Chapter 36: The Forgotten Fighter
"Last time on Buddyfight X...!" Chibi Panda said after pulling out his sword.
At the opening ceremony, Grimoire is announcing his speech.
"I now officially open Grimoire Park. Please accept the free Buddy Checker app as our gift when you enter the park." Grimoire announced as many people scanned their Buddy cards on the checker for entering the park.
At the Fighting Stage, the doors are open as everyone cheers for the event.
"Welcome everyone! And thank you for visiting us on this very special day. I am your host and manager of Grimoire Park for our grand opening, we have a ceremonial Buddyfight. Our first fighter is no stranger to you, I'm sure. World Number One, Gao Mikado! Let's hear it for him!" Gao and his Buddy arise to the stage as the crowd cheers for their arrival.
"Now that we're here, let's have a blast!" Gao said as Batzz smirked.
"And under exclusive contract with our park... He's Gao's opponent, Keisetsu of the Sword Arts!" He presented Keisetsu as he was ascended upstage.
"Keisetsu?" Gao asked as he recognized him. And Batzz had a glare on his face.
"Isn't that your friend, Kanata?" Minako asked.
"Think so. But why is Keisetsu fighting against Gao?" Kanata wondered.
"A huge theme park called Grimoire Park have their grand opening! Gao and Big Boss were invited as special guests. Their opponent in the ceremonial Buddyfight was CHAOS Four, Keisetsu of the Sword Arts! Just what was that guy doing here, huh?! And then there's this Grimoire guy, who seems pretty fishy to me. We got to be ready for anything!"
Spotlight has shown as mysterious person shows himself, it was a boy, wearing a black shirt with a yellow sweater with zipper, zipped half-way. He has blue jeans and navy shoes. His hair is lighter brown colored with two light blue lining on left and the right of his hair.
"The name's Slide Kidoku, I'm a ninth-grader at Aibo Academy." Slide introduced himself, "Looking back, you could say I had many tragedies in my young life. It hurts me to say this, but the truth is, I'm... pretty vanilla and I'm a major downer! So embarrassing. My classmates don't even remember me when they run into me in class, they say 'Hey, who are you? And what are you doing in this class loser?' To top it off, I'm horrible at Buddyfight, I've lost every tournament that I've been in." He remembered the sad memories, "Then I said, 'Enough!' An a fateful encounter transformed my life! Since that day I've become stronger and my Buddy has powered up!" His Buddy opened its eyes as one eye on the right gleamed, "I've been reborn! Now people will notice me. No one can stop me! Cuz I have a dream. And in order to make it come true, I must defeat this guy! Watch your back, Gao Mikado." He referred to Gao Mikado as it was his accomplishment to beating him in a Buddyfight.
At the CASTLE Card Shop. Gao and his friends have made it to the CASTLE for an important event.
"I'm so stoked about today's Awesome Buddy Cup Championship! I wonder which fighter I've drawn to battle first?" Gao wondered about his opponent.
"Hmph! No matter who it is, it won't matter. Whoever they with in front of us will blow them away." Batzz said.
"Hey, how as Grimoire Park, dude?" They hear the kids talking about the Grimoire Park that was opened the other day.
"It was totally awesome! You guys gotta go!" Another kid said with excitement.
"Lucky! Hope I can visit soon!" Another said as well.
'Grimoire Park...' Kanata thinks as he remembered the time when Keisetsu battled against Zanya.
"That's it! I'm getting bored of you! Durandal!" He slashed at Zanya, inflicting 2 damage.
"Zanya's finished! Keisetsu still have a sword left!" Athora said.
"And poor Zanya has no way of blocking it." Kanata said.
"Now, I'll finish you off with Laevatinn!"
"Standby. And attack!" Laevatinn said.
"This is..." Keisetsu leaps up as he slashed at Zanya but he tried to block it off, "Demonic Descent Sword of the King, Laevateinn's power!" With full force, he managed to push Zanya's item down and dealt the final blow at Zanya.
"Kanata? Earth to Kanata?" Gao asked Kanata to get him to snap out of it, "You okay? What's up?" Then Kanata finally regained his senses.
"Oh, it's nothing. I'm just tired." He gave an excuse to cover it up. Then a few kids were excited as they saw Batzz and ran to him.
"It's Batzz!" The kid said as they were trying to touch him and feel him. But then Batzz got irritated as he roared.
"Hey! Cut that out!" He complained as he release his small electrical current as it reached to the ceiling. He thought it would frighten them but instead made them excited.
