!!". Riku landed gently on the floor next to him and put her hand on his back. "Get out of here," he whispered in a painful voice. "No, I won't. We need you," she said calmly and helped him get up.Breathing heavily, he braced himself against Riku and held his blade over his head again. "Fire ..... fire ..... deep ..... in ... me" ", he stuttered weakly and started his blade. Immediately a fiery aura surrounded him and the others also shone in the light their auras on. "Wow," Tyson couldn't say more at the sight that was happening in front of his eyes. "Come on guys, let's show them what we're capable of! ", shouted Takato and ordered his blade to attack the Demolition Boys who were now right in front of them. His Bit Beast hurled the 4 boys back with a huge blast of air. Then the 6 landed safely on the ground again." Kai? Can you do it "asked Ron." I don't know, "Kai replied weakly. Beads of sweat glistened on his forehead and he had one eye pinched painfully." We have to try, "Riku said firmly. Ron and the others nodded at her. Kai released himself from Riku's grip and staggered a little forward.Ron called to the others. They all formed a circle and crossed their arms over their chests.



"Earth and water liberate our dream, let the tree of life flourish,

Light and darkness unite in this time before everything sinks into hopelessness. Wind and air protect the world before everything falls into chaos.

Fire and ice unleash the splendor, send us the demon with all his might! "

The aura around her shone brightly and in the center of the circle a colorful column of light shimmered. "Master of Disaster, brought to light, bow to our power!".



"NO! YOU MUST NOT CALL HIM !!!!", Boris yelled and waved his arms around wildly. Tala and the rest of the Demolition Boys were slowly getting to their feet from the heavy blast of air. Their bit beasts rose from their blades and pounced on the 8 blades without any command. "Kai, watch out!" Tyson shouted with all his might as the black phoenix flew towards the blader.But Kai was, just like the others, so absorbed in his incantation that he paid no attention to the pain or the approaching Bit Beast. The black took his chance and crashed into the blader, knocking him out of the circle. Immediately the pillar of light began to flicker and then dissolved. "What is it now?", Alex asked confused and looked around, then he looked at Kai who slowly got up again and looked up fearfully at the black phoenix and then fell unconscious into the snow. The Bit Beast screamed again, shaking the market, and positioned itself behind the defenseless Blader. Its wild red eyes light up brightly and it glared at the others. "Oh god, it's going to kill," Aris whispered as it looked into the black eyes. They heard a triumphant laugh and heard the hiss of the blades. The guardian spirits of the 7 warriors rose and formed a protective shield against the attacks of the Bit Beast and the Blades of the Demolition Boys, but they too could not do anything against the black one.They were too weak, even with combined forces. The Withe Tigers, the All Starz and even the Blade Breakers recognized the seriousness of the situation. Nobody was able to fight and win against the mighty phoenix. He was stronger and he got stronger with every second that he was by Kai's side. "It robs him of his energy, that is what makes him so strong," said Emily fearfully. "But Kai doesn't have eternal energy reserves either, what if they're used up?" Asked Steven. "I don't want to know," Kenny replied, swallowing hard. "Damn it, we only needed a damn half a minute longer," cursed the otherwise quiet Gina and stamped her foot angrily.

