Julie sat on her bed after going into the valley.

"Everyone's getting a talking, unique bakugan these days. I lost to Billy and his just this morning, and he's already 10th place in the world wide ranking thanks to that new Bakugan, Cycloid." Julie said. "Honestly, I wish I had one of my own."

"I'm here, Julie. I am by your side." Said a deep voice in the room.

"Wow. Being honest with myself must've gotten you here, right?" Julie asked.

"I've actually been here for a while now. I am Subterra Gorem!" The voice said.

"Subterra….Gorem." Julie said.

"But, you can just call me Gorem." Gorem said as Julie grabbed him.

"Now I can take Billy on, but… How can I deal with his strategies?"

"You wanna prove to him youre strong, right?" Gajeel said behind Julie. "Well, I can make you big."

"Uh, how did you get into my room?" Julie asked.

"Door was wide open." Gajeel said pointing to the destroyed door.

The next morning….

"Hey Billy! Guess what, I finally found him! My talking Bakugan!" Julie said.

"Yeah, and she found a personal trainer. Besides, I kinda want that 10 world ranking you got." Gajeel said.

"The Guy from Shadow's Edge who has that talking dragonoid." Billy said.

"Yeah! Me and Metalicoid are gonna wipe the floor with you!" Gajeel said.

"Alright, it's showtime!" Julie said.

"Field open!" They all said as the field appeared.

"Gate Card set!" They shouted.

"Bakugan Brawl! Subterra Hynoid Stand!" Billy said as a wolf like creature appeared on the field.

Julie tossed another gate card. "Bakugan Brawl! Tuskor Stand!" Julie said as Tuskor appeared on the field. "Ability Activate! Nose Slap!" Julie said as Tuskor attacked Hynoid defeating it.

"Heh. Not bad, Julie, but not good enough! Bakugan Brawl! Wormquake Stand!" Billy said as a large worm like creature appeared on the field.

"Heh. Talk about the ugly duckling. Guess it's time to rock out. Bakugan Brawl! Metalicoid Stand!" Gajeel said as a large purple metallic dragon appeared on the field against Wormquake.

"At last, it's my turn!" Metalicoid said.

"I'm not gunning for you just yet. Ability activate! Sand Trap on Tuskor!" Billy said as Wormquake dug underground to Tuskor's card.

"The thing about Sand Trap is, Wormquake can move to any gate card I choose and reduces an opponent's power level by 50 Gs." Billy said.

Wormquake pounced on Tuskor and defeated it.

"Time for the next inning. Bakugan Brawl! Cycloid stand!" Billy said as a cyclops like creature with a stone hammer appeared on the field. "Yeah! Time to do some real damage!" Cycloid said.

"Ability Activate! Stare Down!" Billy said as Cycloid stared down on Metalicoid.

"Better be careful, that means any card in the area Cycloid is gets their Gs decreased by 50. But I got something for it. Ability activate! Iron Dragon Scales!" Gajeel said. "Any ability used on my Bakugan is automatically deflected onto another Bakugan of my choosing and I pick your Wormquake!"

"Nice, Gajeel! Now, Gate card set!" Julie said setting a card outside the zone. "Bakugan Brawl! Manion stand!"

A sphinx like creature appeared.

"And, Ability activate! Copycat! This means I can use any ability! So it's Sand Trap time!" Julie said as Manion went into the ground and defeated Wormquake.

"Not bad, you two. But…. Ability Activate! Grand Slide!" Billy said as his gate card that Cycloid was on slid over to Manion. "Ability Activate! Left Gigante!" He added as Cycloid's left arm grew in size as it crushed Manion.

"We ain't done, Cyclops!" Gajeel said. "Ability activate! Dark Portal!"

Metalicoid teleported over to Cycloid.

"Julie, it's time." Gorem said. "Time for my first battle with you."

"On it! Bakugan Brawl! Subterra Gorem stand!" Julie said as a giant creature towered over Metalicoid and Cycloid.

"That's her new partner?" Billy said.

"He's….gigantic!" Cycloid said.

"What the?! That guy is huge!" Gajeel said.

"We may have bitten off more than we can chew." Metalicoid said.

Gorem then put his hand out as Julie hopped on and got onto his shoulders.

"Ability activate! Mega Impact! This increases Gorem's power by 50 Gs. Just enough to take down Cycloid!" Julie said.

"Not so fast, Julie! Gate Card Open! Level Down!" Billy said as Gorem lost 100 Gs.

"Are you ready, Metalicoid? Ability activate! Iron Dragon's Wrath! Whenever a Gate Card activates, Metalicoid can strike the bakugan who activated it and cut their power down to zero." Gajeel said.

Cycloid hit Gorem's shield, but it broke as his power blanked out.

"Iron Dragon…. Demon Roar!" Metalicoid said hitting Cycloid with a silver breath attack. Gorem followed up with his own massive punch, and the battle was over.

"Whoa. Glad I'm not on the other end of that." Gajeel laughed.

"So you battled with Julie and she definitely had Gorem?" Jexi asked.

"Yeah. Hard to miss him at that size. Kinda glad I fought with her instead of against her." Gajeel said.

"Good. Now all we need is Shun, and we're set." Hope said.

"Which won't be easy. I know how strong Shun is. He isn't going to go down so easily." Jexi said to Hope.