ME: WESTERN SHOWDOWN PART 2!

ARRI: WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE WESTERN SHOWDOWN? SHUN AND I WEREN'T DRESSED AS COWBOYS!

ME: YEAH... BUT SHADOW WAS!

SHUN: AND HE LOOKED LIKE A MUPPET!

ARRI: WHAT'S A MUPPET?

SHUN: I'LL EXPLAIN LATER.

MIRA: YOU HAVEN'T WRITTEN ABOUT US THAT MUCH. I HAD TO CHASE GUS ALL AROUND THE FOREST!

ME: GEEZ MIRA, CHILL. WAIT YOU TURN.

ACE: I JUST GOT BEATEN BY MYLENE!

ME: NO SURPRISE.

ACE: WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

ME: NOTHING... MUCH.

RIN: I'M JUST LEFT CLUELESS WITH LYNC'S ECHO IN MY MIND.

MARUCHO: HOLLY. JACKS DOES NOT OWN BAKUGAN, SHE DOES OWN ARRI, RIN, THUNDERBIRD, MORGANNA, MERACLEUS AND WOLFFANG!

ME: GEEZ. THAT WAS ACTUALLY IMPRESSIVE.

MARUCHO: I'M MARUCHO MARAKURA. AM I NOT IMPRESSIVE?

BARON: ON WITH THE STORY!

Shun's POV:

'Shun, what do you mean?' Said Arri beside me.

'You're still to inexperienced.' I grabbed Ingram off my shoulder. 'Ingram stand, and Bakugan Trap Hylash!'

'Well now I think it's time for me to test out my new trap. Mechanical Bakugan Trap Fortress.' Shouted Shadow, throwing a black and purple cube into the air.

'Oh man. With that Bakugan trap, they're nearly twice as powerful now.' I checked the Gauntlet and Hades and Fortress' power was nearly double Ingram and Hylash's. 'Ingram, Hylash, we have to pull it together.'

'Go! Bakugan Trap Meracleus!'

'What are you doing?!' I stared at her. She just joined the Resistance, how was she going to cope with battling Shadow?

'What does it look like? I'm helping you!'

'Ability Activate! Photon Rain!' Each of the rifles on Fortress's arms fired a purple beam up into the sky. Seconds later, the same beams rained down from above.

'Gate card open! Ventus Reactor!' It still wasn't enough. I was hoping it would give Ingram and Hylash the necessary boost in power to deflect Fortress' attack. I had to do something else.

'Ability Activate! Armored Megadome!' Ingram used his wings as a shield to try and protect Hylash, but it stood no chance against the storm of lasers.

'It's no use, the power level is still too low.' I watched as Ingram crashed into the ground as he and Hylash returned to ball form and landed at my feet.

'It's so cute that you care about your Bakugan and girlfriend. Gate Card set! Hades stand! Well let's see you turn this battle around.' Laughed Shadow.

'Girlfriend!' Screamed Arri. I covered my ears of cause of an ear ache. 'Look you insolent little clown, if you think I'm Shun's girlfriend you need your eyes check you ''dude in tights''!' I came back to reality.

'I'm down to one ability card. And if Shadow's cards are stronger, I'll need a miracle. And that'll be it for what's left of the Resistance.'

'Shun, what's wrong?' asked Ingram.

'If you won't make your move, I'll just go again! Fortress stand!'

'I'm sorry Ingram, I can't play you. I almost lost Skyress in a battle like this. I won't take that risk again.'

I remembered that day that Marucho, Runo, Julie and I purposely lost to Masquerade so he could send us to the Doom Dimension to find Dan. Once we did, the Six Ancient Warriors separated us for a test.

When I woke up, I was in an abandoned town. A little girl came up to me and wanted to play with me. We played shadow tag, kick the can, and then she wanted to play Bakugan. And I started realizing she was just like my mom, Shiori.

I was winning, but then she played Oberus, and victory seemed farther away.


Oberus had Skyress in her tight grip, keeping her from flying anywhere.

'Ability Activate! …' said little Shiori.

Oberus' mouth opened and she spewed green flames all over Skyress.

'Skyress!' I cried out.

'It's ok, Shun.' I could hear Shiori talking, but she didn't sound like a little girl, she sounded like my mom.

'Everything's all right, Shun. Stay with me, here. And we can play together and be with each other forever.'

I was suddenly on a beach with my mother. She turned and opened her arms to me. I began walking to her. Maybe staying here with mom wasn't such a bad idea…

'SHUN!'

I instantly snapped out of my daydream and saw Skyress trying to stand from within the green fire.

