Chapter 11: Mighty Fish Fighter

"The greatest Buddyfighter in the World! The WBC Cup has begun, and the winner will be the Buddy Champion, B! Hot! In the third match of the Cho-Tokyo Championship Quarterfinals, Daisuke Masamune has unleashed his first ever Impact Monster, Photonic Fighter, Ryuusei 'Collider'! By finishing off Minako, he has finally managed to reached into the Best 5, B! Who will be the next to join the Best 5?!"

"Impact Call!" Daisuke said.

"What?! Daisuke has an Impact Monster, too?! What other surprises we haven't seen, B?!" Ozon B asked as his eyes popped out and the cat panicked.

"I pay 2 gauge and transform Ryuusei, into an Impact Monster!" He pays 2 gauge as he activates, "Photonic Fighter, Ryuusei. Size 2, 10000 power, 8000 defense, and a critical of 2! I place 3 Photonic Gears from my hand and place them into his soul! For each card in Ryuusei's soul, he can attack once after he attacks! I choose Dillos Shield, Shining Ryu, and Black Wing!" Ryuusei's armor begins to glow rainbow colors simultaneously as the chosen Photonic Gears combine onto Ryuusei. As his armor combines with the Photonic Gears, the visor on Ryuusei's head forms over his face for protection as he ascends into space with his weapons begin to charge and once fully charged, he splits into different colored version of himself, each attacking as each one of the clones have a different Photonic Gear equipped onto him before he lands the final attack.

"Photonic Collider!"He shouted as all the clones attack Minako at once, inflicting damage.

The next day, at the Fighting Stage. His friends are waiting for Gao as he came in but then he sneezed.

"Bless you, Gao." Haruka said.

"Are you okay? Do you want to go the nurse's office?" Kuguru recommended.

"Managing your health is an important part of being a Buddyfighter, you know?" Baku said.

"It's nothing to worry about." Gao said as he rubbed his nose, "What's more important is the final tuning of my deck!"

"Mighty Sun Fighter! Gao Mikado!" A voice said as it was Dash, who appeared.

"Hey, aren't you..." Gao recognized.

"The robot-master, Dash Kazakiri!" Kuguru said.

"That's Gao's opponent!" Haruka said.

"That's right." Baku said.

"Can I have your autograph?" Dash requested as he handed out a autograph board and a marker for Gao to sign.

"A-Autograph?!" Gao asked.

"I'm a huge fan of yours, Senior Gao!" Dash said happily.

"Kyaa! He say he's your fan!" Kuguru said excitedly.

"And he even calls you Senior!" Haruka said excitedly.

"You should autograph that for him, Gao." Baku advised.

"But, I mean, an autograph..." Gao doesn't think of this already.

"Please!" Dash said.

"Oh boy..." Gao then sneezed as seaweed was spurted out of his nose and landed on Dash's head.

"Bal?!" Bal was surprised.

"Gao?!" Kuguru asked as her glasses broke as Haruka was scared as she covers her face to not look at it.

"Wh-What's that?" Baku asked as the crowd around them was shocked.

"Whaaa?!" Gao was surprised for the seaweed coming out of his nose.

"Senior Gao!" Dash yelled.

"What's going on?!"

At the nurse's office.

"Are you serious?" Noboru asked, "This isn't funny anymore."

"This isn't a joke, Noboru. Gao's got a serious problem and it's coming out of his nose!" Daisuke said.

"Bal hope someone can save Gao quickly, bal!" Bal said.

"I wish I could help but I don't have my scope." Ryuuga said.

"Baku has gone to get the doctor." Kuguru said as she checked on her tablet.

"I hope the doctor will make it in time." Haruka said.

"If he doesn't hurry, Gao won't be the Mighty Sun Fighter... He'll be the Mighty Seaweed Fighter!" Noboru joked as he imagine Gao as a seaweed with his clothes. Baku came in.

"It's no good. I can't find the doctor." Baku informed.

"I found it! This must be it!" Kuguru found something in her tablet.

