"Sarah, hurry up or you'll be late!"

Sarah slowly walked out of her room. "Yeah, mum, I'm just leaving now," she called down. She sighed to herself and murmured. "I'm really not going to like this."

She walked downstairs and looked at her mother waiting for her at the front door. "Oh honey, don't look so glum. You'll have fun today."

"Everyone's gonna look at me as if I'm some weirdo, all because I'm the new girl," Sarah mumbled.

"No they won't," her mother smiled. "I bet you'll make many friends on your first day."

"Yeah, sure," Sarah grumbled. "I'd better go. Bye."

Sarah left the house and walked to school, she hated being the new girl, it had happened so many times when her parents wanted to move to a new place. But now they had decided to stay where they were, which meant that if Sarah made friends or enemies here, they would be around all the time.

Her black hair flowed over her face and she pushed it away, tucking it behind her ear. She tugged at her clothing, her dark blue shirt with a hood was pulled down a little, for the fifth time this morning, and her dark baggy jeans trailed along the ground, nearly fully covering her white shoes. She also had black fingerless gloves and a Bakupod, a thing on her wrist that was used for video calls and other things.

She pulled one strap of her bag over her shoulder again as it slipped off, she hated when it did that.

She looked at the ground as she walked, not sure of whether she really wanted to go to school today.

"Come on, Sarah, it won't be as bad as you think," came a voice and a small white ball appeared on her shoulder, it opened up a little to reveal a little tiger looking thing.

"I know, Tigorra," Sarah sighed. "But every place is different. It's like the six dimensions of Vestroia, they're all different, containing six different Bakugan. So, in my world, not every suburb has the same sort of people."

"I know," Tigorra said. "I'm from the Haos dimension, but you have other Bakugan that are Pyrus. Even though I don't fully understand that, I know that I get along with them, sort of. It'll be the same for you, I'm sure."

"Thanks, Tigorra. You're the best Bakugan ever," Sarah looked up and saw the school not very far away, about ten stories high, full of classrooms, and lots and lots of students.

She entered the school grounds and she looked at her feet. She noticed as she walked passed people on her way to the front office to collect her class schedule, that they were all looking at her, she felt so embarrassed.

She crashed into someone as they stepped in her way and she looked up at the boy and saw the grin on his face. "Sorry.. um, i didn't mean to run into you like that," she murmured, even though it was his fault.

"That's okay," he replied. "It was my fault really. You see, I don't believe I've seen you around here before. What's your name? Mine's Jason."

"I'm Sarah," she looked away from him.

"Nice to meet you," he said and put a hand out.

She looked at the hand. You can't be rude, she thought to herself and she took his hand. They shook and took their hands back. "Likewise," she murmured a little late.

She looked away from his green eyes to his other features, he had brown scruffy hair, a white shirt with a black jacket and dark jeans.

"You know, you're quite pretty," Jason smirked, taking a step toward her. She took a step back, suddenly in panic.

He kept stepping towards her, and she kept stepping back. That is, until she was backed against a wall.

Jason put one arm up and rested it on the wall beside her head, his face was so close to hers she could feel his warm breath.

"I'd like to get to know you a little more," he smiled. "How about it, wanna go out?"

"Uh... no thanks," Sarah stumbled, a little frightened by his weird change of mood.

"Aw, don't be like that," he laughed and leaned in.

Her eyes were wide and she pushed him back. He was a little surprised and he walked towards her again.

She was about to growl at him when someone stood in his way, a hand on his chest, stopping him. "Back off and leave her alone, Jason," the brown-haired boy growled.

Jason growled back at him. "What business is it of yours, Dan?"

The Dan guy didn't answer, he just pushed Jason away. Sarah looked at him, he had red pants that had black around the knees, a yellow shirt and a red, short-sleeve jacket that only went to the end of his ribs. The collar was up and he also had green sunnies on his head and dark blue, fingerless gloves on his hands, one nearly reached his elbow and had a Bakupod on it.

Sarah gasped. So, he Brawls, she thought, looking at the Bakugan holder on his belt.

"That was too close for comfort," Tigorra sighed.

"I agree," Sarah whispered, taking a deep breath.

Dan turned around and walked over to Sarah. "Come on, let's get out of here."

