Chapter 3

The New Plan

Alice P.O.V

I walked past the trees looking for Ace. "Where did he go?" I asked myself, suddenly I heard a sound. I followed he sound and it led me right to him. It seems like he was skipping rocks.

"Ace?" I asked walking out from behind a tree.

"Oh! Alice, hi." He said getting up.

"What were you doing?" I asked.

"Skipping rocks." He said.

"Why?" I asked.

"I'm bored." He said and skipped another rock.

"Why don't you hang out with the rest of us?" I asked.

"I would if it wasn't so loud, you're buddies are quite loud." He said.

"I see, well they can get out of hand a bit." I said, "But, they're warm."

"I guess to you." He said. "Do you want to see me show a cool move?"

"Sure." I said

He stood for a while then he made his weapon appear. It was a sword. I saw the sword flow with purple flames then he struck his sword to the ground and sliced at least 16 trees in 3 rows.

"Whoa...You're strong." I said.

His made his sword disappear. "Thanks you." He said.

"Did you train a lot?" I asked.

"I did everyday for 4-5 hours." He said. "Sometimes I train from daytime till night-time."

"Wow!" I said. "Oh! Here." I said giving him the lunch box I still held onto.

"What is it?" he asked.

"I made all of you some lunch this one is yours." I said giving him the box, he took and opened it.

"This...is..." he said.

"Yeah, rice balls." I said. I saw him take one and take a bite out of it.

"It's good."He said.

"I'm glad to hear that." I said.

"Hey! You guys should be heading back soon." I heard. I turned towards the voice to see Dan.

"Hi Dan." I said, standing up.

"We'll be discussing the plan, so might want to hurry up." He said.

"Ok!" I said as Ace and I walked towards him.

(At the headquarters)

Alice P.O.V

"So what's plan for now?" Runo asked.

"We'll I was thinking you guys master your moves first. Then head to the Aquos Realm."Mira said.

"The Aquos Realm?" Shun asked.

"But we're so close to the Pyrus Realm." Julie said.

"Yeah, which is why we have to go to the Aquos Realm, the Vestals will definitely expect us to go the Pyrus Realm, so they'll be waiting there." Ace said.

"I guess." Dan said.

"But shouldn't we head to the Ventus Realm its right next to the Pyrus Realm?" Marucho asked.

"The Vestals might be there too, they're not as dumb as you think." Mira said.

"So how do we get to the Aquos realm?" I asked.

"We're thinking about taking this route." Ace pointed on the map.

"Hold on! That's a dangerous route a lot of wild bakugan are there, and some that have never been seen before." Runo said.

"Don't worry Ace lived around there, so he knows how to fight them." Baron said.

"Just do as I say and you'll live." Ace said.

"I really don't like guy." Julie whispered to me.

"I guess it's a smart move." Marucho said.

"Don't worry; we won't get going until you guys master your moves first." Mira said.

"No, we're short on time; you guys have 1-2 weeks to finish those moves." Ace suddenly said. "The Vexos are smart they move fast, they might already be ahead of us of information of where the stones might be."

"Don't worry Ace; I forgot to tell you, the Vexos can't find out where the stone is without Alice here. Even if they find it they can't get to it. There is a guardian guarding it." Mira said.

"Now you tell me." He said.

"Anyway, I guess we should introduce ourselves." Mira jumped in.

"My name is Mira Fermin." She said

"Ace Grit." Ace said

"Baron Rishi, the name! (Go to baku wiki to see where I got it from)" Baron shouted. "I can't hold back anymore, it's such an honour to finally meet you, Lady Alice." He said shaking my hand, which made me dizzy.

'This guy suddenly has a change of character...' I thought.

"Um, Baron." Mira said. "Alice looks like she's going to die."

Then he let go of hand, "I'm so sorry!" he shouted.

"It's ok." I said trying to stay in balance.

"Anyway what are your guys names?" Mira asked.

"My name is Runo Misaki; this here is Towa-chan." Runo said as Towa-chan made a small gentle roar sound.

"Hi! I'm Julie Makimoto!" Julie shouted.

"Name is Marukura Choji, please call me Marucho." Marucho bowed.

"Kuso Danma, but call me Dan." Dan said.

"Kazami Shun." Shun said.

"Why don't you give a more proper way for introducing yourself?" Ace said.

"Like what?" Shun asked.

"I don't know, maybe like "hello my name is"." Ace suggested.

"You introduced yourself the same way didn't you?" Shun asked, which made Ace flinch back.

"That's enough you two!" Mira said.

"Well I guess you all know me but I'll still fully introduce myself. My name is Alice Gehavich." I said.

"Then I guess let's call it a day." Baron said.

"Um, where are my friends going to stay?" I asked. "I don't have any extra beds in my room, so Runo and Julie can't stay with me."

"I guess we have space in my room. Runo and Julie can crash over in my room." Mira said.

"Thanks." They both said.

"I have one extra bed; I guess Marucho want to crash over?" Baron asked.

"Thank you very much." Marucho said.

"I guess Ace has 2 extra bed in his room, why don't Dan and Shun crash over at his place." Mira suggested.

"What!" all three of them shouted.

We all went to our rooms, and went to bed. I sat on the windowsill staring at the moon. I couldn't sleep as always, too much was going on in my mind. I opened my door and walked to the base of the headquarters. All the computers were off; I sat down on one of the chairs near the window, and stared outside. "I wonder if I really can help this world." I said to myself. "This place is like another home to me." I pulled out a picture I brought with me from home. I thought things were going to be harder, so this might help keep me calm. It was a photo of me and my entire family. Nii-san and Dad were still alive. I smiled as I stared at.

"You're always up on late nights." I heard and saw Shun standing beside me.

"Whoa! Shun." I said. "When did you get here?" I asked.

"Just a little while ago." He answered.

"You and your ninja skills." I laughed.

"I guess, I trained ever since I was little." He said. Then he stared at my photo. "Is that your family?" he asked.

"Yeah." I said. "Anyway, what are you doing down here?" I asked after a minute of silence.

"That's my line staying up all the time." He said.

"Well, I was just thinking." I said.

"About what?" he asked.

"Nothing much, just if I could defeat the enemy." I said. "They're really strong and..."

"Don't lie to me." He cut in.

I stared at the ground, then said, "I was thinking if I could really save this world. I wonder if I'll fail. Earlier today all of you got hurt, I didn't get as injured, if it weren't for Ace and them, they could have killed you and the other. I was so powerless. I wonder if I'll let the same thing happen, even when I master the new move." Suddenly I felt someone's hand take my hand. I looked up, "Shun?" I asked. He took my hand and placed in his hair. "What are doing?" I asked. Then he let go and let my hand brush through his hair.

"My hair, it's gotten shorter hasn't it." He asked.

"Yeah, it did." I said my hand at his hair tips.

"Remember, that day when I was beat by Masquerade. Julio and Klaus then closed up on us, if it weren't for you I could have dead, then rather only having my hair chopped off." He said.

I took my hand back, "But that was the stones power." I said taking out the stone slate. "It was the stones power. It wasn't mine." Then the stones flew out of the slate and flew around me as they glowed beautifully in the moonlight. "What?" I asked.

"The stones don't just accept anyone; they can only be used by the person who truly deserves them. Those stone right now circling around you proves it." He said.

I smiled as they circled around me. Then they went back to the slate. I placed them back in my pocket. "Thank you, Shun." I smiled.

"Don't mention it." He said looking away. "Let's go to bed." He said running off.

"Wait Shun! What's wrong?" I asked, running after him.

Another chapter done! Look foward to the next one.