Chapter One: A New Beginning
It was a bright sunny afternoon in the city of Bayview; it was turning out to be one of the best days of the year with only a week left until the summer holidays began. In the quite suburbs of Bayview a bicycle pulled up outside of a yellow coloured two-storeyed house.
Inside a young woman with shoulder length brown hair, wearing a pink t-shirt and black shorts was standing in front of the television practising her yoga moves, just then the door opened and a voice ran rang out.
"Mom, I'm home!"
The woman stopped practising as she heard her son run up the stairs.
"No shoes in the house!" She called out, before sighing, how many times had she told that to Dan.
The boy in question was Daniel Kuso, but it was Dan to his friends. He had the same brown hair and eyes as his mother; in his hair he wore hexagonal shaped goggles. He wore a white-collared red jacket with the sleeves rolled slightly up his forearms. He had on dark trousers with side pockets that were outlined in red and tucked into his blue and black sneakers with gray tongues. He was fairly tall and had an average build for a sixteen year old boy.
"Where you at buddy?" He called out after he had thrown his schoolbag onto his bed.
From behind his computer on his desk a large red marble rolled out and opened up into the shape of a red dragon with yellow coloured horns. This was none other than Dan's partner Bakugan; Drago.
"Hiding from your mom, last time she tried to make me work out with her." Drago explained to Dan.
"Maybe we should both split?" Dan asked with a sly wink. He had homework to do, but that could wait until later, after he had an important date with a friend this afternoon.
"Good idea." Drago nodded before closing back up and hopping into Dan's hand.
Dan quickly rushed down the stairs again.
"Hey! I said no shoes in the house!" His mother called out annoyed, but by this point Dan was already out the front door, on his bike and pedalling along the river. He took in the beautiful views of the city as he found himself lost in his thoughts.
"I have to admit, when dad got transferred from Wardington in Japan to Bayview in America for work I wasn't that excited about coming. But now that I'm here, I really dig it! I have to admit it wasn't easy have to leave Runo behind, but we still manage to catch up online. I mean after all; a long distance relationship is better than having no relationship at all, isn't it?"
Dan pulled up alongside a local café and took a seat outside, waiting patiently for the other party to arrive, it was then a voice sounded out behind him.
"Why hello handsome." A girl's voice said playfully.
Dan grinned before turning around.
The girl in question had tan coloured skin, dark blue eyes and long silver coloured hair tied up in a ponytail, she was wearing a pink and white shirt and matching skirt. She was quite pretty, with a charming smile and quite a nice figure. This was Julie Makimoto the original Subterra Brawler of Dan's team: The Bakugan Battle Brawlers. Julie hailed from Africa in a place called Bakugan Valley, she originally had a huge crush on Dan, but was now seeing her childhood friend Billy Gilbert.
"Hi Julie!" Dan replied with a smile of his own.
"So what can I get for you today?" Julie asked, bringing out a pen and notepad as she worked as a waitress at this café.
"Just water will do thanks." Dan replied.
Julie looked disappointed and pouted a little.
"Big surprise, cheapskate!" She sighed as she reached over behind the counter a picked up two bottles of water before taking a seat opposite Dan.
It was just then that Drago rolled out of Dan's pocket and opened up on the table, "Hello Julie."
"Hey Drago!" Julie smiled winking at him.
"I still can't believe that you and Dan ended up neighbours again. But this time halfway around the world." Drago stated.
"It's crazy I know! But's its nice having an old friend nearby." She said, folding her arms and legs and leaning back in her chair.
It was just then that Julie's Guardian Bakugan, Subterra Hammer Gorem rolled out across the table to greet Drago.
"It's good to see you again old friend." The Golem-like Bakugan said, his wise was deep, but wise and stoic, and carried an endless amount of kindness behind it.
"Likewise Gorem." Drago said, happy to see his old teammate again.
"So how have you and Runo been keeping during your little online dates?" asked Dan teasingly.
At this Dan nearly choked on the mouthful of water he was drinking.
"Julie!" He spluttered in embarrassment, his cheeks turning light pink.
Julie just laughed.
"Just kidding, but I've been speaking to her recently and see seems okay with the whole situation. She asked me to keep an eye on you just in case you fall for some cute American girl behind her back!" She added slyly, with a twisted grin on her face.
