Episode 25: The Mistake You Will Never Make Again

[Makoto Nakashima]

"Heh...where did you get the idea I wasn't a human?" Makoto said while Ahrangi was getting pummeled by huge waves of energy. As soon as Ahrangi was struck down and couldn't move Makoto was shocked. He knew Hydranoid as a Bakugan was quite powerful kind, but he didn't have any idea on how much. "Argh...we need to do something"
Ahrangi used the wall to stand up, but he was no in any shape to fight anymore.
He looked at Makoto and said: "Do something? How about you use an ability?"
Makoto looked into his gauntlet and then quickly uploaded an ability.
"Come on! Ability activate! Breaker!"
Ahrangi was surrounded in green lights and dust. He then charged up his arms and slammed the ground releasing a powerful shockwave at Hydranoid pushing him back.
Ahrangi's powers were not completely recovered, but they were regenerating very quick.

[Akane Huomoto]

"Yeah yeah, coming," Akane huffs, a reply to Daniel's request as she plays her next choice for a move against the Hydranoid. "Ability Activate, Tiger Wilderness." The pyrus user states as her partner moves in for the attack, wary for anything the opponent would do to damage her further.

Torahu felt a surge of energy coursing through her as she reactivated one of her first moves. Blazing Wind, the tiger silently calls for the same blazing blue winds. "Here we go!" Torahu roars, leaping back to a fairly safe distance away from Hydranoid to avoid most attacks as she once again summons the flaming blue winds, but more powerful than the first time with her energy boost.

[Nero Bullock]

"That is exactly the kind of attitude that inspires me to follow through with the directive, Sakura. You place a measly debt over numerous human lives? Are you this demented? And you wonder why you are about to be removed from this plane of existence when this is how the humans are regarded as by weapons of mass destruction?" Nero questioned. "Here's the harsh reality for your own race, Sakura. We didn't force any of you to come to Earth nor can humans control you. The free will of the majority of your population deemed it necessary to migrate over to this planet because you all couldn't settle your minor differences and had never-ending civil wars that brought your planet to the brink of destruction. Everything that has been done by all of you was by freedom of choice, not because of slavery. The humans are powerless in taking control of beings as powerful and sentient as you are, so the argument you and your brawler have decided to come up with is obsolete; however, I am the only exception to this fact simply due to the chips you are familiar with. One is implanted into Hydranoid as well, which is the reason why he supports my decision in the grander scheme of things."

As Nero revealed that tidbit of information, there was a light that quickly flashed near Hydranoid's back, which confirmed Nero's statement to be true. This one seemed to be on a higher level than that of the ones placed on the Pack due to Hydranoid's unrelenting obedience to the eventual demise of his own race. "Remember this, little boy. You didn't HAVE to kill anyone. You've demonstrated complete disregard to protocol and have massacred a considerable number of humans from the time you were in power up until now. You're delusional if you believe senseless murder on that scale has furthered your cause when you only added fuel to the fire. Enlighten me on what you have accomplished so far by those killings. Have you truly saved anyone yet? I don't think you have," Hydranoid scolded. "By the way, Makoto, I can sense your mongrel hides from the other side of Vestroia. You aren't fooling anyone. The darkness in your bodies is too apparent to keep hidden.

Hydranoid was them bombarded by a barrage of attacks from the recovering enemy team. During this attack, Nero intervened with his gate card. "Gate card, open! Enemy Down!" he declared as the gate card activated. The card rapidly dropped the power levels of each of Hydranoid's opponents in the form of a powerful energy sapping their strength to the point where they can barely move. The gate card dropped their power levels near critical levels, which allowed Hydranoid to resist the damage taken from their attacks without any signs of impairment. "I never would have guessed I would have the chance to complete my mission and avenge Vince and all of the other humans at the same time. You three should be honored to be used as an example to all of the others who would foolishly attack us," Nero stated as Hydranoid positioned himself to land the killing blow.

