Casper: Yo~

Hydron: Oh god she's back.

Casper: Hey! It's not my fault my lap top charger went and broke itself!

Dan: It kinda is…

Casper: shut it!

Mikky: Where are the tacos? I was told there would be tacos!

Gus: Who the hell are you?

Casper: Okay, Mikky is my new OC, be nice!...Gus I am looking at you! Also if you haven't read my other Bakugan story Wolf Pride, you probably won't get this one…

Lync: Casper doesn't own Bakugan, only her OCs!

She had short cut silver hair with two loose, thick plats falling across her shoulders and reaching her stomach, black onyx string had been intertwined with the two plats. She had rather pale skin and odd mismatching eyes, her right being dark pink and her left a golden yellow. She wore black leather, fingerless gloves, a long sleeved fishnet shirt with a dark green tank top underneath, dark faded ripped jeans and long knee high black leather lace up boots. Mikky pulled her denim vest over her shirts and spun on the back of her heel.

'Hey Mikky.' A voice called to her.

Mikky turned to see the dark gleam from a set of deep midnight blue eyes. 'Yeah?' she asked.

'Remember, the Brawlers. They aren't your enemy, so try not to bit their heads off.' The voice said as if she knew them well.

Mikky shrugged, shoved her hands into her pockets and went to walk away when the blue-eyed figure placed something in her hand. 'Take this, it'll show them that you're a friend." She muttered.

Mikky nodded. 'No problem.' She said and left. Hex jumped onto Mikky's shoulder. 'If she says they can be trusted then I'll trust them.' Mikky said before Hex had a chance to say anything.

Hex nodded. 'Yeah, when do you think we'll get there though?' he asked.

'Within two days I think.' Mikky muttered and held the photo in she had been given in front of her. She couldn't help but smile. 'This must mean a lot to her. And yet she still gave it to me just so the brawler would trust me.' She shook her head. 'Silly mutt.'

~x~

'Hey Dan!' Marucho called.

Dan turned and smiled at his friend. 'Yeah?' he asked.

'You'll never guess who just showed up.' Marucho grinned.

'Who?' Dan asked and grinned when he saw Keith and Gus walk up behind Marucho. 'Hey! What are you guys doing here?' he asked running over.

'What? Friends can't stop by the see friends?' Keith laughed a little.

Julie and Runo walked over from the other side of the park. 'Hey guys! Long-time no see huh?' Runo smiled putting her hands on her hips.

'It hasn't been that long.' Gus muttered crossing his arms.

'Oh lighten up Gus!' Julie said.

'She's right.' Dan laughed.

Gus shook his head. 'Oh whatever.' He muttered.

Marucho went to speak again when a shot of laughter came out of a tree nearby. 'What the heck? A laughing tree?' Dan muttered.

Runo looked up and squinted. 'Hey who's up there?' she called out.

The laughter came again, louder this time. A boy with long black hair tied back into a scruffy looking plat jumped out of the tree. He had dark blue eyes and pale skin. 'Hey there! I'm River, Noelle's boyfriend.' He laughed.

'Noelle…where do I know that name from?' Dan questioned.

River shook his head. 'You're hopeless dude. Noelle, grey hair, can turn into a wolf at will.' He smiled.

Marucho exclaimed. 'Wait you mean Noelle, Devina's sister?' he asked.

'Yup, the very same.' He grinned.

Keith stared at him. 'Devina…' he muttered.

Gus looked over at Keith. 'Keith…' he started.

'Speaking of which…Noelle why're still in the tree?' he called.

Another figure appeared now. Noelle's hair had grown out and how reached her waist and it looked slightly darker than the last time they'd seen her, her golden eyes had become brighter and her skin slightly tanned. 'Yo.' She grinned. Noelle wore a tight fitting silver sleeveless shirt, three quarter length pants and ankle socks and a pair of white flats. She smiled and shover hand hands behind her head. 'Long time no see battle brawlers. Oh and Devina sends her greeting too from all the way in Scotland.'

~x~

Back at Marucho's place, after managing to convince both Noelle and River to go with them, the recently reunited friends all sat in the large lounge room.

