??? POV
???: "I love blocking peoples moves by using ability cards."
??: "And I like to make Bakugans have chain reactions because of ability cards."
???: "Good idea."
???: "Miu, come here for a second. We'll show you some more tricks involving Bakugans."
??: "Yeah, just look at them, they're really cool."
Miu: "I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention to what you were saying. It wasn't important, right?"
???: "It's alright, we know you're still thinking about your little brother. Say something."
??: "Uhm, yes, you always come here and wait to check if he'll come."
Miu: "Exactly."
Miu POV and Flashback
(You can expect lots of POV switching in this chapter.)
Mius little brother: "Well uhm, see you later."
End Flashback
Miu: "I'll always be waiting for you. Here."
?: "Waiting here will bring you nothing. You need to start working."
?: "I can give you whatever you want thanks to these cards."
?: "Everything that you need to do is use them."
y/n POV
Me, Runo and Marucho were running after Alice when she landed.
Runo: "Hey, Alice!"
She turned around and giggled.
Timeskip
Runo and Alice were now sitting on a couch while me and Marucho were behind them.
(Imagine you're next to Marucho.)
Runo: "You're defenitely tired after travelling this much."
Alice: "Not really. I was asleep in the airplane since I arrived there in Moscow."
Marucho: "If you would've talked to me, I could've given you my private jet. You would've arrived half the time it took you than with the airplane you took."
Preyas: "You're Alice, right? Wow, you really are beautiful."
Alice: "Oh thank you. You must be Preyas."
Tigrerra: "Girl, you really are phenomenal."
Exeldor: "y/n has a crush on you."
y/n: "Uhm B-Bakugans this day, am I right?"
Runo: "Suuuure."
She said while looking at Alice and me."
Alice: "I brought you three gifts."
Alice said while looking at the Bakugans.
y/n thinking: "Does she think Exeldor was just making something up because of how I played it off? Yeah, she defenitely thinks so."
Tigrerra: "For us? You didn't have to."
Preyas: "Oh she absolutely had to. I love gifts."
Exeldor: "Why thank you, Alice."
She handed them some kind of small mirror looking thing.
Preyas: "Ooh, what's that?"
Alice: "This thing simulates brawls in here. They are adjusted to your attributes. Do you like it? You can use it when you're going to brawl again."
Tigrerra and Preyas: "Yes, yes."
Exeldor: "This can be quite useful. Very much appreciated."
Marucho: "Alice is a true Bakugan genius. She knows more about it than any of us."
Runo: "She doesn't brawl, but if you want to learn something about Bakugans, she is like an encyclopedia."
Exeldor, Preyas and Tigrerra: "You won't say."
Alice: "Uhm, hey, is Dan here?"
Dan POV
Dan: "This is nonsense, where are they?"
Dan: "How can they be lost at an airport?"
Drago: "You should know something about that, Dan. Haven't you noticed we've been walking around in circles?"
Dan: "Hey! We entered the waiting room and I forgot in which direction we were going."
Drago: "So we are lost, not them."
Dan: "Well, you're right, but uhm, nevermind."
y/n POV
Runo: "We walked in together, but Dan clearly got lost."
y/n: "Hey, don't act like you've never lost your mother in that one shop that you forgot the name of, but still remember the look because of how scary the experience was."
Runo: "Well yeah."
Alice: "Dan won't ever change, right?"
y/n: "Nope. Although I don't think we'll change either."
Marucho: "Alice if you don't mind me asking, what brings you here? Do you have something to do?"
Alice: "No, Marucho, I just wanted to see you all."
Alice: "Runo, thank you for allowing me to stay at your house."
Runo: "No problem. You are always welcome at my house. My parents were really happy because of you visiting us."
Runo: "My mom prepared her Tuna surprise for you."
Marucho: "You're lucky Alice, Tuna is the favorite ingredient of Runos mom. You'll have it for Breakfast, Lunch, Dessert and Supper"
Runo: "I don't eat Tuna, so there'll be many for you. I guess I'll have to eat Pizza. How unlucky I am."
y/n: "I've never even been in your moms restaurant."
Marucho: "Don't be sad Runo, you're lucky."
Runo: "Yeah, I know. Hey do you want some Tuna?"
She said while grabbing Maruchos chin.
Alice POV and Flashback.
Drago: "Because of your and our worlds, we need to find the person who messed with Nagas head. I remember his name. Its: Michael."
End Flashback
Alice thinking: "Sometimes I have visions. What do they mean? And what does grandpa Michael have to do with this? Does he have something to do with this Masquerade person and the destruction of Vestroia? This is nonsense. I can tell them about it, but what would they think of me?"
y/n POV
While Runo and Marucho were talking, I noticed that Alice was just staring at nothing.
y/n: "Are you okay, Alice?"