Sarah blinked at him, not sure of whether she could trust him.

"It's better than hanging around with that Jason guy," Tigorra whispered.

Sarah nodded and followed Dan down the hall, away from Jason.

"You're headed for the front office, right?" Dan asked.

Sarah nodded. "Thanks for helping me out back there."

"No problem, I can see you're not from around here," he smiled. "I'm Daniel, but everybody just calls me Dan-"

"Danny-boy!"

"Danny-boy?" Sarah laughed as she looked at a silver-haired girl running over, she had pink mini shorts and a pink top.

"No, that's just what she calls me," Dan grumbled and the girl nearly knocked him over, hugging him. "AH! Julie get off of me!"

The girl known as Julie didn't let him go. "Here you are Danny," she smiled. "I've been trying to find you everywhere!"

"Julie, cut it out," Dan pushed her off. "I'm not your boyfriend!"

"Um.. I think I can find the front office by myself," Sarah said. "Thanks again." Before Dan even had time to say good-bye, she was walking off, rushing a little.

"Julie, what was that for?" she heard Dan growl.

"Sorry. Who's she? Some stray from out of town?"

Sarah sighed. "I knew it."

"Don't take it that way," Tigorra told her. "It might just be how humans talk in this town."

Sarah was silent as she found the front office and walked in.

"Hello my dear," a woman at the counter greeted her warmly. "You must be Sarah, our newest student?"

"Uh...yes that's me," Sarah replied.

"Here you go, I have your schedule right here for you."

"Um.. thank you," Sarah said and took it.

"Have a good day," the lady said and Sarah nodded before walking out.

She walked down the corridors, trying to find her classroom. She suddenly crashed into the back of someone.

"OW! Sorry, that was my fault, I didn't mean to!" Sarah apologized, cursing herself for running into someone yet again.

"Hey, don't worry about it," she heard a guy's voice and she felt like slapping herself in the face. She looked up at him, he had long black hair tied up in a ponytail, a black shirt with a purple one over the top, black pants and amber eyes. "You're new, aren't you? You look a bit lost, that's how I can tell."

Sarah sighed. "Yes, I'm new here. Everybody seems to notice."

The guy laughed. "Everybody around here does. My name's Shun. What's yours?"

"I'm Sarah," she replied.

"Hey, Shun. Who's this?"

Sarah watched as some more people came over.

"Who are these people I wonder," Tigorra murmured.

Sarah looked at a black-haired girl with blue eyes. She had a black shirt with a hood and medium blue jeans.

"Her name's Sarah," Shun said. "She's new here."

The girl blinked at Sarah. "Yeah, hi," she turned to Shun. "What class do we have first? I forgot."

Shun looked at her with an intense gaze, telling her that she was being rude. She shrugged and he sighed. "We have maths first up."

The girl growled. "Just what I need. Stupid math. All Miss Purdy wants to try and teach us is the Pythagoras Theorem and nobody gets it!"

"That's because you don't pay that much attention, Bella," the blue-haired girl said to the black-haired girl. She turned to Sarah. "Hi, my name's Runo."

Sarah nodded. "Hi."

"I'm Morucho," said a short, blond-haired boy.

"And my name's Alice," said an orange-haired girl.

Shun nudged Bella, she grumbled. "Yeah, my name's Bella."

Sarah felt really out of place, Bella really didn't seem to like her.

"Well, she has great manners, doesn't she?" Tigorra growled sarcastically.

"Tell me about it," Sarah whispered to her Bakugan. "I'm gonna get to my class," she said and walked off.

"Ha," Bella murmured when she thought Sarah was far enough away. "She's a new girl. I think I'll stand back and keep an eye on that one."

"At least try to get to know her," Shun growled. "That was really rude."

"What are you, my father teaching me how to behave?" Bella growled back. "I'll get to know her from the side-lines. Then maybe I'll be a little nicer."

Sarah kept walking. "So far, two people," she murmured.

"Be happy it's only two," Tigorra sighed. "Not including that Jason kid."

"Yeah, I guess you're right," Sarah said. "Oh well."

Sarah found her maths classroom and walked in, only to find a group of kids circled around Dan. They all looked excited about something that he was holding. It was a tiny red ball.

"Oh wow, is that really the one and only Draganoid!?" one kid exclaimed.

