Chapter 1: First Encounters
My name is Jason Carter. I'm 13 years old; I'm still in middle school. And something happened just a couple weeks ago that totally changed my life forever.
I was there when the cards first fell from the sky. Almost every kid in Wardington City that day gathered up as many as they could before getting called in by their parents. I was one of those kids who picked up those cards and started on the path of the brawler.
After examination of these cards, we found out that they were more than just regular playing cards. Soon enough, these weird marbles started popping out of them. They looked like game pieces to some of the kids who found them, and that started the greatest game of all time: Bakugan.
We eventually found out that the cards themselves held an incredible power; one that transported us to an entirely different dimension. That's when Bakugan became more heated. We also learned that the game pieces, once thrown onto the cards, would come to life as an amazing warrior. The battles were intense, and if you made one wrong move, your Bakugan warrior was gone.
Myself and a lot of other kids that day dedicated ourselves to becoming the best Bakugan brawlers that we could be. After the rules were set in stone, that's when my real battle began. My battle to become the best. And I won't give up until I achieve that goal!
Wardington City, Present Day
A large yawn emanated from a young boy's mouth as he was sitting at his desk, looking at the paper in front of him, waiting for school to end so that the real excitement could begin. He wore a white jacket that was black at the sleeves, which were rolled up, and blue jeans with white and black tennis shoes. On his wrist was a white watch-like item, and clipped on his belt was a white clip device with three white and gold balls snapped securely inside.
"Jason Carter!"
Jason Carter ran a hand through his messy yet soft blond hair, pushing his glasses up so they sat at a comfortable position on his nose, and opened his azure-blue eyes, looking at the teacher who'd yelled at him from the front of the room.
"How many times have I told you not to fall asleep in my class?!" Ms. Purdy shouted. "Do you want detention again?!"
"Waah! No, ma'am!" Jason said frantically, nearly falling out of his chair. "I'm sorry! It won't happen again!"
Just then, the bell rang, and Jason ran out of the classroom before Ms. Purdy could say anything else. He didn't stop running until he was off school grounds, and when he finally got there, he sighed with relief.
"Phew…thank God she didn't catch me," Jason said. Then he remembered that he was supposed to meet his friend Dan Kuso at the park for some Bakugan practice.
"Heh, can't keep him waiting," he said, bolting off in the direction of the park.
Jason ran all the way to the park without stopping once. The young brawler eventually found his target waiting by the big fountain. Dan turned around as soon as he heard the footsteps behind him and gave him a smile.
"Hey, Jason!" Dan said enthusiastically. "Ready to get started?"
"You know it!" Jason said confidently, pulling out a Gate Card. Dan did the same, smirking cockily.
"Bakugan Field Open!"
The six attribute symbols shimmered and rotated around the two players, then a bright flash of light appeared as time stopped around them, transporting them to the battlefield.
"Gate Card Set!"
The two brawlers threw their Gate Cards down onto the field, and they expanded in a flash of red and yellow. Jason had the first move, and he pulled out the first Bakugan in his clip.
"Bakugan Brawl!" he shouted, lobbing the ball onto the field. "Bakugan Stand! Rise up for battle, Haos Serpenoid!"
A massive white snake with gold markings appeared from the ball that had stood on the card, giving off a massive hiss.
"Haos Serpenoid enters battle with 320 Gs," Jason's Bakupod said. "No further data available."
"OK! I'll call your bluff!" Dan said, pulling a red and gold Bakugan from his clip. He wound up and threw it towards Jason's Serpenoid, shouting, "Bakugan Brawl!"
The ball whizzed through the air, rolling right in front of Serpenoid and popping open.
"Bakugan Stand! Go, Pyrus Saurus!"
A red dinosaur rose up from the ball, roaring loudly and showing off its strength.
"Pyrus Saurus enters battle with 350 Gs," the Bakupod said. "Battle commence."
"OK! Ability Activate!" Dan shouted, holding out a glowing card. "Saurus Glow!"
Saurus' body began to glow with a red luminescence as the Ability Card increased his power level.
"Saurus power level increased to 400 Gs. Serpenoid remains at 320 Gs."
"Ability Activate!" Jason said, countering with his own card. "Bright Light!"
Serpenoid charged up a ball of light in its mouth before launching it at Saurus.
"Serpenoid's power level increased to 400 Gs."
