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And since my final exams are over and I have vacations for SIX months...expect quick updates as long as you review!
And...the prologue I've added now is rather short coz the theme and plot will be revealed as the story progresses! :)
Disclaimer: Me no own bakugan, capiche?!
Bakugan Baby Brawlers.
Prologue...
"NOOO!" A silver haired man was glaring at his machines and fussing over a group of young children. A huge, red dragon had set his place on fire and his work was demolished. He glared at a certain time machine which was supposed to work correctly but had gone haywire.
"Dan...?!" A raven haired teen jumped down from the dragon and looked around, coughing from smoke, "Dan? Runo? Julie? Alice? Marucho?"
"Shun? Did you find anyone?" The dragon landed on the ground.
"Not yet Drago...we have to keep looking." Shun coughed again and tried to see through the soot and dust clouds, "Guys?! Answer me!"
All of a sudden, he caught sight of something blue. Assuming it was hair of a certain haos brawler, Shun followed it and soon came across the group of sleeping children. He voice got caught in his throat as he looked at the familiar kids.
Shun stood there, horrified as a brown haired child opened his eyes and glanced around, looking at Shun in confusion, "Hello?" though it came more like " 'Lo?" due to his drowsiness.
"Dan?" Shun was glued to his spot.
The child nodded, "Who you?"
Shun knelt before the boy, finally snapping out of his shock, "Don't you remember me? It's me, Shun."
"Shun who?"
"Shun Kazami."
"Me no know you!" The child announced.
Slowly, the rest of the group was waking up as well. And Shun was at a loss of what to do.
"Shun?" Drago took a step towards the ninja.
The children cowered as Drago approached them, scooting over and hiding behind Shun.
"Whack him!" A blue haired young girl advised Shun.
"No Runo..." Shun sighed, "He's our friend. He's gonna help us get out of here."
"He bad?" A silver haired girl piped up.
"Drago is good, Julie!" Shun rolled his eyes.
"He so big!" An orange haired girl grabbed Shun's arm tightly.
"I know Alice!" Shun swallowed, trying to take in what had happened.
"He got wires? Or prints? Or screws?" A small blond boy became curios.
"No!" Drago stepped back, "I'm real!"
"He mine!" Dan declared.
"Yes Dan..." Shun breathed, "He's yours."
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Bakugan Baby Brawlers.
Chapter 1: Lost in a Chaos.
Shun pinched the bridge of his nose before calling the first female person which came in his mind.
In a few moments, his call had been received in a drowsy voice, "Hello?"
"Fabia, I need your help."
"What? What's wrong Shun?" Fabia's voice became concerned, "You sound a little upset."
"Understatement of the year." Shun rubbed his temple to get rid of an untimely head-ache.
"I'm listening." Fabia took out a pen and paper, just in case something important was needed to be written down. But with Shun calling him at that time of the night, things didn't look so good.
Shun took a deep breath, "Okay...we had a little... accident. And now I don't know how to settle this!"
Fabia raised a brow as she heard the crash of breaking glass in the background of the Ventus brawler's voice, "Go on."
"So...you see..." Shun mentally groaned at the situation before glaring at the person who had broken the glass, "Wiseman...kidnapped the brawlers...everyone except for me, because I had been training out in the mountains while that happened."
"Mhm..." Fabia nodded seriously. "Anyone hurt?"
The teen sighed, "Not...yet. So...the thing is..." This was getting so hard to describe, "He did some weird experiment, messing with the time. It was meant to take the brawlers back in time or something. But...it went...a bit wrong."
"Oh my..." Fabia brushed her hair on the side with her hand, "Don't tell me they're lost somewhere in realms of time!"
"No...they came back...more like me and Drago brought them back from Wiseman's territory. But..."
"Shoon!" A silver haired young girl, around the age of three or four years pulled at Shun's jacket, "Me want make-up!"
"No Julie..." Shun sighed irritably, "It's Shun, not Soon...And no make over! Till you grow up!"
"Um...Shun?" Fabia cleared her throat to get his attention.
"Oh...right, sorry." Shun shook his head, blocking out all the commotion behind him, "Okay...let me get to this straight. Wiseman'sExperimentTurnedTheseGuysIntoFreakingKids!"
"Whoa...slow down, will you?!" Fabia couldn't catch a single word, "Repeat what you said...in English!"
"Wiseman's experiment turned these guys into little kids! And now I don't know how to deal with this!" Shun ground out.
Fabia blinked...was her hearing giving out?! , "You're joking, right?!"
"Not. On. My. Life!" Shun pronounced each syllable separately, proving how serious the situation was...for him, anyway.
