My first plan wasn't to separate this out into chapters, but after I herpaderped on the spell check I decided to cave into dividing it all up and fixing the mistakes I made that kind of ruined the story. Anyway I have no claims to any copyrights and no official pairing supported either. I didn't write this to be a romance fanfiction so without further ado I present the first chapter of Rise of the Red Hero.
Chapter 1: Distract and Destroy
"DRAGO! LOOK OUT!" a voice called the pyrus dragonoid's attention to his backside.
He and Dan had just won their random battle with some stranger who had whisked them away to some weird dimension. The guy had Drago's attention since he was having a fit about losing, but it was a ruse so another enemy Bakugan could sneak behind and attack Drago from behind. Unfortunately the enemy had forgotten that Dan would easily notice the sneaky Bakugan and warn Drago. Drago dodged the first shot and got a good look at the attacker. It was a subterra insectoid Bakugan. Drago thanked the stars for Dan's quick warning, but stunned at the enemy's next move.
"Curse you human!" The subterra insectoid growled swiping at Dan without a second thought, "You should know you were next!"
Drago watched in shock from above as his human partner managed to avoid the first swipe and was caught by the second to be flung into a rocky wall surface. Drago dove down in the air letting out a huge roar, angered at the insectoid's stupidity of attacking not only him, but Dan too. The insectoid looked up and tried to counter, but was too slow for the quick. Drago threw his weight into the Bakugan and forced him back into ball form. Fearing even more damage the little balled insectoid tried to escape, but Drago was quick to grab him.
"Please, let me go!" The little ball cried, "I'm sorry!"
Drago roared once more making the insectoid start screaming in agony as the dragonoid's grip began to tighten. He crushed the little ball formed insectoid slowly to make him suffer for what he had done. He had to pay for no one attacked Dan without receiving the wrath of Drago. He let what were now pieces of his enemy slide off his claws and turned around to face the other human they had just fought only to find that he had disappeared.
"Coward." Drago mumbled with disgust as lightening flashed overhead.
The rain came coldly pouring down on the scene and Drago returned his focus to the motionless body of Dan's. The sky began to darken even more as rainclouds became merged and the storm was intensified.
He came to stand over the brunette his expression was that of deep concern and worry as he stooped down and called softly, "Daniel?"
No response came from the teenager dressed in red. The ground around him became too muddy and then Drago saw a small pool of blood pour from beneath his left thigh. The boy lay sideways on his left side with a few scratches and bruises showing and his clothes a bit ripped.
"Daniel?" Drago called in a more normal volume, "Dan, are you okay?"
Once again not a word escaped the human's lips as Drago felt his fears being confirmed until he saw the steady rise and fall of the chest. This meant he was still breathing which in turn meant he was alive. Drago rejoiced a little and decided to gently scoop up the human.
"Let's get out of the rain." He said to Dan hoping for a response, but found silence to be his only answer.
He cradled the boy's body carefully in his claws and made sure that his movements wouldn't harm the brunette as he picked his way slowly through the dense and unfamiliar jungle. As he trekked he thought back to his promise that he had made with Dan's mother.
"Don't worry Mrs. Kuso, I will protect your son no matter what the obstacle or how powerful the enemy. You son will be safe with me. I promise."
He cringed at the thought that now he had broken that promise. He had fallen for the distractions only to have Dan save him, but not to save himself or have Drago protect him. With Magmel and Razenoid gone there were no other threats to worry about. Drago figured that maybe this is what that random battler was just waiting for. Peace often leads to the dulling of certain senses and Drago had been infected with relaxation of peace.
"I'm sorry, Daniel. I wasn't focused and I broke a promise." Drago whispered half to himself as he felt the faint beat of the human's heart resonate in his palm.
It was so faint, but it was another sign for Drago to not lose hope. Sadly his hope would only be a glimmer since the boy was losing vast amounts of blood and his body temperature was dropping. They had to get out of the rain.