A/N: Hey guys! It's me again! Since I've been needing something new to write while Kanero works on the newer chapters of Eternal Innocence, I got working on this new story! Yes, I do enjoy Bakugan and originally wanted to choose a Bakugan of the Aquos attribute, but a newer Bakugan really caught my attention and made me change my mind. So, this was made. I hope you guys enjoy it and I will do my best to try and update this when I can! I hope you enjoy!
Learning to Trust Ch. 1
The young blonde grunted as he was pushed out of the large crowd leading to the Bakugan store once again. He sighed in anguish and got back up, returning to the back of the line, just as he did a few times before. He had wanted to get a Bakugan for so long, his older brother had played for almost a year now and he found himself watching in the shadow of his brother, so he finally decided to go to the store and get one. He remembered the words his brother told him before he left.
"Don't just pick a Bakugan based on power or looks, you need to find the one that calls out to you and tells you, 'I'll be your partner AND your friend." He remembered his brother's wise words.
He was at least 15 years old now and he had learned a lot about Bakugan, he was always interested in the Aquos attributed Bakugan, but he wondered if the other attributes would work better for him? He couldn't make up his mind. But then, that's when he heard a familiar cry of delight from a so-called 'friend' of his.
"Yeeeeees! I got one, finally!" A brunette rushed over to him, holding a blue spherical figure which appeared to be an Aquos Bakugan. "Isn't it cute, Blue?" She asked the boy, smiling widely.
Blue sighed, brushing the blonde hair out of his face. "Yeah…I guess." He sighed, looking back to see the line still long.
The girl frowned and grabbed his arm, pouting. "We'll get you in there NOW! I wanna brawl with you!" She demanded, pulling a reluctant Blue with her.
"W-Wait Kira!" He stuttered, dragging his heels to try and slow her down. "I don't wanna cause trouble!" He insisted, pulling against his friend to no avail.
"No way! You're getting a Bakugan now!" She kept going, finally managing to barge her way into the store, only to be disappointed as the last Bakugan was taken out of the store. She groaned loudly. "Awww! No way!" She cried out, stamping her foot.
Blue couldn't help but look downcast. He'd been waiting in the line for over 2 hours only to find out all of the Bakugan had been taken. "Great…" He muttered to himself.
"I'm sorry." A sweet voice came from the store owner, a redheaded girl with large brown eyes and a green dress. "A new shipment of Bakugan and cards should be coming in first thing next week." She said, trying to cheer him up.
"It's okay, ma'am…" He said with a fake smile. "I'll try and get one then."
"Great." The woman smiled, knowing the true feelings hidden behind the fake smile. "I hope to see you then." She ended the conversation with a bow and returned behind the counter.
Kira frowned, upset for her friend. "Awwww nuts. I'll make sure you get in first next time, I promise!" She reassured him which made him chuckle. "Thanks, Kira... " He said, his smile no longer fake. "I think I'm gonna head home now though. I promised Tyler I'd show him my new Bakugan but…" He trailed off.
Kira patted him on the back. "Whatever, don't worry about it! Next week it'll all be worth it!"
"Right." He nodded. "Next week…."
Blue decided to take a quick rest at the park, taking a seat at the fountain and sighing. "Unbelievable…I'm still going without a Bakugan…" He said, looking up at the sky. "Even Kira got one now. How long is it gonna take for me to finally get one?" He asked himself, unable to pick up a response. But that's when it happened. A yellow flash twinkled in the sky and shot down towards the park, and more directly, towards him!
Blue gasped and jumped off the fountain and to the side, watching as the object struck into the fountain, steam rising up from the small pool. He got up and looked into the fountain, his eyes wide. He saw a small white sphere in the fountain and It looked just like…"A Bakugan?"
He reached his hand into the pool and pulled out a small white sphere with yellow markings on it. "A Haos Bakugan? What kind though…?" He asked himself again, not expecting what happened next.
The sphere opened up and formed into the shape it took when it was opened, it appeared to look quite a lot like a wolf. He was even more surprised when it started to splutter and grunt.
"Gack! Grrah!" It spluttered. "Of all the places I had to land it had to be in a fountain? I hate taking baths!" It growled before it appeared to notice Blue's presence. "What are you looking at?" It demanded.
