Bakugan! The battle begins!
3rd POV
"Hey mom! I'm home!" a bruenette said, bursting through the door. His mom was downstairs doing yoga "Daniel! I put your lunch in the fridge, and please don't forget to wash up!" his mom said.
"Thanks mom! I'll be down in a minute!" he yelled throwing his back bag on the bed "Okay, time to check out my stash..." he said and pulled out a small box from a drawer. Inside where around 13 pyrus bakugans and some cards. He chose three bakugans, but then he received a message on his bakupod.
"Hey bro, it's me your brother (obviously). I just wanted to tell you HURRY THE 'F' UP ALREADY! AKIRA BROUGHT SOME WEIRD DUDE WITH HIM AND IT'S FREAKING ME OUT! Love ya. HURRY!"
Dan rolled his eyes and smiled a bit amuzed. His brother needs to do his own battles, but not today since he promised he would be there for him. He rushed dowstairs about to leave.
"Daniel? Your lunch is ready, and it's getting cold!" his mom said "Then why did you put it in the fridge?" he asked "Don't get smart with me, young man!" she said "Sorry" he apologised.
His mother asked him where he was going, but he ignored her or didn't hear what she said. He jumped on his bike and rode off to the park. There were three boys waiting for him. One was older than the other two, and one of the young boys was looking around desperately, waiting for Dan to show up. He had black messy hair, brown colored eyes, and he was wearing a red hoodie with some brown shorts and red sneakers. His name was Marcus, or Mark for short.
When he saw Dan coming, his worried face turned into a grin "He's here! Dan's here!" he said excited and happy. He ran to him and gave him a quick hug "Yeah, sorry I'm late bro" Dan said.
"And here I thought you might have chickened out" Akira said. Dan looked at him "I promised I'll be here and here I am. And who did you bring with you? Hope it's back-up, cause you'll need it" Dan said confident "Yeah!" Mark said.
"Since my battle isn't with Mark, then your battle won't be with me either, Danny-boy" Akira said and the older boy next to him got up "Wow, I don't think that's very fair" Dan said in fake-fear. The guy started cracking his knuckles, trying to be intimidating "My little bro here says you're really good. Well, I guess it's time to find out how good you really are" he said.
"He's the best! And he's gonna defeat you very easilly!" Mark said, his turn on trying to intimidate. The buy chuckled "I doubt it. You see, I'm Shuji, and I'm the master of the 'Subtera Space'" Shuji said.
"You gotta be joking I've never heard of subterra before. Ah great how am I supposed to battle against a beast that doesn't exist" Dan said shocked. Shuji and Akira looked at Mark unimpressed "What? I said he's the best, not the smartest" Mark said with his hands raised in surrender.
"Quit your stalling!" Shuji said annoyed. Dan turned to him with his usual 'ready to fight' smile "Okay! Let's do this! But I've gotta warn ya, I've never lost a battle before. Isn't that right, lil bro?" he said, turning to Mark "Of course! Prepare to lose 'master of subtera space'!" Mark said.
"Are you ready, or what?" Shuji asked annoyed "Let's go!" Akira said. Dan scoffed. Mark grabbed Dan's right arm so he can watch his brother fight. Both Dan and Shuji pulled out a card "Bakugan! Field open!" both of them said. Dan's card glowed red while Shuji's card glowed brown. Time slowed down to the point it actually stopped.
They were in the battle field "Gate card, set!" they threw their gate cards down on the other one's field. Shuji pulled out a bakugan "Ready or not, here I come!" he threw his bakugan on Dan's card "Bakugan, stand!"
A gigantic Mantris appeared on the card "Wow" Dan said "Freaky!" Mark exclaimed, and then both jumped back to avoid Mantris' leg. Dan checked his backupod.
"Welcome Dan. Oponent: Subtera Mantris. Power level: 270 G. No other data avalible"
After he planed his strategy, Dan pulled out a bakugan "Your little bug is going down!" Dan said and threw his bakugan on the card "Bakugan, stand!" he said. His choice was Serpenoid.
"Power level: 320 G"
"BAKUGAN BRAWL!" Shuji and Dan said. Mantris and Serpenoid began to fight and it seemed like Serpenoid was winning since it was a bigger power level.
"Gate card, open!" Shuji said. His gate card was a Subtera Normal. The ground turned to sand. Dan looked around and checked fast his bakupod.
"Power level increased to 420 G"
"Not good" Mark said "You can say that again" Dan said. With just one hit Mantris won, and Serpenoid was turned back into a ball, and it rolled on the ground next to Dan and Mark. Mantris turned into a ball and Shuji caught it, smirking "Oh man that was so easy you fell faster than a deck of cards in a tornado. Time to finish what I started"
Shuji threw his bakuan on Dan's card. It was a Terrorclaw "You think you're pretty good huh?" Dan pulled out another bakugan "Well, you better buckle up, cause you're going down, Shuji!" he threw his bakugan on the card. It was Ravenoid.