"Yep," Dan said proudly.

"Draganoid?" Tigorra murmured.

"You know that Bakugan" Sarah asked, standing at the door.

"Yes, he's a Pyrus Bakugan," Tigorra replied. "He's know as the fiercest Bakugan in Pyrus space back in Vestroia."

"Oh wow, so he talks?"

"Yes," Tigorra watched as Dan tried to get Draganoid to open up. "Well.. he's supposed to."

"Bakugan, stand!" Dan said and threw his arm forward, expecting the ball to open up. "Bakugan, stand!" he repeated. "Stand!.... Stand! Stand! Stand! Stand! Stand! Stand! Stand!"

Sarah laughed to herself. "It doesn't look like he's having much luck."

"Dan, are you sure it's really Draganoid or are you just making it up?" one girl muttered.

The other kids started agreeing.

"Ah! Come on Drago!" Dan said to the red ball. "You're embarrassing me!"

Tigorra laughed. "Stubborn as always."

"Forget about that, Dan" one boy growled. "Did you remember to do your homework?"

Dan suddenly looked scared and he rushed from kid to kid. "No! I forgot! Can I borrow your notes? Please, let me borrow your notes or I'm toast."

Nobody helped him.

"Why is nobody seated?"

Everyone looked scared and they ran to their seats, Sarah looked over her shoulder at a really grumpy looking teacher. "What about you, young lady?"

"Um...."

"Excuse me," said a voice and Bella pushed her way passed and walked over to her seat, Shun came next.

"Why are the two of you late again?" the teacher turner her attention to them.

"Don't know," Bella grumbled. "Lost track of the time we suppose. Sorry." She didn't sound sorry.

The teacher turned back to Sarah. "Oh, you're the new girl. I apologize. Take a seat."

Sarah looked around, there was two spare seats, she decided to take the spare seat that was next to Dan. She walked over to it and put her bag under her chair before sitting down.

"Hey, sorry about Julie before," Dan said. "She does that."

"No worries," Sarah murmured. "Hey, I saw you had some trouble with your Bakugan. Draganoid, right?"

"Yeah, that's him. I just call him Drago," Dan replied.

"Let me see," Sarah said.

"Um.. alright," Dan said and held out his Bakugan. Sarah took it and put it on her desk.

"Hey, Drago," she said and took Tigorra off her shoulder, putting her in front of the red ball. "This is Tigorra. Why don't you say hello to her?"

The ball suddenly opened up. "Tigorra!?"

"Hello, Draganoid," Tigorra replied.

"Whoa!" Dan exclaimed. "So he does talk! Hey, Drago, why didn't you open up for me!?"

"I'm not some toy, human!" Drago growled.

"Wow, see everybody!" Dan yelled out. "Drago talked, did you hear? He said he wasn't just some toy!"

"Daniel?"

Dan was suddenly scared. He looked at the teacher. "Yes, Miss Purdy!?"

"Can you hear my voice?" she said. "Detention for the rest of the semester!!!!!"

"NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Dan exclaimed and sat down.

"Gee, sorry," Sarah murmured.

"Ah, not your fault," Dan sighed and she gave Drago back to him. "So, you Brawl?"

Sarah nodded. "Tigorra's my best Bakugan." She put Tigorra back on her left shoulder.

"Greetings," Tigorra said to Dan.

"Hi," Dan said back.

They heard the teacher cough and they looked to the front of the class. "Did you two just hear that? What is the answer to this question?"

Sarah looked at the board, there was a right-angled triangle with two numbers on the shortest sides and an 'x' on the longest side. The teacher was using the Pythagoras Theorem. She quickly ran through it in her head. Putting each equation in place thoughtfully.

"The answer is 11," Sarah answered.

"Oh really?" Miss Purdy said. "Well, then I hope you don't mind explaining how you got your answer?"

Everyone turned to look at her, even Bella.

She took a deep breath. "Well, the point is to find the length of the side with the x. So x squared equals 8 squared + 9 squared. Then move it down to make it x squared equals 64 + 72. Level it down again to make it x squared equals 136. So the next stage, you change squared, into square root because that's the opposite of it. So x equals the square root of 136. Which means that x equals 11."

