In Wardington the next day, citizens were enjoying their little shopping spree at the mall. Even Julie... who had Applejack, Marucho and Pinkie along for the ride. Julie was checking out some necklaces to see what suits her best. "So what do you think guys? Should I get this one or one of those other fourteen?" she asked them as she looked at herself in the mirror.
"Like I said, the first one looked just fine on you..." Marucho was quick to tell her but soon noticed a group of girls, which immediately got him panicked "Uh, come on lets go Julie... I mean what if someone see's me in here? I do have a reputation as a Bakugan Brawler to uphold and this place is rather..." suddenly something caught Marucho's attention.
"I'm with Marucho on this Julie... I already had three girls walk up to me and say how cute I am, and I was close to biting them." Applejack said to her.
Pinkie soon noticed at what Marucho was looking at and approached. "Hey Marucho, what'cha looking at?" she asked and looked seeing Dan and Twilight walk around the store. "Hey look..." she pointed out.
Julie took notice and walked over. "What is it you guys, see something you like?" she asked but soon saw Dan and Twilight.
"What's Dan and Twilight doin-" before Marucho and Pinkie could ask, Applejack and Julie covered their mouths and hid somewhere neither Dan or Twilight could find them.
But it didn't go unnoticed from several young girls who stared at them surprised of what they were doing. Julie poked her head out seeing Dan and Twilight looking around the store. "Dan...? Twilight...?" she watched what he was doing.
Dan pulled up a cute little necklace of a little frog, he smiled at it as he held it. "This baby ought to do the trick... what do you think Twilight?" he asked her.
"Yes, she'll love it... lets get it purchased and surprise her." Twilight said to him and walked to the cash register, unaware that they were being watched.
"Curious..." said Marucho as he watched him. "I didn't realize Dan went for the bling-bling..."
"But each to his own Marucho..." Pinkie said to him.
"No silly, don't you get it? Dan obviously came here to buy a special gift for Runo..." Julie said to them.
"Well, those two are getting awfully cuddly with each other... its actually amazing you hadn't even made the first move Julie..." Applejack said to her with a smirk.
"HEY!" Julie screamed at her.
After paying for the little frog necklace, the cashier gave it to him in a package. "Here you go..." she said to him.
Dan took it from her. "Thanks..." he said to her and walked out with Twilight.
The cashier watched him go but soon noticed Julie, Marucho, Applejack and Pinkie watching him. "Uh, can I help all of you?" she asked them as she gave them a stern look.
"No thanks, we're with him..." Julie said to her with a creepy look on her face and rushed off.
"Yeah..." Marucho rushed off with Pinkie and Applejack to catch up with Dan and Twilight.
But by the time the rushed to the door as it opened, Dan and Twilight were standing right there as they panicked and accidently crashed into them. But both Marucho and Julie rubbed their faces from it and looked seeing a familiar face. "It's Joe!" they exclaimed in unison.
"Hey!" Joe greeted them seeing their surprised faces.
At Runo's place, Joe immediately surprised everyone and everypony when he arrived. "Wow, this is a surprise... I didn't expect any of you guys to walk in with Joe..." Runo said to them.
"We were pretty surprised to see him too..." Dan said to her as he looked to the others. "Weren't we...?"
"Yeah!" Julie chimed in.
"You bet sugarcube..." Applejack said to him.
"I thought I'd suffered a minor concussion..." Marucho said to them.
"You and me both Marucho..." Pinkie said to him and giggled.
Alice served him a drink while some boys were starring at her in the background. "I'm glad to see you, and you look really good..." she said to him noticing he's feeling a lot better than before.
Joe took a sip off his drink and looked to them. "Thanks... I feel really good too..." he thought back to Wavern when she cured him. "Wavern kind of filled me in on a lot of things..." he said to them.
"For instance, how she was able to hide the Infinity Core within her..." Drago spoke up as he looked to Joe.
Joe scratched his head a bit from hearing it. "That's right, you know I really wanted to come hang out with the brawlers as soon as I was able to... and here I am!" he cheered and looked to them. "I missed you guys..." he looked to Twilight and her friends. "Even you girls and Spike..."
"Aww, shucks... thanks Joe..." Spike said to him.
"We missed you to Joe..." Fluttershy said to him as she cleaned her tears. "Really we did..."
"Oh come now Fluttershy, no need for tears..." Rarity used a handkerchief to clean them as she sniffed. "Even though... I'm really not one to talk..." she said as she tried cleaning her tears to prevent her mascara from getting ruined.