'So Noelle what are you doing back in town anyway?' Runo asked.

Noelle kind of just shrugged. 'Traveling…seeing everything that I can manage…with River clearly,.' She said poking River in the chest.

He laughed and grabbed her hand and held it in his. 'So where did you two meet?' Julie asked caring more about Noelle's new guy.

Noelle blinked. 'Well, remember when Devina and I left that day?...After about three months of getting our pack all sorted out again, I met River. He stumbled across my secret hiding place and we kind of just…started seeing each other every day after that.' She shrugged.

'Naw!' Julie smiled.

Noelle looked over at Keith. 'Here.' She said holding out a phone. 'You can call her. Devina I mean.' She said.

Keith stared at the phone. He took it and looked at the screen, Devina's number had already been highlighted and all he needed to do was click call. 'Keith?' Dan asked.

'It's just that…it's been a long time.' He shook his head. 'She probably doesn't even remember me.' He muttered.

'don't be silly! Before coming here she was pestering me to tell you hello if you were here of course which you are.' Noelle said exclaiming and throwing her hands into the air.

Keith swallowed slightly and stood. 'I'll just…'

'Go into another room.' River finished for him.

Keith nodded and left. Out side he held the phone to his ear after hitting the call button. The phone rang three times before he finally heard her voice on the other end of the line. 'Hello?' she said not sounding any different from the last time he'd spoken to her.

'Devina?' Keith muttered.

'Yeah…whose…Keith?' she exclaimed

'Yeah.'

'Wait…you have Noelle's phone…so I guess you ran into her after all?' she laughed.

Keith smiled. 'Yeah, strangely enough I just got here earlier today too.' He said.

Devina laughed on the other end. 'Cool.' She said. 'Hey listen I have to go. I'm kind of in the middle of something.' She said.

Keith's smile dropped a little. 'Yeah no problem.' He said.

'hey…' Devina started. 'It's really good to hear your voice again.' She said.

'You too.' Keith smiled.

'See you.'

'Bye' And with that he hung up the phone.

~x~

Mikky walked through the city, looking around slightly lost. 'Where am I?' she muttered.

'Need some help finding your way sweet cheeks?' a fairly drunk man said as he staggered over.

'Not from you stinky.' Mikky muttered and went to walk away when the man grabbed her arm. Mikky snarled and punch the guy in the jaw. 'Get away from me you filth!' she hissed and kidded him in the stomach, sending him flying across the road and into a tree. 'Freaking jerk.' She said flicking her hair out of her eyes.

'You could be a little more considerate you know Mikky.' Hex muttered jumping onto her shoulder again.

'No way. No one ever cared about how I felt so I am not going to care about them.' She said simply.

'They care.' Hex said.

'True…they're the only ones.' Mikky muttered silently.

~x~

Keith walked back into the room and handed Noelle her phone. 'She answer?' Noelle asked.

Keith's smile was a sure sign that she did. 'But she had to hang up…what was she doing?' he muttered.

'Probably helping out at the orphanage thingo?' River shrugged.

'An orphanage?' Runo asked.

'Yeah, Devina's been helping out people who have lost their families and stuff find new homes and what not. She's a real saint.' Noelle beamed.

'You seem a lot less violent then when we first met.' Dan muttered.

Noelle laughed. She looked at Dan, an evil glint in her eye. 'That's because there currently isn't anything for me to be angry about…or do you want me to eat you?' she laughed when he sunk behind Runo.

Marucho smiled. 'Hey, what ever happened to Adel?' he asked.

Noelle froze. 'Adel…' she started.

'She died.' River explained as Noelle's head dropped. 'She was killed a couple months ago, along with a group of villagers.' He sighed.

Noelle shook her head. 'She was trying to help out a pack of werewolves there, along with a group of eco nuts. But ended up getting caught in a cross fire. She took a bullet to the head.' She muttered.

Julie went to speak when they heard someone walk in. Shun stood in the doorway, a look of horror on his face. 'Adel's dead?' he muttered.

Noelle shrunk. 'Y-yeah.' She muttered.

