him and fought him briefly just when Raph jumped up from behind. Tatsu moved out of the way that made Raph pointing his sai at Donnie. Two mutant turtle brothers looked in surprise before Tatsu came between them and knocked them down with a few blows. Vee summoned her mother's sword and charged forward to attack with a yell, but Tatsu clashed his sword with hers and knocked her back. Mika suddenly jumped into the air and slashed the air to release a pink crescent blade of energy from her staff at Tatsu that made him avoid the attack just by stepping away from his position.
"Mika, you traitorous witch!" Tatsu yelled.
"I joined the Shadow Clan for honor, not power-hungry desire, you blinded fool." Mika said.
Mika charged forward to strike Tatsu with her staff, but Tatsu knocked her away with a swift kick. Ariana stood behind him and fought him with her psychic energy magic as Camilla teleported herself from behind. Tatsu crouched down to the floor, causing Ariana to stop attacking when Camilla halted in front of her. Then, Tatsu came up between them and knocked them to the walls with a split kick. Ezra summoned his father's sword and ran up to attack Tatsu with a yell, but Tatsu grabbed the sword and kicked the teal mage ninja away.
"So, the Four Dragoness have finally returned back to life." Tatsu teased. "Too bad neither of you two are close to your full power."
"It's like fighting Shredder and Shade." Vee complained.
"But he's still blind." Leo said.
Kirana suddenly felt a sudden rush of cold air around and turned to the source of that cold air, making her eye wide in shock and surprise. She stared up at a feminine figure standing right in front of her with a surprising face. It was a tall, beautiful woman with a curvaceous figure staring down at her. The woman had deep-dark blue skin, long bright blue hair tied in a loose French braid, and sapphire blue eyes. She wore a long-sleeved blue leotard with a black hooded cloak and blue knee-length boots with black soles.
"Asteria?" Kirana gasped softly.
"Yes, Kirana. It's me." Asteria spoke. "Your siblings and your friends are in trouble. You must fight Tatsu and win this fight."
"But how?" Kirana asked. "Tatsu can sense anything coming from a mile away with his blinded eyes."
"Just like you with your aura sense." Asteria said. "The Shadow Phoenixes blocked your aura magic before and that's the same way you can beat Tatsu."
Kirana became jolted into thinking for a moment. She looked back at Tatsu with narrow eyes, but she noticed that the spirit of Asteria was gone from her sight. She hurried away and helped Karai and Kuro up on their feet as they nodded their heads at Leo. Kirana took Casey's explosive pucks and threw them to the floor around Tatsu. Karai moved past the explosions that way Tatsu wouldn't able to hear her movement. Tatsu was still able to sense her and yelled loudly as he moved behind and clashed his sword with Karai's tanto sword. Leo and Kuro jumped from behind and poked Tatsu's pressure points on his neck, causing him to lose his senses in the battle. Tatsu screamed in pain while holding his head with his hands. Kirana drew her blue katana sword made of psychic energy and Kuro transformed into his wolf mutant form to extend his razor-sharp claws as they both delivered a quick series of slashes from multiple directions before Leo knocked Tatsu's sword out of his hand with his katana sword and Karai finally defeated Tatsu in her mutant serpent form. Karai slithered forward and prepared to swallow Tatsu whole in rapid speed, but she only showed her whole mouth as a warning to Tatsu that made everyone look at her in surprise. Karai reverted into her normal form along with Kuro as they turned their attention to their clan ninjas.
"Tatsu and Mika were using you, just like the Shredder and Lady Shade, tarnishing the name of the Foot Clan and the Shadow Clan for their own glory." Karai informed.
"But only Mika was able to understand the true meaning of our objective." Kuro continued. "The Foot and the Shadow deserve a noble destiny. One with honor."
"You have my respect, Kuro." Mika said as she knelt one knee down to the floor. "I'm truly sorry for my actions. We've been fierce competitors all our lives and all I want is to make the Shadow Clan honorable once again."
"Well then, welcome back to the Shadow Clan." Kuro said, placing his comforting hand over Mika's shoulder. "As my third-in-command."
Mika looked a bit startled, but she looked at Kuro with a warm smile.
"I'd be honored." Mika said.
"You truly think you two deserve to wield the Kuro Kabuto and the Kuraun?" Tatsu questioned.
"Deserve's got nothing to do with it." Kuro said with a glare.
"Go back to Japan and rot." Karai spat.
With that, Karai and Kuro kicked Tatsu down to the floor.
Suddenly, Rahzar and Tiger Claw arrived into the safe house along with Tigress and Galva.
"Sorry, Mika." Galva said to Mika. "But I can't accept your offer."
"Well, I suddenly now have a change of heart." Mika said with a shrug.
"Tatsu!" Rahzar spoke.
"Bradford, join me!" Tatsu pleaded as he started crawling up to Rahzar.
"The Kuro Kabuto and the Kuraun are worthy only of..." Rahzar said.
That's when Kavaxas broke through the window.
