We're almost done with the trials, but things couldn't be worse elsewhere. Atom might have been able to finish teaching Garfield, but he's heading towards the biggest trial he's ever seen! But when you bring it back to us, we've still got one more to save, and we have our own battle. Here's hoping!
Powers locked away inside
Step up to give the gift of divine
There is no knowing what we face
But we know it to be unsafe
The time now to find
Our guiding light
And save everything that is known
To protect our home
A Realital Gate appeared in front of Genesis Dragonoid and Atom came out of it, followed by Leonidas. "I see you have returned. Does Garfield know what he must do?"
"I think so." Said Atom. "But I have a question. You said I wouldn't be able to use my Shifter Abilities, yet I was perfectly capable. Why?" Genesis smirked.
"It was to ensure that you taught Garfield and didn't take over." Genesis sighed. "I've been watching you for years, you know. I know you would never purposely take over, but as he is now, Garfield is unable to fulfil what Venus had said about him. He needs to fully awaken his powers in order to finish the prophecy."
"So, you feared that if I knew I was capable of using my powers, I would inadvertently take over the Reality's prophecy?"
"Correct." Said Genesis. "But, there is slightly more to the story. I also knew that you had been to the Reality before."
"Well, to be honest, I never knew it was Invasion Core." Said Atom. "I just knew I was there for a reason, and I think Akane was that reason. I hope Akira will be able to find her."
"As do I, but that's not what I was talking about." Said Genesis. "I assume you recall the power that they were able to use, correct?"
"You're talking about Reversion, right?"
"Yes. And I think you know why I bring that up."
"Because we've visited Invasion Core, we're capable of achieving Reversion?" Asked Leonidas.
"Again, correct." Said Genesis. "And your Shifter Abilities are your key to unlocking it. If you had known you were capable of using them, you would've probably unlocked it, usurping Garfield from his destiny. That could not be allowed, which is why I told you that your Shifter Abilities wouldn't work. But, for now, there are more pressing issues. Two things are needed as of now. The first is you to help Clate overcome his darkness. He fears he is still tainted by the Destruction and that he is incapable of fighting it. The second is far more dangerous. The Destruction is heading towards Invasion Core."
"Wait, what?" Asked Atom. "Why?"
"It sensed your presence there." Said Genesis. "And, what's worse, is that Invasion Core is one of the last two protective Realities guarding the Prime Bakugan Reality. If it or the other falls, Bakugan will be vulnerable." Atom gasped.
"We won't let that happen!"
"Unfortunately, you're not capable of defeating it at Invasion Core, only delaying it. Garfield, however, has a Gene comparable to yours that is attuned to Invasion Core. If you can delay it long enough, Garfield will be able to finish what he needs to do. Then, you can summon him out of the Reality to help you."
"Sounds tough." Said Atom. "Think we can do it, Leo?"
"You bet!"
"But first, there is something else that is important for you to do. It's time for Clate's trial!" Atom glowed with Leo.
Spectra was preparing to head out again. "Are you certain that you understand your mission?" Asked the being.
"I have to test out Probability Helios to see how strong he is."
"Correct. Good luck." Spectra headed out and was sucked into a black portal. He appeared next to an isolated Reality. He looked at his data tablet.
"If he is correct, this should be the most recently corrupted Reality." He chuckled to himself. "It's amazing what our opposition doesn't know. He corrupts Realities, he doesn't destroy them." Spectra grabbed Probability Helios. "Bakugan, Brawl! Bakugan, Stand! Rise Pyrus Darkus Probability Helios!" The Helios that rose was unlike any other form. It looked similar to Infinity Helios, yet wildly different. For one, he was completely organic. On its chest was a pulsating shape, the same shape as an Infinity Die. The symbol on it was changing rapidly. Finally, it had the color scheme of Viper Helios. "Let's go, my pet. Ability, Activate! Destructive Chance!" The symbol stopped changing, stopping on an Egyptian Ha-di. A beam came out of the shape, aimed at the Reality. It bored through, then shot out the other side. The Reality began expanding, then exploded where the beam went through. Everything to the left vanished while everything to the right stayed strong. It slowly began to creep to the left.
Atom appeared inside of what seemed to be a cloud. "Where am I?"