"You found something?!" Daisuke said.

"Yeah."

"Oh?" Gao said.

"Silly Seaweed Syndrome. An unusual disease that causes seaweed to grow all over your body. Humans who eats seaweed from Magic World sometimes become infected..." Kuguru explained the symptom.

"Seaweed from Magic World?" Gao asked as he was shocked.

"Wait a minute. Didn't you eat that seaweed salad back when Dai offered us lunch?" Daisuke asked as he recalled the time when Gao was given a seaweed made by Dai.

"You mean that seaweed drifted here from Magic World?!" Gao asked.

Daisuke sighed in relived, "Looks like it's a good thing that Tasuku and I haven't ate it."

"Is that all you can say in this situation?!" Gao complained.

"Gao! If you get excited, the seaweed grows out of control, bal!" Bal said as he cries.

"Wait! It says as the symptoms get worst, you'll be assimilated by the seaweed, and you'll never go back to being a human again!" Kuguru said.

"You mean Gao will become seaweed forever?!" Haruka asked.

"Are you serious?!" Baku, Noboru, and Daisuke asked.

"How can we fix it, bal?" Bal asked.

"Well... It says it can't be cured by human medical science." Kuguru explained.

"Human medical science..." Baku said.

"Can't cure it?" Noboru asked.

"At all?" Gao asked.

"So it's impossible to save Gao." Daisuke said.

"No, bal! Bal doesn't want that to happen, bal!" Bal yelled.

"It's too early to give up!" Bal then heard Dash's voice.

"Bal?"

"If human medical science can't do it..." Dash brought in a stretcher, "There's still non-human medical science!" Noboru, Daisuke, and Baku placed Gao on the stretcher.

"Huh?" Gao was confused for what is he laying on. Then Daisuke strapped Gao to keep him in place.

At outside of Aibo Academy...

"Keep coming, keep coming!" Dash said as he allows something to come further, "Stop!" He said as the vehicle stopped. It was a huge truck vehicle that has sirens and the kind can easily transform into a robot.

"This is one big vehicle." Baku said.

"It's huge! Look at it, Elder Brother!" Haruka said.

"Yeah. That is huge." Daisuke said as the truck opened up the back.

"Get in!" Dash said.

"Hold on, are you sure this is a good idea?" Daisuke asked.

"He's right. What if we won't be able to make it in time?" Baku asked.

"There's no time, bal! Hurry, get him on board, bal!" Bal said.

"Dash! You can drive?" Gao asked.

"If you like, I'll drive." Daisuke considered.

"No need to worry, I'll be driving myself." A robotic voice from the truck said.

"The vehicle talked, bal!" Bal said.

"Are you surprised?! This is my Buddy!" Dash introduced, "Roaring engines! Overflowing fighting spirit! Grasping the maximum victory! He's Ride-Changer Winning Maximum!" He said as they got in and Maximum drives off.

At the freeway...

"Demon Doctor, Buer. Originally from Magic World. One of the 72 Pillars of Solomon. A famous doctor of Magic World who's an expert on natural philosophy and logic." Kuguru explained the origin, "He might be able to cure Gao's sickness!"

"That's great!" Haruka said.

"I had no idea there was a hospital for monsters around here." Baku said.

"It was meant for the Buddy monsters who got themselves injured during accidents. They were taken to the hospital so they would be recovered. However, it was also meant to be kept secret because of the criminals out of there. They don't want them to do something to them if they found hospital." Daisuke explained.

"I'm surprised you know about this." Noboru said.

"I am the former member of the Buddy Police. Besides, they only told us about this, but they never mentioned the location."

"It's protected by a special barrier that you can only pass through by using the correct route." Maximum said, "It's no surprise that you didn't know about it."

"We'll deliver you to the hospital safely! Before our fight begins!" Dash said.

"Please hurry..." Gao said as he started to sneeze again. He sneezed as seaweed comes out of his ears and more from his nose.

"More just came out!" Haruka said.

"Gao, hang on, bal!" Bal said.

