The new Bakugan Battle Brawlers

by Skye410

All Sarah wanted to be was the best Brawler. After her and her friend meet the other brawlers and two new enemies, what will happen when Jason can't resist her and will do anything to get her, even if it means nearly killing her?

4. Amy

2 months later

"Sarah, get up already!"

"Go away."

Bella rolled her eyes. "Remember, you're Brawling today."

Sarah opened one eye and looked at her friend, Bella. "I'll Brawl tomorrow."

"Get up!" Bella picked her up and threw her off the bed.

"OW! Bella!!!" Sarah sat up. "Stop doing that!"

"Sorry, it's the only sure way to get you up," Bella smiled. "You have to Brawl today, otherwise Timothy will tell everyone you're scared to Brawl against him."

Sarah jumped up. "There's no way I'm gonna let that happen!"

"Now she's awake," Tigorra laughed.

"Yep," Wolfress agreed. "You can always wake her up one way or the other."

"Bella, is Sarah awake yet!?" Shun called. "Timothy won't wait all day!"

"She's awake!" Bella called back. "She just needs to recover."

"Don't tell me you threw her off her bed, again?" he asked as he appeared at the door.

Bella looked at the ground. "She threw herself off the bed, honest."

"Yeah right," Sarah growled and got up. "Give me a minute and we'll go see Timothy." She went over and looked through her box of Bakugan. She grabbed her Pyrus Griffin and her Pyrus Falconeer.

"Why don't you take another Bakugan," Tigorra suggested. "You've used those two in almost every battle."

"Alright," Sarah smiled and picked out another Bakugan, Pyrus Serpanoid. "Let's go."

The three of them ran out of the house and Sarah stopped at the front door, Shun and Bella nearly crashed into her.

"Why'd you stop!?" Bella complained.

"Hi, Dan," Sarah smiled as she blinked at Dan, he just showed up.

"Hey. Timothy is looking for you. He said he'll wait ten more minutes at the playground or he'll leave," Dan told her.

"You made her stop just to tell us that?" Bella growled. "I nearly crashed into her."

"Well it wouldn't be a first time," Shun smiled.

Bella glared at him and poked her tongue out at him.

"Let's go already!" Sarah said. "We've only got ten minutes!"

"We'll we'd be at the bottom of the hill by now if you hadn't of stopped," Bella told her.

"Yeah, yeah," Sarah laughed and she took off.

"Hey, wait up!" Bella called and ran after her, Shun and Dan following.
Sarah ran through the streets towards the park. For two months, she had been avoiding the cops and always being ready to run off at school in case her parents showed up. Bella had been the same. Living with Shun was fun, they were always mucking around. Bella and Shun still had their bickers, but it was all fun and games when Bella decided to knock him over.

Something flashed past her.

"Show off!" Sarah called to Shun.

Shun looked over his shoulder. "Yep."

Sarah kept on running and Bella and Dan caught up to her.

They reached the park and Sarah saw Timothy, he was beginning to leave. "Timothy, wait!"

He turned around. "Ah, so you did show up. You're late."

"I know," Sarah stopped in front of him. "I slept in."

Timothy shrugged and pulled out a card, the others did the same.

"Field, open!"

They were suddenly sent to a different dimension.

"Alright, this is it," Sarah growled. "Time to put you in the dirt, Timothy. You won't be so smug after this battle."

"Other way around, girly," Timothy smiled.

Sarah growled.

"Good luck, Sarah," Bella said.

"I don't need it, but thanks anyway," Sarah said. She pulled out a card. "Gate card, set!"

The card flew forward and landed in front of Timothy, it became bigger.

Timothy pulled out a card. "Gate card, set!"

His card landed in front of Sarah, it became bigger. "Bakugan Brawl! Sub Terra Mantris, stand!"

A huge bug rose up from the tiny brown ball, Sarah looked up at it and smiled. She pulled out her own Bakugan. "Bakugan Brawl! Pyrus Griffin, stand!"

"Battle begin," the Bakupods said. "Mantris at 270g's. Griffin at 360g's."

Sarah smiled. "This win goes to me."

"I don't think so," Timothy smiled and adjusted his glasses, holding up a card. "Ability card, activate! Slice cutter!"

Sarah watched as Mantris's arm blades glowed golden.

"This ability increases Mantris's power level by 100g's," Timothy smiled.

"NERD!" Bella called.

Dan and Shun shook their heads.

"Shut up," Timothy growled. "I just know more than you, a lot more."

"Exactly," Bella said. "NERD! N-E-R-D, NERD!!!!!!!!!!!"