Kai felt this terrible pain and noticed the cloudy feeling in his consciousness. But he still felt something deep within himself that rebelled against this control and resisted. Slowly, he came to and only saw the black Bit Beast above him."No, you won't control me again," he muttered to himself and slowly pushed himself up. The black phoenix's cry of victory rose like a hymn of death when he saw Blader stand up and walk to the group with his head bowed. "Hey, nice to have you back with us", Boris laughed coldly, then added commanding. "Kill them! Go!" The black phoenix rose into the air without waiting for the command of its trainer and attacked the guardian spirits. "Come on, we have to at least try!" Shouted Michael and shot his blade. The others responded immediately and let their blades join the fight as well. Angry roars raged in the air as the 5 Bit Beasts of the Demolition Boys went into battle against the others. But the bit beasts of the others had no chance against the genetically inflated ones. "Ridiculous," scoffed Kai and stepped towards the fighting pack. "Kai, come back!" Shouted Boris angrily. But the blader didn’t react and kept walking undeterred."END YOURSELF NOW!" He yelled at the Bit Beast of his team. Immediately the 5 stopped and looked confused at the gray-haired Blader who was standing between the two fronts. "Kai? What are you actually imagining? Who do you think you are to want to rebel against me?", Voltaire shouted as he stood next to Boris. "What am I imagining? What do I think who I am?" Kai proudly lifted his head and looked at his grandfather. "I imagine I want to finally live in freedom and finally get out of this damn loneliness". Kai was silent for a short time, then he laughed, it was a dry and cold laugh, then suddenly it became confident of victory and the red aura flared up fiery around him. "Who I am? ". Kai spoke these words in a calm and confident voice. "I am Kai. Warrior of fire, bird of damnation. But I am in the sign of love". Then the aura flared up around him and grew frightening, then it disappeared just as quickly as it had come.But at the place where Kai had spoken proudly before, no one was standing anymore. With a market-shaking cry, the phoenix straightened up and spread its mighty wings to rise powerfully into the air. "Oh God, no, that doesn't exist", Michael whispered incredulously and stared at the mighty phoenix. "That's not Drancer," said Ray and looked at the phoenix who looked down with hateful cold eyes. The shape of the firebird looked like Drancer, but it was bathed in a pure gold red with striking blue stripes on the cheeks and a broad row of white feathers adorned the back and neck of the bird. A silver armor stretched around his chest that looked like Kai's belt buckle and his wings were equipped with silver blades. The hateful cry of lament broke the silence as the golden phoenix pounced on the black man and wreaked havoc with his blades. "Riku, echo him, he mustn't kill!", Aris shouted when she had torn away from the beauty of the phoenix. Riku jumped out of her thoughts and nodded hastily." Riku! Amazon of the ice. In the sign of loyalty "Your aura built up and enveloped you in the ice blue. When it dissolved again a beautiful ice blue phoenix stood in the place, the gentle eyes focused on the angry golden one. The ice blue spread its wings, the were also armed with blades and rose into the air. The delicate chest of the phoenix was also protected by silver armor and a long red feather protruded from the head. With rapid flaps of its wings it flew to the black and stood protectively from the injured Phoenix. The golden screamed angrily and its flames heated up mercilessly. But the blue joined in a gentle song and let her voice slide gently up into the sky. "What ... what is going on now? ", Eddy asked confused." Our guardian spirits are illusions, they embody what we really are.We take this form, which Kai and Riku now rarely have. Kai realized that this is the only way he can protect us, but he is far too easily tempted to hate. He must not kill without a reason, he would only kill the black one out of pure hatred in order to finally get free. But that is exactly the wrong fire that burns in him. We have to see if Riku can calm him down and wake the right fire. Only then will he really be free, "Gina explained, looking up at Ron confidently." We should do something too. Fee has enough to do with phoenix, and the others must also be chased away. "Ron nodded at her and stood a little away from the others." Ron, warrior of the earth. Under the sign of strength! "The brown aura wrapped around him, revealing a huge bull with blades on both front hooves.

"Mandy, Amazon of the water. In the sign of trust!" A beautiful mermaid sat down on a gust of snow and formed a clear lake under her, into which she dipped.Her arms were also armed with the dangerous blades. "Aris, Amazon of Light. In the sign of bravery". With one smooth movement, an elf slipped out of the pillar of light and attacked the ice wolf of Tala with her blades.

"Alex, warrior of darkness. In the sign of care!". The goblin's terrible giggles rang out long before he set off to help the elf.

"Takato, warrior of the air. In a sign of courage!". A powerful griffin rose into the air and performed a few flips before attacking Ian's snake. "Gina, Amazon of the wind under the sign of freedom" A horrible scream tore the air like before the voice of the phoenix and a harpy attacked the Bit Beast of Ian as well. In disbelief, the rest of the Blader stared at the picture that stretched out in front of them. 6 of the Bit Beasts, who were previously humans, joined forces to attack the Bit Beasts of the Demolition Boys. The air was filled with the battle roar of the angry opponents and something else sounded in the air, something tender, fragile, something that you had to touch carefully so that it wouldn't break.The voice was as gentle as anything could be, there was nothing that sounded softer and yet seemed so ice cold. "Look here," cried Mariah and pointed to the golden phoenix that slowly descended and then landed on the ground. The blue landed fluttering next to the golden one, now the