Bakugan: The Awakening

A/N: Anyway, sorry about no updates over the weekend. I've been on a retreat with some friends of mine. It was fun to participate in ( ), but I missed doing Halloween ( ). Anyway, here's the fourth chapter of Bakugan: The Awakening, so sit back and enjoy!

Oh, yeah, I almost forgot.

I don't own bakugan, but I do own my OC and his partner.

Chapter 4: (Pit stop)

After running for a bit, the two boys arrived in front of a restaurant, stopping to catch their breath. After a couple moments, Cole spoke up.

"Hey Dan, is this the place you were talking about?"
"Yep, this is the place," he answered, turning to face Cole. "I have a few friends who work here, so it should be fine."

"I hope you're right about that, because as you can see," Cole said, indicating his pockets, "I don't have any money at hand.

"Then what are those?" Dan asked, pointing at the small long sticks in his pockets.

"Oh, that's my emergency snack," Cole stated, sliding the small sausages back in.

"Anyways, lets go inside," Dan said, opening the door. Cole followed him in.

As they entered the place, Cole took a moment to take in the sights around him. There were plenty of nice looking chairs neatly slid into the tables, along with a few booths for families to eat together. Hanging across the walls were plenty of pictures of the family who owned this establishment. Most of them usually focused on this one girl with blue hair.

"Very interesting," he thought, making a mental note to ask Dan if she knew this person. Continuing his observations, he found that only a few people were here right now. Sitting at one table was this small kid wearing a blue-white jacket along with shorts and red glasses. He looked rather bored, tapping the table absently. The other thing his eyes settled were two girls sitting in a booth. Something about them seemed a bit… odd. He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but there was definitely something different about them. He thought of going over and introducing himself to them when a friendly red head approached Dan.

"Hello Dan, nice to see you again" the girl said. Turning her head, she noticed that there was someone right next to him.

"Uh, Dan, who is the guy standing next to you?" she asked.

Realizing that his name was called, Cole put his hand on the back of his neck and smiled. "My name is Cole, its nice to meet you."

"This is someone that I battled today, but he is different from the other brawlers," Dan said.

"Oh, how so?" the girl asked.

"You'll find out in a moment, Alice," Dan said. "Anyways, can we get something to eat?" "We are starving!" His stomach growled in agreement.

"Sure, let me find you a table," Alice said politely.

"No need too, I think I already found one," Dan said, pointing at the table with the small kid.

"Okay then, can I take your orders then?" she said nicely, pulling out a note pad out of her waitress uniform.

Cole thought about it for a moment before giving his answer. "Okay, can I have a burger and some lemonade?" Cole asked her.

"Okay, one lemonade and a burger," she said to herself cheerfully, writing down the order. "Is there anything you want Dan?"

"Well, I guess I'll also have a burger," Dan said.

"Okay, two burgers and a lemonade then," Alice said, writing down Dan's order and closing her notebook. "Okay, I'll get this to Runo." She walked toward the kitchen to give the person working in there the order.

Cole took the moment to look back at the booth. However, no one was sitting there now. This confused him. "Who was just sitting over there?" he thought out aloud.

"Hey pal, you coming or what?" Dan asked, putting his hand on Cole's shoulder.

"Coming," Cole said, pushing his current thoughts aside to follow Dan to the table.

"Hey, marucho, how's it going?" Dan asked.

The little kid perked his head up, smiling a bit. "Hey Dan." "Oh, everything is fine, nothing is going on."

"Okay, anyways I brought someone along with me," Dan said. "Marucho, meet Cole."

"Well, its nice to meet you Cole," Marucho said, holding out his hand.

"Likewise," Cole responded, shaking marucho's hand.

"So, why are you here Dan?" Marucho asked.

"He promised this guy some food; problem is he doesn't have any money on him," Drago said, popping his head out of Dan's pocket.

"Quiet Drago, don't broadcast it to the world," Dan told Drago.

"Ha Ha Ha, now that's hilarious!"

Cole looked around to find where that voice came from, but to no avail. "Who said that?"

"Oh, that would be my partner Preyas," Marucho said, pulling out Preyas from his clip.

"Yo, what up homeboy!" Preyas said, popping out of his ball form. "Who's the new guy?

"My name's Cole," he said before pulling out a black bakugan. "And this is my partner." The ball popped open to reveal a black dragon with two wings.

"I am Darkus Palonidas," he said, stretching out his wings.

"Wow, another talking bakugan, how amazing!" Marucho said, his eyes sparkling in excitement.

"I know right. But I just got him, and I don't know most of his abilities yet," Cole said, a tad bit of disappointment in his voice.

"You just got him. You can't just expect to instantly become the best just because you have a talking bakugan," Marucho said.

"Yeah, I guess your right," Cole said. Wanting to change the subject, he spoke up. "Is the food ready yet?"

"It's coming!" a voice yelled from the kitchen. A blue-pigtailed hair girl came out, bringing out 2 hamburgers and a lemonade on a trey. She wore a white uniform that ended half-way down her legs, and underneath that was a yellow midrift shirt.

