Okay, time to test my writing skills...

As my first fanfic, I have decided to write a next generation fic, of which I sincerely hope to not mess up or not be motivated to write. I really need someone to smack me in the face when I haven't updated in awhile...

By the way (I know how to use abbreviations, I just don't find them necessary, sometimes), it'll probably seem confusing at first, but hopefully it will make more sense later...hopefully...

Anyway, just chill and read the story, 'cause I ain't going nowhere :3

Diclaimer: I do not own Bakugan

Warning (*cough* Spoilers *cough*): In this fic there will be some angst, violence and characters deaths. And there'll be a lot of OCs as well as next generation kids...

Prologue-Disappear

Out in the vast ocean, a young sailor was trying to steer his boat towards dry land. Sheets of rain had started to pour down as the sky became dark and grey. Thunder clouds started to form and the waves were getting rough. Soon, there were several cracks of thunder and lightning, and the boat was being tossed around as if it was a small ragdoll.

The sailor tried to steady the boat. Trying to keep his balance, he made an attempt to reach the sails, but he got knocked down instead. He tried again and succeeded, but he managed to rip a sail instead.

In great annoyance, the sailor tried to fix the broken sail, but had no such luck. As the storm raged on, things seemed to be getting worse and worse. The waves were getting rougher and tougher to steer through, especially with a broken sail. And as if that wasn't enough, the boat was staring to get filled with water.

Then suddenly, a huge wave started to tower above his boat. The sailor tried to turn the boat in the other direction, but a crack of lighting hit the boat, tipping the boat overboard. Then all he saw was darkness.

Rain droplets dripped down the leaves of the trees. The fallen leaves were gently being swept by the breeze and the air was damp and fresh. Shun was meditating on a dry rock, waiting for Jaakor, Skytruss and Orbeum to finish their training. He didn't join them as he had some training to do of his own, but since the place was so tranquil and peaceful, Shun decided to meditate to clear his mind.

Lately, Shun had been hanging less around the Battle Brawlers and had started focusing on training more. After Dan had left, Shun took over number one rank but was quickly bored by it. Most of his opponents were either novices or starstruck fans. There were times when he would get a challenging opponent, but they were rare occasions. He ended up giving the number one rank to Marucho, but he denied it and gave the ranking to Gunz, as he had a bigger chance of keeping on brawling. Apparently that hadn't go well because Gunz was quickly beaten by a brawler called Yoru Wakahisa, and now he was ranked number one.

'Master Shun!' A voice snapped Shun out of his thoughts. Shun looked up, it was Jaakor's. He was surprise that the training was done already.

'That was quick,' said Shun, 'did you finish already?'

Jaakor shook his head. 'Skytruss and Orbeum have disappeared!'

'Really?' Shun frowned. This was strange.

Jaakor sighed. 'We were perfecting our fusion ability attack, and when we were about to fuse together they just suddenly disappeared.'

Shun frowned and thought deeply. What could've happened to them? Shun turned to ask Jaakor to recall the events, but as he did, he found that Jaakor had gone. Shun wondered if Jaakor had left to search for Skytruss and Orbeum, but he was suspicious that Jaakor would leave without letting him know. Without a second thought, Shun went to find Jaakor.

'And welcome back to the battle between, Miki Ishikawa and Yoru Wakahisa!' Julie announced to the battle arena crowd. 'And just in time too, because this battle is starting to heat up!'

'Gate card set!' Yoru threw down the last gate card. He grabbed his Bakugan and threw him out on to the field. 'Bakugan Brawl! Darkus Abaven stand!'

Miki did the same. 'Bakugan Brawl! Pyrus Asenath stand!'

The crowd hollered and cheered loudly in the background. In the last round, they were in a dead heat and seemed as though they were equally matched. At first the crowd booed at the challenger, Miki, thinking that she was going to lose in the first round, but, to their surprise, she proved to be a worthy opponent and countered every attack that Yoru threw at her.

Marucho and Gunz were watching from afar. They were also impressed at how the girl could keep up with him. So it was no surprise when Alice said that, based on Miki's battling record; Miki had been battling for a long time and had reached the top ten.

Mira had gone back to Vestal, after she received an urgent call from Ace and Baron. When she had left, Alice had come to Bakugan City. Originally, her grandfather was going to go himself, to finish off his research, but Alice insisted on going instead. Upon arriving on Bakugan City, she had planned to only stay here for a few days, but stayed to help Runo manage the headquarters, and plus she missed hanging out with her old friends. So she sent her research back to her grandfather's lab and told him that she was going to stay for a bit longer.

Miki made the first move. 'Ability Activate! Fireball Cannon!'

