Chapter 29: Operation: Bal Rescue
"The greatest Buddyfight in the world! The WBC Cup Japan Representative Invitational Tournament is in the final stretch, here at Cho-Tokyo Island, B! Cold!"
"Well, it looks like it's about to change." Daisuke said as he smiled.
"What?!" Sakaki asked as he was surprised.
"Daisuke Masamune has won victorious against Sakaki Chi, who claims to be the Neo Masked Dragon! He has reached 100 wins to earn the right of participating in the World Championships, B! And also, he have used a new Impact Monster called The Great Nova! It's really strong than as expected! Huh? Will Daisuke come back as Masked Dragon again? I don't know! I have never seen him in action before!" Then seagulls came by as they pecked him, "Ouch! Better see what's up next! Buddy..."
"Meowt!"
At night, at the building where Kyoya is at.
"Kyoya. You look happy." Azi Dahaka said as he noticed how Kyoya is.
"Is that so, Azi Dahaka?" Kyoya asked.
"For the past few days, you have been irritated because of that so-called Doctor Gara and his weakly accomplice, Kiyotaka Izayoi. Have you taken measures to deal with them?" Azi Dahaka asked.
"I've just laid a trail of clues. By now, he's probably taken the bait." Kyoya said.
At Buddy Police HQ...
"An anonymous tip?" Tasuku asked as he was on screen.
"Yes. The Buddy Police received an email from an unknown sender." Stella explained, "I'll read it out loud." She reads the message, "Doctor Gara and Kiyotaka Izayoi are on Mikazuki Island."
"Mikazuki Island?" Tasuku asked.
"It's an uninhabited island about 10 km from Cho-Taiyo Island." Takihara explained the coordinates.
"I'll contact Daisuke and we'll investigate there right away." Tasuku said.
"There's one more piece of information I'd like you to hear." Takihara said.
"All of the uninhabited islands in the area, including Cho-Taiyo Island, are the property of Gaen Financial Group, according to the Buddy Police's research." Takihara explained.
"Gaen Financial Group?" Tasuku asked as Gao was at the front deck as he heard their conversation.
"Of course, Mikazuki Island is, too." Stella said.
"It can't be. Could this anonymous tip be from..." Tasuku assumed.
At the ocean, Daisuke managed to bring in the speedboat as they head off to Mikazuki Island.
"So you're saying that the anonymous tip that the Buddy Police received is from, Kyoya Gaen?!" Daisuke asked.
"It could be. But I don't know why would he give us the info." Tasuku said.
"But do you think Doctor Gara and Kiyotaka are really on Mikazuki Island?" Jack asked.
"He's there. This information is after all, provided by Kyoya Gaen." Tasuku said.
"How can you be so sure?"
"Like I said, I don't know. But I'm sure that Bal is there, too."
"I hope Bal's okay over there." Ryuuga said.
"If Gao were here, he would've come with us in a instance." Daisuke said.
"You know that we can't do that since Gao needs to get 100 wins for Bal to become Buddy Championships. We need to let him continue on tomorrow." Tasuku said as they heard a thud. Daisuke looked as he pulled the cover, revealing Gao was laying there.
"Speaking of which. We got a stowaway." Daisuke said.
"Gao?!" Tasuku said as he was surprised. Gao chuckled nervously.
"You two caught me. Never mind that! Did you two just say that Doctor Gara, Kiyotaka, and Bal are together?!" Gao asked.
"Yeah." Tasuku said.
"No doubt about it." Daisuke said.
At the lab, at Mikazuki Island. Gara slammed his fists on the table.
"How long are you going to keep this up?!" Gara asked angrily.
"Man, no matter how many times we tried, we couldn't get a single crack out of this little runt." Kiyotaka said.
"Looks like we're going to have to use drastic measures!" Gara recommended.
"Wait, you mean..."
"Yeah!"
Gao and the others are almost reaching at Mikazuki Island.
"I can see it now!" Jack said as he sees the island.
"We're almost there!" Ryuuga said. Meanwhile, under the sheets, the twins are hiding under the sheets.
Tsubaki snickered, "Good thing we asked Gao to let us join in."
