SailorStar9:Sorry for the wait, folks, my subscriber on Youtube just removed his account and it took me some time to find another. Anyway, Chapter 8 goes up, this is Chapter 9. To all my non-reviewing readers, I love you all! Will love you more if you review! *hugs all round!*
Disclaimers: I do not own both the animes. However, I do own the pairing, I hope.
Chapter 9: The Secret Package
In Neathia...
The war was still raging on the front lines.
"Those brats Ren snatched from Earth made a huge difference." Airzel remarked.
"It's true." Gill agreed. "Hypnotizing them into battling with us has proven useful."
"You sound so surprised." Kazarina stated.
"Bakugan, roll!" the three Gundalians tossed in their Bakugan.
"Bakugan stand!" Airzel declared. "Go Ventus Strikeflier!"
"Bakugan stand!" Kazarina called. "Rise Haos Lumagrowl!"
"Bakugan stand!" Gill stated. "Go Pyrus Krakix!"
"Finally, we get to join the fun and games." Strikeflier remarked
"I've been chomping at the big for some mention too." Lumagrowl added.
"This is no game, fools." Airzel reminded. "Our quest to breach that shield and take the 'Element' is serious."
"Now, Krakix." Gill declared. "Ability activate! 'Argon Stream'!"
"Ability activate!" Kazarina called. "'Arcadia Sword'!"
"Ability activate!" Airzel stated. "'Tidal Volit'!"
"Captain Al-Knight, the first shield..." Linus voiced.
"Linus, you need to take the 'Element' and go to Princess Farbia immediately." the captain instructed.
"The Princess, sir?" Linus echoed.
"Perhaps the Battlers that she was seeking can help us in this fight." the captain reasoned.
"Aye." Linus replied. "Neo, transport us to Earth."
"Okay." the Pyrus Bakugan nodded. "Hold on."
"Good luck." the captain remarked after Linus changed into his human guise and teleported off.
"Well, well, if it isn't the captain of the Neathian forces." Airzel taunted.
"Gundalian scum!" the captain glared.
"This is the part where you tell me where the 'Element' is." Airzel demanded.
Hurry, Linus, time is running out. The captain mused. We're counting on you.
In Bakugan Inter-Space...
"These five individuals are considered extremely dangerous." the voice came over. "If you see them, do not approach. Report your sighting immediately to the..."
"Weasel." Jake growled.
"It's a smart defensive play they made to make kids afraid of us." Marucho admitted.
"Yeah, convincing them to leave will be pretty hard now." Jake agreed.
Maybe they've figured out that we've hacked into their security system." Coredem reasoned.
"Slow down, dude." Akwimos chirped. "No point in running if we're not being chased."
"Yes, I have to agree with Akwimos." Marucho stated. "If they knew that we'd compromise their security system, we'll be surrounded by now."
"I suppose you're right." Coredem noted.
"They may not realize it, but it won't stay a secret forever." Marucho commented.
"Why can't things ever be easy?" Jake complained.
"Relax, dude." Akwimos chirped. "Remember, cool is the rule. If we stay focused, everything will be fine."
"I wonder how Dan and the others are doing." Coredem voiced. "I mean there's no one here that's going to believe this nonsense, right?"
"All the stuff is a big pack of lies." Dan told the two disbelieving boys in front of him.
"I don't know." one of the boys admitted. "But why is that thing up there?"
"Are you actually going to believe that thing over me?" Dan asked. "I'm telling you guys, you're in danger if you stay here."
"It's not that I don't want to believe you, Dan." the other boy stated. "You've always been our hero. Sorry." he muttered when his partner nudged him.
"Please, you must believe us." Farbia urged. "We have no reason to lie to you. We are only here to help you."
"You coming?" Dan pressed. "Are you serious?" he exclaimed in disbelief at the boys' hesitant looks. "Why are you being so stubborn about this?"
"Take it easy, Dan." Drago soothed. "We don't want to draw attention to ourselves."
"Woah, Drago." one of the boys gushed.
"I don't believe this." Dan muttered.
"I can't believe it's him." the other boy added. "I've never seen him up close before."
"We're both huge fans." his companion commented.
"Okay, we'll go." they chorused. "Just show us the way. Yeah, whatever Drago says."
"What's wrong with you?" Drago asked his partner.
"Oh you know, I just went from hero to zero." Dan muttered.
"Quit your sulking, we got the result we wanted." Drago reminded.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Dan agreed. "Farbia, can you transport us to Bayview?"
"Sure." Farbia nodded. "Okay everyone, join hands. Aranaut, if you're ready."
"Of course." Aranaut replied and teleported.
