Paw Patrol X: The Hearts of Truth

New Recruits arc Episode eight: Flare Meets the Jester

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Nathan Sharp's cover of the Overlord opening theme played with Charm's eyes opening after a transition of sorts. Flare was then shown jumping up in an open area with the sky all that was shown as Nathan Sharp is heard singing. "Can someone give me the (Flare punches at the screen with an excited smile) a-answer, (Marshall jumps up and kicks at the screen with a determined smile) to my (Richie jumps up and shoots at the screen with a serious look) que-estion? (Chase jumps up and back-kicks the screen with a serious smile) Where's my (Rocky jumps up and slashes the screen in half with a cocky smile) soul?"

A stream of grass was shown as the words Paw Patrol appeared on the screen from gun shots going though them, followed up by the X being made with two sword slashes as the music continued. The Hearts of Truth then appeared through a blazing flame going across them with the Paw Patrol then shown, leading up to Flare giving a peace sign as the song continued with the lyrics coming back.

Flare back flipped over one of Charm's soldiers and kicked him aside as the song continued. "It's like a virus in my body (Flare spins over to another soldier) while I'm (Flare punches the other soldier, making him fall down) dreaming. (Marshall is seen tripping as he runs off with some sort of package) When I wake up, all that's (Marshall scratches his head and laughs innocently as he looks at the screen with his eyes closed) left of me are bones."

Richie was shown shooting a soldier as the song continued. "I'm in a panic! (Richie kicks the soldier aside) Get out, (Richie shoots at the screen) hurry. (Chase is seen holding a hand mirror up to his butt as he admires it while shaking it) Oh there are mysteries, (Chase sees the screen and puts the mirror away, giving a serious look with a peace sign) and many miseries. (Rocky is seen roundhouse kicking a soldier to the floor) Dead of alive, I'm on the brink (Rocky grabs the soldier's face and farts into it) of self destruction."

Skye was shown to be back flipping over to her jet-pack as the song continued. "As I'm (Skye gives a peace sign after jumping up) roaming, (Skye lands by the jetpack and puts it on) from left to right to (Skye takes off with smoke covering the screen, with Zuma then seen surfboarding) An invitation, (Zuma gives a peace sign to the audience) to come disappear . (Snow comes onto the screen as she moves her hair back, seeming to have a cold persona) We're dancing one, two, three steps (Snow sees the screen and punches it out of frustration) on this dark stage."

Charm was then seen standing on a building with a sadistic and charismatic smile as he seemed to be saying something that couldn't be heard over the song. "Raise your flag, march and fight. Break your mask and show some pride! (The camera pans to behind Charm with the destruction of a city being shown) While this war just sends a shiver down my crooked spine. (Charm puts his arms out on their perspective sides) Wars and swords, tears and blood. Feel my heart begin to race. (Charm is seen laughing maniacally) As I laugh through this bloodbath we've made!" Charm clenches both of his fists as he tucks his paws onto his chest, glaring with a sadistic smile and crimson red glare.

Charm was shown to be fighting off Rocky in some sort of science office as Charm blocked his punches and kicks with ease. "Can someone give me the (Charm kicks Rocky back with Rocky holding his stomach in pain) a-answer, to my (Chase kicks open a vent and slides down it as Charm continues working on a computer of sorts) que-estion? (Charm grabs Chase's arm when he attempts to punch him and crushes it, filling Rocky with grief as he watches) Where's my soul? Where's my heart? (Charm roundhouse kicks Chase back at full force) Am I losing my own self?"

Rocky was shown looking at his sword in some sort of bus, seeming to be on edge about how the mission went. "Don't you hesitate, go this way-ay-ay. (Flare looks over at Rocky, seeing that he's feeling down about something) I don't know. And I don't care. (Flare puts his paw on Rocky's shoulder to comfort him with a smile) Tell me, are you not entertained now?"

