SailorStar9: This is the newest book of my 'The Vestroia Messiah' saga. So, please be a dear and read and review.

Disclaimers: I do not own both the animes. However, I do own the pairing, I hope.

Summary: 'The Vestroia Messiah: Bakugan Gundalian Invaders'.

Prologue: A New Beginning

"Since our return to Earth after defeating Zenoheld, a whole lot has happened." Dan began the introduction. "The most exciting thing is, Bakugan Inter-Space finally went online globally, allowing kids from all over the world to showoff their battling skills in a safe and friendly environment. It was a long road, but under Marucho's expert leadership, the technical team at the Marukura Group conducted a number of experiments before finally succeeding. At last, they were able to scan people's atomic structures and convert them into data so that they can be transported into the virtual world. Now, all kids need to do is drop into the nearest access point and teleported to the Inter-Space where they can battle to their hearts' content. Unfortunately, it seems like not everyone wants Bakugan Inter-Space to remain happy for free. Mysteriously, the forces of another world has infiltrated Bakugan Inter-Space and is trying to take over. But we Brawlers aren't just going to sit back and let these creeps push us around. We've never run from a fight and we're not going to start now. We'll show them who runs Bakugan Inter-Space. Ready to gt brawling, huh, Drago?"

"Ready when you are, Dan." Drago replied.

"Okay, then let's do this, pal." Dan declared. "Gate Card, open!"

Time passes...

"Running..." Miyoko was working out in front of the television.

"Mom, I'm home!" Dan hollered.

"No shoes in the house." Miyoko warned.

"Where are you at, buddy." Dan tossed his bookbag on his bed and looked at his partner.

"Hiding from your mom, last time she tried to make me work out with her." Drago reminded.

"Maybe we should," Dan winked. "Go split?"

"Good idea." Drago agreed.

"Hey wait, I said no shoes in the house." Miyoko chided as Dan went out again.

On the streets...

I have to admit, when Dad got transferred to Bayview for work, I wasn't that excited about coming. Dan admitted as he rode in his bicycle. But now that I'm here, I'm really digging.

In a cafe...

"Hello, handsome." Julie joked.

"Julie." Dan greeted the waitress.

"So, what can I get for you today?" Julie inquired.

"Just water." Dan replied. "I'm waiting for Jake."

"Big surprise, cheapskate." Julie pouted.

"Hello, Julie." Drago greeted.

"Hey, Drago." Julie beamed.

"I still can't believe you and Dan ended up neighbors again." Drago stated. "But this time, halfway around the world."

"It's crazy, I know." Julie agreed. "But it's nice having an old friend nearby."

"Where the heck is Jake anyway?" Dan wondered. "Always late."

"Dan's the man with the big, brown bear!" Jake declared.

"Hey!" Julie greeted the newcomer.

"Hey, Julie." Jake gushed.

"Dude, you've got to quit iot with that greeting." Dan chided. "I don't have a bear or even a license. It's pretty lame."

"Yeah, I know." Jake replied. "But it rhymes. Dan, man, van."

"Hilarious!" Julie remarked.

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

"What's a real Bakugan?" Julie inquired.

"Jake here only knows the virtual kind." Dan supplied. "When I showed him Drago, he totally flipped out."

"I thought Bakugan only exists as data, so when Dan introduced me to Drago, it totally blew my mind." Jake replied.

"There are thousands just like me in my homeworld in New Vestroia." Drago added.

"Seriously?" Jake was awed. "So cool. Dan the man, can we go? Please?"

"Again with the Dan the man?" Dan echoed.

"I can't help it, you're a legend, dude." Jake reminded. "You need a nickname like that."

"If you put it that way, I guess it's okay." Dan relented.

"Dan the man with the plan." Jake beamed.

"Okay dude, we need to talk about this rhyming thing." Dan stated as he brought Jake to the nearest access point.

In the building...

"Good afternoon and welcome to Bakugan Inter-Space." Marucho declared over the intercom. "The world's first and only 100% virtual Battle Park created just of you. Come experience thrilling brawls with kids from around the globe.

"Marucho's become quite the fish-man." Drago noted.

"You have to admit the idea is brilliant." Dan remarked. "He's bringing brawling to the masses."

"Welcome Dan Kuso." the intercom droned after Dan punched in his entry code.

"Are you going to just stand there all day?" Dan asked the awed Jake. "Chop, chop."

"Right." Jake blinked and the two entered a transport pod each.

"Just breathe, okay?" Dan advised.

"Primary simulation, standing by." the mechanical voice droned. "Signal translation, 5, 4, 3 ,2 ,1, 0. Welcome to Bakugan Inter-Space." the voice added after they were transported. "Please enjoy your stay and remember, play nice."

