Bakugan Battle Brawlers: The 7th Brawler

by SkylanderZilla

Judai Yamato was a new brawler in town, when one day after finding a talking Bakugan named Leonidas. the two found themselves as they both are thrusted into a wild and crazy adventure as they Join the Bakugan Battle Brawlers to help save both Earth and Vestroia (OC X Harem) (Rating could be changed in the future)

13. Battle in the Desert

Disclaimer: I don't own Bakugan

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Back At Alisa's Springtime Retreat, Alice was in her room wondering how her life came to this. Of the horrible tragedies that happened to her family, her mother became a monster and nearly raped her when she was little. Wolf and grandfather were lying to her, and now she is being forced to work for Alisa out of fear of her friends being hurt or worse. Alice began to wonder if the universe just loved screwing with her life? As if she could never be happy or free from all of these problems that followed her.

"Alice….Are you alright?" Hydranoid asked.

Alice clenched her dress tightly in her hands.

"No, I am not… things just keep going from bad to worse," she said, her hair covering her eyes.

"Things will improve; you just need to focus on the present," Hydranoid said.

Alice didn't even know what to focus on, being her mom's errands girl and possible sex victim. And the potential killer of her friends and Judai. Alice rubbed her head feeling like she was about to go crazy. Before she could think of any further, a knock came on the door.

Alice was alerted to who it was before the door opened. When she saw who opened the door, Alice was trembling with fear. "Mother," Alice said, shaking with fear.

"Hello, Alice," Alisa smirked as she walked into the room while Alice backed away from her in fear.

"W-what do you need?" Alice asked, trying to keep her composure but deeply afraid.

"Why I'm just here to see you." Alisa smiled as she raised her hand and caressed Alice's cheek, causing her to flinch.

Alice suddenly felt the horrible memory of her childhood flood her mind. The last time Alisa caressed her check, she was forced into a kiss before Alisa nearly raped her. Alice quickly backed away.

Alisa chuckled. "Now Alice, why so nervous?" she asked.

"You already know why." Alice frowned. "You think I haven't forgotten what you did to me?"

Alisa just smirked. "My, I just came here to see you, and you're being so mean," Alisa said in a coy tone.

Alice just ignored her words. "What did you do to Wolf? Where is he?" she demanded.

"Oh, let's just say I have Juri did some minor surgery on Wolf." Alisa smiled. "I did enjoy hearing his screams."

Alice's jaw dropped, and she shook her head. "You're sick… if Father were alive, he would say the same thing." she knew her mother was crazy, but she could tell that it couldn't have been minor surgery, as she claimed. Alice didn't trust Wolf, but she still loved him and hoped he was ok.

Alisa glared at Alice, who shivered. "Don't talk about your father; he would be alive if it weren't for your grandfather's foolishness!" she growled.

Alice glared at Alisa. "What's your real reason for coming here?"

"If you must know, I've decided to have you undergo some private training with me," Alisa smirked

"Private Training? What do you mean by that?" Alice questioned.

Alisa leaned closer toward her daughter, causing her to back away before whispering in her ear. "That's for me to know and for you to find out, my dear."

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(Alisa's Springtime Retreat: Chan's Room)

On the other hand, Chan was taking things worse than Alice. Of course, how couldn't she? Chan traveled far to attend this party only to find out she was involved with a sinister plan by the party's hostess. What hurt her the most was that she was a lab experiment, born through artificial birth between Alisa and her mother, Juri. she was force grown, and many of her memories were fake if not all. Chan began to wonder if she was a real person at all.

"Damn!" Chan shouted as she unleashed a fury of punches and kicks, trying to vent her anger, frustration, and sadness while destroying her room.

Chan then heard a knock on the door. "Chan, dear, it's your mother," Juri said. "Can I come in?" She asked.

"No! I don't want to see you!" Chan shouted.

"Chan, I'm sorry you had to learn the truth this way," Juri said. "But please, I do see you as my daughter, and I really care for you," Juri said as tears fell down her face.

Chan began to cry as well, but she gritted her teeth. "I'm just a science experiment; I'm not even a real girl who could love something that isn't real!" Chan shouted as she punched a hole in the wall.

"Chan, you are real! And despite how you were born, I still gave birth to you, and I love you more than anything, and nothing will change that, and I would never regret what I did to get one of the greatest people in my life!" Juri shouted, punching the door with so much force it flew off the hinges.

Chan just glared at Juri, who began walking towards her. Chan backed away until her back hit the wall. Juri closed the gap and brought Chan in a tight hug. The 3rd ranked battler tried to push Juri away but to no avail. Chan cried into Juri's chest. Both dropped to their knees, and Juri rocked Chan back and forth.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Juri whispered into Chan's ear as she calmed her beloved daughter down.

"Mom, I don't know who I am anymore." Chan sobbed; for once in her life, she felt lost.

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At that time in the canyon outside her town, Julie was waiting for the others to arrive. She had been waiting for about 2 hours for them to arrive. The young whitette tapped her foot on the ground impatiently, she could have swore her added more tan to her skin with how long they were taking.

"Damn it! Where are they? With a ship like that they should have been here a long time ago!" Julie growled as she paced back and forth.

"They're here." Gorem said looking behind Julie.

Julie turned to see the plane coming into view. "It's about time." Julie uttered.

The plane began to descend it hovered for a second and turned around the jets created a strong wind current while kicking up dust. Julie coughed and covered her face from the dust however it was too strong and she blown backwards rolling until she landed on her knees not far from the aircraft. Soon the engines died out and the hatch opened revealing the whole gang plus Komodo and Buster.

Only Judai and Eva changed their outfits for this trip. Judai wore a dark brown leather jacket over a white t-shirt, along with khaki cargo pants with a brown whip attached with brown work boots.

Eva wore a safari hat on her head along with a khaki shirt, along with khaki shorts with white socks and brown work boots.

"Woah, we finally made it." Dan said.

"We certainly did Dan." Drago added.

"Um, are you sure you two need those outfits?" Runo asked Judai and Eva.

"At this point, it's a force of habit." Judai answered.

"Since they both travel around the world, it's very appropriate they wear outfits like when they go on an expedition." Marucho explained.

"Yeah, when you travel around the world so much, you're bound to pick up this habit." Eva said.

"You do look very nice in that outfit Eva." Marucho said with a slight blush.

"Thank you." Eva smiled, also getting a slight blush.

"It's about time you all got here." Julie shouted in joy as she skipped over to them. "Welcome to Bakugan Valley. It's where I call home." she wrapped her arms around Judai, making him feel slightly uncomfortable, while Eva sniggered.

'If either Alice or Chan were here, the sparks would be flying right now.' Eva thought.

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At that time, Alice was battling with Alisa in one of the battle arenas to sharpen her battling skills.

Helios and Hydranoid crashed into each other, trying to overpower the other. Alice was sweating; seeing how she had never battled before now made it easy for Alisa to get the upper hand thanks to her years of battle experience. Alice suddenly felt a twinge of anger surge through her.

'Huh, why do I feel angry?' Alice thought, planting her hand on her chest. She felt like she wanted to rip someone apart for something.

"Alice! Pay attention!" Alisa shouted.

Helios roared as he sent Hydranoid skitting back to Alice's side of the field. The Darkus Hydra roared in rage, itching for some payback.

"Alice, you need to focus," Hydranoid told his partner.

"R-right!" Alice nodded as she ready an ability prepared to continue the battle.

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At that time, Chan was training with Juri in a separate arena. Chan was still upset about her origins, but as a battler and martial artist, she couldn't let it keep her down, no matter how much it hurt.

"Ability Activate! Face of Rage!" Chan shouted, throwing a core at Fourtress, who absorbed it.

Fourtress's face quickly shifted to the face representing rage. "I am Fourtress! My fury will burn through any opponent that is in my way!" he roared as he quickly grabbed hold of all four of his blades before drawing them from their sheaths. His blades were then engulfed in flames. "Now feel the wrath of my anger." Fourtress roared, slashing his swords and unleashing a powerful blast of fire that connected with his opponent creating an explosion and leaving a cloud of smoke in its wake.

"Got him," Chan smirked.

Juri showed no emotion at the attack. Suddenly a screech rang out from the clouds making Chan flinch as a claw emerged from it, gripping Fortress's face before slamming it back into the ground. The claw belonged to a Pyrus Version of Skyress, Juri's partner Bakugan named Suzaku.

"Is that all you got? I expected more from my partner's daughter, but I'm not seeing anything," Suzaku said calmly.

Chan gritted her teeth and never thought she would have this much difficulty against her mother. Juri's partner was intense, she never thought that she and her partner would be so strong, but Chan and Fortress wouldn't go down that easily.

"Suzaku, stop toying with them and finish the battle," Juri ordered.

"Suzaku nodded. "Right, I'll finish this right now," he said before he was engulfed in flames screeching.

"Ability Activate! Crimson Nobility Raging Storm!" Juri shouted.

Suzaku screeched, diving at Fourtress, who had risen to his feet. Thinking Chan threw a core at him. "Face of Grief!" She shouted.

Fourtress absorbed the core, and his face switched to the face representing grief. He began to sob and fell over, dodging Suzaku's attack. "Nothing can touch me. I am Fourtress! And My Face of Grief is impenetrable." he declared while still crying.

Suzaku turned around. "I don't like dramas," he said as he unleashed a powerful wave of flames from his wings, completely covering Chan's side of the field in flames. Fourtress roared in pain despite the Face of Grief. The flames consumed him, and he reverted to ball form, landing at Chan's feet.

"That wasn't difficult." Suzaku said as he reverted to ball form, landing in Juri's hand.

Chan picked up Fourtress and sighed. It was hard to believe she lost. She was the 3rd best battler in the world, and her mother made her feel like a complete amateur. "Are you ok Fourtress?" Chan asked her partner.

"Yeah, but we'll win next time," Fourtress said.

Chan gave a small smile. "Not bad, Chan, but you could do much better," Juri said, walking up to her daughter.

Chan suddenly felt a twinge of anger surge through her. 'That's odd. Why do I suddenly feel angry all of a sudden?." Chan thought to herself.

"Are you alright, my dear?" Juri asked

Chan shook off the feeling. "Yeah, I'm fine," Chan said. "Mo- I mean, Juri, could you spar with me?" Chan asked

Juri frowned. After learning the truth, Chan started calling her Juri instead of mom, which hurt her. "Y-yeah, it has been a while since we sparred against each other," Juri said, and both prepared to begin training.

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"Umm, it's nice to see you too, Julie." Judai said, feeling a little uncomfortable. He wasn't a stranger to girls clinging to him. Judai met several girls who clung to him whenever he and his family moved.

"It's great to see you all in the flesh, especially you, Judai." Julie said, giggling while rubbing her head against Judai's neck. He looked to see Eva giving him a cheeky grin.

