Ok, not as long as my other chapter but hey, sometimes a shorter chapter is nice. This was still plenty fun to write and I hope you guys enjoy it.
Currently at the airport in Detroit City, a group of three were hanging out nearby in an area where they could watch the planes land. This group consisted of three people with two being boys and one being girls. The first boy had light black hair and brown eyes with a sleeveless brown vest with white fur around the neck area. He had long sleeves black gloves and an orange sleeveless shirt under his vest and white shorts with a black belt around it and in his hands was a Pyrus Bakugan. This boy's name was Takashi.
The second boy had a similar hair and eye color with a blue sleeveless shirt on and a green jacket tied around his waist and googles on his face. In his hands was a gate card. This boy's name was Kosuke.
"You know what's really cool is when you use the ability cards to block a move." Takashi stated as both he and Kosuke were busy talking about their favorite topic. Bakugan.
"Yeah but what I'm really stoked about is using the ability cards in a combination attack." Kosuke explained with his friend nodding in response.
"Yeah!" Takashi said before he and Kosuke looked behind them and at the third member of their group. "Hey Mui, come look at this. We'll show you a couple of new Bakugan battle tricks"
Mui was currently giving all her attention to the landing area of the airport. Mui herself was a girl with honey blond hair going just a bit past her shoulders wearing a dress that was light pink on the top half and dark pink on the bottom.
"Yeah their really cool!" Kosuke followed up.
After a moment, Mui turned to them with an expression that showed she didn't catch what they said. "Sorry, I wasn't listening guys." She apologized to her male friends. "It wasn't important was it."
Both boys looked to each other and hummed for a bit, concerned about their friend, before Takashi looked back at Mui and smiled. "Hey, we know your thinking about your little brother again." He said in an understanding down before whispering to Kasuke. "Say something."
"Uh, yeah!" Kasuke quickly said as he turned back to Mui. "You're out here everyday waiting for him to show up."
Mui gave them both a sad smile in response. "Yeah, I know." She said softly before looking back to the airport with a sadden expression as she remembered the day where her parents divorced, forcing her and her brother to be separated with Mui staying with her mom and her brother going with her dad. "Hurry…I'll be waiting for you…here."
"Waiting won't bring you anything. You have to make things happen."
An echoy voice called out to them and Takashi, Kusuke, and Mui all turned to see none other then the masked brawler himself, Masquerade.
"I can't grant you any wish with these cards." Masquerade told them as he held up two Doom Cards in his hand. "All you have to do is use them."
All three of them looked at the Doom Cards for a moment before looking at each other and deciding what to do.
Back in Royal Woods at the Loud House, Lori was currently getting Vanzilla started as Lincoln was making his way out of the house. Not to long after the battle with Jenny, Jewls, and Marduk and Drago telling them the story of Vestroia Alice had suddenly announced she was coming to Royal Woods to visit all her friends. It was a bit unexpected but hey, they weren't complaining about getting the chance to meet her in person. Especially Dan who seemed to be more excited than everyone else.
And Lori and Lincoln were about ready to head down to the airport with Marucho, Dan, and Runo saying they'll meet them there.
"Alright Lori! Just needed to take care of something." Lincoln yelled to his sister as he opened the door and got ready to leave. "On my way!"
"Where do you think you're going?" Lincoln looked back and saw Lola behind them with narrowed eyes. "Don't you still have some chores to do?"
"Sorry Lola but I'm meeting the gang to pick up Alice at the airport." Lincoln explained to the pageant princess as he started to leave. "I'll do them later."
"I'm telling mom!" Lola yelled as she started to march off.
Lincoln wasn't intimidated however as he had just the thing for this. "Hey Lola, look what I got." Lincoln said as Lola turned back to him and saw Lincoln pull some pieces of candy out of his pocket. "Candy!"
"…Bride accepted!" Lola said with a sudden smile as Lincoln tossed her the candy with Lola quickly munching it down. "Nom! Nom! Nom! Nom!"
"Well that was easy." Leonidas said from Lincoln's shoulder as they left the house.
"Years of experience my friend." Lincoln told his partner as he shut the door behind him. "I know how to deal with all my sisters, so I just need the right tools. Now then, to meet up with Alice." Lincoln said as he got into Vanzilla with Lori quickly driving away.
