Chapter 2: Bal's First Buddyfight Lessons
"Hey! Get down from here!" It kept climbing but it fell as Gao grabs him, "Watch out!" He crashed together with the egg but he managed to catch it in time, "Thank goodness! You aren't hurt, are you?" He asked as the egg started to crack in the middle, "Huh? I-It's hatching!" It hatched as it revealed a dragon with red eyes.
"Bal?" It spoke its first word.
"It talks! What's your name?" He asked.
"Maybe he doesn't have one yet." Kuguru said.
"Don't have one yet, bal." He said.
"Well, he is newborn." Baku said.
"Newborn, bal." He repeated.
"In that case. From now on, your name is Bal!" Gao declared the name for the newborn dragon.
"Come on, just because he ends his sentence with 'Bal'?" Noboru asked, "That's just sad. I'll come up with a really cool name..." He recommended but...
"Bal likes it, bal!" He toss his half shell as Noboru, "Bal, bal!" He revealed himself as a small dragon with orange skin and red hair that is burning hairstyle including on the tail, he has two horns and has a goggles.
The next morning, at the apartment. Daisuke was getting ready as he put the books in his bag.
"All right. Time to go. Ryuuga, are you ready?" Daisuke asked as Ryuuga came by, eating ice cream, "Why are you eating ice cream in the morning?"
"What? I like ice cream."
"For breakfast?" He asked as Ryuuga got nervous. Daisuke sighed, "Get in the deck, we need to wake my sister up so we can start up the next day."
"You got it." Ryuuga said as he went into the deck as Daisuke picks it up and leaves the room to start the day.
At the Mikado Residence, at Gao's bedroom. Bal was asleep on the bed as he started to woke up.
"Where am I, bal?" Bal asked himself as he got up and noticed a poster with a picture of Jack as Thunderstorm on it as he got scared, "I'm going to defeat you, bal!" He begins to take his sword as he begins to slash and burns the poster, "Bal! Bal! Take this!" And then a plastic model of the original Jack fell as it bumped onto Bal's head, "You've got some nerve, bal! You jerk, bal!" He sliced it in half as he broke it, "That was one tough fight, bal." He felt relived that he destroyed the things relate to Jack.
"It's my turn!" Gao said as he was at the living room, playing with his sister, "Draw! Charge and Draw! Here I go, Hanako! I call Mera Blade Dragon to the right!" Bal came in as he was surprised.
"Buddyfight, bal! Bal wants to play Buddyfight too, bal!" Bal said excitedly, "Right now, bal! Wanna play now, bal! Can't wait, bal!"
"He's so cute!" Hanako said after seeing Bal for the first time as she hugs him tightly.
"G-Gao. Who's this, bal?" He asked.
"Oh, right. When we came home yesterday, she was sleeping so I didn't introduce you properly. She's my little sister, Hanako." Gao said as he introduced his sister to Bal.
"Nice to meet you!" Hanako said.
"Good morning, Bal!" Suzumi greeted.
"Good morning." Takeshi greeted.
"Bal?" Bal wondered who are those two.
"That's Dad and Mom." Gao introduced.
"Nice to meet you!" She said as Gao's grandma came around.
"And that's Grandma!"
"Good morning, bal!" Bal greeted.
"It's almost time for breakfast. Put away your cards." Suzumi said.
"Aww, can't we play a little longer? Bal wants to play too." Gao whined.
"No way! Breakfast comes first!"
"Bal wants to play! Bal wants to play!" Bal whined on the floor but then he heard something as Grandma took something out of the oven. Bal takes a whiff, "Smells good, bal!"
"This is pizza!" She said as she takes it out of the oven. Bal looks at the pizza.
"Pizza? Is it tasty, bal?" He asked.
"Taste it and find out!" She said.
"Yay, bal!" Bal said happily, "Thanks for the food, bal!" He takes a slice of it as he ate. After he ate one, he feel amazed, "This is tasty, bal! Bal likes it, bal!" He started gobbling it down instantly, "Bal loves pizza, bal!"
"Hey! That was my pizza!" Gao complained.
"Bal fought lots of monsters, so Bal is starving, bal!" Bal said.
"You fought monsters?" Gao asked as he then saw his room got totaled by Bal's reckless attack.
"No need to fear, bal! Bal defeated them all, bal!" He praised himself as Gao felt humiliated for his stuff to get destroyed.