[Daniel Andersen]

"Well, we will have to agree to disagree, then. You think Bakugans need to die, I think humans have to die. Your duty is to kill Bakugan, mine is to return them to Vestroia. To be honest, I don't give a damn what you and your pet think, Nero. You were curious yourself, so I told you my reasons. Call them 'craziness', but I still won't give a damn. Either Bakugans go back to Vestroia or humans die preventing me from doing so..."
Daniel realized that situation was getting hopeless since Hydranoid was one of those Bakugans that obviously had enough power to desolate a country if they wanted to. Still, he did not have much experience fighting against Darkus as much as he was using it. As he continued speaking it seemed that red mist started to emerge from his body. Then he grabbed artificial vessels he used to support the body from dying and removed them from the body. Wounds that were made during battle with Noland and Allen started to regenerate at crazily high rate.
His voice completely lost human tone and everyone in the room could hear a voice that was obviously not of any human.
"Now that real owner is out of the way we can continue...I am just curious to see if you are brave enough to kill me knowing that mind of real owner is trapped in this body under my control. You kill me and you kill an innocent person as well...but I assume you are enough cold-blooded to kill us both, aren't you?"
Daniel turned to his teammates and said: "We need to release the secret combo to at least do some damage. I hope you two still have some fuel in your tanks because it's time to break this fiend down"
Sakura released energy and yelled: "Fox Card! Torahu, Ahrangi, seize the chance"
She created cards with marks of yin&yang and tossed them up in the air to prepare for combination with the other two.

[Akane Huomoto]

"Tch, no need to tell me twice," Akane snaps at Daniel as she plays her card. "Prepare yourself for a storm of terror! Ability Activate, Sol Spirit!"

And with that, Torahu give a roars and leaps forward, her blue flames charging a few feet further than she jumped, creating a replica of her made out of blue flames. Torahu had proudly named this her "Soul's Spirit" which was reflected on the card but as "Sol Spirit", a sun spirit. She was far form that, but she didn't care. It did scream fire, an element she admires and is. Torahu backed away as her flaming self jumps into Sakura's cards, having the cards soak in the blue flames and catching on fire. Well, more like have a blue flame engulf each and every single card with her powers.

"Makoto, your turn!" She says, looking for to the ventus terrorist before looking back at her feline partner, making sure she was okay from any harm.

[Makoto Nakashima]

Makoto noticed the combination of Sakura's Fox Card and Torahu's Sol Spirit and immediately realized what was happening. His teammates started to execute 'ingridient' abilities for the Perfect Storm Combo. He was somehow glad that the time for using it has finally come since he never had a chance to use it since the battle against Belphenoid. 
He immediately pulled out a card that started flashing in green light. He then activated it in the gauntlet and yelled: "Ahrangi, it's showtime!"
Ahrangi turned to Makoto and said: "He, he, he...We will see if they survive this. Do it!"
Makoto's gauntlet started flashing in green color as Ahrangi was surrounded in a green tornado.
"Here we go! Ability activate! Perfect Storm Combo!"
Ahrangi targeted combined abilities of Sakura and Torahu in the air; cards engulfed by blue flames. He used his force to make a formation of those cards into a circle and then he jumped in the middle of the circle. He started spinning clockwise creating a green tornado while blue fox cards started spinning counter-clockwise and creating another separated tornado of blue energy.
One tornado was placed inside of another tornado creating a combination of green, blue and dark-purple storm. Ahrangi continued spinning and directed tornadoes at Hydranoid.
Tornadoes knocked Hydranoid in the wall and then engulfed him. Force of the tornadoes lifted Hydranoid inside of the inside-tornado and started spinning him forcefully not letting him to concentrate on countering the attack. Ahrangi then jumped out of the inside-tornado and passed through the outside-tornado landing near Sakura and Torahu. Hydranoid was still getting a spin-treatment as Ahrangi yelled: "Die!!!"
Both tornadoes forced Hydranoid in the center of the inside-tornado and then colors started changing. After a few seconds a huge explosion happened where Hydranoid was...and another explosion...and another...and another.  About hundred of explosions happened in tornadoes. When tornadoes were about to disappear they created a horrific blast which started crushing walls of the battle area and a finisher explosion that was quite loud and horrific for everyone's ears. Everyone kept their guard up, watching if it was finally over; if Hydranoid was dead for good.