Sarah looked at her Bakupod. "Mantris's power increase to 370g's."

"Mantris, take down that Griffin!" Timothy ordered. "Sarah, your Griffin is toast."

"That's what you say," Sarah smiled. "It's just like Bella telling Shun that he's toast, but she always finds a way to beat him." She held up a card. "Ability card, activate! Firewall!"

"What!?" Timothy yelled and looked at his Bakupod.

"Griffin's power increase to 460g's," it said.

"Gate card, open! Energy merge!"

Sarah waited anxiously.

"Griffin's power decrease to 360g's. Mantris's power increase to 470g's."

Sarah looked at a card she held in her hand and she smiled. "Ability card, activate! Spitting Fire!"

Fire swirled around Griffin.

"Griffin's power increase to 490g's," the Bakupod said.

Timothy looked with disbelief. "No way! That can't be possible! I thought this battle through, you've never had that card before!"

"You thought this battle through?" Sarah asked him and started laughing. "Bella's right. NERD! Griffin, take down that Bakugan!"

Griffin opened its mouth and fire flew out. The fire balls crashed down onto Mantris and it became a ball and went back to Timothy.

Sarah caught her Bakugan as it came back to her. "I told you this win was mine. Right from the start."

"But... how?"

Sarah rolled her eyes. "Bella?"

Bella smiled and pretended to sound like a nerd. "Well, you didn't know she had a new card so you weren't able to think properly about how this battle would turn out. So, back to my conclusion, you do WAY too much thinking, and WAY too much homework. NNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Haha, stupid nerd."

Timothy growled as she walked in circles acting like a nerd, pretending to lift fake glasses and clean them and put them back on.

"Let's get back to the battle," Timothy said. "Gate card, set!"

A card became bigger in front of Sarah, but that wasn't the card they'd be battling on this time.

"Bakugan, Brawl!" Timothy threw a Bakugan. "Sub Terra Saurus, stand!"

"Ha!" Sarah said as a dinosaur, human thing appeared. "Bakugan, Brawl! Pyrus Serpanoid, stand!"

"What!?" Timothy yelled. "I thought you'd use your Falconeer or your Tigorra!"

"Well you thought wrong, silly human," Tigorra said, she was floating beside Sarah.

"Battle commence," the Bakupod said. "Saurus power level at 280g's. Serpanoid power level at 320g's."

"This battle is over already," Sarah smiled. "Serpanoid, get em!"

The snake creature went for the other Bakugan.

"Ability card, activate!" Timothy said. "Saurus Gloat!"

"Saurus power increase to 340g's," the Bakupod said.

Sarah looked up, the Sub Terra Saurus looked mad. She pulled out a card. "Ability card, activate. Late Surge!"

Timothy looked at his Bakupod. "Serpanoid power increase to 380g's."

"No!" he yelled as Sarah's Bakugan sent his coming back to him.

Sarah smiled as she caught her Bakugan.

"Now if you win or lose the next one," Shun said. "You're guaranteed to win."

Sarah smiled. "I know. But I wanna win it anyway!"

"Bakugan, Brawl!" Timothy yelled, throwing a black Bakugan ball. "Darkus Fear Ripper, stand!"

"How did a nerd get a Darkus Bakugan?" Bella asked herself. "My guess is, he doesn't know how to use them."

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

Sarah looked at it and smiled. "Alright, we got this wrapped up. Tigorra, are you ready?"

"Always," Tigorra said and went into her little ball. Sarah grabbed her.

"Bakugan, Brawl!" She threw Tigorra onto her Gate card, where Fear Ripper was. "Tigorra, stand!"

"Tigorra?" Timothy said. "I know a lot about her. She's a very strong Bakugan, her Gate card is Sunrise and her Ability card is Slicing Claw."

Tigorra growled. "Sarah, Bella is absolutely correct. This human is a complete nerd, whatever that means."

"It means they're way too smart," Bella smiled. "It's inhuman to be that smart. I think it's quite stupid to want to be that smart."

Tigorra shrugged. "Well it's time to kick some tail," she looked at Fear Ripper. "Sarah, we're gonna win this, I just know it."

Sarah nodded.

"Ability card, activate!" Timothy said. "Darkus sword!"

Sarah looked at her Bakupod. "Fear Ripper power increase to 430g's."

"Get em, Fear Ripper!" Timothy shouted. "Sorry, Sarah, but I'll be the first person to ever defeat your Tigorra."

"I don't think so," Sarah smiled. "You may know Tigorra's abilities, but you forgot about them last minute. And don't forget, you're on my card."

"Uh oh," Timothy murmured.