Later. Gao walks off to school as Bal and Hanako follows him.
"Those monsters were Gao's monsters? Bal didn't know, bal. Bal will give you pizza that Grandma gave him, bal." Bal offered something as an apology.
"Don't worry about it. The Mighty Sun Fighter doesn't let little things like that get to him." Gao said as he laughed and Bal and Hanako applauded for Gao's confidence, 'But I'm really crying on the inside!' He cries on the inside.
"Gao?" Haruka asked as she came at them.
"Oh, Haruka! Good morning!" Hanako said as she came to her and hugged her.
"Good morning, Hanako!"
"Hey, Hanako!" Gao said but Haruka turns her head, "Hey. Are you still mad at me? Come on, I didn't mean to ignore you."
"What's going on, bal?"
"Well, Gao was trying to find you when he bumped into Haruka. He didn't bother to say hello to her and that's why she got mad." Hanako explained.
"Oh, so she hates Gao, bal!"
"Not hate, just upset."
"Let's just go to school. You can apologize me later." Haruka said as she goes ahead.
"Hey! Wait up!" He said as he catches up.
At Aibo Academy...
"If we go to school, can we Buddyfight, bal?" Bal requested.
"Sort of! At Aibo Academy, Buddyfight is really popular and we even have Buddyfight lectures." Gao explains.
"There are lots of strong Buddyfighters there, too!" Hanako said.
"And Gao and I are one of them!" Haruka said.
"Amazing, bal!" Bal said.
At the shoe lockers...
"See you later, Bal! Come on, Haruka!" Hanako said as she takes Haruka's hand to go to class.
"O-Okay! Bye!" She waved goodbye.
"It's nice that Haruka transferred here and got to the same class as Hanako." Gao said.
"She wasn't, bal?"
"No. She used to live far from here but now moves in with her brother. And the best part is that he's our teacher again!" Gao said excitedly.
"Oh! Bal wants to see him, bal!"
"Yeah!"
At the classroom...
"Mornin'!" Gao greeted.
"Morning, bal!"
"Hey, here they are!" Baku said.
"Good morning, Gao and Bal!" Kuguru said.
"Well? Have you figured anyting out?" Baku asked.
"Nope. This guy was literally born yesterday, so he really doesn't know anything. We haven't learned a thing about Impact Monsters." Gao said as he looked at Bal.
"Hey, everyone!" Mihara rushed in, "The first period is going to be free study period!" He informed as the students cheered.
"We're so lucky! Let's play Buddyfight, Bal!" Gao said excitedly.
"Bal wants to fight the strongest one, bal!" Bal recommended.
"But the strongest Buddyfighter in this class is Gao." Kuguru recalled.
"What? Gao is the strongest? You mean he's the luckiest." Noboru said as he brags, "The one who's really the strongest... Is me! Noboru Kodo!" He represented himself.
"Kitten shirt!" Bal said as it insulted Noboru.
"It's a tiger!" Noboru yelled, "Now, let's get started! Show me your deck!" He demanded as he brought out his deck.
"What's a deck, bal?" Bal asked as he was confused and Noboru crashed to the ground.
"You don't even know what a deck is, and you want to Buddyfight?!"
"I don't need to know that to play, bal!"
"That's ridiculous! You can't Buddyfight without a deck!" Noboru said as it knocked Bal into disappointment, "I'll teach you what a deck is!" He begins to show his lecture, "Professor Noboru's Buddyfight Lesson! A deck is a stack of cards that you use when playing Buddyfight."
"Really?" Bal asked.
"Aside from a few special exceptions, decks are made up of cards from the same world. You can find the name of the world in the bottom left corner of the card." Noboru demonstrated what a card is like.
"I see."
"There are countless cards, and you choose which ones to add to your deck according to your strategies and preferences. A deck has a minimum of 50 cards. However, you can only include 4 of the same cards. You also need a Flag card and a Buddy card..."
"I made it, bal!" Bal instantly made a deck, "This is Bal's deck, bal!" He made a huge stack of cards that is over 50.
"That's obviously way too many cards!" Noboru complained as Bal pulls one out from the stack.
"And they're all Bal's card, bal!"
"I already told you! You can only include 4 of the same cards! This is what a deck looks like!" He shows his deck to Bal.
"Show Bal, bal!" He demanded as he grabs Noboru's deck.