Richie was shown to be punching at something with high speeds. "I'll just keep (Charm is shown to be blocking Richie's punches) surviving, (Richie aims one last punch at Charm, who dodges it, making Richie punch a wall) I just cannot hide it all. (Richie turns around and aims a kick at Charm, who blocks it and aims a punch at him) I am not to fall a victim, (Richie clenches his fist with anger) I'll continue living in this, (Richie prepares to aim a punch at Charm) misery driven (Richie aims a punch at Charm, covering up the screen) world!" Flare was shown looking over a cliff as he looks at a destroyed city, looking back on a teenage looking Kishu with a charasmatic yet devilish grin pinning him against a tree with his foot. Flare looked over the cliff with determination as the song ended with Paw Patrol X: The Hearts of Truth being shown above him.

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Rocky was looking around the living room, seeming to be looking for something as Chase was then shown to be lifting up a couch. He then looked over at Rocky, who was looking on a counter for whatever he was searching for. "How could you lose the remote!?"

Rocky flinched and dashed over to Chase, who continued holding the couch up when Rocky questioned his conclusion. "What makes you think I lost it?"

Chase tossed the couch aside with Zuma barely dodging it, shrugging and hopping onto it as the German Shepherd then made his reply. "Um...cause you're you. Gross, bratty, cocky, and a pure nuisance. Heck, if I had to choose my least favorite member, it'd be you."

"Tch. You still love me." Chase sighed, knowing that Rocky had him there as the Terrier then went out of his way to defend himself. "Hey dude. Just because I lost that video game-"

"And the toothpaste, and my level one ego mirror, and the ice cream tub." Chase added in, and then Snow walked in reading a book as he continued. "Look Rocky. My point is, how am I supposed to watch TV without a remote?"

Snow closed her book shut just as she closed her eyes and then she opened them up when she looked over at Chase and Rocky, annoyed by their argument. "Simple. You just get up and change the channel."

Chase and Rocky looked at each other and then back at Snow with blunt looks on their faces as Chase spoke up. "Don't even joke like that."

"I wasn't, joking."

"Good, cause it wasn't funny; now either help us look for the remote or-"

Chase and Rocky went back to arguing as Snow spoke up, pointing out how pointless this whole affair was. "This is na argument over a useless device. (Walks over to Chase and Rocky slowly) You're wasting your time and energy."

Flare, Marshall, Skye, and Ryder entered the room with Skye seeming to be explaining something to the three of them. "And that's the secret to doing a loop de loop through a thunderstorm."

The four of them then saw what was going on and Ryder held his hands up with a calm and cautious look on his face. "Whoa. Take it easy guys. Save it for the battlefield."

"What these guys need is the happy go lucky world of unhealthy junk foods." Flare responded with optimism in his voice, and then he ran over to the fridge and opened it up. When he did though, he saw this weird purple thing that growled at him and he took it out, slamming it into the fridge and splattering it across the kitchen.

Marshall walked in and saw what happened and walked up to Flare, patting him on the shoulder with a smile. "Maybe we should just go out for pizza." Flare smiled as Marshall then rubbed his head with affection.

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The Paw Patrol were all at M.r Porter's as they all looked at the menu to see what they should order. Richie noticed Flare looking at his menu with a lusting look on his face, getting an impression as to what he was going to do. "When you guys said we were all going out for pizza, I didn't think Flare would be the one to try to eat all the slices in one sitting."

"Who doesn't like pizza?" Rocky pointed out, and then he looked at the menu and found it quite amazing. He just couldn't resist the smell or taste of the masterpiece that is pizza. "And as soon as that pizza comes on out here, I'm not gonna miss out on it."

"Yeah, I'll eat it too." Snow replied, and then she picked her ear as she said something that caught Rocky off guard. "As long as it's vegetarian."

"Oh cmon Snow; how can you deny the all meat experience?" Rocky asked as he set his menu down. "Ya know, if I didn't know any better, I'd say you wanted to be a model that whined about animals being eaten all the time."

