Chapter 4
Third Person's POV
Dan invited Weiss to come and watch him and Jake train since it'll be the first time Jake actually brawls which is more exciting for Jake than it is for Weiss because Weiss could tell how excited Jake was to be able to brawl in a real battle very soon.
As they were training Weiss humming something which is the Melody of a song he's composing while tapping on his notebook with lyrics while listening to the music through earbuds.
Holly Angel hops on Weiss' shoulder "What you're doing?" she asks.
Even though he was listening to music he can feel someone's talking to him, so he takes his earbuds off and looks at Holly Angel "what was that?" he ask.
"What you're doing with that notebook?" Holly Angel ask again.
"Oh, I'm composing, Angel; I'm writing a song" he tells the Bakugan.
Holly Angel looks confused "why are you writing a song for?" she asks.
"Well...I have a problem with expressing my feelings with others, so I let them by writing them into songs, it helps me express them a lot better" he explains "I'd already wrote a song and it was inspired by Wavern's love for Drago" he adds.
"I see..." Holly Angel sounds understanding.
"Weiss!" Weiss looks up and sees Dan waving at him "We need to head to the M4 arena; Marucho want us to meet him there, there's another Neathian agent ramming around" Dan informs as Weiss walks towards him and Jake.
"Alright, lead the way, Dan" Weiss agrees.
Dan taps on his BakuMeter and a portal appears before the three teenagers run through it.
-scene change-
Dan, Jake, and Weiss had arrived to the arena where they agreed to meet at as they try to identify the agent as they see a tall young man with dark gray hair which has sideburns making appeal a bit older for someone his age with blue reptilian-like eyes pale skin and wears a orange coat brown details with a pale-yellow buttoned shirt underneath it with the collar unbuttoned exposing his collarbone.
they see that the battle has reach its end "Battle Over; Winner Mason Brown" the announcer informs as the crowd cheer.
"I'm sure you're a really big deal for the for the preschool crowd, but I'm looking for someone tougher" the young man named Mason tells the other kid who happens to be his opponent before turning away but his blue eyes caught on a certain gray-ish blue ones "I've got one spot left on my dance card; anyone else up for a twirl around the battle arena?" Mason asks specifically eyeing on Weiss who seem confused.
Ren then stands next to him "Mason Brown" Ren states on who the guy is.
"Then it must be him that's the name that the security system plan" Marucho informs.
Weiss slowly starts to walk backwards only to be bumped into Jake's built body "S-Sorry, Jake" he apologized.
"You're okay, Weiss the wise?" Jake asks with concern for his new friend.
"I just have a uneasy feeling, is nothing to make a big deal about, I'll manage" Weiss assures Jake to ease down his worry
Jake then places a hand on his shoulder "if you want you can go back and let us deal with this Mason, guy"
Weiss seems hesitant but sighs since he doesn't want to add more worry on Jake's shoulders, so he nods before giving Jake a pad on his shoulder you live about a block away, come see me about the updates" he then tells Jake as he then leaves the group.
-scene change-
Weiss finishes writing the song before hearing a doorbell ringing, he's expecting Jake's arrival as he then walks towards the door and opens and finds Jake, but he seemed like he's been holding back his tears which his eyes widen with concern.
"Jake what's wrong!?" Weiss asked.
"I-I failed...I lost the battle and-" Jake tries to explain before breaking down only for Weiss to bring him in.
"You're telling me you battled Mason?" He asks.
Jake nods before sniffing "Weiss... he mentioned you" he tells Weiss
"What did he tell you?" he asks.
-flash back-
Mason and Jake were in the middle of the battle "say about that cute boy that I saw you talking with not too long ago, he's cute" he comments.
Jake tilts himself "you mean Weiss?" he questions "What's your business with him" he demands.
Mason raises his hand defensively "Nothing, I'm just curious, too bad he wouldn't be able to stay and watch his future boyfriend take out his burden" he responds which upsets the taller teenager
-end of Flashback-
"M-Mean stuff" Jake lied.
Weiss could tell he's lying but decides to brush it off "I can tell you want to prove yourself, which is good, there's nothing wrong with you wanting to make a name for yourself as a Battle Brawler, Mason had the upper hand by having more battling experience, I don't want to make comparison with my first battle, with Sid and Lena, which I beat them by sheer luck" he tells Jake before taking his hand which Jake catches this gesture by surprise "I'm still not good with words, but... don't let one loss define you as a brawler, learn from the mistakes you made and find a different way to turn them to your favor" he then said.