"That was awesome!" They said as it got Batzz confused. And then they hugged him.
"Get your sticky hands off me!" He warned but then more kids showed up and Gao and his friends smiled for seeing his Buddy getting popular, "Where's your mother?"
"Gao Mikado." Gao heard a voice as he turned and sees Gaito with Minako and Abygale. And in front of them is Slide who appeared all of the sudden, "I'll challenge you." He said. Gao then noticed as he walked towards him. But all of the sudden, Slide got ignored as Gao walked passed him, and instead goes to Gaito, Minako, and Abygale.
"Are you two here for the Awesome Buddy Cup too?" Gao asked them as Slide got irritated after being ignored by Gao.
"Yeah. We thought we might check it out, right Minako?" Gaito said as he asked his follower. But then his follower didn't listen as she was feeling down, "Minako?"
"Hm?" She snapped back to her senses, "Oh sorry. Yeah, Gaito and I wanted to try it out. Thought we could have some practice along the way." She said but then Gaito looked at her, realizing why she was like that.
"Cool! Maybe we will fight each other." Gao recommended.
"That's perfect. I wanna to test out my deck. How about try it out with me?" Minako offered a request.
"Hey! I'm talking to you!" Slide yelled out to get Gao's attention.
"Who's that yelling?" Minako asked after hearing the noise.
"Do you know that guy over there?" Gaito asked as they turned to Slide. Slide is in a blazing aura for irritation.
"Nope, never seen him before." Gao replied.
"You gotta be kidding me! How dare you! I've talked to you tons of times, Mikado!" Slide complained as he remembered the time.
At Aibo Academy, Slide was waiting for Gao to show.
'Once on the steps of Aibo Academy...'
"So. You're Gao Mikado." Slide said.
"Oh no! I'm gonna be late again!" Gao said as he was in a rush as he and his buddies quickly dashes off to his class.
"Not too fast! My legs are shorter!" Chibi Panda said as they ignored Slide as if he wasn't there in the first place.
At CASTLE, Slide was there, waiting for Gao again.
'Another time, here at castle.'
"Excuse me, Gao. We need to talk." Slide said as he raise his hand to halt Gao, however...
"They're gonna sell out the pizza special!" Gao said as he and his buddies quickly dashes to the pizza parlor.
"Come on! Pick up the pace, Panda!" Batzz yelled as they ignored Slide as he sweatdropped for the unexpected matter.
"One time at the bus stop! And another at the mall food fair!" Slide still remembered how many times he's got ignored by Slide.
"Really? I don't remember at all." Gao said as he didn't know that Slide was there.
"It's totes bizarre that you didn't notice him, bro." Baku said.
"That was rude of you, Gao! Ignoring that poor guy like that!" Haruka said.
"Yeah, it's kind of insensitive." Kuguru agreed.
"I didn't mean to." Gao said.
"All that aside, just who are you anyway?" Chibi Panda asked as Slide smiled.
"Finally, someone's asking my name." Slide said as he introduced himself, "I'm a ninth grader at Aibo Academy, Slide Kidoku!"
"And I'm his super cool Buddy, Shadow Dragon!" His buddy appears in a form of a black tadpole but with fangs and two horns on the head.
"Huh?" Chibi Panda got confused.
"That's weird." Batzz said as he got confused too, "I can hear him but I can't see him." He noticed Shadow Dragon isn't there.
"Me neither. Where is he?" Chibi Panda asked.
"Sheesh! I've been sitting right here!" They noticed Shadow Dragon as Batzz picked him up, noticing how really small this monster is.
"Oh, so you are." Batzz said.
"Under me, lizard!" Shadow Dragon yelled.
"I feel bad. I honestly didn't notice you those other times." Gao said the truth.
"We kinda realize that." Shadow Dragon commented, "My boy, Slide here doesn't really stand out in a crowd, capisce?" Then it hit Slide after hearing that comment from his own Buddy, "He has no charisma at all! And he's an absolute downer!" After hearing the comments twice. It hurts Slide as he fell down.
"Are you okay? Your Buddy's way harsh." Baku said as Slide quickly recovered.
"Don't worry about me. Gao Mikado! I've come here to defeat you!" Slide explained his objective, "I'm here in the name of CHAOS Company."
"You're what?!" Gao asked after hearing that.
"He's from the CHAOS Company?" Minako asked.
"Knew it." Kanata said as he realized.