"Dude. I've worked with most of these animals." Snow said with an eye roll as she got back to looking at her menu. "I wouldn't be surprised to find your ignorance there, but there was this zoo I went to and it happened to have a very interesting selection." Snow sighed with Rocky shrugging, not believing her completely on that regard but also seeing that she could've done it.

Skye set down her menu loudly and spoke with a smile at what she thought the pizza should be. "Since you guys are just gonna be boring the whole time, I say we get toothpaste, egg bombs, and chocolate."

Everyone looked at Skye with a blank look as Chase then leaned in and corrected Skye on what she just said. "Um, Skye. Not everything on the menu is a pizza topping." Skye scratched her head with a giggle and Chase got back into his seat.

Flare was looking at the menu and got an idea in mind, thinking that the team was rich. "Why don't we all just order our own pizza? Then we can get the flavors we like, and then we'll share slices if the other has a flavor we wanna try." The others found the idea to be quite good with Flare smiling upon them liking it.

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Trickery was watching the Paw Patrol from some kind of orb and seemed intrigued as to what they were doing. He was quite interested to see them all not training or sparring with each other. He's had quite an interesting life behind him, and he wasn't exactly one to find this sort of thing natural. "They're just talking. What kind of production can they make from this?"

Charm's foot was shown stepping just outside the door. "You found something useful?" Charm asked as he walked into the room with a serious look on his face. "And it'd better be something good. Otherwise I'll be forced to give you a good smacking across the face."

Trickery let out a rather devilish chuckle, finding Charm's threat to be quite intimidating indeed. "I wouldn't blame you. (Puts on a blank look) Still, you know quite well how much casual interaction interests me." Trickery looked at the orb he was looking through as he finished his statement. "I'm sure you remember when I told you about my past."

"Yes, and I don't care." Charm declared, and he then clenched his fist as he held back a tear, trying to keep himself unrelatable. "You know full well of why I'M doing this and no one else can know about it. They'd automatically despise it anyway." Trickery continued looking into the orb, feeling it would be a good opportunity to meet Flare.

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Trickery was walking around with everyone seeming on edge when they passed by him, but it didn't bother him one bit. In fact, he was quite fond of the looks he got. Everyone was rather familiar with him and what he does with his opponents, and it helped greatly with his lust for causing chaos. In fact, he decided to spice it up a bit, taking out some sort of communicator and speaking into it to get Charm involved. "Why hello Charm. (Everyone flinches and looks at Trickery) It seems like the drama is about to commence."

"Yeah, that's most likely due to the fact that you called me by name in bloody public." Charm snarked while looking over the monitors, seeing that Trickery was still walking along without a care in the world. "Eh, whatever. It's not the first time you've used me for drama and it certainly won't be the last."

Trickery let out a chuckle as he then saw the Paw Patrol eating their pizza with each of them having a kind of their own. Trickery was quite interested in where this would go and ran up the wall to the roof of a building nearby. When he looked down, Richie sensed him, but didn't look up as to not alert the others. He knew Trickery wouldn't attack as long as he wasn't provoked. He may have been a Waste, but he was more than willing to remain calm if the situation called for it, no matter how much he wanted to fight.

Trickery was barely able to resist the urge to attack the Paw Patrol, as he desperately wanted to test the power of their new members. He knew the time would come though, and he was more than willing to take it. He just had to do it at a time where he could speak to either one of them in private. Or the idea he got when he saw a vet building near the location they were at. He figured it'd be a good time to cause some chaos, which he knew he would have some fun with.

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The vet building was shown on the outside and then the inside with a gray cat along with a hint of lavander sleeping on a desk. While she was dreaming, a blonde teenage girl entered the room and she woke up upon the sound of the door opening. When the teenager sat down, she set down a bunch of reports with the cat dodging just in time. "We have plenty of work to do this week Cali. And one of the reports, is from Ryder." Cali gave a smug look with the teenager scoffing. "Well yeah, but he doesn't have to know that."

