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      The van seemed practically empty as it bounced down the drive toward the Heighton View Gym. Only Ele, Wufei, Mateo, and Blue sat in the seats- the other bishonen had willingly returned to their balls to avoid the situation of overcrowding and fights over who got to sit where. Blue wanted to return home one last time to take her Kaizer and whichever other bishie or shoujo was up to the task.
       "Can you put that damn thing out?" Wufei hissed to Mateo as the blond flicked his cigarette in to an ashtray that was permanently mounted on the back of the driver's seat.
       "Non." Mateo whispered as he placed the cigarette back in his mouth, glaring at the former dragon prince.
       "Mateo, put the cigarette out or just stay outside. You don't want to upset Wufei." Blue put the van in park, then stepped out of the van, gazing at her gym.
       "Love what you've done to the place." Ele smirked as she walked up beside Blue. "Was there a sale on office buildings the day you went shopping for a gym?"
       "It's only five years old Ele. They don't make gyms like they used to." Blue laughed as she walked inside. PB, who was at her receptionist's desk jumped up and ran over to Blue, hugging the blond just as she barely made it through the door.
       "Oh thank God you're back! Now maybe Nick and Taichi will stop whining about how sad and lonely they are!"
       Ele laughed as she saw the short haired brunette hugging her boss. She had met PB once before at an IBL conference, and she was just amazed that Blue would keep someone so genki around her gym.
       "Actually, we're just passing through." Blue laughed as she pushed her friend away. "I need to grab a few more bishies, and then I thought we'd all have some lunch before I leave again."
       "But you just got back Doll." Blue turned around and smiled. Nick, who looked like he had just left the training center, had somehow made his way to the lobby.
       "What are you doing training?" Blue smiled as she walked over and hugged him. "And why aren't you wearing your contacts today?"
       Nick lowered his gaze. He had simply forgotten to put them in, so his eyes were their natural brown.
       "Sweat and contacts don't mix." Blue laughed at his comment, then pointed at Ele, who was obviously annoyed by the excessive pda between her friend and the bishie. "And that's my friend Ele and her Wufei. We're going to be leaving again."
       "I'm going with you." Nick turned and walked out of the lobby towards the residence area of the gym.
       "That was just, odd." Ele commented as she watched her friend stand in silence, watching the blond musician walk away from her.
       Spinning on her heels, Blue turned to face Ele, Wufei, and Mateo. "Go on down to the dining hall. I need to get Kaizer and Daisuke and change into something a little more fitting. I'll be down in a minute."

***

       "So what's up?" Blue questioned as she walked in to her room, while Nick was in the middle of getting dressed. He quickly threw the grey t-shirt on and smiled at her.
       "Well, I don't want you going on some quest without me." He walked over to her and kissed her forehead. "I can't let you have all the fun."
       Blue just laughed as she walked over to her closet and pulled out a black skirt and black sleeveless, yet still highcollared, sweater. "When did you learn how to battle? And don't tell me you'll just use sing on everyone."
       Nick walked over to his dresser and opened the top drawer. As Blue continued to get dressed- the sweater was also shorter than he thought- he could see her navel with the new tattoo she recieved- AJ had convinced her that she needed one just like his the last time he visited, and the "sideways crest of friendship" as she now called it- she couldn't let the young trainers know what it was really supposed to be- was her second tattoo. The first was one to match Nick's- on her left arm, she had a barbed wire design. He looked over at Blue, then pulled a gold amulet from the drawer. Placing it around his neck, Nick sighed as he let the transformation take place. He was no longer the normal-class Nick Carter, but he was instead the fighting class Ninja (if you've ever read that cheesy story the Backstreet Project, you'll know where this comes from) that only the highest evolutions could become.
       "So how are you-" Blue gasped as she turned around. "When did this happen!?!"
       "I've always been like this." Nick whispered as he walked over to her.
       "And why didn't you tell me?"
       "I couldn't let you force me to battle."
       Blue nodded. She knew all too well what she would have done to him if she would have known he could battle in Ninja form. "Fine. Just don't let the other guys know you can do this. And I only want you in this form if no one else can fight, got that?"
       "Understood." Nick smiled as he touched the amulet, turning back in to his original self. "You didn't think that I couldn't become the Ninja knowing that AJ can become the marksman."
       Blue didn't answer. She actually did think that Nick was a normal class bishie.
       "Let's just go to lunch."

