SailorStar9: The prologue goes up. This is Chapter 1. the chapter starts off with a cameo of Eva at the end of Episode 23, before jumping straight to Episode 28.

Disclaimers: I do not own both the animes. However, I do own the pairing, I hope.

Chapter 1a: Say It Ain't So Joe

"Oh yeah, I found the Infinity Core." Joe informed the Brawlers on his bed.

"Huh?" the Brawlers, minus Shun echoed.

"Yeah, I saw it in one of my dreams." Joe replied.

Dream Sequence

Joe was wandering aimlessly through a barren landscape.

"Where am I?" he mused, looking around.

"Huh?" he shielded his eyes from a sudden burst of rainbow-colored light.

"What are you?" he asked, peering at the two silhouettes in front of him. "Some kind of... Bakugan?"

"Yes, she is Wavern." Eva replied.

"Wavern?" Joe echoed.

"You must never give the Infinity Core to Naga." Eva cautioned.

"Huh?" Joe echoed.

"The Infinity Core and the Silent Core are the two entities that preserve the balance of Vestroia." Eva explained. "The Silent Core has taken over Naga and in order restore balance, I had no choice but to have Wavern fuse with the Infinity Core."

"So, that means the Infinity Core is..." Joe started.

"Is within Wavern." Eva finished his sentence.

"Remember never give the Infinity Core to Naga!" she warned, before disappearing with Wavern.

"Wavern, wait!" Joe called out.

"Whoa, some story." Dan noted.

"Wavern is Naga's twin sister." Drago supplied.

"Hm, interesting." Tigrerra added. "But not surprising."

"So, where did this Wavern disappear to, Joe?" Dan pressed.

"Sorry." Joe replied. "But she just vanished, along with the girl."

"Man." Dan complained.

"Wait Joe." Drago cut in. "Did you say a girl was with Wavern too?"

"Yeah." Joe nodded.

"Did she have a spear in her right hand?" Drago asked.

Joe nodded, before adding, "And the aura she gave off was unbelievably strong, but it made me feel at ease."

Drago let out a gasp and exchanged knowing looks at the other four Bakugan.

"Interesting." Shun noted. "This means we don't have to look for the Infinity Core anymore."

"Huh?" Dan, Runo and Marucho looked at him.

"So long as the Infinity Core stays hidden inside Wavern, it's another level of protection against Naga." Shun explained.

"And that means, there's one thing all of us have to do." Runo added.

"Our Bakugan have to evolve into their ultimate form before Hydranoid." Marucho concluded.

"To protect us from Naga having the Infinity Core." Alice noted.

Dan nodded in agreement.

Chapter 1b: The Brawlers' Last Stand

In the Doom Dimension...

"Vestroia is collapsing." Exedra stated.

"But sadly, we've sacrificed ourselves to protect it." Clayf added. "And for what?"

"Is there noting we can do?" Frosch pressed.

"Not from here in the Doom Dimension." Lars Lion noted.

"We must find someone to save Vestroia before it's annihilated." Oberus remarked.

"We need six new brave soldiers." Apollonir concluded.

"It has begun." Eva said, looking at the sky as Drago fell through the portal.

Meanwhile...

"NO!" Drago growled. "This cannot be happening. There is no escape from the Doom Dimension."

"How could this have happened to me?" he asked, upon awakening.

"Welcome to my world, Drago." Reaper chuckled.

"Huh? Reaper!" Drago exclaimed.

"My goodness, I never expected to see you here, friend." Reaper mocked. "But now that you've arrived, don't expect any special treatment."

"I'm trapped." Drago realized after Reaper vanished.

"Drago!" Hydranoid's voice called out.

"What?" Drago gasped. "I must be hearing things."

"Drago!" Dan's voice rang out, an orb of light floating before him.

"What? No!" Drago realized that Dan had followed him. "It can't be!"

"Drago!" Dan shouted, climbing up the fossilized skeleton of a Bakugan.

"Dan?" Drago echoed in shock.

"Drago." Dan teared.

"Drago!" he ran to his partner.

"Daniel!" Drago looked at his incoming partner.

"Drago!" Dan leapt off the skeleton towards his partner, the light orb vanishing.

"Majesty..." Drago looked at the hooded Eva standing in a hill in the horizon, recognizing the Holy Spear in her right hand.

Later...

"The Doom Dimension." Runo noted on Tigrerra, looking around.

"I have never seem such a place." Tigrerra added.

"Creepy, very creepy." Preyas added.

"Yes, I've never seen any place that looks so desolate." Marucho agreed.

"This dimension has a stink odor." Gorem remarked.

"Never mind the smell." Julie chided. "Gosh, we've got to find my Dan and quick."

"Our best chance of finding him is to search from the air." Skyress suggested.

"Right." Shun agreed and the Ventus bird took off to the skies and the other three Bakugan walked on foot.

Elsewhere...

"I can't believe these fools have entered the Doom Dimension voluntarily." Frosch chuckled as the six Bakugan watched from a viewing mirror.

"But didn't they come to save one of their own?" Oberus inquired.

"Well, personally I admire their courage." Lars Lions added.

"And I scoff at their sheer stupidity." Clayf noted.

"Scoff if you will, Clayf." Exedra added. "But I suggest we get them to help us in this place."

"A good idea indeed." Frosch agreed.

"I recommend you rethink that suggestion." Clayf advised. "Can we really trust these humans for such a grand task?"

"Not to mention their Bakugan have not yet evolved and are weak." Oberus added.

"Humans ahve proven many a time that they can make the impossible possible." Eva pointed out.

Looking at Oberus, she added, "And Bakugan partnered with humans evolve alongside with their human partners' emotions."

"The Princess is right." Exedra noted. "Something tells me they have great potential."

"Here's a thought." Lars Lion cut in. "We should test them."

"Hm..." Apollonir mused.

"What do you say, Princess?" he looked at Eva.

"An excellent idea." Eva nodded.

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