"Shh! Do you want us to get caught?! It's not easy for Gao to let us come." Tsubasa said as she recalled the time.
"Huh?! You want to come with me?!" Gao asked as the twins are at the lobby with Gao.
"We think that Doctor Gara must've taken Doctor Kakaeru, just like when he took Bal!" Tsubaki said.
"If we find Bal, maybe Kakeru will be there too! We want to save him!" Tsubasa said.
"You guys... You two really do care for Kakeru, huh?" Gao asked.
"Of course! He's the reason why we love to learn about monsters from other worlds!" Tsubaki said.
"And we wanted to get our own Buddy monster someday too!" Tsubasa said.
"We are the Hikkimori twins and that's what we do!" They both said. Gao laughed.
"Okay. But I better hide you guys. I don't think Tasuku and Daisuke are going to let you two off easy though."
"We'll keep quiet!" Tsubaki said.
"Yeah, only you are." Tsubasa said.
"Hey!"
"Don't worry, Tsubasa. I'm sure we'll keep quiet once we reached the island." Tsubaki said.
"But then what?" Tsubasa asked.
"We'll ask Gao later."
Back at the lab, Bal's egg was carried by the machine arm as it was covered in wire attachments.
"Click!" Gara pushed the button as electric currents are shocking the egg.
"That's right! Give him the taste of his own medicine!" Kiyotaka said. Meanwhile, inside the egg, Bal felt scary after the feeling the shocks.
"Bal..." Bal attempts to resist.
The others made it as they walked through the forest, Tasuku equips his Dragnapulse and Daisuke equips his Photonic Twin Blade, Ryu and Star.
"There's only one building on Mikazuki Island. It's officially Gaen Financial Group's recreational facility, but I'm sure that's just camouflage." Tasuku explained.
"So it could be the lab that is similar to the one that you and Rouga went into, Gao." Daisuke said.
"You two think Bal might be there." Gao said.
"Look!" Ryuuga said.
"There it is." Jack said as they found it. They saw the facility lab. They hide behind the trees.
"There's a light on." Tasuku said.
"Means that someone's inside already..." Daisuke said.
"Bal could be there!" Gao said as he rushes out.
"Wait, Gao!" Tasuku yelled.
"Don't rush out!" Daisuke said but it was too late as Gao steppe onto the laser as it triggered the alarm.
Gara and Kiyotaka heard the alarm.
"Wh-What was that?!" Kiyotaka asked as he was surprised.
"Looks like they've already sniffed us out!" Gara said.
"Who are they?!" Kiyotaka asked as Gara looked at the screen.
"Oh... It's them. If we take these guys hostage, little Bal might finally come out of his shell." Gara said.
"Oh! Good idea, boss! Should I go and capture them?" Kiyotaka asked.
"Not yet. I'll show little Bal something that should get his attention. You stay here and keep an eye on him, and make sure he doesn't escape."
"Yes sir, boss!" Kiyotaka saluted as Gara left the lab.
"Bal?" Bal left the crack open as he noticed Gara is gone but he sees Kiyotaka still there.
The others made it close to the facility.
"Zodiac!" Gara snapped his finger as his Buddy appears, "Gravity Rest!" Zodiac activates his ability as he holds on Gao and the others. They tried to struggled.
"Th-This is Gravity Rest!" Tasuku said as he got hold down to the ground.
"Which means..." Daisuke said.
"Zodiac!" Jack said.
"And..." Ryuuga said.
"Doctor Gara..." Gao said, "Bal... Where is Bal?!" He demanded.
"You should worry yourself before you worry about your Buddy. Your Buddy will get an eyeful of you crawling on the ground like a worm." Gara snapped as his fingers to activate the visual screens. Meanwhile, Tsubaki and Tsubasa are behind the tree as they saw their friends, getting crushed by the gravity.
"Oh no! They're in trouble!" Tsubasa said.
"We need to go help them!" Tsubaki said as he runs to help but Tsubasa grabbed his arm.
"No! If you go over there, the gravity will effect you too! And I don't think Doctor Gara will let us off easy."
