Chapter 1: A Lonely Heart
All I've ever known is solitude.
A young girl walked home, alone.
The kids at school make fun of me for all sorts of different reasons. I didn't think much of it, initially.
Her auburn, long hair was flowing freely, going just underneath her shoulders. Her blue eyes were looking at the ground, and she was clearly downtrodden.
But then they started calling me names like "half-breed" and all of that. Names that insulted my lineage! Something I couldn't help!
She pulled her backpack straps together even tighter.
I can't help it that I'm half-Russian! What's so wrong with that, anyways?!
She squeezed her eyes shut.
And then, after people discovered that some Bakugan could talk, it only got worse because I don't have a single talking Bakugan!
Tears began to escape her eyes. One of them splashed onto a blue-and-white Bakugan case, indicating her position as an Aquos Brawler. She clenched her fist as rain began to fall…
Tch! My sister and I came to this world to fight to protect Vestroia, and yet, we have yet to find a human partner!
Two Bakugan were sitting in a puddle in the rain. They were clearly Aquos Bakugan, as indicated by their blue-themed color scheme. There was at least one clear difference between the two-one had a slightly darker body than the other. You could see it even when they were in ball form-one's head was white with a silver visor, and the other had a black head with a strange white pattern around one eye.
Perhaps they were right. Although that idiot Naga is trapped within the Silent Core, he has already done much damage to both Earth and Vestroia. Perhaps the war is already lost.
The two suddenly felt an interesting feeling. They smiled.
Oh? This feeling…
There is no doubt in my heart, Nix.
A human partner… finally, at last!
The two were excited. Finally, they would get to have a human partner!
The young half-Russian girl, with fists clenched and tears streaming down her cheeks, turned her head to the high heavens. Although she doubted it would be heard, she needed to let her pain, frustration, and sorrow out.
"ALL I WANT IS A TALKING BAKUGAN! IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR?!" She cried at the top of her lungs, letting it all out. Her tears hit the peak flow. She unclenched her fists, letting the rain drip off her fingertips.
"Hey! I get how you feel!"
Her breath hitched. She turned around constantly, trying to find the source of the voice.
"Down here! In the puddle-HEY, WATCH WHERE YOU'RE STEPPING!"
She turned to look down at a puddle she almost stepped in. Making sure to not step in the puddle, she knelt down and looked closely. It was then that she finally saw the source of the voice. She knew exactly what they were.
"You two…" She began.
"Yes?" One of the two asked, raising an eyebrow (well, to the best extent that a Bakugan in ball form could).
"Oh my God!" She cried, this time of joy. She scooped the two Bakugan up and out of the puddle, her tears now of joy.
"Talking Bakugan! Yes! I finally found my partner-well, partners!" She exclaimed, hugging them.
"Pffft! Can't… breathe… HUMAN!"
She laughed a little nervously.
"Sorry about that… It's just… I was so happy to finally find a talking Bakugan, and I get two of you!"
"Yea, it's because we're sisters."
"Really? Well, that's cool! Say, what are your names?"
"My name is Stiria." The black one said.
"I'm Nix! Together, we're the Shiva Sisters! Never forget it!" The white one added, smiling.
"Well, nice to meet you, Stiria and Nix! My name is Katrina."
"Katrina… Looking forward to working with you." Stiria said, smiling.
"Same here." Katrina said, smiling as well, putting away the Shiva Sisters in her Bakugan holder. She wiped away her tears and danced home through the rain, overjoyed to know that, finally, she had not one, but two partners. The Shiva Sisters, Stiria and Nix. She couldn't wait to battle alongside them.
She soon got home, shed her rainy boots and changed out of her dripping wet clothes, turning to go take a shower. She let the Shiva Sisters out of the Bakugan holder for the moment.
"You girls just take a break, okay? I'm going to go take a shower." Katrina said, turning to look at the girls before she went off to shower.
"Sure… whatever that means." Nix acknowledged, not knowing what a shower is. Katrina left the room, and the sound of water flowing filled the house.
"She is so young, but I can tell that she is a skilled combatant. We found a very good partner, Nix." Stiria said.
"What makes you say that, Stiria?" Nix asked.
"Look over there. Those are human weapons. What they do is beyond me, but I doubt that she would have them if she did not know how to use them. She is a capable combatant. Something that we should be grateful for." Stiria replied, pointing towards a weapons cache in the corner of her room, very close to her bed.
"Interesting! She's so young, but she knows how to use all of that? We've got a great partner! Awesome!" Nix exclaimed.
"Let's just hope that the others find human partners that are just as capable…" Stiria said, looking out the window.