***

The younger Yamatos and Miyakos carried the plates of food out to each of the humans and bishonen seated at the master table in the dining hall. Ele's bishonen, except for Wufei, all started devouring the meals set in front of them. Wufei just stared at Kaizer.
       Kaizer just stared back at Wufei.
       Noticing the obvious tension between the two, Blue walked over to Kaizer and whispered something in his ear. Nodding, the spiky purple haired bishonen stood up and allowed Blue to recall him in to his ball.
       "Kai said he'd gladly stay in his ball so you don't get upset Wufei." Blue whispered as she walked back to her seat.
       "Baka onna..." Wufei muttered as he poked at the food. Blue had to control her temper as the arrogant former dragon prince continued to mutter insults at her and her Kaizer.
       "What are you so angry about?" A chibiKen that had been playing in the room asked Wufei as he tugged on his pant leg.
       Growling, Wufei kicked the chibi away.
       Blue's eyes flashed a neon color, but a quick touch on her shoulders from both Mateo and Nick stopped her from going any further with her own psychic attack.
       "So anyway," She sighed as she calmed back down. "I swore to myself I'd never go back to Genesis. So here's the plan- we blow them all to hell."
       Ele just stared at her friend. "It's not going to be that simple Blue. You were one of the first they created. They've made actual bishies now, and they're much stronger than you."
       "That's why we're bringing the guys." Blue said through a mouthful of her cheeseburger. "I don't think we can lose."
       "Back this thing up!" PB stated as she looked over at Blue. "What in the hell are you talking about!?! I've heard of Genesis and their experiments, but you're not a bishoujo Blue! You're a psychic, but that's just because your parents could control psychic type bishies!"
       "Nope." Blue said as she motioned for Takado, one of the newer Digital-class bishonen, to bring her a drink, which he immediately did. Taking the schnapps, she swirled the contents of the glass before taking a small sip of the alcohol. "Twenty-three years ago, my parents started working for the new Genesis foundation. They had decided that there had to be a way to create a more powerful bishonen through cloning and other techniques. They also had this idea that a bishonen could become more powerful if it was crossed with a human.
       "Well, bishoujo were a new discovery at the time as well, and my parents were on a quest to find the legendary Miyamato. She was a psychic type in the poke-class, and all they had found were the remains of one. But they decided that instead of making a full clone of her, which would be impossible, they decided to start the concept of they hybrid.
       "Yes, they succeeded in taking the DNA from the remains of the Miyamato and combining them with the DNA from my human mother. But there was a problem in the early days. Bishonen and Bishoujo have five extra chromosomes that humans do not have. So instead of duplicating the actual Miyamoto's genetic codes for those extra genes, they decided that the child should have a little extra agility, a little extra finesse... so they used a jaguar's genetic code to finish off the extra five chromosomes-"
       "Hence Miyamato Myuu, the cutest little fuzz ball to come from Genesis"
       "Thank you so much Ele." Blue glared at her friend. "I'm not supposed to be connected with Miya anymore. The IBL will kill me."
       "Blue, you don't even look like a catgirl." PB laughed as she poked at her salad. "Where's your ears and tail."
       "Oh, she had them." Ele laughed, thinking back to her childhood friend's former blue hair, ears, and tail.
       "Yes, I was created to have all of the features of a catgirl. Thankfully, my activities between competing in the IBL and becoming a gym leader was enough to give me the corrective surgery to get rid of those features. They couldn't fix my eyes, teeth and nails though." Blue sighed as she pushed her lunch away from her. "Are you all ready?"
       Daisuke was the first to stand up and walk over to his trainer. "I'll fight with you until the end."
       Mateo pulled another cigarette from his shirt pocket then silently lit it. "Oui Madame, I'll be just like the damn Yamato that almost killed himself for this gym five years ago."
       Blue whimpered. Mattie... dear God... not now.... "Thank you Mateo. That would mean the world to me."
       "I'll help that Yamato." Ele's Angel of War smiled as he stared at Mateo, the former Yamato he almost killed to help his trainer win the AC Gym. "Besides," He said as sparks flew between his fingertips. "They're holding my Hotura captive. I'll kill every one of those bastards."
       "Let's go guys." Ele swallowed hard as she recalled all of her bishies, except for Wufei. "There's no time to lose."
       Blue nodded, then recalled Daisuke, opting to leave Mateo out of his ball, and she didn't have one for Nick anyway. "Take care of the place PB." Blue whispered as she pulled her Heighton View jacket on and followed Ele outside.

