I do not own Bakugan, all copyrights go the creators
This is a remake of Gundalian Invadors, I literally had plot bunnies invade my head over this and had to write it down
"Ugh Where is he? He's going to be so late!"
"JULIE! STOP SHOUTING YOU'RE GOING TO SCARE THE CUSTOMERS AWAY!"
Julie jumped
"Ah! Right I am so sorry boss'' apologised the silver haired girl in front of the café. Julie closed her eyes and took a breath, before opening them and looking around the street
"Jake better get here soon, he can't keep Marucho waiting for long" she said to herself
"Hey Julie"
Julie turned around to see a red head, 15yrs old guy running towards her. Julie sighed and a smile of relief came on her face as she spoke. "There you are Jake, what took you so long. You're going to be late meeting Marucho and the others"
Jake had a sheepish smile on his face as he scratched the back of his head "he, he sorry I was playing football with my siblings and lost track of time" he apologised
Julie just gave a small shake of her head in amusement, unable to stay mad at the guy. She had a bit of a soft spot for him seeing as he was one of her first friends upon moving to Bayview
"So are you excited for your first bakugan" she asked him
A large grin appeared on Jake's face as he fist pumped the air "You bet! Hey, do you think I'll get a real bakugan?"
Julie blinked 'A real bakugan?' she repeated
"Yeah one that can talk. I've only known the virtual kind, I thought they were just made of data until you showed me Gorem" he answered her
"Oh, maybe. Who knows, but you better start going if you want to make it in time" she replied to him
"Ah you're right, I'll see you later Julie" and with that Jake ran off
Julie watched him run off giggling to herself "He reminds me of Dan a bit"
She regretted it as soon as the words came out, a solemn look on her face and her eyes had gone misty
"Oh…. right" she murmured as she turned around to get back to work
After getting awed, and lost, upon entering Bakugan Interspace, Jake finally made it to main plaza where he and Marucho were to meet
"I love it! This place is awesome" he said aloud
"this place is where players from all around the world could come and relax. It's also a place where you can exchange helpful hints and strategies, whilst searching for opponents to battle against"
Jake turned around to the direction of the voice, a short, bespectacled blond
"Hello, you must be Jake, Julie's friend. I'm Marucho one of her old friends from back home" greeted Marucho
Jake clasped his hands together "Little dude! I know all about you, Julie told me all sorts of stories about the old days"
Marucho smiled "He, he I bet she has, anyway as a token of newfound friendship why don't we get you your own bakugan" Marucho then clicked on his bakumeter were a blue light flashed and two bakugan virtualised – a chaos and a subterra
"Go ahead, come and pick one Jake" he said
"Woah are you serious?" Jake asked as he walked up to him, Marucho nodded his head and assured him
Jake looked back and forth between the two, before deciding upon subterra
"Ah subterra Coredem, nice choice" Marucho said as he registered Jake's details into the system
"Good – to – meet- you – little – buddy" he spoke to the bakugan in a loud robotic sounding voice.
After a few moments of silence, he turned to Marucho and asked, "So uh… how come he doesn't talk to me?"