Alice: "Oh? Uhm yes, I was just daydreaming."
She let out a small giggle.
y/n: "Oh. Well sorry for interrupting your daydream."
Alice: "It's fine."
???: "Hey you four!"
Alice, y/n, Runo and Marucho: "Huh?"
???: "You four are friends with Dan Kuso, right?"
Alice: "Exactly. And who are you three supposed to be?"
They put Doom cards out.
y/n: "Oh wow. So Masquerade's recruiting literal kids now?"
Dan POV
Dan: "This is the place."
Drago: "And where are your friends?"
Dan: "Hmm."
Dan thinking: "I'm lost."
y/n POV
Marucho: "Runo and y/n, do you think we'll be able to beat them? Maybe we should search for Dan before we brawl?"
y/n: "Hey, don't worry Marucho, they're outnumbered anyways."
Runo: "We don't need him at all."
y/n: "And we also have Alice to help us."
??: "Takashi, did you hear that?"
(Takashi is the one with the brown vest)
Takashi: "Yes, we finally have worthy opponents."
?: "are you two sure about this?"
(that is Miu speaking. I put a ? in place of her name, because y/n doesn't know her name yet. ?? is the guy in the blue tanktop and ??? was Takashi.)
Takashi: "Do you not want us to brawl with them?"
??: "Miu, if we win against them, you'll see your brother again."
y/n thinking: "So her name is Miu. What lies did Masquerade tell them to convince them that if they win, Miu will see her brother again?"
Marucho: "It seems like that girl'll be coming up with strategies for them."
y/n: "Well I don't think any strategy she'll come up with will match the strategy that Alice will come up with."
When I said that I noticed Alice blushed which made me blush too.
Runo: "Hey lets brawl already!"
Everyone except for Alice and Miu: "Field Opening Card!"
I held Alices hand so that she could enter the battlefield with us.
When we were in the battlefield, I immediately let go of her hand.
y/n: "Uhm sorry, I just wanted you to be with us in the battlefield..."
Alice: "No need to apologize, y/n. If I didn't want it, I would've pulled your hand away."
y/n: "Okay."
y/n thinking: "I think I'm missing a hint."
Takashi and ??: "Doom card!"
y/n, Runo, Marucho, Takashi and ??: "Gate card!"
Alice: "I'm thinking about what move we should do first..."
Marucho: "Lets try this!"
Marucho: "Bakugan brawl! Bakugan start!"
He threw his Robotallion.
Marucho: "Yes, defeat them!"
y/n: "What? Marucho do you have schizophrenia?"
Marucho: "As far as I know, I don't."
y/n: "Mhm."
??: "Bakugan brawl! Bakugan start!"
He threw Darkus Robotallion.
Marucho: "Robotallion!"
Preyas: "Oh no, you know what that means."
Bakugan watch: "Darkus and Aquos Robotallion new power: 620."
??: "Ability card! My Robotallion will now have the power of Darkus and Aquos!"
Bakugan watch: "Darkus Robotallion gains 200 power. New power: 820."
Runo: "The Darkus Robotallion is too strong!"
Tigrerra: "The combination of Haos and Darkus seems to be very strong indeed."
(I think the Polish dub makers actually had a stroke mid translating, because it is very clearly Aquos and Darkus. So feel free to just replace "Haos" with "Aquos". I'm not changing it, as it's funny to me.)
Darkus Robotallion punched Maruchos Robotallion and sent him to the Doom dimension.
Miu: "Poor Bakugan..."
Runo: "You'll pay for that!"
Runo: "Bakugan brawl! Bakugan start!"
Runo threw her Saurus.
(You guys should know how Saurus looks by now)
y/n: "I think it would be smart to let Alice come up with something..."
Runo ignored me.
y/n: "No? Okay..."
Takashi: "Gate card!"
y/n: "What does he need two gate cards for? Runo, I'd watch out if I'd be you."
Takashi: "Bakugan brawl! Bakugan start!"
He threw his Serpenoid
Bakugan watch: "Pyrus Sepenoid power: 320."
Runo: "He put his Serpenoid."
Marucho: "I know what we should do!"
Alice: "Wait."
Marucho and Runo: "Huh?"
Alice: "Don't rush your attacks. Watch what you're brawling against."
Runo: "What do you mean?"
Alice: "They just used the opposite forces of Darkus and Pyrus. Don't just watch your opponents ability cards, watch their gate cards too."
Exeldor: "Couldn't say it better."
Preyas: "Not only beautiful, but also smart."
y/n:
Tigrerra: "That's very impressive."
Alice: "And you guys should work as a team, then you'll get the lead faster."
Marucho and Runo looked at each other.
Marucho: "Gate card!"
Marucho: Bakugan brawl! Bakugan start!"
