When Worlds Collide; book 1: Elemental Bakugan Warriors
I do not own Bakugan or Pokemon, only the characters that I've made up. The story might connect with the same Bakugan episodes that you've guys had seen before, but there is going to be a slightly different from the story.
Partnerships begin with arguments and night conversations
It was morning in the town of Pallet, and Sophie, along with Li, were stomping around in the living room as steam hissed above their heads while they paced back and forth in front of Ash, his mother, and his friends.
"I can't believe that girl!" growled Sophie in anger as her arms were crossed over her chest.
"I know," agreed Li as he followed behind Sophie with his arms also crossed over his chest. "And after all we did for her by keeping her company on her journey throughout Kento, Johto, and the Orange Islands just so she wouldn't get lonely on her travels; and this how she repays us?!"
"I wouldn't be surprised that she left you behind because she thought that you two were a pain," muttered May as she gave Li and Sophie a dull stare of boredom.
Sophie quickly stopped in her tracks with Li bumping into her before he fell to the ground with a thud. The blonde quickly turned around to face May with a cold glare within her eyes.
"And what do you mean by that?" she asked dangerously as her eyebrow twitched in annoyance.
"What May is trying to say is that Leona needs to have sometime to herself." Mrs. Ketchum replied as she looked over at Sophie with a frown as she tried to reason with the blonde girl. "She is old enough to look after herself now and she just needs to have some space without anyone breathing down her neck all the time."
"Says you!" shouted Sophie as she stomped her foot down on the ground. "Leona has a hot boy following her, along with a little kid that doesn't know a thing about the world around him!"
"David is too old for you to date," pointed out Brock as he looked at Sophie as if she were insane. "And Max had traveled around with Ash, May, and I throughout both Hoenn and Kento so he's pretty use to traveling by now."
"That's not the point!" shouted Sophie at Brock before turning away with a huff and marched out the front door.
Li scratched the back of his head in confusion as he watched his friend march off.
"That girl seriously needs to have a chill pill," Dawn under her breath.
"Tell me about it," grumbled Ash in agreement.
"At lest Leona is far away from them so that she can travel around Hoenn being a normal girl with out those two bugging her," whispered Misty into Ash's ear.
Outside, Sophie stomped down the path that lead from the Ketchum's house to the dirt road before stopping as she stood between the path before sucking in her breath and shouting at the top of her lungs.
"LEONA, YOU STUPID IDEOT!"
Out on the sea on a cruse boat
Leona was sitting in a long-chair with her Eevee sleeping beside her as the two of them soaked up some of the sun's rays of light. Leona was resting quietly when she suddenly shot up and sneezed while startling Eevee from his nap.
"Bless you," said Max from beside Leona as he sat in his own long chair.
"Thank-you," thanked Leona with a smile as she rubbed her middle finger under her nose.
Max was wearing his green swim trunks along with his glasses.
Leona was wearing a one piece swimsuit that was blue with red lines coming up from the sides.
Leona, Drago, Max, and Eevee had caught a ship that will take them to the Hoenn region. They were relaxing on the ship's deck as they enjoyed their relaxation time before they came to their destination. Leona and Max had decided to hang out on the ship's deck while Drago (in his human form) wondered around the ship by himself.
Leona scratched the end of her nose as she frowned in confusement: "Huh…that was weird."
"Are you catching a cold or something?" asked Max out of concern.
"Nah, it's probably just a sneeze telling me that someone is shouting, thinking, or talking about me from behind my back." Leona reassured with a smile as she waved her left hand up in dismissal to the sneeze she just hand.
"Maybe it was one of you're traveling companions talking about you," spoke Drago/David as he walked up to Leona and Max.
"You're probably right," agreed Leona as she leaned back on her long chair again.
"Does that always happen to you when you're trying to leave Sophie and Li behind?" asked Max out of curiosity.
"You have no idea," muttered Leona as she looked over at her younger traveling companion. "Every time I try to lose them, they always seem to find a way to find me again."
