"Gate card set" we yelled throwing our cards to the ground "ready Drago?" I asked holding my hand out for him to jump on to "you bet" he stated jumping off my shoulder "bakugan brawl!" I called throwing Drago onto my gate card "Drago stand" I ordered "bakugan brawl hydranoid stand." He commanded and a black and purple creature stood before me. He was on all fours and his neck stretched out far from him and his tail was swaying like a cat when it's angry "this is the bakugan I must battle against he isn't worth a moment of my time" he insulted Drago and started speaking to masquerade "battling him will be an insult to my skill. Why must I battle? Why couldn't you leave him to laserman?" masquerade answered him simply "you will do as I order now start battling and defeat him." Rather disgruntled he turned and charged at Drago. Before he could hit him I activated an ability hydranoid was 110gs higher in power than Drago so I had to choose the right ability or I would lose "ability activate fire tornado!" I called holding the ability out in front of me. Drago roared and after the power transfer ended he attacked hydranoid with his tail knocking him off balance but not to the ground "ability activate merge shield" masquerade yelled I looked at my bakupod and saw that Drago was 10gs weaker than hydranoid. I quickly activated another ability "boosted dragon" Drago attacked hydranoid and whilst they were battling I glanced over to Marucho he hadn't said a word and I had to make sure he was ok. When I looked at him I saw pure excitement plastered all over his face "you ok Marucho?" I asked "I'm more than ok Shun this is so exciting I can't wait to see who wins thank you so much for letting me watch this" shaking my head I stared back at Drago and hydranoid they were in a battle of wills. Drago may have been more powerful than hydranoid at the moment but that could quickly change "ability activate chaos of the darkness." I heard masquerade hiss out holding the ability card over his head I looked at my bakupod again and saw we were 110gs behind again "this is starting to get annoying" I complained. I took out another ability and cried "fusion ability activate delta flare!" 100gs were added to Drago's power. Before Drago attacked I opened my gate card "gate card open character" Drago's power soared to 1080gs and he attacked hydranoid with all he had knocking him to the floor. He barely had time to cry out in pain before he returned to his ball and rolled to a stop in front of masquerade's feet. I heard masquerade growl in frustration and pick up hydranoid. I held my hand out for Drago to return to me when he did Marucho and I congratulated him "Drago you did amazing" Marucho started "yea Drago you should be proud because of you we got Dan back" I finished. After we congratulated him the field disappeared and we were back in masquerade's hiding spot.
"Come on masquerade we had a deal you lost we get Dan." I smirked and gestured over to Dan I saw him smile this was the first time I had acknowledged him since we entered the room. "Of cause" he answered "Chan untie him" Chan was about to protest but was cut off before she even started when she received a cold glare from masquerade. Grumbling something under her breath she reluctantly walked over to Dan and untied the ropes that were restraining him. I watched as she unwound the rope and almost laughed at Dan's expression. When he saw the ropes it was obvious that he had no idea he was tied up and his expression showed that very clearly. It was shock, curiousness and a hint of humour at the end. "There he's free now are we just going to let them leave or are we going to stop them?" Chan snapped going over to masquerades side I ignored the rest of their conversation and continued watching Dan as he tried to stand "sorry guys guess I'm a little wobbly." Dan laughed I went over to him and held onto his arm giving him extra support. Once he was stable I let go grabbed Drago who had returned to my shoulder and held him out in the palm of my hand "here, I'm sure you want him back." I saw Dan smile and carefully pick up Drago "hey pal sorry about leaving you, can you forgive me?" Dan smirked at Drago and I could have sworn that I heard Drago sigh in aggravation. Dan was about to say something when Marucho butted into our conversation before we could move on to the subject that had ruined our friendship "come on lets go." we nodded in unison and started making our way out of the room "later masquerade, hopefully we'll see each other again but I just pray that it's in better circumstances." Dan joked waving bye to a very annoyed masquerade.
While we were walking down the hall, we were going to find Julie and Runo so we could leave, Dan turned to me "so, can you forgive me yet?" he smiled hopefully I thought for a second before I answered him "thinking about it. But for now I can only just stand being in your company without wanting to punch you. Again." He smiled as we rounded a corner "man where are they?" Dan whined "guys wait a second I'm gonna contact Alice." He started pushing buttons on his bakupod and waited for Alice to respond when there wasn't a response he started tapping the screen "I doubt that's going to work" I commented dryly. "Well I don't see you coming up with any ideas on how to contact her" he retorted. I thought about it and chose not to answer, instead I decided to contact Kato. "Kato is Alice there?" I asked connecting to Kato's line. "Sorry Master Shun but Miss Alice left about 10 minutes ago saying she was going to go help you and master Marucho find Master Dan" Kato answered me "ok thanks Kato" with that I disconnected from Kato "apparently Alice left to help us find you. He said that she left the plane 10 minutes ago" I told them "that why you couldn't contact her Dan." I had a smug undertone in my voice that I knew would irritate him. No one talked after that, we were all too preoccupied with searching for Julie Runo and now Alice. We rounded another corner and Marucho crashed into someone ending up on his back with a blue haired person on top of him. "What? Oh sorry Marucho" Runo half laughed as she pushed herself up off the floor pulling Marucho up with her "that's ok." Marucho answered brushing himself down "HEY WE FOUND YOU!" he then yelled ecstatic. "shh Marucho keep it down will you I have a splitting headache." Julie whined covering her ears he gave her a nervous laugh "sorry" I rolled my eyes and asked "have you seen Alice? Kato said she left the plane to help Dan." They shuck their heads and then they realised that Dan was standing behind me "Dan!" they cried simultaneously running over to him and hugging him "you're alive. I thought they killed you" Julie admitted when she released him. "Thanks for hoping for the best Julie I can always depend on you." He answered his voice filled with sarcasm. "Come on we don't have time for this we have to find Alice so we can get back to the plane" I told them walking off. I only took 2 steps when I was stopped by Runo "what you hate being around us so much that you can't even walk with us?" I sighed to myself "just hurry up." I started walking again and they followed quietly behind.
again I'm sorry it took so long hopefully the next chapter will be out quicker