"Gate card, open!" Dan said. His gate card was a Pyrus Normal, which increased Ravenoid's power level. Fire appeared on the field and Ravenoid defeated Terrorclaw in a flash.
"BURN!" Mark shouted. Shuji glared at them "You're going down! Gate card, set!" he threw his gate card down and both of them threw a Saurus. Shuji opened his gate card, which gave his Saurus a power boost.
"Ability card activated! Saurus' glow!" Dan threw his ability card on the field and his Saurus was wrapped on fire. He began to glow and it knocked out Shuji's Saurus from the fight "No...it can't be happening!" Shuji exclaimed.
"Hate to tell ya, bud, but it looks like you're down to your Subtera Mantris" Dan said "Not for long" Mark said.
"We'll see about that, punk!" Shuji said annoyed. He threw down a gate card and his Mantris. Dan threw his Ravenoid. Shuji opened his gate card, which was again a Subtera Normal "Now to play my ability card" Shuji smirked "Slice cutter!" his ability card glowed orange and he threw it on Mantris. It should've defeated Ravenoid imediately, but...
"If you think you're the only one holding an ace, you're wrong!" Dan said "Counter ability activated! Frame Flare!" he said. Ravenoid blocked his attack, and defeated Mantris. Shuji was left with his mouth opened and his eyes widdened.
"Game set and match. Dan"
"It looks like I win" Dan said and the field dissapeared "Like always" Mark said "Was there any doubt?" Dan asked, proud of himself. Mark hugged him "Thank you for fighting for me today" Mark said "Yeah, yeah, no problem. You should fight, too, y'know" Dan said "Maybe one day. Now go buy me a sandwich! I'm starving!" Mark said and let go.
Dan rolled his eyes. The moment was gone as soon as it came.
(LATER THAT NIGHT)
Dan was showing off to his online friends about how he win the fight.
"Man, you should've seen me! I was totally wicked! But then again, what else would you expect from the greatest bakugan brawler" Dan said. Mark was sitting on his bed, watching him.
"Whatever. I just checked the world rankings and you're sitting at 121" Runno said, trying to burst his bubbles "That's impossible, Runno" Dan said "Why don't you ckeck yourself?" Mark asked.
That's what Dan did. He was actually at 117 "Oh, please! Gi'me a break! You should save your breath until you break into the top 10!" she said, crossing her arms.
"Oh, yeah! Like you're the one to talk! You're not even ranked!" while Dan was the older brother, when he's talking to (or more like arguing with) Runno he becomes more childish than Mark.
Jullie decided to stop their arguement by flirting with Dan. It didn't end well since when she kissed the webcam, he fell on his back disgusted "That must've hurt. Jullie, quit kissing the webcam! It started to become weird" Mark said and shivered.
"Yeah, I'm a battle brawler! I'm not your boyfriend!" Dan said, blushing a bit "Wow, this is so kindergarten!" Runno said and looked away, arms crossed "You go Dany! I'll always be your biggest fan in the world!" Jullie said. Mark got up and pushed Dan away from the webcam "Stand back, Jullie! I'm his biggest fan!" Mark said annoyed.
Marucho decided to stop their glaring contest since from his point of view it looked like they were glaring at him "Dan, I suggest you get your sights on Shun. He's ranked number 1 and in a few years you could surpass him" he said. Jullie and Mark did stop glaring at each other because the moment became...awkward to everyone.
"In a few years? There has to be a way you could challenge him or something, isn't there?" Alice asked shocked. Dan leaned on the chair "I bet I could take that jerk. I don't mean to brag, you know, but no one's even come close to challenging me" he said "Better look out Shun, because I'm gonna take you down" he said to no one in particular. The others looked at each other.
(THE NEXT DAY)
"Do girls just jump into the skirt to put it on?" Mark asked Dan as they went out for a walk. Dan just shruged, wondering the same thing.
Dan looked up and the thing he saw made him roll his eyes "I want a rematch!" Shuji said. He and Akira blocked their way "Give me a break" Dan groaned "Do you like losing that much?" Mark asked amused.
"ZIP IT! Either we brawl, or I'll let my first do the talking!" Shuji said mad "Yeah!" Akira said. Mark realized how annoying he sounded doing that. Dan gave his back bag to Mark "Hold this for a second, it won't take too much" Dan said and Mark nod.
"Field open!" Dan and Shuji said. They were again in he battle field. Mark was actually bored and he didn't care that much about what was going on. He only knew that his bro was gonna win again.