"Whoa, that must be tough," mused Max as he looked at Leona with a frown.
"Tell me about it," groaned Leona as she turned her gaze up to the sky. "They're like a plague that I can't get rid of."
'And I thought us Bakugan had problems,' thought Drago with a smirk as he looked down at Leona.
Leona let out a sigh as she closed her eyes to the world around her: "I just hope that they don't follow us to Hoenn."
Eevee barked in agreement before he laid his head down on his paws again as he went back to his nap. Leona opened her eyes half way as she looked down at her Pokemon partner and best friend before she started to pet the fox gently on the back. Drago looked at Leona with his eyebrow raised as he watched the female human stroked her Eevee as if it were her pet and the Bakugan dragon started to think twice about his decision on traveling with her.
"Well, I'm thinking of going for a swim," announced Max as he jumped off from his long-chair before facing Leona and Drago. "Do any of you guys want to join me?"
"Maybe later Max," answered Leona as she smiled at the black hair boy in front of her.
"No thank you," declined Drago with a shake of his head. "I'm not really into water."
"Okay," muttered Max with a shrug of his shoulders before he ran towards the pool with Leona keeping a watchful eye on him.
"He's a good kid," spoke Leona with a smile on her face.
"I guess so," muttered Drago in slight agreement as he stared after Max before turning his eyes on Leona again. "I've been meaning to ask you human, why are you so anxious in traveling to different parts of your world?"
"Well, my brother and I have a dream that we are trying to fulfill together while we travel our apart from each other." Leona answered as she stretched her arms out before dropping them down to her sides again. "We promise each other that we would both be Pokemon Masters and fight together against strong opponents in double tag-team battles."
"And what if that dream doesn't come true for you?" questioned Drago as he narrowed his eyes at Leona.
Leona sat up in her long chair as she looked up at the human/Dragonoid in confusement.
"What do you mean by that?" muttered Leona in a low voice.
"Maybe your brother was only lying about being partners with you," explained Drago as he turned his eyes away from her. "Humans can be unpredictable and can have a change of heart."
Leona glared at Drago before getting up from her long chair with Eevee jumping up on to her shoulders as she started walking away with the human/Dragonoid following after her. Leona walked for about for a minute on the ship's deck until she found a quiet place where there weren't many people walking around before she quickly turned to glare at Drago once again.
"Okay Drago, what's the deal?" whispered Leona in a low tone of voice. "Why are you telling me that my brother is going to betray me?"
"Because that's what some human do to each other," answered Drago as he glared down at Leona. "Humans will use each other just for their own purposes until they finally get what they want."
"Not all humans," argued Leona. "Not my brother."
"And how do you know that he wouldn't?" questioned Drago.
"Because my brother is not like other humans," spoke Leona as her voice started to rise up in anger. "He's kind, gently, and selfless."
"But what if it's all an act?" questioned Drago again. "What if he's only-?"
"SHUT UP!" shouted Leona at the top of her lungs as her hands turned into fists with her eyes shut tight. "I'm not going to listen to you any more! How would you know that my brother is going to betray me? You haven't even known him for as long as I have!"
"Are all of you humans as stubborn as you?!" growled Drago in question. "If so then you'll only wind up getting yourself killed one of these days if you chose to trust the wrong human to make friends with!"
"You think I don't know that?!" yelled Leona as she looked up at Drago with her blue eyes blazing in anger. "All my life I've been wondering around looking for a friend that I can trust, but the only thing that I've found was pain and suffering from the people that I meet throughout my journey! I thought that you were different, but you're not! You're just like every other person here on this whole planet, who only likes to criticize me and make me miserably!"
"Hah! Big words coming from a human, who fights with creatures that are you slaves!" scoffed Drago.
"That's not true!" shouted Leona as Eevee started to spike up in anger on his partner's shoulders as he glared at Drago. "Eevee and I have been partners for four years, and we always work together within our battles against other trainers."
