Disclaimer: I do not own bakugan or anything pertaining to it though I do own Eric, Micheal, Keith and Cynthia.
Chapter 1: The dinner party.
As the sun began to set, its silhouette that reflected on the ocean was calm after the late beach goers left. Eric turned away from the window and walked over to his mirror to re-adjust his tie.
"Hey, slowpoke we're waiting for you!" screamed a young teen, he had brown hair, a red vest, and a white shirt with a tie.
"I'll be right down Micheal, you Dan wannabe." responded Eric in his playful way as he walked through the door, slamming it behind him and heading to the hotel's restaurant for supper.
"Micheal, Eric, wait up!" called a feminine voice. Eric turned around to see Jenny in a blue dress followed by Jules in her favorite brown dress.
"If it isn't our dates." screamed Micheal as he ran over to Jules and kissed her on the cheek.
"So, who we going to go meet?" asked Eric as he walked over to his date.
"The brawlers, I figured we owed them a dinner for saving earth and all." responded Jenny with her usual happiness.
"Will Cynthia and Keith be joining us?" asked Jules as she and Micheal headed towards the elevator.
"I believe so." answered Keith as the elevator doors opened.
"Keith! Since we're all here let's go" said Eric pushing Micheal into the elevator and letting the girls in before entering himself and pressing the "L" button.
"Dan, we're going to be late! You Jerk!" screamed the blue headed girl known to many as Runo.
"I'm coming, I'm coming!" screamed Dan before running towards Runo who was sitting on the couch with Alice and Julie by her sides.
"Marucho's Limo is waiting for us, shall we hurry, we still need to pick up Shun." said Alice while she thought about what her past had done to her, all the pain and suffering she had caused: despite all the effort she put into trying to stop herself, she was causing it. But she knew she needed to keep her usual smile on her face. Not for her, but for her friends.
The four teens ran out of the house and to the Limo that was waiting outside.
"Hey guys, I took the liberty to bring electronic chess and stock the mini fridge with carrot juice." screamed a younger voice from inside the cab, it was Marucho, trying to bring the party back in his usual nerdy way.
"Um, maybe later Marucho" snapped Runo as she waited for Dan to open the door for her but instead he oppened it and hopped right on in. "Jerk!" scolded Runo as she got in followed by Julie and Alice.
Shun sat on his roof playing music with a blade of grass, he thought of Skyress and how he missed her, but his music would keep him calm. It would help him bottle up his emotions which seemed to impress his grandfather but worry his doctors. But the sound of an engine made him stop, it was Marucho's Limo. Shun leaped off the roof and onto the fence before climbing down to the limo and entering it.
"Shun, long time no see dude!" screamed Dan about to glomp his old friend
"Eric, what's taking them so long?" asked Jenny impatiently as she put her head onto his shoulder.
"They probably needed time to pick up Shun." responded Jules in Eric's place, Eric was used to it, he didn't really get to talk much when the girls we're around, he would say his hellos but nothing beyond that.
The sound of screeching tires and people talking was then heard outside of the restaurant. Then after some screaming was heard Dan and co. burst into the restaurant and headed straight to Jenny and Jules.
"Hey guys!" screamed Dan as he sat down in one of the chairs that surrounded the large table followed by Runo with an embarrassed look on her face.
"Sorry for our lateness ladies, we had to go get Shun from his dojo." explained Marucho as he came from behind a waiter followed by Julie, Alice and Shun.
"It's OK guys! WE just wanted to thank you for saving earth and all." explained Jenny with a wink. Eric hated when she acted like this it was as if she was flirting, but he couldn't say anything or else their manager would eat him. Instead he sat their and waited for a waiter to show up, why he didn't know, he knew Jenny was going to order for him but whatever he could do to make this quicker was the best, he liked Jenny and all but she got to him A LOT.
"Um, are we all fine with salad and pasta, yes? Good then I already preordered it for us!" exclaimed Jules as she grabbed Jenny's hands and let out a screech.
"Hey, Julie, it's like when you and Runo talk!" joked Dan making fun of the girls tendency to screech when they gossiped.
As Dan laughed he felt a hand strike him across the face. "You JERK!" screamed Runo in her usual way.
"Here Eric you can borrow these three bakugan to help me brawl!" cheered Jenny as she handed Eric the three marbles.
"So who we fighting?" asked Eric as he examined the three marbles.
"Each other silly, your helping me improve my strategy!" explained Jenny in a cheerfull way before letting out a wink.
"Field open?" screamed Eric with a bit of confusion in his voice.