"There's even more seaweed than before!" Noboru said.

"We need to hurry!" Daisuke said. Maximum continues driving but then stopped.

"What was that?" Noboru asked.

"A traffic jam!" Kuguru said.

"There's a traffic jam, and Gao's in a serious jam. Get it?" Noboru joked.

"This is no time to be making puns, bal!" Bal said.

"Damn it! What are we going to do about this?" Daisuke asked.

"There's no other way. Maxium, it's time for our ace in the hole!" Dash recommended.

"Roger that! Ride-Change!" Maximum then transforms as he transforms into his robotic form, the others as hanging while they are seat belt, "Excuse me, passing through." He walks through traffic, avoiding stepping on cars.

"What happened, bal?"

"Maximum can transform from Ride Form to Soldier Form!" Dash explained.

"Bal has no idea what you're talking about, bal!"

"Like I said! Maximum can..." Dash wants to repeat.

"Never mind, bal! Let's hurry to the hospital, bal!"

Later, they managed to clear the traffic as they got off the freeway.

"Hey Dash. Why are you doing so much to help Gao?" Baku asked.

"I already told you. I'm a fan." Dash said.

"He does have a point." Daisuke somewhat agreed.

"But right now, they're opponents. If he would've left him alone, he could have won by and entered the Best 5 easily."

"I don't think it would be right for any of us if our opponent's absent and let us win by default." Daisuke said.

"He's right. Winning like that wouldn't make me happy. I got this far by thinking of the day that I'd face Senior Gao in a serious Buddyfight. My dream is finally about to come true! It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance! I won't let a minor problem like this crush my dream!" Dash said with confidence.

"You see? That's what being a Buddyfighter's all about. Having to battle with honor." Daisuke said.

"Hear that? It really is a great honor as a Buddyfighter, Gao." Kuguru said.

"Thanks, Dash." Gao thanked.

"You're a pretty nice guy, bal!" Bal said.

"I'll repay this debt by having the best Buddyfight ever with you!" Gao swore.

"Senior Gao!" Dash was happy as he cried.

"The way you look right now, nothing you say sounds cool." Noboru said due to the fact that Gao is still seaweed, "Hey, Gao!" He sees Gao's getting worst.

"Gao! Gao, hang on, bal!" Bal yelled.

"This is bad! He's gone all limp!" Noboru said.

"The seaweed must be assimilating him!" Kuguru said.

"Oh no, Gao!" Haruka said as she starts to get worried.

"We need to hurry!" Daisuke said.

"How long until we make it to that hospital?!" Baku asked.

"You've gotta hurry, Maximum!" Dash said.

"Roger that! Let's roll out!" Maximum said as he accelerated to the hospital as it reaches to the mansion on the mountains. There was thunderclouds above it.

Inside the mansion, there were many injured monsters from different worlds. The inside was like a dungeon.

"So this is Buer's hospital?" Baku asked as he and Noboru are holding Gao with their arms.

"It looks creepy." Haruka said as she was scared and cling to her brother.

"It's okay. It's not that scary." Daisuke said.

"But it doesn't look like it." Noboru said.

In the doctor's room. Buer shows himself as a small creature with a face of a lion and pink mane, black cap, and sunglasses. Behind him is a pink nurse robot.

"Ahem! I am indeed the great Demon Doctor, Buer." He introduced himself, "A human patient? How unusual."

"H-Hi. Th-Thanks for seeing me." Gao said as he was struggling from the symptoms.

"Hmm." Buer looked at the seaweed, "Oh, this is Silly Seaweed Syndrome. You ate something you shouldn't have, right?" He asked.

"We're in a hurry, bal! Please cure him right away, bal!" Bal demanded.

"I-I'll undergo any kind of treatment." Gao said.

"I'm glad that you said that! Now, please bend over." Buer requested as the nurse robot came with a huge injector with green serum inside.

"W-Wait just a second!" Gao yelled as he was surprised.

"What's wrong?" Buer asked.

"No, no, no! That's clearly not for humans!" He complained.