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

The ground turned golden and the sky became bright.

"Tigorra power increase to 420g's," the Bakupod said.

Timothy smiled and his Fear Ripper continued on his path to attacking Tigorra.

"Ability card, activate!" Sarah smiled. "Slicing Claw!"

Tigorra purred and her claws glowed gold.

"Tigorra power increase to 470g's," the Bakupod said.

Sarah smiled. "You were saying, Timothy? No one can beat my Tigorra. Now, Tigorra, show this guy why you can't be beaten."

"It would be my pleasure," Tigorra purred and ran forward, slashing her claws over Fear Ripper.

Fear Ripper went back to Timothy, Tigorra went back to Sarah.

"Good job, Tigorra," Sarah smiled. "Three wins in a row!"

Tigorra popped out of her ball. "Glad to help."

Sarah smiled and they were suddenly back in their world, time started again.

Bella walked over to Sarah. "Good battle, you're getting better."

"Timothy doesn't look too happy," Shun said and Sarah turned to look at him. Timothy was on his hands and knees, looking down at Fear Ripper, tears coming down his face.

Sarah smiled and walked over to him. She crouched beside him. "Look, you lost, so what? Just try again with someone else. It's nothing to cry about."

"But, I thought my Fear Ripper could beat your Tigorra," Timothy sobbed.

"I've faced Jason, and he has Darkus Bakugan," Sarah said. "I beat him twice and he also has a Fear Ripper."

"Are you serious?" Timothy asked, looking up at her.

She nodded. "I'm just a good Brawler, same as my friends. You'll get better too, just battle people who you think you can beat. And remember..."

Timothy looked confused.

"Don't read up about a Brawler, it won't do you any good," she smiled. "A Brawler can have a different Bakugan each battle. Lay off the school work a little. See ya later kid."

Sarah got up and walked back over to her friends.

"Why is the Nerd crying?" Bella asked.

"Take it easy," Sarah said. "Besides, we've got another place to be."

Bella looked at her. "What?"

"I've got a surprise for everybody, mainly Shun," Sarah smiled. "Something only I know and you will find out. Let's go."

Bella, Shun and Dan followed her through the town, asking her constantly where she was leading them to, she never replied.

They came to a large building and Shun looked surprised. "Why are we here?"

"Because," Sarah said. "Come on." They had no choice but to follow Sarah.

They walked into the building and Sarah went to the front desk.

"Hello, how may I help you?" said a lady at the front desk.

"Um, three visitors to see Amy," Sarah whispered. "I called yesterday to say we were coming."

"Ah yes, room 236, floor 3," the lady said.

"Thank you," Sarah replied and turned to her friends. "Coming?"

They looked at one another and followed her to the third floor.

Sarah stopped outside of a door that said 236 on it in gold writing.

"Sarah, are you going to tell us who we're seeing?" Shun asked.

"Yeah, why are we even here?" Bella asked.

"No kidding," Dan added.

Sarah smiled and opened the door, walking in. The four of them walked in and Shun froze.

Sarah turned back to him. "This is who we're seeing. She was taken off life-support yesterday, she's going to be just fine in another two weeks."

"Hello big brother," Shun's sister smiled. "I'm glad I finally get to see you again."

"Amy!" Shun exclaimed and he was instantly beside her hospital bed. "How are you feeling? Are you alright?!"

"I'm okay," his sister smiled. "I'm glad you came to visit me."

"Well I wouldn't have known I was allowed," Shun admitted. "Sarah led us here without telling us. This is such a surprise."

"Alright, Shun, you don't need to get teary on us," Bella said nervously, noticing that Shun has tears rolling down his face.

Sarah smiled, she knew this would happen. She was glad that Shun was able to see his 9 year old sister.

"Big brother?" Amy said. "Who are these people anyway?"

Shun wiped away his tears. "This is Dan, you know him already. This is Sarah and Bella," he pointed to the girls as he said their names.

"Oh, nice to meet you," she smiled.

"Nice to meet you too," Bella said and walked closer, she got a better look at Amy and her whole body shut down. She was fixed to the spot, unable to move however much she wanted to, her eyes were trained on the young girl, looking at the bruises, cuts and grazes all over her body, not to mention her broken left arm. This was extremely shocking for her, to finally see what Jason had done. She was only 9, and Jason was 14. He had bashed her because he lost a Brawl to her. He didn't bash her only because of that, he bashed her because she had made the deal to go out with him if he won, he had lost. His reputation was all around the school.

Bella suddenly remember something that Shun had said when they first met Jason.

"I've seen him do it. He did it, to my sister."