***

The passengers were silent, besides the minor arguing between Mateo and Nick, who were sharing the first row of back seat. Ele was driving, while Wufei was playing the role of navigator.
       Blue sat alone in the last back seat.
       "What's wrong with her?" Nick whispered to Mateo as Ele turned the van from the highway on to the road where the Genesis corporation was located.
       "She's meditating Carter. Psychic-types must do that before going in to battle."
       Nick just stared at the back of Wufei's head as he tried to contemplate what Mateo just said. "Isn't she a human?"
       Muttering a few French profanities, Mateo then set his cigarette in the ash tray in front of him, then grabbed Nick's arm. "She's just like us. She can battle." Slapping Nick's cheek, Mateo then picked his cigarette out of the ash tray and placed it back in his lips. "Didn't you listen to a word of what she said at lunch?"
       "Well, yeah, but I didn't understand it." Nick wanted to cry, but that wasn't something he should do. He couldn't show his emotions, other than anger. He just didn't fit in with the Heighton View group. Maybe he'd go back to his group, or just out on his own. If Blue was part bishoujo and could train bishonen, perhaps a bishonen could train either bishonen or bishoujo.
       "I don't even know why she keeps you around, especially when she had someone before you came."
       Blue's eyes snapped open at Mateo's words. "I thought you told me to go to hell."
       Ele turned the radio up to avoid the upcoming argument. She knew Blue all too well, and that if Mateo was now going to admit that he still loved her... that would just be too much for the three blonds in the backseat.
       Blue's train of though was cut short though. She screamed as the blinding pain shot through her head as the van pulled near the Genesis building.
       Slamming on the brakes, Ele quickly unhooked her seatbelt then ran around to the back, so she could get to Blue quickly.
       "What's wrong!?!" Ele screamed, slapping her semi conscious friend's cheek in a vain attempt to revive her.
       "It's.... They've... got... anti-psychic... barrier..."
       "Blue!" Mateo screamed as he pushed Nick and Ele out of the way and knelt beside his trainer. "Quatre! Get him out and have him do some healing attack!"
       Ele quickly opened the Angel of Light's bishie ball, and the angel ran over to the semiconscious trainer. He quickly tried a purify and a revive, but neither worked. Blue was still laying on the backseat slipping in and out of consciousness.
       "Go on without me." Mateo stated as he stared at the other trainer and bishonen. He reached on to Blue's belt and pulled Kaizer's and Daisuke's bishie balls off, opening them and letting the two out. "I'll stay here with Blue to make sure she's all right."
       "Did... you just call her Blue?" Ele gasped at Mateo's words. He never called his trainer anything but Madame.
       "Just go on guys. I'll make sure she's fine."
       Ele nodded to Mateo, then made a motion for the other bishonen to follow her.
       "Good luck." He whispered as he picked Blue up and carried her away from the Genesis building.