Miss Purdy blinked at her. "That is correct. But let's see if you can figure this one out." She started writing another one on the board, the shortest sides measuring up to 4 and 7, x remaining a mystery.

The teacher turned around to watch Sarah examine the equation, everyone was watching her, she hoped she didn't get the answer wrong. At last she spoke. "It's 8."

The teacher looked at her. "That is correct."

Sarah breathed. "What is your name?" the teacher asked.

"Sarah," she replied.

The teacher nodded. "It's good to have a student that understands the Pythagoras Theorem."

"We studied it already at my old school last year," Sarah said. "We didn't stop studying it until everybody learned it."

"How long did it take for you to learn it?"

"One lesson."

Everyone gasped. Sarah heard one kid whisper. "She must be really smart."

"No kidding, if she studied it last year," another kid murmured back, Sarah felt out of place again.

"That was cool," Dan smiled. "You gotta teach me how to do that."

"Um.. yeah, sure," Sarah replied.

Tigorra turned to look at her. "See, aren't you glad you decided to come today?"

"Yeah I suppose- Hey! How did you know I was planning to skip!?"

"I know nearly everything that crosses your mind, I've known you for too long," Tigorra purred.

Sarah grumbled. "I hate that."

"Why were you planning on skipping?" Dan asked.

Sarah looked at him. "I hate first days. I've been through so many."

"Why?"

"My parents used to move a lot."

"Oh, that must have been hard, making friends and then having to leave them."

"I didn't really leave them," Sarah said. "They were all Brawlers so I keep in touch with them online."

"That seems fair, are you going to move again from here?"

"No, my parents have decided to stay here for good."

Dan smiled.

"Bella! Get your feet off your desk!"

Sarah and Dan looked up to see Miss Purdy looking at Bella, she had her feet up on her desk and she was leaning back on her chair. "Make me."

The teacher growled. "BELLA!!!!!!"

Bella made it look like her ears hurt. "Gees, Miss, you don't have to yell... I'M RIGHT HERE YA KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she yelled back and a smirk crossed her face when the teacher turned red.

"Is she always like that?" Sarah whispered to Dan.

"Yep, that's Bella for ya. Have you met her?"

"Yes...." Sarah mumbled. "But she didn't seem to like me."

"She was rude?"

Sarah nodded.

"Sorry about that, she's like that to every new kid," Dan sighed. "She seems to prefer getting to know them from a distance before really becoming their friend."

"Oh.."

"Bella!"

"Stop yelling at me!"

"Keep your voice down!"

"You!"

The teacher growled. "GET OUT!"

Bella didn't move. "Who's gonna make me?"

The teacher was about to grab her but Bella threw her arm up. "Hey, hey, hey! No touchie! Teachers aren't allowed to do that."

"GET OUT!"

"This is actually quite funny," Sarah laughed.

Bella looked back at Sarah, a smirk on her face. Bella nodded to her. Sarah was surprised.

"Bella? Did you hear me?"

Dan smiled. "I think we're out of here," he whispered.

"What?" Sarah murmured.

"No, I don't think so," Bella replied. "You've been yelling at me so I've become a little deaf."

The teacher walked right up to Bella. "Alright. GET! OUT!!!!!!!!!"

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh," Bella smiled. "Okay."

She grabbed her bag and jumped up. "Shun, Dan, come on."

Dan and Shun grabbed their bags.

"You too, new girl," Bella said to Sarah.

Sarah blinked. "Um.."

"Sarah, you'll get into trouble," Tigorra said.

"Sarah, come on," Shun smiled. "Hurry up before the teacher stops us."

Sarah looked at Dan. "Come on," he said.

Sarah shrugged, grabbed her bag and followed Bella, Shun and Dan out the door. Bella laughed as they ran down the corridor with the teacher yelling at them to come back.

"That was smooth," Shun commented. "She didn't blow up this time."

"Yeah, that was funny though," Bella grinned. She looked at Sarah. "Sorry I was rude to you before, I'm like that. But you seem to be like us."

"Like... you?" Sarah was confused.

"You may be quiet, shy, a goodie-goodie and smart, but inside, you're begging to burst out of your shell and cause chaos for the teachers," Bella explained.

"Well... I suppose," Sarah nodded.

"Sarah, why are you being so stupid!?" Tigorra growled. "You shouldn't have done that! It's your first day and your first class and you had to run out!"

