HELLO EVERYONE! The 3rd Dragneel, back with another brawl-filled chapter of Bakugan The Dragon Slayer Saga. The last few chapters have been leading up to the awesome finale of the first arc, though if you guys do want OVAs, then I will consider writing them, if you have any ideas for them. Not only that, but we are really getting close to the return of Earthland arc(which shouldn't take too many chapters) and we will see Natsu's improvement.
Antex-The Legendary Zoroark: I guess I may have made him a bit more sadistic, but it's only because he wants to be the best. Had to try my best in showing both sides, especially after what happened not too long ago.
Kival737101: Hahaha, yeah, had to at least give a shot at Spectre's pride, so that's why Mira said that.
Docron: Thank you, and yeah, had to write in that part. Trust me, you'll love the next five chapters:)
NinjaFang1331: Thank you.
25NaMi: I guess it would be hard, you don't honestly have to do it, I was just curious.
Earth Dragon Arnighte: Hehehe, you caught me there. I honestly bullshitted it on that part, my bad. At least you liked the chapter.
GodX: I have some design ideas for the Maxus Bakugan, though they won't really be from other anime or such(though they are references to a certain movie franchise.)
LATINOxxGHOSTxx: Ummmm, what the hell are you even talking about?
To recap the last chapter: The Resistance was having a tough time accepting Mira's betrayal, mostly Ace as he was the first one to join. Meanwhile, Mira had a rather tension-filled dinner with her brother, who revealed his plan to become ruler of Vestroia. To try and change his mind, she and Wilda challenged him to a brawl, where he revealed his new Cyborg Helios. Though the par fought valiantly, Helios had proved his worth and defeated them, forcing them to officially join the Vexos. How will our heroes face their old comrade? Let's find out…
'Vexos Palace'
"My prince, I have recruited a former battle brawler into our ranks." Spectra said as he and Mira bowed to Prince Hydron. "Her name is Mira Ferman, daughter to Professor Clay."
"Ahh, always full of surprises Spectra." Hydron said with a smirk. "But even I have to admit this is a rather turn of events." He twirled his hair while looking at Mira. "So you're Mira? I have high hopes for you my friend. I am depending on you to finish my collection." Her eyes slightly widened as she remembered Spectra talking about the Prince's Collection. "It would make me so happy if you brought me the Dragonoid, as well as this 'Leonidas' I keep hearing about. His feat destroying one of our mechanical Bakugan is interesting, and I'm sure your father would be more than thrilled of testing him." The prince then began to type on his machine. "Would you like to see it?" The wall behind him then began to rise, showing a much larger interior.
"T-those are…." Mira stood up in shock as Gorum, Skyress, Preyas, Tigrerra and Hydranoid were displayed like statues.
"Of course you know of the six Ancient Warrior Bakugan who saved New Vestroia. I have collected five of them, but I still miss the Dragonoid. Perhaps…..you will get it for me Mira Firmen."
*Prince Hydron, we are receiving a message from Vestal.* A man speaking through a communicator said to the prince.
"Vestal? *Sigh* very well, please put it through here." Hydron knew exactly who was contacting him, and there was no way he was going to hang up. "You two are dismissed." Spectra reluctantly gave him a bow before he and Mira exited the room. Hydron then walked back to his throne as a screen appeared in front of him. The one in sight was a much older man with combed grey hair, green eyes and a mustache-beard comb(Chowder reference anyone?) His attire consisted of a greyish dress shirt with matching pants, brown shoes and a green cape with red and golden attachments. This was King Zenoheld, king of Vestal.
"Prince Hydron, it amazes me how you always find new ways to fail me." Zenoheld scolded with a deep voice.
"My dear father,how nice of you to call and send your son such 'loving' support." It was a good thing Hydron was taught to control his anger, though the same couldn't be said of his father.
"Don't talk back, remember which one of us is king."
"How could I forget, and what is the king so upset about this time?" Zenoheld's frown grew deeper as he continued.