"Ugh! Where the heck is Dan!?" About an hour later, Runo, Marucho, Lori, and Lincoln were all sitting on a bench inside the airport waiting for a certain Pyrus user. "Don't tell me he got loss just using the bathroom!"
"Well you know Dan." Marucho said with a sweat drop. "Sometimes he loses track of certain things."
"Still though." Lori said with an annoyed sigh. "He literally could have just read one of the maps around the airport but nope we're still waiting for him. What's with guys and getting lost."
"Hey, I don't get lost." Lincoln claimed as Lori and Runo gave him a 'really' look. "…Most of the time. I can at least say I haven't gotten lost using the bathroom."
"Fair enough." Runo said with a shrug. "But seriously its just-"
"There she is!" Marucho suddenly yelled, cutting Runo off as he suddenly pointed forward. "There's Alice!"
After hearing this news, the three of them quickly looked forward and saw that indeed Alice was walking through the airport, her back turned to everyone while dragging a yellow suitcase along her.
"Alice!" All four of them yelled in unison as they quickly ran towards the girl.
"Hey Alice!" Lori yelled as they got closer.
"Over here!" Marucho said with a big smile on his face as he waved his arms around.
Alice finally heard everyone and quickly stopped to look at the group with a sweet smile on her face. A few minutes later everyone was now sitting back on the bench from earlier with Alice and her luggage now part of it. "So Alice, you must be exhausted after that long flight." Runo said as everyone had their eyes on Alice.
"Not really." Alice replied with her sweet smiles still on her face. "I slept on the plane all the way from Moscow so it didn't feel like it took that long."
"Lucky." Lori said as she sat to Alice's right with Marucho and Lincoln sitting on the other side of the bench behind them. "The last time I went on a plane I couldn't get a bit of sleep."
"Ya know Alice if you had let me know ahead of time you were coming, I could have set up a private flight for you." Marucho informed the ginger haired girl. "Your trip would have taken half as long and I could have had your favorite foods prepared on the flight."
"We get it kid, you're loaded." Leonidas said as he turned to Marucho. "No need to go bragging about it."
"Hey watch your tongue buster!" Preyas yelled as he came onto the bench. "Or I'll have to teach you same manners!"
"…" Leonidas didn't say a word and simply stepped two inches closer to the Aquos Bakugan.
"Ah! Please don't hurt me!" Preyas quickly closed up and rolled back to Marucho for safety.
"Come on, no fighting you two." Alice told the two as she looked down at the two Bakugan.
"Wow…" Preyas let out as he was quickly reddened of his prior fears and looked up at Alice. "So, you're Alice huh? You're really pretty."
"Why thanks." Alice said with a quick giggle. "So are you Preyas."
Just then Tigerra and Chrysopeon rolled up next to Preyas and Leonidas as looked up at Alice. "You are indeed a sight to behold." Tigrerra compliment.
"Indeed." Chrysopeon agreed with Alice now blushing from all the compliments she was receiving. "I must say it's a delight to meet you."
"Alright, let's not overwhelm Alice her." Lori said as she put a hand on the blushing girl's shoulder. "Its really great to have you here with us Alice."
"Thanks, and its nice getting to finally meet you all in person." Alice told everyone making them all smile.
"Now if only we can get Julie here and then we'd have the whole gang together." Lincoln stated as right now the only member of the brawlers not in Royal Woods was Julie who was currently still home in Australia.
However, Marucho looked to Lincoln with a raised brow. He knew there was still another member other then Julie that wasn't with them but given the history between him and Lincoln and Dan mentioning him will probably only sour the mood.
Just then Alice looked to the Bakugan again before reaching into the pocket. "Oh, that reminds me, I brought gifts for all of you." The ginger haired girl told them.
"Oh, you didn't have to do that." Tigrerra told her in a kind tone.
"Oh yes she should have!" Preyas said as he started bouncing up and down. "I love presents."
However, all the Bakugan looked up and were somehow confused as Alice brought up a thumb drive. "What's that?" Leonidas asked.
"There some fresh battle simulations." Alice answered the Darkus Bakugan. "They're set up to match your Attributes. You like em?"
"Oh." Tigerra let out in interest.
