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Ninjitsu is a boy girl thing
Chapter one: Attack under the moon light

The sun rays slowly made their way through a window. The house, the window belonged to, was one of the many small houses that filled the Bakugan village, and it was set in the middle of a farm. Its fields went on for as far as the eye can see. Planted in them, were golden grains of wheat, and every single one glowed with such beauty as the sun casted its lights at them.

The rays of the morning sun entered that window through the slits of the bamboo curtain that covered the window; causing uneven rays of light to hit the face of the room's occupant.

The redhead slowly woke up as the light reached her eyes causing them to close tightly and then open once again for her brown colored eyes to be revealed. She quickly changed her position, so she could get away from the sun's light, for her eyes were not accustomed to it, yet. She yawned lazily and stretched her arms, then forced her sleepy eyes to open widely and welcome a new morning. She walked to her window and pulled a thin rope that dangled from the bamboo curtain, causing it to be lift up and show the outsides of the house.

The sun was fully entering the room right now, lightening up every dim lit corner that once existed. The young lady was quite used to the sun by now, so she leaned on the windowsill and glanced at the fields that surrounded the area. Even though it was still morning and the sun just rose from beyond the horizon; people were there in the fields, holding their tools and getting ready for another day of working at the farm. She smiled at the sight.

She yawned once more and knew she was still a bit sleepy for she was up all night cleaning the house. Her grandfather, whom she was living with, was an old man and he wouldn't be able to clean or move anything without hurting his back, so she was more than happy to help the man that took her and her mother in after her father had died, leaving the two without a man, and it was quite unacceptable for the two of them to live alone and so they came there.

She went to her bathroom and held a clay kettle filled with water and poured the liquid inside a metal bowl. She, then, but the kettle down and dipped her hands into the water and sprayed some on her face, shaking the last bits of sleep off. She went to the mirror and held her ribbon, which was pink in color, and tied her hair in a low ponytail.

She left her bathroom to go straight to her closet. She opened the wooden box, placed on the ground, and picked out a cream colored pants and a green top. She left the lid of the box opened and slipped out of her pajamas and got dressed into her new attire. That attire of hers was completed with a white cotton robe that went down to her knees. She grabbed a cotton green belt and tied it around her waist, securing and closing the robe.

After her morning preparations were done, she hurried down the stairs, nearly missing a step or two and ultimately tripping down the last few steps, sending her to the ground with a loud thud. She had landed on her front, so her face took the most damage. Some rushed footsteps were heard coming in her direction.

"Alice! Oh, dear, are you alright?" a woman in her late thirties kneeled beside her and helped her up by grabbing her right hand and side. The young woman had reddish brown hair and green eyes and was wearing a lavender colored kimono as her hair was tied in a low left-sided ponytail.

"I'm fine, mother. I was just a bit clumsy. I am really fine, don't worry," Alice said, smiling sheepishly at her mother. Her mother shook her head.

"Now, I doubt all this excitement is because your job at the nursery at the camp," Mrs. Gehabich said as she fixed her daughter's appearance. Alice looked down a bit and sighed.

"Well…at least Runo and Julie are going to be there to help me through it. If it was for me, I would never have left the farm," Alice said, saddened a bit at the mention of the subject.

Her mother came closer to her and gave Alice a hug. Alice wrapped her arms around her mother and dug her head into her mother's chest. Her mom put a hand on her daughter's head and moved her hand up and down in a comforting gesture. Alice looked up, for her eyes to meet up with her mother's loving ones. "My beautiful Alice, always remember that we'll be with you no matter how far you are. Besides, it's only for a couple of months and then you shall come back," she said with a smile.

Her mother's smile…they always said she inherited it. Everyone told Alice that her smile had that affect to cheer them up even if they were really sad and weirdly she just came, at that moment, to believe what they had told her, for her mother's smile put a smile on her own face.

"Thanks mom, I should go, grandfather must be waiting for me," Alice said and parted from her mother and rushed outside the door, full of energy.