He threw his Terrorclaw
??: "Bakugan brawl! Bakugan start!"
He threw his Fear Ripper.
I searched for Wall Lock and found it.
y/n: "You may call me Iron-Man, because I learn from my mistakes."
y/n: "Gate card!"
y/n: "So which Bakugan should I choose, Alice?"
Alice: "I think Wormquake would be useful."
y/n: "Oki doki."
y/n: "Bakugan brawl! Bakugan start!"
I threw my Wormquake.
Runo: "Gate card open!"
Bakugan watch: "Haos Saurus gains 100 power. New power: 410."
??: "Ability card! combined forces of Darkus and Pyrus!"
Bakugan watch: "Fear Ripper new power: 450."
y/n: "Not on my watch! Ability card! Spiced eater!"
Bakugan watch: "Darkus Wormquake gains 100 power. New power: 500 Darkus Fear Ripper loses 100 power. New power: 350. Pyrus Serpenoid loses 100 power. New power: 220."
Runos Saurus rushed into the Fear Ripper and sent him back to the guy in the blue tanktop.
y/n: "Feels good to be a winner, every now and then."
Runo: "Gate card!"
Runo: "Bakugan brawl! Bakugan start!"
She threw her Griffon.
Runo: "Show me what you've got!"
Takashi: "Bakugan brawl!"
(No, I did not forget to add "Bakugan start", that's what the guy said)
He threw his Gargonoid.
Bakugan watch: "Pyrus Gargonoid power: 320."
Takashi: "Ability card! Rapid fire!"
His Darkus Juggernoid came.
Gargonoid and Juggernoid combined power: 610."
Marucho: "Gate card open! Trade Off!"
(Trade Off: If a Bakugan on the field is over 400 Gs, it automatically loses.)
Their Bakugans lost.
Takashi: "He defeated our Bakugans?"
Preyas: "Good job Marucho."
Exeldor: "Very good."
Marucho: "Gate card!"
Marucho: "Bakugan brawl! Bakugan start!"
Marucho threw his Terrorclaw again.
Marucho: "Ability card! Water refrain!"
(Water refrain: Nullifies and blocks the opponent's abilities from activating for a short time.)
Marucho: "You guys can't use your ability cards because I blocked them!"
He screamed in a mocking tone.
??: "Bakugan brawl! Bakugan start!"
He threw his Darkus Robotallion.
His Darkus Robotallion was strangling Takashis Serpenoid.
Alice: "How's that possible!?"
Runo: "This is absolute nonsense! Who's fighting against who?"
y/n: "I'm so confused."
Takashi: "Gate card open!"
The serpenoid started strangling the Robotalion.
Runo: "Why are they fighting against each other?"
Marucho: "I don't like the fact that they're doing it."
y/n: "Me neither."
Alice: "They're pretending to fight."
Runo: "What do you mean by that?"
There came a laser like shot out of the Robotallion while he was being "strangled", which send Maruchos Terrorclaw to the Doom dimension.
Miu covered her ears and looked at the ground.
Marucho: "No! My poor Terrorclaw!"
Takashi: "Kyosuke, that's what I call a successful return. Because of that, we could send Bakugans to the Doom dimension."
Kyosuke: "Because of that pretending, my Bakugan will remain on the battlefield."
Runo: "So that's why it's called "A fake fight"."
Marucho: "I understand."
Alice: "In my opinion, that's a risky strategy."
y/n: "It's a too risky strategy, might I add."
Takashi: "Who cares? I'll do anything to win!"
y/n: "I care!"
Kyosuke: "We're doing this for Miu and Makoto!"
Runo: "Miu and who?"
Marucho: "Makoto?"
y/n: "Why is Makoto?"
Kyosuke: "Makoto is Mius brother."
Kyosuke: "Her parents are divorced and now we don't know where he lives!"
Takashi: "If we win this battle, we'll be higher in the rankings and Makoto will see us!"
Takashi: "We made this deal with masquerade for Miu!"
Alice: "This is so sad. Poor girl."
Alice POV
Alice thinking: "Maybe my grandpa Micheal could help her."
y/n POV
Kyosuke: "It's all for our friend, Miu!"
Runo: "Womp womp, you're breaking my heart. Just brawl already!"
y/n: "You used to call me on my cellphone."
Tigrera: "Runo, use me. I'm ready."
Runo: "Alright! Gate card!"
Runo: "Bakugan brawl! Bakugan start!"
She threw Tigrerra.
y/n: "You ready Exeldor?"
Exeldor: "Ready as I'll ever be."
y/n: "Gate card!"
y/n: "Bakugan brawl! Bakugan start!"
I threw Exeldor.
Exeldor: "You'll regret sending those Bakugans to the Doom dimension."
Takashi: "Bakugan brawl! Bakugan start!"