"Yeah, gee thanks." Preyas said sarcastically.
"Why thank you dear." Chrysopeon said kindly. "That was a lovely thing to make us."
"Eh, simulations are alright. But I prefer actually kicking ass then watching a version of myself made of 1's and 0's kick ass." Leonidas informed her as he turned to Preyas. "For example."
Leonidas then bashed his body into Preyas sending the Aquos Bakugan to the floor. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Preyas yelled as he hit the floor with Marucho quick to pick his partner up.
Alice simply giggled in response as Marucho spoke up once setting Preyus back down. "Ya see Alice is the brains of the Battle Brawlers." The blond boy stated. "She knows more about the game then any of us."
"She doesn't battle but if you need to know anything about the game, she's the one to ask." Lori followed up on Marucho's statement.
Just then Alice started looking around the area they were at and a frown soon came to her face as she failed to see the person that she was kinda the most excited about seeing. "Hey, where's Dan?" Alice asked as she continued looking around for the Pyrus user.
"Needed to use the john and got himself lost." Leonidas explained.
"O-Oh…I see…" Alice said with a bit of disappointment and sadness in her face making Lori quickly pat her back in cheer her up.
"Guess one of us should go looking for him huh." Lincoln stated as he looked at everyone.
"Yeah I guess..."
"It would be most optimal…"
"Literally a good idea…"
Lincoln's face slowly turned to a frown after everyone said their piece and looked like they were in no rush to stand up. "Gee don't everyone go at once." Lincoln said with a bit of annoyance in his voice as he picked up Leonidas. "Come on, let's go find him."
"Guess its idiot season." Leonidas said as he went onto Lincoln's shoulder.
"Ah this bites." Dan said as he walked through the airport having no idea where he was going. "How'd they get lost in an airport."
"You should know all about that Dan." Drago said from inside Dan's vest pocket. "Haven't you noticed we've been walking in circles."
"I'm not lost!" Dan said back as he looked down at his partner. "I just went to the bathroom and forgot which direction we we're going."
"That sounds like lost to me!" Drago stated with annoyance in his voice. Just then Drago sniffed around and decided to speak about something he's noticed since this morning. "And what's that smell?"
"What smell?" Dan asked with confusion.
"Its coming from you since we left." Drago told his partner. "Its strange you don't usually smell this nice."
Dan had a tick mark of annoyance appear on his head at Drago's quip about his usual smell. "For your information its called cologne." Dan explained to the Pyrus Bakugan. "I put it on before we left."
"Why?" Drago continued asking questions. "You've never done it before."
"I just did alright!" Dan snapped a little bit as he continued walking in who know's what direction. "Just wanted to smell nice for when Alice got here."
"Your feelings are so obvious human." Drago muttered under his breath.
"What was that?" Dan asked with more annoyance in his voice.
"Just go find a map or something!" Drago yelled at the Pyrus Brawler.
"Hopefully Linc can find him soon." Lori as she rest laid back in her seat.
"If I may ask Alice why did you suddenly come to visit us?" Marucho asked in a curious tone. "Are you here on important business?"
"What? No." Alice claimed. "Marucho I just felt like seeing all of you in person." The ginger haired girl then turned to Runo and gave her a friendly and sweet smile. "Runo thanks for letting me stay with you."
"No problemo!" Runo responded with a smile. "You know you're welcome at my house anytime Alice. My mom and dad are totally stoked when they heard you were coming for a visit. My mom even made a big batch of Tuna Surprise special just for you."
Lori stuck her tongue out in disgust as Marucho spoke up. "You're lucky Alice that's the one thing Runo's mom knows how to make. You'll be eating tuna for breakfast lunch and dinner and maybe even desert to if you're really lucky."
"I don't eat it myself so I'm sure they'll be plenty to take home with you." Runo said as she as she put her hands on her cheeks. "Guess I'll have to eat pizza again. Total bummer."
"Please, if anything you're the lucky one." Lori said with a deadpanned tone towards Runo.
"Yeah. I know." Runo said smugly.
As the two started talking, Drago's story from a few days ago quickly came to Alice's mind. But not only that, ever since then Alice has been seeing these strange visions in her sleep all centered around her grandfather. Her grandfather being the very man that Drago said gave Naga the ability to enter the center of Vestroia where the two cores are. She's been trying to make connections between all of this and Masquerade. She wanted to talk to her friends about it but was afraid of what they might think of her if they knew her grandfather was Michael. And just as Alice was thinking about speaking up…
"Hey you."
