Chapter 2

Dan, Runo and Deuce with their Bakugan are on a futuristic train running through the fields of Haroxia. Dan was duelling Deuce in poker, which Deuce kept if he became bored. "Discard two. Jeez, more junk." Deuce said to Dan. Dan was still looking at his cards. "Just discard already!" Deuce said. "Alright! Take it easy. I'll take two as well." As Dan discarded his cards, he realised something. "Hey Deuce, want to double the bet?" Dan asked. "Suit yourself." Deuce said. "Heh, sorry, I've got a full house." Dan revealed his cards: three aces and two fours. Deuce just smiled. "I'm sorry, too. Royal flush." Deuce revealed his cards: one ace, one king, one queen, one jack and one ten. The others were amazed. "No way! I thought for sure I'd win for once. Even though I'm good at Bakugan, I'm still crap at poker. All right, this time I'm going to-" Dan was interrupted by Deuce. "I quit, I'm bored." He said. "Bored? Bored of what? Winning? You haven't even lost yet! Why don't you lose on purpose for a while?"

"Now why would I do that?" As the two continued bickering, they reached to the station to Idralm Village. They got out of the train and stopped to have a look at the village. It was large as a city and was flourished with blue roses, fountains and waterfalls. "Wow, this place looks beautiful." Runo said. "The village of water and total tourism magnet on Haroxia. I always wanted to check out this place for once." Deuce said. "Feels like we're playing hooky right?" Dan said jokingly. "Stop being so-" Deuce stopped as a small stack of cards fell out of his sleeve. "Well, what do we have here? What an oddly good hand of cards." Dan said as he bent down to have a look at Deuce's cards, which are three ace of spades. When he looked up as he heard Deuce's chopper start up, he saw him racing away on his chopper. Dan was dumbstruck. "DEUCE, YOU CHEATER! GET BACK HERE, SO I CAN CLOBBER YOU!" Dan yelled as he ran after Deuce as fast as he can. "Dan, wait!" Runo said as she ran after him while Drago, Wavern and Dharak watched, sweat dropping. "We should probably go after them." Drago said. They then floated their way through after their human partners.

As they entered the centre of the village, Dan, Deuce, Runo, and their Bakugan found a large crowd huddled up together. "What's going on?" Dan asked. Deuce parked his chopper and the group ran to the crowd and pushed through to see what was going on. Someone was suddenly thrown as soon as they went through. Deuce then caught the person. It was a 17 year old human girl with short red hair, blue eyes, a blue and white dress, a blue skirt with red trimming, white and blue high heel boots and white gloves with blue Aquos symbols. She slowly opened her eyes to see Deuce. To Deuce, she looked beautiful. "Nice catch." Dan said. "Are you alright?" Deuce asked the girl. "Uh...yeah, I guess." The girl said. Deuce helped her stand up. "All right, just what are guys think you're doing?" Dan asked. "Yeah, what did this girl ever do to you?" Runo asked. "Nothing. We were just trying to teach her a lesson. Too bad though, cause she doesn't have a Bakugan. Hell, she doesn't even know how to play it!" The biggest Haroxian said which had a bald head, red eyes, faint purple skin, a black and green vest, black pants and boots. The girl hugged Deuce in fear. "Well, I'll fight you! Me and Drago have faced creeps like you before, so don't expect us to be an easy match!" Dan said. "Drago?" The Haroxian brute asked until he and the other goons began laughing. "Alright, we'll fight. But not you."

"Huh?!" Dan asked. "We want to see how you teach that girl how to play the game. If she loses, you're outta here! This is Brute territory! We take control over everything at this village, whenever you like it or not. Tomorrow night, me and her at the arena. Later chumps." The Haroxian Brutes began to leave and the crowd scattered. The Brawlers stared at the Brutes as they left and then at the girl, who was still holding onto Deuce. "C'mon, let's go for a walk." Runo said.