"You worked for Wisdom?" Gaito asked.
"You must earn the right to say his name out loud." Slide said as he smirked, "But actually..." He was about to explain as the others are ready to prepare themselves, "Working with the CHAOS Company is just a dream!" It got them speechless after hearing that, "And someday, I hope to be Master Wisdom's right hand man!" It got all of them speechless.
"So you're not affiliated with them?" Athora asked as he and Abygale sweatdropped for the confusion.
"You're just here for yourself?" Abygale asked.
"Not for CHAOS Company?"
"Catch our my ginormous catch!" Dai said as he came, dashing him as Slide got pushed out of the way by accident, "One freshly caught tuna at your service!" Meanwhile Slide is on the ground, feeling woozy after getting knocked away by Dai.
"He looks a little woozy." Noboru said as he checked on him.
"Hey, are you okay?" Gao asked Slide.
"Yeah, fine..." Slide said while still getting woozy.
"Hey, who's that?" Dai asked after finally noticing Slide on the ground.
"Slide Through-Up-Coop, some junior high student." Kanata said the name incorrectly.
"No! It's Slide Kidoku! At least get my name right!" Slide complained.
"You're wrong, Kanata. His name is Slide Pidoku." Athora tried to correct it.
"No, it is not! And don't you dare pity me!"
"I hope you're not hurt, Slide Kidopoo." Gao said.
"Clean out your ears, moron! And listen closely! Ki-Do-Ku! And don't forget it!"
"Basically, Slide Kigobu is the guy you bump in to unnoticed, Dai." Minako said.
"Really?" Dai asked, "I didn't notice he was there."
"You're doing that on purpose, aren't you?!"
"Hey now, calm down. Please accept our apologies and let me treat you to a real feast." Dai offered as a token of apology.
"All I want, Mikado." In a scary aura, Slide was behind Gao as he grabbed his shoulder, "Is to face you in a Buddyfight."
"Yeah, no problem. You got it." Gao accepted it.
At the Fighting Stage, they are in position to start the match.
"It's a festival! A festival! A Buddyfight Festival!" Dai cheered while waving a red flag with the Kanji for Big Catch on it.
"If there's a Buddyfight, you'll find Paruko Nanana! The Awesome Buddy Cup's finally here!" Paruko announced, "The opening match will feature the Buddy Masters Champion, Gao Mikado against... uh..." She tried to remembered the name of the opponent Gao is facing, "Against... Um... Help please." She kindly as Slide gets really irritated.
"It's Slide Kidoku! FYI, this is the 20th time you've called one of my matches!" Slide said.
"Really?! I don't remember you at all!" Paruko said as she got surprised after hearing that, "I'm terribly sorry. Facing Gao will be Slide Kidoku!" She corrected her announcement.
"He really doesn't leave an impression, does he?" Gao said as he noticed the little circumstances.
"I'm sure that Tiny Tim buddy of his isn't up to much either." Batzz insulted.
"I can totally hear you, lizard!" Shadow Dragon said after bouncing in frustration.
"Don't worry, Shadow. We have the element of surprise." Slide said as he already thought out a plan.
"Buddyfighters, it's time to Luminize your decks!"
"Rumble! And tremble! The Dragon Lord that shatters the Earth! Lumenize! Thunderous Warlord Alliance!"
"Succumb to a swarm of ferocious shadow! Luminize! Shadow Aggregate!" His Core Gadget is the starter gadget like every beginner has. Then the stage is set.
"Both fighters appeared to be ready! Buddyfight!"
"Time to Raise the Flag!"
"Thunder Emperor's Fangs! In spite of this world, I can use Thunder Empire cards! And I start the game with 7 hand cards, 11 life points and one gauge!" Gao said as he starts out with that ability.
"I'm with Dragon World!"
(G: 11/ Item: None/ G: 1: None/None/None)
(S: 10/ Item: None/ G: 2: None/None/None)
"Gao has the first move!" Paruko declared.
"I Charge and I Draw! Equip Arc Dragon Sword, Dracross!" He paid one gauge and life to equip his item. Then Gao leaps into the air as he strikes at Slide, inflicting two damage.
"I cast! Dragonic Endure! When I take damage, I gain 3 gauge!" He cast as he gained 3 gauges.
"My turn's over!" Gao declared.
(G: 10/ Item: Dracross/ G: 1: None/None/None)
(S: 8/ Item: None/ G: 5: None/None/None)
"Slide Kidoku used Gao's attack to increase his own gauge! This unknown fighter ain't half-bad!" Paruko announced.
