"Mum, I'm leaving!"
"Already? Sarah, are you sure you have everything?" Sarah's mother asked, stopping the black-haired girl before she took a step out the front door.
"Yes, I'm sure," Sarah said. "Can I please go now, Bella will be waiting for me. We don't want to be late on our first day!"
Her mother smiled. "Yes you can go, but be home in time for dinner, it' your father's birthday remember?"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Sarah said, hopping from foot to foot. "See ya!"
Sarah's mother watched her run out of the front door with her bag and race down the street to her friend's house. Her dark, baggy jeans nearly covered her shoes they were so long, and her dark blue shirt with a hood fitted her perfectly.
Sarah stopped when she reached a house with a pretty garden. She walked up to the front door and jumped back just in time to avoid it being slammed in her face. Her friend Bella had a great big grin on her face, her long black hair swayed with the small breeze and she had medium blue baggy jeans and a black shirt with a hood.
"Ready to go?" Sarah asked.
Bella nodded. "C'mon, before my parents decide to drop us off and embarrass us with all their tears and crap."
Sarah's eyes widened and the two girls bolted out of the garden and ran up the street. When they were far enough away, they stopped running and started walking, they had plenty of time to get to school.
"I wonder if anybody at school Brawls...." Sarah sighed.
"I hope so!" Bella smiled. "Cause I want to battle them if they do!"
"Give it a few days at least, Bella!" Sarah laughed. "We want to get used to the school first."
"I suppose so," Bella sighed. They walked through streets and found themselves at the school. They looked up at how big it was. "I hope we don't get lost, that's gonna be fun asking people where we're supposed to go."
Sarah gulped. "Let's go to the front office."
Bella nodded and they both walked up to the school and into Administration. They walked to the front desk and waited until a lady with blond hair came to their aid. "Can I help you ladies?"
"Um, we're new here," Bella said. "I'm Bella and this is Sarah."
"Ah yes," the lady said. "I have your timetables right here." She handed them the list of their classes and a map.
"Thanks," Sarah said and they walked out, comparing their timetables, they were in all the same classes.
"That's a relief," Bella smiled. "So if we get lost, we get lost together."
"Let's hope we don't get lost," Sarah said. "Let's get to math."
They walked around the school and saw their class up ahead just as the bell went. They cringed and ran down the hall.
Sarah was the first to the door and she saw a group of people crowded around a boy with red pants with a bit of black on them, a yellow shirt, a red jacket with black, brown hair and sunnies on his head. He was holding out a tiny red ball. "Draganoid, stand!"
It didn't do anything.
The boy got frustrated. "Come on Drago!"
"Dan, are you sure it's not a cheap toy?" one kid asked and sat down in his seat.
The other kids murmured their agreement and sat down. The boy looked at the red ball and sighed before walking to the back of the class and sitting down at his seat.
Sarah looked at the only two empty seats, one was next to the window and the other was next to the embarrassed boy.
"Well, I suppose we won't be sitting next to each other," Sarah said.
Bella shrugged. "We can still pass notes. But I call dibs on the window seat."
Sarah watched her friend walk to the window seat and she was about to go sit down next to the boy. "What are you doing out of your seat young miss?"
The whole class turned to look at Sarah, she wished Bella had stayed with her a bit longer. Sarah looked over her shoulder and saw a really grumpy looking teacher. "Um, I'm new a-at t-t-this school," she stumbled.
"Well, okay," the teacher calmed down a little bit. "I'll let you off this time, but next time it will be a detention. Take a seat."
Sarah nodded and hurried to the only empty seat. She sat down and banged her head on the desk and kept her head down, knowing that some people were still looking at her.
"Hey, don't worry about it," Sarah heard someone say to her, she sat up properly and looked at the boy beside her, the one with the sunnies. "Miss Purdy is always tough on everybody."
Sarah sighed. "I was hoping that wouldn't happen on my first day here..."
The boy smiled. "First days are always tough. What's your name by the way?"
"Sarah," she replied. "Yours?"
"Daniel, but everybody calls me Dan-"
"Daniel, you know not to talk in my class!" Miss Purdy growled. "I will see you after class."