***

Kyoko narrowed her eyes as for the 5th time in two days she�d tried to call elspeth and got no reply, she put down the phone and drummed her fingers on the desk. Something was wrong, the angel gym leader could feel it deep in her bones, she�d heard from some rookie trainers that had come from the ac gym that something had happened to the leader�s head bishie, the gym was closed to the public and the leader gone into hiding.
She�d tried to get a hold of Ele since then, to see if her friend needed help but had, as yet got no response. Getting up she paced around the room before stopping in front of the large window in her office which over looked the court yard of her dojo. A snarl played on her lips, as on the horizon she could see like a cancer on the landscape, the genesis building that was being constructed. She�d heard only rumours and stories of what exactly genesis was up to, as yet they�d stayed away from travelling this far east, but it looked like she was now going to have them on her doorstep, and everything she�d heard about them made her hate them with a passion.
�You come near me or my bishonen and I will come down on you with all the forces of heaven and hell� she growled, pulling the blinds shut as evening began to descend. As she sat back down her eyes fell upon the photographs hung on the wall across from her, amongst them were pictures of her bishonen, cuttings from the newspapers featuring her battles and one that always made her smile. It had been taken a few years ago when she�d first become a gym leader and was at her first annual I.B.L conference, she�d known no one then, she didn�t have that many friends now either, being so far away from civilisation but a hyper blonde leader had literally run into her at the door and befriended her.
That was when she�d met Ele; they�d hung out at the convention together, Ele complaining they suck all the fun out of training with all these formalities at conventions. Later the two plus their bishies had managed to sneak off and drink a local bar dry of saki and party until late morning when they had snuck back into the convention and spent the rest of the day propped up against the wall in the back row, sporting ice packs and sunglasses.
Since then they�d stayed in touch a lot, Kyoko enjoying having another trainer who knew about angel bishonen to talk to as well as a friend. She frowned at the picture of herself and Ele with their bishies, ele�s duo�s head stuck right in the middle pulling a face while getting his braid yanked by the angel of war, her mind suddenly remembered something�Ele had an assistant at the gym..Keiren? Kerry? No Keirra that was it Keirra. Maybe she could tell her what was going on, she flipped open her address book looking for the gym number, instead of ele�s mobile. She found it and dialled hoping this time to get a human voice instead of another damn answering machine.

