A/N: Hello I hope you like this chapter, I got the story idea from 'Behind Closed Doors' by animania33. I'm pretty sure this story isn't exactly like 'Behind Closed Doors' because they haven't updated in a while and even then it isn't very similar to the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Bakugan or its characters. The only characters I own are the ones not in Bakugan.
Chapter One: First Day
"Dan you have to wake up! Don't you want to go to school? You have a job to do today as well" I heard Drago say over my alarm clock 'That's right I have classes today and school plus I don't want to be caught up in another argument' I said in my head. Getting up I noticed it was 7:25 which means I have an hour and five minutes of stuff to do in twenty-five minutes "that's just great" I said aloud.
It took me five minutes to get dressed and pack my bag which means I might be late since it's my first day at New Vestroia academy so I have no idea where my classes are and it takes fifteen minutes to run to school. I ran down the stairs forgetting to grab money for lunch as well as pack one, I silently exited the house so I won't wake my parents and quickly ran to school making it there five minutes earlier than I had expected.
I asked a teacher where room 121 was at and she said 'take the stairs to the second floor and take a right, it should be right there' I did as she said and found it right as the bell signaling that I was late to class rang. 'Oh great, if my parents are called because I was late on the first day of school I'll be in so much trouble' I thought as I opened the door just to hear a 'you're late' from the teacher as he pointed to an empty front seat that I obediently sat down in.
"Now introduce yourself young man?" Mr. Ruke asked looking towards me with a raised eyebrow, I stood up and walked towards the front of the classroom turning towards my new classmates introducing myself to them and the teacher. "Hello everyone, my name is Daniel Kuso but please call me Dan, it is very nice to meet you all" I said smiling before I sat back down opening the book I was given at the start of class telling me to write the first ten elements of the periodic table on the first page as a warm-up.
When I finished the warm-up we were told to write notes on the elements we just wrote down until class ends, when the bell rang I headed towards my English class which was labeled on the map Mr. Ruke gave me to get around easier. I wasn't late this time and the class was told to open to the first page of the composition notebook that was placed on our desks.
When I opened it it had said to write something true about my parents, I wasn't going to lie in class so I didn't need to be warned about that, I was just going to write about how they were like before the brawlers and I saved the world from Mechtavius Destroyer. When I finished, I finished earlier than the others so I took out my sketchbook and started sketching my long-time friend and crush Shun, even though he wasn't in my class.
After everyone finished I finished shun's upper body and clothes, the teacher taught us about titles and where punctuations are needed and not needed in a sentence. After class ended I headed to my next class in room 204 which is a level higher than the one I'm on right now, I made it to class three minutes early to notice a group of girls chatting behind the desk I was assigned to.
Before I was able to make it to my desk I tripped on something, I thought I was just being clumsy until I heard a familiar sarcastic voice ask if I was okay, it was then I realized it was deliberate. I got up and continued to my desk just as Drago asked if I was okay, I answered yes and asked who it was who tripped me. "It was Runo, Tigrerra seems to be having trouble telling her that that it isn't nice to trip someone" my friend and bakugan answered never looking away from the group behind me.
"I hope he had a nice fall" a girl with auburn hair and amber eyes said most likely trying to hurt my feelings, too bad it won't work "I guess Runo turned then" I said to Drago who seemed sad when I said it. "You can still tell others Daniel, you still have two other friends here" Drago said most likely trying to cheer me up for some reason.
"Class please try to figure out this problem this is all you'll be doing till the end of class" Mr. Cross said as he wrote down the equation x plus six divided by five plus four equals eight find x. I finished with the answer of fourteen and put my notebook away to continue my drawing, when I finished with Shun himself I did the background with Ingram and Skyress as pictures in the moon behind him.
"That is very good Dan I didn't know you could draw" an arrogant voice said as a shadow appeared covering my drawing "maybe I can show Shun so he can see what you really are" the voice continued causing me to close my book and hold it to my chest which turned out to be a bad idea. "Oh you seem to treasure that book, are all those pictures of Shun?" Runo asked cruelly which caused me to stutter when I spoke "n-no i-it has all of us in it" is what I stuttered which caused her smile to widen.
"Oh so you have a crush on him, I can't wait to tell him that even though he's dating Alice now" Runo said never losing her wide smile. "It does have all of us in it Runo…" I tried to finish before the bell rang and reminded me I have lunch next without any lunch to eat.
'How did I forget to pack lunch? I mean seriously, I may have been in a hurry but that's no excuse if I get an illness due to malnutrition. My parents will have to be called and then they'll have more to blame on each other and then there'd be a reason for me to take sides' I thought frantically leaving my class just to run into something knocking me over in the process causing me to hit my head.