"Ability Activate! Fire Wall!"
A red vortex of flame whirled up around Saurus, stopping the ball of light dead in its tracks and nullifying the ability.
"Serpenoid's power level decreased to 270 Gs, Saurus' power level increased to 450 Gs."
"OK! Go get 'em, Saurus!" Dan shouted.
Saurus ran at Serpenoid at full speed, his shoulder forward.
"Serpenoid! Use your slow squeeze!" Jason shouted frantically.
Serpenoid jumped up and wrapped itself around the charging Saurus, tripping it to the ground and immobilizing it.
"Saurus' power decreased to 400 Gs, Serpenoid's power increased to 320 Gs."
"Nice try, but it's not enough to win!" Dan shouted. "Saurus! End him!"
Saurus grabbed the Serpenoid and squeezed as hard as he could as well, inflicting the same pain on Serpenoid that was being inflicted on it.
"Oh, no you don't! Gate Card open!" Jason shouted, thrusting a hand out. "Hyper Merge!"
Power was instantly transferred from Saurus to Serpenoid, rendering Saurus helpless.
"Power transferred, Saurus decreased to 300 Gs, Serpenoid increased to 420 Gs."
Serpenoid continued to squeeze until Saurus exploded in a flash of red light, reverting to his ball form and flying back to Dan, rolling on the ground before stopping in front of him. Serpenoid hissed loudly before reverting in a flash of yellow light, flying back to Jason, who caught the ball.
"My turn again! Gate Card Set!" he shouted, throwing another card onto the field. He pulled a different ball from his clip and shouted, "Bakugan Brawl!" before throwing it at the card he just set. It landed, popping open on the card.
"Bakugan Stand!" Jason shouted. "Rise up for battle, Haos Stinglash!"
The scorpion Bakugan rose up, giving a massive battle cry from its ugly head.
"Haos Stinglash enters battle with 330 Gs. No further data available."
"What? Afraid to fight me on my own card?!" Dan said cockily, pulling out another Bakugan. "Bakugan Brawl! Bakugan Stand! Go, Pyrus Mantris!"
The giant mantis Bakugan appeared onto Dan's Gate Card, causing Jason to shudder slightly. He always hated bugs, and he never understood that, since he always brought his Stinglash.
"Pyrus Mantris enters battle with 340 Gs. No further data available."
"Ability Activate!" Dan shouted, pulling out another card. "Marionette!"
Mantris put its wicked scythe-like claws together and fired grappling beams at Stinglash, picking it up and moving it onto Dan's card, where Mantris was waiting.
"Slick move, but try this on for size! Ability Activate!" Jason shouted, pulling out a card of his own. "Abyss Ruler!"
"Stinglash power level increased to 430 Gs, Mantris remains at 340 Gs."
"Not for long!" Dan spat at the Bakupod's comment. "Ability Activate! Twin Machete!"
Mantris' claws started shining brightly, his power level raising just above Jason's Stinglash.
"Mantris' power level increased to 440 Gs."
"Now, Gate Card open!" Dan shouted. The Gate Card flashed, revealing a Pyrus symbol, suggesting that it was a Pyrus Normal card.
"Mantris' power level increased to 540 Gs, Stinglash remains at 430 Gs."
"Take him down, Mantris!" Dan shouted.
Mantris launched forward, slicing Stinglash harshly and sending it flying off the Gate Card, causing it to revert to its ball and fly back to Jason. Mantris reverted as well, and Dan caught his Bakugan, smiling victoriously.
"Give up yet?" Dan said cockily.
"You're kidding, right?!" Jason shot back. "This is just the beginning!"
Jason pulled his last Bakugan from his clip and threw it as hard as he could onto the remaining card.
"Bakugan Brawl! Bakugan Stand! Rise up for battle, Haos Laserman!"
It was Dan's turn to shudder as the powerful mechanical Bakugan rose up, ready for combat.
"Haos Laserman enters battle with 370 Gs. No further data available."
"OK! Bakugan Brawl!" Dan shouted, throwing another ball onto the field. "Bakugan Stand! Go, Pyrus Griffon!"
A red flash erupted from Laserman's card, and the chimera Bakugan rose up, letting out a nasty roar.
"Pyrus Griffon enters battle with 350 Gs. Battle commence."
"Let's do this! Ability Activate!" Dan shouted. "Wing Burst!"
