- Gate card set! - Emerald shouted, throwing her gate card onto the battlegrounds between the two duos before it expanded with the brown lining in good old rectangular shape.

- Assuming that she has this under control, I'll stay back until she calls for me to join. No need to go all-in. - Lync thought, taking a passive stance as the remaining trio took their bakugans of choice before continuing the old tradition.

- Bakugan brawl! Subterra Fly Beetle/Ventus El Condor/Darkus Centipoid stand! - The active trio shouted, as they threw their bakugans into action.

Emerald - 100%, Lync - 100%

Fly Beetle - 350g, - (No bakugan rolled in)

Komba - 100%, Shadow - 100%

El Condor - 350g, Centipoid - 350g

- A flying start? Might aswell bring you down. - Emerald smiled as she prepared her ability card. - Gate card open, Land Pressure! - She shouted, moving the open palm of her hand down as command came to active, bringing both opponents towards the ground.

El Condor - 350g = 150g, Centipoid - 350g = 150g

- Funny to see you use your gate card so fast. - Komba smiled, taking his own card and cocking it inside his gauntlet. - Ability card activate! Triple Nod of Darkus, Bentus and Subterra! - He added with cocky smile as the card inside the device glow and changes to power levels were made.

Fly Beetle - 350g = 50g

El Condor - 150g = 450g, Centipoid - 150g = 450g

- Quite soon for the strongest ability of yours. - Emerald replied, preparing one of her own ability cards.

- And that's where you're wrong, hahaha! Now comes the suprise! - Shadow laughed maniacally as he brought his own card into use. - Ability card activate, Grand Down! - He shouted triumphally as Centipoid bite the ground udner himself and caused the gate card to first crack and then shatter into million pieces.

El Condor - 450g = 650g, Centipoid - 450g = 650g

- That was fast. - Lync thought, casting aside from his attention the beginning of debate between Emerald and Fly Beetle as he took first bakugan he felt from the pocket. - Bakugan brawl! Ventus El Condor stand!

- Huh? - Emerald and Komba gasped, suprised by the early entreance of the so far passive participan as the battle resumed in a equalised 2v2 format.

Fly Beetle - 50g, El Condor - 350g

El Condor - 650g, Centipoid - 650g

- Why so suprised? I barely begun! - Lync laughed with a smile as he brought his ability card and swiftly loaded it into the gauntlet. - Ability activate! Hot Blast. - He followed it up as his El Condor opened his moth and began blowing up the compressed air from it towards the opposition.

El Condor - 650g = 450g, Centipoid - 650g = 450g

- You know this doesn't do much, right? - Shadow asked him with a confused face, doubtful of the seriousness with which he came into the fight.

- Not on it's own, that is. - Fly Beetle said with a hidden smile as Emerald brought another ability card from her stack.

- Ability card activate! Robust Wave! - Emerald shouted as she activated her ability card.

Fly Beetle - 50g = 250g

El Condor - 450g = 250g, Centipoid - 450g = 250g

- It doesn't give you much of an advantage, you know? - Komba said with annoyance as he prepared another ability on his own. - Ability activate, Hot Blast! - He added as his bakugan opened his nouth and sent a wave of hot Air to counter Fly Beetle's emitted energy square.

Fly Beetle - 250g = 50g, El Condor - 350g = 150g

El Condor - 250g = 450g

- And now for a taste of defeat! - Shadow added, quickly following up with his own move. - Ability card activate, Black-out Darkness! - He added with newfound energy as the card glow inside his gauntlet and black mist surrounded Fly Beetle.

- Oh, I know this one. - Fly Beetle said with relative sadness as he saw Komba's El Condor approaching him.

- Ability card activate! Blow Away! - Lync shouted, as he activated his own ability card and sent his El Condor straight at Shadow's Centipoid while a Ventus gate card appeared out of nowhere on the ground.

El Condor - 150g = 350g

- Too slow busy boy. - Shadow taunted, pointing his index fingers at Emerald's Fly Beetle who was being turned back into the ball by Komba's El Condor. - She couldn't use any ability card and neither you could save her sorry bakugan! Uehuehueeeh! - He cried out with a laugh as their two bakugans clashed with Komba's third one observing from the side.