"Then what are we going to do?!" Tsubaki asked as Tsubasa starts to think.
The screens are shown at the lab.
"Oh! It's the boss!" Kiyotaka said.
"Can you see this, little Bal?" Gara asked as Bal saw everything on screen.
"Gao! Tasuku! Jack! Daisuke! Ryuuga!" Bal said as Kiyotaka smiled.
"If you don't hurry and get out of that shell, I'll take these guys apart first." Gara warned.
"If you do anything bad to Gao and his friends... Bal won't let you get away with it, bal!" Bal said.
"Heh... And what are you gonna do about it?" Kiyotaka asked.
"Well then..." Gara brings out his scalpels in laser, "Who should I take apart first?"
"Stop it, bal!" Bal yelled as he cried.
"From this angle, I won't miss, even with Gravity Rest's supergravity effect." Gara said as he flies above them. "Don't worry. As soon as I've taken you guys apart, I'll take apart Little Bal too."
"If you lay one finger on Bal... I'll make you pay!" Gao said as he struggles of getting up. Gara was surprised.
"There's no way a human can move when under Gravity Rest!" He said as Gao kept on standing up.
"Bal is... My Buddy!" Gao managed to break through.
"Impossible!" Kiyotaka said.
"Gao..." Bal said.
"Where is Bal?! Doctor Gara!" Gao yelled.
"Gao!" Bal cries as he came out of the shell.
"All right! He's out!" Kiyotaka said.
"Bal is here, bal!" He cried as the light from the shell starts to glow.
"Hey, what the-?!" Kiyotaka said as he covered his eyes from the light.
The red light burst out.
"This light again?!" Gara asked as he sees it.
"Doctor Gara!" Gao yelled as Gara sees Gao, engulfing the light, "Doctor Gara!" He yelled as he engulfed himself in the blazing red light, spiraling around him.
"That's..." Tasuku recognized it.
"The Dragon Force!" Daisuke said.
"Gao!" Jack said.
"What?!" Gara was surprised as he sees a red dragon in red light as it tries to attack Gara and made him fall, "Zodiac!" He yelled out his Buddy as Zodiac rescue him from the fall.
At the building, where Kyoya is at...
"Finally, the Dragon Force has come to Gao Mikado as well. And this is already more powerful than mere sign.
The light stopped as Gao was covered in red light as he kneel down and the light faded already.
"Gao! Are you all right?!" Tasuku asked as they were freed from the gravity.
"Never mind me, we have to save Bal. He's nearby!" Gao said.
"I found little Bal!" A familiar voice said.
"Who's there?!" Daisuke asked as Kakeru appeared with Bal, who is unconscious.
"You're..." Tasuku recognized, "Kakeru Futaboshi!"
"Yes. I heard that little Bal had gone missing, so I've been searching for him ever since." Kakeru said.
"Bal!" Gao said as he came to him.
"Doctor Kakeru!" Daisuke and Tasuku heard the twins' voice as they run through them.
"Now, Bal..." Kakeru said as he accidentally tripped as he was about to drop Bal, but Gao managed to save him.
"I'm so glad! I'm so glad!" Gao was happy to see his Buddy again.
"Doctor Kakeru!" The twins charged at Kakeru as they pushed them down.
"Whoa! You two!" Kakeru said.
"We were worried about you!" Tsubasa said.
"You should've told us that you left!" Tsubaki said.
"Oops. How clumsy and silly am I." Kakeru said as Bal started to wake up.
"Bal." Gao said as Bal woke up.
"Bal?!" Bal stepped back, "Gao?! This isn't a dream, is it, bal?" He asked as he pinched his cheek strongly, "Ouch! It hurts, bal!" He cries.
"Of course! This isn't the dream!" Gao said.
"Gao! Gao came after all, bal!" Bal said as he cried and hugged Gao and licked him. The twins moved after Kakeru stand up. Then Gao started to cry, "Gao, are you crying, bal?" He asked.
"Do you have any idea how worried I was?!" Gao asked as he hugged him tightly. Then Kakeru cried.
"What a moving reunion!" He said as the twins did the same.
"A touching reunion!" Tsubaki said.