Dan hung his head.
"So, do you Brawl?" Sarah whispered to him.
He looked up. "Yeah, how about you? Do you play Bakugan?"
"Sure do," Sarah reached into her pocket and pulled out a small white ball with golden stripes on it. "This is Tigorra."
The ball opened up to reveal the Bakugan. "Did I hear you say my name?" it asked.
Sarah nodded. "Tigorra, this is Dan, he's a Brawler."
Tigorra turned to the boy "I'm pleased to meet you, Dan."
"Do I hear more talking?"
Sarah and Dan looked up to see the teacher glaring at them. "Young miss, what is your name?"
"S-Sarah," she replied.
The teacher grinned and Sarah was nervous, Dan looked terrified. "Well, Sarah, I will see you also after class."
Sarah grumbled something and Tigorra went back into her little ball and jumped into Sarah's pocket.
"Do I hear a protest?" the teacher asked and Dan, not to mention everybody else, turned to look at her, waiting anxiously for Sarah to answer.
Sarah was simply looking down at her desk.
"Sarah, don't say anything stupid, you don't know how much trouble you'll get into," Dan whispered to her.
"Well, Sarah, did I hear you protest against my punishment?" Miss Purdy looked at her.
"Yes, of course you did," Sarah looked up. "Unless you have a hearing problem that's making you hear things."
"Don't you ever talk to me like that again! I will see you after school. You will be cleaning this classroom from top to bottom!"
"Sure thing," Sarah leaned back on her chair. "I'll be there."
The teacher growled and turned back to writing on the board.
"You're crazy!" one kid whispered to Sarah. "No one talks like that to Miss Purdy!"
"She's not that scary," Sarah whispered back. "What could she do, expel me? Beat me at Bakugan? Never!"
The kid shook his head and turned back to the board.
Sarah stopped leaning on her chair when a piece of paper landed on her desk. She looked at Bella before opening the scrunched up paper.
You are such an idiot! It's our first day and you have to annoy the teachers already! You know that your mother won't be happy, and neither will your dad. Do you want to be grounded for the rest of your life!?!?!
XXX Bella
Sarah scrunched the paper up again and put it under her desk. She pulled out another piece of paper and wrote on it...
Well with any luck I won't be grounded. It's not like they have to know. But I was only testing to see how scary this teacher is. Dan thinks she's scary as hell.
XXX Sarah
She looked at the teacher, she had her back turned to the class. Sarah scrunched up the piece of paper and threw it over to Bella.
"What are you doing now!?" Dan whispered to her. "You're gonna get detention for life if you get caught!"
"Relax," Sarah replied. "I've known even grumpier teachers and they let us pass notes all the time."
"But this teacher isn't just grumpy! She's really strict!"
Sarah shrugged and caught the next piece of paper that came flying her way. She opened it.
Is Dan the guy you're sitting next to? Does he Brawl? And why are you talking to him? Do you like him or something?
XXX Bella
Sarah put the paper away and pulled out a new piece. She wrote on it.
Slow down with the questions will ya! Yes, Dan is the guy I'm sitting next to. Yes, he Brawls. I'm talking to him because he talked to me first and he seems like a decent guy. And no.
XXX Sarah
Sarah threw the piece of paper back to Bella and watched her read it before writing a new note.
Sarah prepared to catch it when Bella threw it, but the look Sarah saw on her friend told her the whole story. The teacher caught the note before Sarah could and she tensed up.
"Oh no," Dan mumbled. "I knew it."
Sarah glanced at him before looking back at the teacher.
"Passing notes in class," Miss Purdy growled. "Clearly not a very good first day, is it girls?"
Bella and Sarah exchanged a glance.
"Very well, let's see what this says," Sarah's and Bella's eyes widened as the teacher unscrunched the paper. "Sorry, I like asking random questions, he's kind of cute if you ask me. And are you kidding me, decent? He's way more than decent. And why not? Love Bella."
Sarah looked at Bella. Bella looked back. Dan looked at the teacher.