"This is the realm of testing. This is where all of your allies are, unlocking their unique abilities." Said Genesis. "If you look down, you'll be able to see them." Atom looked down, seeing everybody.
"I don't recognize some of them. Who are they?"
"They are your new allies. They were saved by your original allies to help. Andrew was the first, followed by Cindy, then Hanabi with her brother Yuri. And finally, so far, Cameron. And no, not the Cameron from Invasion Core. What's more is that several of your friends have unlocked their abilities. Dan has some powers from Yu-Gi-Oh. Ryo has power from Mario. Takato and Dipper have power from Bakugan, and so on. But, it is the four I mentioned earlier that are strong. Andrew has an evolved form of your most powerful ability, known as Primal Split. Cindy is capable of combining Bakugan and Digimon using BakuDigitize. Hanabi has yet to unlock her ability, as does Cameron. But they all have one thing in common. They've been given power by the firsts, and have that relation to them."
"So, they're like us but more powerful?" Asked Atom.
"No." Said Genesis. "They have an equal ability set, but you five have far more power." Genesis looked to his right. "It is time. We shall come for all five of you soon." He vanished.
"Well, that was weird." Said Atom. "But I understand what he was saying, sort of." The cloud jostled a little. "What the?"
"Atom, is that you?" Asked someone.
"Azion?" One side of the cloud opened up, revealing Azion, Tom, Cassie and Chaos to Atom. Atom smiled. "Long time no see, guys."
"Easy for you to say!" Said Tom. "Where were you?"
"Remember Garfield?" Asked Atom. Azion and Tom nodded while Cassie and Chaos shook their heads. "Well, I was visiting his home Reality."
"Wait, what?" Asked Azion. "Why were you doing that?"
"I had to help him learn his Shifter Abilities, namely Dimensional Gates."
"So, that's why you were gone so long." Said Cassie. "Makes sense now."
"Have you been caught up on what's been happening?" Asked Tom. Atom nodded.
"Yep." He said. "So, who governed your trials?"
"What do you mean?" Asked Chaos.
"As in, who gave you the trial? I was given mine by Genesis Dragonoid." Azion gasped.
"You actually met him?"
"Yeah, but not causally. It was important."
"Well, my trial officiator was Omnimon." Said Azion.
"Mine was Arceus." Said Tom.
"Mine was The Axolotl." Said Cassie.
"I don't know the name of mine, but he seemed powerful." Said Chaos.
"So, it seems that we've been trialed by very strong beings." Said Leonidas. "So, the question is, why?" Everybody but Atom looked at him as if he wasn't real.
"Quick question." Said Tom. "Why do you have Leonidas with you?"
"Genesis brought him to me just before I went to Invasion Core." Said Atom. "I ended up in a pretty big battle there, so it was a good thing I had him with." The area began to glow. "Now what's happening?" All of them vanished from each other's sight.
A bright light shined above, and the entire group looked at it. "What is that?" Asked Dan.
"It looks like the light that we saw when Azion fought the Destruction." Said Henry. The glow was emanating from a very large cloud. Suddenly, the cloud vanished, revealing the source of the light. Nobody could quite make out who they were, but they could all see five beings. Without warning, they vanished, along with the light.
"What just happened?" Asked Mabel.
"Their final trial is upon them." Said the voice. "Just like yours is upon you. Be ready, for this is the hardest one."
"What do we have to do?" Asked Ford.
"Daniel is the final you must save, yet he faces the biggest bane. To find your way through this perilous plight, you must show him the light! Yet even though he may hear you, it may take a time or two. You must explain to him his role, before he finishes his stroll." The area began to glow.
"That's it? That's all you're telling us?" Asked Stand. The area changed. Several trees sank into the ground as people appeared. Sidewalks took form with benches, but the fountain remained the same. The group began to look around.
"What is this place?" Asked Dan.
"I would assume another testing world." Said Henry.
"Wherever it is, we need to hurry!" Said Terriermon. Someone walked past them, and looked at them.
"Huh, I've never seen you lot before." He said.
"Uh, who are you?" Asked Dipper.
"Me?" Asked the person. "I'm Daniel. And you?"
"We found him." Whispered Dan. "Now what?"
