AC: Hello everyone. Sorry it took a while to finish this chapter. There were a few causes for this.

I had a few writer blocks, focusing on finishing my original story on FictionPress, where I finished the first tome, and playing videogames.

I have no intention of giving up this story. I watched the show and I like how Batzz is evolving through the series. I am thinking ahead of many things and taking some notes. There is also the moment where I will move away from the show and go to my own direction, but they are things that I'll surely keep or change the impact.

One example will be in the next episode. I won't start at the tournament right now like in the show, but I'll focus on developing Kanata background before the tournament, such as who he became a buddyfighter, how he felt as he never lost and the others around him. He was underdeveloped after all. Plus a few other things.

A teenage boy was watching the television with his buddy as they heard the listing of the participant in the World Buddy Master.

"Did you hear that?" the boy asked as he turned toward his buddy.

"Shark," his buddy replied.

"You're right. Gao is entering in the World Buddy Master. Too bad we can't enter," the boy commented.

"Shark," his buddy waved his arm as it didn't bother him.

"You're right," he chuckled, "We wouldn't have a lot of competition except for Gao and his new buddy."

His buddy grumbled.

"It's not Gao's choice to change buddy and you know it," he replied with a small smile.

"Shark?"

"As if I'll ever replace you," he gently punched the cheek of his buddy. He said, "We should visit them after work tomorrow. We haven't seen each other for a long time and I'm sure he missed us."

"Shark," his buddy replied.

"We were busy after all," the boy said as he closed the television. He smiled, "Better make sure that they are ready for us," he grabbed his phone.

Episode 3.5: A Night With Two Demons

Gao was finishing his homework he had for next week alone in his chamber. His buddy found it atrociously boring that anyone had to do things like that and was getting hungry. Chibi Panda followed him, leaving the boy finishing his homework. As he finished it, he sighed, "I'm missing middle school. I didn't have that much homework," he checked the calendar, "Summer is coming at least."

Gao was usually the type to do it at the last day, but his mother was making sure he did everything in time and he didn't want to be in trouble. The other reason was that he would drop his guard and Batzz might try to do anything if that scenario happened. He put his pencil away and closed his book, "Done," he checked the clock and saw that it was getting late.

He walked out of his chamber and climbed down. The dark dragon was eating a bag of potato chip and watched the television with Holy making sure that he didn't try to do anything else. He frowned, "How dare they?"

Gao didn't know what he saw, but it became clear when he heard Chibi Panda saying, "Ignore them big boss. They never saw you fight before."

Batzz grunted, "They will soon enough!"

Gao saw that some people were already talking about who had the best chance of winning the competition and saw that he was second behind Kanata. It was true that between someone who never lost a life and him, who had many close call in his matches despite losing only a few times, Kanata had, statistically, the best chances.

"You better make sure not to fall behind," the gray dragon warned his buddy.

Gao smiled, "I am the type to overcome the odds against me Batzz."

"I don't believe it," the dragon grumbled. He finished his bag and grunted, "When are we going to eat. Your mother is slower than usual."

"I don't know," the boy replied, don't thinking it was that important.

"She is the chef. She has to make everything ready in time!"

"My mom is not your servant," Gao warned him.

"Don't talk to me that way boy!" the gray dragon furiously replied as electricity started to generate from his body.

"W-wait," Chibi Panda tried to say before it turned to something worse.

It was then that they heard someone rang.

They turned their gaze towards the entrance and saw Suzumi walking at the door, "Looks like the guests are finally here,"

"Guest?" the two dragons and Gao confusingly said.

They heard her opening the door, "Hello you two. Come in. Gao's in the living room."

The boy wondered who it was and didn't have to wait for long. There was a teenage boy with yellow and brown hair having the shape of bolt on it and on his brown eyebrow. He had peach skin, and amber eyes. He wore a gray shirt with green pants.

On his shoulder was his buddy. It was a monster looking like a larva with dark skin, four orange eyes and only two hands.

"Bolt! Yamigedo!" Gao said with a large smile.

Batzz gazed at the buddy and grinned at the ridiculous appearance of the boy's buddy.

"Hello Gao, it's been a long time," Bolt said as he joined him.

"Shark," his buddy said.

"Who are they kid?" Batzz asked.

Gao turned at his buddy and said, "Those are old friends."

"It wasn't that easy," Bolt replied as he thought back about the goods and the bad.

"Shark," Yamigedo replied.

"Yeah," Bolt nodded at his buddy.

That answer didn't satisfy Batzz, "Just that?" he gazed at Yamigedo.

"My buddy is the demon who command a hundred demons, well, long ago," Bolt explained without elaborating.

"Shark," his buddy explained a little more.

Batzz frowned, "I am the greatest."

"And that's your new buddy Gao," Bolt asked as he looked at the gray dragon.

"Yes. He's Batzz," Gao said with a smile.

Batzz sent a shock at his buddy and grunted, "I am the Demon Dragon Lord Barlbattz Dragoroyale the First."

Bolt wasn't impressed by his title. It kinda reminded him of when he was Ikazuchi and zapped Shido for his failures. He chased those memories away. He didn't want to remember them, "There is no reason for you to hurt Gao."