"Take a guess."
"Might it be, the destruction of the Dimension Controllers Alpha and Beta? You have nothing to fear father. As long as the Gamma Controller is operational, we have complete control over the Bakugan. Letting you down is the last thing I would do my king."
"For your sake, I hope you're right." His eyes then narrowed at his son. "If we lose Gamma City, we lose everything." Hydron kept his calm smile as he looked up at Zenoheld.
"With the Vexos on sight, the Controller will be guarded 24 hours."
"They better Hydron." With that, the connection was cut just as Hydron let out a tired sigh.
"I told him I would handle this, but he worries about me too much." Once again typing on his console, allowing Mylene to appeared on screen."
"Yes my Prince?" Mylene asked calmly.
"Mylene, the Bakugan Brawlers Resistance will be arriving at Gamma soon. Tell the others to prepare for battle, and make sure to keep them divided."
"Yes your highness."
"And please make sure to leave the last one for me." Mylene's eyes widened ever so slightly.
"For you?"
"I have to put a good show for my father, and what better way to do so than to defeat the strongest brawler, this Natsu Dragneel won't see me coming."
"I will make the arrangements." He nodded before cutting the connection. "That damn spoiled brat, who does he think he is?" Oh boy, this is gonna be a doozy.
'With the Resistance'
"Umm, guys? Are you sure this is where Gamma is?" Natsu asked curiously while looking at a large, and I mean LARGE tower with a large ring on the base, going beyond the clouds.
"Yup, this is it." Baron said, not even bothered by the size of the tower.
"I had heard Gamma was much different than the others, but I never pictured it to be this big." Tsubaki muttered in slight awe.
"You know what they say: the bigger they are, the harder they fall." kallen said, smirking at the thought of bringing this thing down to stick it to the Vexos.
"An interesting statement Kallen, but who says this?" Gurin asked rather innocently as she sighed.
"It's just a saying Gurin, nothing more."
"Hmm, based on the size, I theorize the Dimension Controller is all the way up." Sona said, tapping her chin in thought.
"Actually, that isn't the Dimension Controller." Ace said, much to the Earth residents.
"It's not? But, then where is it?" Alice asked in confusion as Ace walked a few feet forward….and pointing downward.
"Down there is where the Controller is. This is just the elevator that connects Gamma city with the Vestal Palace up top.
"It's a rather large drop. If only we could revert to our normal forms." Tyna muttered under her breath.
"So….do we jump?"
"HUH?!" Everyone looked at Natsu like he had grown a second head.
"What? Usually where I'm from, we jump really big places and a lot of the time, we're fine." Yeah, the problem with Natsu's logic is….there IS no logic, if you fall, you die.
"No! We use the elevator to go down without dying."
"Okay okay, sheesh. I didn't know because we don't have 'Elevators' in Earthland." Ace rubbed the bridge of his nose in annoyance.
"Let's just go before we get caught."
"So, why is it underground? I assume it's to minimize the risk of entry from those who oppose the Vexos?"
"You're half right Sona, Gamma was the first Dimension Controller to land here and is the strongest one of all. It's mostly used for research and manufacturing new tech for them to use, hence why it's down here." Baron recalled reading about Gamma from one of the terminals from Beta. The seven walked towards a sizeable green dome, which housed a single round metal door.
"We have to be careful. They wouldn't keep this place unguarded unless they wanted us to come."
"Haha, who cares?! We'll just go down there and blow up the thing like last time, right Leo?"
"Right partner." Leo said with a nodded. Opening the metal door, the group entered it as the elevator brought them down until they reached a large chrome room.
"Alright, the main elevator is over the-"
"Not so fast." A strong male voice called out in front of everyone. It was none other than Volt, who was standing on top of one of the elevators before jumping down a feet feet away.
"Hey! It's…..
…..
…..
…..
"I'm sorry, who are you again?" Everyone excluding Alice(who didn't know the Vexos) and Volt face faulted at Natsu's blunt memory. Volt gave him an irritated glare.