"A best buddy reunion!" Tsubasa said.
"Gao, that hurts, bal!" Bal said as he got tightly hugged.
"Sorry. I'm just so happy to have you back!" Gao said.
"Kakeru Futaboshi." Tasuku said.
"What is it?" Kakeru asked.
"We need to know something." Daisuke said.
"Aren't you really Doctor Gara?" Tasuku asked.
"What are you saying, Senior Tasuku? Daisuke?" Gao asked.
"He is not Doctor Gara!" Tsubaki said.
"Yeah! He's not really Doctor Gara at all!" Tsubasa said.
"That's right, bal! Doctor Kakeru isn't Doctor Gara, bal." Bal said.
"Really?" Daisuke asked.
"Then how did you know that Bal was here?" Tasuku asked as they raised their items.
"Well... That is..." Kakeru tried to explain.
"Doctor Kakeru?" Gao asked.
"What's going on?" Tsubaki asked.
"Please tell us!" Tsubasa said.
"The truth is, Doctor Gara threatened me! He said he'll have his accomplice to do terrible things to me if I didn't obey him!" Kakeru explained as he sat down, "I was so scared. I'm sorry. At first, he said he just wanted to get a sample. But in the end, he even made me kidnap little Bal. But I really wanted to save little Bal, so I kept waiting for a chance to save him. So I distracted his accomplice and managed to bring Bal out."
"If that were the case, then why didn't you report this?" Daisuke asked.
"Indeed, why didn't you report any of this to the Buddy Police?!" Jack asked.
"Jack!" Bal said.
"Or any of us here?!" Ryuuga asked.
"Ryuuga! Please don't be mad at Doctor Kakeru, bal."
"Don't try to defend him, Bal!" Daisuke said.
"Kakeru Futaboshi and Doctor Gara are one and the same! That's the only thing that makes sense." Tasuku said.
"Stop accusing Doctor Kakeru!" Tsubaki said.
"He's never Doctor Gara, ever!" Tsubasa yelled.
"Wait, Senior Tasuku. Daisuke. According to Cerberus, the guy who took Bal had a different scent than Doctor Gara." Gao explained.
"Gao..." Tasuku said as Daisuke isn't saying anything.
"So we can't say for certain that Doctor Kakeru and Doctor Gara are the same person." Gao said.
"See?! There's your proof!" Tsubaki said.
"Doctor Kakeru doesn't have that scent!" Tsubasa said.
"Am I off the suspect list now?" Kakeru asked.
"Thank you, Doctor Kakeru! Thanks for rescuing Bal!" Gao said.
"Actually we wanna thank you, Gao!" Tsubasa said.
"Huh?"
"We knew you would still believe that Doctor Kakeru isn't Doctor Gara! Thanks a lot!" Tsubaki said as they hugged him.
"H-Hey! Calm down! Don't get too excited!"
"Listen, Gao. You don't need to thank me. I may have been under duress, but I still helped Doctor Gara. I'm really sorry, little Bal." Kakeru said.
"It's fine, bal." Bal said, "Doctor Gara is the bad one, bal!"
Back at the Cho-Taiyo Island at the hotel, Kakery explained everything to everyone in the hotel room.
"What? What did you just say, Doctor Kakeru?" Gao asked as he was surprised.
"The tournament organizers are saying that little Bal should withdraw immediately." Kakeru said.
"What's withdraw, bal?" Bal asked.
"It means you can't fight in the WBC Cup anymore." Kuguru said.
"It's one of the rules in the tournament that you can't refuse." Haruka said.
"What! C-C-Can't... Doctor Kakeru, that's not okay, bal!" Bal said.
"Can't we do anything about this?" Gao asked.
"From what I've heard... The tournament's Official Monster Doctors are insisting that Bal should undergo examinations as soon as possible to check up on every part of him." Kakeru explained.
"Doctor's order, huh." Baku said.
"There's no choice." Haruka said.
"I guess you're going to have to withdraw." Kuguru said.
"Little Bal. It's really too bad about this year, but..." Kakeru said.