The group of four looked to see that Takashi and Kasuke were standing in front of them and glaring with Mui a little bit behind them looking rather timid. Just then Kasuke pointed to all of them and spoke with his voice having a bit of an echo. "You're friends with Dan Kuso and Lincoln Loud, right?"
"That's right." Alice answered as they all looked at the three in front of them. "Who are you?"
The boys didn't say anything, but instead raised up their Doom Cards which caused everyone to instantly know what they were here for. "You've been sent by Masquerade!" Lori yelled as the rest of her group gasped.
After everything was decided, the two groups were now outside the airport. Takashi and Kasuke were on one side with Mui close behind them with Lori and Runo standing next to each other glaring them down with Alice close behind and Marucho standing a bit to the side.
"Are you sure you two can beat them?" Marucho asked in a worried tone as Runo and Lori equipped their recently obtained launchers with Runo's having white and yellow color scheme and Lori's having a green and white color scheme. "Maybe we should wait for Dan and Lincoln to turn up."
"No way!" Runo quickly retorted. "We don't need those two here. I know me and Lori can take these two!"
"Totally!" Lori said as she strapped her launcher on tight. "These two are literally gonna get a taste of girl power." The eldest Loud sibling then looked back at Alice with a smile. "And with Alice helping us there's no way we'll lose."
Alice smiled back at them and nodded as the two boys started talking to each other. "Hey Takashi, did you hear that?" Kasuke asked in an arrogant tone.
"Yeah, finally some decent competition." Takashi replied back as he and Kasuke equipped a Pyrus and Darkus Masquerade launcher respectively.
"Um, guys. Are you sure about this?" Mui asked in an unsure tone.
"You don't want us to battle?" Takashi asked as he and Kasuke turned back to Mui.
"But Mui is we beat them then you'll get to see you brother!" Kasuke reminded her as Masquerade had promised them if they'd beat the Brawlers then he'd arrange a reunion between Mui and her little brother.
Mui simply hummed and looked down. Not saying a thing but still not feeling to comfortable with this. "That girl must be planning their stradegy." Marucho said as he and the rest of his friends witnessed but didn't hear their conversation.
"Hey, quit yapping and lets brawl!" Runo yelled as she pulled out her field card along with Lori.
Soon enough the two boys pulled out their field cards with all four of them quickly raising them into the air. "Field Open!" They all said in unison with Runo's card glowing yellow, Lori's glowing green, Takashi's glowing red, and Kasuke's glowing purple.
With Mui joining the boys and Alice joining the girls by being close enough to the opening field, time stopped for the rest of the world as the Bakugan field opened around them.
"Doom Card set!" Takashi and Kusuke said together as they dropped their cards onto the field causing two waves of purple energy to spread through out the field.
"Gate Card set!" Lori, Runo, Takashi, and Kusuke said in unison as they all threw their cards onto the field with Lori's landing in front of Takaski, Runo's landing in front of Kasuke, Takashi's landing in front of Lori, and Kasuke's landing in front of Runo.
"I wonder what our first move should be?" Alice questioned as she put a hand to her chin in thought.
"I think I have a good plan Alice." Lori said as she pulled out a gate card. "Gate Card set!" Lori then threw her second gate card right next to Runo's. She then pulled out a Ventus Bakugan and loaded it up into her launcher. "Alright, Bakugan Brawl!" Lori then shot our her Bakugan towards Takashi's gate card. "Ravenoid Stand!" With a great typhon of wind, Lori's Ravenoid flew high above the card it landed on.
"Ravenoid enters battle at 3-6-0 G's." Takashi's Baku-pod told him as Takashi looked at the Bakugan on his gate card.
"She chose to land on my gate card even after sending out another gate card? What's she up to?" Takashi asked with a suspicious tone as he loaded a Pyrus Bakugan into his shooter. "Well she's in for a big surprise! Bakugan Brawl!" Takashi then shot out his Bakugan towards his own card. "Pyrus Garganoid stand!" With a vortex of fire, Garganoid roared as it entered battle and flew up to Ravenoids level.