"Don't you want to get better? Now hurry up and bend up!" He said as Baku, Noboru, and Daisuke hold Gao done but Kuguru covered Haruka's eyes for not seeing something she doesn't want to see and she covered her own eyes as well.

"Come on, Gao. Just relax." Daisuke said.

"Just accept your fate, Gao." Baku said.

"No!" Gao yelled.

"You said you'd undergo any kind of treatment." Noboru recalled as they moved him on the bed.

"S-Stop it! Let go of me!" Gao yelled as they hold him down as Bal was about to pull his pants, "No! Stop!"

"This is for Gao's own good, bal!" Bal said as he pulled it down, revealing Gao's butt.

"Now, you might feel a pinch a little..." Buer said as the robot injected it.

"Ow!" Gao yelled in pain. And thunder struck after the scream.

Later, at the Fighting Stage...

"Uh, this is an unprecedented situation! We're already past the scheduled start time for the fight, but neither Gao Mikaod nor Dash Kazakiri have appeared at the Fighting Stage!" Paruko announced.

"Where did Gao and his friends go?" Hanako asked.

"I don't know. I can't reach him on his cell phone." Suzumi said as she looked at her phone.

"Well, at this rate, both fighters will be disqualified, B." Ozon B announced.

At the beach...

"As soon as the remaining fighters, Genma Todoroki and Dai Kaido are ready..." Ozon B was about to announced but the tv from the beachhouse has been static.

"We lost the picture, turtle." Red turtle said.

"Do something to get the picture back, turtle!" The green turtle said.

"Could it be the antenna, turtle?" The blue turtle asked as he was checking on it. Meanwhile, Dai was busy, eating ramen, "Big brother, I can't reach it, turtle!" He said as he tries to reach it.

Back at the Fighting Stage...

"Ah, is that so..." Paruko received a call as she was explained of the situation and sighed, "Ladies and gentlemen, the Champion Steering Committee has reached a decision. As both Buddyfighters are absent, the fourth match of the Quarterfinals will be..." She was about to declare until...

"Wait!" Gao yelled as Paruko heard his voice.

"Oh?"

"It's Gao!" Hanako recognized her brother's voice as the surprise is ascending in the middle stage.

"Eclipsing the darkness with flames... and brightening the hearts of the mistreated!"

"Slashing through the storm and dashing forth at Mach Speed!"

"The Mighty Sun Fighter, Gao Mikado, is here!" Gao made his entrance.

"Repu Academy Fifth Grader, Dash Kazakiri, is on the scene!" Dash said. The crowd cheered that they made it. Tasuku and Genma noticed them came.

"Then let's begin the fourth match of the WBC Cup Cho-Tokyo Championship Quarterfinal!" Paruko announced.

"Hey guys." Daisuke said as he came.

"Daisuke." Tasuku said.

"Did Gao managed to..." Genma asked.

Daisuke nodded, "He's recovered. Now he has the chance to fight!"

"Rise, sun! Burn, sun! Luminize! Scorching Sun Dragon!"

"Commence Buddyfight! Deploy all units! Luminize! Brave Changers!" Dash luminized as his wristband changed into another but red and a core on it.

"Buddy... Fight!"

"Raise the Flag!"

"Dragon World!"

"Hero World!"

(G: 10/ Item: None/ G: 2: None/None/None)

(D: 10/ Item: None/ G: 2: None/None/None)

"The first move goes to Gao Mikado. This is an important match that will determine who goes onto the Best 5, and yet both parties were late..." Ozon B said while his heart is beating and explodes, "My heart was pounding so hard, B!" He said, "Well, technically my heart stopped beating a long time ago."

"Then get rid of it." Noboru said.

"I hope Gao is all right." Kuguru said with concern.

"It's okay! Gao just got better! I know he'll be all right!" Haruka said.

"I hope you're right. He is recovering from an illness, after all." Baku said.

"Charge and Draw! I pay 1 gauge and... Reach the sun! My fist!" He pays one gauge to equip, "I equip! Sun Fist, Bal Knuckle! I call Mera Blade to the center!"