"There's nothing wrong with Bal's body, bal!" Bal said as he did push ups, "Bal, bal, bal! Bal, bal, bal!" He kept on going as he got exhausted, "See? Totally fine, bal..." He got dizzy as he fell off the bed.
"Bal!" Gao said.
"You see? You shouldn't overexert yourself." Kakeru said.
"Don't wanna withdraw, bal! Bal is gonna Buddy Champions with Gao, bal!" Bal whined as he threw tantrum.
"Bal..." Gao said.
"No withdraw, bal! Want to fight, bal!"
"Then, do you want to try fighting me?" Kakeru asked.
"Huh?!" Gao and Bal were surprised.
"Doctor Kakeru?!" Tsubaki asked.
"I'll see for myself whether little Bal is healthy enough to continue fighting in this tournament. If he's fine, I'll try talking to the organizers again."
"All right!" Bal said.
"But if you should lose to me, you have to withdraw. Okay?" Kakeru asked as it made them realized the trouble, "You haven't forgotten, have you? You two have lost to me and Zodiac before. Do you still want to fight?" He pulled out his deck as he recalled the battle.
"Zodiac! Attack Bal in the center!" Kakeru said. Bal attacks but he kept swinging his sword as Zodiac released his blades and destroyed Bal.
"Bal!" Gao yelled as Zodiac got closer to him.
"When Zodiac is used with a Legend World deck, he gains Penetrate." Kakeru explained.
"What?!" Gao is surprised as he got attacked and was inflicted with 2 damage.
(G: 0/ Item: Balguard/ G: 2: Flarefang/Bal/None)
(K: 2/ Item: Estrela/ G: 3: None/Zodiac/None)
"Game End. Winner: Kakeru Futaboshi!" Paruko declared.
"Of course I haven't forgotten. Are you up for it, Bal?" Gao asked.
"Of course, bal!" Bal said.
"All right! Let's fight!" Gao said. But Tasuku and Daisuke looked at Kakeru as they don't believe his story.
Outside at the field in the forest...
"I'm not going easy on you." Kakeru said.
"I know." Gao said.
"This time, we'll win, bal!" Bal said.
"O' deity of guidance that presides over the stars... Show me the path towards world yet unseen! Luminize, Star Form Guidepost!"
"Rise, sun! Burn, sun! Luminize! Scorching Sun Dragon!"
"Buddy... Fight!" Bal said.
"Raise the Flag!"
"Legend World!"
"Dragon World!"
(G: 10/ Item: None/ G: 2: None/None/None)
(K: 10/ Item: None/ G: 2: None/None/None)
"So Doctor Kakeru has the first move." Baku said.
"Go, Doctor Kakeru!" Tsubaki said.
"We're rooting for you!" Tsubasa said.
"Fighting at a time like this?" Ozon B asked as he dug himself out of the ground, wearing pajamas, "Won't anyone use their common sense?" He asked as he got surprised of what he's seeing. "Three cheers for Doctor Kakeru! Good luck! Do you best! Doctor Kakeru!" Ozon B cheered as he was wearing cheerleader uniform.
"Great, the loudmouth is back." Kuguru said.
"On the bright, he's not wearing his usual suit." Haruka said.
"Gemios, attack the fighter!" Kakeru said as it snapped Kuguru's attention. Gemios attacks Gao, inflicting 2 damage.
"Looking good! Doing great! Doctor Kakeru!" Ozon B cheered.
"Meow!" The cat cheered too.
"My turn is over. Now it's your turn, Gao! Little Bal!" Kakeru said as he sets his three monster in position with Gemios on the right, Aquario in the center, and a man, who wears roman clothes as he wears a mask like the others and carries a golden scale, named Libra Starsentinel, Leebra.
"We're gonna go full throttle, right from the start!" Gao said.
"Of course, bal!" Bal said.
"My turn!" Gao pulls the lever as it turned sideways, "Draw! Charge and Draw! I pay 1 gauge and Buddycall to the right!" He paid 1 gauge as he Buddycalled and regained one life.
"Bal, bal!" Bal jumps as he transforms to his true form, "Bal will try his best, bal!"