Just then, Trickery appeared outside and the teenager seemed to find it odd upon his sudden appearence, not expecting him to drop by; or at least without an owner. When he walked inside, Cali hid behind the reports and the teenager walked up to him. "Are you one of my patients?" The teenager looked outside and saw no humans outside and smirked when she looked back at Trickery. "Your owners are either really dependant on you or just careless, and I think it's the former."

Trickery didn't say a word and the teenager was thrown off by his silence. She crossed her arms with a confident look, not knowing what to make of Trickery. "Well I can name one thing that'll help us here. You speaking up. (Walks over to her reports) We humans got the ability to understand dogs a while back by some crazy explosion I saw as a kid, and now I can hear everything you say." The teenager looked through her reports and didn't seem to find Trickery's name under any of them. "So which one are you?"

Trickery placed his paw on the reports with him then shown on the desk, giving a devilish glare to the teenager. "I don't think I've made an appointment yet."

"Huh." The teenager took the reports and moved them out from underneath Trickery's paw, making him fall on his face as she walked off. "Well I hate to break it to ya buddy, but I can't do my work without an appointment being made. The Mayor doesn't want any tricksters out here." Trickery extended his claws and walked up to the teenager, making her cautious once she turned around and saw it. "What are you doing?" Trickery gave a devilish grin as he slashed his claws at the teenager, making the screen go to black.

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Flare was shown to be holding a football with Marshall preparing to charge up and kick it, feeling he could do it this time. When he started running, he focused his sights on the ball and went for it at max speed. "This time I'm gonna kick that ball all the way up to the-" Flare pulled the football away at the last moment and made Marshall fly up into the air, screaming as he then fell flat onto his butt and then to his back. When Flare walked up to him with a smile on his face, he took the football away once he sat up with a blunt look.

"I'm kind of surprised your butt hasn't turned red by now. It's nowhere near as thick as Chase's." Flare commented, and then Chase ran up to them with Flare greeting him first. "Oh, hey Chase."

"How's it going?" Marshall asked, and then he noticed that Chase was kind of on edge, making him question what he was thinking about. "Did you lose your memory or something?"

"No, something else." Chase exclaimed and then he explained what he had on his mind, and it shocked Flare and Marshall quite a bit. "The town's veterinarian Katie ended up getting attacked by Trickery, one of the most powerful Wastes out there!"

"What!?"

"What is right! We have to rush over there as fast as possible!" Chase declared, knowing that he couldn't let Katie get any more hurt. "The others are already on their way, but we need everyone on board!" Flare and Marshall nodded and ran off with Chase and all three of them went into two leg mode as they headed off. "Hey, you two haven't met Katie yet, have you?" Flare and Marshall nodded their heads no with Chase seeing an opportunity. "Hey, maybe after we heal her up you guys can get to know her."

"Maybe. But I think we should wait until AFTER she's healed to think about that." Marshall replied, and the three of them sped off as fast as they could to the location of the vet's building.

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Flare, Marshall, and Chase arrived at the Vet's office with all of them going into four leg mode to join the others. Marshall suddenly tripped over a rock and rolled up until Richie stopped him with his foot, and then he got back up with a smile. "Thanks Richie."

Richie nodded and then Flare and Chase caught up to them with Flare speaking with a smile on Marshall's behalf. "Sorry about my brother's clumsiness. He's got this thing called Dyspraxia. I think it's a foot impediment." Marshall rolled his eyes while smiling as Flare then hugged him tightly.

Chase smiled and then got back to the point with Ryder explaining the mission. "Alright guys. Now remember, Trickery isn't one to underestimate in either speed or power. We have to be smart and avoid battle, and be on guard if we join him in battle at all." Everyone nodded and then they all walked into the base with Ryder spotting Katie by the desk and rushing over to Trickery, who was right next to her. Trickery dashed at Ryder, who kicked him in the face and made him move back a bit by the impact.