[Nero Bullock]

Upon hearing the name of the ability Makoto was activating, Nero immediately had a flashback to his first battle against those three while he was in control of Belphenoid. He remembered this exact combo being used against him that could have easily defeated him if he did not activate an ability to stop the attack at the right moment. The only difference between then and now was that Makoto seemed to learn from that mistake. "There was a small window of time to counterattack with that ability active when I first saw it. Unlike before, there was nothing I could do to stop that attack from going through. I never foresaw him being able to close that gap in his attack formation so quickly. Allen's Gorem could easily take this type of punishment. Hydranoid...I'm not so sure he can... Nero remarked in his head as Hydranoid was being battered by the Terrorists. While the Terrorists were seemingly pleased with the results while the attack was still being performed, Nero silently activated an ability on his BrawlX, wanting to give them at least a glimmer of hope before he crushes them for good.

"It's a tragic shame that it takes the three of you to use an attack powerful enough to actually get me interested in the battle. This battle mirrors that of the one we had when we first started out. Why must you always wait until the end to finally get serious? You three always start the battle in the worst possible ways. It's embarrassing," Nero said as the attack started to finish. Nero stood firm without being affected by the attack's force. His focus was on the incapacitated Hydranoid who was in need of medical attention after sustaining critical damage. "Have you ever wondered how and why Belphenoid was able to regenerate the way that he does? I'll be nice and answer why he is able to do so. It's two words: Final Fusion." Nero revealed the card he activated for Hydranoid during the Terrorists attacks, which utilizes the battle energy he has been fed from previous engagements and allows it to manifest within his body to restore himself spontaneously. While rapidly healing himself to the point where he no longer needed to use any more energy, he stood up to his feet and shook off the remaining pain he felt from their attacks. "I find it rather amusing how you're about to lose by the same method you used to attempt to beat the Resistors. Was it ever your intentions to be defeated by the same move you've utilized in the past?" Hydranoid happily questioned.

Nero activated another ability on his BrawlX after restoring his Bakugan back to normal conditions. "Ability activate! Negative Charge!" A purple aura formed in the center of his body, and it grew larger ever passing second until it it grew large enough to disperse, releasing multiple lasers at his opponents that seemed like a never-ending assault. "I told you before that the person behind the Bakugan is meaningless. Whoever decides to resist shall share the same fate as the Bakugan they serve. You being a body snatcher is irrelevant and has been irrelevant ever since I told you what my target was. That is my verdict; nothing has changed."

[Daniel Andersen]

Perfect Storm Combo failed to defeat Hydranoid and Nero's ability made him even stronger. Beast started with massacre on three Terrorist Bakugans. Daniel knew that they wouldn't be able to survive in those conditions considering firepower of Hydranoid and its potentially endless arsenal.
Despite all the effort he and his teammates made Hydranoid was still alive and kept on attacking them. There was not much time for them.
Daniel looked at Nero and said in cold tone: "It is easy to talk when you have someone in the corner, isn't it? It is easy to humiliate someone when he is powerless. You think you understand US?! I will show you how much wrong you are..."
Then he walked close to Sakura ignoring energy pulse and explosions bursting near him. 
Sakura was barely able to stand due to strong explosions and energy pulses.
"The time has come to show what you're really made of. It is time to show what you've been taught over the years; secret that Daniel gained from his father and carried over the years with him." said Daniel as Hydranoid was preparing to execute them.
Sakura did not understand at first, but then she looked back at Daniel and was obviously worried about something. She realized what power 'this Daniel' was talking about when he mentioned 'that Daniel'. She realized it was a legendary power carried by Daniel's father and then passed onto Daniel from Solar Dragonoid and Wolveride. "But...that...could cost you life...You know what happens if you fail. You know what happened 10 years ago; the outbreak...failure...how Daniel lost his family...you know..." Sakura powerlessly whispered as she tried to save her strength to keep standing. She was highly against the decision Daniel was about to make. He then pulled out a card that had yin&yang marks and was whole black and white. "We will survive...I guarantee that..." Daniel said and uploaded that card.
"Synchro Mode: Inherit Awakening!!" yelled Daniel as his life force was forcefully consumed by Sakura. Dark-purple life force combined with amazing crimson glow and black dust surrounding Sakura in beautiful glitter which started awakening some sort of inner power in her. Ground started to shake as she rose of the ground and ingored energy blows she was receiving. Daniel's blood particles were used to power-up Sakura, but this time he was not losing energy. It seemed like he knew what he was doing. "Sakura, break Synchro Mode into evolution! Now!"
Tornado of purple, black and crimson surrounded Sakura and glittering dust fell on Torahu and Ahrangi who were getting some kind of rapid recovery. Some kind of force started to form inside the tornado and affect Sakura's life force. Tornado the exploded creating a wave of glittering dust when some kind of a figure appeared in the air; completely surrounded in the dust. When dust cleared figure landed on the grounded and yelled: "I hope you like my little intro. My name is Darkus Haos Kuzuha!"
It was revealed that the figure was a completely new form of Sakura; Darkus-Haos Kuzuha. She completely saved appearance of her previous form, but the yellow color was changed into dark-purple. She created a barrier around herself deflecting all incoming attacks from Hydranoid. Daniel looked at the new Bakugan and said: "So, Kuzuha...a mythical Bakugan believed never to exist among Bakugans, but it was proven wrong. So, Daniel was hiding a secret of a mythical Bakugan through his Synchro. And now, it's time Hydranoid perishes"