"You dare mock me?"
"Hang on, I need to think." Natsu closed his eyes while crossing his arms in thought, getting everyone to sweatdrop.
"Do you seriously not remember who he is?" Kallen didn't know if he was making fun of the Vexo or he was just that dumb. Tapping his foot for a few seconds, Natsu's eye shot open as he snapped his fingers.
"Oh right! I remember you…...Bolt!" This got a facepalm from Ace and Kallen, a nervous laugh from the rest of the Resistance and a tick mark from Volt.
"Volt Natsu, his name is Volt."
"Nnnnnnooooooo, I'm pretty sure it's Bolt."
"Grrr, if you want to go to Gamma, you'll have to go through me first, and I'm more than willing to beat some respect into your brain Dragneel." Natsu grinned and was about to activate his Gauntlet…..when Baron stepped forward.
"Master Natsu, you and the others should go, I'll hold him off here." It was one of those rare times Baron was truly serious, and it surprised his friends.
"Hang on Baron, are you sure you can do this?" It wasn't that Sona, or any of the others doubted his skills, but Volt was the one who gave both Kallen AND Tsubaki a hard time, and that was before Lync came in. Baron looked at his hand before clenching it.
"I…..I have to do this guys. It was my responsibility to protect Tigrerra, and I failed miserably. Lync told me the Vexos think I'm the weakest of the Resistance, and I want to prove to him AND to you guys I'm strong enough to fight." He then felt a hand on his shoulder, belonging to a smiling Natsu.
"None of us think you're weak, but if you wanna fight, then he's yours buddy." Everyone nodded in agreement, though Alice was in deep thought.
Alice, you don't have to fight right away, just when you feel confident. Natsu's words echoed in her mind. Though she still had some doubts about brawling again, if Baron was ready to prove his strength, then…...she could too.
"He won't be alone, I'll help." Everyone blinked in surprise as Alice stepped forward, standing next to Baron.
"Alice…." She looked at her friends with a confident smile.
"If Baron thinks he can do this, then I can as well. Is that alright?" Baron grinned like a happy child.
"Wow, fighting with you? Heck yeah!"
"Are you going to keep talking, or are we gonna brawl?!" Volt was a warrior, and patience was not one of his strong suits.
"Here, we thought you would need this." Tsubaki handed Alice a purple Gauntlet, which she gratefully took.
"Gauntlet, powerstrike!" The three activated their Gauntlets, starting the brawl. It was a good thing the group explained the use of a Gauntlet to Alice, though she would've figured it out on her own.
"Gate card, set!" Volt threw in a gate card. "Bakugan, brawl! Brontes, stand!"
"Time for a spanking little brawlers!" Brontes taunted while appearing on the field.
"We'll see about that, Bakugan brawl! Nemus, stand!" Nemus appeared on the field while twirling his staff.
"Ready Vladitor?"
"I'm ready lady Alice." Vladitor said before turning to ball form.
"Bakugan, brawl! Vladitor, stand!" Alice threw in her Bakugan before he opened up as a purple aura surrounded him. What stood in place was a large humanoid monster with purple skin under back armor, large black gauntlets, silver boots, upward red 'hair', a pinkish gem on his chest and a large red and golden cape.
"In honor of my master Alpha Hydranoid, I shall prevail!" Vladitor roared with a clenched fist.
Brontes: PL500
Nemus: PL 450
Vladitor: PL 500
Nemus didn't waste any time in bringing his staff down, which Brontes caught. "A bit too slow aren't yo-AAHHH!" Unfortunately, Brontes was too preoccupied taunting Nemus that he failed to stop the strong punch from Vladitor, causing him to fall back. "Hey, that's not fair!"
"You speak of dishonor, yet what you're doing, betraying your own kind, is no different. I shall make you pay!"
"Everyone, go. We will hold him off."