"Okaaay...You sure you're not dreaming? You have a fever? Not getting much sleep lately?" Fabia began to doubt the ventus brawler's mind state.
"I'm serious!" Shun brought his fist down on the table, scaring a young blond boy who was sitting there, joining some wires of some sort, "For heaven's sake Marucho! Not another darn computer chip!"
He took the wires from the now protesting blond, throwing them out of the window before shifting his attention back on the phone, "Look, I'm not joking. You know me. Just...just...believe me!" He narrowed his eyes in annoyance as he spotted a certain brunette trying to open the fridge by standing on the marble counter, "Dan!" He growled at the small boy, not more than four years old, "Get down from there!"
"Tummy hungy!" Dan made a face.
"I don't care if you're hungry! Just...stay away from the fridge! Go play somewhere!" Shun literally begged to the young boy.
Dan grumbled before poking out his tongue at the ninja and Shun felt blood rushing through his ears as he went, grabbed the small boy from around his waist, picked him off the counter, earned himself a kick on knee and almost threw the brunette on the couch, all the same time, holding the phone to his ear.
Glaring at the now sulking boy, he took deep breathes to calm himself, "Now do you believe me?!"
"Fine...so..." Fabia was at a loss of what to do, "So..."
"So..."
"So..."
"So..."
"Stop it!" The girl snapped at the teen, "Okay...um...look...just stay calm. I'll ask Ren to set up the portal and I'll come over for a while. Let me first see this...mess you've gotten yourself into!"
"I'll appreciate it." Shun couldn't help but feel a bit relieved, "Just...hurry!"
"Sure, see you soon then."
Pocketing the phone back, Shun looked around, glued to his spot. He felt like standing in a trash can!
Papers... packets... coloring utensils... ribbons... half eaten foods... peels... shoes... clothes... spilled milk and juice and water...
flowers... dirt... muddy grass... comics... what wasn't there?!
"What the heck..." The teen mused to himself before scanning the place for baby brawlers.
He soon spotted Julie having a tea party with...Drago. Next, he saw Marucho examining the LCD TV situated on the wall with interest, holding a plastic toy screw driver in hand. Then came some yelling sounds and he groaned before sprinting to the corner the sound had come from. And...he stood there, one eye twitching in annoyance as Runo attempted to bite Dan's arm who was holding her doll.
"Dan! Runo! Away from each other!" The irritated teen threw his arm around the girl's waist before pulling her away from Dan. When this wasn't sufficient, he had to hold Dan with his other arm, "Stop it!"
Putting Runo down, yet keeping Dan in the air, he tried to take the doll from him, "Give it back! Boys don't play with dolls!"
The brown haired boy had...some anger management issues which he proved to the older teen by biting him sharply on the wrist of the hand trying to pull the doll away from him.
Shun gritted his teeth in pain, trying to shake the boy's grip off him as he felt a few drops of blood sliding down the damaged area. "No food for you!"
Dan immediately let go of the small thing which Shun handed to Runo, ushering her in Julie's direction, "Go play there!"
As Runo skipped over to the tan girl, Shun turned to the brown haired boy he was still holding, "Dan..." Gosh, this was weird! "Good...brawlers...don't hit girls!"
"What's 'bawler'?" Dan looked at the teen in confusion.
"Right..." Shun muttered, "A...brawler...is a good guy...who..." He suddenly caught sight of the comics, "Who beats the bad guys and saves the world!"
"Really?! I wanna be a 'bawler' then!" Dan bounced in the Ventus brawler's hold.
"Sure. Now go away." Letting go of the boy, the Ventus brawler rubbed his wrist, looking at the teeth marks as he tied his handkerchief around it temporarily. Shun came in the kitchen, thinking about having a cup of green tea when he saw a particular young orange haired girl trying to sit on the stool as she stood on her tip toes, slender arms straining to pull her up the seat. Sighing, he went over and helped her up.
Alice smiled sweetly at him before converting her attention back to the container of milk she was trying to pour in a glass.
Shun glared daggers at the crystal goblet she was planning to drink milk in before snatching it from the table and replacing it with a plastic cup, "Kids...stay away...from delicate things!" He ground out.
Alice looked at the cup...before glancing at the dainty goblet and gazed at the teen, lower lip trembling and big tears in her eyes, "No?"
'Awe come on!' Shun tried his best to ignore the facade of innocence as he searched for a sachet of green tea. A sniff caught his attention and as he turned around, he wished he hadn't. For there sat Alice, lower lip stuck out, eyes narrowed and bawling, little nose going red as huge tears splashed on her tiny fists clenched tightly in her lap.