"Get your paws off of my deck!" He yelled as he tries to grab his deck back.
"The toughest challenge for a newbie is building a deck." Baku said.
"Official shops sell starter decks for new players, but..." Kuguru said.
"Bal wants to play now, bal!" Bal quickly demanded.
"Then I'll lend you my deck for now!" Gao happily offered.
"Really, bal?" He let go of Noboru's deck as Noboru got crashed to the wall.
"Now you've really made me angry..." Noboru stands up, "I'll show you a real Buddyfight!"
"Bal won't lose, bal!" They set up the playmat to start the game.
"Let's get this started!"
"Here Bal goes!" Bal spread Gao's deck, "All right... Um... This one and this one..." He chooses the card, "And this one, bal!"
"Huh?" Gao was confused of what Bal's doing.
"What's he doing?" Baku asked.
"Now, let's do this, bal!" He placed Mera Blade on the left.
"He's calling Mera Blade Dragon to the left?" Kuguru asked.
"And Flarefang Dragon to the right?" Baku asked.
"And he's calling Bal himself to the center?" Gao asked, "And he's equipping Sun Fist, Bal Knuckle... Hey!" He then noticed what Bal is doing.
"It's the Bal Formation, bal!" Bal declared.
"H-Hey, wait a second! Bal!" Gao yelled because Bal messed up the game.
"Everyone attack at once! 10 damage! Bal wins, bal! Bal is strong, bal!" Bal boasted as it gave everyone a huge shock, "Bal won, Bal won, Bal won!"
"Do you really think that you've won?" Gao asked.
"Gao won using this card yesterday, bal!" Bal said as he showed the card to Gao, "Bal wins, bal!" Gao was completely shocked for the weird way to explain. Gao then sighed.
"You know..."
"There are so many thins wrong with that." Baku said
"I don't know where to start." Kuguru said as she was confused.
"Wait a minute. What do you mean, you win?" Noboru asked as he was getting irritated and embarrassed, "The player with the first move can only attack once! Besides, even if all of the attacks landed, that would have been nine damage! Besides, your center position isn't open to begin with! You wouldn't be able to attack me! Plus, you ignored size limit! And why are you pulling out cards of your deck in the first place?! Where's your Flag card?! Where's your Buddy?!" He made many complaints on the game.
"Are you mad because you lost, bal?" Bal assumed as he didn't care for that.
"No!" He yelled.
"Bal, Noboru is right. What you did just now isn't Buddyfight at all." Gao agreed.
"Let's start over and it properly." Baku advised.
"We'll teach you the rules!" Kuguru happily offered.
"R-Rules doesn't matter, bal." Bal doesn't accept it as he felt mad, "Bal won, bal!"
"What we're trying to say is, you didn't win." Gao said.
"Fine, bal!" Bal puts on his goggles as he farts the class and went back in the egg, "Bal hates you all, bal!" He then dashed out of the class.
At the school rooftop, Bal was on the bench, setting the deck.
"Bal won, bal! Definitely won, bal!" He won't accept what the others say.
"What are you doing all by yourself?" A familiar voice said.
"Where's your Buddy?" Another familiar voice said as Bal opened his shell to see the faces, "Dragons, bal?" He sees them floating in the air as it was Jack and Ryuusei in a different form. Jack was at his futuristic green armor with his wings that are attachable with photon lights, his blade is the same photon lights and his core is normal too. Ryuusei's form is a large anthromorphic and bipedal dragon with neon green scales covering his whole body as he is wearing a blue futuristic battle suit and helmet with a red symbol on the helmet and on the back of the palms of the suit, with white highlights around the chest and torso with a green gem on his chest.
"We'd be happy to lend an ear, if you're willing." Jack said.
"Yeah, we'll be more than happy to help with you." Ryuusei said.
At the classroom...
"That Bal. Where did he go? He took my deck, too!" Gao complained as he and his friends are at searching for him.
"What's that?" Baku asked as they heard a crowd.
"Maybe Bal caused some trouble." Kuguru assumed as they went to check on the source. There was a crowd of girls gathered around to someone and Shido was there.
"Classes are still in session, everyone! Go back to your classroom!" Shido advised.
"That's the junior high school division's..." Baku recognized.
"Student Council President Magoroku Shido!" Kuguru said.
"Oh? If it isn't Gao Mikado!" Shido saw the group.