Jake looks at Weiss with awe and feels his heart skip a beat "Weiss..." he mutters before quickly move his hand away from Weiss' "T-Thanks for the comfort, I'll be heading off now" he tells the gray hair male
Weiss nods "I didn't say much, but I'm glad I'm able to help" he responds, Jake nods back before walking out of Weiss' house "such a sweet guy" Weiss then said.
Meanwhile Wavern and Angel were watching the scene before them 'So oblivious' they thought.
Jake as he walks home couldn't help but smile to himself "Weiss is sure is the wise!" he states cheerfully.
-time skip-
At what seems like to be a school lockers Weiss' closing his locker and picking up his bag only to hear Dan's voice from behind him "Jake, I'm sorry; I let you down" Weiss turns and sees Dan's back facing him.
Weiss walks up to the brunette "Dan?" Weiss calls which Dan startles and he sees Weiss standing there.
"Oh, Weiss you need something?"
Weiss frowns "Jake told me what happened the other day, not everything can be perfect on the first try, he felt like he let you down, and what happen, happened; we can't change the past, but I know Jake is capable enough of looking for a alternative way to defeat Mason, beside I told him that he shouldn't let his loss define him as a brawler" he says to Dan.
Wavern hops on his shoulder "he's right, and he show wisdom and empathy through Jake's self-doubt" she adds.
Weiss blushes out of embarrassment "W-Well don't say it like that, but yeah, I wouldn't want Jake to keep blaming himself, not everyone can win their first battle" he states Dan for some reason feels a bit salty at the thought of Jake and Weiss talking alone, but brushes off "And besides you're still new in coaching new brawlers so this could be a learning experience for you, my advice for you is that don't turn Jake into the next Dan Kuso, turn him into the first Jake Vallory" he said.
Dan looks at Weiss with awe before smiling and nod "right" he agrees before closing his locker.
"Hey, Dan" a voice calls for Dan.
Both Dan and Weiss look to their right and they see a young pretty girl with very tanned skin, long, pinkish-white hair that is always in a side ponytail with bangs swept to the left, blue eyes and she has long tanned legs; she wears a dark blue belly shirt and a mint-green jacket over it along with some white pants that reaches down to her knees and pink sneakers.
"Julie" Dan states looking at the girl who walks up to the two teenage boys.
Julie then sees Weiss "You must be Weiss, is nice to finally meet you, Dan told me a lot about you" she introduces herself with a smile.
Weiss smiles back "Nice to meet you too, Julie; both Wavern and Dan also fill me in on who you are, along with Runo, and Alice" he responds.
Julie nods and then smiles at Wavern "Hi Wavern" she greets her fellow grayette's partner.
"It's nice to see you again, Julie Makimoto" Wavern responds.
-scene change-
Weiss, Julie and Dan were walking out of what seems to be the school grounds as Dan fills Julie in on yesterday's battle between Jake and Mason.
"Oh wow, you actually let him battle?" Julie questions.
"Yeah, he wanted to prove himself so bad I thought it would be good for his confidence, but it totally backfired" Dan explains while pushing his bike.
Weiss sighs and crosses "he was bumped out, but I told him to not let his loss define him, instead he should take it as a learning experience, so that he could find way to turn those mistakes into a favor" he adds.
Drago, Holly Angel and Wavern hop on their respective partner's shoulders "Weiss' right, what's done is done; we have to focus on what's important, now" Drago states as Wavern nod in agreement.
"You can say that again, Drago" Holly Angel agrees.
Dan frown while letting go of his bike "Yeah I know, we gotta find that creep Mason!" Dan states.
Then the three teens and three Bakugan hear a what sounded like a war cry, and they look over and they see Jake on the football field dodging other players who were attending on tackling him down.
'I look like a total fool in that battle arena, I let Dan the man, and all the other brawlers down, most of all I let myself down; I had a chance to show everyone what I could do and I blew it, even though I had the number one brawler as my coach' Jake thought as he runs 'I won't make that mistake again, as Weiss the wise said the last night, I can't let that loss define me; when I see that Mason Brown again, he's going down' he adds before reaching the touchdown area and cheers.
"Look at him, I thought losing would make him depressed" Dan comments.
"Depressed is a strong word, but it seems like Jake is the type of guy who can't stay depressed forever just because of a lost, even if it's his first brawl" Weiss responds.
"I don't think it's that simple" Julie said making the two boys look at her "oh, Dan, I know all about Subterra Brawlers so leave it to me" she then tells both Dan and Weiss.