"Anyway, you still up for visiting Bakugan Interspace today?" Dan asked, determined to steer the conversation away from his love life.
"Sure am, I managed to persuade my boss to give me the rest of the day off, I can't wait to see how it looks fully completed for the first time!" She giggled in excitement.
Dan downed the rest of his water, before standing up to leave, "Alright let's go!"
Dan and Julie pulled up on their bicycles outside a red dome shaped building in the middle of Bayview. There were hundreds of kids from all ages pouring in and out of it. The two headed inside; the main reception was large and well light with many windows allowing the sunlight to pour in, there was a restaurant, reception desk, games arcade and many more entertaining places, but what was most fascinating was that there were various treadmills on the ground leading off in different directions in the building. Dan had come to this place many times, so the novelty of how spectacular the place was had worn off, but as this was her first time Julie couldn't help gawping in awe. The two headed over to one of the treadmills.
"Lady's first." Dan said, gesturing to it with a small mock bow.
"Why thank you kind sir." Julie giggled as she stepped on and let it carry her and Dan away.
As the two proceeded down various corridors the television screens above their heads came to life, and a blond haired, blue eyed boy wearing red glasses wearing a blue business suite and red tie came into view.
"Good afternoon and welcome to Bakugan Interspace! The world's first and only 100% virtual battle park created just for you! Come and experience thrilling brawls from kids from around the globe!" he stated with great enthusiasm, make wide sweeping hand gestures. This boy was of course Marucho Marukura, the fifteen year old genius son of billionaire parents and the creator of Bakugan Interspace. He was the Aquos Brawler of the Battle Brawlers and had helped Dan to liberate New Vestroia a year ago.
"Marucho's become quite the pitch-man." Drago said from Dan's shoulder.
"You have to admit the idea of bringing brawling to the masses is brilliant!" Dan stated.
It was just then that Dan noticed the door he had been keeping an eye out for and hoped off the treadmill. He punched in a few numbers of the console next to the door and the screen above it lit up with his picture and details, as a female voice rang out.
"Welcome Dan Kuso."
With that the door opened, revealing a room with several man sized glass tubes lining either of the walls.
"This is how we get into Bakugan Interspace." Dan explained to Julie as he walked inside one of the tubes."
Julie looked confused and perhaps a little nervous, but followed Dan's suite all the same and stepped inside one of the glass tubes which promptly closed down around her.
Julie squeaked in fright slightly at the confined space she was trapped in.
"Just breathe okay, it'll be all over in a few seconds." Dan assured her calmly.
Just the same female voice rang out again.
"Primary simulation standing by. Synchro translation 5-4-3-2-1-0. "
The process then began; Dan and Julie were assimilated into data from the feet up and were transported into Bakugan Interspace. After they had reappeared the same female voice called out again, "Welcome to Bakugan Interspace, please enjoy your stay. And remember, play nice."
Julie gingerly stepped out her tube and looked around, "Everything looks so real!" She gasped in awe.
"Not exactly, but it is the next best thing." Dan said as he walked over to exit door.
"So you ready?" he asked as his finger hovered over the handle of the door.
Julie nodded enthusiastically.
The double doors opened and she and Dan stepped into the world of Bakugan Interspace.
The area they had arrived in was circular in shape and gigantic in size, with people milling around, engaging in idle chit chat with each other, comparing Bakugan and generally having a good time. Everything was perfect, right down to the last detail, the houses, streets, benches, alleyways, grass and even the water couldn't have looked more real than if it existed in real life, it truly was a work of art, on top of that; there were gigantic television screens suspended from the ceiling that were showing various Bakugan Brawls taking places in various different arenas.
"Whoa!" Julie gasped at the sheer beauty and brilliance of it all, "So incredible!"
"This area's called the main courtyard, it's where players from wherever can just come and hang out." Dan explained.
"It's massive!" Julie exclaimed in delight.
"This is also a place where you can exchange helpful hints and strategies while searching for opponent's to battle against." A young male voice sounded from behind them, Dan and Julie turned around to see none other than Marucho himself, standing there smiling serenely at them.
