Werewolf Hour

**Werewolf Hour** is the twenty-sixth Season 1 episode of Leeko: The Beginning trilogy, and the twenty-sixth episode overall. It is notable for the first appearance of the Dark Slash ability.

## Summary

Leonardo orders Bewarewolf, a fire-breathing werewolf monster. It paralyzes Moonlight Man, and his loyal assistants Aurora Man and Twilight Man must now defeat him with Leeko’s help.

## Characters

### Primary

* Leeko
* Aurora Man
* Moonlight Man
* Twilight Man

### Secondary

* Bewarewolf (*debut*)
* Gene
* Helios & Luna
* Lady Chanter
* Manny
* Milly
* Mr. Mage
* Sir Chanter
* Sir Pathogen
* Tommy
* Viruses (*no dialogue*)

## Episode summary

The episode begins in Castle Leonardo, as King Leonardo is ordering a new monster from Nebula Enterprises. Through the teleporter comes one of N.L.E's "hottest monsters" Bewarewolf; a spiky, red wolf with a wild temperament and fire-based abilities. Gene explains that Bewarewolf is not to be taken lightly, and may attack King Leonardo if he is not careful. As the monster runs free through the castle grounds, Twilight Man and Aurora Man spot Bewarewolf - recognizing him right away - and run off to warn Moonlight Man of the situation. King Leonardo orders the Viruses to lock up the castle grounds to prevent Bewarewolf from escaping. The monster soon finds Leeko and Manny out in the castle courtyard and attacks them. Moonlight Man swoops in to defend them, and Twilight and Aurora soon step in as well with Milly.

Moonlight Man orders the others to get back while he deals with Bewarewolf. As the fight continues, King Leonardo and Tommy watch from a surveillance camera. After a long running battle with the beast, Moonlight Man is heavily injured by Bewarewolf, getting one of his claws lodged into his neck, and collapses, as Twilight and Aurora recover their master. In a place of safety, the two attempt to pull the claw out but to no avail, and explain to the others that Moonlight Man is still alive, but has been paralyzed, and cannot recover unless Bewarewolf is destroyed. Twilight and Aurora then resolve to go after Bewarewolf. Leeko attempts to follow, but Milly stops him, fearing for his safety. Bewarewolf continues to roam around the castle as the two soldiers attempt to track him down. They try to battle him in the kitchen, but Bewarewolf creates a veil of smoke through the area and pins them down. Leeko steps in to vacuum-mouth the smoke and then blows it back, throwing Bewarewolf aside and giving Twilight and Aurora a chance to get away.

The group holes up along with Moonlight Man in a small living chamber in the castle as Milly patches Twilight and Aurora up. Milly then scolds them for running recklessly into battle against Moonlight Man's orders. Manny asks the two why they are so loyal to Moonlight Man, and Twilight and Aurora retell the story. They explain that they had once been roadside banditz, and had attempted to rob Moonlight Man on a roadside during the war against N.L.E., but he was being pursued by Bewarewolf, and the monster soon started attacking them as well. Moonlight Man defended them from the monster and drove him away, earning their gratitude. Twilight and Aurora then explain that Bewarewolf re-energizes himself with fire, and can only be defeated by exposing him to water.

As King Leonardo wolfs down his second ten-course meal of the day, he demands to know why Bewarewolf has still not been contained, and Tommy soons sees using the remaining cameras that the whole castle is burning. Seeing this, King Leonardo orders the castle to be opened up again to let Bewarewolf escape, and the Viruses get to work extinguishing the flames. The sprinkler system activates, which drives Bewarewolf into the courtyard and gives Twilight and Aurora an opportunity to battle him again. On his own initiative, Leeko pulls Moonlight Man's sword Dark Slash with the intent to help them, and jumps down against Milly and Manny's wishes. Milly then calls the Shooting Star, and Leeko uses it to bat Bewarewolf away. The monster then leaves the castle down toward Puffy Town, but has to stop when a large pool appears in the way. Twilight and Aurora attempt to corner him there, and Leeko jumps in to help again. The Dark Slash is knocked out his grip, but he vacuum-mouths it to gain the Dark Slash ability.

Dark Slash Leeko bats Bewarewolf aside again, where he briefly gets his foot dipped into the pool, reeling in pain. This reminds Twilight and Aurora of how Moonlight Man had bested Bewarewolf in their first encounter, and they formulated a plan to force the monster into the pool. Bewarewolf manages to knock Dark Slash Leeko away using more fireballs, but Twilight and Aurora run in and get a hold of him, dragging the beast into the pool. Dark Slash Leeko then regroups and finishes Bewarewolf off using a powerful Sword Beam, slicing him clean in half and finally killing him. The claw embedded in Moonlight Man's neck breaks, allowing him to wake up. As Leeko poses with the Dark Slash in hand, Twilight and Aurora look on, remembering the moment they swore loyalty to Moonlight Man as the episode ends.

## Trivia

* First episode in *The Beginning* series to feature the Dark Slash Copy Ability.
* During the production of this episode, when Dark Slash Leeko is fighting Bewarewolf, there was a scene where he stabs Bewarewolf in the neck and roars as he bleeds out, but that was cut out because it was too violent, so the scene instead was changed to Leeko using a Sword Beam to defeat the monster.
* This is one of the few episodes where Moonlight Man gets weakened by a monster.
* Eighth episode where Milly calls for the Shooting Star.
* This episode goes into detail of Twilight Man and Aurora Man’s backstory, also revealing parts of Moonlight Man’s past.
* This is one of the few episodes where Leeko fights without being told by others.
* This is the first episode in *The Beginning* series to not end with a star-shaped iris-out.