Emerald - 100% = 20%

- Funny enough, catch this now. - Lync smiled, opening the palm of his hand and covering his view of the battlefield with it. - Gate card open! Thunder Summon! - He shouted with triumphant as his Ventus Robotallion joined the battle and the opposing duo realised what was happening.

(El Condor - 350g = 750g, Robotallion - 300g = 700g) - 650g = 1450g

- Komba! Quick! - Shadow panicked, taking out one of his ability cards.

- Might aswell, you crybaby. - Komba replied, as he also prepared an ability card for action.

- Ability card activate, Spiced Assault/Blow Away! - Both of them shouted their commands at once while Lync smiled and prepared his own card for future use.

(El Condor - 750g = 550g = 350g, Robotallion - 700g = 500g = 300g) - 1450g = 1050g = 650g

El Condor - 450g, Centipoid - 250g = 450g

- Really? That's just amusing. - Lyns smiled as he prepared his ability card inside the gauntlet. - Ability activate, Robotallion emforcment! - He shouted afterwards as the named bakugan rushed forward and used the newfound power to knock Centipoid into Komba's El Condor.

(El Condor - 350g, Robotallion - 300g = 500g)- 650g = 850g

El Condor - 450g, Centipoid - 450g

- Ouch! That's gotta hurt. - Shadow said with sad face as the two bakugans turned into balls and fell under their legs.

- You don't say. - Komba snarled, rather unamused with the obvious comment.

Komba - 100% = 20%, Shadow - 100% = 20%

- That seems to be round for us. - Lync smiled, catching his returning duo back into his hand. - But in next round we go together, right? - He asked, turning his attention towards Emerald.

-... Sure thing. - Emerald responded with a holdup, before Shadow threw his gate card onto the field.

- Bakugan brawl! Darkus Hammersaur stand! - Shadow shouted, throwing his bakugan onto the field where it reshaped itself into a bipedal crocodille.

- Hey! I was supposed to go first there! - Komba shouted from the sideline, angry at his teammate.

- He's ill-tempered? Lucky us then. - Lync thought as he quickly grab first bakugan he had at disposal and threw it forward Bakugan brawl! Ventus Robotallion stand! - He added, as the second round was set.

Robotallion - 500g

Hammersaur - 400g

- Huh? - Shadow gasped, distracted again from doing his job.

- Emerald, we got to join now. - Fly Beetle said to his brawler as he picked up the ocassion.

- Mhm, sure. - Emerald responded with hesitance, not even getting close to get him into her hand. - bakugan brawl! Subterra Hynoid stand! - She shouted, as the humanoidal werewolf joined the battle with an enthusiastic grin.

- Stop ignoring me! - Komba shouted again, making Shadow face crunch in a undecisive manner.

- Then come over here and do something! - Shadow responded, his irritation growing with each sentence.

- Fine then you lazy shmuck! Bakugan brawl, Harpus stand! - Komba shouted hs he made a backflip and threw his bakugan into the fight.

Hynoid - 300g, Robotallion - 500g

Harpus - 400g, Hammersaur - 400g

- Hehehe-Heeeeeeyyyy! Wanna lose so soon? - Harpus laughed, boasting in front of her unimpressed opponents.

- Ability card activate! Feather Storm!/Crush Hurricane! - Komba and Shadow shouted without wasting their time, as a barrage of sharpened feathers and vortex of darg energy rushed forward at their opponents.

Hynoid - 300g = 100g, Robotallion - 500g = 300g

Harpus - 400g = 600g, Hammersaur - 400g = 800g

- Jokes on you, we're into this. - Lync smiled, as he sent a wink towards Emerald before grabbing an ability card on his own. - Ability activate, Blow Away! - He shouted, activating his card while Hynoid suddenly skyrocketed upwards.