"Chill," Sarah smiled at her Bakugan. "At least I came to school. Be happy for that."

"Is that your Bakugan?" Shun asked as they stopped around a corner and sat down to catch their breath.

Sarah nodded. "This is Tigorra. She's my only Haos Bakugan, the rest are Pyrus."

"Cool," Shun said. "But I thought a Brawler only had one type of Attribute Bakugan."

"Not everybody," Bella said. "I have a few different ones. That I've never used before," she added quietly.

Dan shrugged. "So, what rank are you?"

Shun and Bella looked at her.

Sarah looked at her Bakupod and pressed a button. She looked at a list of people. "Fourth," she announced. "Dan is third, Shun is second and Masquerade is first."

"You know Masquerade!?" Bella, Shun and Dan murmured.

Sarah nodded. "I met him when I first came to this town. He doesn't seem like a person that uses his Bakugan for good reasons."

"He's not," Dan said. "He's helping an evil Bakugan called Naga to try and gain control over the Infinity Core. You know, the one that controls the balance between our world and the Bakugan world."

"Yeah, I know about Naga," Sarah looked at Tigorra. "I was told that he was absorbed by the Silent Core because he couldn't control its power."
"That's right," said a green Bakugan on Shun's shoulder that looked like a bird. "But now he's trying to get the Infinity Core as well."

"I see," Sarah blinked.

"It's good to see you, Skyress," Tigorra said.

"You know her?" Sarah asked.

"Yes," Tigorra purred.

"Hello, Tigorra," Skyress replied. "I haven't seen you in ages-"

"Wait, wait, wait!" said another voice and a red ball jumped up on Bella's shoulder, opening up. "Tigorra? No way! How did you get to this dimension!?

"Thanks for the warm welcome," Tigorra said sarcastically. "It's good to see you too, Wolfress."

Sarah and Bella blinked. "You two don't like each other?" Bella asked.

"No!" the two Bakugan growled and turned away from each other.

"Why not?" Shun asked.

"No reason," Wolfress growled.

"Tell us," Dan urged.

"I think I know the reason," Drago said, opening up on Dan's shoulder. "I knew Wolfress while we were in Pyrus space back in Vestroia. She was a proud beast, no one got in her way. But one day, a Haos Bakugan somehow ended up in Pyrus, she was also a proud beast, but also one of the fiercest beasts in Haos. Wolfress didn't like her and they battled, it ended in a tie and they've hated each other since. That Haos Bakugan was in fact Tigorra."

"Wow," Dan murmured.

"Hey, Wolfress I was nice to Sarah, why can't you be nice to Tigorra?" Bella growled.

"I don't have to be!" Wolfress growled back.

Sarah looked at her own Bakugan, but had no time to speak.

"What are you four doing out of class?"

They all looked up and saw a teacher, he had his hands on his hips and he looked very strict.

"Uh...." Dan murmured.

"We're done for," Bella muttered.

Sarah looked around. "No we're not," she whispered.

"What?" Bella whispered back.

"Just follow my lead," Sarah whispered and stood up. "Sorry sir, we just needed to talk to one another about something important."

"Come with me then, I will take you back to your class," he said and Sarah signaled for the others to stand up too.

They all followed he teacher down the corridor, that was until Sarah took a deep breath. She looked at the others and nodded to a door. They looked back at her as if she was crazy. "Do you want to go back to class or not?" Sarah whispered.

Bella smirked. "Alright, lead the way, Sarah."

"Hurry up, you four," the teacher growled.

"Sorry sir," Sarah said. "But we've made other plans."

He turned around.

"Let's go," Sarah said and they all ran through the fire escape doors, running up to the roof.

"Get back here!" they heard the teacher call.

"Sorry," Bella yelled down. "I don't think you can control us now, not when we've got a new troublemaker in this school." They kept running up.

"Slow down you guys," Dan mumbled.

Sarah and Bella didn't slow down, they kept running up and up and up, side by side, Shun stuck by Dan.

"How do they get so much energy?" Shun sighed.

"No idea," Dan replied.

Sarah and Bella pushed open the doors at the top and walked out onto the roof. "It's cooler up here than I thought," Sarah sighed.

