Me: Hey…guys…um yea, sorry for the really delayed chapter but I have a really good reason!
I have a couple things that happen but the major one is that my USB drive that had all my stories finally died on me. I had to get back all of my old chapters and retype what I could remember from my dead USB drive.
The other reason is the joints in hands for some odd reason started to hurt. I was limited to typing and writing for right now until I know the reason which there is one that is I'm not getting enough sleep – insomnia! And I might I have some Asthma problems cause of my acid reflux…yay – not!
Also, I was sick as well…so yea…sorry for the delay guys. Sorry, I normally reply your reviews but I have other fanfics to update and I don't want my hands to hurt by the time I'm half way to updating the other chapters.
Well, all side and done, onward to the story!
Shun and the others were standing in front of metal doors, leading to Naga's new headquarters.
"They really hide this place really good," said Alice. She titled her head, "It was no wonder we couldn't find it. Naga must have used some of his dark energy to hide it."
"She right," said Hydra, narrowing his eyes, "We can feel the dark energy more intense around here."
Julie formed a fist, "So what are we standing here for?! Let's go inside and save Danny!"
Shun and Kai nodded before slamming the metal doors open.
There was a long hallway, leading to some double doors and inside was a large room with Tartai standing in the middle. She smiled, "Hey there, little Brawlers…and Kai."
Kai simply nodded.
Tartai sighed, "Look, you guys don't want to do this. Even if you beat me, you have to beat the others before making over to Dan and Naga. Do you think you can beat all of us?"
Runo was about to reply when Tartai gave her a smug look, shaking her finger.
"Including your…former leader and best friend?"
Runo widened her eyes before feeling a hand on her shoulder. She turned around to see Alice, giving her an assuring smile.
"We are going to beat you all and save Danny! You got that girl!" snapped Julie.
"I like to see you try, brat," said Tartai, darkly and activating her upgraded gauntlet. Julie gritted her teeth, before activating her Bakupad and taking out her gate card.
"Julie!" shouted Alice.
"I'll be fine guys, don't worry about me," said Julie before winking at them, "Just give me a few minutes to deal with this girl."
Shun and Kai nodded while Alice and Runo smiled towards her.
"Get ready, Gorem…let's show her what we really got," said Julie as Gorem nodded. "Get ready in a world of pain – gate card set!" she shouted.
Tartai smirked, "It's your funeral – let's go Lance!"
"Huh? She didn't set your gate card?" Runo asked confused.
"It's a new rule system here. Players brawls in one gate card until it is use and then the other player can set their own gate card," explained Tartai.
"I guess there are some advantages and disadvantages about that rule," said Alice.
"New rule or not, it doesn't matter as I am going to beat you," said Julie, stomping her foot on the floor.
"Brawl!"
Julie vs. Tartai
Lance: 500G, 100% and Gorem: 500G, 100%
"Double ability activate, Liquid Ground and Iron Rock Spikes!" ordered Tartai. The ground below Gorem started to become liquidity and spikes formed around him.
Gorem: 500G – 200 = 300G
"Ah, looks like your little bakugan can't move," mocked Tartai.
Julie gritted her teeth, "Gate card, open!"
The ground around them started to shake, causing the spikes to break and Gorem to break free from the liquid prison. As for Lance, he couldn't move much as the ground shook and his G-Power dropped.
Lance: 500G – 200 = 300G
Tartai stomped her foot.
"I'll show you true Subterra power! Double ability activate, Grand Impact and Earthquake!" said Julie. Gorem slammed his fist onto the ground and the impact went straight towards Lance, however Lance couldn't move cause of the earthquake.
Lance: 300G – 200 = 100G while Gorem: 300G + 200 = 500G
And then, Gorem: 500G + 300 = 800G while Lance: 100G – 200 = 0G
"Alright, Julie," praised Runo, happily.
Tartai smirked, "You think that will finish me off – ability card activate, Copycat! And it will copy your ability, Earthquake!"