Hynoid - 100g = 300g

- Mhm, time to attack. - Emerald thought, taking her first pick and preparing the gauntlet. - Ability card activate, Desert Thunder! - She shouted, as the gauntlet closed with the card inside and glow at the center with unnaturally bright brown light.

Hynoid - 300g = 500g

Harpus - 600g = 400g, Hammersaur- 800g = 600g

- Hold on! Since when Desert Thunder decreases enemy power!? - Shadow asked, panicking at the slight of partially invisible and very fast Subterra bakugan who was busy running in circles around his confused opponents.

- This girl accidently used a double ability stupid! Stressed people don't always yell their abilities correctly. - Komba shouted at him, grabbing two cards on his own in a preparation for the next move. - And now I'll unleash my little secret. - He snickered while Lync and Shadow also decided to act on their own.

- Gate card open! Ventus Spotting Out! - Shadow proclaimed first, earning a massive suprise from everyone else as Harpus slammed the ground with lifeless impact.

Robotallion - 300g = -200g

Harpus - 400g = -100g

- Ow, ow, owwwwww... - Harpus scowled as she saw Hammersaur punching Hynoid away from her and then take a defensive stance.

- What the hell is that supposed to mean!? I have Ventus atribute too you moron! - Komba yelled with anger at his coworker, less than happy with the results.

- What can I do? Lync is a bigger threat that this little lady over there and you aren't exacly helping as for now. - Shadow responded with harsh tone as he threw his Darkus Juggernoid towards the field. - Now be a good boy and stay on the backlines!

(Hammersaur - 600g, Juggernoid - 300g) - 900g

- Never! Salem appointed ME as the chief and that's final! - Komba yelled with anger as he loaded both ability cards into the gauntlet. - And here comes why. Double ability activate! Feather Edge plus Feather Punch! - He shouted as Harpus suddenly leaped forward and charged in a spiral vortex towards kneeling Robotallion.

Hynoid - 500g = 300g, Robotallion - -200g = -400g

Harpus - -100g = 300g = 500g

- Got you! - Lync smiled as he cocked up his own gauntlet and smacked his lips. - Mechanical Power and Triple Nod of Ventus, Subterra and Darkus!

- WHAT!? - Shadow screamed in fear, knowing damn well what was coming next.

Hynoid - 300g = 700g, Robotallion - -200g = 200g = 400g

Harpus - 500g = 100g, (Hammersaur - 600g = 200g, Juggernoid - 300g = -100g) - 900g = 100g

- Waaaaaaaah! - Harpus whined as Robotallion smacked her aside with the open palm of his hand before she turned back into the ball form and returned to Komba while Hynoid quickly knocked down Hammersaur and smashed Juggernoid into the ground before the duo turned into orbs and landed under Emerald's feet.

- Argh! That's what I get for working with you! Two losses in a row! - Komba shouted with anger as remaining bakugans returned to their owners, time flow returned back to normal and Lync hit a high five with Emerald.

- Says a guy who was in charge... - Shadow scoffed before walking away towards the distant Sun.

- Salem will kick us hard for this! And guess who takes the bla-! - Komba shouted again only to be interrupted by a ball form of Darkus Atchibee locking his mouth from speaking.

- Sorry for him Lync, he's not funny for me anymore. - Shadow excused himself as he walk back to his teammate, strangled Komba with pair of ropes, three him onto his back and prepared for departure.

- Fair enough you crazy bro! - Lync smiled as he threw back captured Darkus bakugans. - I don't need them anyways and you surely need to fake the report for the big lady on top, don't-? - He asked him but stopped as he saw him pointing at his gauntlet. - Okay then, see you next time! - He ended, releasing his Falconeer as Emerald joined him on the back and they flew away from the scene.

- I know that you two used to work together, but.. Isn't it too much courtesy for a enemy? - Emerald asked as they gained enough distance to not be heared by him.

- Given what just happened, Shadow has a slippery ground under himself and while he is a crazy madman, he knows this. - Lync responded, looking forward towards the incoming mountains. - Besides, he isn't a first enemy that could join our ranks and we need to keep ourselves open for others. After all, that's what Maken intended and we cannot disobey our fundaments of operating...