Me: Hey there fellow brawlers, how have you been? Has the New Year been good to you?
It's alright for me, no ER visits as of late…well not yet, but thinking positive! Anyway, shall we get going then? To those that reviewed: Leafeon12, Mariah and Guest – thank you all!
Well, let's see what's been going on with our little heroes, shall we? Please enjoy the updated chapter, everyone!
"Leave me alone!" shouted Dan, running through an endless path. The brunette stopped when the darkness surrounds him. Dan closed his eyes, "I said leave me alone!"
Suddenly, a bright light shielded Dan from the incoming darkness. The light drove the darkness away, leaving the brunette exhausted. Dan collapsed onto the ground, "I don't think…I can…keep on going…Wavern."
"You must keep running," appeared a white bakugan, "You mustn't let the darkness get a hold of you."
Dan, sitting up, looked around the endless and empty place. He placed his hands over his head, "I can't keep on running forever Wavern. The darkness…it's making me forget..."
The white bakugan glowed before revealing a white dragon that curled around the brunette.
"…there's this…red dragon," whispered Dan, hugging his legs onto his chest. He winced, "Each time I try to remember…it hurts when I think about…the red dragon…"
"Then let me help you," said Wavern, placing her head over the brunette's carefully, "I promise no harm will come to you, now remember child."
Dan bit his lower lip before closing his eyes and a blurry image came up. Suddenly he heard a faint voice coming from the blurred image, "D…a…n…Dan…where…are…you?"
"Drago!" gasped Dan, opening his eyes. He looked over at Wavern, "He's looking for me…but if I try to run…the darkness…"
"I know Dan but I vow that no harm will come to you as long as I'm here," said Wavern. She looked up, "As long as you remember – even if it's faint, the darkness can't claim you."
"That dark energy needs to leave," whispered Dan, gritting his teeth, "I will not become a mindless puppet for that creep!"
"…We must get going. Let's find somewhere else," said Wavern, carefully grabbing onto Dan and placing him on top of her head. "Naga…he sent out more dark energy…and they are looking for you and your remaining light."
Dan nodded before holding tightly onto Wavern. The brunette looked back to see a new wave of darkness coming towards them. He closed his eyes, "Drago…please hurry. I have no idea how much longer I can hold up."
-Mountain east side, Aircraft-
"Well at least there's no doom dimension," Julie joked after hearing Marucho's brawl battle but everyone glared at her. She frowned, "What? I'm just trying to lighten up the mode, jeez!"
"There's no time to joke around Julie," snapped Runo. "What we need to do is to find Naga and get Dan away from him – fast!"
"If what Wavern told Drago is true, then there's not much time until Naga will find out about the fragment of the Perfect Core inside of Dan," said Shun.
"What we must do is weaken the hold Naga has on Dan," said Alice, seriously. "The dark energy creates a dark personality like it did to me; Masquerade, remember?"
Shun and the others looked at each other with a grim look on their faces.
"The longer the dark energy stays in Dan's mind, the darkness will grow stronger," said Hydra.
"Right then," said Marucho, looking over at his computer. He adjusted his glasses, "We first need to find Naga's headquarters and beat his new team. Hopefully we have enough strength to take them down…including Naga and Dan."
Julie giggled, "Maybe we should call him Dark Dan."
Runo glared at her friend before hitting her over the head. She crossed her arms, "So who will be facing who?"
"Well, let's see," started Kai, pressing a button. It showed Naga's current team with their bakugan partners. "We should attack them against their attribute weakness but since they have Dan as their 'leader', they most likely have abilities to counter them."
Shun thought for a moment, "…I'm facing Naga. If possible, Drago and I will be able to break his hold of Dan."
Julie nodded, "Then I'll face Tartai. I have a bone to pick with her for calling me weak."
"And I'll face Toga," said Runo.
"I'll rematch Eddie then," said Marucho.
"Looks like I'll get my rematch with little Mikey," smirked Kai before frowning, "What about Jakul and Sarafina?"
"I'll face Sarafina if she's alone," said Alice.
"There might be a chance she will be with Dan so if that happens, Alice you'll be going against Jakul, alright?" said Shun. Alice nodded.
"Well we best find them," said Preyas. "I can sense the dark energy becoming stronger."
"He's right," said Skyress, looking up, "The air…it has become more intense than before."
"Right," said Shun, jumping onto Skyress' neck, "Alice, Kai and I will look around the skies while Marucho, Julie and Runo will look around in the aircraft. Report if you find anything even if it's a small thing, understand?"
Kai and the others nodded.
Up on the air, Kai went back to the oceans; Alice went towards the mountains while Shun went to a forest nearby the west side of the mountains. An hour passed and Shun was about to leave the forest when he heard laughter.
"Whose there?" demanded Shun.