"Sarah, you have a talent for trouble. Bella I will see you after class. And Sarah, what do you have to say for yourself? Would you like to explain what she meant?"
Sarah tried to catch her breath, leaning over her desk.
"Sarah?!" Dan exclaimed, thinking she was going to faint or something.
Sarah burst out laughing and sat up straight again, holding her stomach, trying so hard not to laugh. She leaned back but her chair slipped and she fell backwards. She kept on laughing and Bella had her hand over her mouth, trying not to laugh as well. She succeeded.
"Sarah! Control yourself!" Miss Purdy growled.
"I..... can't....." Sarah managed to say and she kept on laughing.
"SARAH!!!!!!!!!"
Sarah stopped laughing and looked up, blinking. "Yes?"
The teacher was fuming, Sarah grinned inwardly.
"GET UP AND SIT PROPERLY IN YOUR SEAT AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE CLSS UNLESS YOU WANT DETENTION FOR THE REST OF YOUR SCHOOL YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Sarah sat up. "Whoa, chill out miss. What got you so angry all of a sudden, all I did was laugh. It wasn't my fault."
"JUST SIT DOWN AND STAY QUIET!!!!!"
"Alright, alright," Sarah stood up, picked her chair up and she sat down. "You need to get out more often, laughing is a good thing. But I don't expect you to know what that means by the way you talk to the class."
The teacher was about to yell at her again but she turned around and walked to the front of the class and continued the lesson.
"You're nuts!" Dan growled quietly.
"No," Sarah said. "She just needs to chill out and learn important things like... oh I don't know.... life, instead of filling her head full of maths problems and doing inhuman stuff."
Dan nearly hit his head on his desk, he couldn't believe it. Sarah looked at Bella and wrote another note. She threw it.
You think he's cute? And yeah I guess you could say he's a little more than decent. And because we just started here, I don't wanna get caught up in relationships just yet ya know. And this'll be the last note I pass, I think we've wound this teacher up enough.
XXX Sarah
Bella read the note and nodded to Sarah. They concentrated on the lesson and answered a few questions.
Class came to an end, Dan, Sarah and Bella remained in their seats whilst the rest of the class left.
"Now," Miss Purdy growled.
The three of them looked up.
"I will not allow such behavior in my class again, today you are off the hook, but tomorrow won't be so easy if you play up again," Miss Purdy looked at Dan. "But, Sarah, I will still be seeing you after school."
"Yeah, sure thing," Sarah said and they all got up and left.
"Are you really going to go back after-"
"No!" Sarah laughed. "Honestly, Bella, you should know me by now."
Dan sighed. "You love getting into trouble."
"Yep," Sarah smiled and looked at him. "You seem to get in trouble a lot too."
"Yeah, but that's accidental," Dan replied and the three of them walked down the corridors together.
Bella looked ahead of her and spotted someone, he had long black hair in a ponytail, black pants, purple shirt and he had a straight face. As he passed the three friends, Bella watched him.
He glanced at her, his amber eyes burning into her in a sort of friendly, but unfriendly way.
"Hey, Shun," Dan said noticing him. The guy stopped and they faced each other.
"Hey, Dan," he said. "Who are these people?"
"Oh, this is Sarah," he nodded to Sarah and then looked at Bella. "And this is Bella."
Shun looked at Sarah, she nodded at him "Nice to meet you," she said.
He nodded back. "Likewise," he looked at Bella, she just blinked at him.
Sarah looked passed Dan and looked at Bella, the girl was just standing there, staring at Shun, her eyes shining.
"Um....." Shun mumbled.
"Uh... Bella?" Sarah asked.
"Yeah?" Bella replied, not looking away from Shun.
"You're kind of, you know, staring....." Sarah told her.
Bella shook her head and her face went bright red. "Whoops," she whispered to herself, now looking at the ground. "Sorry... umm... Shun?"
"No.. problem.." Shun replied. "Hey, I gotta go. See ya's later."
"See you in P.E," Dan said and Shun nodded before walking off.
"We have P.E now," Sarah said.
"Me to," Dan replied.