***

Kei groaned as she tried to separate the chibi�s for the forth time that morning, without Ele or the head bishonen around they�d decided to play up �especially the duo�s.
�Oh he-chan dun cry!� she clucked picking up the bawling tiny evolution of Heero, who was now holding a very sore foot.
�Hate duo omae o korosu!!� he scowled, glaring over the trainers shoulder at the little braided duo running around trying to catch Shi, in his excitement he�d just stamped across his friends foot.
�Ya not gonna kill me Heero�I�d like to see ya try shorty,�duo stop bothering Heero!�� please try and behave� kei pleaded setting the boy down again. Heero just folded his arms and glared at duo, his cobalt blue eyes shooting sparks, while muttering in Japanese.
�Duo baka kaba kuso!�
�No attacks Heero!!� scolded kei, getting in between the two � and Heero? I�ve not spent years training all evolutions of Heero�s without picking up a lil Japanese, duo is not a stupid hippo shit, and dun let Ele hear you speaking like that!� the miniature duo Maxwell stuck his tongue out at Heero and skipped around happily at this, the Japanese chibi just growled once more.
�Duo no baka �hate duo!�
�Hn wait until you evolve they have their uses� smirked kei�s perfect solider entering the room, kei looked up at her bishies approach, his amused look disappearing,
�Kei-sama, phone, its another gym leader�. It�s about elspeth,� he growled shooting the chibi�s a warning look. They immediately calmed down and clustered round the higher evolved bishie, their large chibi eyes wide and worried. The braided trainer sighed and ran her hands through her hair
�She wants to speak to you� Heero added, Kei looked up puzzled, normally gym leaders spoke to Ele, her being gym leader and all but they�d never asked to talk specifically to her, she was just the junior here.
�Can you look after�.?�
�The chibi�s? Yes they wont misbehave� Heero stated matter of factly, the look the denim clad bishie gave the chibi�s promised trouble if he had been made to lie to his trainer
�Thanks Heero� whispered Keirra heading for the office. She picked up the phone hesitantly, that was nestled in amongst a pile of paper Ele had neglected and said in the clearest voice she could manage
�After colony gym Keirra max�eh Keirra maxim speaking how can I help?� kei kicked herself she�d nearly given away her parentage, that her father was a bishonen, and to an unknown gym leader too, how stupid could she be?! To date only Ele knew and that was the way she wanted to keep it, the blonde gym leader had promised to keep it secret and had covered up for kei for years, even giving her a place to stay and a new name and kei had nearly blown it all in a few minutes.
Kyoko heard the girl stutter but presumed it was just nerves, she perched on the end of her desk and pushed her dark hair away from her face, crossing her legs.
�Ahhh I�m kyoko the angel gym leader is that Keirra? Elspeth�s assistant?�
Kei swallowed and pulled out a chair settling herself down and trying to make her voice as level as she could.
�Yes I am Elspeth�s assistant but..i am afraid she�s very busy and is unable to come to the phone right now�.could I take a message?� she quavered, the angel gym leader frowned this Keirra was covering up something so she played her gambit
� Look kei� she interrupted � I know something�s wrong just tell me I�m one of ele�s friends, I�ve known her for years if someone�s being a pain let me know and I�ll take care of them� the ac junior relaxed letting out a sigh of relief, this kyoko wasn�t checking up for the ibl she was worried about Ele she sat back and tried to fill the dark haired woman in on what had happened.
�So now they have Hotura and shinigami, ele�s risking the earth dragon and mew and her have gone to try and get shin and Tura back� finished kei, kyoko was speechless, this all seemed like some nightmare how could anyone?!! She stopped her train of thought and pulled the blinds open once more something jogging her memory
�Keirra�this�Hotura she�ll be chibi yes?� She whispered glaring at the genesis building.
�I guess,� replied the violet eyed girl, �she wasn�t born when they took her, why?� kei was now worried this didn�t sound good, she kicked the door shut to the office and hugged the phone to her ear
�Because� answered kyoko slowly �two days ago a chibi girl was brought kicking and screaming into the genesis building across from me�I noticed because she was screaming instead of mommy and daddy, tousan and daddy..One in Japanese one in English�
�Heero and duo!� breathed kei shaking, if Tura was near the angel gym then Ele and mew had walked into a trap � oh god Ele and mew!! They�ll never get her back!!� quavered Keirra on the verge of tears. Kyoko caught the tremor and looked back at genesis if it was one of her bishonen there she�d want them out
�Look�help Ele and blue mew�I�ll get Tura I promise leave it to me� growled the gym leader putting down the phone and turning to her com for the gym
�Wake up boys and girls�.we are going to go play hero� she smirked walking out of her office on a rescue mission
Meanwhile kei bit her hand softly whispering, �Maxwell�s don�t cry�Maxwell�s don�t cry� fighting back the urge to scream, she felt helpless.
�No we don�t cry, we get angry and then we get even� came a voice from the door, stood there was kei�s destroyer and in his hand an orange bishie ball, he tossed it to his trainer
�Think it�s time we saw what shi no himie can do?� he smirked, the braided girl gripped the ball undecided, she shouldn�t, this wasn�t meant to be a fighting bishie but next to wu and ele�s shinigami this was the best they had and she itched to use the bishie she�d been secretly training.
�Bikes round back babe� duo grinned �lets ride� kei nodded and pocketed the ball grabbing her bishie belt as she left

***

�Damn psychic shield!! Blue I can�t do this alone is there no way I can help you?!!� pleaded Ele yelling after her friend now being carried off in Mateo's arms.