Shun and Dan joined them on the roof and they sat down somewhere.

"That was fun," Bella smiled. "Nice plan, Sarah."

"Thanks."

"Well, well, well, the new girl is a bad girl."

They spun around, Sarah recognized that voice. They saw two guys standing there, one with brown, scruffy hair, the other with black.

"What do you two want?" Bella growled.

"Not glad to see us, Bella?" the black-haired boy smiled. "I thought you'd be glad to see me at least."

"In your dreams!" Bella growled.

"Exactly."

Bella gagged.

"Hello, Sarah," Jason smiled. "What are you doing out of class?"

"None of your business," Sarah told him.

"Don't be like that," he sighed. "Be nice."

"What if I don't want to be?" Sarah retorted.

Jason walked over to her and she stood up, facing him. "You're acting different than you did when we met earlier. You were really shy and quiet. Even apologizing for me stepping in your way and making you run into me."

"You haven't seen the real me," Sarah said simply. "The only way people do, is through a Bakugan battle."

"Ah, so you do Brawl," the other guy smiled. "Alright, you and wanna Brawl Jason?"

Jason pulled out a card. "Sarah? Are you gonna Brawl or not?"

Sarah glared at him and in one swift movement, she had a card held in front of her face. "You're on. But don't come crying to me when you lose!"

"I won't lose," Jason smiled.

"Field, open!" they all said, Dan, Shun, Bella and the other guy held out cards too.

They were suddenly in another dimension, time in the other world had stopped. Bella, the other guy, Dan and Shun were about to watch the battle.

"Gate card, set!" the two of them said and threw down a card. Sarah's card landed in front of Jason and grew bigger, ready to have a Bakugan placed on it. Jason's card landed in front of her.

"I'll start," Jason said and grabbed a black ball. "Bakugan, Brawl!" he threw it down on his card. "Darkus Stinglash, stand!"

Sarah watched as a purple light flew up and a huge scorpion looking thing appeared.

"Battle begin," Sarah heard her Bakupod say. "Stinglash at 330g's."
"Alright, my turn," Sarah said and grabbed a red ball. "Bakugan, Brawl!" she threw it down on Jason's card in front of Stinglash. "Pyrus Griffin, stand!"

The red ball opened up and in a flash of red light, a lion with wings and a long tail appeared.

"Griffin at 360g's," said her Bakupod.

"Let's get this party started," Jason said. "Gate card, open! Darkus field!"

"This doesn't look good," Tigorra said, floating in the air beside Sarah. Sarah nodded and looked at her Bakupod as the card went completely black.

"Stinglash power increase to 430g's. Griffin power decrease to 300g's"

"Alright," Sarah grabbed a card from a small box on the side of her belt, the small box on her other side had her Bakugan. "Ability card, activate! Fire Tornado!"

Griffin was suddenly surrounded by fire and the Bakupods spoke.

"Griffin power increase to 460g's."

Jason smiled and held up a card of his own.

"Damn!" Sarah growled.

"Ability card, activate! Poison stinger strike!"

Sarah watched as the tail of Stinglash glowed purple.

"Stinglash power increase to 530g's," the Bakupods spoke.

The tail came down and hit Griffin. The power was so great that Sarah was thrown back. Her Bakugan became a ball again and landed beside her.

"What's the matter, Sarah?" Jason called. "Am I too strong for you? Who's gonna go crying to who now?"

Sarah sat up, her body shaking. "That was a lucky win," she growled. "You won't be so lucky next round."

Jason growled as she got up, putting her Bakugan away. "Alright," he growled as his Stinglash returned to him. He threw another card down. "Gate card, set! Bakugan, Brawl! Darkus Ravenoid, stand!"

Another black ball landed on Sarah's gate card. In a flash of purple light, a bird appeared.

"Alright then," Sarah smiled. "A snack for my Bakugan."

"Sarah, throw down your Serpanoid," Tigorra told her.

"What!? Are you crazy, Serpanoid's power level is weaker than Ravenoid's!" Sarah objected.

"Trust me!" Tigorra said. "Do it!"

Sarah grumbled. "Alright, let's give it a shot. Bakugan-"

"Sarah, wait!"

Sarah stopped mid throw and turned to look at the little red Bakugan on Bella's shoulder. "Don't throw that one down!" Wolfress growled. "You'll lose for sure!"

