Cancer was defeated. Leontess grabbed the monster by his shoulders and flew into the air. Leontess dropped Cancer. Leontess's wings glowed yellow. A bright yellow light glowed from Leontess's wings. When the sunlight touched Cancer he exploded.
Earth
Ian felt something moist drip against his hand. The moist thing trickled down his arm and dropped to the floor. It was alleviating. When Ian opened his eyes he saw two things. One was he was back in the human world. Two: it was raining outside.
Ian saw two other people. Yumi. Yumi was shaking. Her body was cold from the rain and she was trembling like a scared little girl. Ian grabbed her by the legs and the back of her head and picked her up. She felt so light. The last time Ian tried picking her up, that time Yumi saw an apple on a tree branch and demanded Ian to help her get it, he made a complete klaud of himself falling over before Yumi was too heavy.
Ian saw the dark brawler. The rain washed all over his clothes. The brawler was silent. He didn't make a sound nor did he try to walk to him. The dark brawler reached his hands over his hood and pulled it down. Ian saw a bespectacled face. He was wearing glasses. His hair was a short purplish lavender color. Ian had a thought. Maybe the he dark brawler wasn't a he?
" You're a—"
" Stay away from me!"
The dark brawler disappeared in a blur. She was gone. Ian wondered what just happened. Who was that girl? Why did she disguise her voice as a man? So many thoughts came to Ian's mind.
" I-Ian…" Ian felt a hand grab his arm. Ian jumped. Yumi now fully awake was holding her hand on his shirt. She gazed into his eyes; her face and arms were bruised. " Did you beat her?"
" Eh, yes. I think I did."
" Did you humiliate her?"
" Yes, I think I did."
Yumi smiled. " That's great. I wish I could have seen it. And I really wish I had that hamburger right now. Hey Ian, can you wiggle my hands."
" Why?"
" Just to make sure they're not broken. Please."
" Sure."
" Thank you. You're so kind. I would go out with you, if only you were blond. We can still have closure though."
" I don't think she can walk," Leontess whispered into Ian's right ear. " What are you going to do?"
" I guess I don't have any other choice. I'm going to have to call a cab to take Yumi home."
" No, just put me down. I don't want to be a burden."
" Hey, we're in this together."
Morning
Ian was exhausted. Ian spent all night at Yumi's house waiting for her parents to come because he didn't want to leave her alone, but they never showed. Today he was supposed to be participating in a tournament, but he wasn't enervated enough to do so. Ian looked for a place that could sell coffee to him so early in the morning on a Saturday, and after all that searching he finally found a quaint little shop. It was a restaurant with the words Misaki on the sign. Most of the boys just seemed to be there to gawk at the pretty waitress, Runo, while Ian was sitting at a table with Leontess. Ian was having scrambled eggs, hash browns, and pancakes while Leontess was having just a glass of water. Begrudged, he poked his fork on the pancakes and took a sip of tea.
" So how did your night with Yumi go?" Leontess said.
" How do you not know?" Ian moaned. " You were in my pocket the entire time."
" I feel asleep after that talk you had with Joe. I agree with Yumi. Sheldon is a silly name. Maybe Sheldor. Sheldor the Conjuror."
" Right, and Leontess is much better?"
Ian dropped two sugar cubes into his tea. He used the fork, the same one he poked his pancakes with, to twirl the tea around. Ian felt sorry for Leontess. The poor animal didn't have anything to eat even though he was nothing but a small ball. Ian picked up his glass of water and poured it over Leontess. After being splashed, Leontess just stared at Ian spinning his tea around.
" Why did you come here?" asked Leontess. " Don't we have that tournament today?"
" That's why I came here. I needed something to revitalize my electrolytes. After that night I spent with Yumi I can't believe I'm still standing. "
Ian heard the sound of the bells ringing. Someone ran into the restaurant. It was Yumi. She was covered in sweat. Unlike Ian she was jogging. She was wearing a jogging suit and sweat pants. There was a giant sweat pit in her sweater.
" Woah! Ian!" Yumi ran towards Ian's table. " Thank god you're here!"
" Huh? Why?"