"Well, I'm waiting." Said Daniel. Nobody responded. "You know what, you guys are boring. See ya!" He continued walking.
Clate's vision was filled with darkness. He had the sensation of falling. "Please, make it stop!" He yelled. His vision was then filled with light, revealing he was on the ground. "What the? Where am I?"
"How should I know?" Asked the Subterra Bakugan. Clate looked at him and sighed.
"At least I have one friend here." He looked around. "But what are we doing here?"
"I'll tell you." Said a voice. Clate began looking around, trying to find the source. "Try up." Clate looked up. "Now do you see me?"
"No."
"Exactly." Said the voice. "You can't see me, not yet at least."
"Why am I here? And where is here?"
"Clate, Clate, Clate. Don't you know patience yet? You must know who you are before you can know the answers to those questions. Head south." A compass appeared in front of Clate,who grabbed it. It was pointing south, but the other three directions were south as well.
"I'm not sure, but I don't think this is how a compass is supposed to work."
"Oh, but that's how this one is supposed to work. You need to head south. You choose which south." Clate growled.
"What's with all the mystery?"
"It's as mysterious as you are. It's as knotted as you are. Until you know yourself better, that's as clear as it'll get." Clate sighed, then turned. He began walking.
"We have to catch him!" Said Runo. "Otherwise, we'll never be able to leave!"
"I'll go." Said Dan. "I'm the fastest here on foot."
"I'll go too." Said Shun. They started following Daniel.
"Okay, so who's going to go see what they're going to meet if Daniel's stroll ends?" Asked Henry.
"Rika?" Asked Renamon. Rika nodded and Renamon vanished.
Dan was approaching Daniel. "Hey! Wait up!" Daniel turned to him.
"Hold on, why are you following me?"
"I need to talk to you."
"Well, then come on! I'm not waiting for you." Daniel kept walking and Dan walked next to him. "So, who are you? I never got your name."
"My name is Dan."
"Similar to my name. Interesting. Anyways, what do you need to talk to me about?"
"About you." Said Dan. "There's something that you need to know."
"And that is?"
"Well, that's the thing. Do you know what you are?"
"I'm Daniel and I'm a human. What more do I need?" He coughed. "Stupid throat. Hold on." Daniel grabbed a bottle of water from his backpack and drank about half of it. "That's better. Anyways, you were saying?"
"Okay, I'm going to get right to the point. You're a Reality Shifter."
"A what?" Asked Daniel. He laughed. "Now I know you're kidding me! What's next? You're going to say you've travelled beyond time and space to find me?" He laughed harder.
"How'd you guess?" Asked Dan.
"I've already been told those stories, yet none of them check out. The people say they've been gone for years, but they've only been gone for minutes. Everything they say they've experienced is only shows or stories. Scientists have called them extreme power naps. People experience very powerful dreams that span years over a period of minutes. That's all there is to it."
"And what makes you say that?" Asked Dan. Shun jumped down.
"How many people have experienced the same thing?" He asked.
"Who are you?" Asked Daniel.
"My name is Shun. Now, back to my question."
"Right. Anyways, nobody has ever had the same dream as far as anybody knows." Daniel thought about something. "Although, there has been one common thing between all of them. An infinite number of lines of infinite colors. But that's it."
"Infinite lines?" Asked Dan.
"Infinite colors?" Asked Shun. "That's between Realities!" Daniel laughed.
"What a load of malarkey." He saw someone. "Hold on, I'll be right back." He walked to the person. "Long time no see, Olep."
"Same to you, Daniel."
"Olep?" Asked Dan. Olep grabbed Daniel's hand.
"Your mom is looking for you. Come on!" Daniel looked back to Dan and Shun.
"Sorry guys. We'll finish this chat later, okay?"
"Hold on a second!" Said Dan. Daniel began walking away with Olep. "Oh man, what are we going to do now?" Renamon appeared in front of them. "Gah!"
"Renamon?" Asked Shun.
"I have disturbing news."
Clate continued to follow the compass. "Where are we?" Asked the Subterra Bakugan.
"I'm not sure." Clate pushed a branch out of the way, revealing Cassie. "Cassie?"
"Clate?" Asked Cassie. "Where are we?"
"I'm not sure." Said Clate. He sighed. "Maybe you can help me."