His real name was Choji Marukura, but everyone called him Marucho. He had grown slightly in the past year, but he still only came up to past Dan's waist. Today he had on a dark blue and white hooded jacket, aqua blue shorts that came down to his knees and white and blue sneakers.
"Hey Marucho!" Dan greeted with a smile of his own.
"Hey Dan and Julie, how's things?" Marucho asked raising his hand in welcome.
"Pretty good!" Dan replied with a wink.
"This is my first visit to Bakugan Interspace, so it's gonna be my first battle today! Isn't that right Gorem?" Julie asked her Guardian Bakugan with renewed enthusiasm.
"Just bring it on Julie; I'm always ready for you." Gorem said from her shoulder.
"That sounds really great but… erm…" Marucho said nervously as he looked around the various TV screens around the area that were showing the various battles going on in the arena's around Interspace.
"Unfortunately all of the battle arenas are full at the moment." He said apologetically.
"What! You got a full house?" Dan exclaimed in surprise.
Marucho nodded in acknowledgement.
"That's awesome dude! I just can't believe how popular you made this in such a short period of time!" Dan added, impressed.
"Thanks." Marucho smiled, blushing slightly, "But a lot of the credit for this lies with Ren."
As Dan, Shun and Marucho discussed their various new partners and their plans for Bakugan Interspace, they suddenly heard a voice from behind them.
"Excuse me. Would you be the Bakugan Battle Brawlers?" The speaker was a boy of about their age, he had tanned skin, was fairly tall and slim, but was also well built. He had silver spiky hair, pale yellow eyes and angular facial features. He wore a black skin tight shot sleeved shirt with purple markings on the shoulders, a magenta coloured wrist band on his left wrist, grey trousers and black and purple knee high boots.
"Yeah we are the Brawlers. So who are you then?" Marucho asked, confused by this strange new arrival.
"My name's Ren, Ren Krawler." The mysterious boy said with a smile.
That's great, but… how did you get in here? This area isn't open to the public, it's under construction and we're using proprietary technology." Marucho explained, just then the television screen behind the group lit up, and Marucho's butler Kato appeared.
"Forgive me Master Marucho. Mr Krawler said he had a matter of the utmost urgency to discuss with you, so I let him through." He explained.
Later the group moved into the lounge to make themselves more comfortable, Ren accepted a cup of tea and began to explain his presence here.
"I had heard a few rumours about the Bakugan Interspace, so I did some research and tracked all of you Brawlers down."
At this Marucho raised an eyebrow, "Rumours? But I don't understand this project is top secret."
"Sounds like you've got a leak inside your research team." Shun put in.
"So what exactly did you hear?" Dan asked suspiciously.
"Nothing specific, but I did hear stuff about you guys. What few details I did learn about Interspace made me realise you've got a huge problem though. There aren't enough Bakugan available to all of your potential Battlers." Ren pointed out politely.
At Dan and Shun exchanged and confused look. "Is that really true?" he asked Marucho.
"Actually, now that I think of it, yes." He admitted, he scratched his chin, clearly deep in thought on how to solve the problem, "Perhaps the answer lies in cloning existing Bakugan, but which ones? The digital versions in the system, or live ones from New Vestroia?
"I don't know, but both of those options seem like bad ideas." Shun interjected darkly, and Dan privately agreed.
"Actually, I think I could be of some help in that area, if you'll allow me." Ren put in with a small smile.
Dan narrowed his eyes, he wasn't comfortable about letting this virtual stranger in on their plans, "Listen pal, we just met." Dan pointed out coolly.
"True, but I also received the unknown Phantom Data." Ren explained, his smile broadening at the astonished looks on Dan, Shun and Marucho's faces.
"The version of the data that Ren received was quite different from what we received in that there was so much more of it. If Ren hadn't come to us that day I don't think there's any way that Bakugan Interspace would have made it past the prototype stage." Marucho smiled in remembrance.
"Well, well speak of the devil…" Dan grinned at something behind Marucho.
"And he's sure to appear." Ren finished as he came to a stop in front of them.
"How's it going there Dan?" He asked politely.
"Hey there Ren, this is my old friend…" Dan began, gesturing towards Julie.
"Julie Makimoto. I understand that this is your first battle, and that Subterra Hammer Gorem is your partner Bakugan." Ren finished.