"Bal?" Bal was wondering why Gao places Mera to the center.

"Attack the fighter!" Mera Blade jumps as he slashes at Dash, inflicting 3 damage due to Bal Knuckle's effect.

"This is it! This is the fight I've been waiting for!" Dash said.

"My turn is over!" Gao said as he felt a pain from the spot of his injection, "Ow... It still hurts where he injected me."

"Bal?" Bal then noticed something is odd on Gao's hand.

"My turn! Draw! Charge and Draw! I Buddycall Ride-Changer Officer, Winning Maximum!" He Buddycalled as he regained one life, "I pay 1 gauge and ride!" He pay one gauge to activate.

"Roger that!"

"Ride is a special ability that lets the fighter equip a monster like an item!" Paruko announced as Dash jumps on Maximum.

"Ride Complete!"

"What?! You said Ride! Aren't you going to get inside the machine?!" Ozon B asked as he was surprised and the cat was confused.

"Meow meow?"

"Come at me!" Gao said.

"Maybe Bal was just seeing things, bal." Bal said.

"I call Ride-Changer, Silver Beak to the left!" He called out a white racer vehicle that is green on the spots with orange lining design, "I call Ride-Changer, Spiker to the right!" He call out a blue motorcycle vehicle with a spike horn on its head.

"All Ride-Changer Units, commence combat!" Maximum said.

"Roger that!" Both said.

"First, when I attack... I deal 1 damage by my effect!" Silver Beak attacks as he ejects out a spear and inflicted one damage, "That was just a greeting! Leave the center to me!" He created a neon road as he struck through at Mera Blade and destroys him.

"Well done! Next, it's my attack!" Spiker said as he revved up, "I'll pierce through the fighter!" His spike extended to attack.

"I don't want to be stabbed with any more sharp things!" Gao said as he was about to counter it, "I cast! Stout Arms of the Sun!" He pay one gauge as he brings out a fiery giant fire spirit as it punched Spiker, thus destroying it.

"Maximum Crush!" Maximum makes his attack with Dash, riding along.

"Go!" Dash yelled as Maximum crashes onto Gao, inflicting 2 damage, "My turn is over!"

"Gao! Bal wants to fight already, bal!" Bal demanded.

"Right! My turn! Draw! Charge and Draw! I pay 1 gauge and Buddycall to the right!" He pay one gauge as he Buddycalled and regains one life, "Dragon of the Sun, Bal Dragon, glub glub!" Bal jumps up as he transforms to his true form but then he started to get surprised all of the sudden.

"What? Bal Dragon, glub glub?" Bal asked as Dash was shocked.

"Senior Gao! Your ears..." Dash said as he notice Gao's ears have become gills.

"What is it, glub glub? Is there something on my face, glub glub?" Gao asked as he noticed it, "Huh? Glub glub?!" He was surprised.

"It's not just his ears!" Baku asked as he and the others are surprised of seeing this.

"What is that?!" Noboru asked.

"Gao's rear end has..." Kuguru said.

"Grew a tail!" Haruka said.

"Glub glub glub?" Gao noticed his fish tail at the rear end.

"F-F-Fish!" Paruko announced as the crowd became surprised, "U-U-Unbelievable! Gao Mikado has turned into a fish-person!" She imagines Gao as a completely fish-person, "At this rate, he won't be the Mighty Sun Fighter, he'll be a Monster Fish Fighter!"

"This is no time to be making puns, bal!" Bal said.

At the beach, Dai saw what happened as he slammed his hands on the table...

"Monster Fish Fighter?!" Dai became blazing with pride, "This is clearly meant as a challenge for me, the Mighty Ocean Fighter!"

"We're pretty sure you're wrong, turtle!" The turtles said.

"What in the world is going on?" Baku asked.

"First seaweed, now fish?" Noboru asked.

"Didn't the serum cured Gao's symptoms?" Haruka asked.

"It should, but what I don't get is how is he becoming a fish." Kuguru said.