"What do you know, Wolfress!?" Tigorra growled. "If she throws down Serpanoid she can win this round!"

"No she can't, you and I both know that Serpanoid is too weak!"

"Yes, I know that, but-"

"Guys, I know what I'm doing!" Sarah growled. "Just watch and learn, I'll win this battle."

"Sarah, I'm sure you should take Wolfress's advice seriously, she knows a lot about battling," Shun said.

"I know!" Sarah growled. "But so do I. I'm rank number four remember. Now just let me do this!"

There were no more objections.

Sarah sighed and threw her Bakugan. "Bakugan, Brawl! Serpanoid, stand!"

A huge serpent appeared and the red light dimmed.

"Battle continue. Ravenoid power level at 380g's. Serpanoid power level at 320g's," the Bakupods said.

"I hope she knows what she's doing," Skyress said.

"Me too," Shun sighed.

"Alright, Ravenoid, get that snake!" Jason commanded.

Ravenoid flew at Serpanoid.

"Not so fast!" Sarah said and everyone was alert. "Gate card, open! Flaming Field!"

Fire appeared everywhere and Serpanoid didn't seem bothered.

"Serpanoid power increase to 420g's."

"Two can play at that game, girly," Jason growled. "Ability card, activate!" he held up a card. "Darkus Storm Breaker!"

Wind started flying around Ravenoid and it was dark, like smoke.

"Ravenoid power increase to 480g's," the Bakupods spoke.

"What did I tell you!?" Wolfress growled.

"She's not done yet," Dan said and everyone watching looked at him.

Ravenoid flew at Serpanoid. "You can't beat me!" Jason laughed.

"I wasn't finished," Sarah said and held out a card. "Ability card, activate! Armored Fangs!"

"What!?" everyone gasped.

"I've never heard of that card before!" Bella exclaimed.

"Serpanoid power increase to 520g's," the Bakupods said.

"No way!" Jason exclaimed.

"Get em, Serpanoid!" Sarah yelled.

Serpanoid's fangs shone silver and it lunged forward and bit down on Ravenoid's wing. It screeched and turned into a ball again, returning to Jason.

Serpanoid became a ball and returned to Sarah. She caught it and put it away. "I told ya."

"What!? How!?" Jason exclaimed.

"That's my secret," Sarah smiled and threw down another card. "Gate card, set!"

"Wow, she wasn't kidding," Dan heard the other boy say, his name was Koga. "So this is really her, huh?"

Jason growled. "Alright, if this is how you wanna play. You're going down this round! Bakugan, Brawl! Darkus Fear Ripper, stand!"

"Darkus Fear Ripper!? How'd he get his hands on one of those!?" Dan exclaimed. "She's in trouble!"

"Just wait and see what happens," Shun told him and Dan turned his head to the battle.

A giant human looking beast with purple claws appeared on Sarah's gate card, Sarah blinked at it with surprise. "That's impossible, I thought only Masquerade had a Fear Ripper," Sarah murmured.

"Fear Ripper at 360g's," the Bakupods said.

"Okay, Tigorra, I'm putting you in," Sarah said.

"Right, I'm ready!" Tigorra went into her little ball and fell into Sarah's hands.

"We're not playing anymore, Jason," Sarah said. "This is the real deal. Get ready for it!"

Jason's eyes widened. "Bakugan, Brawl! Tigorra, stand!" she yelled and threw a white ball with golden stripes. It landed in front of Fear Ripper and opened up. A white light appeared and a huge tiger rose up, its fur snow white and its stripes and claws, golden.

"N-no way!" Jason and Koga yelled. "So you have the legendary Tigorra!?"

Sarah nodded and an evil smirk crossed her face.

"Ha, you won't beat me and my master with that kitty cat!" Fear Ripper laughed.

Sarah's eyes widened. "It talks!?!? Tigorra!"

Tigorra nodded and Sarah jumped up, landing on the giant tiger's head and standing up with her arms crossed. "This is it," Tigorra said. "It's time we won this battle."

"I don't think so," Jason said and Fear Ripper picked him up, putting him on his shoulder. "Ability card, activate! Darkus sword!"

A black sword appeared in Fear Ripper's hands, the Bakugan laughed.