"Uhhh, yeah?" Julie agreed, looking at Ren in deep concern.
"Relax I just reviewed her registration data that's all." Ren assured her with a smile.
"In case you couldn't tell, Ren is in charge of Data management for Bakugan Interspace." Marucho explained.
"He's a freak for research, facts and figures." Dan jokingly added.
"Thanks a lot guys. Since I'm such a freak I guess that's how I know that Shun is battling in Arena F12. Wanna check it out Dan?" Ren asked with a sly grin.
"Really? Shun?" Dan was more than surprised to hear that his best friend was here.
Ren nodded.
"Awesome! I'm in!" Dan cried in excitement, "Arena F12." He said as he punched in the numbers on his Baku-Meter.
At that moment a yellow portal opened in front of them, which would undoubtedly take them to Arena F12.
"Let's go!" Dan cried as he rushed in; the others followed suite.
When the emerged on the other side of the portal, they saw that they had arrived at the back of the audience of a huge circular arena, the seats were all raised up in levels so that everyone got a good view of the large circular arena down below them.
"Hey there's our boy!" Dan said pointing down at the arena.
Sure enough there was Shun Kazami, the seventeen year old, long black haired, brown eyed, ninja Ventus Brawler of the Bakugan Battle Brawlers. He was wearing a dark green ninja style shirt with purple and gold trimmings, black pants, black wrist bands and purple and green boots. He was fighting with the digital clone of his new Guardian Bakugan Hawktor, ever since his old Guardians; Storm Skyress and Master Ingram had stayed behind on New Vestroia to help protect the Bakugan.
Hawktor resembled a humanoid hawk with large dark green feathered wings and long dark green tail feathers, the rest of his body was covered with lighter green feathers, His feet were bird-like with three long curved talons on each, and he also had long talon-like hands as well. Red eagle like eyes were covered by a black mask and his beak and head feathers were a pale yellow.
He was fighting against the heavy built, black haired Shuji, a would-be-bully from Dan's past, he was fighting with a Haos Longfly; an insecticide Bakugan with a long body and four wings with a large stinger on its tail.
"Ability Activate: Blizzard Flasher." Shuji commanded.
The Longfly flapped it insect wings at Hawktor, releasing a yellow blizzard at Hawktor.
"See that! No one can beat me that that I've perfected my strategy with Subterra, Darkus and Haos!" Shuji declared arrogantly.
"Yeah well you're strategy is good. But it's your execution that needs work." Shun replied, unfazed.
"What? What do ya mean?" Shuji demanded, confused.
"Ability Activate: Ninja Defence, Wild Wind Dance." Shun countered.
Hawktor flapped his own wings out in front of him, releasing a blast of wind and green energy, which nullified Longfly's ability.
Shuji growled in annoyance, before moving on to his next ability.
"Ability Activate: Split Pointer."
Longfly charged at Hawktor with its bladed stinger at the ready, but Shun had already anticipated this.
"Ability Activate: Fly Fang, Hyper Storm."
Hawktor completely disappeared from sight, causing Longfly to miss entirely, but he quickly reappeared and slammed into the Haos Bakugan, he repeated this several times until Longfly was returned to Ball Form and Shuji's Life Force dropped to 0%.
"Battle over! And the victory goes to Shun Kazami!" The announcer called out.
The watching crowd cheered as Shun grabbed Hawktor as he reverted back to Ball Form and flew back into his hand. He then spotted Dan and the others were standing at the front edge of the arena to get a better look at the battle. Using his ninja skills he quickly jumped over to meet them.
"Nice one Shun!" Dan complimented as they slammed their fists together in a friendly gesture, "But you've still got a ways to go to catch up to me!" he added, gesturing over at the large screen at the right side of the arena, which showed the Top Ranked Brawlers in Interspace. It showed that Dan, Shun and Marucho were ranked numbers one, two and tree respectively.
"Still as high and mighty as ever, eh Dan?" Julie giggled.
"Won't take me long to catch up." Shun stated boldly.
"You're up next Julie." Ren said, turning round to her.
Marucho looked at Ren in confusion, "What are you taking about Ren?"
"Well I shifted around the battle orders a bit to move her up." Ren admitted with a shrug.