He threw his Falconeer.
Bakugan watch: "Haos Griffon power: 290. Pyrus Falconeer power: 340."
Takashi: "You guys don't stand a chance!"
Runo: "Oh yeah?"
Runo: "Gate card Open!"
She caused my Mantris Maruchos Preyas and Kyosukes Robotallion to come.
(Double battle: Forces both players to add in an additional Bakugan.)
Bakugan watch: "Calculating power levels."
Takashi: "Ha! The power level hasn't changed! And we're still on top!"
Runo: "Not for long!"
Runo: "Ability card! Cut In Saber!"
Tigrerra jumped to the Gate card the battle was happening on.
Our Bakugans defeated theirs together.
y/n: "Okay, one down, one to go."
Takashi: "No! I have to win!"
Miu: "No stop!"
Miu: "Please... Just stop..."
She started crying.
Miu: "Please! Makoto means so much to me, but this isn't the way! Not at the cost of those Bakugans!"
They started whispering between each other.
y/n: "Well uhm this is akward."
Marucho: "Indeed."
Miu: "Something's wrong. This game used to be funner."
Alice: "She's right."
y/n: "I'm having an existential crisis."
Takashi: "Darn it!"
Runo groaned.
Takashi: "Doom card return!"
Marucho: "Looks like he gives up."
Runo: "Is this the end of this heartbreaking story? I can't let you just surrender like that! Lets brawl!"
Marucho: "If you wat to, we can have a real Bakugan brawl!"
Alice: "Yes!"
y/n: "I once had to walk 1 hour to my house, because there was an accident and my tram couldn't go further!"
(Yes, that actually happened to me.)
We all laughed.
Timeskip.
Takashi: "Sorry for the things we said, Masquerade said we would win and that's why."
Runo: "No problem, you say different things on a battlefield than you would in person."
Marucho: "I gotta admit, your brawling skills are almost as good as mine."
Takashi: "Miu, I'm sorry we made you sad. I hope you'll see Makoto again."
Kyosuke: "I'm also sorry."
They both bowed down to her.
Miu: "No problem, I know you what you two wanted was good and I really thank you two for that."
Miu: "Kyosuke and Takashi you two are super!"
She kissed them both on their cheeks.
Tigrerra: "Oh geez."
Preyas: "Hey! Don't forget about me!"
Exeldor: "You're one weird Bakugan."
Miu walked off and stared at the sun.
y/n: "Does she know she can damage her eyesight by that?"
Masquerade POV
I picked up the Doom cards that were on the ground and smirked.
Dan POV
Dan: "I once heard about a guy who was one whole year at an airport. Lets hope it won't happen to us."
Drago: "And if it happens, it'll be your fault."
Dan: "Don't put the blame on me."
(I'm only human, after all.)
Kid: "Wow! How cool! I heard how your Bakugan talked to you! You're lucky!"
I walked up to him.
Dan: "Do you like to play Bakugan, kiddo?'
Kid: "Mhm! My sisters friends, Kyosuke and Takashi learned me how to play! You should see how they play! They're surely the best players in the world!"
Dan: "Sure, if they're so good, I'd like to brawl against them one day."
Kid: "Oh, I forgot, I have to meet my sister now!"
Drago: "Your sister?"
Kid: "Her name is Miu and she lives in this city. I asked my dad if I could see her and now I'm here!"
Dan: "I understand, give her my regards."
Dan: "And tell Kyosuke and Takashi to train."
Kid: "Okay!"
We shook each others hands.
Kid: "See you!"
Runo: "There you are!"
Dan: "Oh hey."
Timeskip and y/n POV
Dan: "You were fighting the whole time!? What? Couldn't you wait? You really are great friends."
Runo: "It's your fault you got lost!"
Marucho: "Stop arguing."
Dan: "So I see you managed to win without me. Or maybe someone helped you? Maybe Alice?"
Alice: "Oh, no."
y/n: "Hey Alice, don't think so. You were a great help! Especially since without you Marucho and Runo wouldn't have fought as a team!"
Alice POV
Alice thinking: "I think I should tell them about grandpa Michael and those weird visions."
Alice: "Listen, I need to tell you all something."
Dan: "Runo, what did you want to say about Masquerade?"
Runo: "He tried to play with Mius feeling to steal our Bakugans."
y/n POV
While Dan and Runo were talking, I remembered that Alice wanted to say something.
y/n: "So what did you want to say, Alice?"
Alice: "Oh, uhm nothing. It's not that important."
y/n: "Okay, I guess. But if you want to talk, I'm all ears."
Alice: "Thank you, I appreciate it."
Marucho: "I'm hungry. I'm going to the Tuna Surprise. Anyone going with me?"
I really can't wait for Marvel's Spider-Man 2.