" I just ran over fifty miles trying to keep in shape. Look at my shirt! It's covered in sweat! Look!"
" No! Get it away from me!"
" I feel like I have a drumstick wrapped in my Velcro. Gimme!"
Yumi took Ian's cup of tea away from him. Ian just stared at Yumi. Small drops of tea dripped out of her mouth.
" That's…my drink."
" Ah! Refreshing."
Yumi drank all the tea in his cup. She dropped his cup of tea. Around her lips was a foamy white mustache of milk. Ian tried pointing his finger at her mustache.
" Yumi…you got a little something on your—"
"Now be honest. Do these pants make my butt look big?"
" Uh, how should I know?"
" Just check."
Yumi turned around and showed Ian her buttocks. They like her shirt were covered in sweat. Ian jumbled for words; there were evil eyes fixated on him, they were boys who were jealous Ian had a " girlfriend" like Yumi.
" Please, Yumi, get your butt out of my face!"
" Ian!"
" D-Dan?" Ian stuttered.
" Hey man, what are you doing here?" Dan said, and then rubbed his nose.
" I'm waiting for a tournament to start."
" Aw man, you're going to that? Cool." Dan smiled.
" A-Are you also going?" asked Ian.
" Nope. I'm just going to chillax. Maybe spend all day in my room listening to music."
" OH MY GOD!" Yumi shouted.
Ian, Runo, and Dan flinched. The fact was everyone in the restaurant flinched. Especially the ones who were gawking at Runo. When they turned their heads around they saw Yumi holding her shirt. A smaller stain was on the bigger stain.
" I spilled tea over my shirt!"
" Eh, it's not so bad," said Ian.
" Not so bad?" Yumi frowned. " It's the same as spilling milk over my jamboree."
" I'll go get a napkin for you," said Runo.
" A napkin, really?" Yumi yelled. " How is a napkin going to help me?"
" So what Bakugan are you using for the tournament, man?" Dan asked ignoring Yumi and Runo's argument.
" Well, I think I'll use Leontess. And maybe I'll use Serpenoid. A-And a new Bakugan I bought today."
" Cool. What's its name?"
" Can I keep it a secret?"
" Sure. Listen, as much fun as it's been talking to you, I have to go. Say bye to your girlfriend for me."
" She's not my girlfriend."
Dan smiled one last time before he walked out of the restaurant. Yumi also walked to the kitchen. Yumi was still staring at her shirt.
" Oh my god!" Yumi cried. " This is so embarrassing!"
" So you had a little accident," Ian said. " What's the big deal?"
" Big deal? I embarrassed myself in front of Runo at her own parent's shop. Runo is the biggest gossiper in the entire school. Soon she'd going to spread this around and everyone is going to call me Milk Girl, Farm Girl, Betsy, Gross Girl, Cow Hater—oh god how can this be any worse."
" Here's a hint. Got milk?"
Yumi wondered what Ian meant by that. She rubbed her chin. She could feel the warm milk on her fingers—the embarrassment struck again.
" Oh god!"
Roughly half an hour later, Ian found himself standing in a large auditorium space, along with a few hundred other teenagers his age. He tapped his fingers idly as he waited for time to tick by.
" Sorry we had to leave without you, Yumi," Ian said. Yumi however just ignored Ian, rubbing her new shirt that wasn't stained like her last one. " Did you have any trouble finding this place?"
" Well, not really. I've already took part here, so there was nothing surprising about where they'd have it. Also, I was hit on by three boys on my way over here—they had a taste for my "sweet" ass. They kept saying " I love your bubble-butt", " I luv you, bubble-butt", " 597-324-7878, call me, Bubble Butt". It's a shame none of them were blond."
Ian let his eyes wander the room. A few minutes later he found himself in front of a rather long line of people. A dark-toned girl was sitting in the front behind a desk asking people questions.
" This place seems very crowded," Ian said.
" What?" Yumi shouted.
" I said 'this place is very crowded," Ian repeated.
" What?" Yumi repeated.
" This place is very, very crowded."
" What!?" Yumi shouted.
" I said…Nevermind. Do you know how this tournament works?"
" Oh, sure, follow me."