Her eyes filled with tears, Shun had seen his little sister get bashed by Jason, but why he wasn't able to stop it, she didn't know, but it would have been terrifying for him. She clenched her fists, she had no idea how scared he would have been to see his little sister on the ground, bleeding with so many injuries and most likely internal injuries. He would have wanted to see her for a very long time, not knowing when Amy was getting off life-support and be able to have visitors.

Sarah looked at Bella, she was frozen to the spot, her fists tight and her muscles tense. "...Bella?"

Bella looked at Shun, he was looking at Amy, the young girl was smiling and she hugged her brother. Shun hugged her back, tears reappearing on his face, he was also smiling.

Bella felt a tear roll down her face.

Dan looked at Bella, he looked concerned.

Bella turned and ran out of the room.

"BELLA!" Sarah called. Shun and Amy broke apart and looked at where Bella had been, but she was gone.

"Where did she go?" Shun asked.

"I don't know," Sarah said. She looked at Amy, seeing all her injuries. Her mind was suddenly set on one vision, Jason. "Oh no!"

"What!?" Shun exclaimed, sounding very worried,

Sarah turned her head to face the doorway. "Jason!"

"What about- Oh god!" Shun's eyes were wide as he looked back at Amy. "She's not gonna-"

"Yeah, she is," Sarah nodded and bolted out of the room and down the hallways. She's furious! She thought. I know what she'll do. At how mad she looked, she's gonna try and kill him!

She got out of the hospital and looked around. Where would she be!? She thought.

"Sarah!"

Sarah turned around and saw Dan catching up to her. "What's going on? What's this about Jason?"

"Bella might try to hurt him," Sarah answered. "Who knows what she'll do. I have to find her before she does something she could regret!"

"You check near the park," Dan said. "I'll check around town."

Sarah nodded and went to run off but Dan grabbed her arm. She looked back at him. "Don't worry, Sarah, I'm sure Bella won't do anything stupid."

Sarah tried to smile. "Thanks, Dan."

Dan smiled back and he let her go before turning and running into the town. Sarah turned and ran towards the park, near the outskirts of the town.

"Sarah, do you really think Bella would go after Jason?" Tigorra asked.

"Yes, I believe she would," Sarah replied. "She saw the injuries on Amy's body, she froze up."

"Maybe all the emotion was just too much for her," Tigorra said calmly.

"Well, whatever the case, we need to find her to make sure she's alright," Sarah was worried about her friend. She had looked scared, angry or extremely upset, she couldn't tell which one.

She ran up a street and saw the park up ahead. She stopped when she saw the field, a few trees, a bench and a black-haired who was sitting on it, leaning forward, her hands supporting her face and her hair hiding it.

Sarah breathed and walked over. When she was close enough, she saw that Bella was shaking and sparkles fell to the ground, she was crying.

Sarah sat next to Bella. She remained quiet for a little while. "Bella, are you alright?"

"I couldn't handle being in there," Bella replied. "It was too much for me. Too much emotion in there. And seeing Amy........"

"It scared you, huh?" Sarah asked. Bella nodded.

"It was all overpowering," Wolfress admitted. "Even for me. Seeing Shun so happy that he cried. Jason did a lot of damage to that young girl."

"Yes," Tigorra said. "We'll get back at him."

"Yeah, somehow, we have to stop Jason from hurting anybody else," Sarah growled.

Bella wiped away her tears.

"You don't wanna go back, huh?" Sarah asked. Bella shook her head. "Alright, you go back to Shun's house. I'll go tell the others."

Bella nodded and started walking off. Sarah sat there for a little while, watching her friend.

"I hope she's okay," Tigorra said.

Jason, you're gonna wish you never hurt Amy, Bella thought. You would never understand how Shun felt, thinking that his sister could possibly die after you put her on life-support. You'll pay, I swear. You'll pay.

Sarah sighed and stood up, putting Tigorra on her shoulder, and she started walking back to the hospital.

"Sarah!" she heard someone call her name as she reached the huge building. She turned to see Dan. "Did you find her?" he asked. "I had no luck."

"Yeah," Sarah murmured. "She's fine. She's going back to Shun's house to wait for us."

"Where did you find her?" Dan asked, wondering why Sarah looked so put down.

"At the park," Sarah tried to smile. "Come on, let's go back inside and see Shun and Amy."

Dan and Sarah walked inside, Dan put his arm over Sarah's shoulders, pulling her closer to him.

They walked into the room Amy was in and they found the two siblings looking at each other, Amy filling Shun's head with questions.

"Hi guys," Sarah said, making them look up.