Lance: 0G + 300 = 300G while Gorem: 800G – 200 = 600G
"It's not enough to beat Gorem's G-Power," said Marucho.
Tartai gritted her teeth as she watched her bakugan got slammed from Gorem and saw her percentage went down.
Lance: 60% and Gorem: 100%
"Hey, your bakugan didn't go back to his ball form," stated Julie.
"Let me guess, another new rule," said Kai, crossing his arms.
"Yup, you got that right. The bakugan stay in their normal form during battle until after the battle," said Tartai. "Get card set! Let's give them some payback, Lance!"
"With pleasure," said Lance.
"I'm not going to allow that to happen," said Julie. "Double ability activate, Spirit Canyon and Taros Hammer!"
Suddenly, the area was surrounded from a mysterious fog while Lance's G-Power dropped. Tartai gritted her teeth, "You…You nullify my gate card! Lance!"
Gorem: 500G + 100 = 600G
And then, Lance: 500G – 200 = 300G while Gorem: 600G + 200 = 800G
"Attack Gorem!" ordered Julie.
"No, No, No! Double ability activate, Magma Providence and Earth Swamp!" shouted Tartai. The ground under Gorem cracked up a bit and shot out a bit of magma, surrounding him. Then the ground started to swamp around him as well. "See if you can activate your abilities now!" she said.
Lance: 300G + 200 = 500G
And then, Lance: 500G + 400 = 900G while Gorem: 800G – 400 = 400G
"Gorem!" said Julie as her partner was slammed by Lance and her percentage went down.
Lance: 60% and Gorem: 55%
"Hang in there Julie, I know you can do it!" encouraged Alice.
"Don't lose force!" said Kai.
"Oh, she will lose – and so will all of you!" said Tartai.
Julie pouted, "I will not lose! I'm going to save my Danny! Let's go Gorem!"
In your pathetic dream, brat – Gate card activate," said Tartai. The card started to glow and surrounded Gorem, dropping his G-Power.
Gorem: 500G – 100 = 400G
'I'm not going to lose. I'm not going to lose! I'm going to save Danny!' Julie thought determination. She shouted, "Fusion ability, Wasteland and ability card activate, Gorem Punch!"
Tartai widened her eyes as her bakugan's G-Power dropped to zero while Gorem's increased.
Lance: 500G to 0G
And then, Gorem: 400G + 150 = 550G
Tartai was about to counter when she noticed she couldn't. She gritted her teeth, "You – You nullify my abilities?!"
"All your abilities," stated Julie. "Go Gorem, finish this!"
"With pleasure Julie," said Gorem, punching Lance and sending him to the ground.
Lance: 0% and Gorem: 55%
Tartai screamed as a dark aura escaped from her body including Lance who was in his ball form. She had a slight daze look on her face before shaking it off. She blinked a couple of times before she looked around with a confuse look on her face.
"Um…where am I? And who are you people?"
"She…She was being controlled," whispered Alice while Kai went over to the confuse Tartai and started explaining to her what happened for the past few weeks.
"If that's the case, the others must be controlled as well," said Shun. "That would explain the darkness that Leo and Hydra sensed."
"Oh! That creep Naga has done it now! Let's go and find him!" shouted Julie.
Tartai walked over to them, "Hey, mind if I tag along? I want to take down that bastard as well. He still has my sister under his control!"
"Is she next to brawl against?"
"I…I believe so," replied Tartai.
"Then let's go," said Runo.
They group ran down another long hallway that lead to another large room with Toga, Tartai's twin sister standing in the middle. A smirk appeared on her face, "Aw, did the little babies need a guide to come here or did you get lost?"
Runo was about to snap back when Tartai stopped her. Tartai turned to her sister, "Toga, please snap out of this! You're being controlled!"
"Be quiet you filthy traitor!" snapped Toga, activating her gauntlet. She took out her gate card and set it on the ground. Toga smirked, "Now, who's going to fall first?"
Runo stepped in, activating her Bakupad, "Let's go, Tigrerra!"