"My turn! Draw! Charge and Draw! I Buddycall Shadow Dragon to the center!" He Buddycalled as he regained one life. And then Shadow Dragon jumps to the center and transform to his true form as it was small black dragon.
"Just leave it to me!" Shadow Dragon said.
"Huh... I told you this Dragon's no big deal." Batzz said after witnessing Shadow Dragon's true form.
"You'll eat those words. You'll see how awesome Slide is!"
"He's just adorable!" Paruko announced as she saw how cute Shadow Dragon is, "I have no idea his Buddy would be a cute little Shadow Dragon!"
"This is so beneath me, I can't fight that thing." Batzz said as he was disappointed. Then Slide smirked and chuckled.
"Activate Shadow Dragon's ability! I pay 1 gauge and put the top two cards of my deck into the Drop Zone. And then call the Shadow Dragons among them!" He paid one gauge and send the two cards to the Drop Zone to activate his Buddy's ability, "I call Shadow Dragon to the right!" He called another duplicate to the right.
"That's me!"
"And I'll use the ability of that Shadow Dragon to call one more!" He used the ability from the Shadow Dragon on the right to bring another to the left.
"That's me!"
"It won't matter if you call a hundred." Batzz said as he doesn't care for the matter.
"We'll see about that. I'll make the center Shadow Dragon evolve, using this!" He pulls out another card from his hand cards.
At the Drop Zone.
"Kay, guys! Come closer! It's time to combine!" Shadow Dragon ordered two of his duplicates in the Drop Zone to fuse together.
"Evolve to the center! Die Shadow Dragon!" He paid 3 gauge as Shadow Dragon evolved to his new form.
"Let's combine!" Three Shadow Dragons combined as Die Shadow Dragon appeared in the center. He grew a little bigger and has orange scale on the forehead and its knees, has a black breastplate, hair and the tail grows longer.
"Look! Another cute dragon made an appearance!" Paruko announced.
"Now I've evolved, I've gotten much stronger! And my critical shot way up too." Die Shadow Dragon said.
"He's super cute." Kuguru said.
"Cuter than the last one." Haruka said.
"At least he grew a bit, hey bro?" Baku said.
"Alright! Listen up Shadow Dragons, go attack the fighter!" Slide ordered both Shadow Dragons from left and right to attack Gao.
"Time for Shadow Power!" They pounced at Gao as they whacked at him, inflicting 2 damage together.
"It doesn't hurt that much, it's just super annoying." Gao said after feeling the whack from them.
"What a joke." Batzz said as he started to get irritated, "Don't you have any stronger monsters in your deck?" He demanded.
"Die Shadow Dragon, attack!" He ordered his Buddy to attack.
"Shadow unleashed!" Die Shadow Dragon said as he began to whack Gao with his tail, "Here's my Shadow Tail!" Gao chuckled after taking it and received two damage. Batzz was a bit flabbergasted.
"I gotta say. Am I even needed here?" Batzz wondered after seeing it from his eyes.
"Such a cute attack!" Paruko announced, "But that's a surprise! Gao just took four damage at once! Gao's up next! Let's see how he responds!"
"Draw. Charge and Draw! I call Raid Officer Delta to the right!" Gao called out Delta.
"You go slashing them up good, Soldier." Batzz complimented.
"I call Saint Holy Sword Dragon to the left position!" He called Chibi Panda's true form.
"My first Awesome Buddy Cup!" Saint Holy Sword said with excitement.
"Delta! Go and attack Die Shadow Dragon!" Delta comes in to attack and Gao received a gauge due to its ability. Delta used his Delta Slash as Shadow Dragon got destroyed.
"I revive him with Soulguard!" Slide said as Die Shadow Dragon has been revived due to Soulguard.
"Thank you!"
"Okay. Go get him, Chibi Panda!" Gao said.
"I will love to!" Saint Holy Sword's scabbard breaks open as he makes his attack, "Holy Sword Attack!" He slashed at Die Shadow Dragon as he got destroyed again. But then it got revived due to Soulguard.
"Whoa, with Soulguard again!" Paruko announced.
"Use the Double Attack!" Saint Holy Sword use his second attack to destroy Die Shadow Dragon again but still got revived again due to Soulguard with no soul cards left now.
"Another Soulguard?!" Paruko announced as Saint Holy Sword got surprised.