"With what?" Asked Cassie.
"It's a riddle that I've been given, and I don't know how to solve it."
"Oh?"
"Look, I know you're the best of the group at this kind of thing, so please, can you help me?"
"Lay it on me." Said Cassie. Clate recited the riddle he was given. "So, you need to know yourself before you can get answers. I think I know what needs to happen. You need to open up and let yourself know who you truly are." Clate instantly got an image of his dark self.
"No, I can't do that." He said.
"Well, then what are you going to do?" Asked Cassie. "The riddle specifically stated that you need to know yourself."
"But I do know myself." Argued Clate.
"But do you?" Asked Cassie. She sighed. "Come on. I think I know where the others are."
"What?" Yelled Dan. "Olep is who!?"
"Olep is, as I said, Daniel's bane." Said Renamon. "But as long as Daniel keeps moving, Olep is powerless. That's the key."
"So, what do we have to do?" Asked Shun.
"We need to stop Olep, and quick." Said Renamon.
"Let's get to it then!" Said Dan. He charged towards where Daniel and Olep went.
"Dan! Wait!" Said Shun. Dan didn't listen and kept charging. Shun looked at Renamon. "Head back to the others and tell them where we're going. I'll keep up with Dan." Renamon nodded and vanished. Shun vanished as well, following Dan.
"Where are you?" Asked Dan. He was running through the streets, trying to find Olep and Daniel. He looked to his left and saw Olep's head. "There you are!" Dan ran towards him. When he got there, he grabbed Olep. "Tell me where huh?" Daniel was nowhere to be seen. Olep laughed.
"Silly Kuso. I'm not as easy to catch as you think. Daniel is mine for the taking!" The Olep vanished.
"Darn! I thought I had them!" Dan thought of something. "Hold on, how did he know my last name?"
Cassie was leading Clate somewhere. "Where are you bringing me?"
"We've got to find the others." Said Cassie. "They'll be able to help." It began to get dark.
"Well, how are we going to find them in the dark?"
"Easy." Said Cassie. Her hand began to glow, and a flashlight came out of it. Clate was stunned as she turned it on. "Well, are you coming?"
"How did, what the?" Stammered Clate.
"It's a power I got for completing my trial." Said Cassie. "I had to learn how to use my own knowledge and not others." Clate looked at his hand, but didn't see anything. "Even though you don't have it yet, I'm certain that you can unlock it by completing this trial. And it has to do with you knowing who you truly are." Cassie pushed aside another branch, revealing Tom.
"Cassie?" Asked Tom. Cassie and Clate stepped forward. "And Clate? What the? What's going on?"
"Clate here is in a trial." Said Cassie. "At least, I think he is. Anyways, we're going to need your help. Think you can?"
"Of course." Said Tom. "And I know where Chaos fell too." Tom led the way. "Say, what's his trial about, anyways?"
"I believe it has to do with him knowing who he truly is." Said Cassie.
"Well, that should be easy." Said Tom. He looked at Clate. "So, who are you?"
"I'm Clate. What more do I need?"
"No, not your name." Said Tom. "I meant who are you, really? You know, inside?" Clate again remembered his dark self.
"I, I can't go into details."
Dan continued to run, but every time he found an Olep the same things happened. "Ugh! This is getting annoying! Show yourself!" Shun jumped down, surprising Dan.
"Dan, you can't go about it like this." Said Shun. "There has to be a better way."
"He's right." Said Drago. "Every single time you think you have him, it's just another clone."
"Clones?" Asked Shun. "I think I know what to do." He jumped up again and grabbed a few things from his pocket. He looked quickly and saw several Oleps around. He took aim, and launched the ninja stars at all of them. All but one vanished. The one that remained rubbed the back of his head and looked down. He grabbed the star, then began running. Someone followed him. "This way!" Said Shun. He began jumping from light post to light post while Dan ran below.
"Where is he?" Asked Dan. Olep looked back.
"Looks like we have some stalkers." He said. "You ready to fight?"
"Why else would be teamed up?" Asked Daniel. "Let's head to one of the battle grounds."
"You got it." The two took a quick right, nearly losing Dan and Shun and continued on.