"Ren! That's not fair for the others whose turn it really is!" Marucho replied reproachfully.
"Since Julie is our friend I thought we could make an exception." Ren reasoned evenly.
Just then announcer called out the next two combatants.
"On task for the next battle is the number one ranked Dan Kuso!" he announced as Dan's picture was brought up on screen.
"You're up Julie! Thank your lucky stars, not many people get to go up against the Top Rated Brawler in their first battle here." Ren said encouragingly.
"No problem, I always wanted a chance to go against Dan again." Julie said, now completely serious.
"I've been interested to see how powerful you've become now Drago." Gorem also put in.
"Don't think I'll go easy on you through Gorem." Drago replied jokingly.
Just then the announcer called out Dan's opponent, but it wasn't what any of them were expecting…
"And facing off against Dan is a first time participant; Ren Krawler!"
Everyone stared blankly at screen in confusion as though there had been some sort of mistake, after all Ren had just said that Julie would be Dan's opponent.
"Oops, looks like I messed up the order." Ren said, scratching the back of his head sheepishly.
"C'mon Ren, what is going on here man?" Dan asked, raising his eyebrow.
"I bet he planned it this way." Shun put in playfully.
"No problem, I can sit this one out." Julie said with a smile and a shrug.
"C'mon Dan, can't keep the fans waiting." Ren said with a challenging grin.
"You sure about this? Drago' pretty strong." Dan replied with a grin of his own.
"Well my Linehalt's no pushover either." Ren said, his eyes showing nothing but raw confidence.
Before long Dan and Ren were facing each other on opposite sides of the arena.
"Bakugan field open!" the announcer called as the field glowed white, signally that the Bakugan could materialise in the true forms on it.
"Let's see what you've got!" Dan called out to Ren as he pulled out a Gate Card.
"Gate Card set!" He cried as he threw it down, before grabbing Drago.
"Bakugan Brawl!" Dan shouted as he threw Drago.
"Bakugan Stand! Go Pyrus Helix Dragonoid!" He commanded as Drago opened up as transformed into his true form in a tornado of flames.
He spread his two huge bat-like wings from around his body to reveal his humanoid posture with his bright red and orange colour scheme, with his long straight yellow horns above his eyes, the curved horn on the bridge of his snout and smaller ones running down his back, the turquoise diamond set into his chest, his long tail with its golden bladed tip and his three-toed razor sharp claws. He resembled the Legendary Soldier Pyrus soldier Appollonir in every way.
Helix Dragonoid-800g
"I've just realised, I've never seen Ren battle before." Marucho mused to himself.
"He's going up against Dan. It could be over before he knows it." Shun added thoughtfully.
Ren smiled before grabbing his own Bakugan.
"Bakugan Brawl!" he shouted as he hurled his partner down.
"Bakugan Stand! Rise Darkus Linehalt!" He commanded as the Bakugan opened up and appeared before them in a wave of darkness.
The Bakugan had a humanoid posture; he resembled a demonic knight with black and purple armour covering his body, the armour had three large green jewels set into its chest, two large curved yellow horns protruded out from the side of its helmet, while two slightly smaller ones curved up from the top, its eyes were yellow and snake-like, peering out from behind it's helmet and two huge leathery bat-like wings sprouted from its back with wing membranes the colour of red wine. This Darkus Linehalt truly was a fearsome sight to behold.
Helix Dragonoid-800g VS Linehalt-800g
"I've never seen that Bakugan before." Marucho noted
Dan noticed that Linehalt was just as powerful as Drago, but that didn't matter, he was going to win this battle regardless of how strong Linehalt was.
"Ability Activate: Dragon Hummer."
A fiery red aura surrounded Drago's body, giving him increased speed as he flew towards Linehalt and attempted to strike him with his tail, but the Darkus Bakugan was able to skilfully avoid the attack.
"Stay on him!" Dan ordered, but no matter how hard Drago tried to strike him Linehalt was able to stay out of his reach. It was then that Ren made his move.
"Ability Activate: Volting Vibra."
Helix Dragonoid-500g (-300) VS Linehalt-800g
Purple lightning burst from Linehalt's horns and came together in a single stream which struck Drago straight in his chest, dissipating his fiery aura.