Alice's mother shook her head and smiled afterwards, happy her daughter was that energetic. She then returned to the kitchen to prepare dinner for her family. She had decided dinner would be grilled chicken, for it was their favorite.

Before Alice had headed to the nearby farm, she went to the old stables. The building was really huge, and the door itself went from the very top of the building to the very bottom. The door knop though, was put about a meter high from the bottom of the door, so the average person would be able to open it.

Alice opened the door and needed all her strength to fully open it; it was a huge and heavy door. She walked inside and stopped by a rope tied around a post. She untied it and looked upwards.

"Good morning, Hydranoid," Alice smiled as she greeted her Bakugan. It was a three-headed purple dragonoid.

"Good morning,"…"Alice,"…"How are you, today?" the three heads exchanged statements and questions. At the sight itself, Alice couldn't help but laugh.

"I'm fine, but…those two days are going to be our last together," Alice said, putting her head down, she soon raised it up. "Never mind, come on, we better start working," Alice said and climbed all the way to Hydra's middle head.

"Let's go," he said and flew out of the stable. He flew at a higher height once he was free from the wooden 'cage' of his.

Alice breathed in the fresh air as she flew with her bakugan. She was smiling with great joy. Soon enough, many others accompanied her, each flying on their own Bakugans. She looked down and found more non-flying Bakugans working in the fields with the villagers, carrying wood and providing water. This was her life; living in the village where humans and Bakugans found ways to live together on Earth, peacefully, and help each other in their lives.

Originally, Bakugans lived in Vestroia, which was a faraway planet that was linked somehow to Earth. Portals opened on Earth one day and Bakugans were able to cross through them, which terrified the people of her village. But, the Bakugans turned into balls as they entered the Earth atmosphere. Many of them started dying and the portals that opened, closed, leaving no room for them to go back.

Alice's father was a man of many travels and in his journeys; he held great cleverness in his brain. There were one last portal opened, and with the help of his own father, he went into new vestroia, they told the leaders of Vestroia, which were the six ancient Bakugans, and they agreed to help him. He was given a shard, a crystal of some sort that he was told it held some of the powers of Vestroia's core.

When they got back to Earth with the shard, it glowed and the Bakugans were back to their original form. Alice's father was asked about why he had helped the Bakugans, and he simply said that it was the right thing to do.

The Bakugans then, refused to go back to Vestroia through the portal that the ancients have opened. Instead they decided to stay with the humans and try to live with them in peace. They did and since then, they shared more than a friendly relationship with each other. Two different kinds, yet they were able to live in harmony, thanks to Alice's father…who was no longer there.

Hydranoid landed in an open area so he won't damage the plants. Alice patted him on his leg, which was the maximum height she might get to and told him to do what he pleases for the rest of the day. He wasn't to go far, though, for the shard's range only went on till the edge of the village.

She ran to where the straw baskets were and took one with her right hand and continued running towards the grape bushes. She started picking the fruit from the tree and putting them in the basket. She stopped abruptly as a shadow casted itself on her. She looked uneasy as she turned her head.

"Hey grandpa, sorry I was late, I went for a flight with Hydronoid," she said and shot an apologetic look in his direction. The old man's expressions softened and looked at his granddaughter.

"I understand, but the grape aren't going to pick themselves, get back to work my dear," He said and left to where a cart has stopped, one that was to carry the freshly picked crops.

"That was a close one, Alice," a young man with blonde hair came closer to where she was.

"Yes, well, better get back to work Billy," Alice said and smiled at her friend who nodded.

Billy had blonde hair that reached till his neck and his eyes were blue in color. He, for some reason, looked quite nervous as a blush crossed his cheeks. Alice couldn't help but feel the curiosity build up inside of her. "Is there anything wrong, Billy?" Alice asked and the boy looked at her, as if wondering how she was to know that there was something up.

"I-I just…well, umm, I…Can y-you give this to Julie, when you s-see her?" Billy said, his cheeks turning crimson as he handed Alice a piece of paper. Alice took the paper and somehow had a slightly evil grin on her face. It made Billy more uneasy.