-scene change-
Dan heads home as Weiss decides to stay and hear Julie and Jake talking
"Hey, Julie, what's up?" Jake greets the female.
"Dan told me you battled yesterday" Julie says straight to the main topic.
"Yeah, I was a disaster, I just wanted to prove myself as a brawler I should have followed Dan's teaching more closely, it might have ended differently" Jake replies "Dan knows best" he adds looking back at Julie.
"I used to think that way too, Jake" Julie then tells Jake which Jake looks confused with what she means by saying that, Julie then looks up at the afternoon sky "I used to follow, like I was a little lost puppy" she confesses before turning around and walks up the bleachers "I wanted to be a better brawler and I thought that meant being just like Dan" she said.
"And did it?" Jake questions.
Julie reaches the top you could see a clear blue river in the middle of the town "Dan is an awesome brawler, no question, but his style of brawling isn't the best way for everyone" Julie then turns back to Jake "He's wild, and impulsive and that works for him, but it didn't work for me" she then said.
"Really? go on" Jakes questions as he waits for the Subterra veteran to continue.
Julie then runs back down to Jake "Every brawler, must find their own style; think about how important strategy is when you're on the field playing football" Julie proceeds to explain to the taller Subterra Brawler.
"Strategy?" Jake repeats.
"Success involves following your playbook; you need to adopt a similar approach inside of a battle arena" Julie then tells Jake who gasp as he seems to understand where Julie is going with her explanation "Dan's Method of Battle would fail you in a football game, your strength is in executing a well-planned step-by-step attack which anticipate every possible reaction from your opponent; just like football, you need to formulate your own sort of playbook for brawling your style must involve planning" Julie then explains.
"Planning, yeah" Jake agrees now understanding with what Julie is telling him.
"You should be able to visualize every round of battle" Julie then said.
"Before I fight it" Jake finishes for the female "I think I get what you're saying, Julie" he then tells her as he sees Julie walking down the steps
"So remember that next time you're in the battle arena ready to throw down, take a moment and of your playbook" Julie says before closing your eyes "are you going to add something, Weiss?" she asks.
"Weiss?" Jake repeats as he sees Weiss coming out of hiding
"She's right, Jake, in other words, instead of asking what would Dan Kuso do? ask yourself what would Jake Vallory do?" he said making Julie nod at Weiss "then as you're getting ready to execute your plan, relax and like Julie said, visualize how it will unfold" he adds.
Jake takes a deep breath and looks at the sky as he visualizes his rematch "do you think I can pull this off" he then asks the gray hair duo.
"Well I was hesitant before my first Brawl, But I have Angel and Wavern who believe in me when I didn't believe in myself, and is not that I think you can, I know you can pull this off, Jake, and don't let anyone's words get to your head, as long as your strategies and your own opinions are there they should be your priority" Weiss explains.
-scene change-
Is the next day and Jake's getting ready for his rematch against Mason he takes a deep breath before hearing somone calling from him from behind.
"Jake!" Jake looks back and sees Weiss running up to him "today's the day, Jake you're getting your rematch, ignore the boos, don't forget about your playbook" Weiss tells Jake.
Jake nods "right" he responds in affirmative tone.
"Normally I don't do this to anyone else other than my parents so..." Weiss said before giving Jake a peck on the cheek much to Jake's surprise Weiss then takes a few steps away from the Subterra Brawler "good luck, Jake" he said before walking off to meet up with Dan and the others.
Jake places a hand on the cheek where Weiss kissed making the taller male smiled from ear to ear "yeah let's do this!" He states to himself "but wait, I must not forget to think" he reminds himself.
He looks at the exit where the Arena with a determined expression and walks out only to receive a barrage of boos which he expects this.
"Don't let anyone's words get to your head, as long as your strategies and your own opinions are there they should be your priority" Weiss' words echoed through his mind as Jake takes
A deep breaths clearly ignoring the boos.
"Oh man that's a really harsh crowd out there tonight" Marucho comments.
"You think Jake's ready for this?" Ren asks Dan.
"You bet! He's gonna settle the score, I can feel it!" Dan states.
"You're right, Dan" Ren, Dan and Marucho turns back and sees Weiss walking up to them.
"Weiss!" Marucho states.
"Where have you been?" Ren asks.
"Just came back from giving Jake some encouraging words; he'll pull this off after learning from past mistakes" Weiss responds sounding sure.
Somehow Dan feels uneasy hearing this and surprisingly Ren swelling but Ren doesn't quite understand why.