"Is Bella okay?" Amy asked. "Why did she run off before? She looked upset. Where did she go? Shun tells me she has a talking Bakugan, does she really? Do you have a talking Bakugan?"

Sarah blinked, trying to take in all the questions. "Ummm..... Could you repeat that please?"

Amy repeated her questions, Sarah looked dumbfounded, that was a lot of questions. "Umm, alright... Bella is fine. She ran off because....... she was surprised by all the emotion. She went to the park to clear her head. Yes, she does have a talking Bakugan, her name is Wolfress and she's a Pyrus. And I do have a talking Bakugan, her name is Tigorra. Wanna see her?"

Amy nodded. "Yes please."

Sarah smiled and walked over to the hospital bed, sitting beside Shun. She took Tigorra off of her shoulder and held her out for Amy to see.

"Hello, Amy," Tigorra said.

"Oh my gosh! She's so cute!" Amy smiled. "Hello, Tigorra."

Shun laughed, Amy had such a cute voice. Sarah smiled.

"Where's Bella now?" Amy asked. "Why didn't she come back with you?"

"She went back to Shun's house," Sarah said, looking at Shun. "She didn't want to come back in case she was overwhelmed with the emotion again."

Shun nodded. "I understand."

"And why did you say Jason's name before you left?" Amy asked again, Sarah froze on the spot, how could she answer that!?

"I-I-I was talking about someone else, his name is also Jason, he's a f-friend of ours that moved out of town..... Um.... I think she might have thought of that before she ran off....." Sarah replied. She didn't want to lie to the poor girl, but she didn't want to tell her the truth either, in case bad memories came back.

"Okay," Amy smiled.

"I'm so glad you're awake at last," Shun said to Amy. "You were asleep the whole time you were on life-support."

"I'm glad I'm awake now too, Shun," Amy said. "I don't think I could sleep for quite a while now."

"Well you still need to sleep," Sarah said to the little girl. "It's bad for your health."

Amy tilted her head. "Why?"

"You need sleep," Sarah laughed. "You need to sleep for at least 6 hours every day, otherwise you're always drowsy, even if you have been asleep for a while."

"Okay," Amy nodded. "How long was I asleep for?"

"A few months," Shun replied. "Four at least."

"That's a lot of sleeping," Amy said. "I can't believe I slept that long."

Sarah laughed. "Well, things like this happen."

Amy nodded.

Shun sighed. "We'd better go."

Sarah heard the reluctance in his voice. "Alright."

"Bye, Shun," Amy said. "You'll come visit me soon, won't you?"

"Of course," Shun smiled. "Whenever I can."

"Bye, Sarah, bye, Dan," Amy said.

"See ya later, sweety," Sarah said, putting a hand on Amy's head before following Shun and Dan out of the room.

They walked down the hall to leave the hospital.

"Sarah?"

Sarah looked at Shun. "Yeah? What is it?"

"Thank you."

Sarah blinked warmly at him. "Don't mention it. I knew you'd be happy to see her. That's why I made it a surprise."

Shun smiled. "Well now that I can see her, I won't worry about her all the time. I know she's gonna be alright."

Sarah nodded. "She'll be up and running around in two weeks. But it will take at least a month for the injuries to disappear. That's what the doctor said anyway."

"Either way, she's gonna be alright," Dan said. "So nothing else matters."

"You're right, Dan," Shun sighed. "But we'd better hurry back, to make sure Bella hasn't destroyed anything."

"We were too late," Dan sighed as they heard a loud crash when they came back to Shun's house.

Sarah went upstairs, the boys didn't dare. Sarah went to Bella's door and knocked. "Bella, you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine!" Bella called and Sarah heard another crash.

"What are you doing in there?" Sarah asked.

"Looking for something!"

"Looking for what?"

"Something, don't worry about it. I'll be downstairs in a minute."

"O..kay," Sarah said and went back downstairs to see Shun and Dan sitting on the couch.

Sarah smiled and hid.

"I hope Bella's alright," Shun sighed and Sarah crawled across the floor, not making a sound. She hid behind the couch. "She seemed to get really upset when she saw Amy's injuries."

"She'll be fine. You worry about her too much, she can look after herself," Dan said.

"I know I worry too much, but I can't help it," Shun murmured. "I care about her."

"I know," Dan sighed. "You've cared about her since the day you met her. I remember when she first saw you, man. She couldn't take her eyes off of you."

"That was awkward," Shun said, cringing at the memory of feeling embarrassed. "It was only until Sarah told her she was staring at me did she turn away."

They were quiet for a few moments, Sarah crossed her arms. Come on, keep talking, she thought.