"Oh no! I need to install an aquarium in Gao's room!" Suzumi recommended since she saw her son became a fish.

"Mom! What are you saying?!" Hanako asked.

"This is unmistakably Isitafishitis!" Ozon B deduced as he wears a detective outfit.

"Isitafishitis?!" The four asked.

"As a side effect of the medicine used to cure Silly Seaweed Syndrome, the human body turns into a fish. A very fishy, or rather, very troublesome disease, B!" Ozon B said.

"A side effect of the medicine? Don't tell me...!" Noboru recalled the time with Buer's injection with medicine, "That quack! Next time I see him, I'm going to take him down!" He started to get furious as he swore revenge.

"If it's left untreated, then eventually his body and sole, I mean soul, will become as scaly as a lionfish!" Ozon B said, "He'll never go back to being human, B!"

"That's a load of carp! I mean, crap!" Baku said with a pun.

"Well, if that's the case, I'll be happy to feast on some fish!" Ozon B said as he brought his utensils for having Gao as the fish for dinner."

"You can't eat Gao! Salmon stop him!" Haruka complained as she made her pun.

"And it's bad luck to say such things trout loud!" Kuguru made her pun.

"Senior Gao! I hate to say it, but we have to suspend this Buddyfight!" Dash considered.

"Glub glub?!"

"We'll need Doctor Buer to give you another examination! As soon as possible!"

"Gao! Dash is right, bal!" Bal agrees.

"No way, glub glub!" Gao refused.

"Gao?"

"I can't stop such a terrific Buddyfight for something as minor as this, glub glub!" Gao said as he was burning with pride.

"The way you look right now, nothing you say sounds cool, B." Ozon B said.

"Dash! You'd better not pull your punches, glub glub!"

"Okay, Senior Gao! I'll bring my best to this fight!" Dash said.

"Here I go, glub glub! Black Spotted Dragon, Black Bass! I mean, Black Dot! I call you to the left! Go on and attack the fighter, glub glub!" Black Dot attacks as he inflicted one damage.

"Bal bal bal bal bal!" Bal pulls out his sword as he makes his attack, inflicting 3 damage.

"Bal Knuckle!" Gao strikes as Dash as he inflicted 2 damage.

"Gao Mikado's attack is as ferocious as a demon stinger!" Paruko announced, "He's gotten Dash Kazakiri down to 2 life!"

"It looks like he's got the disadvantage, but..." Kuguru said as she noticed something.

"Is it just me, or has Gao's fish-tail gotten bigger than before?" Baku asked as he saw the tail.

"Does that mean that Gao's already gonna be turned to fish?!" Haruka asked.

"If he doesn't hurry, he'll be on the dinner table!" Noboru said.

"I cast! Hyper Energy!" Dash cast as he gains 4 gauge, "This is where I get serious!"

"What?! Black Dot, move to the center, glub glub!" Gao said as Dot moves to the center.

"Silver Beak! Clear a path through the center!" Silver Beak then attacks with his effect to deal 1 damage at Gao, then he strikes at Black Dot as he destroys him.

"Dash Kazakiri deals another 2 damage using Ride and Maximum!" Paruko announced.

"All right! Dash's turn is over. Gao can win in his next turn!" Noboru said.

"No. His attack isn't over yet." Baku said.

"What? Even though all of Dash's monsters have attacked?" Kuguru asked.

"Does he have something else in mind?" Haruka asked.

"I activate Maximum's ability! I pay 2 gauge and ride the Winning Maximum in my hand cards!" He pays 2 gauge to activate.

"Glub glub!" Gao said surprisingly.

"What?! Ride again?! That's a strange loach, I mean, approach!" Ozon B punned as his eyes popped out.

"Roaring engines! Overflowing fighting spirits! Grasping the maximum victory!" Maximum begins to transforms into his robotic form, "Ride-Change! Winning Maximum, Soldier Form! This is our true form!" He has been transformed as Dash jumps into the core and transported inside, "Link OK!"