[Makoto Nakashima]

"What we do can never be compared with what you are intending to do, so don't give me that crap about Vince and yourself. You are the one who has to be and will be expunged. I don't care about others' lives; that's for sure, but you who claim to be head of CIA are willing to sacrifice a race just because you don't understand them. WE are not the problem, Bakugans are not the problem. YOU are the problem and I have no tolerance for problems" Makoto yelled with obvious tension and anger in his serious voice. Despite of being a terrorist; nightmare of every normal average person living on Earth he still had strong sense of dignity and empathy towards Bakugans who were blamed for absolutely no good reason. It was something that bothered Makoto in the deepest part of his mind and heart bringing darkest thoughts to his mind that was still trying to resolve the complicated situation and relation between humanity and Bakugans. 
"Nero...Hydranoid...you are like plaque; you crawl into one's skin and devour it from the inside. And what do we do with diseases? We exterminate them; we crush their roots until they are turned into mere dust." Ahrangi yelled as he was quite weak from Hydranoid's multiple blasts that were incoming as a storm of hell. Makoto already knew that chances for winning or surviving were too small to be realized; end of the battle was near and Makoto's bones started chilling giving him a feeling like he was already in some kind of a hell that was burning in ice rather than fire.  Chances were getting too small that he was actually hoping to get hope, but nothing; not even a slightest little idea was coming to his mind; only a mental struggle.
In a few seconds Ahrangi noticed Sakura's signature yellow color being changed into violet. It took him some time to get an idea of what happened to her since he was already in a desperation and lost every single bit of hope that  he could survive. When he realized that Sakura evolved his heart started beating in excitement and somehow his courage came back to him; as a feeling of burning fire inside his body and soul. He was inspired to see it; that one of his allies finally evolved into a higher form which could potentially lead them to victory in the never-ending battle. He used last bits of his strength to rise again from the dusty ground and release a powerful screech. "If someone like Sakura can rise up to that level then we can do much better. Ain't that right, Makoto? Are you with me?" yelled Ahrangi with fiery passion in his soul which was so obvious by his prideful tone.  "Am I with you? That's a ridiculous question, Ahrangi. I've always been by your side and it has never changed...And it will NEVER change" was Makoto's fiery reply to Ahrangi's question. It was showtime and this brawling team was surely not going to give up for anything; their courage came back to them and it was finally time to take action; to express the bond between a human and a Bakugan. "Here we go!" Ahrangi yelled as his body was enveloped in green shining sphere marked with multiple glowing Ventus emblems and started producing sounds of huge tornadoes. Ahrangi screeched in pride while he was in sphere to mark that he was never intending to give up and that it was never going to change...never ever. Sphere exploded releasing powerful wave that blocked Hydranoid's blasts heading right towards Makoto when a mysterious figure appeared in front of Makoto. Figure was revealed to be a four-handed warrior with a samurai sword in each hand and 4 pairs of green, metal wings. The rest of his body was covered in green shining armor that was reflecting light through the whole battlefield. He clashed his swords producing a powerful sound that could be heard from afar and yelled: "Ladies and gentlemen. It is time for me to provide you some entertainment. Say welcome to Arashi Ahrangi!"
Warrior rose up all his four swords in sign of his battle pose for a furious attack. It was an amazing situation both for Makoto and Ahrangi; they sure have never expected this to happen and yet it happened in the best moment to rise them to their long-awaited triumph.

