Been a while, huh guys? Sorry but after writing my adopted fic for so long, giving birth to a sequel for it and writing 2 other fics that are my own creation; I got a little rusty at Bakugan. With that being said, this might not be as exciting as the previous episodes, but I worked as hard as I could on it. Hope you enjoy it still, it'll reintroduce some old favorites to this story.

Razenoid [Draco Razenoid] (Dharak): The Bakugan Battle Brawlers in...

Drago [Fusion Dragonoid]: Trial of Innocence, Joining A Resistance - Part 1

With its final task now completed, the Hub of Dragonoid Destroyer completely deactivated, not one button worked. The rift it closed used up all its energy, good thing it had just enough. "Are they...?" Asked Marucho. "Really gone?" Asked Mira. The Brawlers still couldn't believe that the Ancients were really gone this time, they survived millions of years of hardship only to finally fall because of a last resort escape plan gone wrong. "No one was getting out of that... not even them" said Drago. The heroes gave there fallen comrades a moment of silence until Drago spoke up again. "Whats the point anymore... the Nonets, Volt and Brontes and now them... everyone around us keeps disappearing" he stated, unnaturally calm about it.

"Drago, I..." Dan was about to say. "I mean, think about it... is it inevitable? Are we just... fighting a losing battle? The only thing we know is he's caused EVERYTHING that happened to all of us, he's here on New Vestroia, and even if we defeat him... it won't change anything... they'll still be gone..." the Dragonoid continued. "Isn't that why you keep fighting? For a better tomorrow?" Asked Razenoid. Despite not being on the "Hero" side for very long, he made a valid point.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! HISS!

Suddenly, the Battle Brawlers were surrounded by Bakugan that erupted from underground! Allot of Subterra Serpenoids' (though there was 1 Pyrus for some reason), Subterra Rattleoids', 3 Subterra Wormquakes', 12 Centipods (2 for each Attribute), and roughly 10 Subterra Hexados'. Some rock formations from behind the Brawlers burst open, sending pebbles everywhere! Inside were tons of Fear Rippers', Gargonoids', Robotallions' and Saurus'... also in every Attribute. Pyrus and Subterra Tuskors' stomped in from the distance, with Stinglashes and Manions' on their backs. From the air, Griffons' (Pyrus, Aquos, Subterra) and Ravenoids' (Ventus, Darkus, Haos) dropped some Warius' (Darkus, Pyrus, Aquos, Subterra) into battle. Apparently, the cannibal Bakugan had gotten more organized since the Brawlers last visit.

Surprisingly, these Bakugan did not attack the Battle Brawlers, it was like they were sizing them up. "Whoa... that's allot Bakugan" said Julie. "Think we can take them all?" Asked Runo. "Probably not, my lady. There's thousands of them" said Tigrerra. "I thought you guys they attack on sight" said Amazon. "They do... normally..." Drago said. To his shock, the cannibal Bakugan appeared to be surprised HE was the one speaking. "Stand down, comrades" said a powerful voice, making the Bakugan move out of the way. A Bakugan approached the brawlers, it was a large Pyrus Saurus that had a large battleaxe on its back. "You can speak, were you sent by the Great Demon?" It asked.

"Great Demon? What are you talking about?" Asked Drago, what he got was a surprisingly fast axe blade near his throat. "I'm asking the questions, Dragonoid! Who are you, and what are doing in New Vestroia?" Said the Saurus. As he did, the only Pyrus Serpenoid slithered over... it took an interest in the human. "Hold up a second, Battleaxe Saurus" said the Serpenoid, twisting around the battleaxe (making the Saurus lower his weapon) and flicking his tongue near Dan. "Uh... I don't taste good, I swear" said Dan. "With all the food you eat, you have a variety of flavor... OW!" Said Razenoid, but was stung in the head by Scorpio's tail. "Yessssssss... I thought I smelled something familiar..." said the Pyrus snake, edging his face up to Dan. "Familiar?" Asked Drago. "I have no idea, Drago" said Dan but as soon as he said his partners name, the Serpenoid looked Drago up an down. "Drago? You seem... bigger than last time I saw you" it said.

"Uh... thanks?" Said the Dragonoid, still not understanding whats going on. "You don't remember me? I'd at least thought our old partner would" said Serpenoid. "OUR old partner?" Asked Drago, surprised. "Wait a minute..." said Dan, thinking. He and the Serpenoid stared at each other until... "Serpenoid... my first Bakugan?" Asked Dan. "Glad you remember, though I didn't think our reunion would end up like this" said the now revealed Serpenoid that belonged to Dan way back when, apparently he picked up on the humans humor too. "You know... this human?" Asked the Battleaxe Saurus. "Yes, I do. He's a good kid" said Serpenoid. "Interesting... wouldn't that make him the one who sent you to the Doom Dimension?" Battleaxe Saurus asked in a sarcastic manner. "I do not blame him for that, it wasn't his fault" Serpenoid defended. Dan was touched, back then he didn't know any better, so he was glad to hear at least 1 of his old Bakugan didn't hold it against him.