"Winning Maximum has transformed into a robot!" Paruko announced as she was surprised.

"Transforming at this point is a case of tuna little, tuna late." Ozon B punned, "Dash's attack has ended, after all."

"It's true that my attack is over. But in Soldier Form, Winning Maximum can attack one more time!" Dash explained.

"And when Dash has 6 or less life, my power and defense increase, and I gain Counterattack and Double Attack! The bond between my friend and myself turn disaster into opportunity!" Maximum said.

"Come at me, glub glub! Dash!" Gao said.

"Take this! Hand Launcher!" Maxium reached his arm as he brings his cannon on his wrist, firing the attack.

"I cast! Sun Dragon Shield!" Gao cast as he gains a life and gauge.

"Due to Sun Dragon Shield's effect, his gauge increases by 1!" Paruko announced.

"One more time, then! Maximum Sword!" He brought his sword from his right wrist as he brought out his wheels as revved to strike at Gao, "Winning... Slasher!" he attacks Gao, inflicting 3 damage.

"Glub glub!"

"Gao!" Bal yelled.

"I'm not done yet!" Dash said.

"Bal?!"

"I activate Silver Beak's ability! I pay 2 gauge and call Silver Beak, Soldier Form in my hand cards to the right!" He pays 2 gauge as he activates.

"What?!" Baku asked.

"He has another one?!" Haruka asked.

"There's more coming?!" Kuguru asked.

"Is this blow going to tentakill him?!" Noboru asked with a pun.

"Ride-Change!" Silver Beak transformed to his robot form, "Wired Peck!" He throws his attack as it hits Gao, inflicting 2 damage.

"Glub glub glub!"

"This should clinch it! Rapid Peck!" Silver Beak makes his attack.

"I cast! Blue Dragon Shield!" He cast as he gains a gauge.

"I've failed!"

"My turn is over!" Dash said. Meanwhile, Gao feels like he is getting exhausted all of the sudden and suddenly collapsed.

"Gao! What's wrong, bal?!" Bal asked.

"Sorry, Bal... Can you lend me a hand, glub?" He requested.

"If you need help, I'm happy to lend an anchovy, I mean a hand, B!" Ozon B said as he pulls out his arm and used it a joke.

"Gao's of-fish-ally at the end of his rope!" Baku made his pun.

"Minnow! I mean, oh no! He's got only 1 life left!" Noboru made his pun, "With no hand cards, he's as helpless as a carp on a chopping board!"

"Don't worry! On the next draw, I know Gao can urchinly draw the one you needs. He'll blowfish him away!" Haruka said. Bal managed to help Gao as he stands up. But then all of the sudden, his feet turns to webbed feet.

"G-Gao?!" Bal asked surprisingly.

"You should see your face, glub glub. It's our turn, glub!" Gao said as he used his webbed hand to pull the lever as it turned sideways, "Everything's riding on this card, glub glub! Draw!" He looked at the card as Bal is surprised and Gao smiled.

"Gao, leave the rest to Bal, bal! Bal will carry out Gao's last fishes, er, wishes, bal!" Bal said.

"I'm not dead yet, glub glub." Gao said.

"Bal and Gao will do a Link Attack on Dash, bal!"

"What?! With Gao?!" Paruko asked.

"Oh, this is no good. They're overwhelmed with emotion and trying to rush through the fight, B." Ozon B said.

"Bal!" Bal then carries Gao with him to join the attack.

"We're gonna win no matter what, glub glub!" Gao screamed.

"I cast! I've Seen Through Your Moves!" He cast as Bal attacks but Gao got his head hurt on the ground.

"Glub..."

"He saw through their moves! Is it all over for them?!" Paruko announced.

"Not yet, glub glub! Final Phase!" Gao managed to struggle to use his Impact card.

"Gao!" Bal said.

"Wh-Wh-What's this?! Gao gathers up his strength one last time for a Final Phase announcement!" Paruko announced.

"Impact Call, glub! I pay 3 gauge to transform Bal Dragon into an Impact Monster!" He pays 3 gauge to activate.