"President Shido. Why are you in the elementary school division's building?" Gao asked.
"I was taking a transfer student on a tour. A teacher is helping out of course."
"A transfer student? With a teacher?"
"That's right. Couple of familiar people that you all know very well. A super-celebrity, well-known as a genius Buddyfighter. And the associate hero, who is a stronger elite Buddyfighter. The boy wonder of the Buddy Police, fighting evil and saving the day with his partner!"
"We've taken the leave of absence from the Buddy Police." A familiar voice said.
"And that's the reason I came back as a teacher." Another one said as the other went out the crowd.
"I want to focus on my studies." It was Tasuku, wearing his light blue and white uniform with his school bag. And Daisuke is with him as he was wearing a silver grey jacket.
"Senior Tasuku!" Gao recognized, "Teacher Daisuke!"
"Gao! It's been a while." Tasuku said happily.
"Gao... I told you many times. Call me Daisuke." Daisuke said.
"But you came back as our teacher. So we have to call you that." Baku said.
"I guess."
"So you've have transferred to our junior high division?" Gao asked.
"Yeah! I look forward to being your schoolmate." Tasuku said.
"I'm helping Tasuku out with his studies since he taken on his absences. And mine too."
"All right!"
"And the same goes for you two, too." Tasuku said.
"Wait. How come you quit the Buddy Police?" Gao asked as everyone was groaned.
"Don't you remember?" Baku said, "Daisuke's retired since he's done enough for the Buddyfight and the principals were happy enough to give him his job back and appeal the ban on him."
"Oh right. And that was the reason you gave us a free study period."
"Yeah." Daisuke nodded.
"Just one more question. Where are Jack and Ryuusei?"
"Oh..." Tasuku turns his head to Daisuke as Daisuke turned his, "It seems that those two can't resist trying to help others."
Daisuke sighed, "Leave it to that idiot to help along like that."
Back at the school rooftop...
"I see. So that's what happened." Jack said as he and Ryuusei listen to the story that Bal told them.
"Bal is sure that Bal won, bal! Everyone is lying because Bal is too strong, bal!" Bal said.
"Is that what everyone thinks? Because it sounds to me that..." Ryuusei was about to say something but Jack shook his head to protect Bal's feelings, "Oh, never mind."
"Bal?"
"In any case, we'll teach you a way of winning that nobody will criticize or complain about." Jack said.
"And we'll make sure it'll be fun for everyone, including you!" Ryuusei said.
"R-Really, bal?!" Bal asked excitedly.
"Yes. What's your name?" Jack asked.
"Bal! Dragon of the Sun, Bal Dragon!" Bal introduced.
"His name after his word at the end of the sentence?" Ryuusei asked.
"Could be. I am Star Dragoner, Jackknife. Call me Jack, Bal. And this is Photonic Fighter, Ryuusei. Call him Ryuusei." Jack introduced himself and Ryuusei.
"Nice to meet you, Bal!" Ryuusei greeted.
"Nice to meet you, bal! Jack! Ryuusei!"
Later, during recess. At the school rooftop, Jack and Ryuusei are giving pointers to Bal to explain how the game works as the crowd of kids were looking at them.
"How's this, bal?" Bal asked as he followed the instructions.
"Yes, that looks good! Keep going!" Jack said.
"And then do it like this so it'll work better." Ryuusei advised.
"Like this, bal?"
"Yeah, like that!"
"Sorry! Can you let me through?" Gao asked as he got through the crowd, "Bal!" He then saw his Buddy.
"What do you want, bal? Bal is busy right now, bal." Bal said as he was still angry at them.
"You haven't have lunch yet, have you?" Gao asked as he held Bal's lunch bag, "You left your pizza in the classroom. Here." He said as Bal quickly snatched it away from Gao's hand.
"Thanks for the food, bal!" He scarfed it down instantly, "It's so good, bal!" He said happily.
"Thanks, Jack and Ryuusei, for looking after him." Gao thanked the two.
"No need to thank us." Jack said.
"Just doing our job to help out." Ryuusei said.
"Bal learned a way to win that nobody can criticize, bal!" Bal boasted.
"Huh?" Gao was confused.
"A way to win that nobody can criticize?" Baku asked.
"This time, for sure! I'm gonna defeat that kitten shirt, bal!"