" Oh sure, that she understands. The stadium looked so much smaller on top," Ian thought.
" Name?" The woman asked the boy in front of Ian.
" Conner," the boy replied.
" How old are you, honey?"
" Fifteen."
" Do you have anything to back that up, sugar?"
" Yes. Take a look."
The boy Conner handed the dark-toned woman his birth certificate. The girl sighed as she signed the paper she was scribbling on and handed it to Conner " Oh alright. You can go on in now. You should see a bunch of kids like you. There's a proctor there that will explain everything to you."
Conner nodded and left.
" This is it," Ian thought. "Don't be scared."
" Name?" The woman asked.
" Ian Sheldon—"
" Hahahaha!" Yumi laughed behind Ian's back. Apparently, she still found his middle name to be funny.
" Brown…"
" Alright. Now how old are you?"
" Uh, how old do I have to be?"
" At least eleven years old."
" That's good. I'm thirteen. I'm still in middle school and—"
" Spare me your life story. Do you have any proof of that?"
" I, um, didn't know we had to prove our age at these things."
" Sir, do you have any proof?"
" I-I…I don't have any—"
" Go ahead in."
" Huh?"
The girl seemed to be bewitched by some kind of spell. Ian was sure it had something to do with his partner Leontess. When Ian was inside the stadium he opened his jacket and whispered to his partner.
" Leontess, what did you do to her?" Ian whispered to his Bakugan friend.
" I just showed her what she needed to know, partner," Leontess said in Ian's ear.
" Did you hypnotize her?"
" Hypnotize? I just rewrote parts of her mind to think you gave her that birth certificate. The human brain is much different from a Bakugan's. It can easily be rewritten."
" Leontess, I just want you to know that what you just did was very cool, but it was also cheating."
" We're in, aren't we? Where's the cheating in that?"
Ian was in a room with dozens of other teenagers. He noticed one kid who was much smaller than the others and rather short. He didn't know how the shorty got in, but I guess it was because he was over eleven.
" Okay…Yumi told me about this. I just have to stand beside someone and wait until I'm called."
Ian tried not to draw attention to himself. He whistled incoherently. But all that did was make all their eyes stare at him. Ian walked in between a rotund, German boy, with low-cut orange hair, a red-white striped shirt, and brown trousers. The boy held a small chocolate bar to Ian.
" Would you like some chocolate?" the rotund boy asked.
" Yes, thank you," Ian said. Ian held his hand out for the boy to give him a piece, but he didn't.
" Then you should have bought some." The boy took a large bite from his chocolate bar. Ian could hear the sound of his teeth mashing against those poor, innocent pieces. Ian frowned.
" He's rude."
" The intelligence of the human race, I suppose," Leontess said.
The orange haired boy tried to quietly munch on that candy bar as to not garner the attention of the overseeing proctor. Ian spotted a dark toned man with messy silver hair. He had cold green eyes, and seemed quite muscular. He had a cross-shaped scar on his face. He was wearing a long coat with many pockets on it, with long pants in his knee parts and black boars.
" Greetings," the man said. " My name is Mr. L. I would like to thank all of you who wished to join us today to watch our eightieth annual Bakugan Star Sky Tournament! Today we will be having amateurs play!"
The crowd roared.
" To start the game, we've taken the names of ever contestant that will be taking part. We'll draw their names from a lottery pile, and call their name. The first two called will battle against each other first."
The dark toned girl from the desk walked in pushing a cart with a giant ball on top. Through the plastic of that ball were hundreds of small pieces of paper. The dark toned man reached his hand into the ball and read the name aloud for everyone to hear.
" Chazz Wheeler."
A boy with pure yellow hair stepped out of the line. He rubbed his fingers over his chin and laughed manically. Ian thought of him as the "villain" who would be playing in this tournament, next to the fat-boy.
" And his opponent will be," Mr. L reached his hand into the lottery ball and pulled out a second name. " Conner Kokki."
The boy Ian saw at the desk walked out. He stretched languidly, rubbing his pure green hair. He didn't seem like he was up for a brawl, but didn't have any choice. Both boys stepped into the stage next to Mr. L and stared into each other's eyes.