Dragging his feet over to where the little girl sat, he knelt so he was at eye level with her, "Alice, listen. The glass is sharp. It could cut right through your hand. This cup is better..." Shun swallowed, never in a million years had he thought he'd be doing this, "I promise, when you grow up, you'll have as many goblets as you'd like!"
"Really?!" Alice rubbed the sleeve of her silky night gown over her eyes.
"Yes, really. So for now, just...do as you're told to!" Shun finished the speech of condolence over the girl's loss before going over to rummage through the cabinets to find the herbal tea.
Alice hopped off the stool, the milk forgotten and went to find the other girls. Unlike others, she wasn't much fussy but could get angry if denied of what she wanted.
Shun caught sight of a spectrum portal opening up in the porch through the window and forgetting the tea, he went outside to greet the Neathian princess.
Fabia stepped out of the portal, looking around. The building looked okay from the outside. She caught sight of a familiar ninja teen panting slightly as he approached her.
"Yo!" Fabia waved before giving him a friendly hug.
"Hey..." Shun exhaled in relief, "thanks for coming."
"No prob!" Looking the teen from head to feet, Fabia blinked. Never had she seen the raven haired boy in such a messy condition. Raven haired were scattered and topaz eyes had a reddish tint to them. His normal attire...his posture...everything showed tiredness.
"Shun?" Fabia glanced at the handkerchief tied roughly around the teen's wrist, "You're a mess!"
"Thanks for the news flash." The teen grumbled.
Fabia gently touched his tied up wrist, "What's this? I thought you said no one was hurt."
Shun trudged beside her as they made their way over to the entrance, "Dan bit me."
Fabia tripped on her own feet before spinning around completely to see him, "Seriously?!"
Shun nodded solemnly before leading her to the doorway.
Stepping inside the hall, the princess almost tripped again over a small body. Looking down, she opened and closed her mouth several times...being at a loss of words at the sight of a four years old Dan hiding. Well, he wasn't actually hiding. He was in a sort of crawl like position with his head buried in his arms that rested on the carpeted floor.
"Um...is that...Dan?!" Fabia stole a side way glance at Shun.
The teen sighed before going to stand right in front of the young boy's head, "Dan?"
"Chich!"
Shun's eye twitched at the funny, yet irritating sound the boy made, "Excuse me?!"
"Chhiiichhh!" This time, the syllable held emphasis.
"What the heck?! Get off the floor kid! Don't make me wipe it with you! Someone could easily step on you the way you're taking a nap here!" Shun glared at the brunette.
This time, Dan lifted his head to regard the teen, "I say, chhich!"
"What does that mean D-Dan?!" Fabia was having a hard time in controlling her laughter now.
Dan pouted, "How should I know?! Older people say it so many times if they want me to be quiet!"
"He's...He's shushing you Shun!" Fabia began to laugh endlessly.
Shun stood there, eyes narrowed in annoyance, "Off. The. Floor. Now!"
"No! Chhiiich! I'm in a hide from her!" Dan pushed his head in his arms again.
"Fine! Be that way! No lunch for you!" Shun steered Fabia in the direction of the living room as she struggled to breath after her laughing attack.
She did however forgot to smile when she saw the condition of the room, "Oh...my...gosh!"
"Told you." Shun sighed before going over to make some space on the couch where Runo, Julie and Alice had played dress-up. He looked around, just checking as usual when he caught sight of some colorful wires sticking out of a huge wrist watch...and a certain blond boy sitting beside it, examining the wires from over his glasses.
"Marucho!" Shun snapped, startling the boy out of his reverie, "What did I tell you about checking out the electronics?!"
"Me don't know! Do you know?!" The young boy replied happily, throwing a cheeky smile at Fabia who was laughing hard, sitting on the couch.
Shun face-palmed before pulling the blonde boy up in the air by the neck of his sweater, "Be like that and you'll have to use glasses bigger than your head!"
"Why?!" Marucho's eyes widened.
"Because I said so!" Shun placed the boy down on the floor cushions and went to see what Alice was drawing on...an instruction manual of the security system Keith had accidentally left behind before he and Mira left for New Vestroia to see Ace and Baron.
Shun made no move to save the instruction guide and just collapsed on the couch beside a hysterically laughing Fabia, "You do realize you're not breathing." The ninja pointed out calmly.
Fabia tried to stop her fit, "Oh...man! I never expected to see the brawlers...in this shape. And to see you...as a babysitter!"
"Don't call me that!" Shun glared at the now giggling princess.
Fabia took deep breaths to calm herself before becoming serious, "Right. Sorry about that. Couldn't help it." She straightened before looking at the slumped teen beside her, holding his head in his hands, "So...this is...an awkward situation."