'You can't stay here Shun. However similar they are, this little girl is not your mother. You have friends waiting for you! They need you Shun, and you can't help them if you stay here!' Skyress let out another cry and fell back down.

I stared at the fallen bird.

No! This was all my fault! I was so distracted and enticed by this dream world that I couldn't even save my partner.

'I'm so sorry Skyress. This is all my fault. SKYRESS!'


Shun ran out onto the balcony of the building. 'SKYRESS!' He could see Hairadee's Ice Cage still around the building.

A green feather fluttered down from the sky. He looked up and saw Skyress' tail feathers hanging off the roof.

He jumped up onto the roof and ran over to Skyress' head. 'Skyress? Skyress! Wake up! Please! You have to wake up.'

When he heard to reply, tears welled up in his eyes. 'Skyress…It's all my fault, just like when we fought Oberus…except, this time, I don't think there's any hope.'

Shun lay his head on Skyress' and let the tears flow from his eyes.


Sure, I won the battle and passed the test in the end, thanks to Skyress' evolution, but I thought I lost her for good. And Hairadee did a number on her but she still pulled through thanks to Harpus and Tentaclear. And that was something I never wanted to experience ever again, not since mom died.

'Shun listen to me. Think of me as your shadow, Shun.'

'But you don't understand.'

'Yes, I do. I am your shadow. I will always be with you, by your side. Never forget that.'

I was stunned by Ingram's words. 'You're right Ingram. Let's go. Ingram stand!'

'I am ready for battle Shun.' Said Ingram, taking his battle stance.

'I'll also throw in Bakugan trap Hylash.'

'So you finally worked up the nerve to fight me?' cackled Shadow.

'That's right. And I'm betting it all on this final card. Ability Activate! Double Fangs Jade Wind Shot! Go for it Ingram!'

'That's more like it! Ability Activate! Photon Mars.' Fortress locked himself into the ground, firing nearly twice as many lasers as before against Ingram and Hylash's attack. Ingram and Hylash tried hard to evade and continue their attack, but Fortress was too powerful.

'Now to finish the job. Ability Activate! Photon Trident!' Hades fired purple energy orbs at Ingram and Hylash, turning them back into ball form.

I could feel the force of the impact send me flying. I landed on the ground with a hard thud. I tried to sit up, but only managed to get up on my arms. I saw Arri thrown on the floor next to me. Meracleus and Thunderbird turned back into their form and landed next to her.

I could hear Shadow walking over to us. 'Well that was certainly fun! Too bad you lost!' Shadow went on laughing at the end of his sentence.

I felt drained of energy and my eyelids got heavy.

'Sorry Ingram, sorry guys, sorry. I wasn't strong enough.'

I fell to the ground next to Arri as I felt black cover my vision.


On Earth, Marucho's house:

RIN'S POV

I woke up with a start.
'What is wrong Rin?' Morganna asked me.

'I just had a nightmare. Arri and Shun were in danger of some kind.'
'I think you should get some sleep.' I looked at the clock. It was 2:00 am. 'You're right,' I slid into the covers.

But I have I bad feeling about them.

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'So Runo.' I started. 'Yes?'

'Are you really Dan's girlfriend?' Runo blushed furiously. We were on the way to Runo's café for lunch. 'S-so. How did you tumble in New Vestroia?' I decided to tell her the true story.

-Flashback-

I stared around me. Everything was white. 'Glad you could come.' Said a voice. I turned around to see something. It looked half Bakugan and half human.
'W-who are you?' I stuttered. 'I am Exedra.' The Human/Bakugan introduced himself.

'Do you know who are your parents?' The question took me aback. I had never thought of who my parents were. I was alone, left to survive on my own. I clench my fists. 'No.'

'You were separated.' Exedra announced. 'When we Bakugan came to your world, there was a huge explosion. It damaged your brain and made you forget your friends and your family.' Family. It echoed in my mind. Do I really have a family?

'Some people remember you, some have just moved on. You have a mother and a father, also you have a twin brother.'
'Brother?' Slipped out of my mouth.

'Indeed you have. His brain is still functioning while he forgot you. Your parents were able to remember you, but your brother was not so fortunate.'

-0-

After he disappeared, the whole world went to reality. 'Riley. Earth to Riley. Are you okay?' I found my friend, Shay Ryan, waving his hands in front of my face.
'For the last time Shay, It's Rin! I changed my name!' Shay grinned.

'Do you have you have to be way older to change your name, Riley Black?' I found myself lying on the floor in the local park.

'Why you little—' But then Shay cut me off. 'Remember our project,' I looked at him completely clueless. 'Remember were working on a portal to New Vestroia. Geez! And I thought you were the smart one!' He replied sarcastically.