"That means Shun is in our class" Bella mumbled and followed Dan and Sarah through the school to the hall. Sarah kept glancing at her friend, she was still embarrassed to have been staring at Shun.
They reached the hall and they walked in, lots of other kids were there already.
"Danny!"
Sarah stepped out of the way to avoid getting knocked over by a girl with silver hair and wearing a pink shirt and pink mini shorts. The girl hugged Dan. "I've missed you so much my Danny!"
Sarah blinked. Her, Danny? She thought.
"Julie, let go!" Dan growled and tried to push her off. "I'm not your boyfriend!"
The girl kept on hugging him. "Danny, I heard you won another battle yesterday, you deserve a great big smooch from Julie." She went to kiss him.
"Ah! Gross!" Dan pushed her off. "Julie, cut that out!"
"But, Danny!" Julie complained.
Dan sighed. "Julie, this is Sarah and Bella. Sarah is a Bakugan Brawler."
"I am too!" Bella growled.
"Really?!" Julie exclaimed. "That's terrific!"
More people came over, a small blond haired boy with glasses, his name was Morucho as Dan said. The brown-haired girl's name was Alice and the blue-haired girl's name was Runo. Alice didn't Brawl, the others did. Shun came to class, Bella had to try not to look at him. He was also a Brawler.
"So, how well are you at Bakugan?" Runo asked.
"We're pretty good," Sarah answered, Bella couldn't speak because Shun was around.
"Ha! I'll believe that when I see it!" said a boy and Sarah looked at two new boys that walked over. "Let's battle and see if you can beat the pro's."
Sarah smiled. "Pro's? Yeah right. We'll see about that. Bella, let's go!"
"I thought you said no Brawling until we got used to the school?" Bella said, suddenly not embarrassed anymore by Shun's presence.
"Yeah, well things change" Sarah smiled.
"Okay, let's do this!"
The boys and the two friends pulled out a card each. The others did to. "Field Open!" they all yelled and they were suddenly in a different place. There was nothing around them but a white floor and a dark sky. They were about to Brawl.
Sarah looked over her shoulder, Dan, Runo, Julie, Shun, Alice and Morucho were there to watch the battle.
"Gate card, set!" the four Brawlers yelled and they threw a card in front of them. Sarah's card landed in front of one of the guys, his card landed in front of her, the same for Bella.
"Oh and by the way," the guy in front of Sarah said, winking at her. "My name's Jason."
Sarah rolled her eyes, he had brown scruffy hair like Dan, but he was no where near what Sarah would go for.
"And I'm Koga," the other guy said, mainly to Bella.
"Let's make a deal," Jason said. "If we beat you girls, you have to go out with us."
Sarah almost gagged. "Are you kidding me!?" she heard a growl from behind her. "You can't just claim them if they lose to you!"
"Chill out, Dan," Sarah sighed. "We won't lose."
"Well, what do ya say?" Koga smiled.
"Deal," Bella smiled, looking at Sarah.
"Okay, I'll go first!" Jason said and grabbed a tiny ball from his pocket. "Bakugan, Brawl!" It landed on the, now huge, card in front of Sarah. It was black. "Darkus Stinglash, stand!"
The ball opened up and it suddenly became a huge, real life looking creature, it looked like a black scorpion.
Sarah looked at her Bakugan pod. "Battle begin. Darkus Stinglash," it said. "Power level at 330g's."
"Ha!" Sarah smiled and pulled out a Bakugan ball. "Bakugan Brawl!" The little red ball landed on Jason's card. "Griffin, stand!"
It opened up and it turned into a huge lion with wings and a long tail.
"Griffin at 360g's," the Bakugan pod said.
"My turn," Koga said and threw a ball. "Bakugan Brawl!"
It landed on the card in front of Bella. "Sub Terra Mantris, stand!"
It opened up and Sarah blinked at a huge bug looking Bakugan.
"Sub Terra Mantris at 270g's," the small pod said again.
"Alright," Bella smiled. She pulled out a ball. "Bakugan Brawl." It landed on the card in front of Koga. "Pyrus Serpanoid, stand!"