As the four of them wandered through the village, they stopped at a statue of a Bakugan that had a humanoid like body similar to Wavern's, a breast plate but much narrower and it had a diamond on it, two toes, a scorpion like tail end, her head looks similar to a Ziperator but with hair like Wavern but thinner, moth like wings with a swirly web like pattern and her shoulder pads look like Razenoid's. It had a long and curved scythe and was in a stance with the blade at the ground with it's right hand by the blade and the left hand by the far end of the hilt. On the platform the Bakugan was standing on had an Aquos symbol carved on it. "Who is that?" The girl asked. "That must be the Aranjanoid. Queen Sirenlea said about it being the Original Aquos Bakugan." Deuce said. "Now I understand, these guys here worship Aranjanoid than anyone else on Haroxia." Dan said. "But seemed like those brutes don't like their type of religion." Drago said. The girl looked at the statue in awe. For some reason, she felt like she seen this Bakugan before, but where?

Later that night...

The Brawlers went inside a hut with a female Haroxian with long white hair, pale blue skin, a green dress with pale blue trims and blue eyes. "Thanks for letting us stay here, Belladona." Dan said. "We appreciate for what you are doing for our village. It was a peaceful village until Krieg and the brutes came." Belladona explained. "Krieg? That creep we met earlier?" Dan asked. "Yes. For weeks, they began terrorising it, acting it like it was their territory. We suffered many casualties because of them. Villagers were terrorised, children were bullied...we all were. But now that you are here, you can save this village from this band of terrorists."

"But there is one problem. We're supposed to train this girl until she's good enough to battle against them." Runo said. "And I don't even have any of those Gauntlets that you use in Bakugan." The girl said. Belladona pulled out a blue and white Gauntlet and handed it to the girl. "Here, this is for you, whoever you are." She said. "Thanks. And my name is Kiera. Kiera Milos." The girl said. "How did you end up here anyway? You are Haroxian right?" Deuce asked. "Haroxian? No, I'm human. To be honest...I don't even know why I'm here. All I remember weeks ago before I got here was a voice calling out to me and then, everything went black. So here I am, feeling like I was all alone. I had no friends when I was a kid. Until there was this one kid that helped out of a fight with a couple of older kids teasing me. I would never forget him for what he did for me." Deuce then realised something. "Wait a minute, that was you?!" He asked. He frightened Kiera until she realised something as well. "That kid was you? You helped me?" She asked. The two of them stared at each other in surprise and confusion. "Alright! So first hour of training happens at 8:00 tomorrow morning, with your captain, Dan Kuso, the number one Bakugan brawler in the world!" Dan said, acting confident of himself. "Yeah right, there's no way your brawling tips will help her out." Deuce said. "Actually, she'll be taking training with me and Wavern. You're already creeping her out! Don't worry about him, he's like that the most of the time. Pretty much all the time." Runo said to Kiera. "I heard that!" Dan said. They continued to bicker for the rest of the night.

Minutes later...

The Idralm Village was dark as everyone went to their slumber, especially the Brawlers. Dan shared his room with Deuce and Runo shared hers with Kiera. But Kiera then woke as her eyes illuminated a bright blue. "Kiera..." A voice called out to her softly. Kiera got out of her bed and aimlessly wandered out from the hut and into the forest.

A few minutes later...

Runo moved about on her bed restless. "Kiera, do you have a spare blanket? It's getting cold." Runo said. No reply. Runo opened her eyes. "Kiera?" Runo sat up on her bed and noticed that Kiera's bed was empty.

The village was emitted in a bright flare of rainbow as Wavern flew into the night over the forest. "She couldn't have gone far." Runo said. Runo was riding on Wavern's back. "Why would Kiera wander all alone in the forest at this time of night?" Wavern asked. "I dunno. Maybe that's one of her hobbies."

"Then why are we looking for her?"

"Cause she might get hurt or lost or..."

"I see her!" Kiera is seen directly below as she is wandering toward a waterfall.