"That's because he's a digital clone, a synthetic version of the original. Compared to a real bakugan the digitals ones aren't programmed to speak" Marucho calmly replied back
"So, then he's not a real bakugan" Jake said with a bit of disappointment, although he was still glad that he received his first bakugan. He shook his head and a large grin plastered onto his face "Ah well I can't wait to have my first battle though"
Marucho frowned a little as he looked at the multiple screens in the area, showcasing the battle in live play. "Unfortunately, all the battle arenas are full at the moment"
However, that didn't seem to deter Jake as he commented "Woah look how popular this place is, I can't believe how great you made all this" he said in amazement
"Thank you, but a lot of the credit in this lies with Ren" a flashback going through his head, as he looked back to the day when Shun and he first met Ren, and to how much he has helped to create Bakugan Interspace
"Ren?" Jake asked as he's never heard of the guy
"Yes, one of our friends, if Ren never showed up then I don't think that there's any way Bakugan Interspace would have made it past the prototype stage" explained Marucho
"If anyone deserves the credit, it's you Marucho" they looked to see a gold-eyed, silver haired guy smirking at them
"Oh, hi there Ren. This is my new friend—" "Jake Valory"
"Huh?" both Marucho and Jake looked at him in surprise
"I understand this your first time here, and that subterra Coredem is your partner bakugan" Ren said
Jake blinked astonished "Uh...Yeah…"
Ren smirked "Relax I just viewed your registration data, that's all" he said to him
Marucho turned to Jake to explain "You see Ren is the head of Data Management for Bakugan Interspace"
Once Jake reached understanding Ren continued "Since all the battle arenas are full, why don't you go watch one. I think Shun is currently battling in arena F-12, why don't we check it out"
Jake suddenly got excited and had stars in his eyes "Wait did you just say Shun, as in THE Shun Kazami of the battle brawlers" he yelled
Marucho smiled at his eagerness "That a good idea, that way you can get an idea on how the battle system works here, before experiencing one of your own." He then pressed a button on his bakumeter, which caused a golden portal to open up
The three of them went through, to come out on the other side to see a battle underway. Between a large chaos brawler and a certain ventus ninja. The ninja was winning
'Battle over and the victory goes to Shun Kazami' the announcer shouted as the battle ended
Once Shun's bakugan returned to him, he made his way to the group
"Way to go Shun" congratulated Marucho
"As expected from the number one brawler" Ren commented, however once he said it there came some regret, once he saw the brief look on Marucho and Shun's faces, but it was gone as soon as it came
Jake never noticed as he looked at the ranking board "Oh wow, 1st place is Shun and Marucho's in 2nd. That is so cool!"
Ren smirked at Jake and said "You're up next Jake my friend" which confused the rest of the group
"What are you talking about Ren?" questioned Marucho
"Well I shifted the battle orders around a bit. To move him up" he said, which caused some dismay between the two veteran brawlers
Whilst Marucho berated Ren about the order Shun looked at the battle announcements. It looked like he was going to be brawling again sooner than he thought
"You're up Jake, thank your lucky stars. Not many people get to go up against the top-rated brawler in their first battle" Ren told him
Jake looked at the announcement board "I really don't know if I can do this in front of all these people" he started to panic
'And facing off against Shun is a first-time participant – Ren Krawler'
…...huh?
The group looked at Ren, two in bewilderment and one in questioning
Ren had a mirth look in his eyes as he spoke "Oops, whoopsie. Looks like I messed up the order, its probably for the best anyway. This way you get to watch two pros go at it first" he didn't even sound like he was sorry
"That's not funny Ren"
"I bet he planned it that way"
"You did this to embarrass me"
Ren smirked as he walked away "Better not keep the fans waiting Shun"
"Bakugan field open!"
The battle had started between Shun and Ren, the crowd cheering them on. Whilst Marucho and Jake watched from the side-lines
"I just realised I've never seen Ren battle before; this might be over as soon as it starts" exclaimed Marucho
"Bakugan brawl, bakugan stand. Rise darkus Linehalt" shouted Ren as he sent out his bakugan
Jake stared at the towering bakugan in awe "W-what bakugan is that Marucho?"