It opened up and turned into a huge serpent like creature.
"Pyrus Serpanoid at 320g's," the pod said.
Sarah looked at Jason. "You are going down."
"Yeah right, when this is over, you're gonna be my girlfriend," he laughed. "You made the deal after all. Now, Bakugan Brawl!"
A little black ball landed in front of Sarah's Griffin. "Darkus Ravenoid, stand!"
A giant bird looking thing appeared in front of Sarah's Griffin.
"Darkus Ravenoid at 380g's," the pod said.
"Darkus Ravenoid," Jason said. "Get em!"
The bird went for Griffin.
"Sarah, watch out!" Runo yelled.
Sarah smiled and pulled out a card. "Ability card, activate! Firewall!"
"What!?" Jason exclaimed as a ring of fire went around Griffin and deflected Ravenoid's attack. When the fire disappeared, the pod spoke.
"Griffin power increase to 460g's."
"No way!" Jason yelled as fireballs came out of Griffin's mouth and struck Ravenoid. The black bird turned into the small ball and went back to Jason. Griffin did the same and Sarah caught it.
"What were you saying about battling the pro's?" Sarah smiled cheekily at Jason. "I think you got it the other way around."
Jason growled.
"Okay, my turn," Koga said. "Bakugan, Brawl! Darkus Falconeer, stand!"
A bird thing appeared and it looked pretty scary.
"Darkus Falconeer at 380g's," the pods said.
"Damn it!" Bella growled.
"Falconeer, go!" Koga yelled.
Bella suddenly smiled. "Gate card, open! Energy Merge!"
The card shined and the pods spoke again.
"Falconeer's power level dropped to 320g's. Serpanoid's power increase to 380g's."
"Oh crap!" Koga growled as Serpanoid wrapped around Falconeer and destroyed it.
Falconeer went back to Koga, Serpanoid went back to Bella. "That was awesome, Bella," Sarah smiled. Bella smiled back.
"My turn now," Sarah said. "Time to take down Mr. Stinglash. Bakugan, Brawl! Pyrus Falconeer, stand!"
A red version of Darkus Falconeer appeared.
"Pyrus Falconeer at 380g's," the pods said.
"Gate card, open!" Jason said. "Energy theft!"
"What!?" Sarah exclaimed.
"Pyrus Falconeer power decrease to 310g's. Stinglash power increase to 400g's," the pods said.
"Aw man!" Sarah growled. I gotta think of something fast or my Falconeer is toast! She thought.
"Stinglash attack!"
I know! "Ability card activate! Spitting Fire!"
"Stinglash power decrease to 350g's. Falconeer power increase to 340g's."
"Haha!" Jason laughed. "Stinglash, go!"
The tail swung and hit Falconeer. The red Bakugan turned back into a ball and went back to Sarah. She picked it up. "Damn!"
Stinglash went back to Jason. "One more round," he smiled.
I'll show him one more round! She growled.
"My turn," Bella said. "I think I'll go with Serpanoid again. Bakugan Brawl! Serpanoid, stand!"
Bella's giant serpent Bakugan came back onto the field.
"Battle commence," the pods said. "Serpanoid at 320g's. Sub Terra Mantris at 270g's."
"Piece of cake!" Bella smiled. "Serpanoid, go!"
"Gate card, open!" Koga said.
The ground changed and they were suddenly in a place for Sub Terra Bakugan.
"Mantris power increase to 290g's. Serpanoid power decrease to 280g's," the pods said.
"Mantris, attack!" Koga ordered and in seconds, Bella's Serpanoid was back to being a ball and she picked it up. Mantris went back to Koga.
"Aw man! But your Bakugan was weak!" Bella growled. "But if you think I'm giving up, then think again! You're done for next round! I swear!"
"Oh, I'm really scared now," Koga smiled. "I'll beat you next round. You probably have a weak Bakugan playing next."
Bella growled and was about to run forward but somebody grabbed her. "A Bakugan Brawl means you fight with your Bakugan, not with your fists! Take it easy and don't let him get to you!"