Tom, Cassie and Clate came up to a large river. "How are we going to get across this?" Asked Clate.
"Easy." Said Tom. "Time for a nice Frozen Wind!" A freezing gale swept across the water, freezing it quickly. Clate gasped.
"How did you do that?"
"It's the ability I got for completing my trial." Said Tom. "I can summon and create Pokemon moves. Come on, let's get going!" The trio crossed the river and walked through a small pathway to find Chaos. "There he is!"
"What are you guys doing here?" Asked Chaos.
"Trying to find you." Said Tom. "We need some help with Clate. Do you know where Azion or Atom are?"
"Unfortunately, no." Said Chaos. "I don't know."
"The trail's run cold." Said Cassie. She thought of something. "Hold on. Clate, how did you find me?"
"Using this." Said Clate. He held out the compass and Cassie grabbed it. "Hey!" The compass dismantled itself. "What did you do?"
"Seems like it's targeting our Omega Genes." Said Cassie. The compass reformed. "Take another look at it." She handed it back to him.
"Uh, okay." Clate took another look at it and saw the hand was pointing in a specific direction. "I think it's this way." He began walking.
"So, any idea where they're going?" Asked Dan.
"Not a clue." Said Shun. They were still chasing Daniel and Olep. Suddenly, they broke from the crowd, entering an empty space. Dan looked around and saw Daniel and Olep.
"There they are! Get back here!" Dan rushed at them.
"Dan, wait!" Said Shun. Dan stopped and looked at him. "We need to explain to him who he is, not force him to come with us!"
"What are you talking about?" Asked Daniel. "I'm me, and that's all I need!"
"You're not welcome here, trying to poison his mind!" Said Olep. "Those dreams others were having are of no consequence. They are just that; dreams."
"Wanna bet?" Asked Dan. "We can prove they aren't dreams!"
"Is that so?" Asked Daniel. "Then by all means, prove it! There's nothing you can say or do to make me believe!"
"You sure about that?" Asked Ryo. Everybody else had just arrived.
"All of you? Again?" Asked Daniel. "Enough of this! We're taking you guys down!" He and Olep grabbed something off their belts. "Ready Olep?"
"You know it!" They threw the items, revealing them to be balls. They opened up and spewed out light. One of the lights transformed into a Charizard while the other transformed into a Dragonite. "Give up now, leave us alone, and we won't mop the floor with ya!"
"Who says you'll be able to?" Asked Teressmon.
"Who said that?" Asked Daniel.
"I did." Teressmon floated over to him.
"What are you?"
"I'm a DigiBakugan."
"Bakugan?" Asked Daniel. He held his head as if in pain. "No, impossible! There's no such thing! Go away, figment of my imagination!" He swatted at Teressmon.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?" Asked Guilmon. "Teressmon isn't a fly!" Daniel looked at him as if Guilmon was an alien.
"No. It can't be, it's just can't be!" He held his head again. "Bakugan and Digimon. What's next? Yu-Gi-Oh?"
"What are you going on about?" Asked Olep.
"Yeah, we're from Yu-Gi-Oh!" Said Hanabi. "Right brother, darling?"
"You bet! We can even show you our cards!" Yuri held up his deck. Daniel held his head again.
"Impossible. All these memories, flooding into me! Those dreams, were they dreams or did they actually happen? I can't keep my thoughts straight!"
Olep looked angrily at everybody but Daniel. "What do you think you're doing? Stop putting lies into his head!"
"They're not lies!" Said Ford. "Just look at the proof! All of us, with everything we are standing for! We are all from different Realities, and everybody here is a Reality Shifter, except you!" Those last words hit Daniel hard.
"Everybody here, except Olep, is a Reality Shifters?" His head began throbbing as memories were flooding in. "I've been living a lie for the past two years of my life!" He glared at Olep. "And it's all your fault!"
"I think we're getting close." Said Clate. He took another step, and almost stepped off a cliff. Chaos grabbed him before he fell.
"Careful." He looked across the landscape below. "I think I can rectify this situation."
"No, let me!" Said Cassie. "Tech is better than Magic!"
"Guys, really? I'm the best for this problem." Said Tom. Clate looked at his compass again, then back to everybody else with him. He looked back at the cliff, and realized something.