'Oh, I'm so going to enjoy teasing him.' Eva thought.

'If she teases me about this, I swear I'll make her life a living hell.' Judai thought to himself.

"Alright, our mission is to find the Infinity Core. Are you ready?" Dan asked his friends.

"Yeah!" all but Shun shouted, while Buster howled and Komodo just looked at them.

Not long after, Julie leads them to a cliff giving them a good view of Bakugan Valley. The others looked in awe at the vastness of the canyons within the valley and the rock formations; it was definitely a wonder of nature. Judai and Eva had seen similar sights in many of their travels.

Judai whistles. "Breathtaking view; this place is a beauty of nature." he said, enjoying the sights.

Buster just howled in delight

"This place is almost like the grand canyon." Eva grinned.

"Oh yeah, I remember that trip. Dad got jumped by a few vultures thinking he was a snack." Judai chuckled, remembering his Dad trying to swat the vultures away while running into a nearby river to hide from them.

"Ha, I couldn't stop laughing when that happened." Eva laughed.

"Sounds like you guys have quite the adventures." Julie said, excitedly to hear the stories of their trip

"Yep." Eva said, hands on her hips. "Maybe you can join us on an expedition when this is over."

"That be cool." Dan smiled.

"I agree." Drago said.

"I would like to explore and learn from Shin and Lucy about their work." Marucho said, fixing his glasses. "What about you Preyas?"

"Well, as long as there is surf and sand, I'll join as long as I don't see monster birds, that is." Preyas said,

"Count me in too." Runo said.

"I would like to join too, my lady." Tigrerra said.

"What about you and Skyress, Shun?" Judai asked.

Shun didn't say anything for a second before he spoke. "Maybe." Shun answered.

"If Shun agrees, then I'll be happy to accept." Skyress said.

"I would love to go with you guys!" Julie exclaimed in delight. "And maybe we can get some alone time while we're at it." Julie said in a flirty tone.

"Hey Julie, just be careful I don't want to be an aunt yet, and my parents aren't ready to have grandchildren." Eva chuckled.

Judai turned red and glared at Eva. "Eva! I swear I'll - ahh!" Judai didn't finish his threat as he fell on his back.

Buster barked while Eva just laughed her ass off, the others were confused, and Komodo didn't even respond, probably not caring at all.

"Damn! Something rolled under my feet!" Judai cursed.

"Oh, that's just my partner Bakugan, Gorem." Julie said as she held up a Subterra Bakugan in her palm

"Hello." Gorem greeted

"Hi," Dan, Runo, and Marucho replied back.

Julie closed her eyes and smiled. "Oh Gorem, stop being… such a little stinker. Isn't he the cutest Bakugan you've ever seen? The bond between us is unbreakable."

"Heh, looks like you got competition Judai." Leonidas said.

Judai just glared at his partner. "I don't want to hear the running commentary from the peanut gallery Leonidas!" he grumbled, not wanting to hear any more jokes.

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Julie then lead the gang into Bakugan Valley before they entered a cave. The Brawlers walked for a couple of minutes with Julie guiding them and Buster sniffing ahead of her and Komodo being alert.

"Let's just hope we're going the right way." Dan said. "The last thing I need is to get lost down here."

"Don't worry about that." Judai reassured. "Buster has a fine sense of smell."

"Yeah, if we get lost he can help us find the way out." Eva added. "However I would be more worried about what's down here."

"Yeah, icky bats, tarantulas, scorpions and rattlesnakes live down here." Julie said shuttering at the thought of running into them again.

"Well, at least Komodo will get a meal." Judai said as he glanced at the komodo dragon who was on high alert.

"I'm starting to think Julie doesn't know where she going." Runo stated.

"Hey back off, no one has gone this far down before so get off my case." Julie said a little frustrated, she only explored some of the tunnels it was her first time venturing this deep.

"Maybe if you weren't such a flirt we could be out of here by now!" Runo said her voice slightly elevated.

"Runo keep your voice down." Eva said.

"Who are you calling a flirt? Cause I am no flirt." Julie questioned but kept her voice to a minimum, before striking a pose. "Oh by the way nice hair." Julie said in a mocking tone rubbing her hand through her own white hair.

Runo growled. "Who cares! We're lost!" she shouted at the top of her lungs.

Komodo and Buster raised their heads looking behind the group, Judai noticed this. "Runo keep your voice down." Judai said trying to calm the tomboy down.

"We need to get out of here! Ahhhh!" Runo screamed at the sound of her voice.

A small pebble dropped from the ceiling Eva looked up and shouted. "Everyone move!" Eva shouted.

The gang looked up to see stalagmites falling toward them, the gang yelled as they out of the way. With his ninja training, Shun was able to dodge the falling rocks while he grabbed Marucho and Eva and jumped to safety.

Dan and Runo ran to the side flailing their arms, Dan noticed a rock falling at Runo he grabbed her wrist and pulled her out of the way both hitting a wall, with Runo on top of Dan.

Buster ran out of the way of the rocks and looked at Komodo who was trying to avoid the rocks as well. The family wolf rushed over to the lizard and picked him up in his mouth much to Komodo's dismay carrying him to safety.

Julie ran but tripped on her over a small hole in the floor falling face-first into the ground. "Ow." Julie groaned rubbing her head, she looked up to see a large rock falling toward her, and she screamed in horror. Judai dove towards Julie and grabbed her wrapping his arms around Julie and rolling both of them out of the way as a rock hit the ground with a loud crash.

The rocks stopped falling, and Shun placed both Marucho and Eva down both thanking him for the save. Buster released Komodo who hissed at him as if saying 'don't you dare do that again'.

Dan groaned in pain from hitting the wall. He then saw that Runo was on top of him. Both brawlers looked at each other for a minute before Dan spoke. "I think you need to watch your temper," Dan said looking away.

Runo frowned in response. "Oh, shut up." She said getting her feet while offering a hand to the Pyrus brawler helping him to his feet.

"Dan are you ok?" Drago asked in concern.

"Yeah Drago, just a few scraps but I'll live." Dan answered.

"Milady are you hurt?" Tigrerra asked Runo.

"I'm fine, you?" Runo asked back.

"Right as rain." Tigrerra replied.

"Are you alright Eva?" Marucho asked in concern.

"Yeah, I've been through this a few times so I'm good." Eva asked. "You?"

"I'm fine, I'm just glad my glasses didn't break." Marucho said adjusting his glasses.

Julie had her eyes shut tight, afraid to open them her body was shaking. As she calmed down she began to notice she was in a stronghold. The whitette opened her eyes and saw Judai who was holding her tightly.

"You ok?" Judai asked in concern.

"Yeah…" Julie replied still feeling shaky after nearly being crushed. "My hero!" she then exclaimed as she buried her head into Judai's chest.

Judai just chuckled nervously, as he helped Julie to her feet. "That was a close one." Judai uttered, before turning to Runo. "one of the main rules of spelunking, no yelling Runo you could have gotten us killed."

"Oh, shut up." Runo said crossing her arms.

"Runo, that's what we were trying to tell you to calm down, we're lucky that the cave didn't cave in." Eva scolded.

Runo just sighed. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to jeopardize your lives." she said sincerely.

"We're all ok, so no harm no foul right?" Dan asked.

"Maybe, but next time we might not be so lucky." Shun said with a glare aimed at Runo.

"That human and her big mouth could have killed all of us." Leonidas growled.

"No one was hurt, so it doesn't matter now." Nilious said.

"I agree with Leonidas, one of us could have been hurt or worse killed." Eenoch stated,

"It's alright Runo, as long as we're all ok, I forgive you." Julie said.

"Yeah." Marucho agreed.

"Oh man, I thought my life flash before my eyes." Preyas whimpered.

Suddenly Buster began to bark and Komodo began to hiss, suddenly everyone turned to see a swarm of bats flying toward them.

"Ahhh!" Julie, Marucho, Dan, and Runo shouted as the bats began to attack them.

The four ducked out of the way of the bats, who continued to swarm around them. Judai, Eva, and Shun stayed calm as the bats swarmed around them. Judai and Eva then knew that panicking would make the bats attack more. Buster barked, trying to swipe away the bats, while Komodo was trying to catch them for a meal.

Soon the bats stopped attacking. They then heard a hissing sound. Julie, Dan, Marucho, and Runo looked to the side to see a rattlesnake slithering toward them. All four shouted as they all screamed, running deeper into the cave.

Eva just sighed. "How embarrassing…" Eva uttered, embarrassed of how they acted she understood about being afraid of something, but this was an overreaction.

"Let's follow them before they hurt themselves." Judai said.

Buster howled in agreement, while Komodo was busy munching on the rattlesnake that scared their friends off its blood smeared against his lips, which made Eva shake her head.

"Hold it." Shun spoke getting their attention. "I want to talk to Judai alone." Shun added crossing his arms while glaring.

Judai glared back at Shun before turning to Eva. "You take Buster and Komodo and find the others, I'll catch up."

Eva just looked at Judai feeling uneasy about what could happen between them. But she nodded as she left the two with Komodo following after. Buster decided to stay in case Shun tried something against Judai.

The two boys remained silent for a few minutes. The tension between the two was thick even Buster, Leonidas, Nilious, and Skyress, and could feel the friction between Judai and Shun.

"So what did you want to talk to me about?" Judai asked calmly.

"Just a warning, if Leonidas joins Vladitor I'll be there to stop him." Shun said.

"Look Shun, Leo would never join him." Judai said.

"He was born in the Doom Dimension, right? There's no telling what he'll do." Shun remarked.

"I'll tell you what he would do, he would kick Vladitor's ass back to the Doom Dimension," Judai said firmly, before looking at his partner. "I trust Leo with my life, and I know that the others don't trust him yet, but one day they will see that he is an ally."

Shun looked at Judai and the loyalty and faith in his eyes. Shun closed his eyes and turned in the direction the others went. "We'll see about that. Just keep what I said in mind." Shun said as he walked down the cave.

Judai just scowled, he couldn't really blame Shun for his behavior toward Leonidas as Marucho and Runo did, however, he knew Leo better than they did and he was going to prove them wrong no.. they were going to prove them wrong.

Buster whined rubbing his nose against Judai's side. Judai looked down at his loyal friend and patted his head. "It's alright boy. Let's catch up with the others." Judai said, as he and his loyal wolf as they walked down the cavern to catch up with the others.

Judai finally caught up with the others; he saw Shun and Eva standing out of the entrance to a cave. He walked up to see Dan, Runo, Marucho, and Julie on the ground. Judai looked inside to see the area was filled with many crystals that illuminated the cave in a brilliant light.

"It's beautiful; I've never seen anything like this." Eva uttered at the beauty of the cave.