"Bakugan Field Open!" The announcer yells.
Jake's Life force: 100%
Mason's life force: 100%
"Gate Card Set!" Jake yells as he throws a Gate Card to the field "Bakugan, Brawl!" Jake yells as he throws a cream colored ball to the field "Bakugan Stand! Go Subterra Coredem!" Jake yells as his Bakugan ascends from the field.
"Bakugan, Brawl!" Mason yells while throwing a ball of the same color "Bakugan Stand! Rise Subterra Avior!" He states as his Bakugan laughs while rises from the field.
"Don't let my last performance fool you, this battle's different" Jake tells Mason.
Mason smirks "Ability Activate, Bolting Chains!" Mason yells while holding out a ability card.
Avior fires out orange lightning from his tail.
"Ability Activate, Dimension Hole!" Jake yells as Coredem absorbs the lightning
"Oh? Not bad there" Mason compliments.
"But let's see how long we can hold out" Avior then says.
"Ability Activate, Scale Arrow!" Jake yells as Corem fires a orange beam from his chest as Avior takes the hit as the dust clears up reveals Avior be unharmed by the attack.
"Oh yeah, Ability, Offering Armor, I just nullified your abulility
Avior: 900 - 1200
Coredem: 900
"Just like I knew you would, Ability Activate, Phantom Blow!" Jake yells.
Coredem's fists light up and fires projectile blast of orange energy from them.
Mason shows off another ability card "did you also know that Ability wouldn't work on me?" Mason questions cockily "Ability Activate, Battle Howling!" He then yells.
Avior's neck grew and fires a orange energy wave from his mouth nullifying Jake's Ability, however Jake smirks at this which Mason caught as he realizes he fell into a trap.
"Gate Card open! Changeling Force!" Jake yells as the field glows.
"What's happening?" Avior questions out of disbelief.
"Oh no!" Mason yells.
Coredem: 900 - 1300
"You think I'd for that twice, dude?" Jake asks.
Coredem proceeds to attack Avior making Jake Victor of the first round.
"Maybe he did learned something from our last battle" Avior said.
Mason's Life force: 80%
"All right man!" Dan cheers.
"He used the Changeling Force Gate Card to bounce back the Battle Howling attack right back in their own face" Marucho explains.
Weiss smiles proudly "way to go Jake!" He cheers making Dan Ren and Marucho look at him which Weiss blushes and looks down.
Jake heard Weiss' cheer made him more motivated as he catches Coredem who flew back at Jake.
"All part of the plan" Jake states to himself.
Mason then nods "Okay, so you've done your homework this time" he said looking down at his partner "let's go again" Mason tells Avior.
"Don't worry he won't get the drop on me this time around" the Bakugan responds.
"Gate Card set! Bakugan Brawl!" Mason then yells as he throws a Gate Card then Avior right after.
"Stick to the plan Coredem, Bakugan Brawl!" Jake yells throwing Coredem to the field.
"Bakugan stand!" Both Subterra Brawlers yell as their Bakugan rise ready to battle.
"Ability Activate, Scale Arrow!" Jake yelled.
"I'm not going to lose to a newbie like you" Mason states "Ability Activate, offering Armor!" Avior absorbs Coredem's Scale Arrow before charging at the bipedal Subterra Bakugan.
Weiss sees Avior and watches the battle while ignoring Marucho's comment on Avior hitting Coredem multiple times.
'Come on Jake remember what Julie and I told you yesterday' Weiss thought.
Meanwhile Jake watches the scene before him "he really packs a punch" he comments "Coredem's in trouble what should I do?" He asks himself.
"Every Brawler must find their own style, take a moment and think of your playbook" Julie's words echoed through Jake's mind.
'That's it! I got it, I can't freak out and do something wild and impulsive, I have a strategy, I just have to take a breath and visualize the battle, stick to the plan!' Jake states in his mind.
"Had enough yet newbie? Why don't you just give up?" Avior questions.
"That's not part of the plan!" Jake responds "Ability Activate, Armored Exia!" Jake yells as Coredem's body glows "Armored Exia is an ability unique to Subterra Coredem, using his hole body's energy line to absorb your power" Jake explains.
Avior: 1200 - 900
Coredem: 900 - 1200
"I didn't expect such strong defense" Avior states before getting picked up by Coredem as if he's a football "Hey put me down!" Avior demands.
Coredem charges forward before throwing himself and Avior down performing what seems like a touchdown maneuver on the "Neathian's" Bakugan who groans in pain.