"Oh, another love note for Julie?" She said, still grinning. Billy flushed a deeper shade of red and turned his head away.

"Uh…maybe, anyway, let's get back to work," he said and grabbed his basket and ran to a faraway bush and Alice could only find it in herself to laugh.

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It was nearly sundown. One could tell from the change in the sky's color, from the clearest blue to the different shades of red and orange as the sun slowly dived beyond the horizon. It was a beautiful sight, one that Alice used to see every sundown. She loved how the colors mix themselves up in away that no one can capture on paper, it was a wonder, one sent from God, and she loved gazing at it, just like she used to do with her father.

The sundown was not only loved for its marvelous sight, but because it meant the end of another day of hard work as well. By now, most of the workers were assembling their tools and belongings, and were on their way home to enjoy dinner with their families.

Alice wiped the last droplets of sweat off of her face with the back of her right hand, and picked the last basket of strawberries, which she started picking after the grape, on Hydranoid's back. His back had a wooden cart of some sort attached to it with tight ropes. After securing the basket in its place, she climbed on Hydranoid's head and he was up in the air.

Alice looked at her outfit; it was full with dirt and mud from working in the farm, she knew she shouldn't have worn white on a work day. She sighed.

Alice was about to reach the stables when the sound of an explosion was heard. She quickly turned her face, startled, in the direction of the explosion. A huge cloud of gray smoke was coming out from the area near the temple. Alice looked at it, horror in her eyes. Hydranoid had the same expression.

The short silence was interrupted by another explosion. In an entirely different direction, this time the explosion, which was clearly because of a canon attack, started burning the fields. The fire ate the golden grains of wheat, which people spent months growing up.

The night was now lightened up by, not only the full moon, but by the raging fire spreading fast across the farms. Alice quickly told Hydranoid to get lower and as he did, she started hearing the people screaming and asking for help. She, with the help of Hydranoid, started carrying the carts and people away from the fire. Hydranoid would carry the carts with his hands and let the people climb on his back and he would fly them to safety.

Some other people, who owned aquas-typed Bakugans started gathering near the fire area. Their Bakugans used some of their water attacks to put the fire out, but there was still a long way to go, since the fire reached another field.

Alice heard pleas for help from down below. From her point of view, she could see the place where she heard the cries come from. When she got closer, she saw a man trapped in the middle of the fire that just spread through the field he was in. He was terrified and completely surrounded with the flames. She quickly ordered Hydranoid, who wasn't carrying anyone at that moment, to come closer to the man so she could grab him. Hydranoid did as told, but as he came closer, the flames rose and sizzled more and burned faster as it was receiving more air. Hydranoid quickly backed away, to not burn the man alive, himself.

He landed nearby and Alice got off of him and ran towards the burning field, only to be stopped by Billy.

"Alice! What do you think you're doing?" Billy asked as he grabbed her wrist to prevent her from going inside the fire.

"There's a man near the barn! I have to save him," Alice said and struggled to get out of Billy's firm grip. Billy looked at the worried Alice, then at the fire.

"I'll go, stay here," Billy commanded and let go of her hand as he started running through the fire with his arm wrapped around his forehead, blocking the fire.

Alice turned to Hydranoid, who was close enough, "Hydra, go get some aquas Bakugans, please!" she said and he was off in the air with a swift hit of his wings that nearly blown Alice away. She was holding tight though to a nearby post. She turned her head and looking in the direction Billy went in. Please…be safe…

Shortly after, Hydranoid returned with a couple of blue colored Bakugans, signaling they were aquas Bakugans. They started spraying huge amounts of water on the fire, and it was slowly put out. The water didn't stop until the fire completely disappeared. The orange flames were replaced by clouds of light grey clouds and burned down barns. All the crops were now nothing but black ashes. It was good that only two farms were burned down, still, this year was going to be a tough one.