"If mom and dad were here, they would have a field day here." Judai added.

"It's perfect lighting for makeup." Julie said.

"This is the place." Drago announced as he began to glow red.

The other Bakugan began to glow in the color of their respective attributes before they began to float into the air surprising all the brawlers they flew deep into the cave followed by blinding light forcing everyone to cover their eyes.

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When everyone excluding Buster and Komodo opened their eyes, the Brawlers found themselves in some kinda space. they saw 6 different voids below them each a different color like their Bakugan and in the middle was glowing white light.

"What the hell is happening?" Dan asked.

"No clue." Runo answered not sure what was going on.

"This is freaky?" Julie uttered feeling a little scared.

"No calm down, there has to be an explanation." Marucho said trying to find a reason for it.

"This is insane, I never thought this could happen." Eva uttered looking at the sight of the place they were in.

"Is this?" Shun uttered.

"Yes, our dimension." Drago answered.

"This is Vestroia?" Judai asked

Than all the Brawlers were outlined in the attribute that they each used before they each glowed in the color of their respective attribute before they along with their partner Bakugan vanished in the light of each attribute.

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(Haos aka Haora)

Runo was shocked to see the place she ended up was a mixture of light and darkness. Sparkling lights shined in the distance as roaming dark voids moved along the area.

"Now where are we?" Runo asked.

"This is Haora, the realm of Haos where I was born." Tigrerra answered. "But it's changed."

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(Aquos aka Aquilia)

"W-where are we?" Marucho asked confused.

"Welcome to Aqua Town, but it seems like someone remodeled." Preyas commented as he look at the place.

It looked like a merger of both water and fire. The background was water but with spouts of fire-like blood streams flowing throughout the area.

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(Subterra aka Gaiora)

"Gorem…What's going on here?" Julie asked

"Our world is morphing into Evil." Gorem answered as he looked at the place.

The dimension had giant land formations pools of molten lava, along with a spiraling dark void in the sky above.

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(Ventus aka Ventana)

Shun gasped; he looked above to see a Ventus Falconeer falling towards him. Shun moved out of the way, and the Ventus Bakugan seemed to have collided with a dark red cloud below.

"Bizarre." was all Shun could say at what he saw.

"Don't worry, Shun your safe. We do not exist in this dimension. We are merely observers." Skyress explained to him.

They got a better look at the world around them, and it seemed to be composed of red clouds and typhoons raging throughout the area.

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(Darkus aka Darkavia)

Judai and Eva gasped, finding themselves in a dark void with red and purple flames flowing through the area with rocks floating around.

"Judai, are you seeing this?" Eva asked in shock at what she was seeing.

"Yeah, this is the definition of Chaos. Hard to believe this is what Alice's family was searching for." Judai stated.

"Vestroia was never this in the ancient past." Eenoch stated at the sight of his world.

"Even the Doom Dimension isn't this unstable, at least when I was last there. I don't want even to imagine it going through even a quarter of what we see here." Nillious said.

"I never thought my first glimpse of Vestroia would be like this," Leonidas said; he may have been born from the hatred of the Bakugan from the Doom Dimension, but the sight of Vestroia made him feel horror at the destruction in front of him.

"We need to stop Naga before this gets any worse," Judai said, clenching his fist.

"Yeah, 'cause I don't want to see how much worse this can get." Eva said as a Garganoid was lost in the flames.

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(Pyrus aka Pyrule)

Dan opened his eyes and saw fire and tornados mixed with green and red.

"Drago, what's going on?" Dan asked his partner.

"Our two worlds collide, causing Vestroia to collapse." Drago told him as he could only watch his home slowly breaking apart in front of him.

"Seriously, all that bastard Naga's fault isn't." Dan said.

But before Dan could speak any further, a fissure appeared along the lava, creating a blinding light and forcing Dan to scream and cover his face.

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Dan gasped and found he was back in the cave along with the others. All brawlers were shocked by what they had witnessed, unable to comprehend it with all on the ground having lost feeling in their legs. While Buster and Komodo both looked at the humans, confused by what had happened.

"Was that for real?" Eva asked, still in awe.

"Yeah, it was." Dan answered.

"Which puts what's at stake is crystal clear." Judai said as he got to his feet.

Buster whimpered, moving over to his master and licking his face, which Judai petted his loyal wolf on the head.

Komodo however paid no mind to the others but was on high alert to something.

"It was Vestroia." Runo said.

However, before they could say anything more, the cave began to rumble, and rocks began to fall.

"The cave has become unstable. We need to get out here now!" Judai yelled as he grabbed Eva's hand, forcing her to her feet as he pulled her along with Buster rushing after.

The rest of the brawlers followed, with Shun holding Komodo. Who struggled to break free but the ninja kept his hold.

"Guys, hurry." Dan said as he led the group to exit.

"Get me out here!" Runo screamed as they all managed to make it outside right before boulders sealed the entrance.

"Well, safe to say we aren't going in there again anytime soon." Eva sighed in relief.

"That's fine with me. One trip there was more than enough for me, no offense Tigrerra." Runo said, looking toward her partner

"None taken." Tigrerra said.

Shun put down Komodo before turning to the others. "There has to be a connection between this Valley and Vestroia; it can't just be a coincidence."

"You're definitely right there, Shun. There's definitely a connection between the two here. Now questions are how and then why here specifically."

"I think it's time we contact Benton Dusk and Wolf, and I'm positive they can give us more answers." Marucho suggested.

"Sooner the better because if we saw the current state of our homes, we don't have a lot on our hands before the damage becomes irreversible," Eenoch said, concerned about the destruction they saw and at the rate it progressing.

"Yes, we must begin soon at the rate Vestroia is collapsing. There's no telling what could happen not just there but your world as well." Drago said.

"Well, I might know someone who could help us." Judai said, getting everyone's attention.

"Who, Judai?" Julie asked.

"Anna, Alice's aunt, as well as Alisa's older twin sister." Judai answered. "If there's anyone who could help us, she can."

"That's right; she was a leading expert on Bakugan before she began working in agriculture," Eva said, snapping her fingers.

"And she's also Maria's mother." Judai stated

"Maria…? Are you saying that the Rival to Jenny and Jewels is Alice's cousin?!" Both Dan and Marucho shouted in shock as they knocked Judai to the ground.

"How long have you known this?!" Dan shouted.

"You should have told us before!" Marucho yelled.

"This is why! So you wouldn't be bugging Alice every second to get her set up a meeting with Maria! Now get off me, you idiots!" Judai shouted, pushing them off him. Judai got to his feet and dusted him off.

"Ahh! We're in the middle of a mission, and they're worried about another pop star." Runo grumbled.

"Maria would probably be flattered." Eva told Runo.

"Hey, brawlers!" a voice called out to them, getting their attention.

The gang looked up and saw three cloaked figures on a nearby cliff, two of them were wearing black and orange, while the small figure wore black and green. Without warning, the three jumped down off the cliff doing a front flip and landing on the ground. Buster growled in anger at the three new arrivals and Komodo hissed feeling the same anger.

"What is this traveling circus?" Dan asked.

"Or a cult." Judai added, judging by the cloaks.

The three removed the hoods revealing themselves to be Billy, Kumba, and Daisy.

"Billy, what are you doing here and Daisy? I thought you wouldn't be home for another few days." Julie said, happy to see her friend and Sister.

"You know these guys?" Dan asked Julie.

"Well, two of them." Julie said. "The boy in the hat is my neighbor Billy, and the older girl is my big sister Daisy."

"The other boy is Komba. He's the 5th best battler in the world." Eva said, remembering the ranking list.

"Hey, brawlers! What are you doing out here snooping around?" Billy demanded.

"We can't have that, can we?" Daisy said with slight hostility in her voice.

Their words caused Julie to gasp in shock, and the others were taken aback by the fact that the three new arrivals knew about them being there.

"What do you say? You losers up for a little game?" Komba questioned.

With that, the three tossed their cloaks to the side, revealing they had launchers along with the Doom Card,

"No way!" Dan uttered.

"It's Doom Card." Runo said.

"So that means you three work for Masquerade." Judai scowled.

"Billy, Daisy, why would you two work for that creep?" Julie demanded. She wouldn't have thought Billy, especially her sister, would even consider joining Masquerade. Another thing that bugged her was Daisy; Billy was not surprised by him being rude and a jerk. But Daisy, something was off with her.

"Because your friends are wimps." Billy insulted them.

"And we're going teach you a lesson in Bakugan." Komba said with a wink. "So, who's ready to lose?"

"I hope you are ready, Julie. This battle won't last long." Daisy said, leering at her little sister.

"Why, you bastards!" Dan cursed.

He was about even to step forward, and Shun held out his hand stopping the Pyrus Brawler in his tracks.

"This one's mine," Shun said firmly.

"Yeah." Komba smirked, looking forward to battling the former rank 1 player.

"I'm up as well." Judai stated, itching to put a stop to Masquerade's lackeys.

"I've looked forward to battling you for a while Judai Yamato." Daisy said, licking her lips slightly.

Julie was still having a hard time believing that her childhood friend and her old sister would work for the boy trying to destroy Earth and Vestroia. "Billy, you were once one of my friends, even after all the fights we had." She said before turning to Daisy, dawning a face of determination before getting to her feet.

"Let's make it three on three." Julie declared. "Billy, Daisy, you two will face your worst nightmare."

"We'll see, Julie." Daisy smirked. "Drome up!"

The Drome then materializes around everyone, and inside the Drome, everyone sees that the environment started to shift.

"What's going on?" Dan asked as he watched the environment change.

"The environment is changing." Judai said

The ground began to shake, and soon mountains rosed from it. Out of the cracks, lava began to ooze out.

"We need to get to high ground!" Eva shouted.

The brawlers, along with Buster, who carried Komodo in his mouth, ran to a rock formation as the lava covered the area they once stood. Daisy, Komba, and Billy did the same, landing on the opposite side of the area. However, a sudden gust of wind caused everyone to cover their faces.

"When will this stop?!" Runo shouted, holding her skirt down.

The winds died down, and everyone was shocked by the sight of the battlefield.

"This looks like what Subterra Space looked like." Gorem said, seeing the uncanny resemblance.

"The Drome never did this before; how can it be?" Judai uttered, confused.

"I think it might have something to do with Vestroia and Earth colliding. The Drome is a byproduct of the Great Collision and with the way Vestroia is now, the chaos could be seeping into our world through the dromes." Marucho hypothesized.

"We'll about that later. Let's focus on this battle." Shun said.

"This is too freaky, but I'll go with it." Komba said.

"Then I'll start us off." Billy smirked.

"Fine with me." Daisy said with an uncaring tone.

