The Brawlers defeated Naga three years ago. During the three years that passed, the Brawlers were busy with their normal lives.

One blue moon night, all the Brawlers received an anonymous message. The following morning the Brawlers met up in Marucho's mansion to discuss the message. The Brawlers then learnt that they have a new enemy who will stop at nothing to achieve set goals. It was then decided that every one of the Brawlers was to stay in Wardington. Alice and Julie stayed with Runo while Shun stayed with Marucho.

One moonless night while everyone was asleep, Shun decided to take a walk around Wardington until he reached the park.

Shun's POV

I was about to sit down on the bench to meditate when suddenly I was approached by two figures. I looked up to see that the first figure was Masquerade and the second figure was a young girl, but I could not see any of her features. Masquerade then leaned in closer to me and whisper, "I am not Alice. Watch your backs, Brawlers." With that he turned around to face the girl, who was bending down on one knee in a bowing position, and nodded. She then stretched her hand forward and dropped a smoke bomb. After the smoke was gone I ran for the mansion where I was up for hours trying to solve the riddle Masquerade gave me. During some time in the night, I fell asleep again because I woke up to the sun shining down on my face.


During the next day Shun called for an emergency meeting at Marucho's mansion. Once everyone was gathered and settled down, Shun began his story.

Shun's POV

"I have called you all here for a very important announcement." I started off. "Last night I took a walk all around Wardington and was about to meditate in the park when I was approached suddenly by Masquerade." I stopped to see the shocked and confused expressions on their faces, especially Alice's. Everyone by then was looking at Alice who was completely frozen. "Masquerade said that he is not Alice anymore meaning that he now exists as his own person. Alice, you no longer have to worry about turning into Masquerade anymore." A feeling of relief came over Alice as she softened up her eyes. "He also said that we, the Brawlers, should watch our backs." I paused waiting to hear a response from any of them.

Dan's POV

I could not believe what I was hearing. Masquerade is back! I started wondering if Masquerade came back to seek revenge on us. "Shun, was he alone?" waiting for his reply.

"No, he was with a young girl, but she did nothing but throw the smoke grenade."

"I wonder who she could be." I said stating my thought.

"Shun, what else were you able to see about her?" inquired Alice.

"Well, before she threw the grenade I noticed that her arm and hand was covered in scars, bruises and fresh blood." I was shocked to hear that. Could it be that Masquerade is abusing her? Right then Julie voiced my question.

"Could this be that Masquerade is abusing her and that she is his servant?"

"It sounds like it by the way she acts. Masquerade has a strong hold on her. It's like he is manipulating her, holding her against her will." Marucho explained his theory in which I think it is a conclusion.

"That is it! Masquerade is no longer going to manipulate anyone else like he did in the past. We need to confront him and the deal." I exclaimed. Masquerade has gone too far considering he just came back.

"Easier said than done, Dan. Besides, where are we supposed to start looking? It's not like he would be wondering around the city in plain sight." Runo counter-argued my outburst.


"What if we look for the girl?" Julie questioned.

"Julie, Masquerade will not let her be out of his sight." Alice spoke up for the first time. "By the sound of it, she is an asset to him. He won't let her go just like he did with Billy and the others."Alice stated, making a valuable point.

There was silence as everyone was thinking. Marucho had a light bulb moment, "Alice, can you get in touch with Masquerade seeing that you two were once the same person?" This sounded like a question Dan would come up with, but it was worth a try. Alice had a shocked and angry expression plastered on her face thinking how Marucho could even ask her such a question.

"I...I...I don't know. I just...just...hope not." Stuttering, fearing that she might still have a connection with him. Seeing the pain Alice was in just upon thinking about it, Shun said that it would be emotionally too much for Alice to handle. Runo and Julie ran up and hugged her. Alice looked to Shun and mouthed a 'Thank you' while she was still embraced by the two girls.

It was then decided that everybody would go home and the next day come up with a plan. For Alice, it was too much information to take-in on one day. That night poor Alice was up the whole night long. By the next morning, she had purple bags under her eyes, her eyeballs were red and her face was covered in salt tracks.


"Perfect. I see that our little friend delivered the message. It's too bad that I already know what they are planning." Masquerade exclaimed while smirking. He turned to the kneeling servant.


Two days went by with no luck. One morning Dan woke up to find a letter next to his bed. He read it and discovered it was sent by Masquerade requesting an audience with him. Dan then rushed to notify the rest of the Brawlers. The meeting time was 06:00pm giving Dan the rest of the day to practise and prepare himself the intense battle that evening.

Masquerade arrived along with his servant, waiting for the arrival of his victims. A minute later Dan and the rest all arrived including Alice.

"So, are you ready to battle Masquerade?" Dan announced waiting to get the battle started.

"Oh I'm ready, but I will not be battling you, Dan. My little servant here will." Masquerade replied pointing to the kneeling servant who was wearing a long hooded cape. The servant then stood up waiting for the groups' response.

"Why not? Are you scared that I will beat too easily or quickly?" Dan smirked while making fun of him. Runo then slapped Dan on the arm telling him to be quite and to take the battle seriously.

Both battlers opened the field and the battle begun. Once the battle was over, Dan emerged the victor. The Brawlers then heard shouting. They turned around to find Masquerade screaming at his servant.

"You worthless fool! I had trained you well enough to beat him. I even gave you the most powerful bakugan I had! I've made up mind. You're nothing but trash!" with that said, Masquerade turned and hit his servant straight through the face, sending the servant to the ground. After this he made his leave. Unknown to the Brawlers this was all part of his plan. The Brawlers ran up, helping the servant to sit up. They removed the hood to find that the servant was in fact a girl. On her right cheek was the five-star mark from Masquerade, becoming redder by the second. Along with the hand imprint were many other cuts, scars, bruises and swelling.

The girl had eyes that were between chocolate and hazel brown. She had a giant "X" cut over each eye, which freaked everyone out whenever she closed her eyes, and one on her mouth. Her dark brown almost black hair was tied back in a braid, but they could not tell how long she had her hair.

Shun and Dan went to either side of her and took her arms and wrapped them over each of their shoulders to help her stand and walk. The Brawlers went to Marucho's house. Once there, Dan and Shun helped the girl lay down on the couch. In seconds the girl was out.


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This is a rewrite and the story is not over yet! More chapts. to follow.

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