"Your attack is useless!" Die Shadow Dragon said as Gao is coming for another attack.
"Let's see how you defend against this! Oh yeah!" He slashed at Die Shadow Dragon as he finally got destroyed.
"Slide takes one damage point from Lifelink!" Paruko announced as Slide takes one damage due to Lifelink. Then Slide chuckled.
"I cast! Dragonic Endure!" He cast as he gained 3 gauge, "My gauge increases by 3!"
"Unbelievable! He used Gao's lifelink to boost his gauge once again! Now it's Slide's turn!" Paruko announced.
"I Draw! Charge and Draw! I activate Shadow Dragon's ability! By paying one gauge, I call Shadow Dragon to the center!" Slide paid one gauge as he calls Shadow Dragon to the center again.
"This one just for you!" Shadow Dragon said.
"Ah do your worst." Batzz said as he doesn't care.
"Watch with amazement! As I further evolve the Shadow Dragon in the center!"
At the Drop Zone...
"Kay, guys. I need more of you to come closer!" Shadow Dragon said to more of his duplicates.
"Call to the center! Dread Shadow Dragon!" He paid three gauge to call it out.
"Let's super combine!" Multiple Shadow Dragons merged together to evolve its new form, "Impressed yet?" Dread Shadow Dragon said as his armor became red and grew wings with the red lining, his tail grew with red spikes, and red spike shoulder and the breastplate expanded.
"Amazing! He's evolved to Dread Shadow Dragon and has 6-soul cards!" Paruko announced.
"If that guy's defending the center..." Baku said.
"How will Gao cause any damage?" Kuguru said.
"This looks impossible." Minako said.
"Now this is starting to get interesting." Batzz said as he was suddenly got amused.
"Shadow Dragons! Attack the fighter!" The two dragons from left and right make their attack. They whacked Gao as they inflicted two damage, "This is for not noticing me! Dread Shadow Dragon! Attack the fighter!"
"From Darkness, Shadow Slash!" Dread Shadow Dragon makes his attack.
"I cast! Thunderbolt Marked Urn!" Gao cast an urn that is engulfed in lighting and the Thunder Empire marked on it.
"Gao nullifies the attack with a spell!" Paruko announced.
"Come on! Put me in already!" Batzz complained as he was getting impatient.
"Counting on ya! You're up next!" Gao said as he pulled the lever as it turned sideways, "Here we go! Draw! Charge and Draw! I switch out Delta on the right! And Buddycall Thunder Emperor Dragon, Barlbatzz to the right!" He Buddycalled as he paid two gauge and regained one life.
"Let me at those Shadow fools!" Batzz jumped as he transforms to his true form, "All these baby dragons off the battlefield!"
"Here at last." Slide said as he expected Batzz to show up.
"What's this?" Gao said as he noticed Slide has something prepared for this moment.
"I cast a Dragotrap!" He paid one gauge and two life to activate the spell. A measly basket trap has been set near Batzz and the bait was one of Batzz's favorite food.
"Pizza?" Batzz asked as he saw the bait. It gave everyone an awkward surprise, "Are you mocking me?! As if I actually fall for this..." He takes a whiff of the pizza as he got into a dazed expression and turned back to his small form, he then stupidly walked into the trap and takes the pizza, "Delicious!"
"Ahhhh! Try and show some self control!" Gao tried to warn his buddy but it was too late as Batzz took a bite and the trap snared him down. He panicked as he runs away, trying to get the basket off of him.
"How embarrassing." Gao sweatdropped after seeing how his Buddy embarrassed himself after foolishly fell for the trap. Slide laughed.
"He can't attack anymore during this turn!" Slide explained the spell's effect.
"Happy now?!" Gao complained as Batzz tries to struggle out from the basket but still can't.
"No, I'm not!" Batzz yelled.
"Oh boy." Saint Holy Sword Dragon sweatdropped after seeing his boss got humiliated, "Listen of what not to do."
"That's Batzz for ya! Always thinking with his stomach." Dai said.
"What a goof!" Noboru said as he laughed after seeing the humiliation. Baku laughed as Kanata and Gaito covered their mouths to prevent their laughter. Kuguru and Haruka got their disappointed face on Baku as Minako gave a disappointed look to Gaito.
"This isn't funny, you guys! Gao's in trouble!" Kuguru complained.
"Yeah, Kuguru's right. This is no laughing matter, you know." Minako agreed.