"Alright, good luck guys!" Patting both Baron and Alice on the shoulder, Natsu and the others ran towards the main elevator.
"Hmm, just me, a kid and a girl? Fine. Ability, activate! Jeer Frontier!" Brontes sent two glowing rings at Nemus and Vladitor, blinding both them and their brawlers. When the light died out, they found themselves in a purple mist. Brontes laughed before multiplying , surrounding Nemus and Vladitor.
"Where did the extras come from?" Barn tried to find the real Brontes, but he was too panicked to find him.
"Baron, relax." Alice said in a soothing voice. "Taking a deep breath and watch, the real Brontes will come out eventually." Being a Darkus brawler, Alice was not afraid of the dark, hence why she stayed calm. "Vladitor, can you sense the darkness? Maybe we can find him."
"I shall try my lady." Vladitor closed his eyes, using his senses to find Brontes. This was one of the lessons Hydranoid taught him: the darkness is your ally, your weapon, use it instead of fearing it. It wasn't long before he sensed a light aura on the right. Nemus tried to strike down the Brontes, but they were just illusions.
"Hang on Nemus, ability activate!" To Baron's surprised, it didn't work. "Huh, what happened?"
"Jeer Frontier isn't just an illusion, it nullifies my opponent's abilities, as well as subtract 200 points.
Vladitor: 300
Nemus: 450-250
Brontes then began to charge towards the two, though only Nemus was hit as Vladitor was able to sense each of them trying to attack him. "Darkus Howl Trigger!" Brontes laughed while sending waves of purple energy towards the two, causing them to return to ball form. Baron's life gauge was drained to 10% while Alice stopped at 20%.
"Ah man, sorry Master Alice." To his surprise, she smiled.
"It's alright Baron, we just need to think one step ahead." Baron smiled at her before glaring at Volt.
"You're making this way too easy."
"We've been through too much to let you win. As long as we have points in our life gauge, then this fight isn't over. Gate card, set!"
'With the Resistance'
As for the others, they had just exited the elevator and entered a large red area with power generators on the side. Natsu was the first to exit it while looking around, once to find a large spire in front of him. "Hey, where is everyone?"
"There aren't any people, Gamma isn't a town. It's a Bakugan research facility." Ace explained while trying to find something. "We have to move fast to avoid detection."
"And since there isn't anyone around, we can go all out." Kallen said with a smirk.
"Hellllllllooooooo!" A voice called out from above. Everyone looked up and saw it was none other than Shadow Prov and Mylene, the latter was giving them a crooked grin.
"Shadow Prov and Mylene! As if we needed those two around."
"Nothing gets past you fools." Mylene taunted while she and Shadow jumped down.
"We don't have time for this, we need to keep moving." Tsubaki and Kallen looked at each other before nodding and stepping forward.
"You all should keep going, we'll hold them off."
"And I shall assist you." Sona said, walking with them.
"We want revenge for what they did to us while you were away." Tyna spoke up.
"Agreed, Shadow Prov must pay." Ingram said in a serious tone.
"Enough!" Mylene, Shadow, Kallen, Tsubaki and Sona all took out their Gauntlets.
"Gauntlet, powerstrike!"
"Gate card, set!" Mylene quickly threw in a card to start the fight. "Bakugan, brawl! Aquos Elico, stand!" A vortex of water shot out of the ground as Elico popped out.
"I'm ready to brawl!" Elico shouted with his fist held high.
"Here we come kiddies! Bakugan, brawl! Darkus Hades, stand!" Everyone widened their eyes as Hades, the Bakugan Natsu and Leo blew to pieces last time, appeared on the field.
"What the hell?! We burned that thing to a crisp, so why?"
"Natsu, take a closer look." Curious as to why Sona asked him to do so, he narrowed his eyes and noticed some differences. While the body structure and color was the same, this Hades had only one head, one tail and a single pair of wings.
"Yeah, since SOMEONE blew up my Hades, the nerds in the labs made me this prototype to kick your butts, but don't worry, this Hades will beat you just as fast as the old one, HAHAHAHA!"