Kiera's eyes stopped glowing as she reached the waterfall. She looked up to see a Bakugan sized cocoon. "What are you trying to show me?" Kiera asked to herself, or was she? "Kiera!" Runo yelled out. Kiera turned to see Wavern landing and helping Runo down to the ground. "Runo! What're you doing here? Did the voice lead you here too?" Kiera asked. "Wha- What voice? We were out here looking for you!" Runo said. "Oh, I'm sorry! But there was this voice that was telling me to come here. For that." Kiera pointed at the large cocoon. It was transparent blue with red markings on it. Kiera began to step toward it and looked at it closely. The moon was now in a crescent shape and the cocoon suddenly began to hatch. The cocoon was split open and a female Aquos Bakugan came falling out of it, with webs still clung on her back, until she fell into the water. Wavern, in her Bakugan form, reached out in the lake and grabbed the Bakugan's arm and slowly pulled her out. She laid her on the ground and had a look at her. It was the exact same Bakugan at the Village as a statue! In a better sense, it was the Aranjanoid! She still had some web clung on her body. The Aranjanoid looked to see Wavern right next to her and then Runo and Kiera. She sat up and started at Wavern in some sort of dazed stated. "Who are you? Do you have a name?" Wavern asked. The Aranjanoid then snapped out of her daze and gasped in surprise. She then suddenly hugged Wavern. "Aunt Wavern!" The Aranjanoid said with a teenage voice. Wavern was both shocked, confused and embarrassed. "A-AUNT?!" Runo yelled. "Wait, this is a mistake! I'm not your aunt, I'm her daughter!" Wavern explained to the Aranjanoid. She looked up to see Wavern. "Y-you're her daughter? Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry! It's just...you look just like her." The Aranjanoid. "Wait, You mean Wavern's mother and yours are related? They were...sisters?" Kiera asked. "Six Original...Bakugan? My mother and yours?"

"You don't know really much, do you?" Wavern asked. The Aranjanoid stood silent. Kiera then walked up to her. "What's your name?" She asked. The Aranjanoid kneeled down to Kiera. "Aranjano. What're yours?" The Aranjanoid asked. "I'm Kiera. Pleased to meet you Aranjano. This is Runo and Wavern." Aranjano looked up to Wavern. "Wavern..." She said quietly. "You still got some of that stuff on you." Runo said to Aranjano pointing to the web on her body. "Oh, it's okay." Aranjano said. She closed her eyes and the diamond on her chest glowed blue and the webs as well. The webs crawled around Aranjano's body to her arms and started to create something solid. The webs created a staff like pole as Aranjano grabbed it on her left hand, lifted it to an angle and stroked it down to the end. Then, a large crescent shaped blade came from the right end. The webs created a blue and red scythe for Aranjano. It was just like how the Aranjanoid statue stood at the village. The others watched in awe of the beautiful sight. Aranjano was silent as she holstered her scythe to her back. "Hey, Aranjano?" Kiera asked. "Yes?" Aranjano asked back. "Would you like to be my partner?" Kiera reached out her hand. Aranjano stood silent for a moment and gave a smile. "Sure. If it's okay with you." Aranjano said to Wavern and Runo. "It's fine. After all, we are related." Wavern said. Aranjano turned to Kiera and kneed down. She pointed her finger and touched Kiera's hand as a way of shaking hands. The two of them gasped as their eyes suddenly flashed blue. "Did you just see their eyes?" Runo asked Wavern. "I did. This must be a way that tells us that they're bonded." Wavern suggested. Aranjano then began to faint as she then trembled weakly and looking tired. Wavern then held onto her with Aranjano's left cheek on Wavern's upper chest. "I...feel...so weak...all of a sudden..." Aranjano then began to sleep and then morphed into her ball form and shot toward Kiera. She clapped her hands together to catch her new partner Bakugan.

The next morning...