Judai-3 Bakugan
Shun-3 Bakugan
Julie-3 Bakugan

Daisy-3 Bakugan
Billy-3 Bakugan
Komba-3 Bakugan

"Doom Card Set!" Daisy, Billy, and Komba shouted as they tossed their Doom Cards into the lava followed by it turning purple for a second before turning back to normal.

"Alright, I'm up first." Billy announced as he stepped forward. "Gate Card Set!" Billy shouted, tossing his Gate Card onto the ground before it was absorbed.

"Bakugan Brawl!." he shouted as he shot out his Bakugan from his shooter. "Bakugan Stand! Rise Subterra Hynoid!"

In a flash of orange light was Subterra Hynoid who rose for battle before howling.

"Hmm." Drago hummed.

"Drago is something wrong?" Dan asked his partner.

"There's something off about Hynoid…." Drago said, feeling something coming off the Bakugan.

"What do you mean?" Eva asked,

"That Bakugan is giving off a strange energy, Judai, and the others must be careful." Eenoch stated.

"Your turn if you have the guts?" Billy taunted.

"Yeah, let's see what you chumps got." Komba said

"Ok!" Julie said, ready to battle.

"Wait, let me go first." Shun said

"What?" Julie asked.

"It's alright, Julie, let him go." Judai said, to which Julie nodded.

"Careful Shun." Skyress warned her partner.

Shun nodded as he placed his first Bakugan into the launcher. "Bakugan Brawl!" Shun shouted as he launched it at Hynoid. The Bakugan hit Hynoid in the chest, pushing him back an inch; however, the Subterra Bakugan wasn't affected by the blow.

"Ravenoid stand!" Shun shouted. In a flash of green light, Ravenoid flew into the air and landed on the ground.

"Hey, did you all notice something?" Runo asked.

"Yeah, that Sphere Attack should have done more damage Hynoid doesn't have that much defense." Eva answered, finding it odd that Hynoid didn't really lose that much power

Suddenly to the Observing Brawler's surprise, Buster began growling, and Komodo began hissing as his eyes turned to slits which surprised the Brawlers as well since this is the most emotion that Komodo displayed.

"Komodo is something wrong?" Eva asked in concern.

"Buster.." Judai said he had never seen Buster like this and Komodo was being more emotional than he ever saw him before.

"They can sense the energy as well, there's no doubt about it. It's the energy of the Silent Core." Drago exclaimed.

"Are you serious?!" Dan exclaimed in shock.

"Hey, don't turn your backs on me, Hynoid attack!" Billy called.

Hynoid growled as he leaped at Ravenoid, who flew out of the way of the attack but barely.

"Woah! It's even faster than last time!" Julie exclaimed, remembering Hynoid's speed, but this was beyond last time.

Shun scowled and activated an ability card. "Ability Activate! Wall of Wind!" Shun shouted, tossing the ability at Ravanoid as a powerful tornado of wind surrounded him as a shield.

Billy scoffed."That's it? Please Gate Card Open!" Billy shouted

Suddenly the environment shifted even further due to the gate card, a giant sandstorm began to pick up, blinding the brawlers as giant sand dunes appeared along the lava and rock formations with the tornados now beginning made of sand and wind.

"Ok, now I'm lost. Did the environment just change again?" Dan asked.

"Intriguing, it seems like whenever an attributed gate card opens, it further terraforms the field." Eva said, impressed.

"Amazing," Marucho uttered.

"The environment? Or Eva?" Preyas teased.

"Shut up!" Marucho shouted with a blush on his face.

"Now, Hynoid!" Billy called out.

Suddenly Hynoid vanished in a burst of speed that the others didn't expect, and Ravenoid was knocked to the ground with a punch to the face which dispensed the Wall of Wind ability, shocking the brawlers, especially Shun. It tried to get up be it was knocked to the side by a kick. Hynoid then appeared and knock him around like a ball.

"Damn! Now that's some speed and power! Shun, you need to do something fast!" Dan called out.

"My Hynoid is running circles around you." Billy gloated.

"Ability Activate! Shadow Scratch!" Shun exclaimed, throwing a green ability card onto Hynoid's shadow and stopping him in his tracks. Suddenly the sand turned grey, indicating the gate card was nullified.

"Shun's Ability Card stopped Hynoid and nullified Billy's gate card." Marucho said.

"Ravenoid! End this!" Shun called out.

Ravennoid got to its feet and flew at Hynoid, delivering a powerful kick to his chest, reverting the Subterra Bakugan back to ball form which landed beside Billy's feet.

Judai-3 Bakugan
Shun-3 Bakugan
Julie-3 Bakugan

Daisy-3 Bakugan
Billy-2 Bakugan
Komba-3 Bakugan

"Damn it!" Billy growled in anger. "This ain't over yet, you ninja freak."

"Not bad. I expect no less from the ranked 6 battler," Komba said, impressed. "But that rank is going to be dropping soon."

"Don't underestimate your opponent Komba or overestimate yourself. It could cost you." Daisy said told him in a slightly cold tone. 'As I told him before, ranking means nothing unless you got the skills to back it up, and I'll show them what I have in store.'

"Hey, watch what you say; I'm just getting started." Komba snapped at Daisy.

'Daisy appears to be the most focused out of the three of them. I have a feeling she'll be the most difficult to deal with.' Judai thought.

"Way to go Shun." Dan said.

"But that was a close one." Eva told Dan.

"My suspicions are confirmed. The power that Hynoid gave off was that of the Silent Core." Drago said, his revelation surprised all the brawlers.

"Are you sure?" Runo asked.

"He is right, my lady, that Bakugan was fueled by negative energy, increasing his power beyond what it's supposed to be." Tigrerra said,

"So we have to face powered-up Bakugan supercharged by negative energy after nearly being crushed by rocks; yeah, not our day, is it." Preyas asked,

"Yes, albeit a weaker version of the core." Eenoch scowled.

"It doesn't matter; I'll crush them." Leonidas said, not caring if his opponents were powered up with Negative Energy.

"Let's keep this battle going." Komba said

"Alright then, let's d-" Julie was about to launch her Bakugan only for Judai to interrupt her.

"Let me go next." Judai said. "Trust me."

"Ok." Julie nodded with a sigh at least Judai asked her.

"I know you want to help your sister and friend but right now, you need a cool head ok?" Judai said with a smile.

"Ohh, ok." Julie giggled.

"Gate Card Set!" Judai shouted as he threw down a gate card which got absorbed into the battlefield. Judai then placed a Bakugan into his shooter. "Bakugan Brawl!" he shouted as he launched his Bakugan into the battlefield. "Bakugan Stand! Rise Subterra Siege!"

Rising in a flash of orange light beside Ravenoid was a Subterra Siege who was welding a drill-shaped lance as he tightly gripped it in both hands.

"Judai's using another attribute?" Runo asked, confused.

"Remember Judai and I use different attributes but his Primary attributes are Pyrus and Darkus, and mine is Haos and Darkus." Eva explained.

"Alright, let's-" Komba was interrupted when Daisy held her hand out,

"Let me take care of him." Daisy said not breaking her focus on Judai

"Fine, I'll take Shun." Komba said with a growl.

"Bakugan Brawl!" both shouted shooting their respective Bakugan onto the field."Bakugan Stand!"

"Rise, Subterra Griffon!" Daisy announced,

"Come Ventus El Condor!" Komba said

In a flash of orange light Griffon appeared on the field ready to battle.

With El Condor in a flash of green light, a Bakugan that looked like a hybrid between a totem pole and a tiki appeared on the field.

"Careful you two, I don't know about Komba, but my sister is a tough battler and excellent strategist," Julie said remembering her battles with Daisy. That is where it hits her what just happened.

"Hey, you skipped me!" Julie yelled, making her the last one to throw her Bakugan yet.

Daisy, seeing her sister losing her cool, decides to take advantage of that by giving her a ditzy smile before saying. "Oh sorry, sis guess I forgot you were there."

Julie glared at Daisy. "Forgot I was here?! Oh, that's it, Daisy, you're going down!" grabbing one of her Bakugan and putting it into her shooter

"Wait Julie she's trying-" but before Judai could finish Julie had already launched her Bakugan aiming straight at her sister's Griffon.

"-to bait you." Judai finished.

The Bakugan hit Griffon in the forehead which makes him slide back but he just shuggles it off.

"Bakugan Stand! Tuskor!" Julie shouted.

In a flash of orange light, the elephant Bakugan appeared ready for battle.

"Not a bad Bakugan sis but I'm afraid he's a bit outclassed against my Griffon should have checked the status though it's ok to make a rookie mistake." Daisy said, giving a ditsy smile again.

"Grr!" Julie growled, getting annoyed at Daisy's words. "We'll see who's the rookie!"

"Wow, and I thought I could get a rise out of her." Billy said to himself.

"Julie calm down!" Runo called out.

"Yeah, you can't let her get your goat like that." Dan called.

'I can sense a sibling rivalry when I see one.' Eva thought as she could see that there was more to Julie's outburst than just being insulted.

'Julie's playing right into her hand. We need to snap her back to her senses before it's too late.' Judai thought.

But before Judai could say something, Julie began her play. "Ability Activate Grand Slam!" Julie shouted.

Tuskor trumpeted as his trunk began to extend and he slammed it into the ground before he aimed it at Griffon. Daisy just smirked as Griffon sidestepped the attack like a blur.

"What!" Julie shouted. "Keep attacking Tuskor!"

The elephant continued to attack Griffon but to no avail, Komba, however, turned his attention to Shun ready to battle.

"Looks like you're all mine and I'm going to show you how to really ride winds." Komba told him

"Funny, I was going to say the exact same thing." Shun countered calmly, although he knew he had to be careful, remembering his opponent's Bakugan were powered up by negative energy.

"Go, El Condor!" Komba shouted as the tiki started to fire lasers at Ravenoid

Ravenoid quickly flew into the air and avoided their attacks, before making a u-turn and tackling the El Condor forcing it back but the Tiki Bakugan pushed Ravenoid away before firing more lasers at Ravenoid however out of nowhere Subterra Siege appeared behind El Condor thrusting his spear into it's back, however, a tornado appeared around El Condor blowing Siege way.

Komba smirked holding up an ability card. "Two can play the defense game." Komba laughed. "Now El Condor finish this!" Komba ordered.

El Condor unleashed a blast at Ravenoid. "Siege!" Judai called out and Siege grabbed Ravenoid pulling both of them out of the way of El Codor's attack sailed pasted the brawlers destroying a rock formation and creating a huge explosion; the force of it caused all the Brawlers to cover themselves.

"Damn, the amount of power behind that attack," Dan said; he knew Drago said that the Silent and Infinity Cores could power up Bakugan, but he didn't think it would be to that degree.

"Oh boy, we're in trouble." Preyas said, glad it wasn't him out there.

"The power at their disposal is truly frightening," Tigrerra said.