"Shun?"

"Yeah?"

"You like Bella, don't you? I've seen how close the two of you are, despite the fact you don't even realize it."

Sarah smirked, now she would figure out if Shun liked Bella or not, she was hoping he did, that way she would be right.

"Uh............"

"Come on, man!" Dan laughed. "It's a simple 'yes or no' answer. Do you like Bella?"

"........................................................"

Hurry up and answer all ready! Sarah thought. I wanna know!

Shun sighed. "Fine, yes, I like her. But don't you dare tell anybody!"

"Yeah, sure," Dan said. "Your secret's safe with me."

"Okay, what about you?" Shun caught him off guard. "I reckon you like Sarah."

Sarah's eyes widened.

"W-w-w-hat makes you say t-that?" Dan stumbled.

"Because you and her are pretty close," Shun replied, Sarah knew that there was amusement in his voice. "Don't tell me you haven't noticed how close you've become?"

"Uh............."

Shun laughed. "Come on, man. It's a simple 'yes or no' answer. Do you like Sarah?"

"..........................................................."

Sarah was scared of what his answer was gonna be, and by how silent he suddenly became.

"Come on, tell me," Shun said. "I told you. You should have known it would bounce back at ya."

Dan laughed nervously. "Um... well...... I......... uh................"

Sarah's eyes were wide, her heart thumped so hard she thought she wouldn't hear his answer.

Shun sighed. "Hurry up before Sarah comes back downstairs."

"Alright, alright......" Dan gulped. "I do like her."

Sarah wanted to scream. I wanted to know if Shun liked Bella, but I didn't want to know THAT! She got back on her hands and knees and started crawling back to the stairs. She got up and quickly, silently, went back upstairs.

When she got to the top, she turned around and took a deep breath. She walked back down, making her footsteps loud so that they would hear her.

"Hi, guys," she smiled, avoiding their gazes. She walked over to them and sat down in between them.

"Hey," Shun said. "How's Bella? She hasn't destroyed anything has she?"

"Uh..... I don't think so," Sarah replied, still looking at the ground. "She wouldn't let me in."

"Are you okay?" Shun asked. "You seem, upset or something."

"................. I'm fine," Sarah said.

"You sure?" Dan asked, Sarah went red in the face and she put her head down and her hair covered it.

"Umm.... yeah, I'm sure," she said.

It was an awkward silence, no one spoke. Sarah didn't know what to say anymore. Dan liked her, she never realized it. She thought it was all friendship stuff, now she knew she was wrong.

What could she say, 'oh yeah, hi Dan I heard what you said, about you liking me. So what now?' there was no way she would say anything like that to him!

There was a loud knock at the door and it swung open to reveal Julie, Alice, Runo and Morucho. "Hi!" Julie yelled. "It's good to see you, Danny!"

"Oh no!" Dan mumbled under his breath. "Why does she have to show up all the time!?"

Sarah finally looked up. "Hi."

Runo and Alice nodded to her, Julie jumped on the side of the couch and her arms flung over Dan. "Where have you been? You don't hang out with us anymore."

"I wonder why," Dan mumbled. "Now get off of me, please!"

Julie didn't seem to hear him. She looked at Sarah. "What are you doing here? This is Shun's house."

"I noticed," Sarah suddenly growled, taking herself by surprise. "I live here now."

Julie jumped back and hit the ground. "You what!?!?!?!"

"I ran away from home two months ago," Sarah said, looking past Dan and looked at Julie on the ground. "Shun let me stay here. And I'm not the only one."

"I FOUND IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

They all heard loud footsteps and Bella came racing down the stairs with a small Bakugan in her hand.

"That's what you were looking for?" Sarah mumbled.

"Yep, it's one of my special Bakugan's," Bella smiled, but then she blinked at the new people. "Why are you guys here?"

"We came to visit Shun and Dan. We knew Dan would be here, but we weren't expecting you two," Morucho said.

"Well we both ran away from home," Sarah said. "We both live here with Shun now."

"Well ever since you two came, Dan and Shun haven't hung out with us, they were too busy hanging with you," Runo said, clearly jealous.

Dan looked at Sarah, then back at Runo. "Sarah and Bella are weird people, which makes it funny. They're better to be around."

Sarah didn't look at Dan, which normally, she would. Not anymore, she was too embarrassed to even glance at him.

Dan noticed that. He was suddenly worried about her. Why won't she look at me anymore? He thought.

Julie stood up. "The floor hurts."

Bella blinked at her. "It's called floorboards, idiot!"

"It's not my fault!" Julie growled.

Dan ignored their little bicker. "Um... Sarah? Can I talk to you for a minute?"

