Chapter Four!
Yumeí:The brawl!
"Ladies first," Jesse called to Yumeí, appearing gentlemanly and polite.
"Oh no, I couldn't," Yumeí called back, imitating the tactic. "You're the guest. I must be a good hostess."
"Very well." Jesse pulled a card out of his book before calling: "Gate Card, Set!" and throwing to the center of the battlefield.
"Bakugan Brawl! Bakugan Stand! Rise Ventus Plitheon!"
"What's with the Drama?" Yumeí asked. "Is that really necessary? Well, whatever."
"Ready Hal?" she asked, looking down at her partner nestled in her hand.
"I was born ready," came the reply. "After all, this my be one of the last times we fight together."
"Alright. Bakugan Brawl! Darkus Haloid Stand!"
"A darkus beast then?" Jesse mused. "I will admit I was not expecting such a thing."
"I'm anything but predictable," Yumeí responded. "Ability activate! Black Poison!"
Haloid-a giant, black, winged snake with arms-bit his forearm before soaring across the field and latching another bite onto Plitheon.
No effect to the G-power levels. Field 900g's to 1000g's.
"That was pointless," Plitheon scoffed.
"Beware Plitheon," Jesse warned. "I sense a trap."
"Very good," Yumeí said calmly, arms crossed and nodding her head. "You found my fail-safe. See if you can figure out what it does before it takes effect."
"Bold words," Jesse replied, selecting a card from his book. "You do not seem to know whom it is you are up against, Yumeí."
"The same could be said for you, Jesse."
"Enough talking," Plitheon snapped. "Jesse, let's do some damage!"
"Of course," Jesse answered mildly. "The curtain has yet to fall, the stage has been set, and the actors take their places for the nearing climax of Act 1! Ability activate! Metal Verde!"
"Good!" Plitheon called as his body began to argument itself. "Time to tear you apart!"
Plitheon:+300g's. Field:1200g to 1000g
Yumeí smiled expectantly. Right on cue, the bite marks on both Plitheon and Haliod began to glow poisonously purple.
"One down, four to go," Yumeí muttered to herself. "Soon to be two down and three to go. Ability activate! Doom Blade!"
Haloid conjured a sword, but even as he did so, the bite marks began to glow even brighter.
Haloid:+300g's. Field:1200g to 1300g
I don't like the look of that bite, Jesse thought. Something's afoot. "Gate card open! Cyclone Centre!"
Plitheon:+300g's. Haloid:-300g's. Field: 1500g to 1000g
"Okay," Yumeí murmured. "So the gate card cancels all g-power boosts except for ventus, and transfers the lost power to them. Hmmm...How to counter this?"
"The curtain falls on the first act!" Jesse proclaimed loudly. Plitheon prepared himself to attack.
"Not so fast!" Yumeí burst out. "Consecutive Abilities Activate! Darkus Converter!"
Gate Card effect altered. Plitheon:-600g's. Haloid:+300g's. Field: 900g to 1300g
"Obsidian Cliff!"
Haloid:+50g's. Field: 900g to 1350g
Suddenly the bites began to glow even brighter than before. Both Plitheon and Haloid fell to the ground in pain.
"Argh!" Plitheon choked out. "What's...happening?" Plitheon immediately glowed green and returned to his ball form.
Jesse Life Gauge: 50%
"No matter how many time we do this," Haloid groaned. "it still hurts like the first time." He also returned to his ball form.
Yumeí reached out her hand and caught her partner with a quick "Sorry buddy."
Turning to Jesse, she suddenly exploded.
"I bet you just had no clue what happened! Too fast, right!"
"I believe I know the basic effect," was Jesse's slightly cold reply. "What I fail to understand was the ability that felled Plitheon."
"Oh that one!" Yumeí laughed. "That's Black Poison, one of my personal favorites. It's timed, so that the effect won't trigger until five cards have been activated. Once active, G-powers are compared, and the weaker bakugan loses the round. Simple enough concept."
"I see," Jesse conceded. "An effective strategy."
"Stop flirting Jesse!" Plitheon burst. "We have to teach her a lesson!"
Yes," Jesse agreed. "We must prove our might. But I must protest to your first comment."
"'Prove your might'?" Yumeí repeated incredulously. "You're a great battler, but you are hopelessly outclassed. I'm the best brawler in the worlds, right under my big sister, Tabitha. And she's the Sibylline."
Then I must battle at my peak proficiency to to any real damage, Jesse thought.
"Let's get to round 2 already," Yumeí called impatiently. She set her gate card before letting Haloid loose on the field.
"The curtain rises to reveal a stage set for the second act!" Jesse declared dramatically.
"Plitheon," he added, looking at his partner. "No mercy."
"Easy."
Plitheon joined Haliod on the battlefield, and-of course-began his tough talk.