Cole had effidently looked at Runo for too long, for she noticed and started yelling at him.

"Hey, Quit starring at me! Its really creepy you know!"

"Oh, sorry!" Cole said hurriedly, trying to avoid making eye contact with her. Dan was holding his mouth shut to prevent himself from laughing.

"Wow, your one of a kind," Dan said, slapping Cole on the back. "I used to be the only one able to rile her up like that before you came!"

"Its not a talent I'm particularly proud of," Cole admitted, blushing a little.

The restaurant was cast into an awkward silence for a little while until Runo finally spoke her question.

"Anyway Dan, who is this guy?" With that question spoken, the silence was shattered and everyone remembered how to act normally.

"This is Cole," Dan said. "He is the guy I battled today, but he was different from the rest of the people in the park."

"How was he different? He doesn't look like anything out of the ordinary to me," Runo said.

She looked at Cole again, but he didn't notice the looks he got from devouring the hamburger and draining the lemonade.

His stomach acting up, he quickly thought to cover his mouth before letting out a belch. "Buuuurrrrrrrpppppppp!". "Excuse me" he said politely, trying to make everyone forget what he had unleashed.

"Ok, that belch was something, but what really makes him so different as a brawler?" Runo asked Dan again.

"I think it would be better for him to show you," Dan said. Looking back at Cole, he asked him, "Hey pal, can you show my friend Runo your partner?"

"Okay, Dan," Cole said, trying to get the attention of his partner. "Hey buddy, somebody wants to see you." The "partner" he was referring to rolled out of his pocket and opened up.

"Greetings, I am Darkus Palonidas," he said, taking a bow.

"I've never seen a bakugan like that before," Runo stated.

"Neither have I, and I have checked everywhere on the web," Marucho added.

"So what your saying is that my Palonidas is unique?" Cole asked.

"Based on the research I have done, that appears to be the case," Marucho answered.

"That's awesome!" Cole shouted, holding Palonidas and spinning in excitement.

"He has a high power level, but Drago and I were able to defeat him." Drago popped his head out of Dan's pocket to add his own comment.

"If Palonidas and Cole had more experience working together as a team, they would have won," Drago stated.

"That seems very interesting," Runo said. "Tigrerra, what do you say we battle this kid?"

A white and yellow bakugan floated up onto her shoulder, then opened to reveal a tiger. "Well, I think it would be good to see how skilled this brawler is."

"Okay, its settled then. I, Runo Misaki, will challenge Cole to a battle!" Runo said.

"Someone's fired up about this" Dan said, stating the obvious.

Runo walked up to Cole, making him uncomfortable how close she was to him. "Do you have the money to pay for your meal?" she asked.

"Uh, Dan said that he would be paying for the meal. Isn't that right, Dan," He said, turning towards the guy in question.

"Yeah, about that," Dan said laughing nervously, rubbing the back of his neck.

"You don't have any money to pay for the meal, do you," Cole asked, doubt in his voice.

"Apparently he doesn't," Runo said, giving Dan a stern look which caused him to look back. "Fortunately, I have an alternative."

"I'm listening," Cole said, sitting up in his chair.

"Here's the offer I'm making. We will have a brawl. If you win, you don't have to pay for your meal."

"What's the catch?" Cole said, raising an eyebrow.

"If I win, you'll have to pay off your debt by working here."

"Okay, I accept."

"Really, no questions?" Runo asked.

"Yep, I don't have anything to do for the rest of the day, so I'm good." Cole then stepped out of his chair and asked her, "So, where will we be battling?"

"Right now!" She said, pulling out her gate card.

"I never back down from a challenge," Cole responded, pulling out his own gate card.

"Good luck," Tigrerra said courteously.

"You too, Tigrerra. May the best bakugan win!"

"Bakugan Field Open!"

The six attribute symbols shimmered and appeared around the two players, then a bright light appeared as time slowed down to a crawl. Just before the two brawlers were transported, Cole felt something touch his shoulder and looked back. It was Dan's hand that he felt.

"I want to see how well you'll fare against Runo. I'm not missing this," Dan said, a smile lining his face.

With that taken care of, the three brawlers were transported to the battlefield.

The agent had arrived at his client's mansion. Showing the access code, he walked in; waiting for his client to show.

"Good for you to come here, agent" A voice out of nowhere said.

"I agreed to this job, I always keep my word" the agent responded. "Anyways, here is the report".

"Thank you, you may leave now," The client said, dismissing the agent.

"As you wish, Masquerade."

A/N:

Man, this chapter took a lot longer to write than I wanted *falls back into his chair, exhausted*.

I'm going to London for the November break, so I don't know how much time I'll get to write these stories. I'm going to try to get at least one chapter of this out per week, so I hope that excites you.

Thank you to those who have reviewed this story. I like hearing your opinions, they really help get the creative brain up and running.

I appreciate reviews, don't hold anything back.

Thanks, and hopefully I'll see you guys soon.

-Icebane9 signing out-