"Bal will try his super best, bal!" Bal pulls out his sword as his armor detached.

"This is Senior Gao's Impact Monster?!" Dash asked as he witnessed it.

"Bal is now a Size 2 monster with 11000 power, 6000 defense, and a critical of 4! And this card's attack can't be nullified, glub glub!" Gao said as Bal unleashed his Smasher as it started the engine, then Bal spins it around.

"Bal Burst Smasher!" Bal smashes down to Dash and Maximum as he inflicted damage and won the match.

(G: 1/ Item: Bal Knuckle/ G: 0: None/None/Bal)

(D: 2/ Item: Maximum/ G: 3: Silver Beak/None/None)

"Game End! Winner: Gao Mikado! He's headed to the Best 5!" Paruko declared.

"All right. Thank you very much, glub glub." Gao said as the crowd cheered for Gao's victory.

"He did it!" Hanako said as her grandma drinks tea. Daisuke, Tasuku, and Genma smiled for Gao's victory.

'Gao's very stubborn. He doesn't allow this thing gets in way. He really is an honorable Buddyfighter.' Daisuke thinks.

"Congratulations, Gao." Tasuku said.

"That's un-bream-lievable, I mean, unbelievable, B!" Ozon B said as he was shocked as his head fell apart and landed on the sushi boat.

Baku and the others came as Baku carries Gao.

"Thank you, Senior Gao. I hate to say it, but this fight..." Dash said as he extended his hand, "I lost, fully and completely!"

"It was the best fight ever, glub. Thank you..." Gao was about to shake his hand, however, he felt something again.

"Gao!" Baku said as Gao's tail grew to his legs.

"What's this, glub glub?!" Gao yelled so surprisingly.

"Gao's legs have totally turned into a fish tail, bal!" Bal said.

"He's even got fins instead of hands!" Haruka said.

"We have to get him to Buer's hospital as soon as possible!" Dash said as Maximum came in his vehicle form. They lifted Gao as they dragged him into Maximum.

"What about my pants and underwear?!" Gao asked.

"No time!" Haruka said.

"Hurry, bal!" Bal said.

"What?! Wait a second! Someone grab my underwear!" Gao yelled as Maximum crashes through the Fighting Stage as they head off to the hospital, "Get me trout of here, I don't want any more shots!"

Spotlight shown as Daisuke and Ryuusei appears on stage...

"Welcome back to more Corner Time!" Daisuke said.

"This chapter will have one card to show!" Ryuusei said.

"Here's one card now!" He clapped his hands twice, revealing the next card, it shows a large, bipedal dragon entirely made of dark cosmic energy, held together by a dragon skeleton. Attached to the dragon skeleton are various colors of darken metallic armor covering the dragon skeleton. Hovering in the air, inside its chest cavity is a miniature black hole constantly sucking in energy. Its wings are covered in a mixture of bone/dark metal armor holding up large, rigged, dark blades. As its tail is mostly bone armor, it end at a razor sharp point curving upwards towards the dragon's head, "This is the third of the Photonic Lords, Photonic Lord, Pluto. Like the others, he's a Size 3 but with 8000 power and 6000 defense, and a critical of 2. He can be called by paying 2 gauge and sacrificing one of my Photonic monsters. He has the ability called Undead Spirit, when this card enters the field, I can call up to two "Photonic" monsters from the drop zone, to separate areas, without paying their [Call Cost] as size 0 monsters. He has a secondary ability known as Crept King, when another "Photonic" monster is destroyed, I can destroy a monster on the opponent's field with the same size as the original monster's size."

"Wow, that's one strong ability." Ryuusei said.

"He also have Double Attack and a Lifelink of 2. Pretty risky but it'll be worth it. The next chapter will about my best rival against the Mighty Ocean Fighter. So it will be an intesive fight. Give me a review of what you think and give me good Photonic ideas please. Thank Coolfireblast and BlasterDragonoid for their hard work of supporting my stories! Til then bye for now!" They waved goodbye as the screen faded black.