Drago only gave her a skeptical look as he glared down at Leona with his dark green cat like eyes. Leona also glared back up at him with her blue eyes along with Eevee as sparks began to dance across his body and that was when she said something that pricked a sensitive spot on Drago.
"Now I'm beginning to see why you hate humans, you never got to know what they are really like."
Drago blinked at Leona confused at what she meant by that.
"You also don't know how to really act around them when you're in human form." Leona continued as he voice became a little softer.
Drago only frowned at Leona before turning away from her as he stuffed his human hands into his pockets.
"That's none of your concern human," muttered Drago under his voice. "Besides, you don't know what's at stake here."
"I may not know what's going on with you, but I do know what it's like on not being able to understand humans and their feelings," spoke Leona as she turned her eye downwards to look at the floors of the ship's deck. "I also understand what it's like not being able to trust anyone."
Drago clenched his teeth as he tried to contain himself from slashing out at Leona, but he started to think about what the human girl had just said to him and was about to face her again. That was when he noticed Leona walking past him as she made her way back towards the pool, he began to feel something cold wrap around his heart as he watched Leona walking away from him. Drago looked down at deck of the ship for he knew what this feeling was that was arising within him, sorrow.
The day continued on with Leona sitting in her long chair while looking up at the sky as the memories of her childhood began to flow through her mind, but she shook them off by playing with Max and Eevee in the waters of the pool.
Night soon came and everyone retired to their bunks to have a goodnights sleep, but Leona was still up as she lay on her bed as she looked up at the ceiling that hung above her head. She remembering her conversation with Drago as she remember one part of their conversation that he had said that didn't make sense to her.
"What did me mean that 'What's at stake'?" mused Leona as she kept staring at the ceiling as she tried to figure out the meaning of the teenager's words.
She was suddenly brought out of her thoughts when she felt something rub up against her left arm. Leona looked to her side to see Eevee rubbing his head against her arm with his head before he looked at his partner with worry written on his face. Leona smiled at her fox friend before she rolled over to pet Eevee with her right hand.
"Don't worry buddy," whispered Leona in reassurance as she stroked the Pokemon's head to calm him down.
Eevee didn't seem convinced for a minute, but with the gentle strokes that his partner was giving him he felt more relaxed than ever before. This was one of the things that he liked about Leona; she always had a gentle touch when it came to calming down Pokemon that were stressed of feeling lonely. Leona smiled at her Pokemon partner as she watched him settle down and curl up into a ball.
"Goodnight Eevee," whispered Leona to her Pokemon partner.
Leona soon curled up underneath her bed sheets as she fell asleep in hopes of having good dreams of what she will find on her adventure within the Hoenn region, but Leona wasn't having a goodnight sleep. She kept tossing around in her bed as sweat dripped down from her forehead as it stained her pillow.
"N-no, stop it," muttered Leona under her breath as she laid on her back as her chest rose up and down while she panted for breath.
Unknown to her, her body stared to glow in an aura that cast a red glow throughout the room and the ceiling.
Within Leona's mindscape
Leona found herself running in a forest that was on fire. Leona panted as she flew through the forest while the fire's flames burned all around her. A howl was heard up ahead of her as Leona started to pick up her speed as she ran towards the sound before she stopped in her tracks when she came into a clearing. Her eyes widened at the sight before her as she saw humans hunting the Arcanine clan that use to be her family. Leona also saw her six year old self running beside her brothers when they were suddenly stopped by a man that was covered in shadow. The older Leona growled before she started to run towards the man as rage began to fill up within her heart.
"That enough!" shouted Leona at the man as her feet flew while she ran to stop the madness that was preformed in front of her.
Leona was suddenly stopped in her tracks when a wall of fire suddenly erupted in front of her preventing her from going any further. Leona became desperate as she tried to find a way to get around the flames until she suddenly noticed a male Arcanine jumping towards the man, but was suddenly taken down by a large net that landed on top of him.
"Father!" shouted Leona to the Arcanine that was caught in the net.
The man only smirked as he looked down at the leader of the Arcanine clan. Leona shook her head before she started to scream at the man.
