DISCLAIMER: I don't own Bakugan. Cuz if I did, the girls would be in it, and there would be more couples.

Ch.10

Bold is thoughts

Italics is past

SELLON POV

I walked away from the battle. Though I had lost, I was pleased. The ventus brawler had looked irritated, angry, and his face held no more love of bakugan it once had. But at the same time, he had looked at her with pity. His wonderful features marred by a look that shot surprise through me. Wonderful? What am I thinking? Focus Sellon. are the words that went through my brain. But at the same time, I couldn't help but feel... sad for him...

Without Dan, he'd actually been stronger, as if he'd been holding back. And all the fans he'd been getting…

But as he seemed to hold a different strength than Dan. A strength that radiated a fragile power along with a reason to battle. A nobility in fighting.

I looked around the corner I had seen Shun go to see him slump against a redhead. I felt my heart twinge for some reason. I quickly gazed at the crowd surrounding him, realizing that this was not a fan group. Daniel Kuso could be seen, waiting, looking almost …sad. Terrified even. As he should. Maybe he's finally realized that resistance is futile. What I was slightly worried about was that there were ten extra brawlers. Hmm. The boy's so scared that he needed to call all of his little play buddies. When I snapped out of my thoughts, I noticed that I had been fiercely staring at the red-head. She wasn't that pretty. I was MUCH better suited for Shun. Wait. What am I talking about? I'm not supposed to like him. He's the enemy. Removing the feeling from my heart, I sauntered away to meet my minions, er, I mean 'friends'.

DAN POV

I gazed at the brawler who was lying down on the bed in the boy's old room on the jet. I felt really awful right now. His remarks had brought back a month of hurt I would have left alone. He's right though. It was my fault. I could've stopped her. I surveyed the bandages that covered his left bicep as well as the one's peeking out from his right shoulder. According to Alice, the cuts had been deep, deeper than a battle could've imposed.

I stood up, accidentally brushing off his jacket that had been placed on the chair. As I picked it up, I saw a picture fall out. Drago noticed it too, "Dan, what's that?"

Picking it up, I turned it over. My face probably cracked into the hugest sad smile ever. It had my mom and his at a patio table laughing at me and Shun. Shun's mom had always been so kind and happy. She hadn't deserved what she got. Anyway, I was holding Shun in a headlock, messing up his hair as much as I could. My eyes were closed, with my face in a smirking position. He had his hands on my arm trying to pull me off, yelling at me. I looked at the left side of the picture and my eyes fell on her. "Who's that?" Drago asked, his eyes also glued to her features.

She was laughing at me and Shun, obviously because I had finally been able to grab his head. Even before ninja training, he'd been pretty fast. But, I'd finally caught his head. Her long black hair was tied into a ponytail, with long bangs coming up front to frame her face, streaked with green and red, apparently for me and Shun. Her smile seemed to light up the whole picture. Her eyes were resting on us, deep dark grayish-blue. They suited her. Her ear had slightly pointed ends from earrings at the top. Around her neck was a necklace that had the letters D and S on it, studded with our respective colors. Both of us had chipped in to give it to her. "Noone. She's not important."

"She is. Her necklace has your and Shun's intials."

Dangit. He'd noticed.

"She was a friend. From a long time ago."

"But-"

I put the picture back into the pocket as I heard Runo calling me. Hurriedly, I threw the jacket onto the chair as she walked in, "Dan. He's not going to wake up just because you decide to make faces at him," she waited for a response, before sighing, "Dan. It's time for lunch, we stopped in our old spot."

I pretended to jump up at the word food, "FOOD! YES!" making her chuckle before leaving the room. I walked out of the room after waiting another minute. I couldn't wait to see my mom now.

RUNO POV

I was worried. I had never seen Dan look that upsetingly at Shun. Speaking of Shun… That boy is SO telling me why the heck he would do such a stupid thing! Dan does stuff like that! Not you, you moron! You may be able to not tell Dan, Alice, or Skyress, but I'm just as good as your little sister. You CAN'T say NO to ME.Who were they talking about anyway? I went to Shun and Dan's room, before pausing at the door when I heard rustling. I peeked in, seeing Dan looking at a picture with a sad smile on his face. It was actually really sweet looking. His eyes landed on the left side of the picture and froze. Drago started to ask him something, but his answers were evasive, as if he and Shun had a completely different life before all of them had met.

As he turned a little, I caught a glimpse of the girl in the picture. Who was that girl? I looked closer. She had the exact same smile as the lady in the background. How was this girl related to Shun and Dan? Why hadn't we heard of her before? My eyes widened before I walked away, It was her that they were talking about. Then I realized why I had come and went back, calling his name.

I told him it was time to eat before chuckling at his expression at the mention of food. What a ham. Why had I ever fallen for him?

HEY! Jazz here! I got this up as fast as I could... :( I hope that all of you here are alright so far! Cookies for everyone! please Read and review... The next chapie'll be more about Dan and the secret. Everyone's kinda tense soon. Thanks for the wait.

It was HER seat…

"You think I wanted to remember?" the boy asked, his voice scratchy and dangerously low, "You think I like fighting with Shun?" his fists were tightly clenched on the table.