"It's... so real." Jake gasped.

"Nope, but it's the next best thing, buddy." Dan corrected. "So, ready?"

"I... love it." Jake awed at the centre of Bakugan Inter-Space.

"This area is called the 'Commence', it's where players from wherever can just come and hang out." Dan supplied.

"It's massive." Jake gaped.

"This is also a place for you to exchange helpful tips and strategies when you're searching for opponents to battle against." Marucho added.

"Hey Marucho." Dan greeted.

"Hey Dan." Marucho remarked. "How's things?"

"Pretty good." Dan replied. "This is my friend, Jake."

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

"Little dude, I know all about you." Jake gushed. "Dan's told my stories about the old days."

"I bet he has." Marucho joked.

"Jake's a newbie." Dan added. "This is going to be his first battle today."

"Oh, congratulations." Marucho blinked. "As a token for our new friendship, let me offer you your very own Bakugan." Pushing his watch and a few buttons, a Haos and Subterra Bakugan manifested. "Go ahead, come on, pick one, Jake."

"Ready?" Jake gushed. "Are you serious?"

"Yeah, of course I am." Marucho replied. "Please."

"Okay, let's see." Jake peered. "This one." he took the Subterra Bakugan.

"Ah, Subterra Coredem." Marucho noted. "Nice choice. Okay Jake, now that means from today forth, Coredem is your partner."

"Good to meet you, man, old buddy." Jake greeted his new Bakugan. "How come he doesn't talk to me?" he blinked when Coredem remained silent.

"He's a digital clone, synthetic. Subterra Coredem isn't programmed to speak like living Bakugan would." Marucho explained.

"So then... he's not real Bakugan?" Jake was disappointed.

"Quit staring at me like that." Drago remarked, noticing Jake's look. "It's creepy."

"Hey, now you've got your Bakugan, how about we try a little battle huh?" Dan suggested.

"That sounds really great but... er..." Marucho stated. "Unfortunately, all the battle arenas are full at the moment."

"What?" Dan exclaimed. "You've got a full house? That's awesome, dude. I just can't believe how popular you made this in such a short period of time."

"Thanks, but a lot of the credit lies with Ren." Marucho replied.

Flashback

"Excuse me." Ren approached the three Brawlers in the incomplete Bakugan Inter-Space. "Would you be the Bakugan Battle Brawlers?"

"Yeah, we are the Brawlers." Marucho replied. "So who are you then?"

"My name is Ren, Ren Krawler." Ren introduced himself.

"That's great but how did you get in here?" Marucho wondered. "This area isn't open to the public. It's under construction and the reason for prior technology."

"Forgive me, Master Marucho." Kato stated. "Mr Krawler said he had a matter of the utmost emergency to discuss with you, so I let him through."

"I had heard of new rumors about the Bakugan Inter-Space." Ren stated, once they were in the living room. "So I did some research and tracked all of you Brawlers down."

"Rumors?" Marucho echoed. "But I don't understand. This project is top-secret."

"Sounds like you've got a leak inside your research team." Shun reasoned.

"So, what exactly did you hear?" Dan prodded.

"Nothing specific." Ren replied. "But I did hear stuff about you guys. What few details I did learn about Inter-Space made me realize you've got a huge problem though. There ain't enough Bakugan available for all of your potential battlers."

"Is that really true?" Dan inquired.

"Actually, now that it think of it, yes." Marucho admitted. "Perhaps the answer lies in cloning existing Bakugan, but which ones? The digital versions in the system or live one from New Vestroia?"

"Absolutely not!" Eva protested vehemently.

"I agree." Shun concurred. "Both of these options seem like bad ideas."

"Actually, I think I could be of some help in that area." Ren offered. "If you allow me."

"Listen pal, we just met." Dan reminded.

"Yes, but I also received the unknown data." Ren added.

"The version of the data that Ren received was quite different from what we received in that there was so much more of it." Marucho added. "If Ren hadn't come to us that day, I don't think there's anyway the Bakugan Inter-Space would make it past the prototype stage."

"Whoa." Dan remarked. "Well, well, speak of the devil."

"How's it doing there, Dan?" Ren greeted.

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"Oh, hey you there, Ren." Dan replied. "This is my buddy..."

"Jake Vallory." Ren cut in. "I understand this is your first battle and that Subterra Coredem is your partner Bakugan."

"Er... yeah." Jake gaped.

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

"In case you couldn't tell, Ren is in charge of data management of Bakugan Inter-Space." Marucho supplied.