Ryder put his guard up and Trickery looked at Ryder with a grin on his face. "Strong as always Ryder. That attack actually hurt a little." Ryder clenched his fist when he saw Katie again, seeing her completely unconcious. "But I don't think your friend over there will be too fond of it if you let her die."

Flare saw Katie's injured body and saw a flaming rage surrounding him, charging at Trickery all of a sudden and alarming everyone. Trickery became amazed by this power and kicked Flare aside, making him crash into a wall. Flare then jumped out however, and when Trickery blocked his punch, Flare pushed so hard that he hit Trickery with his own arm, making him move back. "You'll pay for what you did to her! I may not know her at all but I know she didn't deserve this! (Charges at Trickery) I'll kill you if I have to!"

Trickery kneed Flare and then grabbed him by the head with the Dalmatian trying to punch him more. "My oh my, you're much stronger then I anticipated. Just a word of advice." Trickery grabbed Richie's punch from behind, using all of his power into that hand to do so. "Don't take part in a battle you can't win." Trickery kicked Flare to the side and then threw Richie over him with Richie regaining his balance and charging after him with the others running up to Katie.

Ryder held Katie up by her head and Marshall checked to see if Flare was okay. Flare smiled somewhat weakly at Marshall and then the two of them checked to see if Katie was okay. When they saw her knocked out, Ryder picked her up and ran off with the others as ryder then looked down at Katie with concern. 'Don't worry Katie. I brought the supplies in my car. Just don't die now.' Ryder ran as fast as he could to save Katie, hoping they could save her. He knew they still had time and that they had to use it.

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Richie and Trickery were running through the city with Trickery running on the roofs with Richie chasing after him at the same speed. He then called up to the Kishu as he gave him a cold warning. "You won't be getting away with this Trickery! You'll pay for your crimes!" Trickery took out two cards and threw them at Richie, who took out a gun and shot them both once they landed. He survived the explosion they made without much harm, but then he blocked Trickery's kick once he jumped down and they ran at the same pace.

"Well I don't have any money, but I suppose a battle couldn't hurt." Trickery replied, being quite fond of solving his problems with a duel. "I'm most certain you can keep up." Richie and Trickery kept running with the townspeople cheering for Richie to wipe the floor with Trickery. "Oh, I forgot to mention. I called Charm in public to cause some tension in the air. I felt that if there was a battle we should at least find a crowd to amaze."

"Fair enough." Richie replied with a smile, but then he got serious again. "But if you even think of bringing out my demonic side then think again. My hair's staying white."

"Of course." Richie and Trickery arrived down at the beach and Trickery stopped, feeling they should have the battle here. "Care to begin my former friend?"

"Here?" Richie looked around and saw a bunch of innocent bystanders, not wanting to hurt any of them. "As much as I want you to be punished, this isn't the place to do it." The crowd suddenly surrounded Flare and Trickery, wanting to see how the fight went. This changed Richie's mind, but just barely. "That helps. (Puts his guard up) You'd better not hold back." Trickery nodded and put his guard up to battle as well, knowing he and Richie would be doing their best. Richie wasn't exactly preparing for a crowd to show up though.

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Katie was sleeping in a doctor's bed as Rocky was then shown arching his butt back right onto her face all of a sudden. He then cracked a three second rotten egg fart and hit Katie with a yellow cloud, waking her up as she coughed and sat up (brrrrraaaaat). She then pushed Rocky aside when he started laughing, annoyed at his little stunt. "Are you serious Rocky?"

"Yes, I'm serious." Rocky replied as he stood up, and then the others were shown to be gone. "Ryder and the others are in the scanning room or whatever, and I vollunteered to watch you so you'd wake up. And you weren't waking up, so I decided to use a cheat code." Katie sighed as she got up and then Rocky gave a blunt look. "Hey, you should thank me. My first thought was to pee on your suit."