Another minute or two passed and still there was no sign for Billy. Alice was getting quite worried and was about to go inside and look for him, but that was when he emerged from the smoke. He was supporting the man who was once trapped.

He dropped to the ground once he was far enough from the field and stated coughing while trying to catch his breath. Alice rushed to his side and kneeled beside him. He was covered with ashes and his shirt was almost burned. Alice helped him up, and then they both took the man to the nursery of the village.

Alice climbed on Hydranoid once more, with the intention to check on her grandfather. When she was in the air, she could see the villagers and their Bakugans fixing what they could.

This day was just another ordinary day, but and in the matter of seconds, it turned out to be not so ordinary after all. Why would anyone attack the peaceful village of all the places? She didn't know and to tell the truth, her head was getting quite knotted. She sighed and prayed her family would be safe. She wouldn't endure another loss…she just could not…

She was about to reach her house when Hydranoid started glowing purple. After a few seconds, she found herself falling from the sky as Hydranoid turned into a ball. She screamed loudly as it was a normal reflex, then she landed on the ground with a huge thud.

Luckily for her, Hydranoid was flying closely to the ground and she landed on some brown bags that were filled with white flour powder. She coughed a bit for the powder surrounded her inside a cloud of flour. She stood up and straightened her back and walked to where she spotted Hydranoid's ball. She picked it up and it popped open, startling Alice and causing her to drop it once again on the ground. She apologized and picked it up again.

"Hydranoid, what happened?" Alice asked her Bakugan.

"I don't know," He answered, truthfully. "Maybe something is up with the core," one of his other heads said.

"We must go see grandfather," Alice said and ran in the direction of her house.

When she reached her house, she found a group of people standing in front of it, surrounding her grandfather. She spotted her mother and ran in her direction and the two hugged when they reached each other. Her mom was in tears as she feared for her daughter's safety.

"I'm fine mom, really," she said. Her voice was muffled for her mother was hugging her tightly. Her mom loosened her grip and Alice looked at her and smiled. The smile lived short.

Alice rushed towards her grandfather and made her way through the crowd, pushing in the tiny spaces between people, until she finally found an opening that led her to her grandfather. The people were screaming and their words were mixed with each other in a way that no one understood a single word. Alice's grandfather had had it and screamed, "SILENCE!" he said and the place fell quiet until Alice spoke up.

"Grandpa, Hydranoid, he turned into a ball!" Alice said and everyone looked at her and got out their Bakugans as well, who were now different colored balls. Alice gasped. "Grandfather, what's happening?" she asked, worry in her voice.

"The shard…it has been stolen!" He said and Alice gasped once more.

She looked at her bakugan. If the core isn't to come back, then…he might die along with the rest of the Bakugans.

"Sir, we retrieved the item, as planned," a guard said as he knelt down in front of a man. The guard held a box in his hand; he put it in the ground, and then dismissed himself.

The man stopped staring outside the window of the temple he was present in. The walls were gold in color and there were many writings on the wall, in the colors of red and blue. The place looked quite ancient for it was truly ancient as it was built nearly two centuries ago. A smirk appeared on his face as he turned around and glanced down at the box. He walked towards it and grabbed it from the ground and opened it.

A light started coming out from the box, it lighted the whole place and the man felt powerful by just looking at it. An evil victorious smile appeared on his face as he looked at his treasure. He grabbed the crystal and looked at it as it glowed.

"Now that the core is within my hands, no one shall ever stop me," he stated and his statement was followed by an evil laugh that echoed throughout the whole temple.

So that ends chapter one of my newest story :) so did you like it? I know, I know, Shun, Dan, Marucho, Runo and Julie didn't appear but they will next chapter, I promise :) The real story will soon begin *evil smirk* so wanna guess which evil dude I chose for the role of the…evil dude? Seriously guys I need you to tell me how it was, it's the story you vote for :P Tell me if anything didn't seem right or if you didn't understand the Bakugans living with people thing :P I'll explain it myself to you. R&R and tell me how it was please =]

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