"Before you do that..." Tasuku said as he and Daisuke came by, "Will you please face me in a Buddyfight?" He requested.
"Why would Senior Tasuku say that?" Kuguru wondered.
"Wait. I think I'll face Bal." Daisuke said as he considered himself.
"So now Daisuke's doing it?" Baku asked.
"Who are you two, bal?" Bal asked.
"That's Tasuku Ryuenji and Daisuke Masamune. Our Buddies." Jack introduced, "They're strong, I guarantee it."
"Yeah. We know because we seen them do it many times." Ryuusei said.
"They're that strong, bal? Okay, bal! A Buddyfight with Tasuku Ryuenji and Daisuke Masamune, bal!"
"No, it's just me. Sorry, Tasuku. But I wanna put mine into the test."
"I understand. I'll let you handle it." Tasuku said.
"Thank you."
At the Fighting Stage...
"U-U-Unbelievable! The strongest Buddyfighter Daisuke Masamune has given a tour to Master Tasuku Ryuenji, who has transferred to our very own Aibo Academy's junior high school division!" Paruko announced as the crowd cheered, "And! On his first day at our school, he's going to be observing with Daisuke to witness the opponent's fighting skill. And that is...Gao's new buddy! Dragon of the Sun, Bal Dragon!"
"Why is Gao here, bal?" Bal asked.
"Because I'm your Buddy! Besides... Senior Tasuku's not just my rival. My Teacher Daisuke is too!"
"Gao's rivals, bal? Now Bal is really getting fired up, bal!" Bal then felt motivated, "Bal?" He then heard an explosion as Ozon B appears.
"Whoopsy daisy!" He appeared out of the ground, "Here I am!" He got into his sitting position, "I've been sleeping beneath Aibo Academy for countless years. The monster who knows everything about Buddyfights! I, Ozon B, will be providing analysis, B! Currently on the lookout for a Buddy!" He gave a wink but Kuguru brought out a stake and hammer.
"Bal! When you fight on stage like this, you Luminize your deck." Gao explained.
"Bal knows that, bal!" Bal said as he pull out his deck, "Rise, sun! Burn, sun! Luminize! Scorching Sun Dragon, bal!"
"Lend me the strength of Ten Thousand Dragons! Rise to your elite powers! Luminize! Dragonic Elites!"
"Buddy... Fight!"
"Raise the Flag!"
"Sure-fire way to win Buddyfight, number one!" Bal said.
"Did he say a sure-fire way to win Buddyfight?" Noboru asked as he was having his ice cream.
"I get it. This is what he learned from Jack and Ryuusei." Baku realized.
"I wonder what secret method is?" Kuguru asked.
"Let's wait and find out." Haruka said.
"Turn over the Flag card, and announce the world you're using, bal!" Bal explained what Jack and Ryuusei told him as the flag was place, "Dragon World!" Noboru then crashed for that. Tasuku laughed nervously as Daisuke sighed.
"Dragon World."
(B: 10/ Item: None/ G: 2: None/None/None)
(D: 10/ Item: None/ G: 2: None/None/None)
"That's just part of the rules!" Noboru complained as the others weren't expecting this.
"Wait, why is Elder Brother using Dragon World? Doesn't he use Star Dragon World?" Haruka asked.
"You're right. Why is he using his original world?" Kuguru asked.
"Maybe he has something for us to show with that world." Baku said.
"Like what? He already show us the Dragonize before. What else is there?" Noboru asked, "And besides..." He looked at Ryuusei, "Ryuusei hasn't become Ryuuga so why would he put up that world for?"
"Sure-fire way to win Buddyfight, number two!" Bal explain to demonstrate, "Take the top 6 cards from the deck and add them to your hand, then... Place the next 2 cards in the gauge zone, and make them your gauge, bal!"
"I get it. So that's the reason you and Jack left." Daisuke said.
"You two were teaching Bal the rules of the game." Tasuku said.
"Pretty much." Jack said.
"But he still have lots to learn about playing this game." Ryuusei said.
"Let's just let him do what he can for now." Daisuke said.
"The first move goes to Bal Dragon, who won the game of Rock, Paper, Scissors!" Paruko announced.