�I�m sorry but until it�s down I�m crippled" gasped the cat girl her head on fire, Ele punched a nearby tree ignoring as blood began to ooze from the cuts �damn it all to hell� she growled but a voice cut through her rant chilling her heart, a voice she never thought she�d hear used in anger against her.
�Wish granted �watashi wa shinigami yo� the blonde raised horrified eyes to the god of death stood in front of her and stifled a sob �oh duo� she whispered �mew heal and come back� she murmured just as she witnessed her own bishie prepare to use Hades revenge on his own trainer, his eyes turned black as the purple energy gathered �I�m so sorry babe I can�t fight it, forgive me� he sobbed as his attack was unleashed.

***

"Heighton View Gym, this is PB speaking. How may I assist you?"
    "Can the crap Phoebe." Kei snapped at the other junior. "Your friend Mew and Ele have just walked in to a trap. They should be able to handle themselves, but you need to get over to Kyoko's gym and help us."
    The red haired girl laughed nervously as she looked around the gym. "I really don't have any powerful bishonen Kei."
    "What about me?" AJ said as he pulled his sunglasses down on his nose. "And Howie's been staying here the past week. You know we can all go to our mega levels."
    Putting a finger to her lips asking the other member of the honorary bishonen group that followed Blue's Nick back to the gym to be quiet, PB turned back to the phone and sighed.
    "I can try to use some of Miss Blue's bishies, but I'm not sure how well they'll listen to me... I just got my job here as the receptionist, and somehow I became the junior leader."
    "Whatever. Just get over here fast. And bring her Goth TK, Takeru Takaishi, Hikari Kamiya. They've got some wicked powerful attacks against angel and demon types."
    "Got it." PB sighed as she finished scribbling down the names of the bishies she would be taking. "Any other requests?"
    "Hurry." Kei flatly stated as she hung up the phone.
    Turning to AJ, PB stood up and stared her "friend" in the eyes. "Get Howie and these guys ready for me. I'm going to try to talk to Blue or someone."

***

"Blue, are you alright?" Mateo whispered to his trainer as he sat on the ground, outside of the van, and far away from the psychic shield that was guarding the Genisis labs.
    "Remember this one time that we got so smashed and I went out and got this tattoo?" Blue said pointing to her navel. "This hurts a million times worse."
    "It's because you're not used to being without your powers." Mateo reached in to his pocket and pulled out a cigarette. "And I wasn't with you when you got that tattoo. That was Carter."
    "Really?" Blue said, rubbing her temples, "I could have sworn I was with you that night."
    "Non." Mateo turned his back to her and sighed. "You haven't wanted to speak to me, except about business and battling, ever since I evolved."
    "Oh yeah." Blue chuckled as she laid back on the grass. "You told me to go to hell. I think I'm there, boy, do I think I'm there right now."
    "Shut the hell up." Mateo laughed, his sapphire eyes twinkling as he shoved his half used cigarette inbetween Blue's lips.
    "I'm glad we broke up." Blue laughed, half choking on the smoke she inhaled. "You're trying to kill me by giving me lung cancer."
    "If I was trying to kill you, I'd just whip up an Ice Wolf Bite right now while you couldn't stop me."
    Both Blue and Mateo stopped thier banter as they stared at her HV jacket. The cell phone was ringing.
    "Bonjour?" Mateo asked as he turned the phone on.
    "Mateo!" PB cheered as she drove along the highway, with the bishonen and bishoujo in her Sunfire. "Are you guys all right!?!"
    "Maybe." Mateo started to worry as he heard the engine of the car, and AJ and Howie singing their road songs in the background. "What's wrong Bitch?"
    "Kei called me and said that you guys were heading in to a trap, and I'm heading to Kyoko's gym in order to find out what's going on and help them out. Is Blue or Ele there?"
    "Madame is right here next to me. Ele's going in to Genesis with everyone else."
    "Shit." PB whispered as she turned in to Kyoko's gym's parking lot. "Well, get them out of there. It's a trap. I'm out."
    Mateo pushed the button to hang up the phone, and placed it back in Blue's coat pocket.
    "Well, we're just plain fucked." Mateo stated as he stared into his trainers eyes. "Apparently, this is some sort of trap, and PB, Kei, and Kyoko are going to do something at Kyoko's gym."
    "Oh my God." Blue whimpered as she stared in the direction of Genesis. "Ele... Nick..." She grabbed Mateo's shoulders and shook him. "Listen. You go in there and get Ele. I'm strong enough for one teleport to Kyoko's place. Get them out of here, then all of you need to get over to that gym."
    "Blue, I don't think you should expend your energy like that. You're not at all up to full strength, and I KNOW how much teleport drains you..."
    "It's an order Mateo."
    The blond lowered his eyes as he handed his trainer her coat.
    "Oui, Madame."

