So I just watched episode 1 of Mechtanium Surge and here are my first thoughts:

1. Where the hell did Marucho and Shun get their bakugan? And how come Shun's isn't a bird anymore :(

2. Shun is still as hot as ever!

3. WTF with all these creepy characters?

Anywho...I have yet to judge MS so I thought I'd just upload the Gundalian Invaders story. Hope you like!

I do not own Bakugan, only Ayden, Azreal and Maelstrom.


Dan's POV

I was riding my bike down to my favorite café near school. I had to admit, I wasn't too excited when Dad got transferred to Bayview City, but it's pretty awesome here. The only thing I didn't like was leaving all my friends behind: Marucho, Runo and Shun, but Marucho, Shun and I kept in touch regularly through Bakugan Interspace. I got to the café and parked my bike by a palm tree at the curb. I took my usual seat and checked my watch. Where was he?

"Hello handsome." I looked up and saw a familiar face.

"Julie!"

"So what can I get for you?" she asked.

"I'll have a water, I'm waiting for my friend Jake."

"Big surprise cheapskate!"

Drago jumped out of my pocket and opened on the table. "Hello Julie."

"Hey Drago!"

"I still can't believe you and Dan wound up neighbors in a new city."

"It's crazy, I know! But it's nice having an old friend near by." Gorem jumped down from Julie's shoulder.

"I'll say. It's nice to have someone we know around." Said Gorem.

"Man, where is he?" I checked my watch again. "Always late…"

"Hey Dan the man! Hey Julie!" greeted Jake.

"Dude, you have to quit it with the 'Dan the man' stuff. It's really lame." I said.

"Yeah I know, but it rhymes!"

"Hilarious." Said Julie.

"Hey, Julie, do you have one of those real Bakugan too?" Jake asked.

"Real Bakugan? You mean like Gorem?"

"Jake only knows the virtual kind. When I showed him Drago, he flipped."

"I thought Bakugan only existed as data so when Dan introduced me to Drago, it totally blew my mind!"

Drago sat on my shoulder. "There are thousands like myself on my home world of New Vestroia."

"Seriously! That's so cool! Dan the man, you're so awesome!"

"Again with the Dan the man?" I asked annoyed.

"I can't help it man! You're like a legend! You need a cool nickname."

"Well when you put it that way, I guess it's ok."

I said goodbye to Julie and Jake and I went off to Bakugan Interspace. I stood on the moving floor as Jake stood right behind me, totally stunned by how awesome everything was. Marucho really outdid himself this time. He even had a video introduction playing.

"Marucho's become quite the pitchman." Said Drago.

"I have to admit, the idea is brilliant. He's bringing brawling to the masses." I said.

We got to one of the terminals. I scanned my ID card and entered my personal code. The doors opened to the transport area. "Are you just gonna stand there all day?" I asked Jake.

"Uh…right!" Jake followed me to the tubes. We stepped into the tubes as they closed around us. I saw Jake's nervous expression.

"Don't worry, just breathe. You won't feel a thing." The transport began and I could almost hear Jake crying out. Man, I wonder if I was like that when I first got transported. We arrived in a similar looking location.

"Welcome to Bakugan Interspace. Have and nice day and remember, play nice." Said the computer.

The tubes opened and I walked to the door. "It's so real…" said Jake.

"Nope, but it is the next best thing." I said. "So, you ready?" The door opened and we stepped out. Bakugan Interspace had really changed since Marucho first made it. Before there were only about 5 buildings, now it was the size of a small city! There were kids everywhere and screens showing all the battles going on.

"It's so cool! I love it!"

"This area's called The Common. It's where players from wherever can just come and hang out." I said.

"It's also a place where you can exchange tips and helpful strategies while searching for opponent's to battle against." I looked over and saw my little blonde friend.

"Hey Marucho."

"Hey Dan, how's things?"

"Pretty good. This is my friend Jake."

"Hey, it's nice to meet you Jake. I'm Marucho. I'm Dan's old friend from back home."

"Little dude! I know all about you! Dan's told me all his stories about the old days."

"I bet he has." Laughed Marucho.

"Jake's a newbie, this is his first day in Bakugan Interspace." I said.

"Really? Well, as a token of our new friendship, let me offer you your own Bakugan!"

"For real?"

Marucho opened his watch/Bakupod (his own invention) and summoned Subterra Coredem and Haos Aranaut. After Marucho took Akwimos and Shun took Hawktor, they were the only ones left. "Go ahead, come on and pick one Jack."