"Aw, is the pretty birdie lost."
Shun looked around before spotting Jakul who was watching the brawl between Eddie and Marucho. Standing next to him was… 'Dan!'
"Just leave them be, Jakul. They're not worth the time," sneer Dan.
"Aw, come on Danny, just one quick brawl," begged Jakul before smirking, "You know, to show them our 'true' strength."
"You know my sister is only allowed to call me that but…I guess one quick practice brawl won't hurt," said Dan.
"Right," murmured Shun, taking out his gate card, "But you two wouldn't mind if I use two bakugan. It would be unfair if I use only one bakugan."
Dan shrugged, "Go ahead but it wouldn't matter."
"Drago…Skyress…do your best," whispered Shun as the two stood in front of him. He shouted, "Let's go – gate card set!"
"Gate card set! Let's burn them into a crisp Edan!" smirked Jakul.
"Go…Chaos Naga!" shouted Dan.
Shun widened his eyes to see the former white bakugan had somehow evolved. He looked like how he did when he absorbed the Silent Core but darker. His wings were dark purple and sharp with black veins, the skin was grayish and his head was sharp with dark crimson eyes and two large horns.
"Naga?!" said Drago. "What has happened to you?"
The former white bakugan smirked, "What it looks like Drago – I evolved! Even without an attribute, I was able to become stronger enough to make a new power – Chaos!"
Skyress glared, "Let's see how strong your new attribute really is!"
"Ah, is the pretty little birdie needs her mama?" teased Edan.
"I show you what this little birdie can do," snapped Skyress.
'Dan, hang in there,' thought Drago.
Dan and Jakul vs. Shun
Chaos Naga: 620G and Edan: 480G, 100% vs. Drago: 400G and Skyress: 450G, 100%
"Right, double ability activate, Burning Dragon and Lightning Talon," said Shun.
Drago: 400G + 200 = 600G while Skyress: 450G + 200 = 650G
Chaos Naga: 620G – 200 = 420G while Edan: 480G
"I don't think so ninja boy," smirked Jakul. "Double ability activate, Incineration and Frame Fire!"
Shun watched as his abilities were nullified and seeing his gate card as well. He grits his teeth before seeing the Pyrus Nova Lion burst into flames and increasing a bit of his G-Power.
Edan: 480G + 100 = 580G
"…ability card activate, Attribute Drain," ordered Dan.
"Attribute what?" said Shun before seeing Drago and Skyress was surrounded by a dark purple glow and their G-Power dropped, dramatically.
Drago: 600G – 400 = 200G while Skyress: 650G – 350 = 300G
Chaos Naga: 420G + 400 + 350 = 1170G
Shun watched in horror to see Drago and Skyress were taken down from one attack. After the dust cleared away, the two were on the ground and too weak to go back into their ball form.
Chaos Naga and Edan: 100% vs. Drago and Skyress: 0%
"This…is not good Shun," said Drago, weakly. "Naga…I don't know how but this new attribute…I never heard of it before."
"Nor have I," said Skyress as she lay on the ground, too weak to fly.
Naga laughed before leaning down to Drago, "How does it feel? To be beaten by your former partner – your former best friend!"
Drago growled at him, "Naga…I will get Dan back. Make my words…"
"Oh, but I don't think you can," whispered Naga. He smirked, "The boy…he no longer remembers you and those pathetic Brawlers. He belongs to me Drago and soon I will reclaim what should have been mine a long time ago."
"Let's go Naga, you'll finish him off once you have the Perfect Core," said Dan.
Shun and the two bakugan widen their eyes.
"Yea, once we find where the core is, Naga will absorb it and become the ruler of New Vestroia and…Earth," said Jakul. "See yea later, brawler!"
As Dan jumped onto Naga's head, Shun quickly throw something towards his direction. He watched his best friend leave with a sad look before going over to Drago and Skyress.
"Are you guys alright?" asked Shun.
"We will…we just need some time to recover," replied Drago, carefully getting up from the ground. "What I'm concerned about is Dan and the Perfect Core."
"So am I," said Skyress, perching on the ground. "If Naga does find a way to the other half of the Perfect Core and absorbs it, there's nothing to stop Naga on controlling both worlds. Not only that…but we lose Dan…forever."
Shun sighed before looking serious, "Then we just have to beat them before they do."
"But how Shun? We don't know where their headquarters is," said Drago.
Shun smiled before taking out his Bakupad, "Guys, meet me by the north side of the mountains. Get ready for an intense battle you never dreamed of."
-Break Line-
Oh! Looks like Naga got some 'extra' boost from being near Dan since he has a fragment of the Perfect Core but does he know? Or does he truly believe he evolve from his own power? Can Shun and the others stop Naga and save Dan?
Find out in the next updated, Ciao for now!