Griffon flew in and smashed Laserman with its wings, leeching G-power from it while the attack was going on.
"Power transferred, Laserman decreased to 320 Gs, Griffon increased to 400 Gs."
"OK! If that's the way you wanna play, let's do this! Ability Activate!" Jason shouted, pulling out his counter. "Spiced Slayer!"
Laserman fired a draining beam from both his guns at Griffon, who had no choice but to take it, for Dan had already used his Fire Wall ability.
"Power transferred, Griffon decreased to 300 Gs, Laserman increased to 420 Gs."
"I'll take my power back, thank you," Jason said, smiling.
"Yeah? And I'll steal it right back!" Dan shouted. "Gate Card open! Hyper Merge!"
"Power transferred, Laserman decreased to 320 Gs, Griffon increased to 400 Gs."
"What?! No way!" Jason shouted, not believing what had just happened. He stayed that way as Dan's Griffon mercilessly defeated his Laserman, sending it rolling back to Jason's feet. Before the battle could end, Jason pulled out one more card.
"Ability Activate!" he shouted, flashing the card. "Taking You With Me!"
Soon enough, an enormous beam of energy erupted from the Ability Card, making direct contact with Dan's Griffon and causing it to roar in pain. The Griffon reverted to its ball and flew off the field, rolling back to Dan.
"What was that?!" he shouted.
"Taking You With Me is an Ability Card that can only be used after your Bakugan has lost a battle," Jason explained. "It defeats the other player's Bakugan, rendering it useless for the rest of the game!"
"Huh…not bad!" Dan said. "But you've only got one Bakugan left! Let's see if you can win with those odds!"
Dan pulled a Gate Card from his deck, Jason doing the same. Both brawlers shouted, "Gate Card, Set!" before throwing them onto the field, expanding them.
"My move!" Dan shouted. "Bakugan Brawl! Bakugan Stand! Go, Pyrus Mantris!"
The red mantis Bakugan rose up once again, hissing loudly.
"Pyrus Mantris enters battle with 340 Gs. No further data available."
Jason shuddered slightly, but then he steeled himself, putting on a confident face. He pulled out his Serpenoid and threw it towards Mantris.
"Bakugan Brawl! Bakugan Stand! Rise up for battle, Haos Serpenoid!"
The white snake rose up to his full height against the Mantris, raising the fins on the side of its head and hissing intimidatingly.
"Haos Serpenoid enters battle with 320 Gs. Battle commence."
"Ability Activate!" Jason shouted, holding up a card. "Light Increase!"
Serpenoid's body began to glow, and the stinger on the back of its tail increased in size.
"Serpenoid's power level increased to 380 Gs."
"I'll see you, and raise you with this! Ability Activate!" Dan shouted, holding up his counter card. "Blaze!"
"Mantris' power level increased to 420 Gs."
Mantris began to charge up a ball of fire between its claws. Jason knew he needed to do something, or else he was toast. Literally.
"Ability Activate! Power Up!" he said, pulling out the first card he saw.
Serpenoid's body glowed even brighter as the power flowed into him.
"Serpenoid's power level increased to 440 Gs."
Jason sighed with relief. His Serpenoid's power was just above Dan's Mantris. He could end this with one move.
But then…
"Gate Card open! Triple Battle!"
Ah, crap, Jason thought, facepalming. With the Triple Battle Command Card, Dan could bring another Bakugan in to fight beside his Mantris.
Wait, Dan only has one Bakugan left, Jason thought. Unless he entered the battle with 4 Bakugan, he wouldn't be able to activate the card.
"Bakugan Brawl! Bakugan Stand! Go, Drago!"
Jason was snapped out of his thoughts as a Bakugan that was known all across the world showed up on the card as Mantris' ally.
"Pyrus Dragonoid enters battle with 340 Gs. Dragonoid and Mantris combined G-power of 760 Gs."
"A Dragonoid?!" Jason shouted, knowing he was royally screwed. Serpenoid wasn't strong enough, and Jason didn't have any Ability Cards that could boost it up enough to even remotely make a difference.
"Ability Activate!" Dan shouted, holding up one last glowing card. "Boosted Dragon!"
"Dragonoid and Mantris' power level raised to 860 Gs."