[Akane Huomoto]

"Tch, he didn't take any damage." The pyrus terrorist spats, her hair hanging over her red eyes, casting a shadow over her face. She coughs slightly as Torahu got hit, sharing the same pain almost. "But hey, looks like we've still got a chance though Torahu," Akane smirks as she looks up slightly, watching her partners and their bakugan take it up to the next stage. "Time to kick it up!"

"On it!" Torahu growls as the two started to sync up like never before with one another, a bond between a bakugan and their partner, no matter how good or bad they may seem, is a big factor in brawling. Especially love, now that feeling can make you do crazy things, but this bond here is a very close, sisterly relationship.

In what feels like a heartbeat, Torahu was engulfed in a blue-reddish light, her powers now overflowing, taking on a new form, one with even more power than her last form. 

"Better late than never, here's-" Akane announces as she stops in her sentence, her now evolved partner coming out of the light in a new form.

"Manibi Torahu!" The blue pyrus bakugan roars, having the place shake for a second. Torahu still had that odd pyrus color of a flaming blue, except now completely engulfed in it. Her eyes now different colors, left eye yellow while the other is a teal color and two flaming tails to really finish it all off. "Now I have two tails..." She says as she looks behind her, watching the flames that are her tails wave behind her. 

Akane shurgs, "Better balance maybe? You do look pretty cool. One glance and a newbie would be trembling in his shoes," she snickers, satisfied with the results of them 'fusing' with one another to get Torahu to the next level like her other bakugan buddies she was fighting with. Sure she was the last one but better late than never, right?

[Nero Bullock]

Hydranoid screeched at his opponents after they became even more powerful through their individual evolutions. Despite being essentially outgunned at this point in the battle, Hydranoid still stood strong and did not show any signs of fear or discouragement. He was constantly flailing his tail as he was considering what his next move would be to combat the now-threatening trio. "Well, now we're the ones in the corner, aren't we?" Hydranoid asked his brawler, seemingly acknowledging he was now weaker than the combined strength of the three evolved Terrorist Bakugan regardless of his ability to combat them. Nero seemed to agree with Hydranoid's view of the massive spike in power level on the opposing side and knew that he may eventually lose the battle if Hydranoid were to continue fighting against them; however, he strongly disagreed with the statement about them being in a corner. Instead, he thought the exact opposite of what Hydranoid was thinking. "Their evolution means nothing to me despite the surprising twist," Nero responded as he pulled out another ability card. "War will teach you that even the strongest powers aren't invincible."

Nero then uploaded the ability onto his BrawlX and vilely declared, "Ability activate! Demonic Gravity!" An ominous atmosphere started forming under the ceiling that immediately yanked three of Nero's Bakugan that were in the Terrorist's possession out of their pockets and forced them to stand on the field in battle-ready condition; however, they didn't stand by the Terrorists since they were in their possession, but it stood by Nero and Hydranoid, prepared to serve them in their waning fight against the Terrorists in their weakened state. "I've had enough of responding to your continuous contradictory statements about me targeting a race out of mere misunderstanding when you state your lack of regard for other people. With the Pack back in my possession, the cleansing of this planet and soon-to-be other planets are promised. You were fools to believe I would allow you to use the Pack to simply accomplish your objectives, Nero declared.