"Shoot! Sorry about that" I said trying to get up before I saw a hand that looks very familiar was being held in front of me "well aren't you going to take it?" a familiar voice asked me after a while of being confused. "Oh yes, thank you" I said gratefully grabbing the hand asking 'Shun is that you?' after I noticed the familiar outfit I haven't seen for a long while.
"Yes it is and… you're Dan correct?" He asked me as a girl with familiar red hair walked up and grabbed his arm "yes, is that you Alice?" I asked the girl I know is Alice. "Yes I am… wait is that you Dan? You've changed a lot" she said in her usual cheery voice "yes seems like everyone has" I said sadly remembering how Runo was acting earlier.
Third Person POV
Alice was starting to get confused and worried about Dan because of how he was acting so she decided to speak up and hopefully make Dan smile again. "Why don't you eat lunch with Shun and I? There are a few other people eating with us as well, do you mind?" she asked in her usual way putting on a smile for hopefully good measure though she noticed it didn't help much. "Sure though I'd have to leave fifteen minutes earlier than everyone else" Dan said putting on a smile that Drago knew was fake, though he didn't say anything about it because he knew that Daniel didn't want that.
Dan's POV
We headed to the cafeteria so everyone could eat and I could watch, when we entered the cafeteria I noticed Runo sitting at the table we were heading towards, I worried for what she might do to me this time. "Hey Shun, Ali… what is he doing here?" I heard Runo ask angrily either forgetting the others were here or knowing and thinking the others don't remember me.
"Runo that is very rude! You know Dan's our friend so why are you acting like that towards him?" Alice asked slightly yelling at her for how she was speaking. "I can talk however I like to him, he was drawing in class when he should've been paying attention" Runo defended poorly as everyone sat down in their seats.
"That is no reason to treat him that way" I heard Alice continue as everyone started eating, I sat down and watched them eat, talk and laugh until I was called over the intercom to head to my next class. After the call ended everyone except Runo and Shun asked me why I had to head to my next class when no one else had to, I just told them I wasn't lying when I said I had to leave fifteen minutes early.
"Goodbye everyone I hope to see you again tomorrow" I said walking out of the cafeteria so I won't be late to my class, I had to leave early or else I might be very late to the Bakugan class. All throughout the period I never seemed to notice that someone was watching me out of their peripheral vision.
I reached the Bakugan/middle school in ten minutes which means I have to get to the courtyard in less than five minutes so I won't be late, it took me two, when I got to the courtyard I saw ten out of fourteen students on the lawn. "Hey is this the Bakugan class?" I heard a male with short black hair and brown eyes say in a slightly rude tone.
"That's Daniel Kuso of the bakugan brawlers, my sister's friend" I heard a female voice say from behind me which made me turn around to see Daisy, Julie's sister "yes I am, I am also teaching this class" I informed still looking at Daisy as gasps sounded behind me. "Ok I have to take role now that you know my name" I said as I faced the other students once the bell to be in class sounded.
"Alann" I called and turned when a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes shot his hand up and said 'right here Mr. Kuso' with a large smile, I smiled back and marked him here. "Daimyo" I called before a boy with short brown hair, red eyes and black glasses raised his hand and said here softly "Daisuke" I called after I marked Daimyo here and a male with short red hair and black eyes said 'over here' coldly when he raised his hand.
"Daisy" I said as I looked at said girl and marked her here "Darien" I called and marked here when a boy with black hair and silver eyes raised his hand and said 'here' with a small smile. "Donna" I said and marked here when a female with short brown hair and amber eyes said 'here' softly "Kise" I called and marked here when a male with blonde hair and cerulean blue eyes said here with a smile followed by a few swoons from a few girls.
"Kisame" I called and marked here when I heard a strong far away here, when I looked up I saw a boy with white hair and sea blue eyes had his hand raised farther away from the other students. "Maru" I called and heard a soft right here and looked to see a girl with shoulder length black hair and light blue eyes smiling softly with her arm raised, I marked here and continued with role.
"Morikawa" I called and heard a familiar voice say here, when I turned I saw the same boy from earlier with his hand raised, I marked here and continued. "Nora" I said and heard a soft here from a girl with black hair up to her shoulder blades and deep violet eyes "Tessa" I continued and heard here in a bored tone from a girl with shoulder length blonde hair and hazel eyes.
"Una" I continued and marked Una, Tessa, and Nora here when I heard an 'I'm here' from a girl with light blue hair and evergreen eyes. "Yukina" I said and marked here when I heard a 'here sir' and looked up to see a female with ash brown hair that reached her mid back and amber eyes.
"Now that everyone is here before we start brawling for real I would like to see which attribute works better for each of you" I said as I grabbed four Darkus bakugan from a box that was placed on the ground next to me. "Daisy? Would you like to try brawling with different attributes like the others or no?" I asked unsure of whether she'd want to or not.