" Now don't be strangers, you two," Mr. L said. " First to win three battles wins. Shake hands."
Conner and Chazz held each other's hands out. Conner tried to shake Chazz's hand, but he moved it out of Conner's way and rubbed his hair with it instead. " Now that you are both no longer strangers, let the Bakugan game begin."
The dark toned woman appeared again, this time pushing a light purple table. A hologram appeared over the board. In it Ian saw a water abyss. Conner pulled out a blue Bakugan and Chazz pulled out a white Bakugan.
" Bakugan Brawl!"
FIELD SET!
Chazz and Conner jumped as far away from each other, it was unbelievable. Both threw Gate Card's on the table. The adrenaline of two teenagers, Ian supposed. Chazz threw his white Bakugan in the air, he didn't think it would touch the table, but ricochet off the lips of the stadium and landed on the table. It stood.
" What an amazing throw!" Mr. L said. " Chazz has just shown us an amazing throw! A throw like that must take a year to master!"
" More like ten, ya dick weed." Chazz thought, he moved his hands into his pockets and clutched his next Bakugan. He didn't believe, not for one second, that Conner would be able to make a stand. " Hmph! These country bumpkins don't stand a chance against me."
Conner was the only one who was un-impressed with Chazz's throw. Conner, using one finger to raise a Bakugan, held his ball to his face and span it around like a basketball. He was going to initiate a slam dunk, just like they did with Michael Jordan's predecessor's –Conner knew Michael didn't have any, but he liked to think he did. Conner flicked the Bakuga, it curved down, landing on Chazz's Gate Card.
" Amazing!" L shouted in his mic. " Both players' Bakugan's landed on the same cards. And we all now what that means!"
" Battle!" Nearly everyone in the crowd shouted, not including Yumi. She was working her magic on a blond teenager.
In everyone's eyes the teenager's silent plea for help.
"Know anyone with a pair of young, strong hands and blond hair around here?" Yumi flirted with the scared blond teenager. " Want to hear a Blond Joke? What do you call a skeleton in the closet with blonde hair? Last year's hide-and-go-seek winner. "
Before the blond haired teenager could reply that he had a "girlfriend" both he and Yumi heard the sound of thunder. The crashing sound produced by rapidly expanding air along the path of electrical discharge or lightning. Both Yumi and the blond boy turned to the screen and got goose bumps, the hologram was filled with monsters.
It didn't take Yumi long to realize that they weren't monsters but Collin and Chazz's Bakugan. One was an ancient bird-like warrior. The other, a vague silhouette, was a giant spider. A beast with a strong bond to Chazz. It was alienated, harbors four curved blades on its legs capable of cutting any substance in the human world. A turquoise, arachnid with four small eyes conjoined.
Seadizen
500 G
Trappder
430 G
" MY PHONE NUMBER!" Yumi screamed at the top of her lungs, she was running around the stadium, boys fleeing from her. " CUTE BOYS! HERE! MY PHONE NUMBER! CALL ME!"
Conner and Chazz didn't know what kind of nervous twitch got into the crazy girl's head. Ian knew. Already she was blaming the shirt. That vague stain no one could see, the one she spilled from Ian's cup—oh why?—she was pulling on it and blaming it for her lack-of-attention.
Ian and Leontess couldn't care less. The Gate Card had been activated.
Fear Reaper
Pyrus: 50
Aquos: 100
Subterra: 250
Haos: 150
Darkus: 200
Ventrus: 300
Seadizen
600 G
Trappder
580 G
" Ability Card activate!"
Chazz span a card around in his hands, stopped, and flashed it to Colin. In the coliseum Trappder glowed with bright white aura.
Seadizen
600 G
Trappder
680 G
" Ability Card activate!"
Colin did the exact same thing Chazz did. He span a card around in his hands, stopped, and flashed it to Chazz. In the coliseum Seadizen also glowed, bright blue instead of bright white.
Battle.
Trappder stuck its front legs, shedding small hair particles off its back, and fired dozens of eggs at Seadizen. It struck. Seadizen vanished. The Seadizen it struck was really an illusion created from water and vapor. Seadizen appeared. It created a ball of water and sent it flying towards Trappder. Trappder could not defend and took the attack head on.
