Sato and Ai walked through some bushes and winded up at an outdoor pool. Sato looks around puzzled, "Hey Ai. Wasn't a hot spring here before?"

AI nodded, "Yeah. But that's just another one of the things Kaoru has changed."

Sato looked kind of upset. "I see."

A crowd runs up to the two. "It's Sato and Ai of the Heroic Four!" One girl shouts.

"Can I get your autographs?" Another girl asks.

"Hey, why don't you come swim with us?" A boy asks.

"Well, we'd love too." Sato starts. "But we're kind of busy."

"Come on just for a little while?" The boy pleads.

Sato sighs, "Fine. But only for a little while."

"Okay, come on big brother Sato." Ai grabs onto Sato's arm. "Let's go get changed."

"What?!" The purple haired teen yells slightly embarrassed. "We're not getting changed together."

Ai giggles, "Relax, Sato. I was just messing around."

Sato sighs, "Well, please stop.

"Not a chance." Ai giggles as she runs off into a changing room.

A little while later Sato and Ai are both in the shallow end of the pool. Sato moaned, "This just isn't the same."

Ai nodded her head in agreement. "You have no idea. Kaoru has turned all of Bakemonia into his ideal world." She clenched her fist, "And he's getting away with it. I couldn't do anything to stop him, so that's why I needed your help."

"Don't worry, Ai. I'll make sure Kaoru is stopped." Sato assures the Magic Bakemono. "And then you and me, we're gonna find Sakura and Arashi together. And beat the shit out of this Jiro dude for taking them away."

"Hey!" A voice shouts from across the other side of the pool." A dark skinned muscular green haired man walks toward Sato. His huge feet splashing practically all of the water out of the pool. "Your'e Sato of the Heroic Four, are you."

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Sato grins, "Yeah, that's me alright."

"Nice to meet you. My name is Ben, Giant Bakemono. So then, how about a friendly little fight?" The man requests.

"Sure." Sato agrees. "I think I should use half of my full power."

"A little overconfident, are we? Just because you defeated Niji, don't think you're the best!" The Gant Bakemono throws a quick and powerful punch at Sato. Sato quickly catches the punch, closing his fingers over Ben's fist.

Sato smirks, "I don't think I'm the best at all. Matter of fact, I actually worked my butt of for two years to get this strong." The teen laughed, "I even started skipping some classes." Sato releases Ben's fist and quickly climbs up the Giant Bakemono's body. He flips off spinning around while bringing out his leg to deliver a powerful kick to Ben's torso, knocking the dark-skinned man back a couple of feet.

"I'm not finished yet!" Ben rushes toward Sato quickly decreasing their distance He slams his hovers his fist over Sato prepared to slam it downward.

Sato backflips just before the attack makes contact, re-creating their distance. "Hey, Ben! I gotta admit, you're pretty good." Sato praises him. "No one in my High School's Martial Arts club could get me this hyped!"

Ben smiles, "You're not too shabby yourself, Sato of the Heroic Four." Ben rushes towards Sato preparing for a kick, he swings out his leg.

Sato dicks under the kick, bending his knees. He extends his own leg swinging it around Ben's free one, tripping the Giant Bakemono over. He crashes into the ground rocks shooting up from the impact. "You know what they say, Ben. The bigger they all the harder they fall." Sato smiles as he lends Ben his hand to help him up.

The Giant Bakemono laughs as he takes Sato's hands. "Yeah, that's true. I look forward to our next match."

Sato grins kindly, "Me too, Ben."

A crowd of Bakemono begins circling around Sato again, shouting, "I'm next!" Or, "Sato, fight me!"

Sato laughed, "Guys relax, I have plenty of time to fight you all. Make a line please."

Ai sighs, "Since when does he have plenty of time? I sure hope this doesn't give him a big ego."

Several hours later the sun was starting to go down, Sato was breathing heavily as the last one of the Bakemono charged raised up her arm. A bolt of lightning shot down from the sky.

Sato quickly leaped out of the way. He ran towards her before she could summon more lightning. He extended out his leg sending a potent kick to her midsection. She caught herself before she fell and released a blast of lightning from her palm.

Sato started feel down on his butt. "Damn it. Oh well, that was a good fight. Nice job."

The Lightning Bakemono smiled full of pride. "Alright! Not only did I defeat, Sato of the Heroic Four, but he also congratulated me for it!"

Ben walks up to Sato offering to help him up the way, Sato previously did for him. "So you beat me, but you lose to my nine year old niece?"

Sato sweat drops, "She…was nine?"

"Well, that's what you got for trying to win one-hundred fights in one day." Ai spoke in a slightly annoyed fashion. You were bound to lose eventually. You're not invincible you know."

Sato laments, "I know. Okay, well it's been fun but we've gotta get going. Come on Ai."

Ai huffs, "I was the one who was telling you to come on"

A little while later Sato and Ai walk into Sihalia. Sato stops when he notices. A colossal corporate building stands in place of where the castle used to be. "What the hell happened here?"