"Not his fault? It's ALL their fault! If that nutty professor stayed where he belonged, we wouldn't be in this situation! Fighting our own brothers and sisters while they are under the control of the Great Demon!" Yelled Battleaxe Saurus. "Control... Great Demon... Drago, think they're talking about him?" Asked Dan, emphasizing on the word: him. Drago then explained to Battleaxe Saurus his side of the story, how they've been fighting the Great Demon/New Evil for some time, and have finally tracked him to New Vestroia. "So... let me get this straight. You've been battling this demon or 'new evil' since day one with the help of the Legendary Soldiers, you've fought enemies of your past yet that doesn't give you any clues about his identity at all, and his slip of the tongue brought you here? That I can understand... until the part where you tore a tear in reality and sealed it up with a starship AND given the fact those Ancient Warriors have been dead for eons!" Battleaxe Saurus said, clearly not believing most of the tale.

Hearing it from someone else's mouth, Dan and Drago sweatdropped, understanding how unbelievable their story sounded. "Uh... well..." said Drago. "When ya... put it that way..." said Dan. "SILENCE! To think I was actually starting to trust the word of a human's Bakugan, my 'partner' thought only about power. You humans created a game out of us like we were nothing more than chess pawns! Wouldn't surprise me if you influenced your Bakugan slave to lie for you" said Battleaxe Saurus, getting angry. "I understand your frustration, but blaming Dan for this..." Drago tried to clam the enraged dinosaur.

"Dan... as in... Dan, Kuso?! Oh, well that's just fantastic! The ringleader of all people, and that green one must be Shun Kazami, one of the 2 imbecile humans that set everything in motion! Making us all part of a giant trading card game, but its fine as long as the kids have fun, right? It didn't matter that living beings were cast away to the shadows, or others would duel one another in a test of power or death... its all in the name of fun!" Said the Saurus, even more sarcastic than when he spoke to Serpenoid, and he wasn't wrong either... every word he said was true. Drago, as well as the Brawlers Bakugan understood where the Saurus was coming from, they've once felt that way ages ago. But as much as they wanted to stand up for their human family, they were somewhat conflicted. It wasn't like the Saurus was lying, he spoke the truth... abet in a much different light.

Dan, having enough of hearing this (though he agreed with the axe-wielder 100%), slid down from the safety of Drago... to the gesturing Bakugan in front of him. "Dan, wait!" Drago tried to warn his partner, but the human was already out of his reach. "HEY!" Dan called with his hands cupped around his mouth. The Bakugan he was speaking up too stopped his song-and-dance and looked down upon our favorite Pyrus user. "Well, this is a first. The human actually speaks to his game pieces" answered the Saurus. "Look pal, I get it. You have every right to be angry with me, but look at it from my perspective for a second! When you all came to our world, we didn't know any better... we screwed up, ok?! I wish I could take it all back, but none of that matters now. Ya seem like a decent guy, so can we let bygones be bygones and drop it? Both our worlds are in danger, this argument isn't getting us anywhere because this 'Great Demon' is free! And if we don't stop him soon, all this... yours and our freedoms are at stake here. Can't we just, work together here?" Dan said.

What the leader of the Brawlers said got the Bakugan surrounding them thinking. They muttered to themselves. "And yeah, I admit it. We humans treated some of you like toys. If you didn't work, we'd abandon you and buy more... rinse and repeat. That's our burden to carry for the rest of our lives, and I speak for the entire human race here, we are sorry for what we did. Back on earth, we are all one happy family. There's no meaningless fights, everyone is given great homes ... and in no way, shape or form... is ANYONE, a slave. Your all living intelligent beings, and we were wrong to treat you like animals. And if you can, find it in your hearts to forgive, but never forget" Dan finished.

"You dare talk... like you understand the suffering you inflicted upon us?" Growled the Saurus. Well, he's not a happy purple dancing dinosaur, is he? "You've cause all of us enough trouble, and for that you must pay!" Yelled the Saurus, raising his weapon. None of the Brawlers or their Bakugan had a second to react, he was quick for a big guy. Drago was about to leap to his partners defense, but why did he feel weak all of a sudden? It was too late though, the Saurus' weapon of choice zoomed down toward Dan...!

To be continued...

That's that. Now sadly, I'm going to have to stop writing this because of lack of views. I'm not discontinuing it, but I guess not many people read Bakugan as much as they used to. Perhaps when the reboot happens, I'll start writing again... an active franchise means more fanfiction after all, right? I may post new chapters here and there, but not as frequently as I did once upon ago.

If the traffic to this story fires back up, it will motivate me to post new chapters quicker, but as of now I'm lacking in that department. The battle scene is coming up after this, so don't think I'm gonna take a break from this story without something epic to leave off at... in fact, its written already! I'm making so more tweaks to it to make it perfect before a sign off on this story for a while, I owe you guys that much for sticking by me this whole time.