It was a battle of beasts. Fear Reaper versus the mysterious Bakugan. Fear Reaper jumped at the Bakugan, slashed at it with its claws, and scratched it in the face. The Bakugan however did not fall. With one great roar its G-Power was finally revealed.
Leontess
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The beast, Leontess, it pounced on Fear Reaper. He sank its teeth into Fear Reaper's head, crushing it with its razor sharp teeth, and was slowly about to end their battle. Fear Reaper screamed in horror as he was about to explode.
" No, please, stop this! Stop!"
Fear Reaper vanished in Leontess's jaws. It was defeated. The Gate Card flew out of the field, glowing, shrank to the size of a playing card, and was grabbed by Ian. With three Gate Cards Ian was the winner. He however didn't know that. His mind was fixed on the beast. Without a Bakugan to fight it went on a rampage.
" Where's a Bakugan? I want to rip the flesh off a Bakugan now!" Leontess noticed the player in front of Ian. The beast pushed him with his paws and growled in his face. " Where are Bakugan? Give me the flesh of a Bakugan now!"
" Ah! Monster!" The bald player shouted. " Stay away from me!"
Dan was in shock. The aura, the one he and Drago sensed before, it was radiating from Leontess. He was the dark presence they felt before.
" We have to do something, Drago," Dan said.
" Your right," Drago said. " There's still a Gate Card in Ian's hands. If we can throw it underneath this beast you can roll my on it. Then I'll battle him with my power."
" That could work. Okay, let's go-"
" Stop it!" Ian shouted at Leontess. His loud voice shocked both Dan and Drago. " If you want to hurt someone hurt me. I can take a hit. Just leave him alone!"
Leontess reacted to what Ian said and turned around as he growled at him. Leontess charged towards Ian. He swiped his paws at Ian and lifted him off the ground, and growled right at his face.
" Dan, he's out of the Gate Card Zone."
" I know. Now we can't do anything."
Something unexpected happen. Leontess stuck its tongue out and licked Ian's face. Dan and Drago both were gawked at what they saw. After licking him Leontess went back to growling at him.
" Your taste...what exactly are you? Why do you taste just like me-"
Leontess couldn't say another word. His body was starting to glow. Light was glowing from his insides and he started fading away. Before Ian could even say a word the entire stadium glowed. Ian's eyes were blinded by the light. The last thing he saw before he became completely blind was Leontess turning into a small Bakugan ball and flying into the air.
Earth
Ian, Dan, and the bald man were back in the streets. Ian was confused, Dan was confused, the bald man was scared. He quickly ran away from Ian and Dan and ran as fast as he could away from them.
" Your both crazy! Don't think you've seen the last of me!"
" No!" Ian shouted. " Now people will want to battle me. Wahhhhhh."
" Hey, don't sweat it, man," Dan assured. He smacked Ian's back trying to calm him down. " The first time's always the worst time. When you get better at it you'll start to enjoy it a little more. But what was the deal with that Bakugan. The Bakugan he was suppose to roll was suppose to be a Griffon. But that thing...that was no Griffon."
" Oh no, what time is it? I'm not suppose to be out this late!"
" Chillax. When you play Bakugan time stops altogether. You could play a hundred players and only one hundred seconds would go by. So just chillax.?"
" Really? There's nothing like that in Yu-Gi-Oh or Pokémon."
" Well Bakugan is better. People just don't know it yet."
" I should really get back. I wouldn't want to keep my guardian waiting."
" Wait. Will I ever get to see you again?"
" I don't know. I really don't think I should be hanging out with you. Thanks for teaching me how to play. Bye."
Ian ran away from Dan and ran back to his home. Dan was confused with what just happened. He rubbed his short brown hair and blinked looking at Ian as Drago floated besides him.
" He looks stressed. Does he seemed stressed to you, Drago?"
" Completely stressed. All that stress can't be good for him."
" Nah. I just hope someday I get to met him again. He's kind of interesting."
The Next Day
Dan was sitting in school. Like most days he had his Bakugan cards on his desk, rolled his Saurus on one of his cards, and the Bakugan stood up. Dan wasn't really allowed to bring his cards to school. His friend, Runo, was angry at Dan.
" Hey, what did I tell you about your cards, Dan?"
" That I should play with them more. Hey, do you want to hang out today, Runo?"
" Can't. I have to work at my parents café today."
" C'mon. Can't you just ask Marucho for some money? He is extremely rich after all."
" Dan, can't just ask friends for money. It isn't right. By the way, how's Sarah? You know she's been raving about you like crazy."
" Shouldn't matter to me. I'm a Bakugan Brawler not her boyfriend."
" Why don't you look at me when I'm talking to you? It's very rude not to look someone in their eyes when their talking. "
" I who am about to die salute you."
" What's with you, Dan. You're more off than usual. Is something bothering you?"
" It's nothing. I just met this Bakugan Brawler yesterday."
" So? You've battled plenty of Bakugan players. Why is this one any different?"
" I didn't really battle him. There's just something about him that reminds me of, well, not me of course, but like...us."
" Us?"
" Yeah, us. We're the BattleBrawlers. I think maybe he could be one of us. But now I'm probably never going to see him again."
" Attention, everyone," Dan's teacher said. " If I may have your attention we have a new student joining us today."
" A new student," one of the girls shouted. " Really? Is he a cute guy? I hope he's cute."
" I hope it's a cute girl," one of the boys shouted. " I'd rather it be a girl than a boy. We have enough of those already."
" Can you believe them, Dan. Who cares if it's a boy or girl? It should matter if he or she is nice. What do you think, Dan? Dan?"
Dan couldn't believe his eyes. The new student walked in. He walked on the right of the teacher, stared at the students who stared back at him, smiled. The student bowed to the students.
" Hello. My name is Ian Brown. Please take care of me." The moment Ian raised his body back up he saw Dan's face, gasped. " Eeeeeek!"
" It's you!" Both Dan and Ian shouted in unison, they pointed their fingers at each other. " Why are you here?! I go to this school!"
" You mean to tell me you were a student at my school?" Dan asked. " Why didn't you tell me?"
" I just transferred here. I didn't know what school I was going to. Besides, we just met."
" So you two know each other?" The teacher asked. " That's great. Mr. Dan Kuso, perhaps you can show our new student around."
" No way!" Ian shouted. " Anyone but him, please!"
" I'll show him," fellow student Yumi Matsumoto said.
Yumi just like Dan and Runo was thirteen years old. Yumi is hyperactive, but tires out easily due to her high energy and quick movement. She is hard-working and determined. She is usually friendly, cheerful and mischievous. Yumi grabbed Ian and headed straight for the door. " Come on. Let's have some fun together."
" Wait. What about where I'm seated?"
" You can worry about that on the way back. Let's just go."
Yumi dragged Ian out of the classroom and headed throughout the school. Dan, unamused with Ian, gave him one of his biggest unamused face.
" Can you believe that guy. I offer to show him around and he barks at me. What a guy."
" He's kind of hot."
" Yeah. Huh? Runo, I thought you didn't like guys."
" Only if they think I'm terrible at Bakugan. Besides, a girl can dream, can't she?"