"The Shredder and Lady Shade!" Kavaxas cried.
Kavaxas descended himself down to Tatsu, who gasped at the first appearance of the Demodragon. Everyone watched in shock as Kavaxas grabbed Tatsu's face and started draining his soul, dropping Tatsu dead to the ground. Kavaxas took the Kuro Kabuto and the Kuraun, holding them up in the air as it glowed bright green.
"No! The Kabuto! The Kuraun!" Karai yelled as she was getting held back by Leo, Kirana, and Kuro.
"The power to resurrect Shredder and Shade is ours! Destroy the Turtles and the K-5. Leave no one alive!" Tiger Claw demanded as he flew down on his jetpack and held up the seal in his hand.
"As you command." Kavaxas answered. He turned his attention to Camilla with a smile. "So, Ceto, have you reconsidered my offer to join me as my queen?"
"Not gonna happen, Kavaxas!" Camilla snapped as she placed her hands on her hips.
"Lyssa might be able to aid you, but it won't last long." Kavaxas said. "You will belong to me."
"I wouldn't bet on that."
Everyone turned their attention to the source of that voice and it belonged to Kirana! They all knew that her voice was accompanied by a mature feminine voice, knowing that the spirit of Asteria has awaken. As Kirana was lifted high into the air, glowing bluish-white sparkles began to form around her, changing her into a totally different person. Her eyes turned bright blue and her black hair was tied up in a bun with metallic blue hairsticks. She suddenly wore a short form-fitting blue dress with long spiked black sleeves and knee-length slits at the sides along with black patent leggings and knee-high dark blue boots. She also had a dark blue spade symbol on the right side of her face.
Everyone became simply stunned by Kirana's transformation.
"Another one?" Tigress gasped in surprise.
"If you want Ceto, you will have to go through me and Lyssa first." Asteria spoke firmly.
"Ceto may not join me as my queen now, but in time she will. I will seek to it." Kavaxas said with a glare.
Kavaxas unleashed powerful stream of green flames at the heroes, but April used her psychic powers to create a shield that protected her friends. Ariana, Camilla, and Kirana joined April to create a transparent colorful shield that covered everyone inside. Then, Kavaxas escaped his way through the broken window along with Tiger Claw, Tigress, Rahzar, and Galva.
"Thanks, girls. I thought we were toast." Raph said.
"What are we gonna do about these guys?" Vee asked as she saw Casey, Shinigami, Yami, and Gumko unconscious.
"They look badly hurt." Bruce said.
"We gotta get them to a hospital." Donnie said as he was inspecting Shinigami, Gumko, Yami, and Casey on the ground.
"Casey Jones isn't out of it yet." Casey groaned.
"Camilla, Kirana, and I will teleport us there." Ariana said with a sigh.
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Back in the underground cavern, Kavaxas put the Kabuto on the top of various metallic pieces that formed Shredder's body and then placed the Kuraun on the top of various metallic pieces to form Shade's body on top of the pentagram.
"Now only their heart remains." Kavaxas said to Tiger Claw and Tigress.
"Tiger Claw's men and my team are on it." Tigress informed.
"Remember who your master is, Kavaxas." Tiger Claw reminded.
"Indeed." Kavaxas said as he started eyeing on the Seal of the Ancients in Tiger Claw's hand.
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Outside, everyone stood on a building rooftop as they watched Shinigami, Yami, Gumko, and Casey lying on the floor just when the paramedics ran up to them and ready to take them in.
"Shini, Gumko, Yami, and Casey will be all right. They just need to rest." April said to Karai, Zack, and Kuro.
"Guys, we're so sorry." Karai apologized.
"We were ashamed by what we did going after Tatsu. We didn't think he would come back to hurt us." Kuro said as he looked away from his comrades. "Especially after Mika had reformed her mistakes."
"Eh, apology accepted." Zack said with a smile.
"It's alright." Macey assured.
"Indeed." Norbit said.
"We've been there before, Karai." Vee said as she healed Bruce's leg.
"Lots of times." Ezra added as he healed Nixie's arm.
"Splinter and Sage once taught me and Kirana." Leo said as he finished handling Mikey's injuries. "Underestimating your enemy is a deadly weakness, but trusting in your allies is a great strength."
"We're gonna need your help against Kavaxas." Kirana said as she finished healing Talia's injuries with her magic. "Especially when he's after Camilla."
"Whoa, I can't think of anything more frightening than Shredder and Shade coming back to life." Donnie said nervously.
"You and me both, Donnie." Ariana agreed.
"And you said he's the most dangerous threat you've ever faced?" Bruce asked Vee.
"And you said she's the dangerous, most darkest woman in the world?" Nixie asked Ezra.
Vee and Ezra both nodded for Bruce and Nixie's response.
"That's why we can't let that happen." Camilla said.
"We have to stop Tiger Claw, Tigress, and Kavaxas once and for all!" Raph declared.
Raph held his hand out and everyone put their hands on top of his hand, including Kuro and Karai.