"I'm not laughing, I'm just trying not to sneeze." Kanata tried to make up an excuse.
"It is... not my destiny to laugh at this." Gaito said his excuse. Minako sighed.
"You boys are such terrible liars." She said. Meanwhile, Batzz was running around while still being stuck in the basket, he tries to get out but still nothing. Kanata and Gaito couldn't resist as they were snickering while their mouths, "Boys..." Minako got angry in a scary as it frightened them. Then she punished them by knocking on their heads.
"Ow." Kanata said as he got hurt on the head.
"This is not how my destiny supposed to be." Gaito said.
"You two deserved it." Minako said while cleaning her fist. It made the others nervous.
"Boy, maybe we shouldn't laugh this time." Noboru said.
"You got that right, bro. She's already in a foul mood." Baku said.
"I've no choice! It's you and me, Chibi Panda! We'll attack together!" Gao recommended.
"I got your back!" Saint Holy Sword Dragon said as he swoops in and destroys Dread but came back due to Soulguard.
"Soulguard!" Slide said.
"Here's something called Double Attack!" He attacks again as Dread got destroyed again but he came back again due to Soulguard.
"Soulguard!"
Gao makes his attack as he destroyed Dread again but came back again, "The attacks keep coming but it won't be enough!" Paruko announced, "Dread Shadow has the six-card soul!" Gao makes another attack as Dread came back again.
"I'm here all day!" Dread said.
"If only Batzz wasn't foolish enough to fall for that trap." Paruko announced as she was disappointed at Batzz.
"THIS THING ISN'T SOUNDPROOF, LADY! This is all because of that card's ability!" Batzz complained after hearing Paruko's comment.
"Gao's turn is now over." She announced.
"Darn it!" Batzz yelled as the spell wore and he was out of the basket, "You'll pay for mocking me." He swore his revenge on Slide, "I'm going to send all of you pig-knots into next week!"
"Okay. I cast! Drago Succeed! And destroy Dread Shadow Dragon." Slide cast a spell on his own Buddy monster.
"Huh?!" Gao was surprised.
"I gain 2 life!" He regained two life as his monster self destructed in the process, "And my gauge increases by the size of my monster I destroyed!" He gained two gauge equal to Dread's size.
"Lifelink prevents 2 points from being added to his life total!" Paruko announced as Slide's life went back to 6 due to Lifelink, "Maybe his plan is simply increase his gauge!"
"Why would he intentionally destroy a monster with a critical of 3?" Gaito wondered.
"Think he has something up his sleeve?" Minako asked.
"Yeah, maybe like calling even a stronger monster?" Kanata assumed.
"Shadow Dragon! Now we must show them our true power!" Slide said to his Buddy.
"Certainly, sir!" Shadow Dragon said as he lets his duplicates know from the Drop Zone.
At the Drop Zone...
"Kay guys, I'm gonna need all hands on deck on this one, capisce?"
"He can evolve further?!" Gao asked as he got surprised.
"I call Inexhaustible Dragon, Lord of Shadow Dragons to the center!" He paid 3 gauge to call it out.
"Let's do for marvelous combine!" All Shadow Dragons from the Drop Zone merged together to create the Lord of Shadow Dragons. The middle and right platform descended down as the Inexhaustible Dragon reveals himself, "All bow down before me! The great Lord of Shadow Dragons!" Shadow Dragons combine as the ultimate dark dragon, wearing a purple armor, dark purple cape and has bladed wings and two blades on its back.
"What an incredible turn of events!" Paruko announced after witnessing Shadow Dragon's ultimate form.
"Look at that! He's got even bigger!" Noboru said as he was amazed.
"He really does had something up his sleeve." Minako admits.
"And look stronger too!" Kanata said.
"I finally have your attention! Behold the ultimate evolution of the combined Shadow Dragons!" Slide introduced.
"Big deal! Bring it on!" Batzz said.
"Allow me to finish! And here, Lord of Shadow Dragons' ability! The many Shadow Dragons that combined to create him. Transfer 3000 additional power each!" He explains the ability.
"So that means he's currently power level is..." Gao said as he calculated the amount.
"Increased by each soul card!" Slide said as Shadow Dragon is powered up.
"Talk about your unbelievable powerup! Right now, this adorable little Shadow Dragon has the amazing total of 31000 power!" Paruko announced as the Shadow Dragon got boosted.
"Attack! Shadow Dragon!" Slide commanded his Buddy as it begins to attack.