"The player with the first move can't draw a card from the deck, bal! But... If you put a card from your hand on to the gauge, you can draw a card, bal!" Bal explains as he Charge and Draw, "That's Sure-fire way to win Buddyfight, number three! Charge and Draw, bal! Next, you bring out the cards in your hand and prepare to attack, bal! Buddyfight cards can be monsters, spells, or items, bal! First, a monster, bal! Sure-fire way to win Buddyfight, number four! Call a monster! Bal calls Mera Blade Dragon to the center!" He calls him out, "Sure-fire way to win Buddyfight, number five! Attack the fighter, bal!"
"When the opponent has an empty center position, I get an extra critical, mera!" He then attacks Daisuke, inflicting 3 damage.
"My turn is over, bal!"
"That was pretty good!" Gao complimented.
"Bal is strong, bal!"
"Next, it's Daisuke Masamune's turn! Well, he's one of the strong Buddyfighters, so no matter what card he brings out, it won't surprise me." Ozon B said.
"Draw! Charge and Draw! Let's do this, Bal!"
"Teacher Daisuke is playing for keeps!" Gao said.
"I pay one life and one gauge to equip!" He paid one life and gauge to equip, "Dragonblade, Dragonic Slay!"
"Dragonblade, Dragonic Slay?! Isn't that the card he used when he transformed Dragobrave?!" Ozon B asked when his eyes popped out.
"He's equipped that card again with attack and defense." Baku said as Kuguru brings out the hammer and stake.
"Kuguru, what's that you're holding?" Haruka asked.
"Hm? What was that?" Baku asked as Kuguru quickly put it away.
"Nothing at all." She said.
"I Buddycall Dragonic Fighter, Ryuuga to the right!" He Buddycalled as he regained one life. Ryuusei jumps as he transforms back to his original form.
"Here he comes! It's Daisuke's original buddy monster!" Paruko announced.
"Armordragon attribute. Size 2. 4000 power. 5000 defense, and a critical of 2. And I call out Dragonic Armor, Wyvern Form! Now, time to Dragonize! Ryuuga! Wyvern!" He performed the sign.
"Dragonize!" He formed together with Wyvern, "Dragonic Fighter, Ryuuga! Wyvern Form!"
"Bal has Mera Blade in the center, bal! When there's a monster in the player's center position, the fighter can't be attacked, bal!" Bal said.
"That's right! Then Ryuuga just have to attack Mera Blade Dragon in the center first together!" Daisuke said as he attacks, "Dragonic Ryuuga has 4000 power! Mera Blade Dragon has 1000 defense! Obviously, he can't block this attack! And with his skill with Wyvern, he can destroy a monster when performing a Link Attack!" The dragon from the armor came out as it bites on Mera Blade and destroys it.
"This is Sure-fire way to win Buddyfight, number six! Destroying monsters, bal!" Bal said.
"And now, Ryuuga and I will attack together!" They attacked as Daisuke slashed Bal, inflicting 3 damage.
"And now it's my turn! Dragonic Strike!" He kicked at Bal, inflicting 2 damage.
"Bal!" Gao yelled as Bal fell to the ground but then he stands up.
"Bal can keep going, bal! It's Bal's turn, bal!"
"Draw! Charge and Draw! Bal calls Mera Blade Dragon to the left! Bright Hammer Dragon to the right! Sure-fire way to win Buddyfight, number seven! Equip item, bal!" He equipped Bal Knuckle as he jumped into the center. Daisuke and Tasuku were a bit surprise to see this, "Sure-fire way to win Buddyfight, number eight! Gao Formation, bal!"
"Bal!" Gao was amazed.
"We didn't teach him that part." Ryuuga said.
"Maybe we taught him too much." Jack said.
"Mera Blade, attack, bal!"
"I cast! Dragonic Destroy! Destroy on Mera Blade Dragon!" Daisuke cast as he destroys Mera Blade.
"That's sure-fire way to Buddyfight, number nine! A Counterspell, bal!" Bal said.
"There's no way that a gassy dragon that just learned the rules could possibly win!" Noboru said.
"Give him a chance! It's his first game. Let him try!" Haruka said.
"Hey!"
"Bright Hammer, attack!
"I cast! Dragonic Formation! I move Ryuuga to the center! And then I cast! Dragonic Shield!" He cast as Ryuuga moves and used a shield to protect himself from Bright Hammer's attack.