-0-

'It's ready!' Pronounced Shay.

'Okay, Mr Albert Einstein! Sooooo... Who's the test subject?' Shay Ryan stared at me.

'Oh No! No way in hell!' It took 17 minutes and a few seconds until I gave in to Shay's crazy invention. I saw a blinding light but then added; 'If I get killed, I'm gonna kill you!' I ran into the portal.

Then I opened my eyes. Where the forest had been, a bare landscape. I looked in many direction but everywhere was plain.

'Rocks, boulders, earth, sand, more sand, more rocks.' I grumbled whilst walking in circles.

'You know, this place used to be more than destroyed land.' Said a feminine voice. I looked behind me, but nothing was there.

'Down here,' I looked down to see a purple bakugan on a large boulder. 'My name is Darkus Morganna the dark witch.'

'Hi,' my voice feebly said. 'I'm Rin.'

'Before the Vestals came here, it was quite a beautiful place.' Carried on Morganna.

'Vestals?' My confidence to speak came back.

'Yes, Vestals.' She said. 'They were overpopulated they expanded here, to New Vestroia.' I stared around again.

'This is New Vestroia? Where bakugan live and stuff?' I asked curiously. If the bakugan lived here, what a life it would be.

'Yes. There was life before the Vexos came and sucked it up.'

'Vexos?' Questions began blooming inside my head.

'The Vexos are the best brawlers in Vestal. They serve Prince Hydron and King Zenoheld. The people who wanted us imprisoned.' I could see she was getting angry so I changed the subject a bit.

'Do you want to be my partner?' I asked hopefully.

That seemed to brighten her mood. I was happy when she agreed.

'One things for sure, you need a gauntlet to brawl in New Vestroia.'

I turned around to see a red-headed girl with purple, sparkling eyes and a small green ball on her shoulder.

'A gauntlet?'

'Yeah, a gauntlet. Are all of you humans all clueless and stupid as this?'

'Who are you calling stupid?!' Morganna stood up for me, (or rather floated?)

'What is a gauntlet anyway?' I saw something weird on her left arm.

This is a gauntlet.' She showed her ''Gauntlet''. Then, she threw me a black and purple gauntlet. Fortunately, I caught it. I wasn't in the schools baseball team for nothing.

'First, you upload this card,' she held a card that had a green orb in the middle. And slotted it through the card holder which glowed when it was inserted. 'And that is how you activate the freeze field.' Red-Head smirked an evil smile. I wasn't frightened at all. School bullies were like that. 'Now, let's see what you're made of.'

I repeated her with the card strategy. 'B-but I haven't played bakugan in 4 years!' I protested.

'Too bad, for a chicken.' She added.

My anger started to rise. 'Who are you calling chicken Vestal?' I said through gritted teeth.

'Here's the deal,' Said miss insult. 'You lose, leave this planet before me and Thunderbird make you sorry that you came.' She was going to say something else, but I had an urge to interrupt.

'If I win, what's in it for me?'

'You win, and I will be your loyal companion in the bakugan tournament.' Before I could think about anything she added. 'The tournament is where loads of brawlers come and battle to see who is the best. And in the finales, the pair or person gets to battle Lync and Volt, the Vexos.'

'Put me in Rin! If Vexos are involved in it I'm definitely in!' I had almost forgot that Morganna was still there.

'See we agree!' Where her bakugan was on her shoulder, it was now between her two fingers. 'Gatecrd set!' Red-Head threw down a Ventus gatecard sending a green vibration across the landing.

'Bakugan Brawl! Bakugan Stand!' 'Leave before we make you sorry!' Said a male, eight-winged bird with piercing amber eyes screeched.

'Prepare to get your butts kicked, gatecard set!' I threw down my purple gatecard.

'Bakugan Brawl! Bakugan Stand! Rise Darkus Morganna!'

Battle Comencing; (said my gauntlet)

Morganna: 800gs

Thunderbird:650gs

'How did you get that much power?!' Shouted Red-Head from across the field.

I decided not to say anything.

'Ability card set, I heard her gauntlet said. She slotted her card in, did a fist-pump into the air, and brought it back down saying; 'Ability Activate! Green Wind Storm!'

Morganna was lauched in the air by a tornado sky-high. She landed with a thump. I gritted my teeth.

That

is

it.

I pulled out a random card. 'Ability Activate! Shadow Shock!' Thunderbird's power started to go down slowly. A massive grin swept across my face.

'Ability Activate! Emerald Star!' An emerald star shone in the sky above next to the sun.