"Garganoid stands at 3-1-0 G's." Lori's Baku-pod told her, showing her at a 50 G lead.
"Sorry but all that power won't do you any good if its zapped right away!" Takashi said as he held his hand out. "Gate Card Open: Final Judgement!"
Takashi's gate card then glowed and suddenly Ravenoid held its head and cried out in pain. "Ravenoid power decreasing." The Baku-pod said as it showed Lori's Ravenoid's power level rapidly dropping with no end in sight.
"Check it out! Final Judgement is a gate card that drops any Bakugan that doesn't have the same Attribute as me power level down to 0!" Takashi explained as Ravenoids power kept on decreasing with Garganoid not being affected at all.
"Nice one Takashi!" Kasuke compliment as Mui held her hand over her mouth and could only watch in horror at what was happening. "Even if she tries increasing her power it'll just be drained!"
"Then I won't raise my power." Lori stated causing both boys to raise their eyebrows as she pulled out an ability card. "Ability Activate: Tornado Pandemonium!" A green tornado then emerged from Lori's ability card and surrounded the gate card Ravenoid and Garganoid were on causing the gate card to lose power and stop glowing.
"Gate Card nullified." The Baku-pod said as it showed Ravenoid start to regain its lost power.
"Oh no!" Takashi said as Ravenoid was now back at 360 G's. "That's not good!" Right as he said that, Ravenoid let out a mighty cry as it charged right into Garganoid causing the Pyrus Bakugan to fall to the ground before reverting back to a ball and landing at Takashi's feet. "Dang it!"
"One down, 5 to go." Lori said with a smirk as she caught Ravenoid after it returned back to ball form.
"Just make sure to save some for me, k." Runo said as she loaded up her launcher with a Bakugan. "Bakugan Brawl!" Runo then shot out her Saurus towards her own gate card.
"Saurus enters battle at 3-1-0 G's." Runo's Baku-pod said as her Saurus entered battle.
"Alright, this should take care of em!" Takashi said as he threw a new gate card where his original one was. "Bakugan Brawl!" Takashi then shot out a Bakugan towards the new gate card. "Serpenoid Stand!" With a loud his, Lori and Runo saw a Pyrus Serpenoid come into battle at 320 G's.
"Now its my move!" Kasuke said as he loaded up his launcher. "Bakugan Brawl!" Kasuke then shot out his Darkus Bakugan at Runo's gate card. "Darkus Fear-Ripper stand!" Runo quickly checked her Baku-pod and saw that Fear-Ripper was at 350 G's.
"Ha! That's not gonna work!" Runo said confidently as she raised her hand up. "Gate Card open!"
"Runo wait!" Alice told her friend in concern.
But it was too late as Runo's gate card glowed and showed itself to be a Haos element card that caused Saurus's power level to spike up by 100 G's and bringing to 410 G's. "Alright Saurus! Get them!" Runo cheered as Saurus started to shoulder charge at Fear-Ripper like a football player.
"Is that the best you got?" Kasuke asked with a cocky smirk as he pulled out an ability card. "Ability Card Activate: Linking up Darkus and Pyrus!"
Both Fear-Ripper and Serpenoid glowed with their respective elements as both of their power levels increased by 100. "Get him Fear-Ripper!" Kasuke ordered as Fear-Ripper proceeded to slash Saurus with its large claws.
Saurus roared in pain as the portal to the Doom Dimension opened up and sucked Saurus right into Bakugan Hell. "Saurus! No!" Runo yelled as sadness quickly took hold of her at seeing her Bakugan being sent to the Doom Dimension.
"Oh no…" Lori muttered quietly as Fear-Ripper reverted back to ball form and was caught by Kasuke.
"Truly dreadful…" Chrysopeon softly said as she mourned over Saurus.
"Alright!" Takashi and Kasuke said in unison over the victory.
Mui however was anything but happy. "No…" She quietly said as she covered her mouth. "Poor Bakugan…"
Runo gritted her teeth as tears started to fill her eyes, but the bluette quickly dried them and glared at the two boys. "That's it! No more mercy! Gate Card set!" Runo then threw her gate card where her original one was and quickly loaded up her launcher. "Bakugan Brawl!" Runo then shot out her Bakugan at her new gate card. "Griffon Stand!" With a mighty roar of a lion, Runo's Haos Griffin entered battle.