"And it'll just keep getting worse from here," Eva uttered.

"Heh, if that's really all you got, then this will be my easiest victory." Komba smirked.

"You fine Shun?" Judai asked.

"Yeah." Shun nodded. He was starting to realize that since he hadn't been playing for so long he was a little rusty despite the power disadvantage it was painfully clear that Komba would be a difficult opponent to deal with.

"Shun I got an idea, follow my lead." Judai said.

Shun looked at Judai and nodded. "Alright." Shun agreed.

"Siege attack!" Judai shouted.

Siege rushed at El Condor and started rapidly thrusting its drill-shaped lance, however, El Condor with his silent speed was able to dodge each thrust.

"Siege's attacks aren't working, I wonder what Judai is planning?" Runo questioned.

"I'm sure he knows what he's doing." Dan remarked.

El Condor continued to dodge, Komba just smirked not even worried however he noticed Ravenoid trying to attack from behind. "This again? When will you learn?" Komba said as he activated an Ability Card, and another tornado appeared around El Condor but it was much bigger than last time pushing both Ravenoid and Siege away however Judai had hoped for that.

"Now Shun!" Judai exclaimed.

Shun nodded. "Now Ravennoid!" Shun shouted as he activated his ability card. "Ability Activate Blow Away!"

Ravenoid appeared behind Siege and flapped his wings in a gust of wind Siege vanished from sight surprising everyone, especially Komba.

"Hey what's the big deal? You knock your own teammate out of the game?" Komba asked confused.

"Oh, Siege is still in the game," Judai smirked as he tilted his head upward.

Komba looked up and his eyes widened seeing Siege was above El Condor's Tornado Shield.

"Ability Activate! Penetrate Thunder!" Judai shouted

Siege was diving straight down into the eye of the tornado right where El Condor was with his drill on his lance beginning to spin as he smashed into the tiki Bakugan impaling him into the ground, causing El Condor to revert back to ball form and landed besides Komba's feet.

"Ahhh!" Komba shouted in dismay as El Condor landed at his feet.

Judai-3 Bakugan
Shun-3 Bakugan
Julie-3 Bakugan

Daisy-3 Bakugan
Billy-2 Bakugan
Komba-2 Bakugan

"Way to go!" Dan cheered as he and Marucho gave each other high fives.

"Yeah." Runo cheered as well.

"Bravo." Tigrerra said.

"Way to go Judai baby." Preyas said jumping in joy.

"Judai knew that El Condor's defenses would be too hard to penetrate from the sides, but the top of the tornado was variable to attack, giving them the perfect opportunity to strike," Eva smirked.

"No fair!" Komba complained,

"Every defense has a weakness. It just takes patience to figure it out." Judai told him.

"Nice plan Judai." Shun said, before turning to see Julie was still having trouble with Griffon

Tuskor was still trying to hit Griffon and Julie was getting more and more frustrated as her Tuskor kept missing.

"Now Griffon." Daisy calmly spoke.

Griffon sidestepped again as Tuskor's trunk hit the ground however it bit down on the truck making the elephant Bakugan trumpet in pain.

"Oh no!" Julie exclaimed in shock.

"Toss it," Daisy commanded.

Griffon jerked its neck lifting Tuskor off the ground and slammed him back onto it with a sickening thud. He then twisted right and smashed his opponent into a nearby boulder shattering it in the process causing great pain to it as he released its trunk.

"No Tuskor." Julie cried as her Bakugan struggled to get back up

"Great job Griffon." Daisy said with a smile,

"Griffon's just yanking him around like a cat toy!" Dan said.

"If Julie doesn't do something soon, Tuskor will be sent to the Doom Dimension," Marucho uttered in concern.

"Ability Activate! Wing Burst!" Daisy smirked

Griffon roared as his wings expanded and glowed with earthly energy, before charging at Tuskor with full force.

"Not on my watch! Ability Activate! Earth Splitter," Judai shouted.

Siege stabs his drill-shaped lance into the ground causing the earth to shake as cracks form between Griffin and Tuskor, causing a chasm to form between the two.

"Leap Griffon!" Daisy shouted.

With a large pounce Griffon took to the air using its wings to glide across the chasm.

Julie saw the opening she needed. "Tuskor! Ability Activate! Lasnose!" Julie shouted.

Tusksor got to his feet and extended his trunk at the charging Griffon. Daisy smirked at this as Tuskor's trunk wrapped around him. "Looks like we rounded up a varmint, right Tuskor." Julie said with a cowgirl's voice.

Tuskor trumpeted before he jerked his head downward, slamming Griffon to the ground with great force ending the battle. Griffon returned to ball form, landing at Daisy's feet.

Judai-3 Bakugan
Shun-3 Bakugan
Julie-3 Bakugan

Daisy-2 Bakugan
Billy-2 Bakugan
Komba-2 Bakugan

"Alright I did it!" Julie cheered.

"Not bad." Judai said. "Cutting it close, but not bad."

Shun simply nodded because he was caught in his own thoughts. 'Feel like that last battle went too easily. Why didn't she try to have Griffon break out of Tuskor's grip?'

"Thank you." Julie said, feeling proud of herself and happy Judai recognized her skills.

"Nice work!" Dan called out.

"Yeah." Runo agreed.

However, like Shun, Eva did notice something about that last play that was off. "Wait! Something's not right," Eva said, getting a bad feeling.

"What's wrong?" Runo asked, confused.

"Don't you think that last play felt off?" Eva asked.

"She's right. Griffon should have been able to easily break free from Tuskor's Lasnose ability, given how much power it has." Eenoch said.

"Wait, what do you mean?" Dan asked.

"It means Daisy threw that match on purpose." Shun frowned.

"Wait, you must be kidding, right?" Julie asked, not sure if she believed what she was hearing.

"Why did you just throw the match? Are you afraid to battle your own sister?" Komba shouted in shock.

"Yeah, what's the deal, Daisy?" Billy asked.

"Well, Griffon already finished his job, and there was no reason for him to be on the field anymore, so I let my little sister have her little victory, not that it matters." Daisy smirked.

"Wait, what did she just say!?" Preyas said, feeling uneasy.

"I don't like this," Judai said, getting a bad feeling about this.

"Oh-oh," Julie uttered fearfully, wondering what Daisy was up to.

"I have to thank you, Julie; with this, I'll wipe all of your Bakugan off the field with one move!" Daisy shouted as she loaded her second Bakugan into her launcher.

{Special Shot Activated: Subterra Quake}

"She must be bluffing, right?" Dan said, sweat dripping down his forehead.

"Watch sis as I show a new trick to the game. Now! Bakugan Brawl!" Daisy Shouted, launching her Bakugan, which was covered in an orange aura. "Bakugan Stand! Subterra Maxodon!"

The ground began to shake as shockwaves surged throughout the area. The Brawlers, Buster, and Komodo tried to keep their balance even Billy and Komba were losing their balance as orange shockwaves shot at Tuskor, Ravenoid, and Siege, knocking all of them away. All Judai, Shun, and Julie could do was watch their Bakugan vanish into the Doom Dimension.

Judai-2 Bakugan
Shun-2 Bakugan
Julie-2 Bakugan

Daisy-2 Bakugan
Billy-2 Bakugan
Komba-2 Bakugan

"Oh no!" Julie cried out,

"She got us all in one shot?" Judai said in awe.

"Incredible." was all Shun could say.

As the shockwaves subsided, out of the dust stood a new Bakugan that looked like an extinct mammoth.

"I've never seen a Bakugan like that before." Marucho said interested in this new Bakugan.

"Forget that. You saw what just happened," Runo shouted.

"She took out all three at once without having to engage them in battle." Dan said, still can't believe what he saw.

Both Billy and Komba looked at Daisy equally as surprised at how Daisy was able to take the brawlers out in such a way.

'She's better than I thought.' Komba thought.

'I knew Daisy was good. But not this good, but I don't care. I'm the master of Subterra, and I will show her and Julie.' Billy thought with hostility.

"That was a special shot." Daisy told them. "it's a shot that a battler can use once in a while during a battle, but it takes time to charge, and the movement of the player Bakugan charges it."

"Movement?" Judai uttered, but then it hit him. "She used Julie's attacks to charge up her Special Shot. Daisy planned this from the start. She wanted all of us to have our Bakugan on the field and let Julie finish Griffion off before wiping us out."

"She had this planned from the start. She's definitely a tier above Billy and Komba," Shun admitted.

Julie lowered her head in shame. "Damn, I can't believe I let this happen." she played right into her sister's trap, and her friends paid for it as well. "I'm sorry, guys. I screwed up!"

"It's fine, Julie," Judai said to her before turning back to Daisy, who smirked at her handy work. "I think we all underestimated her."

Shun nodded. "Yes, out of the three of them, she doesn't use just brute force but carefully placed strategy, like a chess player."

"How did you find that out, and why didn't we get told!" Komba practical yelled,

"Well, Alisa had met with me before we left and made a point to tell me that the showcase hadn't shown every new feature, so I did some practice battling and discovered the Special Shots alongside a few other features that you will have to wait and see." Daisy explained, Empathizing the last part with a wink.

"And you never bothered to tell any of us?!" Billy growled. Daisy made him feel like an idiot hearing all this information she hid from him.

"It's not my job to teach you something a real battler should be able to learn on their own. You both had just as much opportunity to practice before we arrived as I did, so you only have yourselves to blame for not learning new mechanics. " Daisy said with a stern look.

"Shut it!" Billy shouted, not liking that Daisy was insulting him as if he was a rookie before choosing his next Bakugan and placing it in his launcher. "Bakugan Brawl!" he shouted, launching his Bakugan onto the field. "WormQuake Stand!"

In a flash of orange light, the sandworm Bakugan emerged from the ground, ready to battle.

"Though Judai, if you want, I'm more than willing to give you some private lessons. I even know a nice secluded place for just the two of us to train." Daisy seductively said, pushing her breasts together to empathize with her chest.

"Daisy!" Julie growled at her sister for her flirting with Judai. However, as long as she knew her big sister, she would never do something like that. There was definitely something that happened to her.

Judai blushed but ignored Daisy, focusing on the battle. "Ready, Nilious?" Judai asked.

"Absolutely." Nillious said as he reverted to ball form.

"Just don't get distracted by the girl's courtship display. It's probably an attempt to break your focus as she did with Julie, " Leonidas said.

"I don't need you to tell me that!" Judai shouted at his second partner as if he would be distracted by such a basic thing.

Judai then placed Nillious into his shooter before aiming. "Bakugan Brawl!" Judai shouted as he launched Nillious onto the battlefield. "Darkus Nillious Stand!"

In a flash of purple light, Nillious appeared in the air before he spread his wings, ready for battle.

"You will pay for what you did." Nillious proclaimed.