"Let's go Ingram, Bakugan brawl!" Ingram swooped onto the field before crossing her arms.
"While this isn't the first Hades, I will still destroy it!"
"Bakugan, brawl! Gurin/Tyna stand!" The Pyrush and Aquos Bakugan appeared on both sides of Ingram, each glaring at their opponents.
Hades: PL 600
Elcio: PL 500
Ingram: PL 400
Tyna: PL 400
Gurin: PL 450
"I'm up first! Ability, activate! Saurer Cannon!" Hades' chest opened as three long gun barrels stuck out as they began to charge up.
Hades: 600-1500
"I've got this, ability activate! Armored Victory!" Ingram folded her wings forward to divert the attack.
"Ability, activate. Poseidon's Guard!" Tyna tapped her staff on the ground, summoning a wall of water, which successfully blocked the attack.
Hades: 1500-600-400-200
Ingram: 400-600
Tyna: 400-600
Even though they blocked the attack from striking them, the beam scattered and began to blast…..well everything. "We gotta go, now!"
"Fine, good luck guys!" With that, Natsu and Ace ran towards the exit.
"Idiot! You'll bring the whole city down!" Shadow growled in annoyance before noticing the only spectators running off.
"Hey, where do you think you're-!"
"Leave them to the others."
"Huh, why?!"
"Hydron wants Dragneel for himself, we just need to focus on this battle. Now recharge your little toy since you foolishly wasted its power source." Sighing a bit, Mylene put in an ability card. "Ability, activate! Scramble Zwei!" Several rings of water circled around Elico as he gained power.
"I don't think so, ability activate! Seven Flame Restriction!"
"This is my favorite part!" Slamming his metal claw onto the field, Gurin summoned seven pillars of flames that surrounded Elico and Hades, the water from the latter vaporized.
"What, why won't my power go up?!"
"We saw what you did in your battle with Leonidas, so we nullified your abilities. Think of it as payback!"
"You heard him ladies, let's go!" Tsubaki and Sona looked at each other before nodding.
"Ability activate, Windpower-Soaring Strike Shot/Tidal Blast!" Ingram transformed into her bird form as she was covered in green flames while Tyna fired a stream of water from her staff.
Hades: 400-200
Tyna: 600-800
Elico: 500-400
Ingram flew in and struck Hades while Tyna's water struck Elico. Both screamed in pain before reverting back to ball form, draining Shadow's life gauge by 80% and Mylene's by the same amount. "Ah man! Whywhywhywhy!"
"You may have won this round, but don't think this is over."
"As long as we have our bonds, we will never submit to your rule!" Tsubaki threw in her Ventus gate card, ready for the next round.
'With Spectra and Mira'
"Spectra, where are we going?" Mira asked in confusion as she, her brother, Gus and Lync got on an elevator. It was rather strange he would ask her to come when he fiends were here, and judging by his tone, it was something serious. The trio then arrived in a dark room, but when the lights came up, her eyes widened in shock. What she was looking at were six red mechanical Bakugan, each resembling a certain animal.
"These are the elite Mechanical Bakugan father and I have been working on for quite some time." Spectra said with a proud smirk. "These are…..a gift, to Prince Hydron."
"You're going to GIVE them to Hydron?" It was bad enough Altair and Hades were around, but with these six, the Resistance might not stand a chance, even if Natsu used that mode again.
"I thought it would be…..beneficial, if I kept them for myself." Mira and Lync looked at him in shock while Gus remained calm as he was already told what the plan was. "I will change the circuitry so that they only listen to me. With these and Helios, I will hold the most powerful combination Bakugan in the universe, even if he fights the Perfect Dragonid and even Leonidas. There is no way Helios could ever lose. There will be no one to stand in my way, not Dragneel, not the prince, not even the king can stop the glory of Spectra!" Spectra then began to laugh like a maniac.
"Keith….."