"This nullifies the attack and increase the life by 1!" Paruko announced as Daisuke regained one life, "But now Bal attacks and destroys Ryuuga but came back due to Soulguard and that's where his turn ends! In the next turn, Daisuke moves Ryuuga again using Dragonic Formation to the left and calls Dragonic Bomber, Fineon to the right! That gives the boost to the Dragonic Slay's power and defense by 2000! It's a three-attack onslaught featuring a line up for the attackers! He attacks!" Bright Hammer is destroyed, "And attacks!" Bal was hit with 1 damage, "And attacks!" He was hit with 2 damage.
"Bal..." Bal groaned to the ground.
"He managed to survive the attack but, Bal Dragon is down to 2 life remaining! He's like a candle in the wind!" Paruko announced as she went down and check on Bal.
"Considering that Teacher Daisuke is his opponent, he did well, but..." Kuguru said.
"Looks like this might be the end." Baku said.
"Is Bal going to be okay if he loses?" Haruka asked.
"I don't know. Bal never lost before the first time, so I don't know how he'll react."
Gao walked to Bal, "Bal." He saw him crying.
"Gao..."
"What's wrong, Bal?" He asked.
"Maybe Bal isn't any good at Buddyfight..." He admits.
"I know one sure-fire way to win Buddyfight, too."
"What way is that, bal?" He asked as he stands up.
"Believe in your Buddy, no matter what happens."
"Huh?"
"As long as you do that, you can find your way out of any tough spot! Let me join in the fight too!"
Bal thinks as he agrees, "Okay. Bal is Gao's Buddy, bal! We fight together, bal!"
"Yeah!" They fist bumped as Bal Knuckle was transferred to Gao.
"It's Bal's turn, bal!"
"Show me, what you really got, you two!" Daisuke said.
"Bal Buddycall to the right!" He pays one gauge as he jumps and transforms to his true self on the right and regained one life, "Bal will try his best, bal!"
"I'm sure this is just a last ditch, effort, B!" Ozon B said as he yawned for boredom.
"Let's go! It's a group attack!" He performed a Link Attack together as Bal attacks and inflicted 3 damage, "Sun Fist, Bal Knuckle!" He inflicted 2 damage.
"My life points... I still have plenty! You won't defeat me that easily!" Daisuke said, "But I know you have more power in store!"
"Daisuke..." Ryuuga said.
"Final Phase!" Bal and Gao declared together.
"Final Phase?!" Ozon B asked so surprisingly.
"Gao, Bal is counting on you, bal!" He toss the card to Gao to activate.
"All right!" He takes it, "Leave it to me!"
"It can't, it simply can't B!"
"Impact Call! I pay 3 gauge and transform Bal Dragon into an Impact Monster!" He paid 3 gauge to activate.
"Ozon B!" His eyes pop away as the cat came out as it was surprised.
"Bal will try his super best, bal!" He pulled out his sword as his armor detached.
"So this is it. The combination of a monster and an Impact card. An Impact monster!" Tasuku said as he witness this.
"Then let's see how powerful it is." Daisuke said.
"Right now, Bal is a Size 2 monster with 11 thousand power, 6000 defense, and a critical of 4! And this card's attack can't be nullified!" Gao said as Bal unleashed his giant hammer as he begins to swing around.
"Bal Burst Smasher!" He smashes down to Daisuke as he took damage and lost the match.
(B: 3/ Item: Bal Knuckle/ G: 0: Mera/None/Bal)
(D: 0/ Item: Dragonic Slay/ G: 4: Ryuuga/None/Fineon)
"Game End. Winner: Bal Dragon!" Paruko declared as the crowd cheered.
"Bal did it!" Haruka said.
"I never imagined he'd beat Teacher Daisuke!" Baku said.
"Congratulation, Bal!" Kuguru said as Noboru turned and crossed his arms.
"So even his Buddy's an expert at dumb luck." He said. Then Paruko cried.
"I can't believe Tasuku didn't get the chance to fight and yet Daisuke had to lose!" Her tears flows down to Ozon B as he felt the burn.
"Oh no, not salty tears! My decomposition will accelerate..." He said as he felt melted down.
"All right! Thank you very much!" Gao said.
"That was an awesome fight!" Daisuke said.
"Indeed it is." Tasuku said as Gao and Daisuke shook hands.
"Jack! Ryuusei! Thanks to you two, Bal won, bal!" Bal thanked the two.
"Don't thank us, Bal. We didn't do most of it." Ryuusei said.