Hydranoid glared at his opponents as the Pack formed a battle formation around him. They took their places in the form of a triangle with Hydranoid in the center. Belphenoid stood ahead of Hydranoid while Asmodeus and Abbadon stood on Hydranoid's right and left side respectively. As each of them got prepared to end the fight, Belphenoid spoke for the entire Pack and declared to his opponents, "Your assistance in helping us reach our full potential is greatly appreciated. At this level, there is no Bakugan that can come close to withstanding our might. Those evolutions might have made you powerful in a way, but your power will not last. In the same manner that we will eliminate that bastard Dragonoid from existence, you too shall fall."

[Daniel Andersen]

Nero continued with his arrogant threats against terrorists who just experienced their Bakugan's evolution. They were barely paying any kind of attention to Nero or his battle formation since they were focusing all their attention to their new Bakugans. Their moment was interrupted by Belphenoid's empty and pointless hissing at terrorists threatening to kill them.
At that moment Daniel didn't hide his cold smile towards Nero calmly responding to his statement: "For your information YOU were the one showing off with your powers from the very beginning; not us. And now you want to give me your little lessons as excuse for all your efforts to defeat us so far were burned in hell and turned to dust? I know that lesson very well, so no thank you. Listen to your own advice next time before you open your mouth again."
Kuzuha walked a few steps forward very slowly and cautious as she was already expecting an instant attack from four blood-thirsty Bakugans standing opposite to her and waiting for Nero's death command which would lead those flesh-hungry beasts into a berserk attack.
Her mind was basically flooded with thoughts that were not even related to this battle at all; like she was in her own world and didn't give a damn about anything else except for herself.
It was like she was not even aware of battle anymore; not aware of the Pack, Hydranoid or Terrorists. Her mind was filled with flashbacks and views of Vestroia she had never seen before; bloody wars, conflicts for domination and deaths. At the time she was not able to put the pieces together since those flashbacks lasted for only a few seconds and it all seemed like a bad dream.
"What...was that?" she thought for herself yet not knowing the true purpose of those views being showed to her. He simply decided to ignore those views in her head and focus on the battle. Perhaps no one noticed what was happening except her. 
Daniel was not in the mood for arguing with Nero anymore; about their worlds, sacrifices and races. He realized that whatever he would say was going to be rejected and reflected, so there was absolutely no point in continuing wasting precious air on such pointless talk and the time for battle was finally on. "Well, Kuzuha, with this new power released I guess you could make this at least a little bit more entertaining for our host and his treacherous little friends."
Kuzuha turned to Daniel and then looked at the opposing team nodding to Daniel. "With pleasure." 
As she confirmed Daniel's intentions he activated a card which flashed in violet color and his gauntlet produced a weird sound. He uploaded an evolved version of 'Burning Blue'.
"Ability activate! Violent Violet!" Daniel yelled as Kuzuha rose Kongou in the air and formed magical flames around her position. Unlike other times; when she was using Burning Blue these flames were violet and they immediately engulfed the opposing team devouring it. Hydranoid and the Pack had their flesh devoured by violet flames that were not seem to stop engulfing and burning Nero's team. By Kuzuha's appearance while using this technique it was obvious that she did not need to concentrate too much anymore to use a technique; her stamina and endurance were brought to an extreme level where she could use any technique without too much effort. Now that battle was really on it was time for Makoto and Akane to join in and start with a bloody massacre on Nero's team

[Makoto Nakashima]

Daniel and Kuzuha immediately started with attacking Nero's team, so Makoto's burning wish for using his new Bakugans started to take over. He was still amazed by the evolution that happened recently and awakened his burning passion for fighting giving him hope for victory against Nero.
Makoto pointed his finger towards Hydranoid and did not even have to open his mouth since Ahrangi already understood what had to be done and rushed towards Hydranoid while swiping his masamune swords creating wind blows all around him. "I hope you're not getting bored, Hydranoid. Don't worry, I will give you something to think about. Right, Makoto?" 
Makoto's gauntlet suddenly flashed in green color and he rose it yelling back at Ahrangi: "You bet that's right." Ahrangi put all his swords together as they were wrapped up in green energy which started to created bolts all around Ahrangi who was still in dash towards Hydranoid.
"Here you go, Ahrangi! Special Ability activate! Quadra Hurricane Blade!"
Ahrangi stopped in his dash right before he was about to face Nero's team and then released massive green vortex of energy towards all his opponents. Green vortex engulfed Nero's team heavily decreasing their power levels and crushing them to the ground by force that was enough to crush a large rock. Now, all four Bakugans were heavily damaged and motionless leaving them a very easy target for Torahu who was about to attack. "Your turn. Enjoy!" said Ahrangi to Torahu.