"That's tough talk coming from a two-headed lizard like you." Komba mocked. "Gate card Set!" he shouted as he threw out a Gate card that was absorbed into the battlefield. Komba then placed his Bakugan into his shooter before jumping and making several backflips. "Bakugan Brawl!" Komba shouted as he launched his Bakugan onto the field. "Ventus Bee Striker stand!"

A wasp-like Bakugan appeared on the field in a flash of green light, ready for battle.

Nillious was now staring down Maxodon, Wormquake, and Bee Striker, who had him surrounded.

Wormquake wasted no time and burrowed underground as Maxodon charged forward. Nilious was about to counter when Wormquake shot out of the ground, wrapping around him. Nillious struggled to break free. The Darkus Bakugan knew in a normal battle he would be able to break free easily, but with the power of the Silent Core surging through Wormquek, it was much stronger and more dangerous than usual. However, his thoughts were cut short as he was met with a powerful tackle from Maxodon, sending the two-headed dragon skidding back, shaken but was far from finished.

Taking advantage of the situation, Komba activated an ability aiming to end this. "Ability Activate! Sky Stinger!" Komba shouted.

Bee Striker's stinger glowed green, charging at the constricted Nillious.

"Judai!" Eva called out.

"I know!" Judai replied, activating his own ability. "Ability Activate! Pact of Darkness!"

Nillious vanished, causing Wormquke to loosen its grip now that Nillious has vanished. Komba and Billy's eyes widened at the sudden disappearance. Unable to stop its assault, Bee Striker jabbed Wormquake in the side, causing it to wail in pain.

"Hey, watch where you and that overgrown bug sting!" Billy shouted at Komba, who glared.

"It wasn't my fault! Your overgrown sandworm should have held him tighter!" Komba countered.

While they were arguing, Nillious reappeared behind them and quickly charged at both Bakugan, grabbing both with his bare hands before flying and brutally slamming both Bakugan into a nearby floating rock formation.

"Leonidas isn't the only one who knows how to fight brutally." Nillious commented.

"Hmph, I'm better at it." Leonidas scoffed.

"Damn it." Billy gritted his teeth.

However four stones twice Nillious' size shot out of the ground slamming against the Darkus Bakugan, he struggled to break free but was unable to.

"What is this?!" Nillious demanded, still trying to break free from his rock prison.

Everyone looked at Daisy who held up a glowing ability card and Maxodon's front feet glowed with orange energy. "Ability Activate! Subterra Tomb! This ability card traps the target in a stone prison, preventing it from escaping."

"Let's get in there, Shun," Julie said with determination, with Shun nodding in agreement.

Both brawlers loaded a Bakugan into their respective launchers. "Bakugan Brawl!" Julie and Shun shouted, launching their Bakugan onto the field.

"Rattleoid stand!" Julie shouted.

In a flash of orange light, the rattlesnake Bakugan appeared on the field hissing, ready to do battle.

"Monarus stand!" Shun shouted

In a flash of green light. The butterfly Bakugan floated elegantly, ready to battle as well.

"Heh, this will be easy," Billy smirked. "Gate Card Set!" Billy shouted, throwing his Gate Card, which got absorbed into the battlefield before he grabbed Cycloid and got into a baseball pitching stance. "Bakugan Brawl!" he shouted, throwing Cycloid, losing his hat in the process as Cycloid headed straight for Rattleoid, curving at the end, hitting the snake on the side of the face. But to the Brawler's shock, Rattleoid was sent to the Doom Dimension in the process.

"Oh no! What happened?!" Julie exclaimed in panic.

In a flash of orange light, Cycloid rose up, ready to bash his enemies with his mighty hammer.

{Rattleoid knocked out of battle as a result of Critical KO}

Judai-2 Bakugan
Shun-2 Bakugan
Julie-1 Bakugan

Daisy-2 Bakugan
Billy-2 Bakugan
Komba-2 Bakugan

"Critical KO?" Judai asked, confused.

"Uh, yes, It lets me defeat your Bakugan causes…." Billy honestly didn't know what had just happened but didn't want to admit it.

"When a Bakugan is hit by a Sphere Attack, its G-Power is subtracted from it. If the Bakugan's power hits 0, it's immediately knocked out of the battle. Which is called a Critical KO." Daisy explained. "Of course, it depends on the defense of the Bakugan."

"Really? I didn't think that could happen." Komba said in honesty.

"Of course, Rattleoid doesn't have that much defense, and his G-Power is very low, so the power behind Billy's throw along with Cycloid's speed, knocked it out of the battle," Marucho said, understanding it.

"This is crazy," Eva uttered.

"Also, congratulations on stumbling on that mechanic but pretending you knew what happened when you didn't only made yourself look like a fool," Daisy said.

"Who are you calling a fool, Daisy!" Billy shouted in anger clenching his fist.

Judai gritted his teeth. 'Critical KOs? Special Shots? What else has Alisa added to the game?' he thought, wondering what else could be apart of the game now.

Julie, however, fell to her knees, now crying; she had not only lost to her sister, but Billy had taken out her Bakugan with a method he had just discovered. "Damn it, nooo." Julie uttered, upset.

Nillious continued to struggle to break free from Maxodon's stone prison but was growing more frustrated. Judai could see that if Nillious wasn't freed soon, he would be sent to the Doom Dimension.

Judai looked at Julie before turning back to the battle with a harsh glare. "Nillous we might not have a choice but for you to use 'that' ability."

Nillious while struggling to free himself from his stone prison knew exactly which ability he was talking about. "Very well." Nillious replied.

"If you want to get bashed, then who am I to object." Cycloid smirked, ready to battle.

"You're not alone in this, Judai." Shun said. "Let's take them all down."

Judai glanced at the opponent's Bakugan. "Think you could handle Komba?" Judai asked.

"No problem." Shun replied.

Judai turned to Julie and spoke. "Julie, you need to pull it together. Everyone loses now and again, but you need to get back up and battle. We all need to work together to beat them."

"You shouldn't even bother," Daisy spoke up. "My little sister always cries when she fails at something. She shouldn't be a battler if she keeps crying after every defeat."

"Hey, you're her sister. How can you talk to her like that!" Runo shouted, completely disgusted by Daisy's words.

"She's right. Ever hear of the idea of being supportive instead of being a bitch?" Eva said, giving Daisy a firm look of disappointment.

"I'm only stating a fact. If she can't be a woman and learn to stop crying, then she deserves to be on the ground like the crybaby she is." Daisy counted.

Julie's eyes shot open, and she looked into her sister's eyes and saw it. "So that's it?" Julie asked, standing back up. The whitette wiped the tears from her eyes but smiled. "Don't worry guys."

"But Julie, all that she said?" Eva uttered.

"I know," Julie said. "Daisy might not be herself, but I know when Daisy is giving me advice, and even if it is hostile, I understand what she means."

"Are you done being a baby!" Daisy glared.

"No, I'm DONE with the crap you've been throwing at me, especially when I KNOW that you haven't been acting like my sister. I don't know if you're some kind of imposter or they did something to your mind, but right now, you're not acting like the Daisy I know, and I'll do whatever it takes to free you!" Julie declared.

"If you can, Julie." Daisy said with venom in her tone." "Maybe this is the real me? And I've been waiting a long time to cut my ties with you."

"This is so messed up. Two sisters shouldn't be fighting like this." Dan said, feeling very sorry for Julie.

"Agreed, whatever Masquerade did, he will pay." Eva growled, clenching her fists. momentarily forgetting for a moment that Alice was Masquerade

"Gorem.." Julie asked her partner.

"I'm with you all the way Julie," Gorem replied. "Are you ready to finish this?"

Julie gave him a firm nod. Both Judai and Shun could see the resolve in her eyes.

"Let's do this, boys," Julie said, ready to battle. As she grabbed Gorem, Julie took a deep breath and bent slightly at the knees, her right hand on her right knee with her left thumb near her mouth. "Alright, here goes, Bakugan… Brawl!" she started before raising both arms above her head, her right leg in front, while her left was in the back before she gracefully shifted her body to the side, her left leg high in the air while both her hands were positioned behind her head before, threw Gorem at Wormquake hitting the worm Bakugan in the stomach slamming hard into worm knocking it back as it forced out the ground before landing hard flopping around a little like a fish taken out water before quickly retreating underground.

"Woah! Nice shot." Eva said, thinking that if Julie ever tried out for baseball she would definitely be one of the best pitchers.

"Gorem Stand!" Julie shouted

"In a flash of orange light, Gorem rose from the ground, ready for battle.

"Gate Card Open!" Billy shouted as he opened his gate card.

"Battle!" Julie and Billy shouted.

Wormquke lunged at Gorem, who retaliated with a strong punch that quickly overwhelmed the worm Bakugan, causing him to revert back to ball form, landing behind Billy, Komba, and Daisy.

Judai-2 Bakugan
Shun-2 Bakugan
Julie-1 Bakugan

Daisy-2 Bakugan
Billy-1 Bakugan
Komba-2 Bakugan

"How's that for ya?" Julie smirked, thinking she had the upper hand.

"Alright!" Dan cheered.

"No, wait the Gate Card." Judai realized. "It's a trap," he called out, but it was too late.

"What's happening?" Gorem exclaimed as he began to sink into the sand, stopping at his armpits.

"Oh no!" Julie exclaimed in shock.

"Ah yeah, I love this game.:" Billy said with a big grin.

"That gate card is called Frozen Quicksand, normally it forces the winning Bakugan to remain on the battlefield but it seems in the dromes it acts as a trap," Judai explained.

"It's time to end this. Cycloid bring down the hammer!" Billy called out.

"Ahh yeah! Time to smash you like a bug, adios Gorem!" Cycloid exclaimed as he raised his hammer over Gorem to finish him off.

"We go to do something," Julie said, knowing she could lose Gorem if they didn't do something fast

Thinking fast, Shun quickly activated an ability card. "Ability Card Activated! Scarlet Twister!"

Monarus unleashed a powerful wind that engulfed Gorem who vanished just as the Cycloid's hammer slammed into the ground confusing the cyclops Bakugan. Gorem appeared near Monarus who fell from the sky.

"Thank you, I owe you," Gorem told Monarus politely as she returned to ball form landing at Shun's feet.

Judai-2 Bakugan
Shun-1 Bakugan
Julie-1 Bakugan

Daisy-2 Bakugan
Billy-1 Bakugan
Komba-2 Bakugan

Julie was confused and turned to Shun. "Shun, you sacrificed Monarus!" she said.

"Really? How lame." Komba commented, thinking it was stupid with what Shun did.

Shun said nothing turning away from her. "Don't pass up this chance." was all he told her.

"He's right," Judai said. "Don't let Monarus' sacrifice be in vain, Jules."

"Bee Striker, finish him off!" Komba command.