"You still wanna play?" Kasuke asked with a smirk. "You know just because you're on your own gate card doesn't give you the advantage. Watch, Bakugan Brawl!" Kasuke then fired a Bakugan at Lori's second gate card. "Juggernoid stand!"
"Darkus Juggernoid enters battle at 2-9-0 G's." The Baku-pod said as it showed Kasuke's turtle Bakugan coming into the brawl.
"We'll see about that." Lori said as she loaded up her launcher. "Bakugan Brawl!" Lori then shot at her Bakugan at the opposing Juggernoid. "Ventus Falconeer Stand!" Once it stood, Lori's Falconeer flew high above Juggernoid with its power level being 310.
"Now check this out!" Kasuke said with a smirk as he pulled out an ability card. "Ability Card Activate: Doom Companion!" Juggernoid then glowed with a nasty dark aura as Juggernoid suddenly jumped high into the air and aiming at Falconeer. "Doom Companion is an ability that makes sure that our Bakugan are sent to the Doom Dimension together!"
"What?!" Mui suddenly gasped in horror. "You'd…You'd willingly let your Bakugan be defeated…how could you?"
Neither boys seemed to have heard her as they looked to see Lori put a smirk on her face. "Close but no cigar!" Lori yelled as she raised up her hand. "Gate Card open: Wall Lock!" Lori's gate card then glowed causing Juggernoid to lose its aura and fall back down to earth with a thud. "Wall Lock is a gate card that completely nullifies any abilities my opponents activate."
Falconeer then let out a battle cry as it dropped kicked Juggernoid right in the face sending the Darkus Bakugan back to ball form and at Kasuke's feet. "She got us again!" Kasuke said with a growl as Mui silently breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hm, face it boys, you're out matched." Lori said as she caught a now ball Falconeer in her hands. Just then Lori brought her other hand up to her face with Chrysopeon sitting in it. "Ready for action Chrysopeon?"
"You better believe it dearie!" Chrysopeon said as she closed back up. Lori smiled at her partner as she loaded her up into the launcher.
"Bakugan Brawl!" Lori then shot out Chrysopeon towards her first gate card. "Chrysopeon Stand!" With a bright emerald glow everyone watched as the Lamia Bakugan elegantly floated above her gate card.
"Pretty…" Mui silently said as she looked up at Chrysopeon.
"Alright, time to end this once and for all!" Kusuke said as he loaded up his launcher. "Bakugan Brawl!" He then shot it…at Takashi's gate card. "Darkus Robotallion stand!" No joining Takashi's Pyrus Serpenoid was Kasuke's Darkus Robotallion at 310 G's.
"Trying to beat us with numbers huh?" Runo said with a confident smirk.
However, this smirk soon faded when suddenly Robotallion and Serpenoid…started fighting each other. "Hey what's going on?"
"Why are they literally fighting each other?" Lori asked with confusion in her voice as Takashi and Kasuke gave wicked grins as they chuckled.
"It can't be!" Alice said with a look of worry on her face.
"What? What's wrong Alice?" Lori asked as she and Runo turned their head to her. "What are they trying?"
"A battle sham!" Alice told them making them gasp. "Battle Sham is a special gate card that can defeat any Bakugan on the field if two ally Bakugan land on it and start fighting each other."
"So playing extra dirty now huh?" Lori asked as she glared at the two boys in front of her and pulled out an ability card. "No on my watch! Ability Activate: Blow away!" Lori then threw the gate card at Darkus Robotallion causing the Bakugan to be engulfed by a green tornado and be blown onto the gate card Chrysopeon was on.
"No!" Kasuke and Takashi yelled in unison as Serpenoid was once again left alone on its card.
"Now then, Gate Card open: Character!" Lori commanded her gate card to open revealing it to be Chrysopeon's character card that doubled her power.
"I'm in trouble!" Kasuke told himself as he checked his Baku-pod and saw Chrysopeon's power rise to 740 G's.
"You boys need to learn some manners!" Chrysopeon told herself as she slammed Robotallion with her tail and easily defeated it sending Robatallion back to ball and at Kasuke's feet.