"Okay! I'd say its time to celebrate!" Dan turned to Runo. "Garson... another round over here! On Runo's tab..." he pointed out.
Which immediately got Runo angry as she balled up a fist. "Easy big spender!" she clobbered him in the head as everyone laughed at him for it.
Dan rubbed his head as Runo scowled at him. "Unfortunately... I got some bad news to tell you guys..." Joe said to them earning their attention to hear him out.
"Let me guess... Masquerade...?" Twilight asked him.
Joe nodded to her as he held his hands together. "He took down Chan..." he said to them.
Everyone and everypony gasped from hearing it. "You're kidding!" Dan exclaimed as he stood up from his chair.
"He isn't Dan, I got a call from Chan that Masquerade took her Fourtress..." Twilight said to him.
"And you didn't think to tell us about it?" Applejack asked her.
"He was occupied with worrying about Runo, remember...?" Twilight asked her as the other ponies nodded in response knowing she had a point.
"And its not only Chan... I got some serious information that Julio was hit by him as well..." Joe informed them.
Runo and Fluttershy were shocked to hear about it. "Julio too?!" she asked them.
Julie panicked as she looked to Applejack. "I guess that means... he got to Billy..." she remembered when the toy cowboy fell down.
"I doubt it ended there..." Applejack said to her.
"Most likely... probably all his other sidekicks too..." Joe thought about Klaus and the others imagining what they were going through at the time.
At that moment, Dan slammed his fists on the table in anger. "Darn it! It's gotta be revenge...! He's getting revenge on all of them!" he exclaimed.
"No Dan, I think that there's more to all of this than simple revenge..." Joe said to him.
"He is probably trying to increase Hydranoid's power level, in order to make him evolve..." said Drago as he was on the table.
"Makes sense..." Tigrerra hopped up next to him. "Fourtress and Sirenoid were very powerful Bakugan..." she said to him.
"But then that could mean..." Pinkie theorized as she looked to Marucho.
Julie looked to Applejack with the same theory. "That could mean that Hydranoid has already evolved..." she said to her.
"He's bringing out his endgame, no doubt about it... I can only imagine what that monster looks like now..." Applejack said to her.
At that moment, Dan stood up on the table freaking Runo and several of the customers out. "And I say bring it on! Cause Drago has already evolved, so quit hiding in the shadows like a chicken I know you are!" he exclaimed.
Runo quickly tugged on his coat. "You think you could maybe save it for the day there dingus...?" she asked him. Dan was confused but soon realized his blunder as all the customers and brawlers stared at him as he let out a nervous chuckle.
Joe smiled and stood up from his chair. "Well then... I guess I'll be going..." he walked passed Dan and Runo. "Thanks for the drink..." he thanked Runo.
"Huh...? You're leaving already...?" Twilight asked him.
Joe turned to face them. "Yeah, sorry guys... I'm kind of in the middle of a trip with my mom. She said she wanted to take me to all kinds of cool new places because I was cooped up in that hospital for so long... I gotta say, its been a blast so far." he said to them.
"I sure wish I could go with you." Marucho said to him.
"Yeah, me too! I want to see where your mom goes next." said Pinkie feeling excited.
"Thanks again you guys... see you later." Joe was about to walk out the door.
"Hey bud..." Dan gained his attention. "Stop by the chat room now and then... you know, keep in touch..." he said to him.
"Okay!" Joe accepted his offer and walked out.
Meanwhile, Twilight looked to the others feeling worried. "If Hydranoid has indeed evolved, I think we might be in big trouble here..." she said to them.
"You said it Twilight... in fact... I'm more worried about Rainbow Dash and Shun." Spike said to her and looked to the others. "There's no telling what they will do if they found out..."
"I'm afraid Spike may have a point..." Bahamut said to them as he approached. "If Masquerade got Chan, Klaus, Julio and Billy..." he listed them off.
"It's more than likely they went after Komba and Harpus..." Scylla added to the list as she looked down knowing Skyress will not be happy when she finds out.
At the Kazami Dojo, Shun, Rainbow Dash and Harpus were looking at the video that Komba sent them. "He got me Master Shun... I beg you and Rainbow Dash, get revenge for Harpus!" he pleaded in the video.
Shun put it on an endless loop to her the words over, and over again. Skyress listened to it and looked down as she stood next to Avion. "Harpus..." she thought about the young harpy even though she was rude before. "Poor thing..."
"She should have known better than to take on Hydranoid on her own..." Avion said to her and looked to the screen. "But you're right... she didn't deserve such a grim fate..."