"I call Burning Rapier Dragon to the left!" He called a warrior that is similar to Thousand Rapier, but the only difference is that he is different color, white armor, and red scales, "I equip! Bal Knuckle!" He equips his item, "Bal! Attack Aquario!"
"Leave it to Bal, bal!" Bal pulls out his sword as he strikes through Aquario and destroyed him, inflicting 3 damage at Kakeru, due to Penetrate.
"Here we go, Burning Rapier!" Gao said as they performed a Link Attack, "When I do a Link Attack with Burning Rapier, I can draw one card. Bal Knuckle!" They attacked together as they inflicted 3 damage at him.
"Doctor Kakeru! He's just getting started!" Ozon B cheered.
"Should we join in?" Tsubaki asked.
"Uh... no." Tsubasa shook her head.
"My turn! Draw! Charge and Draw! I pay 1 gauge and 1 life to equip! Star Pole Sword, Estrela! I pay 2 gauge and Buddycall to the center!" He Buddycalled as he regained one life, "The deity of guidance who presides over the stars! Star Deity Dragon, Zodiac! I'm sorry, but little Bal will have to return to your hand cards!"
"What?!" Gao asked as Bal is starting to lifted by a flash of light.
"Bal's body is..." Bal said as he turned back into a card and went back to Gao's hand, "Returned to the hand cards, bal." he cried.
"It's Libra Starsentinel, Leebra's ability! Now, let's go, Leebra! Attack Burning Rapier!" Leebra's glowing ropes, coming from the scale, came out as they strike through at Burning Rapier as it destroyed him, "Attack the fighter!" He ordered Gemios to attack, inflicting 2 damage at Gao, "Double Attack!" Gemios attacks again.
"Doctor Kakeru's surge attack! Now Gao's life points will be..." Ozon B said.
"I've got no other choice. I cast! Green Dragon Shield!" Gao cast as he nullified the attack and regained one life.
"But I still have Zodiac and Estrela!" Kakeru said as Zodiac attacks Gao and Kakeru jumps up and throws the star pole at Gao, inflicting 3 damage together.
"That's 3 damage altogether!" Haruka said.
"This is bad." Baku said.
"How come?" Haruka asked.
"Because Doctor Kakeru also has his final weapon, the Impact Monster Block!" Kuguru recalled.
"You mean the one that stops Impact Monsters?!"
"Yes."
"Oh no! Gao has once again called Bal Dragon, who had returned to his hand cards, B!" Ozon B said as Gao calls him out again.
"This time, Bal will try his best for sure, bal!"
"I pay 1 gauge and discard one card to activate Zodiac's ability!" He paid 1 gauge and discarded one card to activate, "Now kneel! Gravity Rest!" Zodiac activates his ability as Bal got hold down by the gravity.
"Bal is gonna attack, bal..." He struggles to get up.
"It's no use. There's no way of escaping Gravity Rest. Due to the discarded Alwidol's effect, I gain 1 gauge and draw 1 card!" Kakeru said as he gains a gauge and draws a card.
"Can't take any more... bal..." Bal couldn't get up any further.
"I cast! Bal Support! I gain 2 gauge and..."
"Regain life, bal..." Bal said as Gao cast, gaining 2 gauges and regained 2 life.
"I call Mera Blade Dragon to the left! Go ahead and attack Leebra!" Mera Blade slashed at Leebra as he got destroyed. Then Gao runs as he attacks at Gemios.
"I cast! Divine Guidance! I nullify your attack and gain 1 life and 1 gauge!" Kakeeru cast as he gains a gauge and regained one life.
"Now Gao's turn is over! This is where Doctor Kakeru's onslaught of attacks strikes home!" Ozon B said, "Oh I'm sleepy...' He rubbed his eyes.
"Are you all right?" Jack asked.
"I haven't been sleeping well lately..." He said as Ryuuga shake the O2 spray bottle.
"Then let us help you with that." Ryuuga said.
"Don't push yourself too hard." Jack said as Ryuuga spray the O2 at Ozon B.
"No! You mustn't! If you spray oxygen on me, it speeds up my decomposition... And makes me sleepy in a bad way... So please stop..." Ozon B melted off as he fell asleep.