Seadizen spread its arms and legs and started falling towards Trappder. But at the last second Seadizen quickly picked Trappder's two front legs up before it could get up. Trappder was dizzy from the excessive force and couldn't attack. Seadizen released him and smashed into the ground. It wasn't getting back up. Trappder and Seadizen were pushing against each other. Seadizen was much more robust than Trappder. He shrieked through his beak." Caaaaawwww!" Well, not really caaaawwww caaww…those are crows. Seadizen's screeching cry was more like a seagull and also a dog sort of barking. Sgahweee? Seadizen jumped in the air and dived towards the ground. Both titans were swathed in water. Both Trappder and Seadizen fell from the sky and crashed against the ground.
" First round win of the Bakugan competition: Colin," the announcer said in a tone so loud it nearly burst Ian's eardrums.
The other people in the crowd didn't seem to think the same way about it. They thought it was exciting. The crowd rose from their seats and roared. Ian didn't see actions like these at the ending of the latest Harry Potter film. The Passion. Or even Jurassic Park, which in Ian's opinion all three of them were good. Even the last one because he liked the creation of the new dinosaur. The spinosaurus.
Chazz pulled a white Bakugan ball out of his pockets and about to throw it on the one Gate Card. Ian wasn't paying attention - it was exciting to see other people play instead of him, when he played he got nervous - but his mind wasn't on the battle. Ian saw something. First it was only hair. Then he saw her face. Finally he saw her clothes. A Chinese dress. Ian's fetish started acting up and he could feel something poking against his pants. Ian covered his pants.
" Bathroom," Ian thought. " Where's a bathroom?"
" Bakugan Brawl!" Collin shouted.
Nothing got Ian's attention more than a boy shouting. Colin threw his blue Bakugan, V-ROOOOM, smack, the ball bounced and landed on the card. Another battle was afoot.
Different Bakugan titans were in the holographic image. One was Siege.
Chazz's monster was a vehemence. A creature so scary it scared everyone in the crowd.
" Gate Card open!"
The crowd cheered on the outside of the hologram. Even Ian was clapping. Colin was awesome. After setting down their gate cards, Colin and Chazz raised their last Bakugan's over their heads.
" Bakugan Brawl!"
Chazz threw his Bakugan ball towards his Gate Card. The ball bounced under the table and bounced up landing on the card. The Bakugan stood.
" Bakugan Brawl!"
Colin threw his Bakugan at Chazz's Gate Card. His ball almost looked like it was flying. The Bakuagn zoomed towards Chazz's Gate Card, without touching the table or the ground, and landed on the Gate Card.
Two titans appeared on the hologram. Colin's monster was awesome to behold. Its horned head, powerful fire-blue body and lashing tail giving it a frightening appearance. The only thing more sinister than its looks were his voice, which Ian heard laughing on the screen.
" That's not it," Leo thought watching Colin's monster bang his fists against his chest like a gorilla. " I thought he had him. Does he have one of my brothers or sisters? He just has to have him. There's no way an intrepid child with this much exuberance can't have a Bakugan."
Chazz's titan was a white female with blue bat-like wings who wears an armored breastplate and knee guards. She has white skin with dark red markings on her hands, legs, and neck.
Chaonoid
550 G
Huldraoid:
580 G
Gargonoid Naarin
Pyrus: 110
Aquos: 60
Subterra: 100
Haos: 200
Darkus: 100
Ventrus: 130
" Colin has given us a spectacular show today!" The announcer's voice echoed through the stadium. " But it looks like this is where he loses to Chazz's titan."
Ian's eyes were fixated on the screen. Colin's Bakugan titan and Chazz's Bakugan titan were standing in a hall of mirrors. Mirrors floated around them and swirled around them. Colin's monster was too bulky. Chazz's monster kicked him in his face.
Chaonoid vanished and reappeared behind Huldraoid, he cocked his fist back and was going to punch Huldra in the back of the head. Huldra grabbed Chaonoid's wrist and tossed him over her shoulder. Chao landed on his feet and turned around to see Huldra gone.