Rainbow Dash slammed her hoof on the wall of the dojo in frustration. "Curse that Masquerade... attacking his sidekicks, sending their Bakugan to the Doom Dimension?! He just made a big mistake!" she exclaimed in anger.
"Rainbow, calm yourself!" Avion said to her. "We will avenge them, the time to attack will come... but it is not now..." he said to her.
Rainbow Dash was about to object, but she couldn't find the words to argue with him on the matter. Meanwhile, Shun looked at the footage as his eyes squinted. "You'll pay Masquerade... that we promise..!" he said as he clenched his fist.
Back at Runo's place, Alice was cleaning the dishes with Fluttershy as Runo walked in. "Don't worry Alice, I'll finish those... why don't you take a bath or something...?" she asked her.
"Sounds good, thanks..." Alice said to her as she undoes her apron but soon started getting dizzy. "I... appreciate it..." she stumbled and nearly fell.
Fluttershy quickly caught her from falling. "Alice...! What's the matter? You okay...?" she asked her.
"Yeah, sure... I'm okay Fluttershy, I just had a little dizzy spell, that's all." Alice said to her.
Runo walked over and helped her up. "You look tired... maybe you should just go to bed." Runo suggested.
Panting a bit, Alice nodded to her. "You're right, I think I'll do that Runo..." she walked away with Runo.
Seeing it, Fluttershy looked to Elvia worried. "What do you suppose just happened Elvia...?" she asked her.
"I'm not sure Fluttershy... it could be she nearly passed out from exhaustion. She has been working hard since she first started working here at Runo's restaurant." Elvia theorized and looked to where Alice went. "But then again... I can't help but notice that she's been this way a lot lately..." she thought to herself.
At Marucho's house, he, Julie, Pinkie Pie and Applejack walked through the corridor. Marucho was still thinking about that little frog Dan bought at the mall. "I wonder why Dan bought that little frog necklace from the other day, its been bugging me." he said to them as he pondered as to why.
"The more I think about it, the more I don't actually think its for Runo..." Julie said to him.
"Oh, and you would be an expert on that how...?" Applejack asked her as she gave her a look.
"Well, it couldn't be... I mean she might be afraid of frogs." said Julie in her own defense.
Normally, Applejack would let things slide... but one look to Pinkie, they were thinking the same exact thing. "DENIAL!" they said in unison.
Julie wanted to object to it, but was quickly cut off by Marucho. "Maybe he's gonna wear it to an amphibious theme party..." he suggested.
"Well, no point in wondering about it you guys, lets sleep on it..." Pinkie said to them.
Marucho sighed knowing she was right. "Yeah, sounds good..." Marucho agreed with her as the group separated, Applejack going with Julie, and Pinkie Pie going with Marucho.
Back at Dan's house, he was sleeping in his bed while Twilight slept by his feet as he snored up a storm. But a shadow loomed over him as he opened his eyes, and saw that it was Masquerade. He gasped and shot up from his bed. "It's Masquerade!" he exclaimed as Twilight woke up and saw him. Dan got out of bed and stood facing him. "What the heck are you doing here?!" he demanded to know.
Masquerade smirked as he vanished, Twilight looked for him and saw him appear behind Dan. "Dan, behind you!" she yelled.
"You were the one who asked me to come out of the shadows." said Masquerade.
Dan and Twilight turned facing him with a glare as Dan pointed his finger at him. "Oh yeah, I called you a chicken too! I want a brawl right here and now!" he said to him only to see him vanish. He and Twilight looked around to find him. "Where did he go?" he looked around hearing a chuckle.
Twilight looked up and saw him on the sealing. "Easy tough guy... I've already decided the time and place." he held out a white card. "And then we'll see who's chicken!" he tossed the card at Dan.
Dan flinched only to wake up and find that he was dreaming the whole scenario. "I'm not chicken!" he exclaimed and looked around. "Guess it was just a dream..."
"No, it wasn't Dan..." Twilight said to him as she showed the card Masquerade left. "It was real... he's goading us into fighting him, and knowing that you have a prime reputation for being a stubborn hot head, you're going to accept it." she said to him.
Dan took the card looking at it, knowing that there was no turning away from it. "Masquerade... I've had enough, I'm going to take you down for everything you've done!" he said to himself as he clenched the card. Twilight sighed knowing she can't talk him out of it, besides... it is Dan Kuso after all.