"Snap! He nullified my ability!" Dan cried in frustration.
"Lucky shot, let's go Dan!" Drago said, completely undiscouraged.
"Gate Card Open: Pyrus Reactor." Dan called.
Helix Dragonoid-800g (+300) VS Linehalt-800g
The Gate Card glowed red and then a torrent of fire emerged from it and surrounded Drago, empowering him and returning him to his full strength.
"Ability Activate: Galactic Dragon."
Helix Dragonoid-1300g (+500) VS Linehalt-800g
Drago opened his maw and fired a gigantic fireball at Linehalt, with a tail of fire streaming out behind it like a comet. But Ren was prepared.
"Ability Activate: Dispel Closer"
Helix Dragonoid-800g (-500) VS Linehalt-1300g (+500)
Linehalt raised his left hand and the circular purple stone that was set into the palm of his gauntlet glowed brightly. The fireball was absorbed straight into the stone, and the strength of the attack spun Linehalt right around allowing him to fire an exact replica of the fireball back at Drago from the stone on the palm of his right hand, only it was purple in colour; the attack smote Drago straight on his chest, blowing him back in agony. Dan knew he had to do something and fast.
"Hold on Drago!" He called out.
Ability Activate: Flame Tornado."
Helix Dragonoid-1200g (+400) VS Linehalt-900g (-400)
Orange and yellow flames burst around Drago's body, allowing him to recover from Linehalt's attack and charge into him in a torrent of flame, knocking his out of the sky and reverting him back to Ball Form.
On the giant screen beside them, Ren's Life Force dropped three bars to 40%.
"Oh yeah! Dan totally schooled him!" Julie cheered.
"Yeah, but he got some pretty good shots in on Drago. Ren's definitely no punk." Shun said, clearly impressed with Ren's brawling abilities.
"Check it out guys, they've started round two already." Marucho said in awe.
Shun and Julie looked up and saw indeed that Drago and Linehalt were already in their true forms up in the air duking it out. This time Ren made the first move.
"Ability Activate: Volting Vibra."
Helix Dragonoid-500g (-300) VS Linehalt-800g
Lightning streamed from Linehalt's horns at Drago once again.
"Really, you're playing that one again?" Dan asked mockingly.
"Ability Activate: Burning Reflector."
Helix Dragonoid-800g (+300) VS Linehalt-800g
Drago opened his mouth and breathed out a flaming circular shield which caused the lightning to dissipate when it hit it.
"Well played." Ren noted before pulling out his next move.
Ability Activate: Darkness Blizzard."
Linehalt raised both of his wings and then flapped them hard out in front of him; sending out a blizzard of purple coloured snow towards Drago with caused his blazing shield to vanish.
"What the?" Drago gasped, as the snow blew in his face, causing his to close and eyes and turn away, momentarily stunned. Ren didn't give him a chance to recover.
"Gate Card Open: Freeze Enemy."
Helix Dragonoid-600g (-200) VS Linehalt-800g
The Gate Card glowed brightly, and suddenly Drago's entire body was encased in ice, causing him to plummet towards the ground.
"What's happening?" Dan cried in shock.
Ren grinned slyly.
"The Command Card, Freeze Enemy freezes the opponent's movements and prevents them from activating abilities." He explained.
"Drago!" Dan cried out in desperation, but there was nothing he could do, he could only watch as Drago hit the ground with a might crash and reverted back to Ball Form.
On the screen Dan's Life Force dropped two bars to 60%
"Hey don't cha think that was a bit harsh?" Dan asked playfully after he picked up Drago.
C'mon! Why should I pull any punches? You are number one right?" Ren called back.
"That's right and don't you forget it!" Dan said as he threw down another Gate Card.
The two brawlers then threw down both of their Bakugan again for what was sure to be the final round. Dan started it off once again.
"Ability Activate: Dragon Hummer."
Fiery red aura engulfed Drago's body once again and he charged at Linehalt, determined to take him down. But Ren wasn't going to let it go that easily.
"Ability Activate: Dark Sabre."
Helix Dragonoid-500g (-300) VS Linehalt-800g
A long, thin, purple coloured blade emerged from the purple stone of the palm of Linehalt's right hand. He griped it and slashed Drago across the chest with his, sending him spiralling back with a roar of pain. But Dan was quick to retaliate.