"Really? Are you serious?"

"Yeah, go ahead."

He walked up to the two Bakugan. "Ok, let's see." He picked up Coredem. "This one."

"Ah, Subterra Coredem. Nice choice. That means from today, Coredem is your partner."

"Good to meet you little buddy!" Coredem didn't respond. "How come he doesn't talk to me?"

"He's a synthetic clone. He's not programmed to speak like a living Bakugan." Explained Marucho.

"So then…he's not a real Bakugan." Jake turned to me and stared at Drago, on my shoulder.

"Quit staring at me like that…it's creepy." Said Drago.

"Hey, now that you've got your Bakugan, how about we try a little battle?" I asked, trying to change the mood.

"That sounds like a great idea, but all the arena's are in use right now." Said Marucho.

"What? We've got a full house? That's awesome! I can't believe how popular you made this in such a short period of time." I said.

"Thanks, but a lot of the credit for this lies with Ren. If Ren hadn't come to us that day, I don't think Bakugan Interspace would've made it past the prototype stage."

I looked over and saw a familiar person walking towards us. "Well well, speak of the devil."

"How's it going Dan?" asked Ren.


Normal POV

"Hey Ren, this is my friend-" Said Dan.

"Jake Vallory. I understand this is your first time in Bakugan Interspace and that Subterra Coredem is your partner Bakugan."

"Uh…yeah?"

"Relax, I just reviewed his registration data, that's all."

"In case you couldn't tell, Ren is in charge of Data Management for Bakugan Interspace." Said Marucho.

"He's a freak for research, facts and figures." Said Dan.

"Thanks guys. Well since I'm such a freak, I know that Shun is battling in arena F12." Said Ren.

"Shun? Sweet, let's go check it out." Dan pressed some buttons on his wrist watch-computer. A portal opened and everyone stepped in.

Jake hesitated at first. "Uh…oh man. Guys wait for me!" he jumped in just as the portal shut.


The portal quickly reopened into a fully seated battle arena.

"Hey what's going on?" asked Dan.

"Sometimes battlers can issue a special challenge. I'm guessing someone challenged Shun to a three on two battle." Explained Marucho.

"Well it's nothing our boy can handle. I wonder who he's battling with." Said Dan. Dan looked down to the stadium to see who Shun's opponents were. He recognized them as Shuji and his brother and sister, Akira and Nene. He looked to the other side of the battle arena and saw Hawktor flying next to a huge gold and white dragon. "No way! Azreal?"

"What is he doing here?" cried Drago.

"Poison Flasher!" cried Shuji. His Longfly shot bright rays from its wings at Hawktor. "See? No one can defeat me now with my perfect strategy of Subterra, Darkus and Ventus."

"What do you mean 'your' strategy? I'm the brains behind this!" cried Nene.

"You've got a good strategy, I'll give you that. But you execution is lacking." Said Shun.

"What did you say?" cried Shuji.

"Ninja Protection Wild Wind Defense!" Hawktor blew away the golden rays with a single beat of his wings.

"Sting Pointer!" Longfly charged at Hawktor with his sharp tail poised to strike.

"Fly Fang Hyper Storm!" Hawktor flew up, dodging Longfly's attack, flew back down and slashed at the dragonfly. It reverted back to a ball and returned to Shuji.

"Oh I have to do everything in this family! Gate card open! Phantasmorphic!" Said Nene. Hawktor and Azreal were immediately frozen to the ground. "That should take you down a peg!" Akira and Nene's Bakugan moved to attack the frozen Hawktor and Azreal.

"Not so fast! Ayden!" cried Shun.

"I'm on it. Spike Tail!" Azreal slammed his tail shattering the Gate Card.

"Oh, we're finished!" cried Akira.

"That's right you are! Sky Fang Thunder Starion!"

"Don't forget about me! Cross Lightning!" Hawktor and Azreal sent their attacks at Nene and Akira's Bakugan, reverting them to ball form.

"And that's the end of this battle. The winners are Shun Kazami and Ayden Grit!" Shun and Ayden reclaimed their Bakugan.

"Hey, there's Dan and the others. Wanna take the fast way?" he asked.

"No way, not in front of all these people!"

"Oh come on, you know you love when I do that." He said moving closer to her.

She smiled back at him, but pushed him away "Stairs."

"Oh, all right." He sighed. Shun would've loved to carry his girlfriend and jump right to where Dan and co. were, but he complied.

"Ayden! What are you doing here?" cried Dan.