The next morning, Miyoko and Spike were once again working on their yoga while Dan and Twilight were getting ready for the battle with Masquerade. "See ya mom!" Dan called out to her.
Miyoko looked to where he and Twilight were. "You and Twilight be home for dinner, I'm making something special okay?" she said to them.
"You heard her Twilight! Your number one assistant agrees with her, can't go a day on an empty stomach." Spike said to her.
"I will Spike!" Twilight responded to him but looked to Dan. "Dan, the gift...?" she reminded him of the gift he bought.
Dan panicked from remembering it and rushed back to her, earning her attention. "Oh, you're back...?" she asked him.
He walked over to her letting out a small chuckle. "Yeah, kinda..." he handed the gift to her which surprised her. "Today's your birthday, so Twilight and I thought we'd..." he smiled a bit.
"Oh my... I... forgot...!" Miyoko panicked as she took the gift and started opening it.
"Okay, see ya!" Dan ran to the door to get his shoes on.
Miyoko opened the package and pulled out the frog necklace and was amazed by it. "Dan wanted it to be something special, I guess the frog pretty much counts at this point, doesn't it?" Twilight asked her with a smile.
Smiling at the gift, Miyoko rushed and looked to where Dan was. "Daniel..." she called him gaining his attention.
"Yeah...?" Dan answered her.
She held up the frog giving him a wink. "Thanks so much..." she said to him.
Dan chuckled nervously and ran off. "No prob, gotta go!" he took off as Twilight rolled her eyes with a smirk and flew after him.
Miyoko smiled seeing them go and looked to the little frog, she smiled happily that he remembered. "That was sure nice of him..." she said as she went back to her yoga.
"Yeah..." Spike agreed with her but looked out starting to feel worried. "Why do I get the feeling something bad is about to happen...?" he wondered.
Later that evening by the pier... Dan was walking beside Twilight as they remembered their past battles, and how they met one another. They walked passed Runo, Fluttershy and Rarity who followed after them. Following after them, were Marucho, Pinkie Pie, Julie, and Applejack. Running across the containers, Shun and Rainbow Dash joined the group as they walked towards Masquerade... to what they believed... to be the final battle. "Okay... lets do this now...!" Dan said to him.
Masquerade pulled out a gate card and smirked. "Go ahead and draw..." he said to him.
"With pleasure...!" Twilight held out her card.
Their cards began to glow. "Bakugan! Field Open!" they called out as they entered the pocket dimension battlefield.
As they entered, Masquerade pulled out the Doom Card with an evil grin. "Doom Card set..." he dropped it onto the ground as the field absorbed it.
"Twilight, you sure you want to go through with this...?" Dan asked her.
"Hey... we're a team... so don't worry about it." Twilight smiled at him as he smiled in return.
The three battlers readied their Bakugan but pulled out their gate cards. "Gate Card Set!" they tossed their cards onto the field.
Masquerade pulled out a second gate card to add to the field. "Gate Card set!" he tossed it to the field seeing it expand. "Bakugan Brawl!" he shot his Darkus Wormquake onto he field. "Wormquake Stand!" he called out as the multi-fanged worm emerged before them and roared out.
"Alright Dan, be careful out there..." Twilight said to him.
"Got it, my turn! Bakugan Brawl!" Dan shot his Pyrus Griffon onto the field. "Griffon, Stand!" he called out as Griffon emerged on the field and roared out spreading his wings. "Pyrus Griffon, 10 G advantage." said the Bakupod.
Griffon snarled as he charged at Wormquake and tackled it, at that instant, Masquerade smirked looking at the battle stats. "Gate Card Open! Energy Merge!" he called out as Worquake began drawing energy from Griffon. "100 G's transferred to Darkus Wormquake." said the Bakupod as Griffon was about to be annihilated.
"You think that'll stop me? Ability Card Activate! Fire Tornado!" Dan called out as flames swirled around Griffon. "100 G's transferred back to Pyrus Griffon." said the Bakupod. Griffon charged at Wormquake with the fire tornado around him, and slammed it against Wormquake... burning it to a crisp and forcing it back into ball form.
Masquerade only chuckled seeing it, knowing he still had this battle in his favor. Meanwhile, the onlookers watched from the sidelines observing the battle. "Okay, so the first win goes to Dan..." said Runo as she observed it.
"Yes, but we can't get our hopes up yet... Dan and Twilight need to watch out for Hydranoid. There's no telling what that beast will do..." Rarity said to her.
Runo nodded to her knowing she's right, meanwhile Griffon returned to Dan as he looked to Masquerade. "I win..." he said to him.