Meanwhile, Linus had appeared in Inter-Space.
"Princess Farbia is here?" Neo blinked.
"Yes, these are the coordinates she logged into the palace." Linus headed off.
"They look like wanted posters." Neo noted.
"What?" Linus gasped. "I don't under... why Princess Farbia?"
"That's five groups of kids we've transported." Hawktor told his partner as the two teleported back to Inter-Space.
"Yes, let's not slow down." Shun agreed. "There's still many left inside who need to be rescued."
"What's wrong, Shun?" Hawktor asked when his partner noticed someone.
"Hey you!" Shun voiced, stopping Linus in his tracks. "Stop! Who are you?"
"You're the one from the video." Linus noted.
"Linus, perhaps they..." Neo voiced.
"Another Gundalian?" Shun echoed.
"Tell me, are you working with Princess Farbia?" Linus inquired.
"Who's asking?" Shun demanded.
"I am Linus Claw." Linus introduced himself. "A castle knight from Neathia. Let me introduce, my partner Bakugan, his name is Pyrus Neo Ziperator."
"A castle knight?" Hawktor echoed.
"If memory serves, you're one of the Bakugan the Princess took with you on her mission." Linus noted.
"Yes, that is correct." Hawktor replied. "I'm Ventus Hawktor, at your service, sir."
"Wait, are you sure we can trust this guy?" Shun asked.
In the Battle Room...
"Hey Ren." Sid remarked. "You should have a look at this. So much for your air-tight security system, smart guy. Epic fail."
"You're always causing me headaches, Shun." Ren stated.
In Bakugan Inter-Space...
"Why do you what to see Farbia?" Shun pressed.
"I have something for her." Linus replied. "But it's very important that I give it to her in person. The fate of Neathia is at stake."
"Very well." Shun relented. "This way."
"Look at them scurry, just like a couple of giant rats." Ren snorted. "Tell me, was it Marucho who found a way in?"
"Ren!" Shun glared.
"I don't recognize your friend." Ren noted.
"That guy's..." Linus trailed.
"Gundalian." Neo Ziperator finished.
"Very good." Ren remarked. "And I presume you're from Neathia?"
"Now we've known our cast of characters, what do we do with them?" Mason wondered.
"Quickly, you have to get me to the Princess." Linus requested.
"Wait." Neo Ziperator voiced. "Linus. We are of the Castle Guard. It is not in our nature to run from battle. We must stand our ground."
"But I'm not running." Linus protested.
"We're her because fate brought us." Neo Ziperator reasoned. "We must fight this out to the bitter end.. for better or worse."
"Fate." Jesse voiced. "At times, it's powerful and at times, so fragile. Like the wind, it is fleeting and so beautiful."
"I never got your name." Linus noted.
"My name is Shun, and any ally of Farbia, is an ally of mine." Shun replied. "I would be honored to join you in battle."
"The honor is all mine." Linus corrected.
Commercial Break.
Cut to Beryl's throne room. As usual, the red-haired freak queen is looking at her crystal ball and smiling stupidly. She suddenly looks up and around to the assorted crowd of youma waiting in the shadows around her throne.
Beryl: So Jadeite, what plan do you have this time? (Pause.) Jadeite? (Another pause.) Nephrite, Zoicite, Kunzite? (Yet another pause.) Where the f*** are those useless generals?
Youma: (A green penguin, walking out of the shadows.) My Queen, they're at the new McYouma.
Beryl: Oh crap, the opening was today? (Thinks as she looks at the penguin-like youma.) Okay, I dub thee Penguinite. Now go and try killing the Senshi. I have... More urgent matters to take care of.
Penguinite: (Bows.) At your command, my Queen.
Cut to a building a few blocks away from Beryl's castle, where we can see the Generals eating burgers and slacking off. Beryl teleports in and starts shouting at them, but then Kunzite shows her the burgers and she shrugs and starts eating as well.
VOA: McYouma. One hundred percent Grade A human meat. Introducing the new McDubber and McPolitician! Only in McYouma.
End Commercial Break.
In the battle arena...
"The Bakugan battle between Linus and Shun versus Jesse and Ren will now begin." the announcer declared. "Bakugan Field, open!"
"Gate Card, set!" Linus started. "Bakugan, roll! Bakugan, stand!"
"In the name of Neathia, I will take down every last evil Gundalian!" Neo Ziperator declared.
"Just like the dimming of the theater lights, the bell signals the beginning of Act One." Jesse noted. "Bakugan, roll! Bakugan, stand! Rise, Ventus Plitheon!"
"I'm about to ring some bells of my own!" Plitheon declared.