"Nice to see you too Dan." She said. "I'm kinda surprised you didn't notice I was here. I am ranked third, right between Shun and Marucho."

"Ren, Jake this is Ayden Grit, one of our friends from Vestal." Introduced Marucho.

"Nice to meet you." She said.

"Wow, you're really pretty!" cried Jake.

"Hey! I'm the only one who gets to call her pretty! I won't make take it easy on you because your Dan's friend." Cried Shun.

"Whoa Shun, relax! He was just being polite. And since when did you get so defensive over Ayden?" asked Dan.

"You think we should tell them?" asked Ayden.

"We might as well. We've kept it quiet this long and it'll take Dan forever to figure it out on his own." Replied Shun.

"Tell us what?" asked Marucho.

Shun wrapped his arm around Ayden's waist and puller her close to him.

"Guys…we've been…" started Ayden.

"Dating." Finished Shun.

"Dating? What? You? How long?" asked Dan.

"Just before the final battle against Zenoheld." Answered Shun.

"But that was months ago!" cried Dan.

"Yeah." Said Ayden. "Just don't tell Ace."

"You mean he doesn't know?" asked Marucho.

"Yeah, Ace isn't big on me dating anyone. Not that I don't have confidence that Shun can hold his ground against my brother, it's just that I'd rather not cross that bridge just yet." Replied Ayden.

"So she was that secret girlfriend of yours?" asked Dan.

"Yeah, we couldn't risk you guys finding out otherwise it would get back to Ace." Said Shun.

"Well I'm happy for you two. Elfin always thought you two made a cute couple." Said Marucho.

"Speaking of which, where is Elfin? And Preyas?" asked Ayden.

"Oh, since we beat Zenoheld, Elfin and Preyas decided to spend more time together. So I had a secret area made just for the two of them to…hang out, I guess you could say." Replied Marucho.

"What about Ingram? Where is he?" asked Dan.

"Ingram's learning some ninja moves from my grandfather. He said he wanted to be an even better ninja than before, so I suggested he train with my grandfather."

"Your grandpa? Him? A ninja?" asked Jake.

"He may not look it, but he was a great ninja back in the day. But, yeah, since my training with him is complete, he's training Ingram now. I lent him my Gauntlet so Ingram could move freely in the battling environment." Said Shun.

Azreal opened up on Ayden's shoulder. "Drago, good to see you again."

"Likewise Azreal, how are things on Vestal?"

"Quite good, the locals are really taking to Earth fashions and customs. But Percival won't shut up about settling the score with you."

"Really? I'll have to pay him a visit sometime then."

"Whoa! No way, you have a talking one too!" cried Jake.

"'Talking one?' What does he mean?" asked Ayden.

"Jake here only has synthetic Bakugan, but he really wants a real one like Drago and Azreal." Explained Marucho.

Jake began staring at Azreal. "Um, why is he looking at me like that?" Azreal asked Drago.

"Don't worry, you get used to it."

"So if Marucho's fourth, Ayden's third and Shun's ranked second, then…whoa! Dan, you're number 1!" cried Jake.

"Won't take me long to catch up." Said Shun.

"So who's battling next?" asked Marucho.

"Actually I've arranged for our new friend Jake to battle." Said Ren.

"What? Me?" he cried.

"Ren, that's not fair to the other brawlers in line." Said Marucho.

"I know, I just wanted to give him a great first battle."

"Next in the arena we have our number one ranked battler, Dan Kuso…"

"Looks like you'll be going up against Dan, Jake. Not many people get this rare chance." Said Ren.

"Oh man, I don't think I can do this in front of all these people!" wailed Jake.

"…up against a newcomer to the arena, Ren Krawler!"

"Wha?" asked Marucho.

"Opps, I guess I messed up the schedule. Probably best that watch two pros go at it first." Said Ren.

"Come on, Ren. What's going on?" asked Dan.

"I bet he planned it this way." Said Shun.

"You were trying to freak me out weren't you?" Asked Jake.

"Either way, that wasn't nice." Said Ayden.

"Sorry, Jake. What do you say Dan? We can't keep the fans waiting." Said Ren.

"Are you sure about this Ren? Drago's pretty tough."

"Well my Linehalt's no pushover, either."

Dan and Ren walked down to the arena as Marucho, Jake, Shun and Ayden took front row seats.

"I just realized, I've never seen Ren battle before." Said Marucho.

"He's going up against Dan. It may be over before he knows it." Said Shun.