***

    "What are THOSE?" Kei stated as she stared through her sunglasses at the AJ and Howie that PB had brought with her. "When did Heighton View start dealing in honorary bishies, much less ones from some boy band?"
    "These are my two strongest bishies." PB smiled as she pushed the two forward. "I'm sure you've heard of the psychic class Howie and fighter class AJ. I also have Blue's GothTK, Takeru, and Hikari, as requested."
    Kyoko smiled. "Good. We'll need all the help we can get." She walked over to the couch and sat down. "Now, since Ele and Mew are off fighting in some trap, we've got to save Hotura. She's in the Genesis lab down the street. I'm pretty sure that they don't have any huge defense systems there, since it's just the R&D lab, but we've got to watch for anything."
    The gym leader, juniors, and bishonen all stared down the hallway, where the black-clad Blue had just collapsed after appearing in a flash of light. Howie and Hikari ran over to her.
    "She's pretty much drained." Howie sighed as he touched his hand to her forehead. "I think she needs to go to the hospital."
    "Wait..." Blue choked out the word. "Mattie... going... Ele.... Shinigami.... here..." The blond catgirl passed out at the final word.
    Howie's eyes rolled white as he chanted a few words over Blue. The Gym leader started to levatate as he stood up, hands still outstretched over the woman. "I'm going to teleport her home. I think Takeru and Hikari should come back with us, to keep her well enough until we get her to the infermary."
    Kyoko and Kei both nodded, while the hysterical PB struggled to hold back tears.
    "Whatever it takes you guys." Kei smiled as she nodded to the bishonen and bishoujo. "If what she said is true, Ele and the guys should be here at any time."
    In a blinding flash of light, only Keirra, Kyoko, their bishonen, and PB remained in the gym.
    "Damnit..." PB whispered. "They took GothTK and AJ with them."

***

    Mateo ran through the grounds that Genesis's main training and growth facility was located.
    "Ele!" He screamed as he saw the gym leader's back, her short blond hair hanging loosely behind her. "Blue's gone to Kyoko's! We need to get out of here!" Mateo stopped about twenty feet from Ele; staring wide eyed at the demon in front of her, who was getting ready to attack. Surely that couldn't be Shinigami, well, at least Ele's Shinigami... or could it?
    His eyes began to glow a bright sapphire as he concentrated the cold enery to his hands. If he couldn't stop the demon, perhaps he could slow it down, so the others could help defeat it.
    "Get your Quatre out!" Mateo screamed as the Shinigami's eyes started to glow purple. "Holy attacks can defeat dark ones!" Sighing one last time, Mateo stopped when he was close enough to the demon to make sure his attack would hit. "Ice Wolf Bite!"
    The mass of cold energy connected with the demon, stopping him mid attack. Mateo's hands still blazed blue, like his eyes, waiting to attack again, if needed.
    "Quatre! Use your Purify NOW!" He screamed, as his own attack began to recharge. "Everyone else, run back to the van! We've got to get out of here!"
    The angel of light summoned a holy spell, and casted it on the Shinigami. The dark purple of his eyes, began to recede to the normal violet that they normally were.
    "Use it again." Mateo whispered as he picked the Shinigami ice cube up and carried it toward the van. "As long as he stays frozen, we can touch him, and as long as you keep using purify, he won't try to attack. Let's get him out of here Q-man."