Sarah's eyes widened. "Uh, yeah, sure...." she got up and slowly followed him into the kitchen. She stayed standing, where as normally, she would be sitting on a bench.

"So... what did you want?" Sarah asked, looking at her feet.

"Sarah, you've been acting differently ever since we got back from the hospital," Dan began. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong," Sarah mumbled.

Dan wasn't convinced. "There's something wrong, I know it," he said. "You've been acting differently."

"Differently.... how?" Sarah didn't really know what to say.

"Well for starters," Dan mumbled. "You can't even look me in the eyes!"

Sarah looked up and stared into his amber eyes, she could feel her face turning red. "Alright, Dan, I'll be honest...... I heard what you said."

Dan blinked. "Huh?"

"I came down the stairs and hid behind the couch," Sarah murmured. "I overheard what you and Shun were saying."

"You heard... everything?"

"Everything," Sarah nodded. "I just don't know how to act around you now."

Dan was red in the face, worse than Sarah. "I didn't mean for you to hear that," he murmured. "Sorry, Sarah. But it's true.......I really do like you..."

Sarah sighed. "Alright...... so how does this affect our friendship?"

"I don't know," Dan said and suddenly pulled her into a hug. "Do you feel the same way?"

Sarah was quiet for a little bit, but then her arms came up and she hugged Dan back, which was the answer within itself. "Yes," she whispered. "I didn't realize before, I thought we were just friends mucking around, which we were, but I didn't notice, as Shun said, how close we were getting."

"Me neither, but we know now," Dan breathed. "There's nothing that can change that."

Sarah smiled inwardly and hugged him a little tighter.

"GET OUT ALREADY!!!"

Sarah and Dan broke apart. "What was that?" Dan wondered and they poked their heads out from the kitchen to see Bella growling at Julie.

"I will, after I see Danny," Julie said.

"I'm staying in here," Dan mumbled and went back into the kitchen.

"Alright," Sarah said. "I'll be back to tell you when she's gone." Sarah walked over to the front door and held it open. "Julie, get out of here already."

"No, not until I see my Danny boy!"

Sarah tensed up and her hand tightened on the door handle. "Julie........" she said, trying to calm herself down. "Get...... out!"

"No!"

Her grip tightened even more, she thought it would be possible for her to rip the door handle off. Dan was not her property, she didn't see why Julie had to think he was!

Sarah looked at Bella and Bella nodded, taking in a deep breath.

Shun put his hands over his ears.

"Julie...." Bella said.

Julie looked at her.

"GET OUT OF HERE RIGHT NOW BEFORE I THROW YOU OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Julie looked scared. "As I said, not until I see Danny."

"It's Dan!" Sarah growled.

"And as I said," Bella growled. "Get out of here before I throw you out! I'm absolutely serious."

"Me to."

"JUST GET OUT OF HERE!!!! YOU'LL SEE DAN AT SCHOOL ON MONDAY, BUT RIGHT NOW YOU'RE REALLY GETTING ON MY NERVES SO SCRAM BEFORE YOU'RE TOAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Julie looked stubborn as ever. "No."

Sarah took a deep breath. "Dan, get out here!"

Dan slowly walked out of the kitchen and blinked at Julie.

"DANNY!"

Julie ran over to Dan, ready to hug him, but she stopped when she realized that Sarah had gotten in between them. "Bella.... please get rid of her, like... NOW!"

Bella smiled and cracked her knuckles. "Gladly."

"Now, Bella," Wolfress said. "Don't do anything too rash, okay?"

"Don't worry," Bella grinned. She walked over to Julie, grabbed her by the back of the shirt, and dragged her to the front door. She turned Julie around and half pushed her, half kicked her out the door. Bella turned to Runo, Alice and Morucho. "Sorry guys, but could you please leave. We weren't expecting visitors so I wasn't able to control my temper quick enough."

"Sure, we're sorry if we were in the way," Runo said and they were out the door. Bella slammed it shut, locking it before going back and sitting beside Shun.

Sarah looked back at Dan with a smile. "Thanks for helping."

"No.... problem," he said.

"Why are you guys just standing there?" Bella asked. "Come sit down."

Sarah shrugged and walked over to the couch, Dan behind her every step of the way. They sat down next to each other.

"That was loud," Shun sighed, finally taking his hands away from his ears. "Please try and not do that again."

"Sorry," Bella mumbled and yawned. "Me tired." She leaned over and her head rested against Shun's shoulder. She put her arms around his neck. "You're comfy."