Drago charged up a massive fireball in his maw before both he and Mantris released their fiery attacks on Jason's helpless Serpenoid, destroying it and claiming victory. Both Pyrus Bakugan reverted to their ball forms and flew back to Dan, who caught them. Jason's Serpenoid rolled back to him, stopping at his feet. He picked it up just before they exited the battlefield, and time restarted in the human world.
The light died down, revealing a happy and confident Dan and a distraught Jason.
"Aw, man!" Jason said. "I don't believe this! I nearly had you!"
"Haha! That was awesome!" Dan said happily. "Not bad! You're getting better!"
"Yeah, and I would've won if you hadn't brought a freakin' Dragonoid into the battle!" Jason said spitefully.
"Who, you mean Drago?" Dan said as the Dragonoid Bakugan floated up and popped open, perching on his shoulder.
"You had the right tactics, you just didn't have the right skill," Drago said, much to Jason's surprise.
"Whoa! You can talk?!" Jason shouted, surprised.
"Yeah, I know, right?!" Dan said. "Drago actually came to me while I was taking on Shuji a few weeks ago. We've been partners ever since!"
"We've had our fair share of disagreements, but our friendship has stayed strong," Drago said, looking at his partner. "I don't know where I'd be without him."
"Aww, you're chokin' me up!" Dan joked, smiling and rubbing the back of his neck. Jason smiled weakly and looked down at his Bakupod.
"Oh, crap! I gotta get home!" Jason shouted. "I'll catch you later, Dan!"
"See ya later, pal!" Dan shouted after Jason as he ran off towards home.
Later that night…
Jason was ready to hit the sack, for he was tired and wanted to be well rested for the pop quiz Ms. Purdy was giving tomorrow. He shut off his light and plopped down on his bed, not helping but be jealous of Dan and his new Dragonoid. He fell asleep quickly, unaware that his wish for a talking Bakugan of his own would come knocking at his window.
Later on that night, a small white and gold figure was looking through Jason's window on the second story of his house.
"So this is where he lives," the Bakugan said. He was still in his ball form, but he resembled a four-legged dragon, with blue eyes and two horns pointing back from the back of his head and a forward pointing horn on the top of his head. His tail ended in a spike that was serrated, and he had angel-like wings.
The Haos Bakugan floated in to where he could see the sleeping Haos Brawler, then he was stopped by an unseeable force.
"What?" He said, wondering what was preventing him from coming in. He tried a few more times to enter the room, to no avail. Then he realized that the kid's window was closed. He facepalmed mentally.
"Looks like I'll have to find another way in," he said, looking around. Then he locked onto an air vent that was missing the grill.
"That's it!" he said, floating over to it and going in.
After a few minutes of floating through the ventilation shaft, the Bakugan exited the shaft, heading into Jason's living room.
"OK, I'm in," he said, looking around some more. "Now I've just got to find the kid's quarters."
The Bakugan floated around a bit more before he found a set of stairs. He floated up them and came to a hallway, looking at each of the doors until he found one that was cracked slightly. He poked his head in to see the same sleeping boy, and the room that he was looking in.
"OK, I made it," the Bakugan said, nodding his toy head. "I guess I'll sleep with the rest of the kid's Bakugan."
The Bakugan floated over to Jason's nightstand landing on it and looking at the sleeping Haos brawler.
"Let's see how he reacts when he finds me," the Bakugan said before closing up and going to sleep himself.
Author's Note: My name's Strato Abyss, and this is the second Fan Fiction I've started writing that has not been written in a notebook first, the first one being "Mystery of the Legend Keepers", which I'm actually putting on hold for a while.
Anyway, I'll admit first that I'm a major fan of Bakugan, all the way up until Mechtanium Surge. The first Bakugan I ever owned was a Haos Dragonoid, who I later ironically exchanged for a Haos Delta Dragonoid. Since then, I have collected a crapton of Bakugan and Cards, which I still occasionally brawl with.
This story is not canon with any of the Bakugan storylines, except for characters, much like the game. I will be incorporating Gate Cards and Ability Cards from both the anime and real life, as well as giving Bakugan attributes that never appeared in the anime, such as a Haos Laserman.
Anyway, please read and review, and I actually must give out a thank you to JetravenEx, who actually reignited my passion for Bakugan and inspired me to write this story. If you're reading this, thank you. And I hope you readers out there enjoy my newest work, "Bakugan: The Destiny Brawlers".
Strato Abyss signing out.