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

"Thanks a lot guys." Ren snorted. "Since I'm such a freak, I guess that's how I know that Shun's battling now in Arena F-12. Want to check it out, Dan?"

"Really, Shun?" Marucho echoed.

"Awesome, I'm in." Dan beamed. "Arena F-12." he typed int the coordinates into his watch and a portal opened. "Let's go."

"Wait up!" Jake dashed into the portal.

In the stands...

"Hey, there's our boy." Dan remarked, the four exiting from the portal. "Good battle."

In the arena...

"Ability activate!" Shuji declared. "'Twin Slasher'! See that? No one can beat me now that I perfected my strategy with Subterra, Darkus and Haos."

"Yeah, well, your strategy is good." Shun admitted. "But it's your execution that needs work."

"What?" Shuji exclaimed. "What do you mean?"

In the stands...

"You go tell him!" Mavelle cheered.

In the arena...

"Ability activate!" Shun countered as he smirked at his daughter. "'Ninja Protection, Wild Wind Defense'!"

"Ability activate!" Shuji declared. "'Spilt Coilor'!"

"Ability activate!" Shun countered. "'Fly Fang, Hyper Storm'!"

With a downward slash, Hawktor ended the battle.

"'Life Force', 0." the mechanical voice droned.

"Battle's over!" the announcer declared. "And the victory goes to Shun Kazami!"

In the stands...

"Nice one, Shun!" Dan remarked, the two thumping fists as the ninja jumped up to the group. "But you still got a way to go to catch up with me."

"If Marucho's at third and Shun's at second," Jake looked at the scoring board. "Then... Whoa! Dan, look, you're Number One!"

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

"We shall see." Eva joked, joining the boys with Mavelle in tow.

"You're up nest, Jake my friend." Ren informed.

"Huh?" Jake blinked.

"What are you talking about, Ren?" Marucho wondered.

"Well, I shifted around the battle orders a bit to move him up." Ren replied.

"Ren, that's not fair for the others whose turn it really is." Marucho chided.

"Since Jake is our friend, I thought we could make an exception." Ren reasoned.

"On top of our next battle is our Number One ranked, Dan Kuso!" the announcer declared.

"You're up, Jake." Ren added. "Thank your lucky stars. Not many people get to go against the top ranked Brawler in their first battle."

"I really don't now if I can do this in front of all of these people." Jake remarked. "No way! I can't do it!"

"Come on, dude, take it easy." Dan soothed.

"Going up against Dan is a first time participant, Ren Krawler!" the the announcer declared.

"Okay, someone tell me this is not a coincidence." Eva muttered.

"Oops, oopsie." Ren stated. "Looks like I messed up the order. Probably best if you watched two pros go at it first."

"Come on Ren, what is going on here, man?" Dan demanded.

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

"You did this to embarrass me." Jake concluded.

"Come on, Dan. Can't keep the fans waiting." Ren prodded.

"You sure about this?" Dan asked. "Drago's pretty strong."

"Well, my Linehalt is no pushover." Ren reminded.

"Bakugan, field open!" the announcer started the battle.

In the arena...

"Let's see what you've got!" Dan tossed in a Gate Card. "Gate Card, open! Bakugan, roll! Bakugan, stand! Go Pyrus Helix Dragonoid!"

In the stands...

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

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

In the arena...

"Bakugan, roll!" Ren tossed Linehalt in. "Bakugan, stand! Rise Darkus Linehalt!"

In the stands...

"I've never seen that Bakugan before." Marucho stated.

"So, that's where he disappeared to." Eva mused. "I was wondering where he went."

In the arena...

"Ability activate!" Dan started. "'Dragon Hummer'! Stay on him!" he shouted when Linehalt dodged Drago's kick.

"Ability activate!" Ren countered. "'Volting Vibra'!"

"Snap! He nullified my Ability!" Dan cursed.

"Lucky shot." Drago remarked. "Let's go, Dan."

"Gate Card, open!" Dan activated his Gate Card. "Pyrus Reactor! Ability activate! 'Galactic Dragon'!"

"Ability activate!" Ren countered. "'Dispel Closure'!"

"Hang on, Drago!" Dan pulled out an Ability Card. "Ability activate! 'Firim Tornado'!"

"Ren 'Life Force, 20%." the mechanical voice droned.

In the stands...

"Oh yeah, Dan totally screwed him." Jake whooped.

"Yeah, but he's got some pretty good shots in on Drago." Shun added. "Ren's definitely no punk."

"Check it out guys." Marucho remarked. "They've started Round Two already."

In the arena...

"Ability activate!" Ren countered. " 'Volting Vibra'!"

"Really playing that one again?" Dan asked. "Ability activate! 'Burning Reflector'!"