"Make fun of me, will you?! I'll punish you for that, mister Lizard!" Shadow Dragon was in a golden aura as he strikes at Batzz with his full strength.
"Curse you!" Batzz yelled as he got destroyed after taking the hit.
"Oh no, Batzz!" Gao yelled. It surprised everyone from witnessing it.
"How is that even possible?! The great Lord Dragon, Batzz has just been destroyed and completely embarrassed by a minuscule Shadow Dragon!" Paruko announced.
"I'm not done! Lord of Shadow Dragons! Attack the fighter!" Slide commanded.
"Perish with the force of Shadow Temper!" Lord of Shadow Dragons strikes at Gao with an uppercut, inflicting 2 damage.
"Finish him with a Double Attack!" Lord of Shadow Dragons attacks again, inflicting another 2 damage.
"Awesome." Gao complimented.
"Thanks. But I couldn't become as strong without the help of this CHAOS Control App." He pulled out his phone as the screen shows the CHAOS flag on it.
"Seriously?" Gao was surprised that the app existed.
"Yeah, check it out. It gives strategies and everything else need to learn all there is about Buddyfight." Slide explained as he recalled the time when he used it before, "It helped me start winning small tournaments and the kids at school finally started noticing me. This CHAOS Control app has totally changed my life!"
"But didn't all your training and hard work helped you too?" Gao wondered if Slide ever did that.
"Huh?" He got confused.
"Maybe the app's what got you going. But you and Shadow Dragon put in all the hours of work and that's what made you stronger!"
"Totally true, bro!" Baku said as he believed Gao's words.
"Well said!" Kuguru agreed.
"You're amazing, Gao!" Haruka cheered.
At the Drop Zone...
"Well, wouldn't you agree, Batzz?" Gao asked his Buddy for his opinion.
"I'm not interested in any human contact right now." He lays in a lazy position as he rudely commented on Gao's suggestion.
"My turn's over! Now Mikado! Give me your best!" Slide said.
"With Gao down to just one life point. How will he defeat the powerful Lord of Shadow Dragons?" Paruko announced.
"It doesn't look good! I hope you have a plan, Gao." Saint Holy Sword Dragon said as he hoped Gao would think of something for a solution.
"There's something I could." Gao thought of something that could help, "Draw! Charge and Draw!" He drew a card he noticed it was Dai's Buddy he drew, "Hey, Dai! I hope you don't mind if I use your Buddy." He requested.
"Of course. It's a festival! A Jaeger Festival!" Dai approved.
"I call Overturn Chief, Duel Jaeger to the right!" He paid two gauge as he called out Dai's Buddy.
"Come on now, Buddy! Do me proud!" Dai encouraged his Buddy.
"I put us oversize limit so tap!" Saint Holy Sword Dragon said as he was sent to the Drop Zone due to the size limit.
"Overturn Chief, Duel Jaeger is size 3, 10000 power and 5000 defense, a critical of 2 and the abilities, Penetrate and Soulguard! This Jaeger belongs to the Thunder Empire and has the power of Overturn!" Dai explained his Buddy as Jaeger appears to be the same but only wears the black coat with armor from the Thunder Empire and his anchor is Thunder Empire style, "On top of that, he gains one critical for each and every other monster card he has in his soul!"
"What'd you say?" Slide asked as he got nervous after hearing the effect from Duel Jaeger.
"I'm counting on you! Overturn Chief!" Gao makes the sign for Over, "Duel Jaeger!" He makes the sign of Turn, making into Overturn, "Overturn! Now I'm gonna discard one hand card and place five cards into his soul!" He activated the Overturn.
"Then before they get into the soul, I'll use Dragon Press to destroy Jaeger!" Slide said as he prepared to cast the spell.
"Counterspells won't work on Overturn abilities." Gao explained.
"You can't even use counters?" Slide got shocked that his spell failed.
"And Jaegar has the critical of 7!" Five cards went sent to Duel Jaeger's soul, "Jaeger, attack the center with Penetrate!"
'Even if I could use Dragon Press, his critical would only be reduced to 6!' Slide thinks.
"Martial Arts Deity Thunder Sky Shock!" Gao said the attack move.
"It's a festival! A festival! A Penetrate Festival!" Dai cheered. Then Jaeger strikes at the Lord of Shadow Dragons with the Thunder Sky Shock, destroying him in an instant. With Penetrate, Slide takes 7 damage, thus losing the match.