"What am I supposed to do about it?!" Shun lifted his head to glance at her, "They're so...they don't know anything! They didn't even know who I was! They're still living in their time. All they know is how to give me a headache!"
Fabia gave the teen a sympathetic look, "Will you calm down?! Relax Shun...we'll figure out something. First, let's fix this wrist of yours...just to see that Dan hasn't turned you in a vampire or something!" She added with a sly smirk.
Shun sighed as the princess untied the blood stained handkerchief from around his wrist, examining the wound.
"Looks pretty deep." Fabia observed, "I didn't know Dan had such sharp teeth!"
After cleaning the blood with some water, she could clearly see the teeth marks. Bandaging it quickly, she gave it a light tap as Shun winced at the impact.
"Right." Fabia looked around, "Next...let's find the...brawlers."
Shun gratefully began to do as she had said, being thankful for her organized nature.
The two soon found Julie arranging Marucho's blond hair in few small pony tails, Runo drawing on Dan's faceand Alice dancing on her bed, jumping and going round and round.
Shun ran a hand through his hair, trying to get his temperament under control whilst Fabia whistled, thinking of a solution.
"So..." Fabia finally decided, "Um...let's get them all in the living room...and clean the rest of the place."
Shun snapped his head up at her plan, "Them?! In the same place?! I want to stay sane for my life!"
"It's not like we have anything better to do, Shun!" Fabia stated.
"Fine..." Shun muttered under his breath as he saw Fabia going over to Julie and Marucho.
Julie looked up at the intruder who was picking up a thumb-sucking Marucho, "My hair!"
"Sorry Jules! These are Marucho's hair now." Fabia released the blond hair from the tight holds of glittery bands, "And...you're coming with me." She took Julie's other hand, almost dragged the girl out of her place and brought them in the living room, "Shun, can you put Marucho somewhere up?!"
Shun looked at the Neathian princess skeptically who had asked him absent-minded, "Um...Fabia?"
"Oh!" Fabia suddenly looked at him, "Sorry! Lost myself for a moment."
Shun nodded reluctantly, "Sure."
As Fabia went to Runo and Dan, Shun entered Alice's section, "Alice, can you come in the living room?"
"No." Alice didn't even pay attention to what he had requested.
"Come. In. the. Living. Room. Now!"
"No!" Alice glared at the teen, "You go there!"
"I will leave once you're there!" Shun's cheeks heated at the girl's stubbornness.
Alice went over to smack his hand away which was coming to stop her dancing. But due to spinning for such a long time, she misjudged the distance, stumbling over the edge of the bed as a result.
Shun tried his best to move and catch the girl which ended in him hitting the side table...hard, the lamp toppling over, and Alice landing on him due to which, he couldn't breath for a couple of minutes.
"Shun? Is everything alright?" Fabia peered inside the room, holding Dan by his arm. The boy supported marker mustaches on his face along with a bunny and stars on one cheek and some shapes and alphabets written on the other. Heart shaped outlines around his eyes gave him glasses to complete the make-over.
Unable to answer, Shun reached out to find his bearings to get up. However, he was caught off guard as tiny fists hit his chest...again and again.
"Hey!" He glared at the orange haired girl who was beating him mercilessly with her all might, her eyes filled with tears.
"Alice! Stop it!" Fabia came over to rescue the teen as she tried to pick Alice off him.
"He fall me!" Alice told Fabia, "He pay for fall me!"
Fabia blinked at the little girl's vocabulary, "So...he made you fall?"
A nod answered her.
"And he'll pay for making you fall?"
Another vigorous nod promised revenge.
"Get off me!" Shun struggled to get up, trying to breathe.
"Alice, dear, you can have your revenge later but right now, can you please take Dan and go to the living room?" Fabia asked the girl nicely, "We could have snacks together...and you can have cake...and maybe juice...and I'll get you new crayons."
Alice thought over the pros and cons before finally accepting the offer and left, Dan in tow. Well it was more like her, dragging Dan by his collar but whatever.
"You okay?" Fabia helped the teen up who was now testing his ankle warily.
"Never felt better."
Fabia rolled her eyes at the sarcastic remark before leaving the room.
Shun sighed before muttering to himself, "And they call me pro!"
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TA-DA! Bet you weren't expecting it! I wasn't expecting it either until the plot came in my mind and became clearer. It's not all humor. There's gonna be seriousness and angst and hurt/comfort and friendships in it too. Any ideas? Suggestions? Opinions? Just tickle the little button you see under the big, blank box! 8D
Rose out! (some of you may wonder who's Rose! That's me! The name I adapted when I stepped into the world of fanfiction was 'FragrantRose'...) Or I'll go for "B out!" coz my real name starts with B. But now I'll stop rambling.
Until next time!