[Akane Huomoto]

Akane smirks, seeing that one spot where she could attack, and it would count. "No need to tell me twice!" She eagerly whips out her card of choice, and puts it into action in a heartbeat, "Ability Activate, Lapis Demon! Get him Torahu!"

Torahu in her new flaming form launches herself at Hydranoid sunk her teeth down into the surface of the bakugan. A second after the bite, the flaming blue cat starts to absorb Hydranoid's energy, and quickly leaps back a few seconds afterwards to avoid any critical damage. After all, being that close to an opponent can get you some high damage points, usually. Torahu licks her mouth clean, making sure to get every ounce of the energy she had drained for Hydranoid. It wasn't much due to the fact that she had to quickly back off to avoid any damage, but it was enough to keep Torahu's energy levels high enough for future reasons that both Akane and Torahu were planning for.

[Nero Bullock]

"If you really want me to show off my power, all you had to do was say so," Nero suggested. Suddenly, Hydranoid and the Pack started to regenerate rapidly following the Terrorist's barrage. Nero's lack of care towards his opponent's attacks made it seem like he disregarded them completely considering Final Fusion was already still in effect. "Your anger must have clouded your judgment severely. You were already aware of how an ability like Final Fusion works. Belphenoid even told you the first time you used Demon Excavator that the key weakness to that type of ability is to either inflict enough damage to make regenerating the energy more to the user's own detriment or to beat the user in one shot. You failed to do either of those things." Nero then deactivated Final Fusion at this point since it would be dangerous to Hydranoid's health if he were to use it a third time. He then gave each of the Pack a command on his BrawlX, and before they were able to comply, Nero stated, "Here's the part where I start showing off by the way.

Belphenoid shot a blast into the air that opened a large portal. Countless Bakugan descended from the opening and organized around the walls of the massive room. The armada was eager to feast upon the Terrorists as soon as Nero deemed it necessary to give the order to do so. "Be aware that I drastically limited the summoning on purpose just to avoid overcrowding. I need space too," Belphenoid acknowledged even though he downplayed the amount he summoned, which was more than what was able to be done before at his previous level of power. Asmodeus chimed in with his comrade and said, "Even in your evolved forms, you are not worthy of us wasting our full power. Those resources are better spent elsewhere. Washington and Maryland are more suitable targets while we begin to spread ourselves among the populace." Abbadon also decided to comment by saying, "We will combine our energy and begin to multiply using asexual reproduction in order to have enough commanders spread throughout our reach in order to take control of North America, and then we will set our sights towards the other continents before we look at other worlds. Essentially, Ahrangi was only hating that he didn't have this kind of power when he said we weren't capable of going against the whole world. In case you were too blind to see it, we could definitely make that a possibility."

Nero then activated four ability cards when swiping them on his BrawlX. "Quadruple ability activate! Mystic Echoes, Balance Trap, Flaming Tempest, and Hell Tornado!" Asmodeus released a loud screech that was able to bind the Terrorists in an invisible wall of energy that drained their power at an alarming rate and transferred them over to Asmodeus. The screech also impaired his opponents by restricting their movement due to the unbearable noise, dropping their power even more. Abbadon leaped into the air, curled into a ball of black and crimson fire, and spun as it was plotting a course to the heart of the enemy team. While that attack was being performed, Belphenoid added on to Abbadon's attack by covering the fire ball in a tornado composed of fire and darkness, which will only increase the amount of damage that is done when the attack makes contact. "Perhaps I should code something into the chip to never allow those three to speak again. Those terrorists were not supposed to know that the Pack was going to do that," Nero said in his mind.