"That time... Bakugan Brawl!" Masquerade shot in his Darkus Laserman onto the field. "Laserman, Stand!" he called out as Laserman emerged on the field, ready for battle. "Power level, 370 G's." said the Bakupod.
"370? I'll go with Griffon again..." Dan was about to send him in.
"Wait Dan!" Twilight quickly stopped him. "Its too risky... let me take this one..." she said to him as she pulled out a Pyrus Siege. "Bakugan Brawl!" she shot Siege onto the field. "Siege, Stand!" she called out as Siege emerged on the field. "Pyrus Siege, Power Level 400 G's." said the Bakupod. "I just hope I'm not wrong..." she muttered.
Siege charged at Laserman holding his staff in hand, meanwhile Masquerade formed a smirk on his face. "Alright, Gate Card Open! Joker's Wild!" he called out as a wisp of dark smoke blew Siege straight into the Doom Dimension.
"Oh no, Siege!" Dan panicked from seeing it happen.
"I had a feeling that would happen... what was that Masquerade?! They haven't even brawled yet!" Twilight stated.
Masquerade's Laserman returned to him in ball form as he caught the little Bakugan and chuckled at Twilight. "The Joker's Wild Card... with it, the Darkus attributed Bakugan unconditionally. Therefore your Siege is off to the Doom Dimenion, now you and Dan only have two points left, and three Bakugan..." he explained to her.
"Oh man, I never heard of that card before..." said Julie as she was worried.
"Things are getting serious... both Dan, and Masquerade only have two Bakugan now. Leaving Twilight with just Bahamut..." Marucho stated as he watched the battle.
"I CALL THAT AN ILLEGAL MOVE! ILLEGAL!!!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed furiously.
Shun shut his eyes from hearing them. "You're right Marucho, things are getting serious. More serious than you can ever imagine..." he said to them.
"I would say that's awesome... but that would only be complimenting Masquerade..." Rainbow Dash refrained from saying it.
Meanwhile, Masquerade tossed in a new Gate Card as it expanded behind Dan's card. "Bakugan Brawl!" he shot his Laserman onto the field again. "Laserman, Stand!" he called out as Laserman emerged on the field.
Both Dan and Twilight were surprised by this. "What...? He's using Darkus Laserman again?" he asked.
"Something's not right..." Twilight observed the field.
"Just be careful you two..." Shun gained their attention. "Masquerade has something up his sleeve..." he informed them.
"I figured as much..." Twilight said to him.
"But when we're done, he's gonna wish he never got dressed." Dan said to them.
"Daniel, normally I'd tell you to watch your tone, but in this case... I'll let it slide." Rarity said to him.
Dan rolled his eyes and tossed in a Gate Card "Gate Card Set!" he called out as is expanded on the field. "Bakugan Brawl!" he shot in his Pyrus Saurus onto the field. "Saurus, Stand!" he called out as the dinosaur type Bakugan emerged on the field. "Saurus, 10 G advantage." said the Bakupod. "Okay Pyrus Saurus, lets show this chump who rules this playground!" he called out.
"Dan, wait!" Twilight said to him, but it was too late.
"Gate Card Open..." said Masquerade as the field began to glow. Meanwhile, Saurus rammed against Laserman, forcing it back into ball form.
"Alright! We did it!" Dan cheered, but suddenly saw Saurus was starting to sink into the gate card Masquerade set down. "What the?!" he exclaimed.
"Oh no! I've heard of this, its called Quicksand Freeze!" Marucho cried out.
Masquerade laughed knowing he was right. "And now, for the main attraction!" he announced as Hydranoid floated next to him. "It's show time Dual Hydranoid..." he said to him.
Runo watched as a dark aura version of Hydranoid appeared behind Masquerade. "So its true then..." she muttered.
"Hydranoid did evolve..." Fluttershy muttered as she shivered from sensing it.
Meanwhile, Masquerade loaded Hydranoid into his Bakushooter, ready for battle. "Bakugan Brawl!" he shot him onto the field. "Dual Hydranoid stand!" he called out as a purple flash shined from the field. Oozing black tar emerged from the ground as it slowly took shape, as the aura formed it into Dual Hydranoid, in the dark evil flesh.
Seeing it for the first time, the Brawlers and the ponies felt fear for the first time in their lives. "This is it... this is Hydranoid evolved..." Twilight stated as she stared at the monstrous hydra. "Power Level 480 G's." said the Bakupod as Hydranoid reared his heads and unleashed a powerful roar.