"Don't tell me what to do kid," he glared at Bolt.

Yamigedo flew in front of his buddy, "Shark."

"What you just said!" the gray dragon grunted as electricity cumulated in him.

"Calm down please," Chibi Panda said as he started to panic.

"There is no reason to fight Batzz," Gao said as had his card in his hand.

Batzz grunted and walked elsewhere.

Gao sighted.

"You have a tough buddy Gao. First time you got one like that," Bolt said.

"Yeah."

"How did you get him? I wasn't expecting you to get a buddy troublesome like him," the boy said as he sat.

"Yeah," Gao explained how he got his buddy. He also presented Chibi Panda and also explained how he got his nickname.

"So that's why. Hand in there. You still have it better than me," he told his friend.

"Shark?" Yamigedo asked seriously.

Bolt gasped when he realised what his buddy asked, "Wait. You said that your first fight was against Yamigedo? You're serious about it?"

Gao nodded, "Yes, but he looked different from your buddy and the flag that boy had was Katana World."

Bolt frowned as he heard this.

"Did anything happen to you Yamigedo?" Gao asked.

The fiend thought about it and nodded negatively before shrieking his answer.

"He said nothing happened. He doesn't know how it was possible. Me too Gao. He's the only one remaining. The one who tried to devour the Earth is dead. No trace of him remain," Bolt nervously said.

His buddy came by his side and pet him with his shout.

"I know. I shouldn't worry about it," he replied.

After this, they talked more about the other Yamigedo, but it didn't lead to anything important. Batzz was listening to them and wondered how that monster who had a buddy tried to devour a world.

Eventually, that topic was put aside when Gao talked about his life since they've seen last time.

"So Highschool isn't easy for you," Bolt replied, "As for me, Yamigedo is finally accepted in my village and no one is afraid or nervous about him anymore. I also had to take a part-time job because he has a bottomless stomach. Literally," he patted his buddy gut, who didn't mind it.

"What's your job?"

"Pizza delivery," Bolt replied.

Gao was a little nervous when he looked at his friend's buddy, "Did he…"

"Tried, but I stopped him from eating pizza," he replied with a nervous smile, "The job is easy with our Buddy Skill. There is no route standing in our way and we can fly over the traffic. I'm making enough money to satisfy him," he patted his buddy.

"Diner is ready," Suzumi said.

"It's time to eat," Gao said.

Yamigedo quickly flew in the kitchen and was the first there.

"That's something that would never change with him," Bolt chuckled.

Yamigedo was floating on his spot as he licked his lips. As the others joined the demon and sat at their spot, Gao made sure that Batzz was away from Yamigedo. Their first interaction together was pretty bad and could easily worsen. The two demons did gaze at each other's to confirm this.

When Suzumi started serving the meal, "Since you came, we buy some steaks."

"It cost a lot, but you didn't come for a long time," Takashi commented with a smile.

Luxury food, Batzz guessed.

Yamigedo grew impatient. Bolt grabbed his buddy and held him against him, "You better pick what you like, because he's going to eat everything else," his buddy was struggling against him.

Everyone picked what they wanted and Batzz made sure to take a lot. The dragon wanted to be certain to fill his stomach, taking the words of the boy seriously.

Once everyone started eating, Bolt let his buddy go and quickly ate everything he could in his bottomless stomach.

"How it going at your home Bolt? It's been a long time since we've seen you," Suzumi asked.

Bolt replied, after gulping something, "Pretty well. It took a long time for everyone back home to believe that Yamigedo was a good one. So, I couldn't get out often with my buddy anywhere without supervision. It was pretty awkward with someone with me, so I didn't visit you."

"Shark," his buddy commented.

Batzz grunted as he frowned, He ain't the only one to have a pain in the back. I have someone watching me. He gazed at Gao, but mostly thought back at what Drum told him. He took a large bite of a steak he picked and gulped it down. He smiled as he found it delicious and took more. He felt like he was a ruler for a few seconds, that was until he heard everyone talking.

"Anything else?" Gao asked.

"Not a lot. With the evil Yamigedo finally dead, there is no real purpose in our village, but we are still practicing our art. It's not about my buddy," Bolt precise. He scratched the back of his head, "That's the way we live for many generations and I'll eventually have to teach a descendant."

"You got any girl in mind?" Suzumi asked.

Bolt nervously coughed when he heard that, "N-no! Nothing. I did say eventually Miss Suzumi."

Gao lightly grinned, but his friend saw this and asked, "What about you Gao?"

Gao evaded the gaze and replied, "Nothing either. I am focusing on the tournament for now and I have to get ready," he then faced his friend and smiled, "I'm playing to win it."

"Planning to win without losing a match?" Bolt asked.

"My big brother can do it," Hanako said with a smile.

"Of course. I'll intent to win this match without any trouble," Gao answered.

Suzumi said, "As long as you have good grades Gao. If you aren't studying enough, I won't let you participate in the tournament."

"What?" Chibi Panda yelled when he heard that.

Gao gasped when he heard that. He finished eating before eventually saying, "I will."