It became indeed interresting when Shuji played with Darkus instead of Subtera. Shuji did won the first fight, but Dan didn't seem to give up. Stinglash defeated Saurus in the first fight, so next was Serpenoid.
"You got this bro!" Mark said encouraging him, but something was wrong. Dan just stared at nothing in particular. It worried Mark "Dan...are you okay?" he grabbed him by the arm and shook him a little. Dan blinked twice and shook his head "That was...totally weird..." he muttered "What happened?" Mark asked but Dan ignored him.
They failed to notice Stinglash about to attack Serpenoid, but Serpenoid handled itself well. They watched how Serpenoid wrapped itself around Stinglash and Dan returned his full attention to the game.
"Hey, Shuji? What happened to your trash talk? Scared your scrawny Stinglash can't handle the pressure?" Dan said with a smirk, forgetting what happened earlier, except Mark. He still looked at Dan suspiciously.
"Command card, Quarted battle, activate now! Get ready Shuji, cause a few more bakugans have been invited to the party!" Dan said. His gate card opened, but something weird happened. His abilitu card began to glow white "What is going on?" Mark asked confused "I don't know! It's like my ability card is...transforming?" Dan said. Shuji card began to glow as well.
A bakugan appeared from each card and it was sent into the battle. The glow from Dan's card began to fade and he read it "Woah! Isn't this a dragonoid card?" Dan asked "I have no idea" Mark said "That was rhetorical" Dan said and turned to the battle. Stinglash and Serpenoid seemed to have dissapeared. Instead there was a Darkus Fear Ripper and a Pyrus Dragonoid 'Wow! Those are the same beasts I saw in my vision!" Dan exclaimed shocked "A vision?" Mark asked confused. This battle was so confusing to him that he wished he payed attention to what was going on befor-
"You must come to your senses!"
Dan and Mark looked at each other "I didn't say that" they said at the same time. It was too deep to be Shuji-
"Fear Ripper! Snap out of it!"
They heard it again. Mark looked at the bakugans "No way..." he muttered "Was it you?!" Dan asked the Dragonoid.
"The negative energies of the Silent Core taken over your power of reason!"
"My ears are...playing tricks on me?" Dan asked "No. I hear it too!" Mark said. Was he scared or excited? Maybe both.
"His power is building!" the Dragonoid said and kicked the Fear Ripper away from him "Boosted Dragon!" he shot a huge fireball, defeating the Fear Ripper and ending the battle.
"Are you okay man?" Akira asked his brother "I lost again!" Shuji cried.
"Tell me I'm not the only one freaked out about what just happened" Mark said. Dan didn't answer him, and when Mark turned to him he saw him looking at the bakugan in his hand. The talking bakugan to be more specific.
(BACK AT HOME)
"Okay, if you're in there, talk to me, cause I wanna get to the bottom of this" Dan said, holding the not-anymore talking bakugan in his hand. He was sitting on his chair close to the bed where Mark was sitting, looking at the bakugan.
He rolled his eyes at Dan "Have you checked the instruction manual?" Mark asked sarcastically "That's right! I should chec-wait a second! There isn't something like that!" Dan glared at Mark "You heard it too! How can a game piece suddenly talk like that" Dan said "Because it's probably not a game! Hello! We just saw a huge dragon appearing out of nowhere along with another weird bakugan! This is obviously not a game!" Mark said.
"Good programers. Haven't you seen what things they do this days? Ugh, this is off topic! I know this bakugan talked!" Dan said, annoyed as ever. Mark rolled his eyes again. If he keeps on like that, he might see his brain at some point "Well, why don't you wait till tomorrow? Maybe today he's 'out of batteries'" Mark said, obviously sarcastic. Unfortunately...
"Yeah, you might be right!" Dan said excited. Mark looked at him unimpressed "What?" Dan asked. Mark sighed "Never mind. So, what's his name?" Mark asked "Hmm...since he's a dragonoid...Drago! I'm gonna call him Drago!" Dan said "I hope he likes it" Mark said.
"Well, time to hook up to the web" Dan said, deciding that he wasted enough time with that bakugan "I wanna see Runno's face when you tell her that your bakugan talked" Mark said and laughed.
Thought...their reactions were the opposite of what Mark and Dan expected "No way! You too?" Runno asked "It happened to you too?" Mark asked "No, but you should log on to the Bakugan Site" she said "It's what everyone talks about" Jullie said.
Dan logged in and they were shocked at how full the chat was, and everyone was talking about the same topic.
Maybe there was more to the bakugan world after all.
AN: And this is the first chapter. Sorry if there are any mistakes. Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Leave a review. See ya next time. Bye!