The Brawlers and Ponies shielded themselves from the gusts of wind as their Bakugan partners tried to stay with them. "WHAT WAS THAT?!!!" Preyas exclaimed the question.
The winds died down as Masquerade chuckled and looked to them. "Well, the stage is now set... but all the actors have yet to arrive, and you and Twilight are bound together with only one point... so how about we bend the rules a bit? Send in your most powerful Bakugan onto the field at once..." he said to them.
Dan and Twilight were shocked of what they heard. "What...?!" Dan muttered.
"Come my friends... its your turn..." Masquerade said to them.
"He's baiting us..." said Bahamut as he looked to Twilight. "But if it means the end, I am happy to say that I was your partner... Princess Twilight..." he said to her.
"Likewise Bahamut, but I don't plan on losing you." Twilight said to him.
Meanwhile, Drago floated up next to Dan. "Dan..." he gained his attention.
"Right..." Dan turned facing him. "Looks like its your turn old buddy..." he said to him.
"I am ready..." Drago curled into ball form as Dan grabbed him.
Bahamut did the same as Twilight caught him. Both Brawlers loaded their partners into their Bakushooters preparing for the final battle. "Well Twilight, this is it... good luck." he said to her earning a nod from her.
"BAKUGAN BRAWL!" they both shot their partners onto the field. "DRAGO/BAHAMUT STAND!" they called out as both Delta Dragonoid and Bahamut emerged onto the field, roaring out as they were surrounded by flames. "Drago at 450 G's, Bahamut at 430 G's." said the Bakupod said to them.
Masquerade looked at the stats and grinned. "Looks as if we have a full cast." he said to Hydranoid.
"Two heads are better than one, but four is a crowd." Hydranoid said to the two dragonoid's as the heads finish each others sentences.
"One works for us...!" Drago snarled at him.
"So that doesn't leave much room for you!" said Bahamut as he growled at the hydra.
Twilight turned to Dan and nodded to him as he nodded to him in return. "Gate Card open!" he called out as a ring of fire circled around the three Bakugan.
"BRAWL!" all three brawlers called out as Drago and Hydranoid charged at each other, clashing together. Hydranoid swung both his tails and smacked them across Drago's face, only to see him retaliate by clobbering one of his heads with a hard punch. Hydranoid reacted with the other head and bit down on Drago's shoulder hearing him scream.
"Ohhh! That's gotta hurt!' Pinkie exclaimed.
Bahamut snarled and punched the head that bit Drago and slammed a hard punch against the other while Hydranoid's saw blade in his torso revved up and started shredding against Bahamut's armor as he cried out in pain from it. Bahamut quickly spread his wings and flew back and roared at the hydra for the attack. Meanwhile, Masquerade held a card in the air. "How do you like the show so far? I think perhaps its time for Dual Hydranoid to bring the house down! Ability Card activate! Dual Gazer!" he called out as Hydranoid snarled and unleashed a blast against Saurus, sending him to the Doom Dimension.
Drago and Bahamut were shocked to see it happen. "But... how?!" he asked in disbelief, not aware of what was happening behind him and Bahamut.
Twilight panicked from seeing it. "Guys! Watch out!" she called out as Drago and Bahamut turned only to get blasted by Hydranoid. "Power Level Increase, 50 G's." said the Bakupod.
Masquerade grinned at seeing it. "Final act..." he muttered.
"Drago!" Preyas cried out.
"Bahamut!" Elvia cried out as well.
The Brawlers and the Ponies gasped in horror as Drago and Bahamut get attacked, Dan and Twilight needed to do something before things get worse. "Ability Card Activate!" the called out in unison. "Phoenix Shield/Wall Burst!" they called out as a phoenix energy shield and a wall of flame deflected Hydranoid's blast and shot it back to one of his heads, blasting it as smoke shrouded him.
Seeing it happen, Dan waited eagerly to see the result. "Did it work...?" he asked as he looked and saw that Hydranoid's head was blasted clean off. "Decrease by 100 G's." said the Bakupod. Dan smirked at seeing it. "Yes!" he cheered.
The others cheered while Rarity gagged from seeing Hydranoid's neckline. "Way to go you guys." Shun said to them.
Twilight smiled but heard a small chuckle from Masquerade and looked to him. "Well, well, the plot thickens..." he grinned with a chuckle and started laughing. "Congratulations your two... you have succeeded in making me very angry!" he said to them.
"Oh boohoo, cry me a river jerk, because that's what you'll be doing when you lose!" Rainbow Dash yelled at him.