Bella relaxed and looked over her shoulder to see Shun standing behind her. Her face went red. "Thanks. And, sorry."
"Just take it easy and relax. If you open your mind you can win this," Shun told her.
Bella nodded and faced Koga again.
"Gate card, set!" Sarah said and threw down a card, it grew bigger, big enough for her Bakugan. "You're going down, Jason. Bakugan, Brawl!" she threw a small, white ball with golden stripes. It landed on the card. "Haos Tigorra, stand!"
Tigorra turned into a huge tiger with gold bits of armor and black stripes. "Bring it on, big boy," Tigorra said to Jason.
"A talking Bakugan!?" Jason exclaimed. "Oh well. Bakugan, Brawl! Darkus Fear Ripper, stand!"
"Darkus Fear Ripper at 360g's," the pods said. "Tigorra at 380g's."
"Ability card, activate!" Jason said. "Darkus sword!"
"Fear Ripper power increase to 410g's," the pods said again.
"This isn't looking good," Dan murmured. "One more lose and Sarah is gonna smash that guy's head through a brick wall!"
"Fear Ripper, get that tiger!" Jason smiled.
The human looking Bakugan went for Tigorra.
"I don't think so," Sarah said, smiling. "Gate card, open! Sunrise!"
The sky turned light and the ground became golden. "What's happening!?" Jason exclaimed.
"Sunrise is the best card I have for my Tigorra," Sarah poked her tongue out. "Say good-bye Fear Ripper."
"But..." Jason looked at his Bakugan pod. "It can't be!"
"Darkus Fear Ripper power decrease to 350g's. Tigorra power increase to 430g's," the pods said.
"And might I add Tigorra's ability card?" Sarah said. "Slicing Claw!"
Tigorra's golden claws extended and became even more shiny and scary looking. "Tigorra, get em!"
"It would be my pleasure," Tigorra purred and she ran at the Darkus Bakugan. She slashed her claws and Fear Ripper turned back into a ball, returning to Jason.
Tigorra became a ball again and flew back to Sarah. She caught it. "Great work, Tigorra. That was amazing!"
"Thank you," Tigorra replied, opening up and sitting on Sarah's shoulder. "Now let's see how Bella does."
Koga smiled. "Gate card, set!"
He threw a card down and it grew. "Bakugan, Brawl! Sub Terra Saurus, stand!"
A human-looking beast appeared.
"Sub Terra Saurus at 280g's," Bella's Bakugan pod said.
"This'll be easier than I thought," Bella grinned. "Bakugan, Brawl! Wolfress, stand!"
A small red ball landed in front of Saurus and opened up, it turned into a scary, red wolf with silver claws.
"Let's do this," Wolfress said.
"Wolfress power level at 380g's," the pods said.
"She can win this one," Morucho said.
"Remember," Shun said to Bella. "Relax and take it easy."
Bella nodded. "Got it!"
"Gate card, open!" Koga said. "Energy merge!"
Bella looked at her Bakugan pod. "Wolfress power level decrease to 340g's. Saurus power increase to 400g's."
"Damn!" Bella growled.
"What's the matter?" Koga smiled. "Afraid that you'll lose and be forced to be my girlfriend?"
"Yes," Bella growled. "There's no way I'm gonna lose to you!"
"I'll make sure that you do!" Koga said. "Saurus, attack!"
"Bella, the Ability card," Wolfress said. "Quickly!"
"Oh, right!" Bella shook her head and pulled out a card. "Ability card, activate! Fire Fangs!"
Koga looked at his Bakugan pod. "Wolfress power increase to 410g's."
"No!" Koga yelled. "Saurus, do something!"
"Too late fellas," Wolfress said. "Time to end this battle!"
Fire appeared around Wolfress's mouth and everybody saw that her teeth were on fire.
"Go get em, Wolfress!" Bella smiled.
Wolfress ran forward and bit down on Saurus's shoulder and Saurus turned back into a ball and went back to Koga. Wolfress did the same and Bella caught her. "Excellent job, Wolfress!" she grinned.
"I can't believe we lost," Jason and Koga murmured and the field came down. They were all back in the gym.