"You're going to pay for that one!" Avior yells sounding angry.
"Time to put you to bed, Ability Activate, Long Aercules" Mason yells as Avior's tail and neck grow long
"He's not reached with that neck, Defense!" Jake taps on his BakuMeter making Weiss widen his eyes.
"Is he gonna-" Weiss was gonna ask.
"He's pulling out Coredem's Battle Gear" he hears Wavern informing.
"Ready Rock Hammer" the computer voice said before Jake takes the mentioned Battle Gear.
"Battle Gear Boost" Jake yells before throwing Rock Hammer at Coredem.
"He has a Battle Gear!?" Mason questions out of disbelief.
"Big deal, I'll show him" Avior states before firing a orange beam at Coredem.
"Come on, Jake! I believe in you! Take your redemption!" Weiss cheers unaware of Dan and Ren's frowns.
"Battle Gear Ability Activate, Rock Hammer Beo-Blaster!" Jake yells.
Coredem fires a huge blast from his Battle Gear's cannons hitting Avior as he turns into his ball form meaning Jake won the battle much for everyone's shock.
"Battle Over, Winner: Jake Vallory!" The announcer yells.
Jake laughs "just like we planned it dude!" Jake stated.
"Jake!" Jake turns and sees Weiss running to him and jumps at Jake for a embrace.
Jake caught him and spins him around and puts the gray hair male back down.
"You did it!" Weiss tells Jake.
Jake nods "Yeah, I did" he responds before hugging Weiss "somebody believed, thanks Weiss" he said.
Weiss seems surprised but returns the gesture "You're welcome" he responds.
Mason jumps down to pick up Avior "we got taken he must have been a long for you to stick your neck out like that" he tells his Bakugan.
"I can't believe we got beaten by a newbie like that, I thought it was because I was getting old but maybe it's you who's the problem Mason" Avior then respond
Mason did not like hearing that from the Bakugan "pipe down you! That kid got really lucky, it won't happen again" He bickers before turning away "let's go now" he then says as he and Avior disappears.
"Stop right there!" Dan tried to stop Mason but he was already gone when he Marucho and Ren arrived.
"Looks like we're too late" Ren said.
Dan then turns to Jake "way to go Jake, nice!"
"Yes! It was very impressive win!" Marucho agrees.
"Congratulations, Jake, good job" Ren congratulates Jake for his victory.
Weiss smiles at Jake "never doubted you since our last talk" he stated.
Jake blushes which Dan and Ren had a salty taste when they see the two interact as if they wanted Weiss to smile at them like that.
-time skip-
Dan and Weiss are with Julie walking out of the school grounds "Really, Jake won?" Julie asks out of shock but happy for Jake that he won "that's totally awesome!" She states.
"All because he took our words to heart Julie, I wish you were there to watch for yourself he seemed to be a complete different person comparing with what we were told last time" Weiss explains to Julie.
"Wow, Weiss; you seem the most happy out the three of us"
"I mean who wouldn't when you know that your words of advice really paid off and Jake took care of the rest" Weiss explains.
Julie nods "You're not wrong about that"
"Thanks a lot you two" Dan then thanked both Weiss and Julie.
"All we really did was having a little chat with him, no big deal" Julie responds.
"Listen up the key to winning is strategy" the three of them hear Jake talking to what seems to be his teammates mid practice.
"Remember guys, visualize the battle and stick to the plan" Jake instructs before they start practicing only for Jake to be sent flying making him crash into the ground.
"What the heck is he doing!?" Dan questions.
"I'm guessing he's taking his brawling strategy a bit literally" Weiss hears Holly Angel stating.
"I wonder if landing on his head like that was part of his strategy" Drago questions.
Then something extraordinary happened...they hear laughs. Both Drago Dan turns to see both Weiss and Wavern laughing causing both Dan AND Drago to go red of how cute they both sound when they laugh.
Julie however seems annoyed with Jake's way of strategic "looks like I'm gonna have to give him some pointers of team play, next" she said.
Weiss then calms down "I'll leave that part to you then" he said
Jake looks over and sees Weiss and waves while still laying on the ground.
Weiss giggles and waves back before leaving with Wavern and Holly Angel on his shoulders.
"W-Wait Wavern, I still have a lot of questions to ask you" Drago says following after Wavern.
"Wait Drago!" Dan call while chasing after his Bakugan.
Julie looks over and sees the dynamics before laughing to herself "Runo and Alice are SO going to love this" she says to herself.
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