The Bee Bakugan charged at Gorem, aiming to finish Gorem off.

Julie nodded at her teammates and looked at Bee Striker. "Gorem, squash that bug! Mega Impact!"

Gorem charged forward, building up momentum while pulling his arm back. As soon as Bee Striker was close enough, Gorem unleashed a powerful punch hitting Bee Striker with all his might forcing the wasp Bakugan to revert to ball form landing at Komba's feet.

Judai-2 Bakugan
Shun-1 Bakugan
Julie-1 Bakugan

Daisy-2 Bakugan
Billy-1 Bakugan
Komba-1 Bakugan

"Oh man," Komba uttered sadly.

"You don't control the earth element. You feed off it." Gorem said, turning to Billy and Cycloid.

"Nice one Gorem." Julie congratulated her partner.

Daisy just frowned before turning to see Nillious still struggling to break free from her stone prison. "They won the last round. It's time to return the favor," Daisy smirked. Maxodon trumpeted in agreement.

"Time to end this. Say goodbye, Nillious!" Daisy exclaimed as she threw a core at Maxodon, who absorbed it. The mammoth Bakugan trumpeted as rocks began to rise and circle him in opposite directions in an X shape.

"Terra Edge! " Daisy shouted.

Maxodon Trumpeted as he unleashed the stones at Nillious, who just glared at the rocks.

Judai quickly held up an ability card. "Ability Activate! Reversal!"

While still trapped within the stone prison, Nillious was engulfed in an aura of dark energy, freeing him from his stone prison while grabbing the stones that created the prison at the rocks Maxodon unleashed, destroying them in the process and shocking Daisy as the stones hit Maxodon burying him beneath them.

"No way…" Daisy uttered.

Maxodon emerged from the stone pile, shaky from the damage. He was met with a powerful punch by Nillious, sending flying towards Daisy, who just watched as her Bakugan reverted back to ball form, landing behind her.

Judai-2 Bakugan
Shun-1 Bakugan
Julie-1 Bakugan

Daisy-1 Bakugan
Billy-1 Bakugan
Komba-1 Bakugan

"Incredible." Daisy uttered, turning towards her defeated Bakugan.

"Alright, Judai did it!" Julie cheered.

"But it looks like it came at a price," Shun commented dryly.

True to Shun's words, Nillious fell to one knee feeling completely spent from using Reversal.

"Oh man, whenever Nilious uses Reversal, he loses all of his power and is unable to battle for a few days," Dan said, remembering the drawback of that ability.

"Oh no.." Runo commented.

"Judai knew the risk, but he didn't have a choice but to use it," Eva said.

"Judai… I… can't… move…" Nillious said, breathing hard.

"I know, return," Judai said, holding out his hand.

In a flash of purple light, Nillous returned to ball form, landing in Judai's hand. Since Judai called back Nillious, it resulted in a forfeit costing him the round.

Judai-1 Bakugan
Shun-1 Bakugan
Julie-1 Bakugan

Daisy-1 Bakugan
Billy-1 Bakugan
Komba-1 Bakugan

"You did good, Nillious, sorry I made you do that." Judai apologized.

"It's alright." Nillious said

Judai nodded, turning to his secondary partner. "This is it Leo. You ready to finish this?" he asked Leonidas.

"Always." Leonidas nodded.

"Gate card Set!" Jaden yelled as he threw out a gate card which got absorbed into the field. Jaden than placed Leonidas in his shooter and aimed the launcher. "Bakugan Brawl!" he yelled as he launched Leonidas into the battlefield. "Pyrus Leonidas Stand!"

In a flash of crimson light, Leonidas rose up and flew into the air before he landed on the ground before he unleashed a roar, ready for battle.

"So that's the bakugan that everyone has been talking about recently." Komba said, remembering all the rumors and stories about Leonidas, Harpus had told him that she had never heard of him.

"Yeah, but won't last long against me." Harpus said not scared of Leonidas.

"He's not that scary." Billy said tilting his hat.

"I'll smash him to the ground boss." Cycloid proclaimed, slamming his hammer on the ground.

'I've been waiting for this.' Daisy thought, as she too heard the rumors of Leonidas. Now it was time to see if they were true.

"He certainly feels different from the other Bakugan, My Lady." Liger said.

"Alright Skyress, let's lock and load." Shun said as he placed Skyress in his shooter. "Bakugan Brawl!" he shouted as he launched Skyress into the battlefield. "Skyress Stand."

A flash of green lightning shot into the sky into dark clouds. Just then Skyress descended from them her wings folded, she than unfolded her wings before screeching.

"Gate Card Set!" Komba exclaimed as he tossed the card onto the ground before being absorbed, Komba then loaded Harpus into his shooter before jumping and making several backflips. "Bakugan Brawl!" Komba shouted as he launched Harpus onto the battlefield. "Harpus stand!"

In a flash of green light Harpus appeared her arms over head ready for battle.

"I'm Harpus!" Harpus said laughing. "You ready to go at it sister? Or should I call you grandma?" Harpus taunted Skyress who was agitated by Harpus's rude aditude.

"Why…You insolent little Harp." Skyress said in anger at that comment.

"It's time Liger." Daisy smirked.

"As you wish my lady." Liger said ready to battle.

Daisy smirked loading her bakugan into the launcher. "Bakugan Brawl!" Daisy shouted shooting her partner onto the battlefield.

In a flash of orange light, Liger appeared on the field roaring, ready to end this battle.

"It's a Subterra Tigrerra." Marucho said.

"That's Daisy's partner, Desert Liger. don't let your guard down." Julie warned Judai and Shun.

"Right." Judai nodded.

"I am Liger, and once I set my sight on my prey, I hunt It down no matter who stands in my way!" Liger roared.

"Liger, when I'm done with you, you'll be nothing more but a pelt at the foot of my bed." Leonidas growled.

Komba wasted no time and activated his ability. "Ability Activate! Feather Storm!"

"This is gonna blow you away honey." Harpus said as she flapped her wings, creating a ball of condensed wind sending it right at Skyress

Skyress gasped however Gorem moved his hand infront of Skyress blocking Harpus's attack, but thanks to the negative power boost, the attack caused Gorem to flinch in pain.

"Show some respect Harpus." Gorem remarked as he shook his hand.

"Gorem." Skyress uttered thankful to her friend.

"Oh no!" Harpus gasped knowing she might be in trouble.

Shun wanting to end this fast activate Skress' ability card. "Ability Activate! Green Nobility Soar Violent Wind!"

Skyress screeched as she was then engulf in green flames and dove at Harpus who began to panic. But to everyone's shock Cycloid stepped in the way blocking Skyress's attack with his hammer. The one-eyed Bakugan gritted his teeth as the flames began to burn him but with a mighty yell he flung his hammer knocking Skyress out of her attack and away.

Komba turned to Billy confused. "Why'd you block the attack?" he asked.

Billy tilted his hat hiding his face. "Look I don't usually do this teamwork thing, but I think we should combined our strengths and we can beat these losers."

Komba frowned but nodded. "Alright, let's do this." Komba said turning back the battle.

"Skyress, are you alright?" Shun called out.

"I'm fine Shun, this'll be more difficult then I thought." Skyress said.

"Let's tag team them Shun." Julie said.

Shun nodded in agreement.

Leonidas roared as flew down at great speed aiming to punch Liger who moved out of the way with problem as Leonidas's fist slammed into the ground causing it to shake for a second before he was met with a tackle sending him rolling across the field. Leo growled as he rolled onto his knee and dug his right claw into the ground leaving marks as he skidded to a halt.

"Wild Hunter!" Daisy called out.

Liger roared as his claw began glow orange, began to rush at Leonidas with great ferocity.

"Ability Activate! Wall of Fire!" Judai shouted.

As Liger closed the gap between them, a tornado of fire appeared around Leo forcing Liger to stop in his tracks roaring in anger. A claw emerged from the flames grabbing Liger by neck, with a roar Leonidas forced Liger to the ground causing him to roar in pain, be tossing the Subterra Tiger across the field.

"Is that all you got?" Leondias taunted.

Liger got to his feet and shook his head. "Not even close." Liger answered while growling.

'From the looks of it, I say we're about even.' Judai thought keeping his eyes on Daisy who just smiled as if she wasn't fazed. 'But at the sametime it feels like Daisy is just sizing us up, like a predator does it's prey, we need to be careful.'

"You lost your nerve Judie?" Daisy teased.

"Not in the sightest." Judai replied calmly not letting Daisy get his goat before he held up an ability. "Ability Activate! Crushing Nail!"

Leonidas channeled energy into both his claws creating two red swords out of energy before he rushed at Liger.

"You can fight what you can't see." Daisy smirked, activating an ability card. "Ability Activate! Desert Storm!"

Liger stomped his right paw on the ground as a sandstorm began to blanket the area. Despite he sudden appearance of the sand, Leonidas continued his assault as he swung both swords but was met with the hard ground where Liger once stood.

"Damn!" Leondias growled in frustration.

"Oh great, nothing like a sandstorm to make you feel annoyed." Judai uttered, biting his lower lip.

"Try being in it." Leonidas growled as he looked around trying to figure out what direction Liger would attack from.

Liger slowly appeared from behind and pounced on Leonidas's back, digging his claws into him before biting him.

"Gah, get off me." Leonidas growled as he tried to shake off Liger, swinging around his swords in a crazed fury.

"I told you, that I will hunt down my prey no matter what." Liger growled, before biting into Leonidas' neck as hard as he could.

"Aarrge!" Leonidas roared in pain.

"Leo, if he wants to hold onto you so much then let's take him on a ride in the sky!" Judai called out, pointing into the air.

"With pleasure." Leonidas growled as he spread his wings and launched himself and Liger upwards, as he took flight.

Liger held on as tight as he could Leonidas continued to ascend and eventually broke out of the sandstorm. Everyone looked on as the two continued rising higher and higher.

"Now Leo!" Judai shouted.

Leonidas roared and began to descend at an alarming speed, the other brawlers just looked in surprise.

"You're going to take both of them out?" Eva asked her brother, confused and little concerned.

"No just Liger. Leo, let's put spin on this fight and end it!" Judai yelled

Leonidas nodded as he began to spin like a drill, despite the spinning Liger refusing to leg go. "This ends now!" Leonidas roared, as they smashed into the with a sickening thud causing the entire area to shake from the impact, it had dispense the sandstorm.

Judai and Daisy just look at the battlefield as if time had stopped. As the dust cleared it was revealed Leonidas and Liger were standing across from each other glaring at each other, both heavy damaged looking like they could fall at any time.

"I guess it's true what they say, cats do have nine lives." Judai uttered under his breath.

"I'm… not… done yet.." Leonidas said between breaths.

"Me… either…" Liger growled.