"You gotta be kidding me!" Kasuke yelled in frustration as he looked down at yet another one of his defeated Bakugan.
Lori smirked in victory once more as Chrysopeon turned back to a ball and was caught by Lori. "You were awesome out there." Lori complimented her partner.
"Oh, you're making me blush." The Lamia Bakugan said as her cheeks turned a little pink.
"Alright! No more fooling around!" Takashi said as he pulled out another Bakugan. "This battle isn't over yet!"
"Seriously, you guys are still trying to win?" Lori said with a bit of a smug look. "Look, you can obviously see that you're outmatched. So how about you cut your loses and give up now!"
"Never!" Kasuke said with a tightened fist. "We're doing this for Mui and Mikoto!"
"Mui and who?" Runo asked with confusion.
"Mikoto?" Lori repeated, not quite understanding what the two boys were talking about.
"Mikoto is Mui's little brother." Kasuke explained to the Brawlers. "Their parents and have separated and now we have no idea where he lives."
"But Mikoto loves Bakugan. So, if we raise our ranking, he's sure to notice where ever he is." Takashi added on. "So, we struck a deal with Masquerade. If we win, Mui will get to see him again."
"That poor girl…" Alice said with sympathy in her voice as a thought came to her. 'Maybe my grandfather Michael could help her.'
"Oh boo-hoo you're breaking my heart!" Runo said in a rather impatient tone as she glared at the two boys she and Lori were facing. "Are you gonna talk or are you gonna battle?"
"Oh I'll battle alright!" Takashi said as he shot out a Bakugan towards the gate card Runo's Griffon was on. "Falconeer stand!" With a vortex of fire, Takashi sent out his own Falconeer that stood at 340 G's. "Ha! No way you stand a chance."
"Oh we'll see about that!" Runo said with a smirk as she held her hand out. "Gate Card open: Triple Battle!" A wall of light then appeared between Griffon and Falconeer ceasing their battle until a third Bakugan came into play. "Its all you Lori!"
"You got it Runo! Bakugan Brawl!" Lori then shot out a Bakugan towards the triple battle gate card. "Chrysopeon stand!" Once again Lori's partner entered battle and stood alongside Giffon with their power levels adding together to make 660 G's.
"Now lets really pump it up! Ability Activate: Cut in Saber!" Runo activated as suddenly Tigrerra closed up all and was automatically sent into battle alongside Griffon and Chrysopeon bringing their combined power levels to 1000 G's.
"It's a pleasure to properly meet you Chrysopeon." Tigrerra said to the Lamia Bakugan. "Now let us all take our opponent down together.
"With pleasure!" Chrysopeon said with a smile.
"Ability Activate!" Lori quickly activated to pump it up even more. "Linking up Ventus and Haos!" Both Chrysopeon and Tigrerra glowed with their Attribute power as their levels increased by 100 bring the three Bakugan together to 1200 G's.
They all then charged at the lone Falconeer and struck it at once sending it back to ball form and at Takashi's feet. "I don't believe it." Takashi quietly said as he looked down at yet another defeated Bakugan.
"No way!" Kasuke said as he shook his head and glared at their female opponents. "Lets go!"
"No! Please stop!"
Suddenly everyone else in the battle gasped when they heard these words with the speaker being none other then Mui. Mui was looking at her two friends with an expression of sadness with tears building up in her eyes and her body trembling. "Please…" Mui pleaded. "Stop this." The tears then started to fall from her eyes as she covered her face causing Kasuke and Takashi to grow concerned over her.
"Please stop." Mui begged once more. "Mikoto means a lot to me but not like this. Not like the way you two are going about it and what you're trying to do to their Bakugan."
"But Mui…" Kasuke said with a frown.
"What's the matter?" Takashi asked with a worried look.
"Mikoto loves Bakugan." Mui explained, her eyes still filled with tears. "He thinks the world of you two because you have so much respect for the game. I don't know what happened but today your playing seems cruel and mean." Both boys frowned in response. She was right, this game they've been playing awfully dirty and we're just plain jerks. "This game used to be fun."
"…Darn…" Takashi said with guilt in his voice. He then turned to Kasuke and the two nodded at each other before facing the battlefield again. Lori and Runo readied themselves incase the two started battling again…only for Takashi and Kasuke to raise their hands up. "Doom Card Return!"
