Hey, everyone! Here is the seventh chapter of Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Ultimate Battle! Under a tight pressure on wanting to helped Akai defeat her brother, Dan has a few problems of his own to deal with. Hope you enjoyed it.
Chapter 7: Pain!
After Julie and Jake left to head back to Bayview, Akai felt a bit comfortable crashing in Marucho's house.
Alice stayed in case Akai needed something.
"T-thank you for letting me stay here for a bit, Choji." Akai said.
"It was no problem, Akai!" Marucho said, in a very sheepish manner.
"But, you can call me Marucho if you want to." Marucho explained.
"So, Akai, what caused your brother and your friends to be this way?" Alice asked.
Akai looked towards her tea.
"Honestly, I have no clue at all." Akai replied.
"So." The first Hydranoid head said.
"What's." The second Hydranoid head said.
"His." The third Hydranoid head said.
"Ideal of destruction?" The final Hydranoid head asked.
"Hydranoid. That's sort of rude, don't you think?" Alice asked.
"Sorry, Alice." All four heads of Hydranoid replied.
"No. He's got the right move to ask." Akai said.
"My brother is far superior than anyone could actually know." Akai explained.
"I know that he's brainwashed Mena and Taiga to a fault. I have to set things right with them." Akai continued.
"My brother is a dangerous one. You don't want to mess with him." Akai finished.
"Dan might." Alice declared.
Akai was surprised.
"Yes. I almost forgot that he's a legend." Akai said.
"Akai, you have strong integrity of justice. You want to do what is right." Alice explained.
Akai blushed a bit.
"T-thank you, Alice." Akai said.
Alice just smiled.
Alice then stood up.
"I better head back to Moscow in the meantime." Alice explained.
"Y-you're leaving, Alice?" Marucho asked.
"Don't worry, Marucho. You'll see me tomorrow." Alice replied, smiling.
"Until then, later." Alice said.
"See you tomorrow, Alice!" Marucho hollered, smiling.
Alice used Masquerade's warp card as she and Hydranoid returned back to Moscow.
"Alice is really a nice person. We're lucky to have her." Marucho explained.
Then, Marucho realized he was alone with Akai.
"Choji?" Akai asked, blinking her eyes.
Marucho began to blush.
"Marucho's blushing!" Preyas hollered.
"This is truly a sight!" Preyas Angel hollered.
Then, Predator Angel flipped to Preyas Devil.
"Sure is!" Preyas Devil hollered.
"Rich boy has got it made for himself!" Amazon hollered.
Marucho stammered a bit.
"N-no! That's not the case, guys!" Marucho hollered.
Akai began to laugh.
Marucho just sheepishly smiled.
"I must confess something…" Akai explained.
Marucho blinked his eyes.
"I knew I shouldn't ask you for your help. I shouldn't have cause trouble for all of you…" Akai explained.
"Akai…" Marucho said.
"Akai, we'd be glad to help you in the fight against your brother." Marucho explained.
"I appreciate the kindness, Choji. Really I do. But, this is not your fight." Akai said.
Then, Marucho took Akai's hand.
"Yes. It is." Marucho said.
Marucho began to blush as he removed himself from Akai's space.
Akai began to deeply smile at Marucho's kind heart.
Then, Marucho's mother, Kia came into his room.
"Do you want some snacks, Choji dear?" Kia asked.
"I would love some, mother." Marucho replied.
Marucho looked towards Akai.
"I have to make a first impression." Marucho thought.
"How about you, Akai?" Kia asked.
Akai smiled.
"Yes please, Mrs. Marukura." Akai replied.
Marucho just smiled at Akai. Marucho became rather puzzled. Was he actually falling in love with an alien girl from another world?
The next day, it was time for the annual test-a-thon at Wardington Central High School.
As expected, Dan was not prepared at all.
"Why of have all days, we get another test?" Dan asked.
"Hey! I helped you studied everything last night!" Runo hollered.
There were several flashbacks of Runo scolding Dan and helping him study.
"Last night was the worst…" Dan explained.
"And this tie itches like hell." Dan said, fidgeting with the school tie.
"Stop playing with our school tie!" Runo shouted.
"Just do your best, Dan." Shun explained.
Then, Ms. Purdy, Dan's former elementary school teacher and now current high school teacher has now entered the classroom.
"Alright, class. Today is the big event." Ms. Purdy explained.
"Hope that all of you do your best." Ms. Purdy continued.
Ms. Purdy then gave the test to her students.
"Especially you, Daniel Kuso." Ms. Purdy said.
Ms. Purdy loudly dropped the test on Dan's desk.
"You're going to overly killed us, Ms. Purdy." Dan explained.
Ms. Purdy glared at Dan.
"You may be incredible and streetwise when it comes to games. But, you are a real slacker when it's the real world, Daniel." Ms. Purdy explained.
Dan was rather shocked.
"Yes, I've seen you saving the world twice on television." Ms. Purdy continued.
