Seityrn: Let's begin shall we?
Syphile: Um... Masquerade's talking in his sleep again.
Masquerade: No…Stop, Seityrn doesn't own Bakugan!Waaahhhhh!!!
Seityrn: Strange… now, let's see what's he dreaming
Chapter 4
"No, I already said the disclaimer! Stop it!" Masquerade yelled at the blunette.
"Yes you did…but I never said that I will forgive you after that, did I?!" Runo retorted back, her face contorted with a sick smile while she continued to chase the blonde with a flamethrower.
The two continued to run until Runo cornered Masquerade in a dead end that randomly popped out.
"MWUAHAHAHAHA!" the female cackled, before pulling the trigger "I love youSO much…"
"Gah!" Masquerade cried out as he jerked awake, sweating profusely and sighing. "…It was all a nightmare…"
His eyes began to scan the room he was in. The room was average in size, enough to fit it with a queen size bed, a chair and study table with a computer on the right and drawers on the left and still have ample space to move around.
Shaking off his drowsiness, he went out of his room and into the corridor where the stairs are. His room was across Alice's whilst Shun's was in the between his and Mark's. He passed the room silently and proceeded downstairs. All of the rooms are apparently the same but he opted for the farthest one, across Alice.
The aroma of garlic being fried, along with comforting sizzling sounds, was in the air downstairs. Who could be up at six in the morning? he wondered.
"Morning, Masky," Mark greeted him as he emerged into the living room, before turning back to the TV, randomly flipping channels.
"Oh, morning," he replied. "Who's cooking if you're here in the living room?"
"Shun is. Um…say, why are you covered in sweat?"
"Oh this? Ungh…I'm having nightmares with Runo and flame-throwers," he grimly answered before sitting beside Mark on the couch.
"Here's the remote. You take it. I don't have anything in mind to watch," the other male said as he got up.
"Mark, could you do me a favor?"
"Sure thing."
"Thanks. Could you…." Masquerade's voice dropped to a whisper, just loud enough for Mark to hear and nod along to.
"I'll try," he gladly responded.
Later, Sapphire College
Second floor
Shun was walking alone along the corridors of his new school. Although he was excited to be here, he still wished Alice and he was in the same college, after hearing she was also going to college.
"Room 27…" he said to himself, slowing down as the numbers increased to 24, 25, 26… "My new room…and here it is."
He stopped in front of the room labeled 'Room 27' and proceeded to open the door but was surprised to see it ajar. Cautiously entering the said room, he saw a large room; windows panes on the left and above those, two air-conditioning units are located whilst an elevated platform was in front, as well as a whiteboard that stretched the entire room's length while armchairs are arranged neatly in columns and rows. Aside from those, he also was a blonde male with spiky hair and a white coat leisurely sitting near the window. The other male turned to him and their gaze met.
"Hey Shun," Masquerade said casually, waving at the said male.
"Wha-what are you doing here," he hissed.
"Why? What's wrong if I'm also studying here?"
"Yo-you're my classmate!?"
"Shhhh…I hear footsteps heading our room."
The door creaked open to reveal their professor who immediately greeted them without even looking
"Good morning class. I know it's still early and our call time is 9:00 am and it's only 8:45 but I…" He paused midsentence upon seeing his students. "What the…so you mean, I'm your…"
"Looks like it, cousin."
"Mark, I know that I asked you to enroll me in college but I never expected to be classmates with Shun and you to be my professor," Masquerade said, arms crossed.
"So did I," he replied. "Oh well…since there's no need to know each other now, please excuse me."
Third floor
Two males, one with silver hair and the other with long, blond hair, were talking with each other in a classroom when the door opened. The two stopped their chitchat and looked at the person standing at the door.
"Um…Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Hertzon?" the teacher asked.
"Yeah? That's us," the one with blond hair answered.
"My uttermost apologies but you two have been transferred from the third flood to the second floor. I'm here to escort you"
"Oh, is that so? Well then, I guess there's nothing that we can do about it now, right Billy?"
"Yeah…I hope that there are beautiful babes in that room. Wouldn't you say, Klaus?" Billy said, nudging his arm.
Klaus just scoffed at Billy's remark and got his bag. The other male soon got his and they proceeded to their new room.
First floor
"Julie! Stop following us!" Runo exclaimed.
"Hey, it's not like my fault that our path's the same, right Dan?"
The brunette just gave a nervous chuckle. He really wished that he was roommates with Runo instead of Julie.
"Hey, there are the stairs. So could you please GO TO YOUR ROOM?!" shouted the blunette.
"Relax Runo…my room is at the second floor," Julie replied calmly. "Isn't it exciting, Dan?"
"What!? My room is at the second floor too. OHHH…when we reach our room, I'm expecting you to enter your own."
Dan couldn't help but wish his dad hadn't enrolled him here. "Uh…" he stammered. "Could we just get to our rooms? So we can, you know…know our respective rooms…"
--------Room 27 (8:50 am)
The front and back door of the room swung open, revealing a bunch of faces. In the front door, Mark had Klaus von Hertzon and Billy Gilbert in tow whilst an arguing Julie Makimoto and Runo Misaki with Daniel Kuso entered using the backdoor.
"Shun, is it just me or is this room getting crazier and crazier every passing moment?" Masquerade whispered.