"Doom Card Return!" Kasuke said along with Takashi as on their command, their Doom Cards emerged from the battlefield and returned to their hands.
"Sorry, but we're calling it quits." Kasuke said with a small smile on his face and his head slightly lowered. "Mui, we're so sorry. We tried to make you smile but instead we made you cry."
"We'll get you and Mikoto together somehow." Takashi promised his friend making Mui give them a sweet smile and nod her head.
"Hey is this soap opera over yet!" Runo yelled, getting the three's attention. "We can't have you bailing out on us just yet!"
"If you're up for it!" Lori followed up with a nod. "Let's start over and have a real Bakugan Battle!"
"Yeah!" Alice smiled and nodded.
Both parties simply looked to each other and nodded and smiled then…
"BAKUGAN BRAWL!"
"After all that we lost anyway." Takashi said as now, he, Kasuke, Mui, Runo, Lori, Marucho, and Alice were all on the escalator at the airport.
"Oh well." Kasuke said before turning to the Brawlers. "Sorry if we caused you any trouble. We just really wanted to win and we thought Masquerade could help us."
"Eh, don't sweat it." Runo causally shrugged off. "Things get intense in the heat of battle."
"I won't lie. You guys literally have some good skills." Lori complimented causing both boys to sheepishly scratch the back of their heads.
"I would recommend staying away from Masquerade from now on." Marucho recommended to them. "Its obvious he is far from trust worthy."
Takashi and Kasuke nodded in response as they reached the end of the escalator and got off. "Mui." Takashi said, getting said girl's attention. "We're sorry about making you cry earlier. We hope you meet up with your brother soon.
"Me to. I'm sorry." Kasuke apologized as he and Takashi gave Mui a bow.
"Ah thanks, I know you two meant well." Mui told both of them, accepting their apologies. "I do really apricate what you were trying to do." The girl then walked up to the boys with a sweet smile on her face. "Takashi, Kasuke, you two are the best." Then, catching the two boys off guard, Mui gave them each a smooch on the cheek causing their faces to go bright red and a surprised expression to appear on their faces.
"Hey don't forget about me!" Preyas yelled as everyone started giggling with Takashi and Kasuke holding the spot on their cheek that Mui kissed. "Why is it my breath? Come on! Give me a kiss! Just one on the cheek?"
After that, the two groups parted way leading to the Brawlers to look around the area. "Now then," Lori said as she looked around. "We just have to find-"
"Hey guys! Over here!" They all heard the familiar voice and looked to the source to see Lincoln approaching them and dragging Dan over by his arm. "Finally found him!"
"Hehe…hey guys…" Dan sheepishly said with an embarrassed blush.
"Finally!" Runo said as they all approached the two. "Dan where the heck were you?!"
Before Dan could speak up, Leonidas beat him to it. "Found this idiot walking around in circles." Leonidas told everyone as he turned to Dan. "Hey Zoro, next time bring a map!"
Dan growled and glared at the Darkus Bakugan. "Hey, its not my fault I gotta a little side tracked!" Dan defended himself. "Why didn't-"
"DAN!" Before Dan could finished, he was suddenly tackled into a hug and took a few steps back to balance himself. Dan's arms wrapped themselves around the person who tackled him subconsciously as the Pyrus Brawler looked to see who was in his arms and his face quickly went red as it was none other than Alice in his arms with red cheeks of her own. "Its so good to finally see you!"
"Heh, y-y-yeah you t-to Alice." Dan stuttered as he kept his arms locked around the ginger haired girl. He then looked up to see Lori, Lincoln, and Marucho giving him sly grins and failed to noticed Runo crossing her arms with cheeks puffed out and lightly glaring at Alice. "Y-You w-wanna let go?"
"Hmm, in a bit." Alice said with a giggle that only caused Dan to get more read and more most of the group to start laughing similar to earlier.
Things certainly seemed to be getting crazier in one way or another.
Like I said, simple but fun. I always enjoy writing for Lori and teaming her up with Runo just added to the fun. Things are slowly but surely getting more intense so be sure to fav, follow, and leave a review and stay tuned for next time...
"Lynner, Lynner, Doom Card Winner"