Runo and Kiera were standing in the centre of the forest, in place for a battle. "Ready Kiera?" Runo called out. "I guess." Kiera called back. Dan, Deuce, Drago and Dharak were watching by the trees. "I wonder who Kiera found for her partner?" Drago asked. "I don't know. It was probably worth it for finding one last night. The sooner they practice, the sooner they're ready." Deuce said. "GAUNTLET POWER STRIKE!" The two of the called out as their gauntlets activated. "GATE CARD SET!" Runo threw a gate card to the ground and it spread across the forest. "BAKUGAN BRAWL!" Runo launched Wavern out of her launcher and Kiera launched Aranjano out of hers. "BAKUGAN STAND!" Wavern and Aranjano animated to their true forms. Dan, Deuce and their Bakugan were surprised at Aranjano's appearance. "Is that...?" Dan began. "The Aranjanoid!" Drago ended. Dharak just continued to stare at Aranjano with awe. "Boy, Kiera must be one lucky girl. Know what I'm saying Dharak? Dharak?" Deuce asked. "Wha? Oh. Yeah. Shut up. Let's just watch." Dharak said. Deuce was a bit confused with Dharak. "That was a bit unusual for him." Deuce thought. "Okay, first step of brawling. Use an ability card to attack your opponent." Runo said. "Right. Let's see...ah! ABILITY ACTIVATE! VENOM SHOOT!" Kiera called out as she activated her ability card. Aranjano shot out a powerful jet of glowing water out of her mouth toward Wavern. "And remember, if you activate an ability, your opponent will do the same to counter it. ABILITY ACTIVATE! CRYSTAL SHIELD!" Wavern created a shield in front of her with her glowing diamonds on her palms and stopped Aranjano's Venom Shoot. "Now try to counter my attack with your ability! ABILITY ACTIVATE! SPECTRAL SCREAM!" Wavern launched a beam of Haos energy with an ear piercing scream towards Aranjano. Kiera, though scared, reacted quickly. "ABILITY ACTIVATE! COCOON SHIELD!" Aranjano created a web made shield out of energy and it stopped Wavern's Spectral Scream. "Nice job Kiera! At this rate you'll be ready to brawl that creep in no time!" Runo said. "Man, Kiera's a fast learner." Dan said. "I'll say, she's actually pretty cute too." Deuce said. Dan realised what Deuce just said and then Deuce did as well as his face went rose red. "What did you just say?!" Dan exclaimed. "Ummm...nothing." Deuce responded. "That's not what I heard." Dharak said. "Will you guys shut up?" The girls turned to watch the boys bicker. "Oh, I know what's going on. You LIKE Kiera, don't you?" Dan asked. "WHA- HELL NO! That's not true! Besides, I don't see you making a move with Runo." Deuce said. "YOU TAKE THAT BACK!"

"Heh, this is entertaining." Dharak said. "Why did you act like that?" Drago asked. "What? I always act like this."

"No, I meant the way you acted after seeing Aranjano."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Then something clicked in Drago's head. "Wait a minute. You like Aranjano, don't you?" He asked mockingly. "Shut up." Dharak said. "Don't be like that. Admit it."

"I SAID SHUT UP!" The girls sweat dropped over the boys arguing. "There they go again. Hey Keira, do you know a place where we can relax?" Runo asked. "Well there is one place I know." Keira said. "She is NOT my girlfriend!" Dan yelled. "She's not?" Deuce mocked him. "Runo, can you do something about this guy?!" The boys, then their partner Bakugan noticed the girls were gone. "Hey! Where'd they go?!" Deuce exclaimed.

At a nearby hot spring, Runo and Kiera were bathing themselves while Wavern and Aranjano were swimming around in their ball form. "Is Dan always like that?" Kiera asked. "Meh, most of the time. Sometimes he loses it and annoys people back." Runo explained. "You...like him don't you?" Runo then blushed a bit. "Well...uh, yeah...I guess... We did have a couple of times alone. What about you? Do you have a boy that you like?" She asked. "No...not really...but...Deuce seems alright." That name made Runo dumbstruck. "I mean, he did save me when I was young." Runo then remembered. "Oh, yeah. Why were those kids beating you up anyway? Before Deuce helped you out?"

"They were calling me creepy. I always talk to animals and bugs, like they were my friends. I can sense their feelings and I always help them out. Maybe they were right. I guess I am a creepy girl with animals and friends."

