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| - “Hey! Hey Ian!” Nate runs down a passage towards his friend. “Hm? What is it, Nate?” “I’m about to brawl someone soon, and… I’ve got a new strategy! You should totally come watch!” A Pyrus Bakugan lands on Ian’s shoulder and opens. “Another new strategy? How many is that this week?” “Oh, I dunno, Angim. Washy helped a lot with this new one,” says Nate. His Aquos Bakugan, Washien, pops out, Nate opens his hand and Washien lands in his palm. “Of course I did. I always try to help out whenever I can!” he says. Ian smiles, “You and Washien always seem to get along so well. So, who are you brawling?” “Oh, it’s that Hideaki person. You know him right?” “Oh yes, he’s that Haos user. I’ve met him before. This should be interesting; of course I’ll come watch.” Nate and Ian head off up the passage in Bakugan Interspace. On their way, they pass several arenas of varying sizes. After a bit, Ian asks, “So in which arena are you two going to brawl?” Nate replies, “We agreed to meet in arena C16. It’s a smaller, more private arena. I always think it’s better to concentrate on the brawl when there are less people watching.” They reach the arena, and find Hideaki waiting there with a dark-green-haired girl. “Oh hi, Sayuri! So, Hideaki, you ready for this?” Washien closes up and Nate grabs him. Hideaki grins, “Of course! I’m as ready as ever!” Both brawlers put on gauntlets and go to opposite sides of the arena. Ian takes a seat in the stands behind Nate and Sayuri sits behind Hideaki. Hideaki sets a Gate card and goes first. “Bakugan Brawl!” he yells and throws his Bakugan onto his gate, “Haos Kuziell, stand!” Up rises a Bakugan that resembles a large caterpillar with electrical cords along its back. Nate looks at his gauntlet and sees that it has 700Gs. “Ability activate! Crystal Clear!” Then he throws his Bakugan into the field. “Rise, Aquos Selachiark!” His Bakugan looks like an armored shark. Due to Nate’s ability, both Bakugan turn clear. “Since both our Bakugan are clear now, we have to choose their attributes,” says Nate, “What do you choose?” Hideaki replies, “I’ll just stick with Haos.” “Ok then, I choose Ventus.” “Alright then,” says Hideaki, “Gate card open! Shining Rain!” Kuziell is at 850Gs and Selachiark has 750Gs. “Now it’s time really get this going!” says Nate. “Ability Activate! Opposite Eraser!” Selachiark gains 300Gs and stands at 1050Gs. “Because our Bakugans’ attributes are diagonal to each other on the attribute circle, my Selachiark get 300 G-power!” explains Nate. Selachiark rushes towards Kuziell and snaps its jaws and Kuziell shrieks and tries to defend itself. “Ah, so is that your strategy that you’ve been working on?” says Hideaki. His Kuziell is defeated and Nate wins the card. “It’s pretty good. But that’s only one card won; we’ll see what else you got.” Nate sets his gate, and it’s Hideaki’s turn to roll. Hideaki’s female Haos Bakugan speaks up. “Please, send me in to battle, Hid!” But he says, “Not right now, ok?” Hideaki throws his Bakugan. “Stand, Haos Reyshu!” Nate sees that it has 650Gs. “Bakugan Brawl! Stand, Aquos Ichthynoid!” A Bakugan resembling a lionfish rises up and glares at Reyshu. Hideaki sees that it only has 630Gs. Lakatar taunts, “Is that it? Just a little fishy? Ha!” But Hideaki says, “Be quiet, Lakatar. He’s got something planned, I can tell.” “Now, Gate card open! Waterfall Dive!” says Nate. Reyshu now has 720Gs and Ichthynoid has 850Gs. “Since Ichthynoid has the lowest printed G-power, I choose to add Selachiark to this battle!” says Nate. He throws in his Selachiark, and its Gs combined with Ichthynoid equal 1550Gs. “Now, let’s see you beat that!” says Nate. The two Aquos Bakugan attack the Reyshu, which tries to fly away. It is quickly defeated. “Eh, you win that one.” Hideaki sets a gate. “Now, it’s your time to shine, Lakatar!” He throws her into the field. “Rise, Haos Lakatar!” he yells. Lakatar rises up and roars. “Come on! Show me what you got, Nate!” Nate sees that she has 720Gs. “Alright, it’s your turn, Washien! Bakugan Brawl! Aquos Washien, stand!” Washien has 780Gs. He stands in front of Lakatar and swishes his finned tail. “Hello, m’lady,” he greets her. “Well, it’s been long enough since I last brawled you, ol’ fish-face,” says Lakatar, “This should be fun.” “Alright, enough chat!” says Hideaki, “Gate open! Volta Hype!” Lakatar has 870Gs and Washien has 880Gs. "The first person to play an ability on this gate doesn’t get the gate’s attribute bonus,” Hideaki explains, “But no matter, we can still win this! Ability activate! Energy Spike!” Lakatar loses the 150Gs from the gate and gains 150Gs from the card and remains at 870Gs. Hideaki’s power level increases to 4. Lakatar’s horns glow brightly and she charges at Washien, who lowers his head and points his horn towards her. “Come on, Hideaki! Help me out here!” Lakatar yells. “Ability activate! Flash forward!” Lakatar gains 260Gs and stands at 1130Gs. She starts glowing brightly, steps back a few paces, rushes forward and jumps onto Washien. “RAAAAHH!!!” Washien yells as he is defeated. Hideaki grabs Lakatar as she is returned to him. “Great job, Lakatar!” On the other side of the arena, Ian seems to be troubled. “Hey… Nate?” “Hm? What is it, Ian?” Nate replies and Ian says nothing, “Is something wrong.” “I think I heard someone… scream, over there, down that corridor there.” Ian stands up and starts running out of the arena. “Hold on, Hid! I’ll be back.” Nate follows his friend. “Huh? What going on?” Hideaki runs after Nate, and Sayuri gets up and follows. “Uwaah! Wait for me, Hid!”
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