"He's right. You believed in your Buddy, and that's what brought you to victory." Jack said.
"Believing in my Buddy..."
"By the way, Teacher Daisuke. Why did you use a Dragon World deck?" Gao wondered.
"Oh that." He chuckled, "I wanted to try out something. But my timing is off."
"What do you mean?" He asked as Daisuke showed them, he showed them an Impact card that shows Ryuuga as his armor is disarmed and breaks apart as it turns into a large black gauntlet as it impacts onto the ground, causing a large amount of red and fiery energy to strike down onto the opponent, "Isn't that...?!"
"An Impact Monster!" Tasuku said.
"Daisuke has an Impact Monster, bal?" Bal asked.
"Not just this." He showed two more, "Here's one for Demonic Fighter, Ryuugasame."
"Hey. That card's blank." Gao noticed.
"Yeah. That was meant for Photonic Fighter, Ryuusei but it hasn't been made."
"How did you get it?"
"I don't know. Somehow it just came to me."
"Came to you..." Gao said.
"Ah, testing, testing..." They heard a voice as they saw Shido on the monitor.
"President Shido!" Gao said.
"Everyone! Pay attention! I just got some big news!"
"Big news?" Tasuku asked.
"I wonder what he has for us?" Daisuke asked.
"There's going to be a tournament to determine the greatest Buddyfighter on the planet, the Buddy Champion!" He explained, "The World Buddy Cup, or WBC Cup for short, has been officially announced! The Cho-Tokyo Regional Preliminaries will be held at Aibo Academy's Fighting Stage. I hope everyone participates!"
"Buddy Champion..." Tasuku said.
"WBC Cup, huh?" Daisuke said.
"Gao! Let's become the world's best together, bal!" Bal said.
"Yeah! You got it!"
"Let's become a Buddy Champion!" Gao and Bal swore together.
Later, at night. A boy was whining as he fighting against a Buddyfighter who has a swirling purple hair with a dark red coat with grey and black shirt, he wears a belt around his neck.
"You aren't worthy of that card. Impact Call." He brings out a black dragon that seems to have broken apart as his legs, tail and upper body were separated. His face has an eye patch on his right eye, he has a black tornado on his head. His body is gold and red lining with grey as part of the body.
'You don't understand Gaito's power, fool." He unleashed his power as the boy screamed.
"Man, you always overdid it, Gaito." A girl say as she was wearing a black jacket and wears jeans with a chain on her left side. She has brown hair tied to a bun and has a hat with a feather, she has a purple shirt with an x on it. She has a toothpick in her mouth.
"I did what I always do. And why is that you always follow me, Minako Tamamo?" Gaito asked.
"I'm your accomplice after all. Besides, I do enjoy seeing you, using the power of the Impact Monster. Perhaps my monster will too. Isn't that right, Mechanic Researcher, Aria?" She asked her Buddy monster who is a female mechanic with a gear goggles and has many tools on her.
"I'm busy, you know? I'll answer later."
"Man, you're irritating! Why is it that you're my Buddy?!" She yelled.
"Listen, you can follow me if you want. But I don't want you to get in way."
"Yeah, yeah. I know. Just relax." She looked at her card, "I do want to Buddyfight again soon."
Spotlight shown as Daisuke and Ryuusei came on stage.
"Welcome back to more Corner Time! This chapter is done!"
"Wait! You couldn't use my Impact Monster in this chapter!" Ryuusei whined as Daisuke knocks him on the head.
"Just let me get started! Anyways, this chapter will show one chapter for the Photonic Fighter. Presenting one now!" He clapped his hands as one shows itself. It shows Dragonic Fighter, Kenichi, but slightly older as his scales are blue as he is wearing a white mechanical battle armor similar to his training uniform, but with claws created of an unknown energy, "This is Kenichi as Photonic Fighter, Kenichi! A size 2 monster with 5000 power, 3000 defense, and a critical of 2. He can be called by paying 1 gauge. He has no effect though but he is someone who wants to train with his former master, Ryuusei."
"Aww, my apprentice wanted to fight with me. Wait, what...?"
"Anyways, the next chapter will be about Gaito, his Buddy, including the new OC, Minako Tamamo with her Buddy, Mechanic Researcher, Aria from Danger World! Give me a review of what you think and give me more Photonic ideas! Til then goodbye for now!" They waved goodbye as the screen faded black.