Shun clenched his fists but seemed to hold down any emotions he had just been feeling. He took a seat across from everyone else. 'so what's the real reason you two are here?' he asked Gus and Keith, knowing they couldn't just be there for a friendly visit.

Gus and Keith smiled. 'Should've guessed you'd figure it out.' Gus muttered. 'The real reason…is because we have recently learned of a plot to destroy all Bakugan, along with the earth and all the human living here.' He said crossing his arms.

'What?' pretty much everyone else exclaimed in unison.

'where did you get this information?' Marucho asked.

'Well actually, we're not too sure.' Keith said. 'Someone in a black cloak told us and gave us this.' He said holding up a slightly more advanced version of a USB.

~x~

Mikky walked silently, emotionlessly, despite it being freezing and her not having a jacket. And to make matters worse it had begun to rain. 'Mikky…we've got to find shelter…or at least an umbrella.' Hex said.

'It's just a little water, it won't hurt anyone.' She muttered.

Hex could see that Mikky was re-playing those memories again. Mikky… he thought and shook the

Mikky stopped in the middle of a park and looked up, her hair stuck to her face and her eyes looked hollow and sad. 'Are you sure? Are you sure that I can really trust a group of people I don't even know?' she whispered. 'You know how I am with people…' she muttered.

Mikky shook her head. 'Are you alright?' Hex asked.

Mikky nodded. 'I'm fine.' She muttered. She gripped the locket around her neck, the one she had given her. Mikky breathed in deeply, inhaling the scent of the rain mixing with the flowers and the trees around her. 'Let's go.' She said and broke into a sprint.

~x~

Keith had put the USB into one of Marucho's super computers and was showing them the recording they had gotten. The recording was of two men talking. 'The bakugan must be annihilated!' he exclaimed.

'But they are all on earth now!' The other hissed.

'Then…we'll just destroy the Earth too! The more chance there is that the Bakugan will be gone the better.'

'Yes, a great idea.'

'Destroy the humans too!' a third voice exclaimed excitedly.

The recording stopped there. 'Oh wow.' Dan said.

'It could be fake, but it's better to be safe than sorry right.' Gus said handing the USB to Marucho for further analysis.

'True.' Shun agreed.

Noelle frowned. 'I recognise that voice from somewhere!' she said crossing her arms. 'But where?' she muttered.

'Don't strain yourself thinking about it. The answer will come to you soon.' River said putting his arm around Noelle's shoulders.

'Sooner rather than later I hope.' Runo muttered.

~x~

Mikky managed to kill a whole day of walking simply from buying a bus ticket. She was already in the city where she would hopefully find the battle brawlers. 'It would be in our best interest if they were on our side in this fight.' She muttered looking around.

'Hey, are you a brawler?' someone asked.

Mikky spun around to face the person who had spoken to her. A young girl with hip length pink hair and deep green eyes smiled at her. She wore a knee high shite strapless dress with what looked like several blue ribbons around her waist, that hung loosely from the side and had had fake blue roses sewn to them. She girl wore a similar piece around her neck like a choker. 'I'm Rayne. Wanna brawl?' she asked.

Later on that evening…

Mikky kept looking back to see that the girl she had just beaten was still following her. 'why are you still here?' she demanded.

'Because! I wanna help you! And I want you to be my teacher!' she beamed.

'I don't!' Rayne's Hayos bakugan Reeah exclaimed.

'Stop that Reeah. Just because she and her bakugan Hex beat us.' Lumeria muttered calmly.

Mikky shook her head. 'How did I get into this?' she muttered.

'Uh…simple!' Hex said. 'Rayne challenged us to a brawl, we beat her using Phoenix Wind and she lost. Then she decided that she wanted to learn how to brawl better from you and she wouldn't take no for an answer…now here we are!' Hex cheered.

Mikky shook her head. 'Yay.' She said sarcastically.

'C'mon lighten up Mikky Moo.' Rayne said.

'Uh…Mikky Moo?' she muttered.

'What you don't like that? How about Miss Mikky, Mikko, Mik Mister, Mikky Cat?' she smiled.

'Mikky Cat! Call her Mikky Cat!' Hex exclaimed.

Mikky sighed. 'Whatever.' She muttered.