"Why not? I love trying new things" she answered as I handed her and everyone else a bakugan and started the field. We continued with Pyrus, Haos and Subterra until the bell rang and we had to head to our next class, I headed back to the high school's garden to draw during free period.
When I reached the garden I grabbed out my sketch book but since I wasn't paying attention I dropped it on the ground after I grabbed it out of my bag. When I looked at my book I saw someone pick it up "hey that's mine" I said a little worried about who might've picked it up.
Shun's POV
'The flowers here are beautiful especially around the artificial waterfall' I thought before something bumped into me and I heard a slap right after. I looked down and saw Dan next to a book on the ground, I went to pick it up and saw there were a few drawings in it since it fell open when it was dropped.
The drawings looked more like pictures before I picked the book up "hey that's mine" I heard Dan say worriedly when I held it in front of me. I would say they're good but I'm mad at Dan so I'm not going to compliment him "what are these?" I asked instead seeing a confused look on Dan's face.
"I thought you were smarter than that Shun?" Dan said smiling at me making me scowl at him since I know what they are they just look more like photos than drawings. "This one is the most recent one, the reason Runo was 'rude' to me at lunch for" I heard him say as he turned a few pages before stopping on a page with a younger me in front of a full moon with Skyress and Ingram within it.
The pictures were beautiful and so were the rest especially the two that looked more like pictures than drawings were the ones that had Dan in them. The page before the drawing Runo rudely mentioned at lunch was one with Dan and I smiling in front of a lake in the woods with a setting sun behind the trees.
The one before that was Dan in his signature pose after he wins a battle in front of a mesa that I recognize is from New Vestroia with Drago roaring behind him. The one before that was Marucho on a giant lily pad in the middle of a lake with Preyas, Angelo, Diablo, and Elfin surrounding him, they were all looking up at me.
The first drawing of the book is of Runo smelling a dark pink lily with her eyes closed and her side facing me, back facing Tigrerra in a field of flowers. All of them don't look like drawings "I told Runo I don't just draw you but she didn't believe me" I heard him say and I realized he was talking about what happened again.
Dan's POV
Shun handed my book back to me so I started drawing Julie in the pose she does before she throws her bakugan, I felt Shun watching me the entire time which made me smile. The bell rang shortly after I finished drawing Julie's pose, I closed my book and headed to my history class while Shun headed elsewhere.
I got to my history class and the teacher handed me a black composition book telling me to open it to the first page to answer a question so I did as I was told. I did as instructed and sat down in the first row of the middle section, the question wasn't hard since all it asked was the day Naga attacked.
I answered the question and brought out my sketch book, I finished drawing Julie's bakugan Gorem over her head, he looked like a ghost since his shoulders and head were faded and the only thing visible. When I had finished drawing Gorem Mrs. Henderson started a lecture about Mayan culture and assigned it as homework before the bell rang signaling the end of school.
"I think Shun likes your drawings Dan" I heard Drago say as I saw him jump on my right shoulder from inside my bag as I left the grounds. "You think so?" I asked him unsure if it was true or not "of course! He was smiling when he saw you draw" Drago said but I didn't believe him entirely.
When I got home I made a sandwich for dinner since my parents weren't home yet, after I ate I went upstairs to my room. At around seven I finished my homework and had taken a shower before I heard the door slam open and yelling followed not long after.
"I told you to go left not right!" my dad yelled "you said right not left you liar!" my mom yelled back. "Who wanted to take a different route back home?!" my dad countered loudly as I heard steps getting closer to my door.
"Please don't ask me to pick sides" I whispered as I laid down in my covers facing the window "you were the one that was wanting to try something new!" mom yelled. "You were the one driving!" dad yelled back as they passed my room and entered their own "are you okay Daniel?" I heard Drago ask as my vision went blurry.
"Not really Drago" I said snuggling deeper into my bed "being caught up in their arguments and being punished may hurt but them arguing in general hurts two maybe ten times worse" I said as I felt something wet fall down my cheek. "Maybe if you tell someone it'll get easier" I heard Drago say as I buried myself deeper "who could I tell?" I asked before I told him my reasons for asking.
"Shun and Alice are busy with each other, Runo is cruel and a bully now, and Marucho and Julie are out of the country" I said as I felt more wetness on my face. "Shun maybe busy with Alice but he was kind to you in the garden today Daniel" Drago said, I think he was trying to make me feel better by telling me that.
"Well he wasn't being very rude to me and he didn't forget who I was so that was an improvement I guess" I sad raising my head slightly to look at Drago "see Daniel, there's still one person you could tell" Drago said flapping his wings a bit. "Thank you Drago, maybe I will at some point" I said softly as I almost fell asleep, I heard Drago say 'goodnight Daniel' before I was all the way asleep.
A/N: Hello, I finished writing this on my computer on May 1, 2016 before I had to go to bed at 10 p.m. because I had school the next day. See you when I update again, I do not know when that will be though.