"NO! STOP IT!"
A white female Arcanine suddenly appeared from out of nowhere as it leapt towards the man with its jaws wide open to bite the man on the throat. That was when a gun shot sounded throughout the air. The white Arcanine let out a howl as it cried out in pain before it fell to the ground as the man turned to look at it with a smirk on his face. Leona began to feel her eyes burn as tears started to build up.
"Mother…" voiced Leona before she clenched her hands into fists before she shouted at the top of her lungs. "STOP IT!"
A red aura blasted around Leona as the flames that surrounded her started to build up. Leona growled as she started to stock towards the man, but she suddenly stopped when she felt a claw hand came out of the flames behind Leona and grabbed her arm. That was when Leona quickly woke up when she heard a voice shouting out at her.
"WAKE UP!"
Back to reality
Leona let out a gasp as she quickly sat up in her bed with a start. Her breath came out in pants with her eyes glazed over in shock and fear until she was brought out of it when a hand lightly touched her shoulders. Leona turned her head to see who was touching her and saw Drago standing beside her bed.
"Drago?" voiced Leona confused as she looked up at the teenager that stood before her. "What are you…?"
"Shhh…come with me," whispered Drago as he motioning for her to follow him.
Leona was a little confused at first, but she quietly got out of her bed without disturbing Eevee who was still sleeping at her bed side. Leona was wearing her blue pajamas with the top being dark blue to the pants being light blue. Leona followed quietly behind Drago as they made their way out the door, down the hall and to the door that will lead them to the outside deck of the ship. Drago was the first one out the door as he waited for Leona to come out before he shut the door again.
"Okay Drago, why did you wake me up?" questioned Leona in a tired voice as she tiredly looked at the human/Bakugan before her.
"Be glad that I did wake you up," spoke Drago as he turned to glare at Leona. "Or else you would have sent the whole cabin and ship on fire."
"What?" voiced Leona confused as she looked at the teenager in front of her. "What do you mean?"
"While you were tossing and turning around in your bed I began to sense a hot intense rage flowing throughout your body." Drago hissed as he explained to Leona why he woke her up while he walked towards the railing before he stared out at the ocean before him. "And that rage had the traits of Pyrus energy."
"Pyrus energy!?" gasped Leona as she quickly ran to stand beside Drago. "But how can that be?"
"I don't know," answered Drago truthfully with a shake of his head. "But what I do know is that you have to keep your temper under control, unless you want to hurt someone intentionally."
Leona looked at Drago in worry before looking down at the deck in thought. That was when she started to have a flashback of what had happened to her when she was attacked by that girl in Pallet Town. She caught glimpse of her being surrounded by a red aura as she glared at the girl that sat on the ground as she shook in terror. Leona quickly shook her head before placing her hands on both sides her head in pain.
"Ugh, my head" moaned Leona as she steadied herself against the ships railing.
"You had a flashback of what happened to you, didn't you?" spoke Drago as he looked over at Leona with a frown.
"Yeah," answered Leona as she looked up at the dragon Bakugan human. "I did kind of, but it was only a glimpse of what I saw."
Leona soon placed both of her hands on the bars as she looked down at the deck of the ship as she gripped tight to the side railings of the ship.
"I just do get it," voiced Leona. "Last time I saw that aura was when Ash and I were watching you battle against that Fear Ripper, and the last time I had it was my near death experience with that girl who threatened to take all of my Pokemon away. Just what's wrong with me?"
Drago stared down at the human girl in front of him before he let out a sigh; he then turned to look back out at the water again. The two of them shared a moment of silence between each other as the ocean air blew across their faces while they stood on the deck of the ship. Drago soon broke the silence as he answered Leona's question.
"I do not know," replied Drago. "But it might have something to do with my world falling apart on itself."
"What?" gapped Leona as she raised her head up to look at Drago. "What do you mean that your world is falling apart?"