"Bakugan, roll!" Shun announced. "Bakugan, stand! Go Ventus Hawktor!"
"I'm ready to pound some Gundalian into the ground." Hawktor said.
"Bakugan, roll!" Ren called. "Bakugan, stand! Now, Darkus Linehalt!"
"When a cast like this, we're surely in for an epic performance today." Jesse declared. "Ability activate! 'Fly Slasher'!"
"Ability activate!" Linus countered. "'Thaw Arrow'!"
"You'll pay for that!" Plitheon swore.
"I do love a worthy foe." Jesse noted.
"Can you invite him to dinner, or at least, your next attack?" Plitheon snorted.
"Plitheon, let's not forget that haste makes waste." Jesse reminded. "Consecutive Ability activate! 'Hyper Verde'!"
"What's happening?" Neo Ziperator demanded.
"And now." Jesse declared. "'Fly Destroyer'!"
"Hawktor!" Shun exclaimed as the combination attacks hit their targets.
"Ability activate!" Linus countered. "'Orb Shield'!"
"What's this?" Jesse blinked as Neo Ziperator manifested a shield around him and Hawktor.
"This ability absorbs all the opponent's abilities and it deflects it back at them." Linus supplied. "I hope you're enjoying this taste of your own medicine, Jesse."
"Ability activate!" Ren cut in. "'Volting Vibra'!"
"Ability activate!" Shun countered. "'Ninja Protection, Wild Wind Defense'! Leave it till tomorrow."
"Oh what, Shun?" Ren snorted.
"Jesse, why are we just standing here?" Plitheon retorted. "Let me take him down."
"Patience." Jesse replied. "Let's not upstage our co-star."
"Ready, Vilantor Gear." the mechanical voice droned.
"Battle Gear boost!" Jesse tossed the cylinder in.
"Battle Gear?" Linus echoed.
"Battle Gear ability activate!" Jesse added. "'Vilantor Gear Cyclotron'!"
"You're going down!" Plitheon swore and fired.
"Neo!" Linus gasped.
"Oh no!" Shun exclaimed.
"What, all of out of tough talk, Shun?" Ren taunted. "Ability activate! 'Shock Breaker'!"
"Hawktor!" Shun shouted as the attack hit.
"Here's a little extra." Ren added.
"Ready, Boomix." the mechanical voice droned.
"Alright, Battle Gear boost!" Ren tossed the cylinder in. "Come on, go now, Linehalt!"
"Watch out, Hawktor!" Shun warned.
"Let's go!" Ren declared. "Battle Gear ability activate! 'Boomix Lock'!"
"Gate Card open!" Linus countered as Hawktor moved in front of Neo Ziperator. "Explode!"
"The 'Boomix' w as deflected?" Ren echoed.
"Explode nullifies an opponent's ability." Linus supplied. "And brings the power level of each Bakugan on each side back to their base level."
"This mysterious new cast member has me wondering what his motivation is." Jesse mused. "Ability activate! 'Ghost Storm'!"
"Who cares, my motivation is to destroy." Plitheon remarked.
"Ability activate!" Linus countered. "'Power Shaker'!"
"What?" Plitheon demanded when he crashed into an energy shield, his power was cut off and he returned back to Jesse.
"Plitheon!" Jesse gasped. "That Bakugan is..."
"Powerful." Shun admitted.
"Come on, Linehalt!" Ren barked.
"If you're the Gundalian's mightiest, then maybe we don't have much to worry about." Neo Ziperator remarked.
"Oh yeah, we'll see about that." Ren growled. "Battle Gear ability activate! 'Boomix Dimension'!"
"This should be interesting." Neo Ziperator noted.
"It disappeared." Hawktor gasped as the energy beam vanished.
"What?" Neo Ziperator turned to see the energy beam had bypassed his shield and stuck Hawktor and causing the shield to shatter.
"Hawktor!" Shun gasped. "Are you okay?"
"That was an ingenious move, like that." Linus admitted. "Transporting the attack like that."
"That one hurt." Hawktor stated, returning back to his partner.
"Shun 'Life Force: 60%." the mechanical voice droned.
"He didn't fall." Ren was shocked to find Neo Ziperator still standing.
"You need something more powerful than that to take down Neo." Linus stated. "Ability activate! 'Metal Destruction'!"
"Ren 'Life Force': 40%." the mechanical voice droned after Linehalt was defeated with one attack.
"What power..." Ren was stunned.
"To be pulled from the stage in mid-performance like some kind of mid-player." Jesse stated. "In the Second Act, they'll see that I'm indeed a major talent. Gate Card, set! It's time to raise the stakes! Bakugan, roll! Bakugan, stand! Rise, Ventus Plitheon!"