"I don't know, I've never seen it before" he replied
The battle started close with neither brawler backing down, until a hit from Hawktor sent Linehalt back to his ball form
The crowd had gone wild
"Oh yeah he totally schooled him" Jake cheered
Got to say I didn't expect Ren to be a pushover, but I didn't think he'd be this good either he's got some skill. He gave Hawktor some pretty good shots, guess he's not just a punk thought Shun as he prepared for round two
Shun lost the second round as Ren activated his gate card 'Freeze Enemy'
"Come on Shun, I expected more from the top brawler, you're sure your number one right" teased Ren
Shun said nothing as he sent his bakugan back out to start round three
As the battle continued it looked as though Ren was going to lose
"You are as tough as your reputation says Shun…I was hoping to save this for later" he said before activation his bakumeter
'Ready Boomix'
What looked to be battle gear materialised
"What! Ren's got battle gear!" shouted Marucho as he and Jake looked in shock. It appears the tide of the battle has turned
Shun got over the initial shock as he quickly activated his own battle gear. Two can play at that game he thought
The battle was becoming more intense, Jake was getting hyped from just watching
"This is so awesome"
"There power levels are even now" Marucho commented. I don't think I've seen a battle like this since New Vestroia with…Marucho shook his head No I can't think about that now; I need to focus on the battle. He watched as both of his friends activated their battle gears abilities
Everyone watched in suspense as the battle heated up, an uneasy sensation started to build up within Shun he could sense something was wrong
And as usual…. he was right
The collision of the abilities caused and explosion
"WHAT THE!" at Jake's yell, Marucho quickly jumped into action
"I need an emergency shutdown of the system! Terminate this battle immediately!" he called into his bakumeter
Shun watched as Ren got blasted away from were, he stood, before he too got blown away from the stadium
Shun's P.O.V
"Ugh…what just happened" I groaned as my eyes slowly opened, feels like I got battered by Grandpa's stick
As my eyes adjusted, I realised that something wasn't right
"Where am I?"
I wasn't in Bakugan Interspace anymore, instead I was in some sort of barren landscape
A laser beam was shot just a few feet away from me, I quickly got to my feet. Just as I did there was an explosion behind me, and I jumped away from it. My Grandfather's training sure comes in handy at times…not that he needs to know that
Once I safely landed I a group of bakugan I've never seen before and…spaceships!
'Destroy the enemy bakugan, all forces advance' a voice out of nowhere sounded. And a chaos fox/wolf type bakugan started charging
Just as it was coming closer more shots were fired, this time coming from the opposite direction
"What the heck is going on here" I shouted, quickly running to get to a safer place
When I thought it was safe, the ground beneath me shook and I jumped out of the way. Just in time too as an aquos bakugan emerged from where I stood
When I checked to see if it was safe, my breath caught in my throat. It felt like my heart stopped and that everything just froze. When my voice caught up, I started to call out, and then there was nothing but a bright light
NO P.O.V
Marucho, Jake and Ren gathered around their unconscious friend, worrying about him
They had managed to evacuate everyone safely and it seemed that there was no damage to the system. The only casualties were Ren who luckily just blacked out briefly, and Shun who was still unconscious
They sighed in relief as Shun started to stir, but it quickly turned to concern as the movement started to become more rapid and agitated like, as though he was having a horrible nightmare. Shun suddenly sat up, and his voice cried out
"DAN!"
…..
Shun blinked as he slowly came to his senses, noticing his friends around him with worried faces. And his hand stretched out in front of him as though it was reaching out to something.
"Are you alright Shun?" Ren asked him
"Y-yeah…what just happened" he asked he was still reeling from what he just saw
"There was a massive explosion dude, Marucho had to pull the plug on the battle" Jake answered him
"More importantly are you okay Shun?" Marucho said quickly getting to the main point of concern
"Yeah, I think so, I don't remember the accident though, I remember seeing things though…a dream maybe" Shun mumbled the last part. The others were worried as he wasn't acting like himself, something must have really shaken him up
"A dream? ...first of all calm down….then tell me what you saw" Ren told him
Shun took his advice and calmed himself down. He then proceeded to tell them about the bakugan and how they seemed to be at war with each other. However, he left out what he saw at the end of his dream.
"How can that happen? It makes no sense"
"Why would the bakugan be at war with each other? You must have been hallucinating"
Shun felt a little bit ticked of there at their reactions. I know it doesn't make sense, but I can't exactly help what I saw, I saw what I saw!
Ren let the exclamations die down before speaking "Why don't we talk about this another time. A lot has happened today so we're all a bit shaken up right now. Let's call it a day and get some rest"
Everyone else was too shaken up by the day's events to argue, so they went their separate ways
However, and ominous feeling still washed over them, as though something big was coming
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