"Hold on!" He yelled. Cassie, Chaos and Tom looked at him. "This is a trial, right? So it's something that I have to do, alone." Clate turned towards the cliff.
"Clate, you're never alone." Said Cassie. "No matter who you are, you should never be alone." Clate looked at her.
"I'm sorry, but I need to do this part alone." He took a step towards the cliff, then another.
"Clate! No!" Yelled Cassie. Clate walked off the cliff, but didn't fall.
"What the?" Asked Chaos.
"I figured this was the case." Said Clate. He looked up. "Your tricks don't work on me! Don't forget, I have different abilities than those of my friends!" The illusion broke, revealing just a forest and no cliff. Azion was in a clearing.
"About time you guys got here." He said. He saw Clate. "Clate? Oh, I get it. This is your trial, isn't it?"
"What special ability are you going to show me?" Asked Clate. Azion shook his head.
"As much as I would want to, I haven't yet unlocked it. Apparently, my arrogance still needs more control." Chaos chuckled.
"Wouldn't be the first time."
"Do you want me to lead you to Atom or not?" Asked Azion. "Your choice."
"Let's get going." Said Clate. "And quickly, before I have to reveal what I'm afraid of." He thought.
"You're the reason I've forgotten everything I've done!" Said Daniel. He stood up. "You're not my friend, you're an enemy! Who are you?" Olep chuckled a little.
"I should've known I couldn't keep it set in stone. Yes, I am not who you think I am. However, I am not your enemy. They are."
"How so?" Asked Dan.
"Yeah!" Said Marucho.
"All you've done is lie to him since the beginning!" Added Rika.
"Yes, but"
"And what makes you think I'll believe you now?" Asked Daniel.
"Because, your true enemy is above." Said Olep. "I was just a distraction. He is your enemy." Daniel looked up.
"No flipping way!" He yelled.
"I remember Atom landing somewhere around here." Said Azion. He pushed another branch out of the way, revealing Clate's starting spot.
"Wait a second, this is where I started!"
"Yes, it is." Said Atom, walking up. "But it is also where this trial will end."
"Atom?" Asked Cassie. "What are you talking about?"
"It's easy. We've been collected together to help him through his trial."
"How so?" Asked Chaos. "And what even is his trial?" Atom frowned.
"Unfortunately, I cannot say. Despite the fact that I know what he must do, only he can admit it." Atom pointed at Clate. "Clate, trust me, it will be better if you just let it out. Stop hiding what's happening from all of us!"
"If you don't, the results will be disastrous!" Agreed Leo.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Said Clate.
"But you do." Said Atom. "You know, I used to be like you. But when I opened up, I found more friends. You need to do the same, before it's too late."
"Who is that?" Asked Mabel.
"Who am I?" Asked the person floating above. "Why, I'm the one who is going to defeat all of you in one fell swoop!"
"It's you! The one who trapped me here!" Said Daniel.
"Quite right. And I bet you know who I am, do you not? I am you, just as you are me. I am your opposite. I am Kirdua!" Kirdua landed. "And now, to make the other vanish!"
"You'll never beat me!" Said Daniel. "Especially now that I know what I am once again!"
"Wanna play that way? Fine by me. Prepare yourself, Daniel, for the hardest fight of you life!"
"But, I can't." Said Clate.
"You need to, before it swallows you whole." Said Atom.
"Clate, what aren't you telling us?" Asked Azion.
"I, I"
"Just tell us." Said Cassie. "We're your friends."
"But"
"You'll never have to fear us leaving you for anything." Said Chaos. "You are one of us."
"You guys"
"If you can't admit what's wrong, then we can't help you." Said Tom.
"I, but I"
"You have to trust us!" Said Atom. His hand with the triangle began to, then Clate followed suit.
"I, I fear that I may still be connected to the Destruction, and that I might go back to it if I face it." Darkness began to leak out of the light surrounding him.
"What's going on?" Asked Azion.
"This is his trial." Said Atom. "He must face what he fears most, his dark self. And he must do so quickly. If we take too long, the Destruction will destroy Invasion Core!"
"So Daniel, what do you say? Are you ready to play?"
"You bet I"
"He's not fighting!" Said Marucho. "We are! You're a parasite that's going to drain him dry if he fights you! I, for one, will not let that happen!"