Blue jumped and almost dropped the Bakugan, staring it with wide eyes. "Oh! I'm! Er…sorry!" He apologized, a little shocked.
"Tch…where am I anyways?" The wolf-shaped creature asked.
"I guess…Earth." Blue answered, a little shaky from before.
"Earth? That's pretty far from Vestroia..." The wolf muttered, turning to Blue once again. "I am Lumagrowl, who are you?" He asked. It seemed he had calmed down a bit since his arrival.
"My name's…Blue." He stuttered. "It's er…nice to meet you?"
Lumagrowl snorted. "Scared? Or more likely surprised?" He asked.
"Surprised…" He admitted. "I've never seen a Bakugan…talk…before."
"Of course I talk, you idiot!" He snarled, once again causing Blue to nearly drop him.
"S-Sorry!" He apologized quickly.
Lumagrowl scoffed. "This is not what I was expecting to happen… All of a sudden we change ball forme and get shot out throughout space, and now here, how troublesome…" He growled.
"You mean you weren't made somewhere? You're real?" Blue questioned.
"You're really getting on my nerves..." He growled louder. "Of course I'm real!"
"Wow…! A real live Bakugan!" Blue almost jumped for joy. "This is the best day ever!" He cried out.
Lumagrowl silently growled. "Of anybody in the entire universe…I get stuck with this nutjob? This is going to be delightful." He muttered to himself.
"This is so cool!" Blue continued. "I've gotta show you to Tyler!" He said as he now ran towards his house.
Lumagrowl reverted back to ball form and his voice vibrated as he moved up and down. "Heeeeeey! Slowowowowowow dowowowowowowown!"
"Hey mom! I'm home!" Blue called out as he ran upstairs to his and his brothers' room.
Tyler, being his usual self was fixated on his own Bakugan collection. He preferred using Darkus, he never real thought of them as evil, more likely misunderstood. His strongest Bakugan and his 'partner' was his Darkus Reaper. He had been with his partner from the very beginning and it was starting to become a hassle to ensure that his brother never found out about his 'secret'.
"…Your brother has returned." Reaper opened up and looked up at his partner.
"Yup." Tyler replied coolly. "You better keep quiet. I don't think Blue's quite ready to know about you completely yet." He explained with a sigh. "I can only hope he'll understand when he's older."
The door to the room was slammed open and Blue stood there panting heavily, his hand covering something up.
"Welcome back." He greeted his brother with a smile. "Did you get your Bakugan?" He asked.
"I got one alright!" He said, a wide grin on his face.
Tyler smirked at his brother's response. "Well, which one did you get?" He asked, a bit curious.
"His name's Lumagrowl!" He blurted out. "He's awesome and he's also a Haos Bakugan!"
"Haos?" Tyler blinked. "But I thought you were going to get an Aquos Bakugan like Kira?" He asked, now confused.
"I was! Well….things didn't go just like I thought they would." He said, scratching the back of his head.
"Oh really?" Tyler asked. "What DID happen then?" He asked again, staring at Lumagrowl.
Lumagrowl finally opened up and snorted. "Gah! I'm still dizzy from your constant movement! Can you put me down before I get sick?" He growled.
"Oh, sorry, Lumagrowl." Blue apologized as he set him down on his nightstand.
Tyler felt his jaw drop and felt Reaper tense up beside him on the desk.
"I know! I was surprised too! He's a real honest-to-goodness Bakugan!" Blue exclaimed, obviously proud and happy.
Tyler regained his cool. "Well….that's definitely something." He said, chuckling. "Because you're not the only one, Blue." He said, turning to Reaper.
Reaper opened up and flapped his wings. "Greetings, Blue. You look well."
"Wh-What? Reaper too?" Blue was shocked once again.
"Yeah. Reaper's been my partner from the beginning. When Bakugan first came to Earth with their cards, I caught a card and Reaper appeared." Tyler explained. "You didn't get one unfortunately…you were away. So I decided to keep it a secret up until when you found out when the original creators explained it all online."