Huldra axe kicked Chao in the stomach. Huldra cocked her fist back as air began to circle her whole arm. Chao countered by making a hammer fist that produced lightning all over his hands as both of them collided.
Huldra came down spinning rapidly while creating a large tornado to attack Chao. Chao held a ball of lightning in his hands as it cackled and whipped around. Chao leaped up and countered Huldra's kick with this causing an explosion to blow them both back.
Huldra punched Chao in the back of the head, causing him to falter. Huldra kneed him. Chao then quickly went for a kick at Huldra. She used her ability to her advantage and vanished. Chao generated electricity around his fist he punched Huldra right in the chest sending her back.
Chao threw down Huldra's knee then kicked her across the head sending Huldra off to the side. Huldra recovered and vanished. Chao jumped into the air and caught Huldra's fist, though Huldra followed up by using his other hand to attack. Chao threw it off to the side then kicked Huldra in the stomach.
Huldra crashed into the ground, and Chao dove right at her. Huldra created a large tornado from above Chase and drove him into the ground.
Chao fell to the floor, but stood right back up. Huldra rushed at Chao, who saw the whole thing. It was likes he was running normally. This was thanks to both of them having speed. As Huldra got close Chao vanished and a bolt of lightning struck down right in front of Huldra.
Chao released an electrical current that pushed Huldra forward causing her shudder. Huldra jumped and began to spin. A tornado began to arise as Chao just stood there and held out one hand. A flash of lightning blinded everyone and Huldra fell to the ground. Chao pointed one finger at the sky, then aimed at Huldra. A burst of electricity ripped through Hulder's shoulder causing her to collapse, then exploded into a million pixels.
" Winner: Colin!"
Colin was awesome, that was a certainty. He beat that Chazz guy without losing a single match. All that applause he was given, all those worried faces of the spectators in the crowd, he deserved it all - every inch of his body.
" Was that an amazing battle or what?" The announcer said waving his hand as everyone cheered for him. " For our next battle we will have...Jared Larson."
The fat kid who wouldn't share chocolate to Ian walked up to the holographic coliseum. There was a whopping size of melted chocolate over his face.
" And his opponent will be Ian Sheldon-"
" Hahahaha!" Yumi laughed so hard when she heard the name Sheldon. It disturbed two young boys standing between her. " Sheldon! Hahahaha!"
" Ian Sheldon-"
" Hahahaha! Sheldon! Hahahaha!"
" Sheldon-"
" Hahahaha!"
" ...Brown."
" Oh no. I have to face the fatso?"
Ian walked up to the other side of the coliseum on the other side of the coliseum. Ian tried not to talk. If he said anything he might make fun of him for being fat and he might sue him for slander. Ian and Jared both clutched their Bakugan.
" Bakugan Brawl"
Ian was the first to throw his Bakugan. It landed on the Gate Card. Serpenoid. A serpentine stood up when it touched the magnet's of the Gate Card. Then Jared raised his Bakugan and threw it to the Gate Card. It landed on the card and stood up just like Ian's Serpenoid.
Serpenoid
340G
Serpenoid
320 G
Ian couldn't believe his eyes. He was looking at two Serpenoid's in the same terrain, desert. Twelve hundred feet of angry, hissing poison wit beady yellow eyes, a big flaring hood, and glistening pair of needle-sharp fangs.
" This guy uses Subterra Bakugan too?" Ian thought looking at his enemies Serpenoid hissing at his Serpenoid.
" Loser!" Jared laughed. He pulled out another chocolate bar from his pockets and took a greedy bite of it. " Mine's cooler than yours."
" At least I have different cards." Ian used the same Ability Card he used the first time he played Bakugan. His Bakugan was veiled with light and glowed beige. He was empowered.
" Ability Card activate!"
Jared's Bakugan was veiled with the same light as Ian's Bakugan. It was almost like he was playing the exact same card. Jared's Bakugan lashed out and bite Ian's Bakugan by the neck. It crushed his neck, which ended in Ian's Bakugan exploding into hundreds of pixels.
" What an amazing battle!"