Katie rolled her eyes as she walked over to the sink and Cali came into the room, jumping onto the counter and smiling to see Katie okay. After Katie splashed water on her face, she looked over to see Cali and smiled as she petted her. "It's gonna be okay Cali. Once Ryder and the rest of the Paw Patrol take care of that Kishu, we'll be back to work, or whatever we feel like doing." Something then applied to Katie and she picked Cali up as she looked at Rocky. "Speaking of which Rocky, (Walks over to Rocky) they know the scanning rooms for animals, right?"

"Yeah, but we brought one that worked for humans so we decided to hook it up." Rocky explained, and then he walked off with Katie to confirm that she was awake. "It could come in handy in case a human gets turned into an animal or something like that.

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Richie and Trickery were just about ready to fight and the two of them dashed at each other at full speed. The two of them collided a brutal punch and then Trickery attempted to uppercut Richie, who spun back and dashed at him and aimed a kick at his chest. Trickery was able to dodge it with ease and Richie then grabbed his arm when he attempted to punch him, throwing him onto the ground and attempting to stomp on his head. Just as he made the attempt however, Richie grabbed his foot and made him fall back.

Trickery appeared in front of Richie and attempted to kick him, only for Richie to grab his foot and use it to stand up on Trickery's head. He then jumped off with Trickery turning around in an attempt to punch him with Richie spinning to the side and aiming a kick at him. Trickery blocked it however and aimed his palm at Richie, who collided a palm with it and backflipped away, dashing at Trickery, who grabbed his punch just before it made contact.

Trickery attempted to knee Richie but he grabbed it just in time, leading to the two of them smashing their foreheads against each other. They then collided multiple punches and kicks, leaving the audience in awe at the kind of battle they were witnessing at that very moment. When the two were done colliding punches, they jumped back and Trickery took some cards out, throwing them at Richie, who jumped and slid underneath them. This allowed him to aim a kick at Trickery, who grabbed it and threw Richie into the air.

Richie regained his balance just as Trickery threw a bunch of cards up, leading to Richie diving down and grabbing one as he dodged the others. When he arrived at the ground, he slashed Trickery on the cheek by just a bit as the Kishu dodged the strike he made with the card. Richie then flipped forward and regained his balance, tossing the card aside. The two of them then looked at each other from afar, seeing that they were set at equal terms.

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Ryder and the others continued to scan Katie's injuries with Rocky, Katie, and Cali then entering the room with the others looking at them. They were excited to see that Katie was okay, especially Ryder, who stood up and ran over to her. "Katie!" Ryder hugged Katie, only for her to then flinch and Ryder then pulled her away. "Oh, sorry. Your injuries must've hurt your hug durability." Katie looked to see her waist bandaged, giving Ryder a blunt look upon it. "Yeah, maybe we went a little overboard on the bandaging part."

Katie then smiled and set Catie down with Rocky looking at her and her hissing at him, which he ignored. Katie then showed her gratitude for what the Paw Patrol did for her. "Nevermind that. I should be thanking you guys." Katie then saw Flare writing something and walked up to him, having never met him before and giving him a head rub. "Who's this cutie?" Flare gave Katie a card that said 'Get well soon. Don't know what else to put.' And Katie laughed a bit upon it. "Thanks."

"I'm Flare." Flare said as he put his paw out for a fist bump, which Katie happily did. "So you're a vet, huh? (Gets cautious) You don't give out shots do you? Cause whenever I see a needle I start going all wimp."

Rocky got an idea and scooted out of the room as Katie replyied to Flare's question. "Only if it's mandatory." Marshall hopped up onto the desk with Katie finishing her words. "Like if you had a virus or something. I know it's doctor work, but I have a doctor's degree too."