"I guess it makes sense…You never told me anything." He complained, crossing his arms. His brother stared into his blue eyes and grinned.
"Sorry…but now it seems like you've got a little Bakugan of your own." He observed, smiling at Lumagrowl.
"LITTLE?" Lumagrowl growled loudly. "I'll show you little!" Lumagrowl bounced up and flew straight to the ground, struggling madly to get up. "Help me up!" He yelled at his partner who quickly followed his orders.
Tyler chuckled. "I apologize Lumagrowl. It's an honor to meet you."
Lumagrowl tensed up, scoffing. "Heh…that's more like it."
Reaper scoffed himself. "How crass."
"What was that!" Lumagrowl growled.
"Eheheh…" Blue covered up his Bakugan with his other hand, chuckling.
Reaper turned to Tyler. "Tyler…Now that your brother has obtained his partner, should we test them?" He asked.
"Hmm…good idea, Reaper. A quick brawl before bed, sounds great." Tyler said, getting up.
"A brawl?" Blue asked. "But I don't even have any cards." He admitted, looking down.
Lumagrowl pushed the hand off of him and took in a breath. "You should've let me finish talking! I managed to bring a few of my abilities with me, and also this." Lumagrowl's eyes glowed a bright yellow and when they stopped, a large deck of cards had appeared on the desk.
"Alright Lumagrowl!" Blue grinned, picking up the cards and going through them.
Tyler smiled and pulled out a blank card with a purple sphere in the middle. "Okay." He started. "Take out the card that looks like this." He instructed.
Blue did so. "This one?" He asked.
Tyler nodded as he gate card began to glow. "Okay then…let's get started."
Time around the two began to freeze and a bright light flashed. When Blue could see again, he saw his brother far away across from him, a large stadium with each of the symbols for the elements of each Bakugan in a circle.
Tyler smirked. "You start out by setting out a gate card! Like so!" He pulled out a random card from his deck and tossed it out onto the stadium, it enlarging and taking up a large square on the field. "Gate card, set!"
"Uh…okay." He took out a card from his deck and threw it towards the field. "Gate card set!"
The card landed next to Tyler's and enlarged, filling up another square.
"Great! Now…" Tyler began, taking Reaper off his shoulder and tossing him onto Blue's set card. "Bakugan Brawl!" He yelled out and as Reaper landed onto the card he called out, "Bakugan Stand!"
A bright light flashed around Reaper and his true form appeared, standing over the card as a giant human-shaped creature with a skull-shaped face and a scythe with a red blade, black and purple were his primary colors.
"Let's get this started! I hope you're ready, Lumagrowl!" He challenged.
Lumagrowl was floating next to Blue and he looked towards him. "Well, don't just stand there! Help me win this battle! If I lose, you'll regret it!" He threatened as he reverted into ball form.
Blue grabbed Lumagrowl and nodded. "Let's do this! Bakugan Brawl!" He tossed Lumagrowl next to Reaper on the same card. "Bakugan Stand!" He cried out as a bright light flashed again.
Lumagrowl's true form appeared to be that of a white wolf, black markings surrounding his mouth and eyes. Long yellow hair stretching from the back of his head down his back. Lumagrowl also had six tails, each tip covered by a large golden blade. Black and golden plates covered his ankles and a long chain was wrapped around his upper body.
"Wow…you're really cool, Lumagrowl!" Blue shouted, he couldn't believe how awesome his Bakugan was!
"I don't need you telling me that!" He retorted, keeping his focus on Reaper.
Tyler squinted his eyes becoming serious. "Now you have to open up your gate card since we both have landed on your card! It will give Bakugan G-Power depending on your Bakugan's attribute."
Blue nodded. "Gate Card! Open!"
The card glowed a bright yellow and a voice rang out. "Lumagrowl G increase by two, zero, zero Gs." Lumagrowl howled, glowing a bit brighter, Reaper remained calm.
"Now what?" Blue called over to his brother, who was now twirling a card in his hand.
"Now…we brawl."
A/N: So, what'd you guys think? This was probably one of the longer chapters that I've written and I'm gonna try and make each chapter as long and as amazing as the last! So, please review, fav, and watch if you liked and I'll see you next chapter!