"The reason why I came to your world was because I have a mission that I must fulfill before it is too late," continued Drago as he turned to look at Leona. "My world is in danger of collapsing in on itself. The reason for that is because the two cores of my world have been disturbed by a rogue Bakugan, called Naga, traveled to the center of Vestoria so that can have the power all to himself."
"Is that why you're really here?" asked Leona as she stood straight up to look at Drago seriously.
Drago nodded his head solemnly: "Naga has somehow created a portal to the center of Vestoria and that was when all of the trouble started. I'm here looking for the Infinity core; for it has been knocked out of our universe and is somewhere in your world right now."
"So that's why you came into our world," voiced Leona as she turned her head away with a frown graced her face. "You're here looking for the Infinity core so you can save your world from collapsing in on itself."
"That…is correct," spoke Drago with a sigh. "I didn't intend to have a meeting with you and your brother, but what choice did I have when your brother asked me to look after you on your journey?"
"You could have just said no to my brother's offer of looking after me."
Drago blinked his eyes at Leona in confusement as he looked at her: "What do you mean by that?"
"I mean, that you should have just said no to my brother's offer," repeated Leona. "That way, you won't have to worry about looking after me and be traveling with me either."
"No Leona, it was my choice to come," reasoned Drago as he looked down at the human beside him. "Besides, I don't know much about your world and I probably need you more than anything."
"Yeah well-wait a minute, did you just…say my name?"
"Well you did say that I shouldn't mix you up with other humans here on your planet," spoke Drago with a chuckle.
Leona looked at Drago for a moment before smiling.
"Thanks Drago," she whispered before leaning against the railing.
Drago smiled back as he stared down at the human girl beside him. There was just something about Leona that made him feel like he could trust her. They young Pokemon trainer had a calm aura to her that was gentle, yet strong at the same time.
"Drago," spoke Leona again. "There's something I need to tell you, but I need you to promise me that you won't tell anyone."
"I swear on my life that I won't tell anyone," promised Drago sincerely.
Leona hesitated for a moment as she thought over the risk that she is taking here, but she was pretty sure that she can trust Drago with her secret.
"Okay," she sighed as she looked down at the railings of the ship. "You already know that I'm adopted, but what I'm about to tell you is a completely different story than what you were think of my adoption.
"A long time ago, when I was just a baby, I was abandoned in a large dense forest by my biological parents. I don't really remember what they looked liked, but I do know is that they didn't want me. My first adopted parents were…well, they weren't exactly human."
"You mean that you were adopted by one of the creatures that live with you on your earth?" questioned Drago in surprise as he looked at Leona in shock.
Leona was quiet for a moment before she nodded her head to answer Drago's question: "The creatures that adopted me were a clan of wild Arcanine; it was rare to see a clan of Arcanine living together as a pack. I was found by a female Arcanine, whose fur was as white as snow with a silver mane that shone in the rays of the sunlight.
"It was because of the female Arcanine that I'm still alive today. I've lived with the Arcanine's as the daughter of the leader that protected the clan until I was six years old, and that was when things took a turn for the worse."
That was when she stopped as her right hand started to grip harder on the railing of the ship as she stared out at the water of the ocean. Drago frown in concern as he placed his left claw hand on top of Leona's hand to calm her down. Leona took a breath before she continued her story.
"My four brothers and I were playing like usual, but we were brought out of our play when our mother told us that there were humans within the forest. What happened next was chaotic as flames started to spread all around the forest. My father lead the Arcanine clan to safety, but the humans had tricked us by leading us into their trap.
"I'll never forget that day; for it was engraved in my memory for all of time. My brother, Wind-Chaser, and I are the only ones that are the living survivors of our clan."
"What happened to the other members of your clan?" asked Drago softly.
"Some of them were caught by the humans, but other's managed to escape. My father and three brothers were out of the ten that had been captured by the humans that I had grown to hate."
"What about your mother?" questioned Drago again. "What happened to her?"
Tears started to form within Leona's eyes as she tried to hold them back, but they came sliding down her face even when she shut her eyes tight to keep them from appearing.