"We'll see about that..." Masquerade tossed an unknown card into the air as it glowed and shattered in mid air. "HSP Decrease..." said the Bakupod. Meanwhile, the head that Hydranoid lost was restored due to the sacrificed HSP Masquerade gave him in restoring it.
Everyone was shocked from what they saw. "Look. At. THAT!" Julie exclaimed.
"Oh no!" Pinkie panicked from seeing it.
"His head!" Runo pointed out.
"It grew back!" Marucho reacted to it.
Shun growled from seeing it as Dan was shocked to see it happen. "No way...!" he panicked.
"Unbelievable..." said Drago as both he, Bahamut and Hydranoid were forced to revert to ball form and return to their partners.
Masquerade caught Hydranoid and grinned. "Now, it's time for the final curtain! And unfortunately for you, there will be no encores!" he said to them as he loaded Hydranoid into his Bakushooter. "Playtime is over! Bakugan Brawl!" he shot Hydranoid onto the field. "Hydranoid Stand!" he called out as the hydra emerged on the field growling.
Dan and Twilight looked to their partners. "We got to put you and Bahamut back out there Drago, lets finish this once and for all." Dan said to Drago seeing him open up.
"I'm ready Dan, me and Bahamut are ready to do everything we can to take down Dual Hydranoid!" Drago declared to him but floated in front of him. "Listen Dan... we can only do this... together..." he said to him.
"That goes double for you Princess..." Bahamut said to her.
Twilight smiled as both she and Dan nodded and loaded them into their Bakushooters. "Bakugan Brawl!" they shot their partners onto he field. "Drago/Bahamut stand!" they called out as both their partners emerged onto the field, growling at the hydra standing before them. "Power Levels 450 G's and 430 G's." said the Bakupod.
"Okay, this is it Masquerade, Gate Card Open!" Dan called out as it began to glow. "Character Card, activate!" Drago's body began to glow as he also transferred some of the power to Bahamut to strengthen him as well. "Power Level doubled for both Bakugan." said the Bakupod.
Masquerade pulled out his ace to stop it. "Ability Card Activate! Gazer Exedra!" he called out as Hydranoid's power built up in his mouths. "Power Increase 100 G's." said the Bakupod.
"Oh yeah? Check this out!" Twilight pulled out a card with Dan.
"Ability Card Activate! Delta Dragonoid/Crimson Fury!" the duo called out as Bahamut roared out and unleashed a stream of flames. "Bahamut Power Increase, 100 G's." Drago roared out as meteors fell from the sky. "Drago Power Level Increase, 400 G's." said the Bakupod.
"There is no way you can beat us!" Dan said to Masquerade feeling confident.
"On the contrary..." Masquerade spoke up and smirked. "We can beat you and we most certainly will." he said to them as he held up a Fusion Ability Card. "Fusion Ability Card Activate!" he called out as the card began to glow. "Destruction Impact!" he called out as Hydranoid grew stronger from it. "Power Increase 100 G's." said the Bakupod.
"Oh no you don't, Delta Dragonoid!" Drago unleashed a fireball to join Bahamut's Crimson Fury as it blasted Hydranoid in his torso.
"Hoowee!" Applejack shouted from seeing it.
"Way to go!" Marucho cheered for them.
"Great job you guys!" Runo cheered as well.
"Yes!" Shun and Rainbow Dash said in unison.
"Told ya... there's no way-" before Dan could finish, he and Twilight received a shock, seeing Hydranoid was still on his feet, grinning at the two brawlers as flames were around him.
He growled at them holding his grin. "So tell me... was that your best shot?" he asked as he snarled at them shocking everyone and everypony as the flames went out.
"But, how?!" Bahamut asked in shock.
"I don't get it, there's no way he could have survived that!" Twilight looked to her Bakupod to see what went wrong. "Drago and Bahamut Power Level decreased. Drago Power Level 650 G's, Bahamut Power Level 530 G's." said the Bakupod. "But why? Why did their power levels go down?" she asked.
"I will gladly tell you Princess Twilight... Destruction Impact doesn't just increase Dual Hydranoid's power level, it also has the effect of nullifying the gate card your partners are standing on." he explained as the Power levels show Hydranoid standing at 680 G's. Masquerade chuckled and laughed just at seeing how shocked they were.
Dan was devastated from what he saw, and could barely move. "It can't be... it just can't be... NO! It's not possible!" he exclaimed trying to deny it.