"Why can't you be like Shun, Shuji, Runo and Ryo?" Ms. Purdy asked.
"At least they do well in school." Ms. Purdy pointed out.
"I mean, I tried at the least…" Dan explained.
"Kuso just got schooled by the teacher!" Shuji hollered.
Ms. Purdy glared intensely at Dan.
"Pray that you won't disappoint me." Ms. Purdy explained.
Dan became frightened as hell.
"Now, you may begin." Ms. Purdy said.
The students began to start on their test.
"This is torture." Dan thought.
Dan then slides the bottom of his desk, revealing Drago inside.
"Drago…" Dan said.
"No can do, Dan." Drago said.
"You're no help at all." Dan confirmed.
Dan closed the bottom of the desk.
Ms. Purdy glared at him.
Dan sheepishly laughed as he went back to his test.
"I am so dead…" Dan thought.
"Remember what Runo said…" Dan thought.
"Um…" Dan pondered.
"Was it carried the fraction or the two itself?" Dan thought.
"This is so difficult!" Dan thought.
Then, Dan breathes a bit.
"Do what you can, Dan." Dan thought.
Dan tapped into his paper.
After a few hours, the test was finally done.
Ms. Purdy began examined each student's paper.
Then, she began to put the scores.
Dan began to admit that he was feeling anxious.
Then, Runo took Dan's hand for comfort.
"Well, this surprises me…" Ms. Purdy explained.
"Daniel, you've actually scored." Ms. Purdy continued.
"Yes!" Dan hollered.
"Way to go, Dan!" Runo hollered.
"On a 24." Ms. Purdy finished.
"You've got 24 out of 53 questions right." Ms. Purdy said.
"But how…?" Dan asked.
Ms. Purdy began to give Dan the paper as he looked over it.
Dan was shocked.
Runo glanced over it.
"I did say that you have to carry over the two." Runo explained.
"Good job, Runo. You, Shun, Shuji and Ryo have passed with flying colors." Padi-san explained.
"Alright! 100% again!" Runo hollered.
Ms. Purdy gave back the papers to Runo, Shun, Shuji and Ryo.
Dan just had his whole jaw opened.
"You'll do better on the next one, Dan." Ryo said, consulting Dan.
"If I survived for it…" Dan confirmed.
Afterwards, Dan and his crew were on break.
"Man, that test was killing me." Dan explained.
"You should have seen the look on your face, Dan! When Ms. Purdy confirmed your results!" Shuji hollered.
Dan somewhat glared at Shuji.
"Yeah, yeah. Just keep on laughing, Shuji." Dan said, in a sarcastic manner.
"At least you did what you could." Shun explained.
"Shun's right. You should be at least proud of that, Dan." Drago explained.
Then, Dan sulked out.
"Just count me out until graduation…" Dan said.
Runo snickered.
"Hey, that's high school for you." Runo said.
"Sounds like you're being your usual self like always, Dan!" A cheerful voice hollered.
Dan began to recognize the voice.
"Yo, Joe!" Dan hollered.
Joe smiled.
Joe Brown, another one of Dan's friends that helped in the final battle against Naga, now attends the same school with Dan and the others. However, he is in a different class from them.
"It's been a while, Joe!" Runo hollered.
"Sure has!" Joe hollered.
"Come to think of it, did you grow more?" Dan asked.
Joe blushed a bit.
"I guess so." Joe replied.
"Have you heard from Chan lately?" Dan asked.
"Well, now that you mentioned Chan…" Joe replied.
Chan Lee then came, clinging to Joe.
"Hey there, guys." Chan said.
Dan and the others were surprised.
"Chan?" Shun asked.
"You go here now?" Dan asked.
"Yep. I just transferred here today. I am in Joe's class." Chan replied.
Then, Dan became rather frustrated.
"I want to help out Akai so badly!" Dan hollered.
Ryo, Shuji, Joe and Chan blinked their eyes.
"Who's Akai?" Joe asked.
"She's a Zetovian. She is a friend that we met yesterday." Runo replied.
"What's a Zetovian?" Chan asked.
"A type of alien." Shun replied.
"Is she hot?" Shuji asked.
"Well, I wouldn't say hot exactly…" Runo replied.
"I want to go to Zetovia and help defeat that Darien guy!" Dan hollered.
Then, something blasted Dan and the others.
"What just attacked us?" Ryo asked.
"Drago. Runo. Are you alright?" Dan asked.
"I'm fine, Dan." Runo replied.
"Wasn't expecting that to happen…" Drago explained.
"You there. Are you Dan Kuso?" A cynical voice asked.
"Depends on whose asking about me." Dan replied.
Drava Theta entered the scene.
Dan couldn't believe his eyes.
"You're one of those bad Zetovians!" Dan hollered.
"Name's Drava Theta." Drava said, introducing himself to Dan and the others.
"I challenged you to a battle!" Drava hollered.
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