"Well either way, it'll be an exciting battle." said Ayden.

"Gate Card set! Drago stand!"

"Linehalt stand!"

"Whoa, I've never seen that Bakugan before." Said Marucho.

"Dragon Hummer!" Drago started glowing red and with great speed, charged at Linehalt. Linehalt easily dodged into the air. "Stay on him!" Drago took off after Linehalt.

"Bolting Virba!" Linehalt shot purple lightning at Drago, nullifying his Dragon Hummer ability.

"Lucky shot." Said Drago. "Let's go Dan."

"Gate Card open! Pyrus Reactor!" The entire field became covered in flames. "Galactic Dragon!" Drago shot a fireball at Linehalt.

"Dispel Closer!" Linehalt absorbed Drago' fireball in one hand and fired his own attack from the other, hitting Drago right in the chest.

"Hang in there, Drago! Firim Tornado!" Drago, engulfed in flames, charged at Linehalt, reverting him to ball form.

"Oh yeah! Dan totally schooled him!" cried Jake.

"Yeah, but he got some pretty good shots on Drago, he's definitely no amateur." Said Shun.

"Hey, they've already started round 2." Said Marucho.

"Man, they don't even stop for a break." Said Ayden.

Linehalt and Drago flew into the air.

"Bolting Vibra!" Linehalt shot purple lightning at Drago.

"Really? You're gonna play that card again? Burning Reflector!" Drago formed a small shield in front of him, stopping the lightning from reaching him.

"Well paid. Darkness Blizzard!" Linehalt blew away Drago's shield. "Gate Card open! Freeze Enemy!"

Drago immediately froze and plummeted to the ground, returning to ball form.

"Hey, don't you think that was a bit harsh?" asked Dan.

"Come on, why should I take it easy on you? You're number one right?"

"And don't you forget it!" Dan threw down a Gate Card and summoned Drago.

"Linehalt stand."

"Dragon Hummer!" Drago charged at Linehalt.

"Dark Saber!" Linehalt formed a sword in his hand and sliced Drago in the chest.

"Fusion Ability! Power Glazer! And this should finish you. Galactic Dragon!"

"Fusion Ability! Twist Bow!" Linehalt shot a purple disk at Drago.

"You think that's gonna stop Drago?" Drago's attack easily cut through Linehalt's.

"Razen Breaker!" Linehalt tried to stop Drago's attack, but it was no use. Drago's attack struck Linehalt, knocking him back a few feet. "Drago's as tough as his reputation says." Ren began typing on his Bakupod. "I was hoping to save this for later."

"He's got Battle Gear!" cried Drago.

"Battle Gear Boost!" A giant gun appeared on Linehalt's shoulder.

"We can play that game too." Said Dan. "Battle Gear Boost."

"This is so awesome!" cried Jake.

"They're power levels are almost even now." Said Shun.

"Battle Gear Ability! Megablaster Lock!"

"Battle Gear Ability! Jetkor Delta!"

Linehalt and Drago fired their barrels at each other. Once the two beams hit, a huge explosion blinded the arena.

"Oh no!" cried Shun. He pulled Ayden close to him to shield her from the blast.

"I need an emergency shut down, terminate this battle immediately!" cried Marucho.

The explosion grew so great that it blew Dan, Ren and their Bakugan back. Marucho had managed to get his technicians to terminate the battle before the explosion reached the stands. Everyone was immediately cleared out of the arena as the group ran down to the arena. Ren had recovered easily, but Dan was still out.

"Dan! Dan, wake up!" cried Marucho.

They shook Dan, but he didn't come to. Suddenly his eyes fluttered open.

"Are you ok Dan?" asked Ren.

"What the?" Dan slowly sat up. "Who won the battle?"

"You guys were generating too much power so Marucho had to pull the plug." Said Ayden.

"What are you talking about?"

"There was a huge explosion at the end! That's what knocked you out!" said Marucho.

"You don't remember any of it?" asked Shun.

"Remember? I-I saw some things…maybe it was all just a dream."

"Calm down Dan, just tell me what you saw." Said Ren.

"I saw Bakugan…but they were all at war with each other."

"How could that happen?" asked Marucho.

"It makes no sense." Said Shun.

"Why would the Bakugan be fighting each other?" asked Ayden.

"You must have been hallucinating, Dan." Said Jake.

Ren, however, didn't seem too shocked by Dan's vision.


Well, there's chapter 1 for Gundalian Invaders...hope that's good enough for you guys!

~ZP