"My mother was shot when she was trying to protect me and my brothers from a man that had cornered us." Leona choked before swallowing down a sob.
Drago moved his left hand off from Leona's hand before he placed his arm around the young human's shoulders. He never thought that Leona would have a rough life in where she would hate humans.
"I'm sorry for your loss," whispered Drago.
Leona soon calmed herself down as a small smile graced her face: "Even though I've lost my first adopted family I somehow managed to find another one, but who'd ever thought that I would be adopted by the humans that I had sworn to hate for all eternity. I guess I just had a heart that was weak, but I'm glad that I met Ash and his mother other wise I would have gone on hating some of the wrong humans who were kind hearted."
"That's the thing about humans that I don't understand," voiced Drago with a smile of his own. "One minute they can be kind, and then the second they turn cruel. Sometimes it is hard for us Bakugan to understand what humans are thinking sometimes."
Leona turned to look at Drago as she wiped away the tears that were rolling down her face.
"I can also say the same for you," she chuckled. "You're a new creature that my brother and I have never seen before, but I'll try not to be a pain in the neck along this journey."
"That's all I can ask," spoke Drago with a nod as he dropped his arm off from Leona's shoulders.
"So how about we make a deal?" suggested Leona. "I'll help you in your search for the infinity core, okay?"
"And what do you want in return?" questioned Drago in suspicion.
"That you…well, be my friend," answered Leona as a small blush appeared on her cheeks.
Drago frowned at the idea of being friends with a human, but decided to give it a shot; for what is there to lose. He was suddenly taken by surprise when Leona lifted up her right hand with all of her fingers curled together, except her pinky finger. The dragon Bakugan stare down at the finger confused before he turned to look at Leona's face for an answer.
"This is what my brother, Ash and I do when we make a promise to each other," explained Leona with a light chuckle. "We wrapped both our right pinkies around each other then shake on it."
Drago raised an eyebrow in confusement before he slowly moved his right arm up in front of him with his pinky uncurled from the rest of his fingers. Drago slowly wrapped his right pinky around Leona's pinky as the two intertwined with each other. Once the fingers were locked together, Leona and Drago started to slowly shake with the young female trainer giggling a little bit.
Drago couldn't help but smile as he looked at Leona: "This is another thing that I'm going to have to learn from your human kind."
"You'll get use to this kind of gesture," reassured Leona with a smile as she untangled her pinky from Drago's.
"I hope so," Drago muttered as he leaned against the railing while he looked out at the ocean.
The two went into silence again as they stared out at the vast water together while the sea breeze blew across their faces. Leona soon broke the silence by stretching her arms out while she stifled a yawn before looking back at Drago.
"Well, I better get back to bed." She announced. "We have a long day tomorrow."
"Leona," spoke Drago as he stopped her from going back to the cabin again. "I think that we should seal a promise with something that is completely different from you're human…handshakes."
Leona looked at Drago curiously: "Like what?"
Drago only walked up to her before he lightly took Leona's right hand into his left hand: "Come with me."
Leona followed as she walked with Drago to the bow of the boat. They stopped in the middle. Drago let go of Leona's hand before bending down on one knee with his back facing the young trainer behind him. Words didn't need to be said between the two as Leona placed both of her hands on Drago's shoulders. Drago's body started to glow red as time began to slow down all around them.
Leona felt herself rising up from the deck of the ship as Drago's changed into his dragon form. Leona soon found herself sitting on top of Drago's head as he flew through the night skies as her hair blew back within the wind.
"Hang on!" spoke Drago to his passenger.
"Okay!" answered Leona with a chuckle as she held on to the dragon's horns as they flew through the star lit sky.
This was just the first step to their friendship as they will travel together through new places and meet new friends along the way.
To be continued
White Hunter: Sorry for the long wait guys, anyways I've gotten the results of who will by Hydranoid's partner. And I was surprised to find that Gary was voted to be Hydranoid's partner.
My question to everyone is, why Gary?
White Hunter, howling out to you and the spirits!