"I let you off easy last time. Now, I will utterly destroy you!"
"I doubt it," was Haloid's cool reply. "I could count the times Yumeí and I have lost on one hand. That overconfidence of yours will be the undoing of both of you."
"Haloid," Yumeí chastised. "don't deflate their egos like that; it's not healthy to lose all your self-confidence. Plus, they're funny with those big egos."
"If any of the characters onstage is overconfident, it is you," Jesse retorted. "Ability activate! Life Eater!"
"Perfect!" cried Plitheon.
Haliod:-300g's. Field: 900g to 700g
"Not a bad move," Yumeí commented. "Not enough to stop us, though! Ability activate! Twin Attack!"
Haloid summons his energy to conjure a second Haloid. Their G-powers merge as if there actually are two bakugan on the field.
Haloid: G-power doubled. Field: 900g to 1400g
"The drama and tension near the climax!" Jesse's ostentatious speech continued, gaining in theatrics the longer it went on. "Ability activate! Revealing Tempest!"
Plitheon summoned a powerful gust of wind. Haloid's conjured copy was blown to nothing but dust in seconds.
Haloid: -400g's. Field: 900g to 1000g.
"Ability activate! Living Nightmare!" Yumeí called.
Haloid began to glow with darkus power, but the powerful winds that were still rushing around the arena blew the purple energy away. Yumeí stared in shock.
"I will not allow you to gain your power so easily," Jesse told her serenely. "Revealing Tempest forces a bakugan's G-power back to it's base level, and prevents the activation of abilities. When you attempt to use your ability cards, Plitheon gains the power instead."
Plitheon:+400g's. Field: 1300g to 1000g.
Yumeí nodded.
"Not to shabby. Gate card open! Black Quetzalcoatl!"
Haliod:+400g's. Field: 1300g to 1400g.
"You won't faze me so easily," Jesse responded calmly. He typed a command into his baku-meter.
Ready, Vilantor gear.
"Battle gear, boost!"
Plitheon: +Battle Gear. +100g's. Field: Even. 1400g's each.
"Time to finish this!" Plitheon shouted excitedly.
"Patience, Plitheon," Jesse scolded mildly. "Allow me a moment."
"Make it fast."
"He doesn't have to," Haloid pointed out. "It's an even game, and all my abilities are blocked. There is no point in making him rush."
Jesse graciously ignored the bakugan as they began to argue.
"Yumeí, you are a fair and worthy opponent. Submit to me, join the Gundalian side of your own free will, and I will be merciful to you."
Yumeí immediately burst out laughing. Jesse had no response to this, except for blinking once in shock.
Yumeí suddenly stopped, and asked, "You were serious?"
"Of course."
Yumeí started to laugh again.
"Sorry Jesse," she gasped after she regained control-and air. "You just don't know me. When the going gets tough, I get tougher!"
"Very well," Jesse said, finality ringing through his tone. "You have chosen your fate. Battle Gear Ability Activate! Vilantor Gear Cyclotron!"
Plitheon:+300g's. Gate card destroyed. Haloid:-400g's. Field: 1700g to 1000g.
"Say good-bye!" Plitheon roared. Then he let loose the power of his Battle Gear.
"Not so fast!" Yumeí protested. "Forbidden Doom Ability, activate! Doom Resistor!"
Haloid was suddenly surrounded by a dome of black energy that absorbed Plitheon's fierce attack. Both Plitheon and Jesse were in shock.
"How can this be?!" Jesse asked. "I blocked your abilities!"
"To quote a certain piece of literature, 'Rules and schools are tools for fools. I don't give two mules for rules.'"
Jesse didn't seem to get it. Yumeí sighed.
"There's a reason why it's called a forbidden ability. It defies the rules."
"Cheaters!" Plitheon complained. Yumeí smirked.
"Forbidden Doom Ability, activate! Direct Current!"
A small doom portal opened, and as Haloid reached his hand inside, he began to glow with the power.
Haloid:+1300g's. Field: 1700g to 2300g. Difference: 600g's
"Boom!" Yumeí sang.
Haloid let loose an explosion. Both Jesse and Yumeí had to cover their faces to keep debris from hitting them. Plitheon was no match for that kind of force: he returned to ball form with Haloid before drifting over to Yumeí.
Jesse life gauge: 0
Despite being numb with shock, Jesse managed to say one more thing:
"Victory hath slipped from my grasp today."
Yes! This took four hours to write this, if you can believe it. And with one hour of computer access a day...yeah.
By the way, all of Jesse's ability cards-except for revealing tempest-are in fact real. Look it up on the bakugan wiki if you don't believe me.
Yumeí: My quote is from "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by the way. Just to give credit so we don't get sued.
Me: ...Right. Anyway, please review this!
