SailorStar9: Chapter 5 goes up. This is Chapter 6.
Disclaimers: I do not own both the animes. However, I do own the pairing, I hope.
Chapter 6: You're Going Down, Clown
"Daniel!" Drago tried to wake his partner. "Daniel! Can you hear me? Wake up!"
Dan peered open his eyes and found himself in an abandoned movie theatre.
"Oh man, talk about freaky." he muttered. "Where the heck are we?"
"I do believe this place may have been created by the Six Legendary Soldiers of Vestroia to be your test." Drago replied.
"Huh?" Dan blinked.
The overhead projector came on
"Now what?" Dan demanded, seeing the movie countdown. "This is getting freaky. Real freaky."
"Apollonir!" Drago exclaimed, the said Pyrus Soldier appearing on screen,
"Hey, you mind telling me what's the deal?" Dan demanded.
"Please observe." Apollonir instructed, his visual fading out and the clips of the rest of the Brawlers' battles rolled in.
"All your friends have succeeded in their trials, overcoming various hurdles set before them. Some were more difficult than the others, but all remained determined to win, and their price for victory, each of their Bakugan in turn evolved. And each of your friends were taught a lesson along the way. Lessons they shall carry with them for a lifetime. Now, it is your turn, young Dan." Apollonir added.
"My turn for what?" Dan demanded.
"To help me further evolve. "Drago replied.
"You are quite right, Drago." Apollonir agreed. "Shall we begin?"
"Excuse me please." Dan voiced out. "But I don't need any life lesson, my friend."
"Please forgive me, but I beg to differ." Apollonir chuckled. "You, especially, are most in need of one. How I envy the ignorance of youth."
"What in the world?" Dan exclaimed, seeing the clown in the back of the theatre.
"Show yourself, creep!" he growled.
The clown merely laughed and somersaulted before him.
"Who do you think you are?" Dan jumped the clown.
"That's going to leave a mark." he winced when he missed.
"You must battle him." Apollonir instructed. "Your test is to defeat him, and if you succeed, you and your friends and their Bakugan shall be set free from the Doom Dimension."
"For real?" Dan demanded.
"The Princess has given her word." Apollonir replied, the clown laughing as he disappeared into the screen.
"Daniel!" Drago exclaimed.
"What could be so hard about beating a stupid clown?" Dan remarked. "Come on, Drago."
"Wait!" Drago warned as Dan leapt onto the stage. Grabbing his partner in mid-air, Dan leapt into the screen.
"I don't think I like this, Drago." he noted, upon finding themselves on the Moon's surface.
"You don't have to tell me twice." Drago agreed.
"Now that you're here, shall we begin?" Apollonir issued his challenge.
"So, let me get this straight." Dan started. "My test is to beat bozo, right? If I kick his butt, we all get sent back to our world."
"That is correct." Apollonir replied.
"Okay, let get this party started." Dan grinned. "I want to pass this dorky test as quick as I can. Gate Card, set!"
On Earth....
"Um hm, and that goes right there in the corner." Mrs. Brown instructed the movers.
After putting down the crate he was carrying, Joe headed to the balcony.
"Man, this is so cool." he noted, looking at the sky. "My new home."
"No way!" he exclaimed, upon seeing Alice. "Alice?"
"I'm sorry I'm the only one in the welcoming committee, Joe. But, I'm so glad you moved into our neighborhood." Alice apologized in the park.
"I guess everyone else is still in the Doom Dimension." Joe mused. "I feel so... so useless. I wish I could help."
"Yeah, me too." Alice concurred. "But all we can do is hope everyone makes it back home safely."
"Boy, I sure wish I was down there to help them battle." Joe sighed. "How come you didn't go with them, Alice?"
"It just seems really weird to me." he added, seeing Alice's bewildered look. "I mean you're like the smartest Brawler around."
"I know this is going to sound dumb," Alice replied. "But I really don't know the answer to that. It was like something was holding me back."
"Joe?" Mrs. Brown called.
"Yeah mom, I'll be right there." Joe shouted.
"I'd better get going." Alice stated. "I've got stuff to do, Joe. I'll catch you later. Nice seeing you again."
"Hi, Mrs. Brown." she bowed to Joe's mother and took off.
Woah, something's weird. Joe thought.
In the World of Tests...
"Let the battle commence!" Apollonir declared.
A/N: I'm skipping the Bakugan battle because I know you guys know what happen.
On Earth....
"Oh really, that is so interesting." a housewife remarked on what her companion told her. "I've got to try that recipe."
"Mommy, mommy, look!" the younger housewife's son shouted. "A flying saucer. A flying saucer."
Oh Neil, you know what your father and I tell you about telling stories?" his mother chided.
"But mommy!" Neil complained.