"Right you are, my lady," said Tigrerra as she form onto the field.
"Aw, look the pretty kitty wants to play," teased Kiyo.
Tigrerra simply growled at him.
"Brawl!"
Toga vs. Runo
Kiyo: 490G, 100% and Tigrerra: 500G, 100%
"Let's finished this fast Kiyo – double ability activate, Sacred Light and Light Burst!" ordered Toga. The light blinded Tigrerra for a moment as her G-Power dropped while Kiyo increased.
Kiyo: 490G + 500 = 990G while Tigrerra: 500G – 200 = 300G
"I don't think so – double ability activate, Shade Ability and Saber Glower!" counted Runo. The bluenette was able to cancel out the abilities and her partner gain a bi G-Power.
Kiyo: 990G to 490G while Tigrerra: 300G to 500G
And then, Kiyo: 490G – 400 = 90G while Tigrerra: 500G + 400 = 900G
"Damn it…lucky shot," murmured Toga, angrily. She watched as Kiyo got slashed and her percentage went down half way.
Kiyo: 55% and Tigrerra: 100%
Runo gave a smug look on her face.
"Wipe off the grin!" snapped Toga. "That was just a lucky shot! You got that! Come on, Kiyo – fusion ability, Heaven's Shine and ability card, Solar Ray! Let's see how you feel not able to activate any of your abilities!"
Runo and the others covered their eyes from the blinding light. When it dimmed down, Kiyo's G-Power increased. Kiyo: 490G + 150 = 640G + 100 = 740G
"Tigrerra!" shouted Runo, as her partner was hit by a beam of light and fall onto the ground. "Are you alright?"
"I'm…fine, don't worry about me Runo," said Tigrerra, slowly getting up.
Kiyo: 55% and Tigrerra: 75%
Runo sighed before narrowing her eyes, "Right – double ability activate, Hyper Velocity Fang and Metal Fang!"
Both of Tigrerra's claws glow while Kiyo's G-Power dropped.
Kiyo: 740G to 640G – 300 = 340G while Tigrerra: 500G + 400 = 900G
"Oh, whatever I'm going to do," mocked Toga before smirking, "Oh, I know – gate card open!"
The card glowed underneath and out of nowhere, Tigrerra was thrown-off from the ground and Runo's percentage dropped again.
Kiyo: 55% and Tigrerra: 40%
"Wha – What happened? What card she used?" said Julie.
"I'm guessing Trade-Off," said Alice. "Normally, it ends the round, but since we are percentages, the rules changed a bit."
"It would seem that Dan and I need to fix that," murmured Shun as Kai nodded.
"That's it! Ability card activate, Lightning Tornado!" snapped Runo.
Kiyo: 490G – 100 = 390G while Tigrerra: 500G + 100 = 600G
Toga smirked, "You really want to lose that bad, loud mouth. Fine, I'll grant you that wish – ability card activate, Heaven's Barrier!"
Kiyo: 390G to 490G + 200 = 690G while Tigrerra: 600G to 500G
"…I'm not going to lose – do you hear me?! I'm not going to lose!" shouted Runo. "Double ability activate, Haos Freeze and Volting Fang!"
Kiyo: 690G to 490G
And then, Kiyo: 490G – 500 = 0G while Tigrerra: 500G + 500 = 1000G
Toga widened her eyes, knowing she can't do anything. Her bakugan was freezing in time and her abilities have been nullify including her fusion card. She watched as her bakugan was defeated and returned to his ball form.
Kiyo: 0% and Tigrerra: 40%
Just like Tartai, dark aura escaped from her body and her bakugan.
Toga had a daze look when she was snapped out from her sister hugging her, deeply. She had a confuse look, "What – Tartai? Where are mom and dad? Why are we here?"
"We'll explain to you, but come with us," said Kai, seriously. Toga nodded and followed the small group to a large hallway.
-Break Line-
Tartai and Toga are free from Naga's control. Now who's next? Find out in the next update (hopefully soon, no promises), ciao guys!