Squiddy and the others boarded the bus. The founding members of Battle Nations were training their pupils hard, and they were sure, they were going to win! All the students had trained hard, and they were going to make the team strong, unlike the former Champion Nations. Squiddy knew that the aliens were preparing to attack, but he knew that they had to overcome training first and become the best that they could be. Squiddy and the others wore the new Battle Nations battle uniform, which looked super cool: White with rainbow swirls, with a small battle Nations logo on the front and a big one on the back. 

"Where are we going?" Squiddy chirped to the driver.

"To the Elementio Stadium!" the driver winked and started the engine. 

The bus ride was long, and the Octos were all talking to each other, trying to encourage their teammates and create battle plans. Talk about high team spirit! Squiddy and Echo made some cool activities to keep the Octos entertained, and before they arrived, Squiddy and Echo suggested some battle plans, and the Octos nodded in determination. 

They got off the bus and went inside the big stadium. 

When they got inside, they gasped. The room was marvelous: The whole room seemed to shimmer. There was a humongous battle ring in the center of the room, the border lines glowed a neon red. The audience stands surrounded by every part of the ring, and some parts of it were already filled. Squiddy nodded to a part of the stands that was still empty. A banner overhead showed that that part of the stands was for the Battle Nations. 

"Welcome Champion Nations- wait, sorry, Battle Nations- to the Annual Battle Championships!" Someone was on the speakers, his voice vibrating through the air. "Please take your time to warm up. Make sure to see what players are in which event and which heat! Of course, the King and Queen battle is last. Event 1 starts at 12!" 

Squiddy looked at his watch. It was 10:34. Then he looked at the Event book. He told everyone about their events and their heats, and then they started the warm-up.

Soon, the competition started. Squiddy rushed over to the edge of the stands and looked at the big screen. It was one of his students facing another team! "GO SHOCKWAVE!!" he screamed as the countdown started. Battle Nations yelled along with him, as finally Eagleimus yelled GO. Shockwave transformed and looked at his opponent: Grasswing. It was Event 1, so it was males under the age of 10. 

Squiddy watched as the battle raged on. Shockwave was winning by a landslide. "YES!" Squiddy yelled as he saw Grasswing slump to the ground and untransformed. The other team gasped. Battle Nations roared with victory. 

Squiddy watched the others battle. All the heats that Battle Nations were in were dominated by them. So far, Battle Nations had the most points. Several coaches from different teams came over to him and asked him why was Champion Nations so strong when before they weren't powerful. Squiddy replied simply that he and Echo challenged the Royals and defeated them, changed the name and the program, and trained their pupils well. 

Finally, it was the Royals round. Squiddy felt worried: he and Echo would be facing the most powerful Octos from the other teams. 

"First up: Battle Nations and Alpha Kingdom! Double Battle!" 

Squiddy and Echo exchanged glances and went to the ring. Battle Nations roared encouragement. 

"YOU CAN DO THIS!"

"DESTROY THE OTHER TEAMS!"

"WE WILL BE WITH YOU!"

Squiddy felt heartwarmed by them, and then looked at their opponents. The queen was Magicpath and the king was Soulglide. Magicpath was Ghost Fairy and Soulglide was Ghost Flying. 

"How are we going to beat them?" Squiddy stroked his tentacle. He thought of his classes in Animalcolm School. Right, Ghost types are weak to Darkness and Normal types,  Fairy is weak against Poison, Steel, and Fire, and finally, Flying is weak to Rock, Steel, and Electric. Sigh! We don't have those types! "They aren't weak to any of our types!"

Echo's face was pale. "Soulglide is Flying type too! I'm weak against Flying-type!"

"Come on, we can do it! Together! Let's form a convergence when the time is right!" Squiddy and Echo clasped tentacles and faced their opponents, who loomed over them. Compared to their opponents, they were huge.

"Oh, look who's so small!" Soulglide snickered.

"Oh, should we help them?" Magicpath laughed, her voice laced with fake sympathy. 

Anger burned inside Squiddy. "Come on! We'll make you regret that you guys ever said that!" he yelled. 

The countdown started.

3!

2!

1!

GO!

Squiddy and Echo transformed into Typhoonbringer and Naturesong. Magicpath had a wand and Soulglide had a sword that looked SUPER CREEPY.

"HAHAHA!" Magicpath laughed like a psychopath(Is that why her name is MagicPATH?!?). "Wind Of Magic!" she waved her wand and a strong wind blew toward them. Typh felt it draining his energy. "Let's end it right here!" Magicpath cackled. "My wind will make our opponents low energy and we can one-shot them!"

Hearing that, Battle Nations gasped and Alpha Kingdom roared with approval. 

"NO!" Typh pushed aside his tiredness and pushed himself to his tentacles. "WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP!" beside him, Naturesong also jumped up, bracing against the wind. "Water Vortex!" Typh pointed his trident at Magicpath and shot her. She flew through the air screaming with surprise but landed on all eight tentacles. She had a smirk on her face. 

"Nice try. You stopped my magic wind, but you can't stand this!" she nodded at Soulglide and he yelled, "Wave of Misery!" He pointed his ghastly sword at Typh and Naturesong and let loose a pale wave of energy rushing toward them. 

"Really?" Typh snorted. "Water Barrier!" he conjured his strongest shield and the wave bounced harmlessly off the surface. Typh said, "The Elements Council have chosen us to be their favorite Octos, and they watch over the whole Battle Nations!" he yelled, brandishing his shield, which had Eagleimus's mark on it. 

Seeing the mark, their opponents pulled back, surprised. "Impossible!" Magicpath snarled. "Whatever. Let's do a convergence!" ( A/N: Yes, I borrowed that idea from Winx Club... I LOVE IT SOO MUCH!!)

"HAH! Rise, Flying Ghosts Of Magic!" they yelled. Out of the ground, ghosts rose up, bearing fairy wings. They looked up and revealed their creepy, glowing eyes. They raced towards the duo, teeth bared, shooting spells from their hands. 

"HAH!" Typh yelled, blocking all their attacks. He and Naturesong blasted one ghost after another. They let out strangled cries and disappeared in a puff of black smoke. 

"Now, time for OUR convergence!" Naturesong roared. Battle Nations cheered loudly, urging their leaders forwards. Typh and Naturesong jumped up, but unlike the convergence that they used against the former royals of Champion Nations, they used a whole new convergence: "Guardian of Nature and Guardian of Water, rise up from your slumber and attack anything that tries to stop you!" the duo shouted. 

The ground rumbled, and suddenly, from Typh's right side, a blue dragon created out of water erupted from the ground, and on Naturesong's left side, a green dragon made out of leaves and nature also pulled itself out of the earth. "YAHHHHH!!!!!" Typh and Naturesong yelled, rushing toward their opponents. The dragons followed them, roaring, eyes sparking with power. 

"AHH! RUN!" Soulglide and Magicpath screamed and ran, their remaining ghosts fleeing alongside them, but the dragons were too fast. The dragons slammed into their opponents from behind and sent them flying outside the ring. The ghosts disappeared with a strangled scream, and their summoners crashed into the wall outside the ring and fell to the ground, leaving dents in their wake. Magicpath and Soulglide untransformed, clearly knocked out. 

"WE DID IT! BATTLE NATIONS RULE!" Typh and Naturesong cheered, and Battle Nations roared out with approval and triumph. 

Now, maybe, if we could get the rest of the battle teams to join us, we can defeat the aliens! Typh thought as he untransformed and waved to the crowds.