"Well played." Ren noted. "Ability activate! 'Darkness Blizzard'!"

"What the..." Drago gasped when his fire shield was nullified.

"Gate Card, open!" Ren continued. "Freeze Enemy!"

"What's happening?" Drago demanded when his movements were frozen.

"Drago, what's wrong?" Dan asked when Drago started falling head-first.

"Can't move my body..." Drago replied.

"Command Card, "Freeze Enemy' is a trap Card that freezes the movement of your opponent, preventing them from using any abilities." Ren supplied.

"Drago!" Dan hollered as Drago crashed to the ground and reverted back to his ball form.

"Dan 'Life Force', 60%." the mechanical voice droned.

In the stands...

"Oh no!" Jake gasped.

In the arena...

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

"Come on, why should I pull any punches?" Ren remarked. "You're Number One, right?"

"That's right, and don't you forget it!" Dan snapped. "Bakugan, roll! Bakugan, stand!"

"Bakugan, roll!" Ren tossed Linehalt in. "Bakugan, stand!"

"Ability activate!" Dan stated. "'Dragon Hummer'!"

"Ability activate!" Ren countered. "'Dark Saber'!"

"Fusion Ability activate!" Dan pulled out a Card. "'Power Glazer'! This should end it. Ability activate! 'Galactic Dragon'!"

"Fusion Ability activate!" Ren countered. "'Grizmo'!"

"You think that's goin to take down Drago?" Dan challenged.

"Ability activate!" Ren pulled out a Card when he saw Drago's fireball diffusing his attack. " 'Shock Breaker'! Drago is as tough as his reputation says." he noted after Drago's fireball blasted through Linehalt's attack and the Darkus Bakugan was knocked away by the resulting impact. "I was hoping to save this for later." he revealed his 'Battle Gear'.

"Ready, 'Boomix'." the mechanical voice droned.

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

"'Battle Gear' Boost!" Ren tossed the cube in.

"We can play that game too." Dan activated his 'Battle Gear'.

"Ready, Jetkor." the mechanical voice droned.

"'Battle Gear' Boost!" Dan followed Ren's example.

In the stands...

"So awesome!" Jake gushed.

"Their Power Levels are completely even now." Shun noted.

"Correct me if I am wrong." Eva voiced. "But aren't we supposed to be the only ones with 'Battle Gear' around?"

"Yeah..." Marucho nodded.

"Then, explain that." Eva pointed to the armored-up Linehalt.

"Good question." Shun agreed. "Looks like someone has lots of explaining to do."

In the arena...

"'Battle Gear' Ability activate!" Ren wasted no time on calling forth an attack. "'Mega Blaster Locked'!"

"Back it up!" Dan countered. "'Battle Gear' Ability activate! 'JetKor Delta'!"

In the stands...

"Oh no!" Shun exclaimed when the two attacks clashed, resulting in an large collision that started to engulf the arena.

"Marucho, if this is going to happen every single time we use 'Battle Gear'," Eva looked at her cousin. "I strongly suggest a restriction."

"Agreed." Marucho nodded. "I need an emergency shutdown of the system." he told the operators. "Terminate this battle immediately!"

In Dan's dreamscape...

"Where am I?" Dan awoke. "Where am I?"

A sudden blast forced him to his feet as Dan looked around, finding himself in a middle of a battlefield, with Hawktor and his group of Bakugan standing on a cliff.

In his ship...

"Destroy the enemy Bakugan." Barodius ordered. "All forces advance."

In the middle of the battlefield...

"What is this place?" Dan wondered, caught in the middle of the crossfire.

In the demolished arena...

"Are you okay there, Dan?" Ren asked as Dan opened his eyes.

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

"There was an accident and Marucho had to pull the plug." Drago supplied. "Are you okay?"

"An accident?" Dan echoed. "What are you talking about?"

"There was a huge explosion in the middle of it." Marucho replied. "That's what knocked you out."

"Are you..." Dan blinked. "Serious?"

"You don't remember any of it?" even Shun was surprised.

"Remember?" Dan echoed. "I saw some things. Maybe it was all just a dream."

"Calm down." Ren soothed. "Just tell me what you saw."

"Bakugan, but they were all at war with each other." Dan replied.

"How could that happen?" Marucho wondered.

"It makes no sense." Shun agreed.

"Why would the Bakugan be at war with each other?" Jake added. "You must be hallucinating."

"Maybe not..." Eva mused, noticing Ren's look.

"Huh?" Shun blinked at her.

"Can't you sense it?" Eva questioned. "In the wind?"

"Oh..." Marucho nodded in realization, knowing what his cousin meant. "Dan's 'innate ability'..."

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