"So you're a combination of both, huh? Could come in handy." Marshall implied, feeling that Katie could make good use for the team. "I'm Marshall by the way." Marshall and Katie did a fist bump, glad to finally meet each other. He then started thinking about Trickery, not understanding where he came from and why he attacked. "What was that Kishu doing here anyway? I've never seen him around here before."

"I think he was a Waste." Chase suggested, feeling that Trickery was working with Charm or something. "He wouldn't have come up here without a reason to otherwise, and I don't think he was here for good reasons if he slashed your stomach."

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Richie and Trickery were still battling with Richie grabbing a hold of two of Trickery's cards and deflecting the others with them. He then threw the cards back at Trickery, who grabbed them and threw them onto the ground. This caused them to create cracks in the ground that went over to Richie, who jumped over to another part of the ground just as they broke. He then charged at Trickery, who blocked all of his punches with his palms alone, and then Richie aimed a kick at him, which he ducked under and aimed a punch at him.

Richie used his foot to jump off of Trickery's paw and backflip behind him, attempting to kick him before Trickery turned around and pressed his palm on the tip of Richie's foot, making him flip forward. This led to Richie using his hands to flip forward some more and landing perfectly with both of them having their backs against each other. They looked back on the times when they fought for fun and they seemed to be just as balanced as they were before.

Richie and Trickery both aimed back hand punches at each other, colliding another strike and then turning around to grab each other's hands and hold them tightly. The two of them then stepped back a bit after letting go and aimed a kick at each other, colliding it as Trickery then threw a card at Richie. He caught it with his mouth and it exploded right when he threw it away with Richie noticing the sign just before it happened. The two of them then went back to colliding punches and kicks as a limo suddenly pulled up.

The limo opened up and out came Richie's mother, who walked over to the beach to get a closer look. Luckily she was parked right by the beach, so she was able to sit on her car and get a look from up there. When she was, she got a closer look to see who was fighting, and when she did, it shocked her. She saw Richie fighting Trickery. She hadn't seen the two of them fight for a while now. But that will have to wait, as the screen then faded to black, ending the episode off.

To be continued.

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Dragon Ball Super Usubeni cover by Mark de Groot instrumental played during the credits as Flare was shown looking over a cliff with a determined look. Flare closed his eyes as he then thought about how he was going to contribute to the team. The music suddenly got more intense as Flare was then shown fighting off four members of the Waste's, seeming to have fun while doing it as he kicked one right in the face and made him fall back into another. Flare then slammed the heads of the other two in as he then looked into the woods to find the Kishu from the intro standing there.

Flare and the Kishu stood across from each other as the two of them prepared to engage in battle once the Kishu threw one of his cards once a male voice was heard singing. "Farewell, (Flare dodges the card and charges at the Kishu) beautiful lover. (Flare aims a punch at the Kishu, who grabs his paw with little effort) I love you so, (Flare gets indimidated by the Kishu's devilish stare) but still I let you go. (Flare gets determined and aims a kick at the Kishu's side, which he blocks) Under this pink sky is where we went our (The Kishu kicks Flare back) seperate ways."

Flare regained his balance from getting send back and blocked three more cards as the song continued. "I want you to (The Kishu dash knees Flare in the stomach) know I love you, (Flare attempts to punch the Kishu, who pins him against a tree by his neck before he can do so) so I won't let you go. (The Kishu gives a calm but menacing stare into Flare's eyes, terrifying him) I wish I had (The Kishu lets go of Flare and walks off with Flare then charging at him) said these words to you,(The Kishu turns around) But I have left all these words unspoken."

Flare was shown looking over the cliff again as he stood tall and proud, determined to show himself better than the Kishu. "Like pink petals start to fall. From the blossom tree so tall. (Flare catches a pink petal that falls from the tree he's under) And they dance to a, bittersweet, melody." Flare looked at the flower and looked back on some words the Kishu said to him, smiling as he looked over the cliff again. As he looked over, the sunset was shown with an illustration as the song ended.