Hi guys,

It's me again. I know this has not been up for long, but I've found some time to put up the next chapter, and this is it. I have some school-stuff coming on and I am having a bit of a block for the next chapter of "Neo Legacy" but I am not giving it up. So hang tight and review if you have questions and comments. Also a quick response to a guest:

All the main/original Battle Brawlers will appear, but there is no definite ship of Shun and Alice in this fanfic.

But overall enjoy.

hopefulmuse617

disclaimer-neither 4fireking nor I own bakugan franchise, credit goes to both of us.

Dan's POV

Today like every day I was going to play a game of Bakugan.

But, first I decided to check out the rankings. And guess who's first place...that doom jerk! I played a lot of people yesterday. How could I not be first?

Even Runo is ahead of me. But last I checked, a certain "poser" was number one. Man, he must be letting whatever get to him.

I have got to do something about that.

"Dan, why are you scowling?" Drago asked popping open on my desk.

"I just want to raise my rank. I'm going to find someone and brawl them."

"That so, last I checked you don't get this intense before battle or even looking for an opponent."

Well those are only with the players who don't raise my rank very high.

"That's nothing Drago. This time I'm looking for a serious challenge." I replied.

I was going to show Drago just how many challengers I could take.

"By the way what is it about this guy named Shun, you are so mad about?" Drago asked.

"He thinks he's better than everyone, that's why."

"I can just tell from the way he looks at me he doesn't want to play anymore, but I want to beat him."

"Oh I see. But wasn't he a Battle Brawler if Runo and Marucho know about him?'"

I didn't think of it that way. I guess having Drago around comes in handy sometimes.

"Yeah, but he just left the face of the brawling world several months ago." I responded.

"Then you shouldn't be worried about him," my Bakugan replied.

"I'm not. He just up and left and never bothered picking up the ball ever again!" I said punching my fist into my computer desk.

"Dan...stop being so angry at him."

"How can I not be. With those 'disappearance acts' he pulled and then letting a jerk with an even bigger ego take over..."

"You need to stop blaming other Brawlers for their decisions."

"Yeah, I know you're right." I said while taking a seat. "But it's not just that. He and I go way back. We've been best friends since kindergarten and have been tight ever since."

"From what I remember saying you were 'tight' implies your friendship was very important."

"Yeah, we even came up with the rules, but leave it to Shun to come up with the real good ones."

"Tell me more about Shun, please Dan."

I sighed. "Well, you see whenever we were in the midst of a jam session he would pull this disappearing act. I wondered why he was doing it so often. After this started to become too often, I decided to challenge him to a brawl. Even though he was ranked number one in the world at that time."

I couldn't get that thought out of my head.

"When he showed up we threw down. At first Shun had the lead, although somehow it didn't feel right. It felt like he was stalling me. And later I saw that this was all just a stall."

"Did you two manage to finish your game? If so who won?"

"Yeah, but before I say who, in the midst of the battle I found out that my suspicion was true. This brawl was an excuse for him to avoid his grandfather, and his mom was paying for it. You see, Shun had lived with her for as far back as he could remember and she was not very well, but she was pretty tough. At that moment it was matter of his next move that ends this brawl. Once he did I took control and won."

I always knew since I started the brawl that I could win. It was like my Bakugan were burning with my desire of obtaining victory.

"After that we tracked down my dad and had him rush me and him to the hospital. Once we were there, Shun had one last moment with his mom before she...well...died."

That was sad for me. That poor guy...I mean we weren't always friendly but I never wanted his mother to die.

"I never seen him since that day, I heard word that he moved in with his grandfather. And from what I can tell he never bothered playing Bakugan again."

"So many souls who play Bakugan and when just one soul stops playing the game it makes the whole game get crazy."

"In a way, yeah. But, it's not like I missed that has-been, and the game certainly won't."

Some quotes come of as familiar, but that was on me and I just thought it would fit. Anyways please enjoy.