Asenath launched high in the air and shot consecutive fireballs at Abaven. Abaven kept dodging them, but then a large fireball hit Abaven hard and blasted on impact.

'Ouch!' exclaimed Julie. 'Now that's gotta hurt.'

Yoru countered with his own ability. 'Ability activate! Nightmare Shard!'

Abaven's body turned darker and his arm became elongated. A black aura sparked around Abaven's arm and the aura became stronger and stronger. At Yoru's command Abaven ran and aimed his attack for Asenath.

'Wow, talk about powerful! Julie commentated. 'What is Miki going to do now?'

But Miki wasn't going to give up just yet. 'Ability activate! Blaze Sword!'

A trail of fire wrapped itself around Asenath hand. It narrowed out and transformed her hand into a flaming sword, with its flame growing brighter and brighter. At Miki's command Asenath ran and aimed at Abaven. The audience cheered louder and louder. Who was going to win?

As both Abaven and Asenath collided, the two blades clashed together and caused an explosion that covered the whole arena. The crowd began to panic and scream. Julie, Marucho and Gunz tried their best to calm them down.

When the explosion subsided, the whole arena was destroyed and all the Bakugan had disappeared.

Runo and Alice were currently trying to find some data files on the main computer about the strange occurrences have been happening around Bakugan City. Shun had informed them that a fourth strange occurrence just happened when he was in the forest near the mountains. He had told them that Jaakor, Skytruss and Orbeum had suddenly disappeared. And then later on, Marucho, Gunz and Julie had told them that all the Bakugan who were at the battle arena had disappeared as well. They couldn't come back to headquarters because they were being held up, trying to answer the crowd's questions.

The first strange occurrence happened before Mira left for vestal. All the Bakugan had just started to randomly attack each other, including their own Bakugan. The second occurrence happen when Alice arrived at Bakugan City. The sky began changing different colours everyday, even at night, until the third strange occurrence. It was a raging storm that continued to go on for days, until it just stopped this morning. And now the fourth occurrence was disappearing Bakugan.

So far, they had no luck finding anything. Runo and Alice had looked at most of the files on the computers and there wasn't much information about how to figure where the strange occurrences were coming from. At first they thought it was from New Vestroia, but a far as the Bakugan were concerned, New Vestroia was fine.

Runo stopped searching. Alice looked over worriedly at Runo.

'Are you okay, Runo?' she asked.

Runo gave Alice a reassuring smile. 'I'm fine, Alice. It's just that this research is getting us absolutely nowhere.'

Alice sighed. 'I know what you mean.'

Runo got up from her seat and started walking towards the exit.

'Where are you going, Runo?'

'I'm going to take a break. You coming, Alice?'

Alice was going to say yes but then an incoming message showed up on the main computer. It was Marucho.

'Hey, Marucho,' said Runo, 'What's going on?'

'Shun reported another strange occurrence is happening at Bakugan Park.'

'Really? What is it?' Asked Alice.

'Shun didn't clarify on what type of occurrence he saw. I suggest that you meet us at the park. Gunz, Julie and I will be there soon.' The message closed.

Runo and Alice looked at each other; they both had a bad feeling about this.

Marucho, Gunz and Julie met up with Shun as they arrived at the park. Alice and Runo arrived there quickly after them. They all looked at Shun expectantly.

'So, what exactly are we dealing with here?' asked Runo. 'Everything seems fine to me.'

'I concur with Runo's statement,' said Marucho, 'There seems to be no strange occurrences or any sort of abnormalities.'

'Yeah!' agreed Gunz, 'What did you bring us here for?'

Alice and Julie nodded in agreement.

Shun started to explain. 'As I was searching for Jaakor, Skytruss and Orbeum, I passed by a hooded figure on the back on his Bakugan. He looked like he was on his way to Bakugan City. I followed him until I reached Bakugan Park, where he suddenly disappeared.'

'Is that why you told us to come here?' asked Alice.

Shun nodded. 'I've tried looking for him, but he didn't even leave a trace.'

'So, we'll just have to look from him until we find him then,' said Julie.

'I don't think you'll have to do that,' replied Gunz. Gunz stepped back from the five original battle brawlers. Confused, all five of looked at Gunz; an evil smile was plastered on his face.

Shun reacted first. 'Where did you put the real Gunz?'

'Oh, you just realised.' Said the fake Gunz. 'It's a shame, I thought you were smarter than that battle brawlers.'

Marucho clenched his fist, 'What did you do to him?'

'Nothing really, but he was so easy to destroy.'

'You mean that you…' Started Runo.

'Why yes I did kill him off, how nice of you to notice.'

Alice glared at him. 'You're a monster.'