"Bakugan, roll!" Linus threw Neo Ziperator in.
"Bakugan, roll!" that came from Shun.
"Bakugan, roll!" Ren declared.
"Let's finish this!" Hawktor announced.
"Ability activate!" Jesse started. "'Slag Tornado'!"
"Now, Hawktor!" Shun gave the command. "Ability activate! 'Ninja Protection, Wild Wind Defense'!"
"Ability activate!" Linus continued. "'Thaw Arrow'!"
"Battle Gear boost!" Ren tossed Boomix in. "Battle Gear ability activate! 'Boomix Lock'!"
"Ability activate!" Shun countered. "'Sky Lance, Cyclone Soar'!"
"The Final Act is upon us." Jesse declared. "Ability activate! 'Gravity Mine'!"
"And the gravity digs inside." Plitheon sang as his ability pulled both Hawktor and Neo Ziperator to the ground.
"Here we go." Ren stated. "Battle Gear ability activate! 'Boomix Dimension'!"
"Ability activate!" Shun countered. "'Ninja Defense, Spiral Twister'! I won't fall for that one again." as Hawktor's whirlwind dispelled the attack and the Ventus Bakugan headed straight for Linehalt.
"Ren 'Life Force': 0." the mechanical voice droned.
"What an exquisite ballet of pain and destruction." Jesse noted. "Now it's our turn to join in."
"A ballet?" Plitheon echoed. "Seriously!"
"Ability activate!" Jesse declared. "'Hyper Verde'!"
"What the..." Hawktor gaped at the sudden attack.
"Hawktor!" Shun shouted as his partner was defeated
"Shun 'Life Force: 0." the mechanical voice droned.
"That was the right-on performance of the year." Jesse declared.
"Ability activate!" Linus countered. "'Force Alive'!"
"What the..." Plitheon gasped. "My energy..."
"Well played, sir." Jesse stated. "But I have a little surprise then. You can call it a twist ending. Gate Card open! Gear Barricade!"
"Uh oh, that command card is linked to his Battle Gear." Shun realized.
"What?" Linus exclaimed.
"Battle Gear boost!" Jesse tossed Vilantor Gear in. "Battle Gear ability activate! 'Vilantor Gear Nirvana'!"
"Oh no!" Neo Ziperator gasped.
"If I lose this round, I will lose Neo and of course the 'Element'." Linus realized.
"It's time for you to exit Stage Left." Jesse declared. "There is no encore for you, because..."
"This is the end!" Plitheon finished and released his attack.
"Neo!" Linus hurried over the rubble.
"Starry Wall!" Eva cast her barrier.
"Linus!" Shun called. "Linus!" he took off after the castle guardian.
"Shun, wait!" Hawktor hurried after his partner.
"Linus!" Shun knelt before the injured castle guardian, just as a stellar-powered shield faded from around him.
"I'm sorry, Linus." Neo Ziperator apologized as he vanished.
"Neo..." Linus reached for his partner, when an energy beam shot from the defeated Bakugan and towards the stands, before Jesse claimed the Pyrus Bakugan.
"Linus' 'Life Force': 0." the mechanical voice droned.
"And the winner, Jesse and Ren!" the announcer declared.
"Nice work, Jesse." Ren noted.
"A Bakugan from Neathia." Jesse remarked. "What a wonderful trophy to win."
"Now... they have it..." Linus muttered as the two Gundalians teleported. "Neathia's doomed."
"Linus!" Shun tried to shake the unconscious knight awake. "Stay with me!"
In the infirmary...
"Linus!" Farbia called as Linus opened his eyes.
"Princess Farbia?" Linus gasped.
"Linus, thank goodness you're awake now." Farbia was relieved.
"Where am I?" Linus inquired.
"Don't worry, you're safe with us now." Farbia assured. "But what are you doing here?"
"I'm so sorry." Linus apologized. "I was supposed to protect it and give it to you, but I lost it."
"You lost what?" Farbia echoed.
"It was the 'Element' and now, our enemies have it." Linus confessed.
"When you say Neathia was doomed when they took Neo earlier." Hawktor realized.
"Who's Neo?" Jake was confused.
"'Element'?" Dan echoed.
"By 'Element', you don't mean this, do you?" Eva voiced, revealing a floating diamond prism in her palm.
"The 'Element's energy..." Linus realized. "But how?"
"Linus, I'm not stupid enough not to recognize one of the Power Gems that one of my Caelumus sisters possess." Eva stated plainly.
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