"JULIE!!!" Billy cried as he ran towards her
She spun around and saw Billy running to hug her. She tried to return the favor but upon seeing Masquerade again, she ran at his direction instead; much to the both males' dismay.
Seeing no more reason to argue with Julie, Runo sat next to Dan. He, on the other hand, was already engaged in a conversation with Klaus.
Shun looked at his surroundings and sighed.
Am I really stuck with these people? he asked himself
From the front door, a purple haired lad emerged and greeted Mark, addressing to him as teacher.
Dan and Klaus ceased their chat and looked at the new comer. Immediately recognizing the purple haired lad, Dan made a sudden outburst.
"What on Earth are you doing here, Baron!?"
"Master Dan? It really is you, Master Dan!" Baron exclaimed, before glomping Dan.
"Urk! Not... so… argh… tight…"
"Whoops, sorry…"
From both doors this time, two figures emerged at the same instant. One was female with red hair whilst the other was a male with aqua green hair.
"So, who made it first Baron?" the male asked.
"Um…sorry guys. I didn't see," Baron apologized to his companions.
"I'm definitely sure it was me," the girl said boastfully.
"Come on, you know it was me. Admit it Mira, the farther staircase got me here faster."
"Nuh-uh. The nearer one is, Ace. You can't deny it."
"Mira, Ace, Baron…I think you three already made an impression here," Shun said wisely from his spot.
The three scanned the room and sure enough, all eyes are trained on them. Even Julie, Masquerade and Billy stopped running just in order to see them.
Ace and Mira bowed their heads and regretted their childish action a moment ago. As for Baron, he just stood in his spot, still unable to accept the fact that nearly all of the Bakugan Brawlers are in the same room with him. This resulted to the other two Vestals dragging and forcing him to sit in a chair.
During the commotion, Chan and Joe managed to slip unnoticed and were now romantically holding each other's hands in their chairs.
Mark stared at his watch and clapped his hand.
"Alright, 9:00. Time for us to start."
Suddenly, the backdoor swung open once more and a voice was heard. "Gomen-nasai!" Syphile apologized as she and another entered the room.
"Sorry if we're late," Alice added. "Hey guys! Long time, no see!"
"It's alright…we're just about to begin. Have a seat. Now, as I was saying…first day of classes and time to get to know each other. Any volunteers for the first to introduce him of herself?"
Nobody raised a hand.
"Alright…let's start with um…YOU!" Mark jabbed a finger towards Billy.
He was, at that time, flirting with Mira and Mark's action caught him off guard.
A While Later...
(A/N: Too lazy to write everyone a back-story :P)
"Hello, I'm Baron Star* and…I'm pretty much a fan of…nearly everyone here!"
"Ace Shades* is the name and I'm probably cooler than Shun over there."
"And also as hard headed like Dan," Mira teased.
"Did you say something?"
"Nothing. Anyways, I'm Mira Clay and the three of us are aliens in this place and we're hoping to learn more about your culture."
"Hello! I'm Syphile Nashida. I'm hoping that we can know more about each other!"
"Even though you already know about me, I'll still introduce myself. Mark Nashida and well, you know. I have links."
"Business partner," Klaus commented.
"Sponsor," Billy added.
"Vestal Scientist," Mira whispered under her breath.
Dan raised his hand and asked, "What about that other guy whose hairstyle is pretty much like Masquerade's?"
"Right, please introduce yourself," Mark asked innocently.
"You just had to notice huh? I'm Alice's brother and my name," he said, placing his mask before his face; shocking everyone who still didn't know, "is Masquerade Gehabich"**
"You got to be kidding us!" Julie exclaimed.
Masquerade removed his mask and hid it once again.
"No kidding. Nice to meet you all," he said, a nearly-visible grin forming in his face
Later In The Afternoon
Classes were over and everyone was on their way home.
"Julie, I can't believe that I'm sharing the house with you and Dan," Runo said, distraught. "I hope our neighbors are sane…"
…
"Hey Mira, do you know who are our neighbors are?" Ace asked.
"Still no idea."
…
"Chan, wouldn't you love to know our neighbors?"
"I'd love to but…they weren't there earlier right?"
"Yeah…I do hope we can meet them soon…"
…
"Everyone's talking about their neighbor. I'm jealous," Syphile said to his brother.
"Don't worry. You guys already know your neighbors."
"What do you mean by 'we already know your neighbor,'?" Masquerade asked, confused.
Everyone turned around and faced Mark for an answer whilst continuing to walk.
"Maybe he means we're all neighbors," Alice proposed.
"BINGO! Well then, here we are" he exclaimed upon reaching the cul-de-sac. "Joe and Chan reside in House 205; Dan, Runo and Julie in 206; us in 207; Ace, Mira and Baron in 208 and finally, Klaus and Billy in 209."
"Yeah!" Baron cheered. "This is like, a dream come true!"
"Let's party!" Dan suggested.
"PARTY, PARTY!" Baron and Dan chanted. Somehow, they managed to convince the others to chant to and a party soon began.
Inside Shun and Masquerade's minds, they made a mental note to be prepared for sleepless nights. Being in between two noisy houses is going to have its toll.
*I just thought of their surnames. Seeing Mira Clay is Subterra, I decided to incorporate what element who is using in their surname. Star for Baron (Haos) and Shades for Ace (Darkus)
** Remember 'Chapter 1' where Masky pocketed his mask?
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