"You better succeed kid. I have to show everyone you are the best… Whatever that means," Batzz grunted.

"He has to show that he studied well in his school," Chibi Panda briefly explained. He planned to make sure that Gao passed his exams.

"Good luck for that," Bolt chuckled.

Yamigedo finished eating everything and the only things remaining were what remained on the plates of the Mikado's family. He flew by the side of his buddy and rested on the shoulders of the boy. "Shark?" the buddy asked.

"That's what I'm thinking too," Bolt replied.

"What is it?" Gao asked.

His friend smiled as he explained, "Yamigedo asked if I want to know if we will watch the tournament in person. Since we can go anywhere… We'll come with your friends and enjoy the tournament. I'm curious to see which world would be the greatest."

Batzz eyes shined as he heard that and yelled, "I'm the greatest!"

"Shark."

"I don't need to prove it. You'll see in the tournament!"

"It will be fun and see how the second-best buddy fighter improved," Bolt chuckled.

"Second?" Chibi Panda asked.

Gao nervously chuckled, "Yeah. During our many matches to see who was the best, we both have 99 wins. We had one last match before Drum returned to his world and… I lost."

"Bolt was just lucky," Hanako commented.

"Of course. Your buddy was Drum and not me," the gray dragon commented with a small grin.

"Maybe," Bolt replied.

The dragon saw red and was ready to attack when he saw Gao showing his card. Batzz held down and grunted a few insults under his breath.

"It was still a close one. I won because you didn't get your impact card in your last turn," Bolt admitted with a small smile.

"You were lucky my brother didn't have it or he would have been the best," Hanako commented.

"We could have our rematch in the tournament, but we don't really have a world like Batzz and the others to represent. So we aren't qualified for it," Bolt commented before sighing.

"It would have been great to fight in a real tournament to see who is the best," Gao replied.

"Big brother would won," Hanako said.

"Shark," Yamigedo replied as he pointed at his buddy.

"We can't know," Bolt chuckled as he continued eating.

Batzz stopped listening to them and rolled his eyes as they talked more about their matches. He got bored as his buddy and Bolt talked about their pass. He hoped that they would go away and things returned to something more acceptable. He was often gazing at Yamigedo and tried to evaluate its strength. He never saw it before and didn't know any of its ability. From what he heard, he was powerful and also devoured the Earth, which wasn't something he would let affect him. The only thing he listened closely was when they brought up about Drum temporary becoming the Fifth Omni Lord and obtaining greater power than he had now. It made him interested about it, but it was out of his reach and only put it in the back of his mind.

Eventually, it was getting late and goods thing had to come to an end. For Batzz, it was pretty much the end of a major source of annoyance.

"It was fun seeing you all again," Bolt said with a smile on his face as he stood in front of the front door with Yamigedo still on his shoulders.

Gao nodded, also smiling, "Sure. I'm glad everything went for the better for you and your buddy."

"After what we've been through, I'm really glad," he gazed at his buddy before looking back at Gao and his buddy, "But it seems that it's your turn to struggle with your new buddy."

Batzz had his arm crossed and turned his back at the group, simply grunting as an answer.

"Shark," Yamigedo commented. Bolt and Chibi Panda gasped after he said that,

The gray dragon turned around as he discharged electricity, "Say that again."

"There is no need to say that again!" Chibi Panda loudly said.

The others didn't know what was going, but they guessed it was an insult.

"What did he say?" Gao asked while his buddy grunted louder.

"It's not worth repeating it," Bolt nervously chuckled before pinching the cheek of his buddy, "And you, be more polite. You're better than that."

His buddy looked down and seemed to apologies to the boy.

Batzz grinned and whispered, "That demon is a pussy now."

Yamigedo heard that and was ready to attack, mouth fully opened, when Bolt grabbed him by the tail as he charged at the dragon, "Don't eat him Yamigedo!"

The demon calmed down and gazed at Bolt. He nodded and regained his composure.

"He's really listening to you Bolt," Gao commented.

"I think he doesn't like it when I'm disappointed in him," Bolt replied.

Batzz replied nothing, but was glad he managed to tilt the demon. Another reason he said nothing was the look the worm like demon gave. Despite his cute appearance, Yamigedo could be extremely intimidating, even in his SD form when he wanted to be. The gray dragon decided to be more careful as long as he knew nothing of what and how Yamigedo fought.

"We will go before they really fight," Bolt commented while his buddy returned by his side. He used his buddy skills and red wings appeared on his back, "We'll see you again when the tournament begins. I'll be busy until then."

"Bye! It was great to see you two again," Gao replied.

The family and Chibi Panda gave their farewell as the duo flew away.

Batzz walked away, there is much more to this world than I thought. He gazed at the Mikado's family and saw them waving their arms. He grunted and went to sleep.

AC: That's enough for this. There was a joke that I put aside where Batzz was almost eaten by Yamigedo twice in their real form. First, half of Batzz body was in Yamigedo and the second one, only his feet and tail remained outside of the Fiend, which would infuriate and traumatize Batzz.

Next: Episode 4: Until The Tournament.