"Fusion Ability Activate: Power Glazer."
Helix Dragonoid-1000g (+500) VS Linehalt-800g
Drago's body glowed with a bright reddish-white coloured light as the effect of the ability took hold, but Dan wasn't done yet.
"This should end it!"
"Ability Activate: Galactic Dragon."
Helix Dragonoid-1500g (+500) VS Linehalt-800g
Drago once again launched a huge fireball at Linehalt from his mouth at Linehalt. Ren knew he had to stop this and fast.
"Fusion Ability Activate: Twist Bow."
Helix Dragonoid-1300g (-200) VS Linehalt-800g
Linehalt hurled his blade at Drago sending it spinning through the air but the fireball just cut right through it.
"You think that's gonna take down Drago?" Dan called out, unimpressed by Ren's attempted counter-attack. Ren then decided to try something else.
"Ability Activate: Razen Breaker."
Helix Dragonoid-1300g VS Linehalt-1200g (+400)
The three green diamonds on Linehalt's chest armour and the purple stones on his hands glowed purple and he fired streams of dark purple lightning from each one at Drago. The lightning streams met the fire ball in mid-air, and for a while the managed to stop its progress, but eventually the fireball broke through them and struck Linehalt, but he was only blown backwards through the air as his lightning had stopped the worst of Drago's attack, allowing him to quickly recover.
"Drago's as tough as his reputation says." Ren mused aloud, "I was hoping to save this for later." He said as he pressed a few buttons on his Baku-Meter, causing it to glow purple.
"Ready Boomix." The voice on the Baku-Meter said as a Battle Gear was materialised there.
"He's got Battle Gear!" Drago said in surprise.
"Battle Gear Boost!" Ren cried as he seized his Battle Gear and threw it at Linehalt, causing it to appear on his body.
Helix Dragonoid-1300g VS Linehalt-1400g (+200)
Boomix looked like a cross between a cannon and a shotgun; it was so huge that Linehalt had to support it with both hands over his right shoulder. It was black in colour with purple and silver highlights and had two shotgun-like barrels.
Despite this Dan simply smiled.
"We can play that game too." He said as he pressed a few buttons on his own Baku-Meter causing it to glow red.
"Ready JetKor." The voice on his Baku-Meter said as his Battle Gear materialised.
"Battle Gear Boost!" Dan shouted as he grabbed it and threw it at Drago
Helix Dragonoid-1400g (+100) VS Linehalt-1400g
Drago's wings retracted into his back as his Battle Gear appeared there; it resembled metallic red and amber wings similar to his real ones, there were two large, circular green lenses on the wings and dual black and silver cannons on the back of the gear.
"So awesome!" Julie squealed in glee.
"Their Power Levels are completely even now." Shun agreed.
Ren made the first move.
"Battle Gear Ability Activate: Boomix Lock."
Helix Dragonoid-900g (-500) VS Linehalt-1400g
Linehalt fired twin beams of purple energy from Boomix's dual barrels at Drago
"Back it up!" Dan shouted.
"Battle Gear Ability Activate: JetKor Delta."
Helix Dragonoid-1400g (+500) VS Linehalt-1400g
Drago fired twin beams of red energy from JetKor's twin cannons at Linehalt. The two beams of energy met in mid-air, and when they did there was a tremendous explosion of energy that pooled together in a mass of pure white energy that started to spread across that arena floor! Both Dan and Ren gasped in horror at how the energy created was spiralling out of control.
"Oh no!" Shun shouted in terror. But Marucho recognized the danger immediately.
"I need an emergency shutdown of the system, terminate this battle immediately!" he shouted into his Baku-Meter.
The shockwaves from the energy blew both Linehalt and Ren and Drago and Dan back. Dan screamed as he was blown off his feet, he felt himself soaring through the air, and then a crushing pain in his head and neck as the world went black.
When Dan groggily opened his eyes he found himself not looking at the ceiling of Bakugan Interspace, but at the starry night sky. At this his eyes shot wide open and he bolted upright into a sitting position.