'Mikky Cat it is then!' Rayne laughed. 'And you call me Rayne or Ray!' she smiled.

~x~

Keith stood with Marucho, Gus and Shun trying to see if there was anything else other than the recording in the USB.

Noelle, River, Dan, Runo and Julie all sat back in the lounge. 'I take it Shun and Adel were close?' Rover asked curious.

'Yeah I guess you could say that.' Noelle muttered.

'Are you kidding, It was obvious that they liked each other.' Julie said as if she knew everything about the two of them.

Runo smiled weakly. 'Yeah. Out of everyone I'd say Adel got on better with Shun.' She muttered.

Noelle nodded. 'And they looked so cute together too.' She said nodding, leaning back into River's chest.

'Oh.' River muttered and put his arm around Noelle's waist.

'Shun's probably trying to distract himself with this recording thing.' Dan said. 'He's not usually one to show when he's upset you know.' He said.

~x~

Marucho tapped away on a key board while Shun, Keith and Gus looked through the other files on the USB. 'These are all encrypted…it'll take a while to decode them.' Keith said.

Shun nodded.

'Shun are you alright? You've barely said anything since you got here…' Marucho trailed off. 'You're upset about Adel aren't you?' he asked.

Shun looked up and nodded. 'Yeah I guess. People always find it difficult when someone they know dies right.' He said.

Marucho nodded and looked at Keith and Gus who just shrugged. Marucho went back to typing when five minutes later a phone call came for him. 'Hello? Yes…who is it? Okay thank you.' He hung up. 'There is someone in the court yard who wants to meet with the brawlers.' Marucho said.

~x~

Mikky and stood leaning against a wall, he eyes closed. Rayne stood with her, spinning in circles with Reeah and Lumeria dancing around with her.

'Hello?' a voice called.

Mikky looked up to see a group of people walking over. 'You the brawlers?' she asked.

'Who are you?' Dan asked.

'You the brawlers or not?' Mikky asked again.

'Yeah…so tell us who you are now.' Marucho said.

'Name's Mikky. I was sent here by someone, she told me I had to help you guys with this little problem of someone wanting to destroy the Earth.' She said.

Gus stared at her. 'How'd you know about that?' he asked.

Mikky smirked. 'Because, it was a good friend of mine who tipped you off in the first place, morons.' She smirked.

'What'd you mean?' Julie demanded.

'You're real stupid aren't you.' She stated more as a fact than asked as a question.

'So, your friend was the cloaked figure who gave us the USB?' Gus asked.

Mikky smirked. 'Yup. You've got that right at least. Guess your smarter than I thought.' She said coldly.

Runo's eye twitched. 'Are you saying we're stupid?' she exclaimed.

Mikky nodded. Rayne jumped up to Keith. 'You're tall.' She said.

Keith blinked at her. 'Uh.' Was all he could really get out before the Rayne ran back over to Mikky.

'Hey Mikky Cat. These guys the ones your boss lady told you about yeah…they seem kind of odd to me.' She said tugging at Mikky's vest.

'Mikky Cat?' Gus muttered.

'That's what Rayne calls Mikky.' Hex said popping up in front of Gus's face. 'And I'm Ventus Hex! Mikky's bakugan partner…oh…' he turned to face Mikky. 'Hey Mikky didn't she give you something to prove you're a friend?' he called out.

Mikky blinked. 'Oh yeah.' Mikky pulled out the locket and held it out in front of her. 'She told me you'd recognise it and the picture inside.' She said.

'That's Adel's locket!' Noelle exclaimed.

Shun stared and stanched the locket. He opened it and found the picture of himself and Adel inside it. The one he had given her. 'Where did you get this?' he asked.

'Like I said. My boss gave it to me.' Mikky smirked again.

Casper: End of chapter one!

Mikky: Alrighty then…

Gus: I'm already lost.

Casper: Perfect!

Noelle: Please read and review! And if you have any suggestions please feel free to PM Casper or leave it in a review or something!

River: If you review…Noelle won't try to eat Marucho…Noelle stop…at least give them a chanse to review…

Noelle: *Has stopped trying to eat Marucho.*