'Show yourself, you creep!' Shouted Julie.

'Suit yourself then.' The fake Gunz started to transform. His hair dropped down and became shorter and changed from blonde to indigo. His eyes turned black and dark circles formed around his eyes. His was now wearing a long black coat and a dark aura surrounded him.

'Call me, the Master,' he smirked. He then looked at his Bakugan and took out an ability card. 'Kernthan, finish them off for me. Ability activate, Impending Doom.'

The five of them, stood their ground and braced for impact. They weren't going to run away, even if they didn't have any defence. If this person was going to take over the world, like all the other villains they faced, they were going to die trying.

'Velocity Fang!'

'Blue Whirlwind!'

'Grand Impact!'

'Destruction Meteor Storm!'

'Trident of Doom!'

The attacks of five Bakugan brought the five brawlers to reality. They looked up to see five familiar figures appear on the battlefield, Tigrerra, Preyas, Gorem, Skyress and Hydranoid. Tears welled up in their eyes, even Shun. Their Bakugan were still there to protect them no matter what.

The Master rolled his eyes and pulled out another ability card. 'This sentimental scene is making me nauseous. Now, let's see you dodge this. Ability activate, Eternal Darkness.'

Soon the field was clouded with dark smoke everywhere. Tigrerra, Preyas, Gorem, Skyress and Hydranoid grabbed everyone and took refuge behind a large park attraction.

Runo smiled at Tigrerra. 'It nice to see you again, Tig.'

Tigrerra nodded. 'Likewise, Runo, but now's not the time to catch up.'

'She's right. The six ancient Bakugan warriors sent us to defend earth against this villain called the Master,' said Skyruss, 'apparently it looks like we arrived not a moment to soon.'

All the brawlers nodded in agreement.

'But why now?' asked Shun.

'Because this villain had already enslaved New Vestroia,' Gorem replied.

'What!' exclaimed Julie, 'But how?'

'He captured any Bakugan who crossed his path and locked them up.' Said Preyas sadly. 'They took Angelo and Diablo too…'

Marucho looked at Preyas sympathetically. 'I'm sorry, Preyas…'

'What about the other Bakugan,' Alice asked.

Hydranoid sighed. 'All of those who manage to escaped left for Earth, but unknown to them the Bakugan on Earth had already been enslaved.'

'That's right.'

The ten of them turned around to see the Master right behind them.

'I've had enough of this wild goose chase. Now you five Bakugan shall join your friends back in New Vestroia.' The Master was about to pull out an ability card, but then looked up and smirked.

'Well, well, it's looks like another familiar face has come to try and save the day.'

The others looked up and gasped. It was Dan and Drago.

Dan shouted out a command. 'Ability Activate! Dragon Over Cannon!'

Kernthan easily dodged the attack. The Master laughed. 'Was that all you could think of? Pity. Ability activate, Shadow Chase.'

The attack hit Drago dead centre and sent Dan and him plummeting down.

'NO!' The other shouted.

The Master watched Dan and Drago lie on the ground, helpless.

'And they used to call you number one,' scoffed the Master. 'Now I'm here to take my prize.'

'What!' shouted Dan weakly, 'No, DRAGO!'

The master called out five more attacks. Tigrerra, Preyas, Gorem, Skyress and Hydranoid all gave it their all to evade the attack, but like with Drago, they were hit dead centre and met their end.

'TIGRERRA!'

'PREYAS!'

'GOREM!'

'SKYRESS!'

'HYDRANOID!'

The various shouts by the five brawlers made the Master scoff. He climbed on Kernthan's back and gave the six brawlers a look of mocking pity. 'I feel sorry for you six really. Sorry that you lost your Bakugan so easily, without giving up a fight. You shouldn't be called the Battle Brawlers at all.' And with that, the Master and his Bakugan disappeared.

The Battle Brawlers looked at each other and then back at the sky, their eyes filled with tears. They had just lost one of the precious things that they treasured. But the thing they treasure was not their Bakugan, but of a bond so close that taken from them by a person they barely knew.

14 years later

Before going to bed, a little girl peered out of her bedroom window. She looked up in the sky and saw a shooting star. She made a wish. She wished that she could go on an exciting adventure, just like in the stories her daddy told her. Then she went back to sleep.

Ugh, the grammar! It's torture!

Yeah, the ending is short (and kinda crap) but I couldn't really decide how to end it.

GAH! I'm going to let my frustration off on something.

Constructive Criticism is welcome, flames will be used to roast marshmallows. Or be put out by a Aquos Bakugan, 'cause I'm just that weird.

Next generation kids will be introduced in the next chapters. The pairings shall be kept discreet...but feel free to guess...

Anyway, matta ne :3