"Once again, I call Leebra to the left! I pay 1 gauge and activate Leebra's ability!" Kakeru calls out again.
"Don't tell me... not again!" Gao realized.
"Return Bal Dragon to Gao's hand cards!" Kakeru said as the light appears under Bal again.
"Don't wanna, bal!" Bal said as he struggles to not go back again, "Bal wants to fight more with Gao, bal!" Bal then returned to Gao's hand again, "Bal doesn't wanna withdraw, bal!" He cried.
"Bal..." Gao said.
"I'm coming at you, Gao! First, Leebra! Gemios!" Leebra and Gemios joined together as they inflicted 4 damage. And then Gemios attacked again for Double Attack as they inflicted 2 damage, "Zodiac!" Zodiac used his rings to attack Gao.
"I cast! Blue Dragon Shield!" Gao cast as he gains a gauge.
"Estrela has a critical of 1. So I can't finish him off. In that case..." He throws it at Mera Blade, destroying him, "My turn is over. Now it's your turn!"
"Gao." Bal said as his card glow, "Gao!"
"Bal?"
The card flashes as it sends them an a image of a sky. With those two together.
"Bal wants to fight lots and lots more with Gao, bal!" Bal said.
"But with my current deck, no matter what card I drew, it'll blocked by Zodiac." Gao said.
"It's okay, bal!"
"Huh?" Gao was confused as he noticed the card in Bal's hand, "That card... Did you make another one?" He asked.
"That's right, bal! When Gao got so mad at Doctor Gara, just for Bal... Bal was super happy, bal! That's when this card was created, bal!"
"Bal..."
"Gao is sure to win with this card, bal."
"It's true. If we lose here and now, all of the hard work we did would be for nothing." Gao said.
"Bal is gonna become Buddy Champions with Gao, bal!"
"Yeah! Let's definitely become championships, Bal!" Gao said as he got motivated, "My turn! Draw! Charge and Draw!"
"No matter what monster you draw, it'll be no use against my Zodiac!" Kakeru said.
"Bal, I'm counting on you!" Gao calls out Bal again.
"Leave it to Bal, bal!"
"He called Bal again!" Haruka said.
"Gao!" Baku yelled.
"Bal is going to be blocked by Zodiac again!" Kuguru said.
"I pay 1 gauge and discard 1 hand card to activate Zodiac's ability!" He activate it again, "Kneel! Gravity Rest!" Bal got hold down again.
"Bal is gonna brace himself, bal!" Bal said as he hold himself from the gravity.
"I cast! Bal Support! I increase my gauge by 2, and..."
"Regain life, bal!" Bal said as Gao cast and regained 2 life and gained 2 gauges.
"I call Mera Blade to the left! Now join me in a Link Attack!" They joined together as they attacked Zodiac and destroyed him.
"Zodiac has Soulguard!" Kakeru said as Zodiac has been revived due to Soulguard.
"Final Phase!" Both declared.
"You haven't forgotten, have you? I have an Impact Monster Block!" Kakeru said.
"Impact Call! I pay 2 gauge and transform Bal Dragon... Into an Impact Monster!" He paid 2 gauge and activates it.
"I activate Zodiac's ability! I pay 1 gauge and discard 1 hand card! Kneel Gravity Rest!" Zodiac holds Bal down.
"Bal..." One gauge was used, "Will try his super-super best, bal!" Bal breaks out the gravity.
"Bal is now a size 2 monster with 11000 power, 6000 defense, and a critical of 1!" Gao said as Bal absorbed the sun as his armor combines it, turning it into a saucer disc.
"Bal Saucer Over Rush!" Bal throws the saucer as it sliced through Zodiac, destroying it.
"That can't be! He broke through the Impact Monster Block?!" Kakeru asked as he was surprised.
"A new Impact Monster!" Baku said.
"One that can break through the Block!" Haruka said.
"Amazing!"
"Never thought he got it." Daisuke said.
"So Bal has gained another new power." Jack said.
"And it's really special." Ryuuga said.
