To be honest I'd always thought life was easy, you're born. You live. You die. Simple, right? Well now i guess, i was wrong. Deadly wrong.- Issy at some point.

It was abnormal really to think that cards would fall from the sky, that had turned like a canopy of darkness. Issy took a falling card into her hand . She looked at it thoroughly and noticed its exterior. It was a card like one she'd never seen before, it was decorated with six peculiar patterns in red, brown, white, black, blue and green.

she continued to travel towards school, taking more and more cards as she went and putting them into her bag. Then, as if it was switched on, the sky turned its beautiful pastel blue...as if the rainfall of cards had never happened. Issy had a tight grip on the first card she'd caught and smiled. She knew that there was something more to these cards, after all why would they suddenly fall from the sky? She put the card into her pocket and sighed.

What she didn't know was what trouble and adventures were going to come from cards just simply falling from the sky...

-Months later-

It had been quite a while since the cards had fallen from the sky and like Issy had predicted, there was something unusual about them. Each card had contained a small, round creature called a Bakugan. The arrival of the Bakugan had caused a colossal uproar between teens online, and they decided to make it a game. The game had become so popular that it wasn't considered normal if you didn't play it. This was why Issy was so confident with herself now, she played Bakugan and she believed it to be her saviour from her curse like shyness. When Issy had woken that morning, the first thing she did was take out her Bakugan. She had kept them in a small box next to her bed and they had stayed there since.

She spent about 10 minutes choosing her best ones and afterwards, showered, dressed and brushed her hair. Issy then picked up her school bag and ran downstairs, startling her mother. The woman sighed and handed her daughter some toast. "In all honesty Issy you need to calm down,! Your father's asleep and the twins! Alfred too" Issy smiled.

"Sorry mom I'm just excited! School ends early and i was going to brawl with some friends!" she stuck her toast in her mouth and strapped her purple Baku pod onto her wrist. "Bye!" she muffled out and ran out of the house, leaving her mother to sigh and mutter something like 'she's too social these days..'

School always ended early on Mondays, giving students the chance to catch up on homework or revision. Nowadays its spent playing Bakugan.

Issy was a usually shy girl, with long dark brown hair past her waist and bright blue eyes that reflected off her emotions. She was born and raised in South of Rome in Italy and moved to Waddington when she was 8, meaning she'd been here for little over 4 years. The attribute she brawled with was Darkus and had a Bakugan that no one else so far had managed to find. An Aphendrix (I made it up XD)

She'd right away formed a bond with Runo Misaki, a girl who reminded her of one of her favourite pop stars, Hatsune Miku. Despite only seeing each other online, Runo was like sister Issy wished she could've had while in Rome but i guess people can't have it all!

After school that night, Issy had logged onto her laptop and entered her usual chat room. Her friends all seemed to be online. She smiled. "Hey guys!," Issy said whilst taking a sip from her soda. "Sorry if i was late, just studying"

"Nah it's fine, we just got started anyways!," Said Dan, a boy her age with wavy yet messy brown hair and temperamental brown eyes. his attire consisted of a red jacket, yellow shirt, black and red pants and a pair of goggles that rested upon his forehead. She'd met him a few times at school and was partnered up with him if everyone else was taken. "anyways, i let Shuji have a taste of my special attack, frame fire, you all should've seen it was totally wicked! but what would expect from the greatest Bakugan brawler around?" Issy sighed. Yet as Dan was a great guy, he had a massive ego issue.

"Whatever!," Said Runo, The girl Issy knew to be like her sister. She was a tomboy with a confident persona. she had light blue hair and mint eyes, and she wore a yellow crop top with a white skirt. Her attribute was Haos, and Dan's Pyrus. "I've just checked the world rankings! and you sit at one twenty-one Kuso!" Dan had a distraught look to his face. "That's impossible Runo! I've gotta check this out for myself! Scrolling up...aha! One Seventeen!"

Issy sighed, knowing that when these two had begun to argue it wouldn't stop. "Oh please," Snapped Runo "Gimme a break! save your breath till your in the top ten!"

"Yeah right! you're one to talk you're not even ranked!" Dan blew raspberries at the screen.

"Oh yea, real mature!" Issy wanted so desperately to smack her head onto her desk, but she just grumbled.

"Would you both just shut up? I already have to deal with two whining one year olds and a 9 year old and right now they're being more mature than you both! besides Bakugan isn't meant to be about arguing, it's meant to be fun! You of all people should know that Dan...you did make the rules"

After her rant, the chat went silent for a few seconds until Julie, a bubbly Australian girl with long silver hair and dark blue eyes, spoke up. "Oh Danny that is so dreamy! One seventeen, That's four whole spots in a single day! definitely worth a big smooch from Julie!" Issy wanted to die a little as Julie leant forward and kissed the camera. Dan was so flabbergasted he fell out of his chair.

"Gross!" He groused "aw man that hurt! I'm a Bakugan battle brawler not your boyfriend!"

"woah, this is so kindergarten!" runo commented.

"Talk about it.." Issy muttered afterwards. everyone in the chat, except Julie, started to look uncomfortable.

"You go Danny!" Julie Fangirled "I'll always be your number one fan~!" Someone please shoot me! Issy begged in her own mind.

"Dan, might i suggest you set your eyes on shun? He's ranked number one and in a few years you may be able to surpass him." Issy looked at her screen and saw that Marucho Marukura had said those words. Despite being the teams youngest member, Marucho was the brains of the team. He had blonde hair, red glasses and deep blue eyes. He dressed in a sort of sailor suite and brawled with Aquos.

The boy Marucho had mentioned, Shun Kazami, was one of the teams oldest members and had long black hair and hazel eyes. He tended to wear a black tank, black pants and purple jacket. No one had seen him in weeks, probably due to his mothers death. "in a few years?" A ginger haired, brown eyed girl spoke up. Her name was Alice and she was the oldest member on the team, but had no Bakugan. She was a real sweet girl and extremely kind.

"there has to be some sort of way you can challenge him, right Dan?"

"Huh? I bet i could take that jerk," Said Dan, leaning backwards on his chair. "I don't mean to brag you know, but no-one's even come close to challenging me. better look out shun 'cause I'm gonna take you down!" Issy just stifled a laugh

"i wish you luck" she said, shortly after her brother came into the room.

"mom said to do the dishes" he said then walked out. Issy stood.

"Goodnight people" she said and logged off for the night.

The next night, Issy was in the chatroom talking with everyone as Dan logged on. "Dan!" Marucho shouted "You're there!"

"Hey guys!" You're not going to believe this but i was brawling with this dude called Shuji and i swore heard my Bakugan talk!" he said in a rushed excited tone.

"No way!" Runo exclaimed "You too?"

"same here!" Issy added. "I was brawling against Alfred and I'm pretty sure Aphendrix said something" She looked over at her now silent Bakugan. "he sure seems silent now.."

"what do you mean?" Dan asked "are you saying someone else heard them too?"

"you should see the Bakugan site!" Julie spoke up "It's what everyone is talking about!" He checked the site and gasped.

I knew something was up with these cards... Issy thought. I just wonder what..