"That's not true. You talk to us Bakugan and we're sort of animals because of our appearance. But inside we are like humans and we treat our partners like family." Aranjano said. "She's right. We're all friends here. And don't worry. You and Aranjano are gonna beat that creep and we'll be there rooting for you. Because that's what friends do." Runo said. "Thanks Runo. And you too Aranjano." Kiera said. Then there was a sudden ruffle of bushes behind Runo and Kiera and suddenly Dan and Deuce came out and landed face first on the stone ground by the edge of the water. "Owwww." Dan groaned as he and Deuce lifted their heads up. They were then wide eyed as they saw Runo and Keira naked in the water. Both the boys and the girls screamed their lungs out that was nearly heard over the forest. Then two loud slaps were heard as Runo smacked Dan and Deuce hard enough that it left a red mark on their faces. Runo had her bare breast covered with her left arm while she used her right to hit Dan and Deuce. "AND JUST WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING HERE?!" Runo yelled. "We were just looking for you two, we didn't expect you were taking a bath!" Dan said as he groaned in pain. "Well, you could've just waited until we were finished!"

That evening...

After hours of training and some accidents, the sun began to set and the Brawlers returned to the village, only to find Belladona's home burnt down. "Damn..." Deuce quietly said. Belladona was on her knees, sobbing over her home, now burnt into a pile of ash. "What happened?" Kiera asked. "I'll tell you. Krieg and his boys happened." Dan said. "Sorry about your home Belladona." Runo said. "Is she ready?" Belladona asked. "We taught her all that we could."

"Then it may be enough. It's almost night. You should get to the arena." Kiera had a worried look. What if all of that training might not be enough?

That night...

The arena was packed with people and the brutes were by Krieg's side of the arena on the sidelines.