"Field open" said Jenny with a nod. "Gate set!"added Jenny as Eric decided to Mimic.
"Aquos Terrorclaw stand on my gate!" screamed Jenny.
"Um, Aquos Juggernoid stand with Terrorclaw?" said Eric as he threw the marble. A gigantic turtle opened up on the gate with a weird looking crab like creature.
"Ha, G-Power advantage, Gate open energy merge!" screamed Jenny
"Aquos Juggernoid at 300g, Aquos Terrorclaw at 350g. Jenny has the advantage." exclaimed Jenny's watch.
"Whoah, did your watch just talk! Wait, your winning, um, Ability activate Depth Tornado?" said Eric as the Juggernoid turned into a cyclone and defeated Terrorclaw.
"Beginers luck, try this one on for size! Aquos Limulus stand on his gate, Ability activate Water Refrain." Screamed Jenny.
"Hum, OK, Juggernoid seems to be my luck!" exclaimed Eric throwing the marble onto the card.
"Gate card open, Bio Hazard." screamed Eric as the ability preventer vanished.
"Hum, nice one. But I'm not done." explained Jenny pulling out her Siege.
Eric caught the Juggernoid before throwing another gate followed by Juggernoid. "This is fun, we should play more often."
"We should" responded Jenny before throwing out a gate and putting Siege on it.
"Um, Aquos Griffon stand with Siege!" screamed Eric. "Ability activate, Tsunami!" exclaimed Jenny with a wink as a giant wave took down Griffon and Juggernoid.
"Cheap ability, how about this one?" said Eric looking at his last bakugan, a weird marble, it wasn't like the ones he saw Jenny use.
"That one, it's not Aquos, it's weird it has no color." explained Jenny.
"Well stand!" said Eric throwing the bakugan that turned out to be Wayvern. A giant white Dragon stood and roared before disappearing.
Eric closed his eyes, that brawl was his first, and last... How he wished he got involved in the whole save the world thing.
"Check please." that sentence broke Eric's train of thoughts.
"So, Jenny, how has your career been?" asked Alice with a smile on her face.
"Well, it's gone down but we now have fans elsewhere that we don't know of." responded Jenny as she looked down.
"But it's OK!" exclaimed Jules, "We're trying out new songs on focus groups to see what would sell."
"It's a shame you guys got rid of your manager, she was psycho but she did drum up business." spoke Eric for the first time during the meal.
"He speaks!" exclaimed Dan "
Dan, be nice!" scolded Runo
"What are you My mother?"
"What did you say!"
"That your acting as if you where my mom"
"JERK!"
"Um, SO how did you guys meet?" asked Julie referring to how Jenny & Jules met Eric & Micheal.
"Well, we used to be best friends when we where 5." explained Jules
"See, they where nice when they where young!" screamed Runo into Dan's ear.
"Guys, guys, please quiet down, your making a scene!" pleaded Marucho.
The table went silent and had an awkward feel in the air.
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"Well, we got to go, Runo needs her beauty sleep" exclaimed Dan getting up.
"Are you calling me ugly!"
"No, I didn't I just meant th-"
"Jerk!"
"Thanks for the meal" thanked Alice with her signature smile, fake smile that was.
"Yes, it was quite delicious, just like Preyas used to make." exclaimed Marucho with his usual smile before he put a hundred dollars on the table before walking away with the others.
"Well, that was.......DIFFERENT." exclaimed Cynthia.
"They sure are an odd combo... poor boy, if only he had better taste." added Keith.
"Well, we should head up and rest, we have a big day tomorrow." explained Eric as he got up to get the bill.
"He is right, we could use the rest..." added Micheal with a yawn.
"Eric, we need your help" spoke a mysterious voice from within Eric's dream.
As Eric floated threw pitch black the form of a Juggernoid appeared.
"Hello young Human, I sense you know Dan" spoke the familiar voice of Drago.
"Drago? Why do you want me and not Dan?" asked Eric.
"We need all humans, this Juggernoid suggested you." announced Drago as the figure of the Juggernoid continued to float.
"Jenny, Siege needs your help" spoke Drago
"Jules, Centiploid needs you!" roared Drago.
"Marucho, it's Preyas, oh and Vestroia is in trouble!" screamed Preyas from within Marucho's head.
All the brawlers experienced a similar dream, in fact anyone who had ever brawler had a similar dream. The next morning the web was full of old brawlers asking why the bakugan where contacting them.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed reading my first whack at this as much as I enjoyed reading it, please rate and review, please, no flames...