Hydranoid chuckled as energy built in his mouth. "It looks like the show is over! For you at least!" he said to them.
Meanwhile, Masquerade held up his hand ready to snap his fingers. "And now Dual Hydranoid... time to take a bow." he snapped his fingers as Hydranoid roared out and unleashed a barrage attack against both Drago and Bahamut, hearing them writhe in agony from each of Hydranoid's attacks.
Both Dan and Twilight were shocked of what was happening before them. "No, guys!" Dan cried out as Hydranoid relentlessly blasted both Drago and Bahamut. "No please, don't do this to them!" he pleaded for mercy. But his plea's fell on deaf ears as Hydranoid blasted them again. "DRAGO!"
"BAHAMUT!" Twilight cried out as the blasts hit them both.
"Drago!" Julie looked away.
"This can't be!" Rarity exclaimed.
Tigrerra gasped as Preyas looked away. "I can't watch!" he cried out.
Feeling the final blast from Hydranoid.... both Drago and Bahamut slowly fell back earning shocked looks from everyone. "Oh no, Drago and Bahamut are going down!" Runo cried out.
As they fell, both Dragonoid Bakugan glanced to their partners. "Dan..." Drago called out to him.
"Twilight... fair well..." Bahamut said to them.
Maquerade grinned as a gateway to the Doom Dimension opened up. "Away with you!" he yelled as both Drago and Bahamut flew towards it.
Dan's eyes widened from seeing it. "No!" he ran earning a shocked look from Twilight, but she instinctively followed after them. "We refuse to let you go like this!" he shouted.
"We'll save you!" Twilight exclaimed as she followed them towards the Doom Dimension.
"Guys wait, don't do it!" Rainbow Dash ran after them with Shun.
"Drago! Bahamut! We're not leaving you!" Dan cried out as both he and Twilight leaped straight into the gateway. "WAIT FOR US!" he cried out as both he and Twilight entered the Doom Dimension together.
The gateway closed, as Shun and Rainbow Dash stopped after seeing it happen. "Dan!" Shun cried out seeing the gateway was closed.
"Twilight!" Rainbow cried out.
The others gasped in shock of what happened. "What... happened...?" Runo asked.
Masquerade stood in silence but grinned feeling satisfied. "That was foolish..." he muttered as they exited the pocket dimension battlefield, returning to the pier.
Everyone and everypony stood in shock of what they witnessed, Runo meanwhile... was devastated from seeing it happen. "Dan... Twilight...? Where are they...?! Dan!" she cried out as tears brimmed in her eyes. "What have you done with them?!! TELL ME!!!" she demanded to know as she glared at Masquerade.
"I've done nothing to them... they chose their own fate. The Doom Dimension is the afterlife for Bakugan... there is no return, for Bakugan, humans... or ponies..." he informed her as Runo broke into tears and cried.
Rainbow Dash glared at him and charged. "YOU DID THIS!!!" she went to strike him only to see him disappear. "COME BACK AND FIGHT YOU COWARD!" she cried out as tears brimmed in her eyes and looked down and fell to the ground.
The others also burst into tears of the loss of their friends. "Oh Dan... why did you and Twilight have to go and do that...?!" Julie asked as tears rand down her face.
Pinkie cried with Marucho as she held him. "Oh no, Twilight...!" she cried out.
At that moment, Runo fell to her knee's as Tigrerra floated to her shoulder. "Oh Runo..." she tried to comfort her.
Runo cried as Fluttershy held her to comfort her, she held her in return as she cried her eyes out and looked out. "I... I loved him..." she said to them earning a surprised look from Fluttershy and Tigrerra, but chose to keep it to themselves as they focused on comforting her. Runo held Fluttershy but shot her head looking to the sky in sadness and anger. "DAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN!!!!!!" she cried out.
Meanwhile, back at Dan's house, Shinjiro returned from work to see his family. "Hi honey, I'm home!" he walked into the kitchen and smelled the aroma. "Hey dear, smells good." he complimented the dinner.
"I already had chicken going, but I also decided to make Dan and Twilight's favorite. Salad and Hamburger." Miyoko poked her head from out of the kitchen seeing him. "Have a seat... I think Dan and Twilight should be home any minute now." she said to him with a smile as she and Spike worked on making dinner together.
"What gives? You're in a good mood..." Shinjiro stated but soon noticed the little frog Dan gave her that she is now using for a chain for her phone. Little do they know... that their son and Twilight took a one way ticket to the Doom Dimension. How will they react to it...? Hopefully they don't find out...