"Fear Ripper power increase to 460g's. Tigorra power decrease to 340g's," the Bakupod said.

Sarah held up a card, she waited until Fear Ripper got ready to strike.

"Now, Sarah!"

"Got it! Ability activate! Slicing Claw!"

Tigorra's claws shone golden and nearly lit up the entire field.

"Wow, I've never seen a battle so intense," Skyress commented. "Tigorra really is the strongest Bakugan of Haos. One day she might even become an Ultimate Bakugan."

"Tigorra power level increase to 440g's."

"She's still below by 20g's!" Dan exclaimed.

"Give it time, Daniel," Drago said. "Have faith in Sarah and Tigorra, they work as one."

"As.... one?"

"Watch," Drago instructed and Dan looked up at Tigorra with Sarah on her head.

"Go get them, Fear Ripper," Jason said. Fear Ripper nodded and ran at Tigorra and Sarah.

"Sarah, use the gate card, now," Tigorra said.

"Run forward, Tigorra," Sarah said.

"What!?"

"Trust me," Sarah smiled.

Tigorra nodded. "Okay." She ran forward.

"Crazy fool!" Jason laughed.

"Gate card, open!" Sarah yelled. "Sunrise!"

"What!?" Jason growled.

The card below them shone and lit up the entire field, the tips of Tigorra's fur shone like a glistening silver.

"Tigorra power increase by 200g's."

"640g's," Sarah smiled. "I like those odds. Get em, Tigorra!"

Tigorra swung her claws forward, Fear Ripper did the same.

CLASH!!!!

The claws of both Bakugan collided and electricity went flying as Dark power clashed with Light power.

Sarah tried to hang on but the power was so strong, she was thrown back, Jason was the same.

"Sarah!" Dan exclaimed and ran forward. He jumped up and caught her in his arms. He landed on the ground in a crouch position and stood up properly, looking down at Sarah. She blinked up at him.

"Thanks, Dan," she smiled and looked over to Jason, he hit the ground hard. Fear Ripper became a ball and landed beside Jason. Tigorra returned to Sarah and Sarah caught her. "Good job, Tigorra. I couldn't have asked for a better battle from you."

"Why thank you, Sarah- Sarah!?"

Dan looked from the Bakugan to Sarah, she had her eyes closed and her head resting on his chest. "Don't worry, Tigorra, she's fine," Dan said. "She's just exhausted."

They returned to their own world and time started up again. "That was some battle," Drago said. "Now do you see what I meant, Daniel?"

"Yeah," Dan replied.

"Is she alright?" Shun asked as him and Bella ran forward to stand beside him.

"Yeah, she's fine," Dan said. "She just passed out."

"Poor kid," Shun said and watched Koga run over to Jason.

"Ah!" Sarah gasped and her friends looked at her, she was still asleep, but she looked like she was in pain. She gripped her shirt, right over her heart and her body shook.

"Oh, not this again!" Tigorra fretted.

"What? What's going on!?" Bella exclaimed.

"Sometimes, when she's asleep, she gets these weird dreams that really hurt her. She gets scared of them and is afraid of going to sleep, but she does. It's a normal thing for her now," Tigorra sighed.

"What are the dreams about?" Dan asked.

"I don't know," Tigorra admitted. "She refuses to tell anybody, not even her parents. Her parents tried taking her to see a councilor but Sarah wouldn't tell them anything."

"Why not?"

"I have no idea."

"They must really scare her then," Shun murmured.

"They do."

"So how do we help her?" Dan asked. "Do we wake her up-"

"NO!"

Dan was surprised by Tigorra's angry tone. "Do not, under any circumstances, wake her up while she's having one of those dreams!"

"Umm... why not?"

Tigorra was silent. "Just don't do it."

Dan, Shun and Bella looked at each other with worried expressions. What was going on?

"AH!" they heard Sarah gasp. But then she cringed, as if she had been hit in the stomach and she coughed, a bit of blood going with it. She put her arms up and looked like they were grabbing something that was at her throat, she started to choke. Blood ran down her mouth. "No! Please, no!" she cried out and tears ran down her face. She suddenly screamed and everyone's eyes were extremely wide. Her hands suddenly fell onto her chest and she was quiet.

"It's over," Tigorra sighed.