"Liger, let's end them." Daisy said.

"This battle could go either way now. The next attack will end this." Drago said.

"Oh boy, this is intense." Preyas said nervously if he had nails he would be chewing then.

"Let's just hope it'll be Leonidas who emerges the victor." Dan said sweat dripping down his face feeling the tension of the match.

Buster howled as if cheering on Judai and Leonidas even Komodo hissed cheering them on.

Cycloid swung his hammer at Gorem, who block it, the force making him skid. Harpus swept at Gorem but Skyress intercepts and rammed into the harpy Bakugan forcing her back. Billy was getting frustrated at how the battle was going along with Komba.

"Let's end this with a combo attack." Billy told Komba. "Follow my lead."

Komba nodded in response. "Harpus get ready," he said to his partner.

"Right." Harpus nodded.

"This can't be good." Julie nervously wondered what Billy was planning to do.

"Just be ready." Shun told her.

Without wasting time, Billy held up an ability card. "Ability Activate! Right Giganti!" Billy shouted.

Suddenly Cycloid's arm along with his hammer grew in size. "Ahh yeah! I'll smash you all in one hit." Cycloid exclaimed.

"Oh I get it." Komba smirked, understanding what Billy had in mind. He then held up and activated his ability card. "Ability Activate! Feather Storm."

Harpus held up her arms and blew a powerful gust of wind at Cycloid's hammer. The winds condensed around the head of the hammer making a vortex of wind.

"Combo Ability! Vortex Giganti!" Billy and Komba shouted.

"They combined their abilities?" Runo said in surprise, not thinking it was possible.

"Incredible, the combination of power and cutting wind, it's a genius play." Marucho admitted.

"Well two can play that game! Right Shun?" Julie asked.

"Right." Shun nodded.

Julie decided to start them as she held up an ability. "Ability Activate! Mega Impact" Julie shouted.

Gorem held his arm high into the air, Shun then activated his ability card.

"Ability Active! Green Nobility Violent Wind.* Shun said as Skyress was Encase in her flame's before passing it onto Gorem's arm now Encase in the wind flames.

"Combo Ability Nobility Impact!" Julie and Shun shouted.

Cycloid and Gorem charged each other with great ferocity both ready to end this battle. As Fist and Hammer Collided sending shockwaves of wind throughout the area, forcing those on the sidelines, even the ones battling to brace themselves from the force.

Gorem and Cycloid struggled to overpower each other and for few moments it looks like it might be a stalemate.

Crack

That is when everyone hears a cracking sound and Cycloid's hammer breaks apart, unable to withstand the strain of the struggle any longer as Gorem lands his punch right on Cycloid's face, launching him backwards at incredible speed at Harpus.

"Oh no!" Harpus shouted as Cycloid crashed into her, causing both of them to revert back to ball form land at their respective battlers.

Judai-1 Bakugan
Shun-1 Bakugan
Julie-1 Bakugan

Daisy-1 Bakugan
Billy-0 Bakugan (Eliminated)
Komba-0 Bakugan (Eliminated)

"What happened?" Billy said looking at his defeated Bakugan partner.

"Way to go you too!" Dan exclaimed, pumping his fist.

"Well done." Drago said.

"Great teamwork." Marucho smirked.

Juilie and Shun caught their Bakugan, Julie smiled in victory giving Shun a thumbs up which he gave it back.

"Two down one left." Runo cheered

"Yeah but it's the toughest of the three." Eva said, looking back toward where Leonidas and Liger stood.

Even though injured Liger rushed at Leonidas who stood tall, the Subterra Predator leaped at Leonidas, who grabbed Liger out of the air before tossing him away. Liger did a backflip landing on his feet, his claws digging into the sand.

Daisy frown now wanting to end this battle. "Enough of this, Ability Activate! Wild Claw Strike!"

Liger growled as his claws grew longer becoming 6 feet and glowed orange before he rushed at Leonidas.

Judai then held up an ability. "I agree it's time to end this Ability Activate! Tyrant Throw!" Judai said using his ability card

Leonidas growled as he claws glowed deep red, Liger roared as he slammed into the dragon Bakugan sinking his claws deep into his gut making Leo skid back a couple of feet. However Leonidas grabbed Liger in a tight grip and his claws buried in his opponent's side.

"Now!" Judai shouted pointing to the sky.

Leonidas, like before, lifted Liger and quickly flew into the air, shocking everyone.

"Judai, you already tried this before." Eva wondered why he was doing this again.

"Yeah, I don't think Leonidas will survive another impact like before." Julie said in worry.

"Trust me this time will be different." Judai told them.

"But Judai." Dan uttered but Shun stopped him.

"Let him do this." Shun said in a firm tone.

As Leonidas reached the max height he could reach he then began to fly in a circle repeatedly.

"He's spinning around?" Runo said confused,

"Wild." Julie commented.

"I'm getting dizzy just watching." Preyas said, feeling his head spin.

"What the hecks he thinking?" Billy asked.

"Don't know." Komba said.

'Damn it! He's trying to dizzy Liger.' Daisy understood what Judai was planning.

"Liger if you can get free it will throw off his balance giving you an opening!" Daisy called to her partner.

Liger dung his claws even deeper into Leonidas making the Pyrus Bakugan flinch from pain but he kept spinning. Liger then bit into Leonidas's neck making Leo roar in pain but Leonidas refused to let go.

"This is going to be close." Marucho said beads of sweat dripping down his forehead.

"Come on Leonidas, bring it home!" Eva called out.

"You two can do it!" Runo called out.

"Go for it Judai." Julie cheered.

Buster barked for his owner and Komdo hissed cheering as well.

Finally Leonidas breaks out of his spin as he dive bombs to the ground as he still holds on to Liger who keeps trashing and digging his claws into Leonidas to break free as the two gets closer to ground.

Then as they speed to ground Leonidas lets go and a giant smoke cloud is created and for a moment no one is sure who hit ground first. That's when Leonidas comes tumbling out until he finally comes to stop struggling to get up.

Then smoke cloud clears and everyone see's Liger on his side as he reverted by to ball form and landed at Daisy's feet, the whitette was shocked by the results.

Judai-1 Bakugan
Shun-1 Bakugan
Julie-1 Bakugan

Daisy-0 Bakugan (Eliminated)
Billy-0 Bakugan (Eliminated)
Komba-0 Bakugan (Eliminated)

Winners
Judai, Shun and Julie

"We did it." Judai sighed in relief, he wasn't sure if he would pull it off at certain moments..

The drome then lowered as they could see the canyon around them.

"That's game Daisy, now would you mind explaining what your deal was?" Julie asked, offering her hand to her sister only for her to slap it away so hard that it stunned her hand .

"My deal is sis that you got lucky if it was just the two of us then it would have gone very differently." Daisy said glaring dagger's at her sister Julie with hate filled eyes she never saw from her sister before it actually scaring her.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Runo shouted, completely angered by Daisy's attitude towards Julie.

"None of your business ponytails." Daisy said, mocking Runo's hair only making Runo even more angry.

"This isn't over, the next time we meet you all will lose." Billy declared.

"Yeah your days are already numbered so enjoy them while you can." Komba said

"Next time I'll send you to the Doom Dimension personally." Daisy said as she glared at both Judai and Julie before turning her back on them.

"Daisy wait, listen, something has been done to you to alter your personality but I know that a part of you deep down is still their please fight it before you do something you regret for rest of your life." Julie practically begged hoping to get through to Daisy.

However it fell on deaf ears. "Julie, when we meet again, I'll show no mercy." Daisy said in a cold turn. "Come we're done here." Daisy told Billy and Komba as if she was the leader of them.

Both Billy and Komba just frowned, not liking the fact that Daisy was ordering them around. But they both just ignored it and followed after her leaving the brawlers.

"Daisy!" Julie called out, before falling to her knees upset that her sister didn't listen to her.

"I'm sorry Julie." Eva apologized, placing her hand on the whitette's shoulder. And so did Runo.

"We'll save Daisy, and anyone else under that influence I promise." Judai said.

"I say we should leave, there's nothing else we can do here." Shun said crossing his arms.

Marucho nodded."Shun's right, besides given our luck today, it would be best for us to leave and maybe contact Anna and Benton."

"This battle only proves things more dire than we anticipated, with the power of the Silent Core on Masquerade's side the battles going forward will be even more dangerous." Drago stated.

"Which means we need to find the Infinity Core as soon as possible." Dan said.

"Let's head back to the ship and head for Anna's house, along the way we can contact Wolf and arrange a meeting with Benton Dusk." Judai said.

"I need to ask my family first." Julie said, getting to her feet. "I told them I'd meet up with friends but not go anywhere else."

"I'm afraid you will have to make a call to them instead cause you will be coming with me." Said a feminine voice above them causing them to look up.

"Not this again!" Preyas cried knowing where this was going.

Above them was a girl their age, she had long brown wavy hair, and slightly tan skin, she wore a dark tank-top under a white short-sleeve jacket with a matching white skirt that went just above her kneecaps with a waist cap attached to it and black mid heels.

"So you are the brawlers I got to say not impressed though some you got great bodys that I know mom would love to spend the night with you and after a night with her you will need more."

"Who the hell is she?" Runo demanded not liking the feeling coming from her.

"Sorry but I got to say I'm not interested." Dan said

"I wasn't talking about you." the girl said, gesturing towards Runo and Julie.

"Ok, this just got creepier." Julie said not liking the way the girl was looking her over.

"Who are you? Do you work for Masquerade?" Judai demanded.

"Oh please." the girl said, waving her hand. "I worked for someone much higher up on the food chain." the girl said nonchalantly

"And who might that be?" Shun asked calmly.

The girl smirked. "What's the point in telling you now cause not all of you will live to find out." she said with a sinister smirk as she held up an Aquos Bakugan. "But it's only fair to give you my name, consider it as a parting gift to those who are about to die, the name is Vivian… and this is your death sentence Brawlers." Vivian said as she gave a sadistic smile. "Bakugan Brawl." she shouted as she threw her Bakugan. "Bakugan Stand! Rise Aquos Megalosmasher!"

Appearing from a vortex of water was a prehistoric marine reptile Mosasaur. Only it had crocodilian-like armor that consisted of rows of spiky, crocodile-like scutes running down the back. Its coloring was different from the usual Aquos Bakugan. It was dark blue with a highlight of dark red and silverish-blue.

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A/N:Please Read, Follow, Like, Fav, and Review
The Battle in this chapter happened far differently than in canon. There'll be more battles that'll either be different or similar to the anime, and Chan still hasn't gotten over the truth, as you can see and Alisa is training her daughter Alice.
I've also introduced the concept of combined abilities that functioned differently from the anime
And Since Subterra never exist in the Bakugan Reboot, I've decided to name the region of Subterra, Gaiora