"YOU GOT THIS BOSS! KICK THAT GIRL'S ASS!" The brutes were yelling out to their leader cheering out to him. "This is it Kiera! Remember what we taught you! Just stay confident and be careful!" Runo yelled to Kiera by the sidelines. Kiera nodded and turned back to face the arena. "BAKUGAN BRAWL! BAKUGAN STAND! KILL EM ALL, DARKUS PSYCHO VULCAN!" Krieg yelled. A Darkus Bakugan that looks like Rex Vulcan but instead of red specs, he has a right eye patch and an exposed left eye which is red and his markings on his chest are more tribal. He has pearls by his fists, around his neck and his waist. "SOMEBODY DELIVERED A FEAST!" Psycho Vulcan yelled. The looks of this Bakugan creeped Kiera out. "Don't worry about it, Kiera! Just remember what we taught you!" Runo yelled at the sidelines. "Right! You ready to do this Aranjano?" Kiera asked. "For our friends and for the village. Let's do this!" Aranjano said. Kiera placed Aranjano in the launcher of her Gauntlet. "BAKUGAN BRAWL! BAKUGAN STAND! RISE, ARANJANO!" Kiera yelled. Aranjano animated into her true form and revealed her beauty to everyone. Everyone stared in awe at the Aranjano, murmuring about her. The legendary Aranjanoid was standing before their very eyes. "OH COME ON! You really believe all that crap is true? Legend or no legend, I'm still taking you out! ABILITY ACTIVATE! TORPEDO KNUCKLE!" Krieg yelled. Vulcan aimed his right fist and it launched toward Aranjano. Kiera panicked. "ABLITY ACTIVATE! COCOON SHIELD!" Aranjano then summoned a blue glowing web in front of her, creating a shield and Vulcan's Torpedo Knuckle ricocheted off do it back to Vulcan. It retracted back into his arm and Aranjano's shield disappeared. "That was close!" Aranjano said. "That was great Kiera! Keep it going!" Runo yelled. "Rrrghh, you got lucky! This time, I won't go easy! ABILITY ACTIVATE! RETRIBUTION CANNON!" Krieg yelled. "FUN TIME!" Vulcan yelled. Vulcan's fist retracted and revealed two cannons, one from each arm and the started firing away. Aranjano then ran to dodge the oncoming projectiles. "ABILITY ACTIVATE! COCOON SHIELD!" Aranjano projected her shield again and it stopped the projectiles from reaching her. "Knew you were gonna do that! GATE CARD OPEN! EVIL CLEAR!" The ground below then lit up brightly and suddenly Aranjano's shield broke apart. "ABILITY ACTIVATE! TORPEDO KNUCKLE!" Vulcan's fist once again shot toward Aranjano and it struck her into her chest as she reverted back to her ball form. Kiera's Life Gauge dropped to 75%. Krieg wasn't pleased. "LIFE! IS! PAIN!" Vulcan yelled as he reverted back to his ball form and Krieg caught him. "I...I lost?" Kiera winced. "Don't worry Kiera! You may have lost this round but don't expect it to be over too soon! You can do it!" Runo yelled. Kiera nodded. "GATE CARD SET!" Kiera threw a Gate Card and it illuminated the ground. "BAKUGAN BRAWL! BAKUGAN STAND!" Kiera and Krieg yelled at the same time as Aranjano and Psycho Vulcan animated to their Bakugan form. "Me first! ABILITY ACTIVATE! TORPEDO KNUCLE!" Vulcan launched his fist toward Aranjano. "ABILITY ACTIVATE! CRESCENT SCYTHE!" Aranjano then animated her scythe out of energy to solid metal. She then slashed Vulcan's fist out of the way and it rocketed to a wall. It then returned to Vulcan's arm. "Let's try something different. ABILITY ACTIVATE! GIGA DRILLER!" Vulcan's fist retracted and revealed drills this time. "I'M GONNA SCRAPE YOUR FACE FROM MY FINGERNAILS!" Vulcan let his drills let loose and charged toward Aranjano. "Runo, what do I do!?" Kiera yelled. "Just remember what I told you! Counter his ability with an ability of yours!" Runo yelled back. Kiera looked at her cards on her gauntlet. "HURRY! HE'S GETTING CLOSER!" Aranjano yelled. "HERE COMES THE PSYCHO TRAIN! MOVE YOUR LUGGAGE! TOOT TOOT!" Vulcan yelled as he continued running toward Aranjano. "ABILITY ACTIVATE! CRESCENT SCYTHE!" Kiera yelled as she activated her ability. Aranjano energised her scythe and took a battle stance. She waited until Vulcan thrusted his drills toward her. Aranjano swung her scythe at the right time, as it collided with Vulcan's