"You wish to fight?" Asked Kirdua. "Don't make me laugh! You don't even have the ability of this Reality to do face me!"
"So?" Asked Marucho. "That won't stop me from helping others!" Marucho's hand glowed, and a pokeball appeared inside of his Attribute Wheel. Kirdua gasped.
"So, you are the Shifter of Bakugan and Pokemon. Very well, let us begin!" He stepped forward. "That is, unless you're too scared to fight." Marucho stepped forward.
"You'll never scare me away!"
The darkness took form across from Clate, behind Atom. He stopped glowing, followed by Atom's hand. "Clate is a special Shifter. He was born from darkness, yet converted to light. However, he still harbors a powerful evil within himself. And it is one he must face." The darkness stopped coming out of Clate and coagulated behind Atom. It took the form of another Clate, but made out of pure darkness. Azion, Cassie, Chaos and Tom all got ready to fight. "This is Clates fight." Said Atom. "And only his fight." He looked at Clate. "You might be scared, you might be worried, but we're all behind you all the way!" Clate gasped. "Now go, face your fear." Atom stepped out of the way.
"So, this is what we've been reduced to?" Asked Dark Clate. "Such a shame. And to think that you used to be able to help destroy entire Realities! What a waste on someone as weak as you."
"I don't know what you think I might be, but I know that you are not me!" Said Clate.
"So, little boy, are you ready to fight?" Asked Kirdua. "Because I know I am!"
"You remind me of an old enemy of ours named Shadow Prove. I wonder if you'll be as easy to beat!"
"Oh, bold words. But without the foundation to hold them, they will crumble." Kirdua grabbed a ball. "I choose you, Clonusium!" A creature not unlike a ditto appeared, yet it had some major differences.
"Okay, we'll take you on!" Said Marucho. "Ready Preyas?"
"You know it!"
"Bakugan, Brawl!" Said Marucho. "Bakugan, Stand!" Preyas rose, but was not much taller than anybody else around. "Huh?"
"Hey, what gives?" Asked Preyas.
Kirdua laughed. "Sorry, but you're just not powerful enough to maintain your true size here, especially since he doesn't know the true power he holds!"
"True power?" Asked Marucho.
"Not strong enough?" Asked Preyas.
"Enough talk." Said Kirdua. "Time for action! Clonusium! Change into Preyas!" Clonusium glowed, and changed into Preyas, but completely blue.
"What?" Yelled Marucho. A Bakumeter appeared on Kirdua's wrist.
"And now for part two! Ability Activate! Blue Squall!" Clonusium attacked Preyas, dealing lots of damage. Marucho looked at his Bakumeter to see a health bar for the Preyases instead of the Life Gauge. "I probably should've mentioned that. You see, we're battling under Pokemon rules, not Bakugan rules!" Marucho looked surprised.
"I've never battled like this before! What do I do?"
"I'll guide you." Said Daniel.
"Huh?"
"I've been here for the past two years." Said Daniel. "If anybody knows what's going on, I do." He glanced at the battle. "Okay, so Clonusium is a very powerful Pokemon, capable of cloning his opponent in its entirety. However, that doesn't mean that Kirdua knows how to use it effectively."
"This is getting boring. Ability Activate! Aquos Guardian!" Clonusium charged Preyas again, this time dealing more damage. Marucho looked at the health gauges and saw that Preyas's went to empty.
"I don't know, but I feel kinda weak." Said Preays. He glowed, defeated.
"One down, two to go." Said Kirdua. "Choose wisely."
"I believe it is time we settled this." Said Dark Clate. "If I win, I take over once again and we rejoin the Destruction."
"Fine. But when I win, you leave me forever!" Said Clate.
"Then the deal is struck." Said Dark Clate.
"This is bad." Said Tom. "If Clate loses,"
"He won't lose." Said Atom. "I have faith in him." The two took paces away from each other.
"This ends here" started Clate.
"And now!" Finished Dark Clate.
The battles are raging, and both need to be won. What skills will it take, and who must sacrifice? Marucho is facing against someone that can copy his strategies, while Clate is literally facing himself! If either lose, everything is lost. But, if both win, we will have a chance! We must prevail!