(G: 1/ Item: Dracross/ G: 0: None/None/Duel Jaeger)
(S: 0/ Item: None/ G: 0: Shadow Dragon/None/None)
"Game End! Winner: Gao Mikado!" Paruko announced Gao's victory.
"Yes. Thanks for the help, Jaeger." Gao said as Slide kneel down for his loss.
"Ugh. Huge Penetrate to get to my Lord of Shadow Dragons." He felt disappointed after his loss.
Later. Batzz was at the table, having his lunch of fresh tuna rice bowls. But he was having a lot servings.
"Ah, comfy food." Batzz complimented while eating.
"It's a festival! A festival! A Tuna Festival!" Dai cheered.
"It's All-You-Can-Eat, Big Boss." Chibi Panda said.
At the CASTLE...
"Next time, I'll beat you for sure." Slide swore, "I'm not giving up, Mikado."
"Yeah! And by then, I'll be even bigger!" Shadow Dragon said.
"Sounds good. You surprised us wit how strong you are. I had a blast, fighting you." Gao said.
"Huh?" Slide was amazed.
"I hope we can Buddyfight again soon!"
"I liked that." Slide was happy as he nodded in agreement. He turned and leave.
Later, at sunshine. Everyone was going to head home.
"That was fun, huh?" Gao said as he admits.
"Yeah, but Slide's unusual, isn't he?" Kuguru asked.
"I'll say. He said he wanted to be Wisdom's right hand man." Chibi Panda said.
"Don't worry, that future is not in his destiny." Gaito said.
"I'm glad to hear that. I sure wouldn't want him to be one of Wisdom's evil cronies." Gao said as he stopped and noticed Kanata and Minako were behind them, "Minako. Kanata. Are you two okay?"
"Huh?" Kanata snapped out except Minako, "Oh sorry, got stuff on mind. Right, Minako?"
"Hm?" Minako snapped out of it too, "Oh yeah, me as well."
"Well, like what?" Gao asked.
"You should tell them." Athora recommended as Kanata nodded, "Maybe you should as well, Minako." Minako was nervous as she feels like she doesn't want to explain right now. Then Gaito walked to her.
"Don't worry, Minako. You can tell them another time." He said.
"Gaito..." She said as Gaito smiled.
"It'll be okay, I'm sure they'll understand."
"Oh, what's this? Are you comforting your girlfriend, loverboy?" Noboru joked as Gaito blushed.
"N-no! I told you already, she's not my girlfriend! Get it through your head!" He yelled.
"Then Kanata, can you tell them this time?" Athora considered as Kanata nodded in agreement.
"When we left Grimoire Park the other day, I went back later with Athora and we managed to sneak in." Kanata explained what happened as it surprised everyone a little, "I couldn't stop worrying about that Keisetsu. But when I got inside, I ran into Zanya."
"Zanya?!" Gao asked as he was surprised that Zanya was there. Kanata nodded.
"Mhm. He had a Buddyfight with Keisetsu."
"Keisetsu was like a totally different fighter." Athora said.
"Yeah. He was really strong. And he defeated Zanya."
"Then, just as we thought, he lost our fight on purpose." Gao said after realizing the facts.
"That jerk.. I knew it. Nobody disrepects the Batzz." Batzz said.
"And we also found out something else. Keisetsu was still working for Wisdom." Kanata explained.
"No way." Gao said.
"It's true, Tenko was with him."
"What?!" Minako got surprised as she grab his shoulder, "She was there?!"
"Uh yeah." Kanata said.
"Is something a matter, Minako?" Kuguru said as Minako looked at them and then let go.
"It's nothing. Don't worry." She said.
"Looks like Wisdom's connected to Grimoire Park." Gao said. At the alley, a mysterious figure, watches the group.
"At long last, I found him. My one true destiny of life." The mysterious figure held up a black envelop, "Soon, our path will cross as one. For he and I, share something in common..."
Spotlight shown as Daisuke and Ryuusei appeared on stage.
"Welcome back to more Corner Time!"
"It was a great battle there! Batzz made an embarrassment for himself." Ryuusei said.
"If he heard that, he'll crush you." Daisuke said as Ryuusei got nervous, "So anyways, the next chapter will be a fierce rival match. For the one thing the opponents have in common."
"What's that?"
"Just wait and see. Give us a review of what you think and please provide with more card ideas. For the next Buddyfight story after all."
"As what we would always say: Bye for now!" They waved goodbye as the screen faded black.