"Penetrate, bal!" Bal grabs the saucer as he throws it again, inflicting 2 damage at Kakeru.
"Doctor Kakeru!" The twins yelled.
"Bal and I are going to continue fighting! And!" Gao said.
"We're gonna become Buddy Champions, bal!" Bal said with confidence. Kakeru laughed.
"You surprised me, little Bal. An Impact Monster that would overpower Zodiac's Gravity Rest... But your turn is over now." Kakeru said.
"Doctor Kakeru! Bal's attack isn't over yet! If I pay 1 gauge, Bal can attack again, as many time as I want!" Gao said as he paid one gauge.
"What?!" Kakeru is surprised.
"Bal!" Bal spins around as he throws it again, hitting Kakeru, inflicting 1 damage.
"Gao has 2 gauge left! He can do it!" Baku said.
"Bal!" Bal throws it again, inflicting one damage, "This will finish you, bal!" With his final blow, he throws it and inflicts one damage and defeated Kakeru.
(G: 5/ Item: Bal Knuckle/ G: 0: None/None/Bal)
(K: 0/ Item: Estrela/ G: 1: Leebra/None/Gemios)
"All right! Thank you very much!" Gao bowed as Bal followed along.
"Thank you very much, bal!"
"I hope that you can become Buddy Champions." Kakeru said.
"Then..." Gao said.
"Of course. You beat me, after all. I'll be sure to convince the organizers." He extended his hand to Bal.
"Please do... bal..." Bal then fainted.
"H-Hey! Bal!" Gao said but Bal's stomach growled.
"Bal's hungry, bal." Bal said as Gao laughed.
At the hotel, during early sunrise.
"The organizers have officially given permission for you to participate in the tournament." Kakeru said.
"All right!" They said.
"It was worth the wait!" Tsubaki said.
"Kakeru did his best!" Tsubasa said as Bal is eating pizza.
"You should take that medicine along with your pizza." Kakeru advised.
"Thank you, Doctor Kakeru, bal!"
"Gao." Tasuku said.
'Huh?"
"It's almost sunrise. You should rest, too."
"You still need to continue what you've started after all." Daisuke said.
"Yeah. After all, we need to win that last ticket to the World Championships." Gao said as Bal ate his pizza and drank his medicine.
"We're gonna reach 100 wins before anyone else, bal!"
"And we'll tune up the deck to maximize the power of this new Impact Monster!" Baku said.
"Great idea, Baku!" Haruka said.
"Sounds good!" Kuguru said.
"I'm counting on you!" Gao said.
"Leave it to us!" Baku said. Kakeru stands up as he walks to the window and watches.
"Please do try your best." Kakeru said as he had a evil look on his face, "Little Bal."
Spotlight have shown as Daisuke and Ryuusei appears on stage...
"Wlecome back to more Corner Time!" Daisuke said.
"For this chapter, we are showing one card to present."
"Showing one now!" Diasuke clapped his hands twice, revealing a card. It shows a large mechanical hovercraft-like sea turtle, it's he two blue visors eyes, a diamond-like, hexagon shaped top shell that's emerald green, it's bottom shell is yellow-orange, and it flipper-like legs are hovering off the ground. When it's crossnized with a monster the top part of the shell detches and becomes a one handled shield, it's bottom part of the shell becomes an outer chest plate armor, and legs form together into a hand blaster, "This is Photonic Gear Turtle Guard. Size 2 monster with 3000 power and 7000 defense, with a critical of 1. Like the others, he can call from the Drop Zone by paying the call cost and that is 1 gauge. If this card is the soul of a "Photonic" monster, when I'm being attacked by an opponent or monster while my center in opened, I can put this card from the monster's soul into the Drop Zone. It'll reduced the damage to 0 and gain 1 gauge and 1 life. But I can only activate this effect once per turn."
"Another defensive Photonic Gear. That's sound good!"
"Of course it is. This chapter is done. The next one will be about continuing the WBC Cup until Gao reaches 100 wins. However, he will be seeing an unexpected surprise. Give me a review of what you think and give me good Photonic ideas please. Til then bye for now!" They waved goodbye as the screen faded black.