Seeing the streak of light flying across the sky, a fainting spell overtook Alice and she collapsed, rolling down the slope.
At Joe's unit...
"Whoa!" Joe gaped in surprise as a burst of rainbow-colored light streamed into the unit. "What's going on?"
"Bakugan?" his eyes widened when he saw Wavern on the table.
"You must not allow Naga to obtain the Infinity Core!!" Wavern warned.
"Wavern?" Joe exclaimed. "It is you! And don't worry, everything will be alright."
Meanwhile...
Christoper was riding his bike when he saw the unconscious Alice underneath some bushes.
Dropping his bike, he hurried to the older girl's side.
"Oh no!" he exclaimed. "Alice!"
"Oh Christoper." Alice pushed herself up.
"Just stay put. I'll go and see if I could get somebody to help." Christoper told her.
"Christoper, wait." Alice stopped him. "I'm okay. I think I just need to sit here for a minute."
"You sure?" Christoper asked.
Later in Christoper's tree house...
"This is my secret fort, Alice." Christoper told her. "My dad and I built it when I was a kid. He calls it my 'Fortress of Solitude'.
"What you've got there, Christoper?" Alice asked, the boy revealing a box of Aquos Bakugan.
"These are my Bakugan." Christoper showed her his collection. "I hide them up here to make sure they're safe."
"Cool." Alice remarked.
"Anyhow, you should rest." Christoper told her. "Just hang out here till you feel better."
"Yeah, I think I'll do that." Alice agreed. "And Christoper, thank you."
"Hey, can I get you some water or something?" Christoper inquired after a nervous chuckle.
"Okay." Alice relented.
"No problem." Christoper assured her. "I'll be back in a flash, Alice."
On the apartment's rooftop...
"The positive energy that the Infinity Core emits is the source of all life." Wavern began. "Any living thing that comes in contact with the Infinity Core's energy immediately draws it in and amazing things happen. Some are simple and pure, while others are so amazing, they could even be called miracles. Everything needs this energy to survive. But because the energy is so powerful, it has been hard for me to harness it and move around freely in your world. Only the Princess' prayers can contain this tremendous energy. And that's why I've come to you, Joe. I need your help."
"I get all that." Joe noted. "But why me?"
"Because I know your wish is to battle alongside your friends." Wavern replied. "And I come back to battle with you. To stop Naga from destroying not only Vestroia, but your world too. It's a battle we must win."
"Sorry, but that's not going to happen." Masquerade interrupted.
"Masquerade!" Joe exclaimed.
"I came here to get the Infinity Core." Masquerade informed him.
In Christoper's tree house...
"I'm back!" Christoper shouted. "And I brought you water, Alice. And I got you some other stuff to make you feel a bit..."
The boy then dropped the knapsack he carried when he saw Alice had gone missing.
"I wonder where she went." he mused.
In the World of Tests...
"Dan." Drago tried to wake his unconscious partner. "Can you hear me? Wake up, Dan! Wake up!"
"We must be on our guard, Dan." the Pyrus Dragoniod warned. "This is still the world created by the Legendary Soldiers of Vestroia."
"Now what?" Dan demanded, as the spotlight turned on.
"I have witnessed your strength, human, and I am impressed." Apollonir appeared on screen. "I entrust you with not only our mission, and also the Princess."
"Thank you, Apollonir." Drago replied. "But if you would allow me one question. After battling the Legendary Soldiers of Vestroia, the other Bakugan from Earth all evolved. I, however, after passing my trial, have not. Why? Why have I not evolved further?"
"Easy." Dan chided.
"In order to save our universe," Drago pressed. "To keep the Infinity Core away from Naga, we must evolve. We all must become the ultimate Bakugan if we are to succeed in this battle."
"The simple answer is," Eva chided gently, like a mother scolding a child. "You have one more hurdle to overcome, young one."
"Oh, come on!" Dan complained. "You've got to be kidding!"
"Then, look behind you." Eva pointed her spear behind Dan.
Dan turned and saw the clown from before.
"Oh man, not you again." Dan whined. "You bug me!"
With a growl, he leapt at the clown and forced the mask off.
"Runo!" Dan blinked.
A shift was heard and Dan turned his attention to the stage where three more clowns stood.
Dan blinked as they took off their masks.
"Marucho." Dan exclaimed. "Julie! Shun!"
"Do you understand now?" Eva asked. "Once you've defeated your friends, only then will you Dragoniod be able to evolve into the Ultimate Bakugan."
"No!" Drago growled. "That is totally unacceptable! Princess, how could you ask that of me?"
"No Drago." Dan corrected. "If it's the only way to evolve, we'll do it!"
Eva remained silent as she raised her Cosmo, the blinding light forcing the two to shield their eyes.
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