Thunderbirds power stopped decreasing leaving him at 500gs. And Morganna's power suddenly decreased slowly. Then from the star it stroke Morganna with a green tornado.

'Power exchange complete;' said her gauntlet.

'Emerald Star is a special ability that can only be used in a one to one battle,' said the girl simply. 'It decreases the opponents Gs and changes their Gs.'

I bit my lip. She had the advantage and Morganna's power was now at 400gs and lowering. Morganna, I thought. Where have I heard that name before?

That's when it struck me. 4 years ago, ( with the help of Shay Ryan,) I learned about a powerful shapeshifter bakugan called Darkus Morganna. I learned everything about her including her abilities, gatecards and weaknesses.

I thought a little bit. 'Gatecard open! Dark Aura!' Thunderbird turned back into a ball. Red-Head picked up her bakugan. As I caught Morganna, I heard my gauntlet say; battle terminated.

'Battle terminated?' Then I saw my opponent walk up to me. 'I can see that you are a strong brawler,' she held out a hand. 'And would you be honoured to be my partner in the tornement?'

I took her hand. 'Yeah. But one question, what's your name?'

The girl smiled. 'My name is Arri Simmons.'

'My name is Rin Black.' I introduced myself.

-Flashback Ended-

'So you haven't visited your friend in 2 months?' Runo asked. 'Yeah.' replied.

'And you seriously have a mystery brother?' I nodded. 'Yeah, really.'

'Cool!' Her expression faded. 'Do Dan and the others know about this?'
I shook my head. 'The story I told them was a fake, I thought you'd understand better than them.'

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I grinned as Mira tried and failed to be a waitress. Don't turn at me, her 'fan boys' suggested it. When we were done we thanked Runo for the lunch and headed off to Dan's house. For some reason, Baron turned super hyper... Like he wasn't already but, today he was double hyper than his usual hyper. And believe me, he was very hyper.

We arrived at Dan's house. It was a typical old house. Well, heroes gotta start from somewhere.

When I walked inside I saw a young women who looked a lot like Dan. 'Dan!' She started to reach out to him but caught Baron.

'Hi! You must be Dan's mum!' Dan fell into the red, stained carpet.

Mrs. Kuso broke free from Baron and said, 'I didn't know how many friends you were going to bring, so I made all your favourites.' She led us to the kitchen. There were tons of food on the table. I saw Dan's mouth watering. I kicked him in the shins. 'You're gonna ruin your mom's carpet, Dan.'


DAN'S POV

What's up with Rin? I had to ask that to get it out of my system. After the snack I found Rin raiding my Mom's gear ( I mean stuff.)
'Rin! What are you doing in my Mom's room?!' She turned with a old book in her hand.
'What is this thing?' She flipped through the antique pages. Suddenly my anger and confusion changed. Well, the confused bit stayed of course.

I dropped onto my mom's bed along with Rin. 'I think it's my family album. What's in it?' I saw my picture under my Mom and Dad's picture. But for some reason, there was another picture linked on mine. It looked exactly like Rin! I turned to see that Rin's eyes had widened. Unexpectedly Rin stormed out of the room and out of the house.

I scanned the name of the look-alike Rin in the photo. It said ''Riley Kuso/Black'' under the picture. Black! There was something weird going on here.

Possessing the proof in my hands I ran down the stairs to see Mira and Baron's worried faces.
'Master Dan,' Baron stared at me. 'Rin just stormed out saying she needed space? So I just stepped away from her.' I could have known Baron would get the wrong idea of needing space. But what does that have to do with anything? I hate being clueless.

Drago popped onto my shoulder. 'Daniel?' I guess he was as clueless as I am.
'Mira, Baron I would appreciate if you would stay here. I need to go somewhere.' I grabbed Drago and clutched him in my hands before sprinting out of the door.


'H-Hey... Runo!' I panted all the way to her café.
'Yes Dan?' She was wearing her work apron. Her smile warmed my heart. Wait, snap out of it Dan! Remember what you came here for!

'I saw you talk to Rin about bit, did she tell you anything personal or something?' Runo nodded. 'Well, she did tell me something that she didn't tell you.'

I heard the most weird thing ever as Runo finished the story. I put it together like a puzzle. Runo tilted her head sideways.
'Why the questions?' I told her my side of the story. 'And she just ran out of the house.'

'I think that your her long lost brother!' Runo pointed her finger at me. I realised it then.
'But where is the best place for Rin to be?'

'Maybe she's with her best friend. What's his name? Sh-Shane? Shauna?'

'Shauna! Her best friend's a boy Dan!'


Finito! Another chapter done! Please comment!