"Where am I?" He called out in shock as he took in his new surroundings; he was sitting in the middle of a barren piece of rocky land for as far as he could see; there was no sign of Ren, Shun, Marucho, Julie anywhere. Just as Dan was getting really freaked out by what had happened as blast of energy hit the ground a few meters away from him. He yelped in shock and looked at where the energy had come from; he let out a strangled gasp at what he saw.
Standing on a rocky ledge some distance away were six huge Bakugan; a blue lobster like Bakugan with amber coloured insect-like eyes.
A Minotaur like Bakugan with the head and hooves of a bull and the arms and torso of a man, he had two curved ivory coloured horns at the sides of his head and mattered brown hair covering his body. There was a wolf-like Bakugan with pure with fur and shaggy yellow coloured fur on its head and halfway down its back.
A humanoid Bakugan with long red hair, pale white skin, with twisted angular facial features wearing dark green armour, his legs where those of a bird, covered in light green feathers with black bird-like feet and curving golden talons, he also had two large green feather wings sprouting from his shoulders.
The next was a humanoid Bakugan dressed entirely in bright red samurai-like armour with two curving, flame shaped yellow horns on its helmet and a gigantic yellow ninja star on its back.
But the Bakugan that caught Dan's attention the most was the gigantic black and purple four-legged Dragon-like Bakugan that stood in the centre of this group, it was easily larger than the others and it reared up and let out an ear splitting roar. Above this six Bakugan were a collection of ships, their designs were unlike Dan had ever seen before, but before he could even comprehend what the hell was going on a high cold voice rang out from the largest ship that was flying above the Darkus Dragon Bakugan.
"Destroy the enemy Bakugan, all forces advance!"
As the voice shouted the words the six Bakugan surged off of the cliff towards Dan, who screamed in terror, he quickly got to his feet and ran, not caring where he ended up just as long as it was as far away from this place as possible. But as ran he found himself running into the path of another group of Bakugan, these ones were Haos attributed and they were firing upon the other group of Bakugan.
Dan grinded to a halt, his head swinging back and forth between the two groups of warring Bakugan
"Wha-what is this place!" He whimpered in terror, but just then the blue lobster-like Bakugan erupted from the ground right in front of him with a screech.
Dan screamed in terror as everything went black once again.
When he slowly opened his eyes he found himself back in Bakugan Interspace once again with his teammates standing over him, with looks of concern painted on their faces. He turned his head and saw Ren kneeling down beside him.
"Are you okay there Dan?" he asked in concern.
"What…who won the battle?" Dan asked groggily as he tried to remember what it was that had happened.
Drago rolled himself towards Dan, "There was an accident and Marucho had to pull the plug. Are you okay?" He asked nervously.
"An accident, what are you talking about?" Dan asked as he tried to sit up.
"There was a huge explosion in the middle of you battle, that's what knocked you out." Marucho explained.
"Are you…serious?" Dan gasped.
"You mean to say you don't remember any of it?" Shun asked, obviously very shocked.
"Remember…I saw some things…maybe it was all just… a dream…" Dan desperately tried to remember the vision he had but it wasn't easy, it was slipping away like water cupped in his bare hands.
"Calm down, just tell me what it was you saw." Ren asked kindly.
It was then than Dan remembered and his eyes shot wide open.
"I saw Bakugan! But they were all at war with each other!" He cried out.
Shun, Marucho and Julie looked at one another in confusion before turning back to Dan.
"But how could that happen?" Marucho asked perturbed.
"It makes no sense." Shun agreed.
"Why would the Bakugan be at war with one another, you Shun and Marucho brought peace to New Vestroia you must have been hallucinating?" Julie put in, although she too was clearly disturbed by what Dan had said.
Dan himself couldn't understand the meaning of the vision he had had, he recognised none of the Bakugan he saw as being from New Vestroia, could they have been connected to the digital Bakugan he and the others faced on the Alternative Weapon a year ago? And why did the vision seem so real?
But unseen by the others, who were either disturbed or confused by Dan's outburst Ren simply narrowed his eyes as though he alone knew what Dan was talking about.
I apologize that it took me so long to update, but I've been busy with school and all that, not to mention sending away my applications for university.
I hope you enjoyed the first real chapter of the story, don't forget to review, comment and subscribe I want to know how well received Julie is to taking Jake's place in the story.