"Uhhhhhhhh..................." Shun blinked at her, not sure how to react to it. He looked at Dan, Sarah always slept on his shoulder, she was sleeping on him already anyway. "Dan?"

Dan looked from Sarah to Shun. "Yeah?"

"She's sleeping on me," Shun said. "What do I do?"

"Just let her," Dan replied with a laugh. "Sarah's always sleeping on me..... Oh yeah, that reminds me, she knows about our conversation, she overheard it."

Shun's eyes widened and he looked at Sarah. "Everything?"

"Yep."

"So she knows that you-"

"Yep. We talked about that before."

"She's not gonna tell Bella is-"

"No, I don't think so."

"Whew, good cause if she did-"

"Then Bella would know that you liked her and she'd probably be running away from you with embarrassment."

Shun looked down at Bella as she curled up, he just watched her. He couldn't move, she was basically lying on top of him, curled up like a cat.

Dan nearly laughed at the look Shun had on his face. Shun looked back at Dan. "She's creeping me out."

Dan rolled his eyes. "You're not scared of Masquerade, but you're scared of her sleeping on you..."

"........No. I'm creeped out."

Dan smiled. "You'll get used to it."

"But what if she wakes up and gets nervous when she finds out she's lying on me, like the first time we met and she nearly pulled me on top of her?" Shun asked. "She screamed and pushed me away."

"Well she can't exactly push you away when she's lying on you, not the other way around," Dan said. "Just get over it. You'll get used to it eventually."

"Are you saying she's gonna do this again!?"

"More than likely."

"Aw man!"

Bella blinked open her eyes and looked up, yawning. She looked to her left here her arms were wrapped around something. Her eyes widened as she realized Shun, she looked at how she was lying, she was curled up basically on his lap!

She blinked at him, he was asleep. She pulled her right arm back and, using her index finger, she gently poked him in the head, finding amusement with it when he didn't wake up.

His arm came up to swat her hand away but she moved her hand so he didn't get it. She grabbed his wrist with her left hand, which was still wrapped around Shun's neck and she poked his arm with her right hand.

She smiled, he didn't wake up so she kept poking him. She looked at his face and poked his forehead, his eyes opened and he blinked at her for a second.

"AH!" Bella yelped, taken by surprise and she jumped up, but she fell to the floor. ".............ow."

Shun looked at the ground, she sat up. "I wasn't expecting that," she grumbled.

"What's with all the noise?" Sarah asked, trying to sit up. She failed. She looked at what was holding her in her place. Dan's arms.

She sighed and tried to move his arms away, but she could barely move to reach his arms. He was sleeping.

"Dan, let me go," she mumbled and started knocking him on the head. He opened his eyes and his hand came up, grabbing hers and stopping her from hitting him anymore.

"What was that for?" he mumbled.

"You wouldn't let me go," Sarah said and she stood up, stretching after her few hours sleep. She fell back on the couch and curled up to Dan. "It's cold. You're warm."

Bella was still sitting on the floor. "The floorboards are cold," she murmured.

"Then why are you sitting on them?" Shun asked her.

She looked up at him and jumped up on the couch beside him, hugging his neck and curling up again. "I'm cold."

"You guys should get some proper sleep," Dan said.

"But I'm too tired to get up," Sarah mumbled.

Dan smiled. "I figured that much. So-"

"Don't you dare carry me," Sarah said simply, not even having to open her eyes.

"Too late," Dan said and stood up with her in his arms.

Sarah mumbled something but stayed quiet. "Come on, Shun," Dan said. "You should take Bella to her room."

Shun sighed. "Alright," he lifted her up.

"PUT ME DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Sarah's eyes snapped open and she tried to sit up, she would have if it was considered possible. She looked up at Dan. "Why do you have to carry me?"

"Because you won't get up and walk by yourself," Dan replied.

Sarah watched as Shun walked past them with Bella in his arms, he walked upstairs and ignored Bella's mumble-talk, something to do with him being toast or whatever.

"Yeah, yeah," Shun sighed as he kept walking. "Where have I heard that one before? Oh yeah, I know. You've said it a thousand times and failed to complete your threat."

"I will one day, don't you worry about that!" Bella growled.

"Come on," Dan sighed. "I'll take you to your room."

Sarah shrugged and she rested her head on his shoulder, falling asleep again.

It was still dark outside and Dan took Sarah into her room. He put her on her bed, taking her arms away from his neck and he stood up properly. He turned and he left the room.

Shun put Bella on her bed, she had fallen asleep, she was too tired to stay awake any longer. He looked down at her and brushed his hand through her hair. "Good night, Bella," he murmured and walked out, closing her door behind him.