drills. "Now what!?" Kiera yelled. "Now try to nullify his ability before he makes a move!" Runo yelled. "Right! GATE CARD OPEN! AQUOS SAVIOUR!" The Gate Card below glowed brightly and soon Vulcan's drills began to fault. Aranjano gained the upper hand and slashed Vulcan's drills out of contact. "ABILITY ACTIVATE! AQUA BUSTER!" Aranjano launched a beam of blue energy out of her mouth and it collided with Vulcan with a heavy burst of energy. "I ORDERED A LUNG SALAD!" Vulcan yelled out as he then reverted into his ball form in defeat. Krieg's Life Gauge then dropped to 50% percent. "I...I did it! I won! I won!" Kiera cheered. "Don't get so excited yet! You still need to deplete all of Krieg's Life Gauge!" Runo yelled. Aranjano then reverted back to her ball form and Kiera caught her. "We're not really finished are we?" Aranjano asked. "Not really." Kiera said. "ALRIGHT, NOW YOU'RE STARTING TO PISS ME OFF! GATE CARD SET!" Krieg yelled. "He's losing it." Deuce said. "If he keeps up that anger, his arrogance will make him lose." Wavern pointed out. "BAKUGAN BRAWL! BAKUGAN STAND!" Krieg and Kiera yelled as they launched their Bakugan and they animated to their true forms. "ABILITY ACTIVATE! VENOM SHOOT!" Kiera yelled as Aranjano breathed out a jet of liquid and collided with Vulcan's right fist. "HAH! What was that supposed to do? ABILITY ACTIVATE! TORPEDO KNUCKLE!" Krieg yelled as Vulcan aimed his right fist but it didn't fire as a puff of smoke came out, instead the fist melted into a disfigured lump of metal. Krieg was dumbstruck. "Didn't you know Aranjano's venom can melt through metal?" Kiera asked. "YOU STUPID HUNK OF MEAT! CAN'T YOU DO ANYTHING RIGHT?!" Krieg yelled at Vulcan. "LET ME LOOSE!" Vulcan yelled nevertheless. "That's it. You make me angry once, shame on me. You make me angry twice, shame on you. BUT IF YOU MAKE ME ANGRY THREE TIMES, I'LL RIP YOUR PRETTY LITTLE HEAD OFF! ABILITY ACTIVATE! RAVING MUTATION!" Krieg yelled. Vulcan's skin the began to gurgle, mostly by his upper right. His melted fist fell off his and and his exposed arm was gurgling largely, as lumps of his flesh are growing bigger and soon, spikes and thorns emerged form his mutating arm as it grew larger. Soon, his veil and eye patch fell from his helmet, exposing his entire face. Where his eye patch was revealed three smaller eyes of his large left one and his mouth revealed that his jaw is split in quarters. "I CAN'T TAKE IT!" Vulcan roared out with a demonic voice. His right arm was now larger than his left fist and had metal thorns exposing out of it and large metal talons replacing his fingers. Everyone, but the brutes, who were cheering even loudly, were horrified over the monstrosity which was Vulcan. "Is this...what the Vulcan species truly is?" Drago asked himself. Kiera was the most horrified out of everyone. Vulcan soon lunged toward Aranjano but she jumped out of the way as he rammed into the wall, leaving a large crater. "Kiera, do something!" Aranjano yelled as she once again jumped out of the way as Vulcan rammed into the wall again. "ABILITY ACTIVATE! CRESCENT SCYTHE!" Kiera yelled as Aranjano summoned her scythe and swung it at Vulcan. But Vulcan grabbed it with his mutated arm and crushed it. He then punched Aranjano with his left fist onto the ground. "Aranjano!" Kiera called out in worry. "YOU'RE MINE NOW! GATE CARD OPEN! FREEZE ENEMY!" The Gate Card illuminated purple and Aranjano felt faint. "I...feel..." Aranjano began until Vulcan pounded her with his mutated arm. The crowd but the brutes were shocked over what was happening. "Aranjano! Come on, Aranjano! Do something!" Kiera cried. "It's no use activating any abilities! Freeze Enemy prevents any opponent from activating a single ability while it's active. Better say goodbye to your partner." Krieg said as Aranjano was pounded once again by Vulcan. Tears began seeping down Kiera's face. "It's all my fault. I failed to save the village. I'm sorry Aranjano..." Kiera began. "Kiera...whatever happens isn't your fault. You're a good girl to everyone. And you were like a sister to me." Aranjano said. "R...really?"