"However, there are some adjustments we must make and then they'll be finished. Gus, Mira, take these Bakugan." Mira gasped in shock. He was giving her and Gus these mechanical Bakugan? "Use them in battle, then bring back the data you've collected from Percival and Leonidas, especially if he uses the Dragon Bond."
"You want…..me to fight….Ace and Natsu?"
"With all due respect Master, I should be the one to do this." Gus tried to reason as he still had doubts about Mira. His words caused a frown to appear on his Master's face.
"And once again you doubt me Gus."
"It's just…..I don't think it's wise to-."
"She has none of your concern. Now activate the Transystem." Though a bit reluctant, the blue haired male went to the nearest console before activating it. Three large mechanical rings surrounded the mechanical Bakugan. The rings began to rotate as the Bakugan began to glow their respective attributes. It wasn't long before they all began to shrink into their 'ball' forms, though they weren't actually round. The Bakugan then fell into holes inside the cages before falling inside a medium sized cage(basically how Maxus Drago's Bakugan were stored.) The case then shot out of the ground before closing up. "Take them and go. Natsu Dragneel and Ace will be arriving soon." Mira looked at the case before taking it. She needed to find a way to get them to Natsu so Helios won't have them.
'With Baron and Alice'
"Here I come!" Brontes shouted as he rammed into Nemus and Vladitor for the umptenth time in a row.
"Hang on guys, I'll use a Bakugan Trap! Go Haos Guardian!" Baron said as he threw in Guardian.
"As if that will help you." Volt said while putting in an ability card. "Ability, activate. Darkus Scythe." Brontes laughed as a purple scythe materialized in his arms before he threw it.
"Hey freak, it's not nice to throw that thing around. Ability, activate. Soliton Deflector!" Guardian put both its shields on top of one another before they created a much large shield, blocking the scythe.
"Let's get some action in too Vladitor!" Alice said while putting in an ability card. "Ability, activate. Dark Sphere Impact!"
"You dare mock us by using a Darkus Ability?! Here's what true Darkus power looks like!" Vladitor shouted as he conjured up a ball of black and purple energy before he threw it at Brontes.
Brontes: 500-400
Vladitor: 300-500
Brontes screamed in pain as the ball of Dark energy struck his chest, forcing him back to ball form as Volt's life gauge lower by 20%."Wow, that was so cool Master Alice!" The orange haired female caught Vladitor while giving him a smile.
"It was thanks to using Guardian, so I should be thanking you." Volt growled in anger, though he wouldn't admit it, these two were good opponents.
'With Natsu and Ace'
We now turn to Ace and Natsu, who just exited another elevator, trying to find the Dimension Controller. "It should be just a little further here." Ace pointed out as he and Natsu ran forward.
"I worry about the others." Leo said, looking back at the door.
"Relax Leo, there's no way they would lose." Natsu said, giving his partner a reassuring grin.
"If I were you, I wouldn't worry about your friends." a voice called from the shadows, causing the two to stop in their tracks.
"It's Gus and….no…." The figures walked out of the shadows, revealing Gus and Mira, the former was holding some kind of case.
"So they were right." Ace still hoped they were just joking with him, but seeing Mira stand next to Gus proved him wrong.
"Alright Mira, it's time to prove yourself to Spectra." Mira slowly opened her eyes while looking at her former comrades. "I want to see you beat them with my own eyes."
Okay, wow, this was a pretty interesting chapter to write, but nonetheless, I'm happy to write it. A lot will happen in the very near future, especially between Natsu and Mira, cause it does seem obvious he has something towards her;) So…...tomorrow is Fourth of July, which means I have to put my dog in the garage since he freaks out when fireworks go off, so there's that. Also, I hope you guys will take the time to check out my recent story: Natsu and his demonic harem. I hope you liked Vladitor coming out, as well as looking forward to Natsu and Ace vs Mira and Gus,it's bound to leave a mark.
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Next time: Mira, friend or foe?