"Yes, even though we might lose, I'm still happy...to call you...a friend." Aranjano closed her eyes to accept her fate. "Th...thank you...Aranjano." Vulcan soon lifted his right mutated fist and began to crush Aranjano once and for all. But suddenly, a bright blue light illuminated on the diamond on her chest. Vulcan thrusted his fist but was suddenly hurled back by a large burst of energy. "Hey! What gives?!" Krieg yelled. Then a nearly exact same symbol emitted on Kiera's right hand. "Drago, is that-" Dan began. "It must be! Kiera and Aranjano's Key and Gate! Which means..." Drago trailed. Aranjano was then lifted up to the air with her Gate illuminating by her chest. Then, both Kiera and Aranjano were shrouded by a vivid blue aura. They both yelled out to the air as a bright blue beam erupted to the sky. A portal was created and soon a gigantic blue and red metal creature was descending down to the ground. A Mechtogan! It had a frame that was similar to Razenoid, standing on four insect like legs but had a head similar to Cordegon but more rounder and the horn was facing backwards instead of facing to the front. It had shoulders similar to Vexfist but had a chest similar to Accelerak. It landed in front of Aranjano, facing towards Vulcan, towering over the two Bakugan. Kiera and Aranjano looked in awe over what they have just summoned. "What...what are you?" Aranjano asked the Mechtogan. "I am Tidalex. I am Mechtogan. I was summoned over the sorrow of my masters and I have been sent to change that sorrow to joy!" The Mechtogan said with a female voice. "Hey, that ain't fair! Let's get 'er boys!" One brute called out. Soon, all of the brutes through their Bakugan onto the field and animated to their true forms. Some Bakugan looked like Ramdol, others looked like Anchorsaur/Hammersaur. No matter what they were, they were Bakugan that the Brawlers have never seen before. They began firing beams of energy towards the Mechtogan, other were running toward it for close combat, but nothing was working for them as no matter how many Bakugan they were, they were easily taken down by Tidalex and her immense size. Soon, she revealed her cannons and fired nearly every where, taking down every brute Bakugan except Vulcan. "Amazing!" Kiera said. "So much power. Is this...the real power...that my other once had?" Aranjano asked herself as she watched in awe over Tidalex. "I HAVE HAD ALL I CAN STAND! ABILITY ACTIVATE! HELLBORN BOMBARDIER!" Krieg yelled in rage. Vulcan's pearls rose up to reveal containers of energy and they began to glow brightly and give out a large amount of heat. "What's he up to?" Deuce asked. "Hellborn Bombardier makes Psycho Vulcan's opponents completely helpless as they are caught in an explosion that'll instantly take away all of not just their Life Gauge but they'll be instantly taken to the farthest pits of hell! EVEN OURSELVES." Krieg said. Then everyone else got the idea as they are all shocked. "So that means-" Deuce began. "THAT'S RIGHT, PSYCHO VULCAN IS A TICKING TIME BOMB!" Krieg laughed maniacally. "YOU'RE INSANE!" Drago yelled. "CALL ME WHATEVER YOU LIKE! AT LEAST ME AND VULCAN'LL DIE WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND OF YOURS, PUNK BOY, AND THAT SO CALLED LEGENDARY ARANJANOID!" Krieg continued laughing like the psycho he is as Vulcan grew brighter and massive amounts of heat was erupting from him. "WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING!" Dan yelled. "I'M AFRAID IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE!" Wavern yelled. The fuse reached the end. Vulcan exploded into a fireball of dark energy and Kiera and Aranjano was in the centre of it. Dark flames shrouded throughout the arena, hard for anyone to see. The Brawlers looked aimlessly in hope to see if Kiera and Aranjano is still alive. As the flames died down, and everyone uncovered their eyes and the saw something amazing. Kiera was still standing all well! Aranjano as well! But how? Everyone looked and saw Tidalex standing right in front of the two of them, reaching out it's arms in a defensive manner. The Aquos Mechtogan just saved their lives. Everyone watching then cheered loudly over Kiera's survival and her victory. The Brawlers ran up to Kiera and gave each other a group hug until they stopped to look up at Aranjano and Tidalex. "Thank you Aranjano." Kiera said. "No, thank Tidalex." Aranjano said. "She's right you know. Had it not been for her, you two would've been turned to dust." Dharak said. "From now on, whenever you need me, I will answer your calling." Tidalex said. She then spread large mechanical insect wings and flew up towards the sky until she dissolved into blue energy up into the air. Soon, Aranjano turned back into her ball form and was caught by Kiera. "You've done well Aranjano." Wavern said. "Thank you Wavern. Me and Kiera had great teachers." Aranjano said. "Aww, it was nothing really." Runo said. "But what of...?" Drago began. They all turned back to the centre of the arena and saw Vulcan's empty and shattered helmet. "I'm afraid Krieg and Vulcan are no more." Belladona said. "What kind of person would do this to himself and his partner?" Wavern asked. "The kind who deserved to die." Deuce said. The Brawlers looked over in sadness. But they turned to see the rest of the Haroxian Brutes walking away through the Idralm Village gates. "Looks like they kept their promise." Drago said.

Back at Sirenlea's castle...

Sirenlea sat by her throne as Kredon came into her throne room. "Your Highness, you may want to see this." Kredon handed Sirenlea a holographic pad that showed pictures of Kiera and Aranjano battling Krieg and Vulcan. She gasped in surprise to see Aranjano but then gave a quiet chuckle.

"So where to next?" Dan asked. "Wherever the train takes us to I guess." Deuce said. The six of the Brawlers, now including Kiera and Aranjano, were sitting inside the train to the next town. "I wonder if we'll find the remaining two descendants of the Six Original Bakugan. And who knows who their partners will be?" Dan wondered.