Chapter 11: Fabia once again

I wanted to stop him, but I frozen to the spot trying to wipe away my own tears. In truth I wasn't upset over having to move on from Jin. I knew it would happen that I would fall in love again, but it was just the memory of him wishing me happiness just a few days before Kazarina had her Lumagrowl kill him.

"Princess." I heard Aronaut calling to me.

I had forgotten that he had been there for the whole thing and I felt embarrassed for creating such a spectacle in front of him and not only forgetting the fact that he had once been Jin's Bakugan.

"I'm sorry Aronaut." I said as I sniffled and wiped away a few trailing tears.

"What for Princess? You did nothing wrong." Aronaut assured me kindly.

I smiled sheepishly, "You were Jin's Bakugan and I'm making you watch me move on."

"Princess that is nonsense." The haos Bakugan told me in a scolding sort of tone, "Jin said so himself especially to me that if anything should ever happen to him that I would make sure you received the happiness you deserved and if the human makes you happy then pursue him. Doing so doesn't make us partners any less. Though I should warn him that if any unhappiness befalls you while courting then….I'll make him pay."

I felt a warm smile come to my lips and I gave Aronaut and light peck as thanks. He said nothing more and collapsed into his closed ball form allowing me to place him in my pocket and I was about to go into the garden and find Dan when a voice called my name.

"Princess Fabia!" the young castle knight Rafe called as he came rushing up to me.

"What is it Rafe?" I asked noticing his urgency.

"It's Earth. We've lost all communication with them and also we can't contact the Battle Brawlers." Rafe explain hurriedly.

"What?!" I exclaimed, "Has my sister, Serena, been told this?"

"Elright…is….informing…her right now!" Rafe managed to say between pants.

"Good, now how did you figure this out?" I asked next knowing that it was a little random for them to be finding out about the unable communication when we had no reason to be trying to contact them in the first place.

"Serena wanted us to contact the Battle Brawlers to see if they would come here and help…with Dan." Rafe explained and lowered his voice a bit.

"We should tell Dan." I said turning around to head off into the garden, but Rafe was quick to stop me by jumping in my way.

"We can't I have strict orders to keep him completely in the dark about this." Rafe told me in a strained tone.

I narrowed my eyes, "Why?"

"Ask Elright and Linus they told me vaguely and I'm not so sure on the reason myself." Rafe replied.

I folded my arms with much aggravation and then turned away to make head way for the throne room.

Sure enough my sister and Elright were conversing about the downed communication lines between Earth and Neathia when I stormed in. I was angry that they were being vague with me, but also they didn't plan on telling Dan.

"Why?" I snapped at Elright, "Why exactly are we not telling Dan about this and why didn't you just send me to Earth to collect the Battle Brawlers myself?"

Elright rubbed his brown and sighed while my sister stood up and came in close proximity of me. By this time Aronaut was sitting on my shoulder wondering the same thing I was.

Serena looked at me with remorse, "Dan is unstable right now with these vision assault impending upon him and I was hoping to find out more about his past enemies by way of his friends. That's why I had Linus and Elright try to open up communication between Earth and Neathia, but we can't seem to find the planet almost as if it's disappeared. No communication or way of teleportation."

"Did you double check and see if its maybe an error?" I begged to know.

Elright shook his head, "We have several times, but alas the results are the same. We have our top scientists working on this matter. There's some good news though, we still have contact with Gundalia."

"Did you ask Nurzak if Gundalia has access to Earth then?" I asked as the thought came to mind.

Serena nodded, "Yes their results are the same as ours."

"Damn." I heard Rafe mutter from behind me.

"Well now what?" I muttered myself folding my arms.

Serena placed her hand on my shoulder and smiled kindly to me.

"Now I have an important job for you." She informed me her expression easing from the smile to a stern one, "I need you to keep a close eye on Daniel. I have a bad feeling about all these occurrences being connected to him."

"Why would he block communications between Neathia and Earth?" I asked confused a little by what she was saying.

"No I know he didn't do that or is behind this, but rather its all happening because he and Drago bear the powers of the Sacred Orb. Call it paranoia, but someone maybe after his power." Serena told me sternly as she lifted her hand off my shoulder and returned to the throne.

"This is all too freaky." Rafe commented and I turned to face him making him flinch a little.

"Rafe, go assist Linus as best as you can, I'm off to find Ren and inform him of this." I commanded and the young knighted sprinted off.

I turned back to my sister and we nodded to each other before I left the throne room. I paused halfway down the hallway and pulled Aronaut out of my pocket.

"Go find Ren and tell him everything." I commanded my guardian Bakugan with a steely expression.

"As you wish Princess, but aren't you going to do the same?" Aronaut questioned.

I shook my head, "No I just realized it would be better for me to find Dan first and make sure he's doing okay and no offense Aronaut, but I prefer alone."

"Of course." Aronaut murmured as he hovered up from my hand.

The Haos Bakugan bobbed away and I sighed heavily before taking off to the garden. I didn't necessarily sprint down the corridors, but had a very brisk pace. The doors to the outside balcony, that had steps leading down to the garden, were closed now and I grimaced at wasting energy in slowing and opening them. Once they were I ran through the garden searching to find the brunette in Neathian disguise, but slowed when I heard faint voices from around a bush.

"I know, but we can't. They are always watching and after that last vision you don't have the energy to do it, do you?" I heard Dan's voice carry over the bush.

He was talking in a hushed tone and I grew a little confused until who he was talking to responded.

"No I can't Daniel." Drago's voice came in a low tone as well.

"Damn!" Dan grunted, "I just want to-argh!"

"Daniel!" Drago's voice sounded off urgent and I wanted to come around the corner to see what was wrong, but held back when I heard a strained voice.

"I'm fine Drago." Dan assured his guardian Bakugan in a hoarse voice, "Just a phantom pain."

"I see." Drago murmured and then sighed, "We can't go on like this, with doing nothing to figure out who is this armor clad man and the beast with him. I wonder, do you get the same feeling as me, like we know them from before."

"I get the same feeling, but I just can't figure out who they would be. Most of our past enemies are dead or befriended us." Dan mentioned as I heard some feet shuffling and apparently he had sat down in the grass, "Can't be Masquerade or Naga because Masquerade doesn't have that kind of voice and Naga is dead."

"Nor can it be Zenoheld, he's definitely dead, but maybe it could be him." Drago sounded off.

"Okay there's one possibility, but what about Barodias and Dharak? They only just disappeared I'm guessing Code Eve warped them to rot in between dimensions. Or she disintegrated them from existence." Dan went on, "So I guess that leaves Zenoheld, Barodias, and Dharak."

He sighed deeply and became silent. I felt bad for him being stuck here without a clue as to who this new enemy was or what they were after.

A few good minutes passed by before I heard them speak again.

"We should go train." Dan insisted.

"No." Drago said.

"Why not?" the brunette demanded.

"It's better if we rest up some more. I have a feeling that these visions get worse each time we go too far in training." Drago explained.

"I know buddy, but I feel like we gained pretty good ground last time." Dan commented in a pouting tone, "I mean before you went berserk, but that's something. Then again maybe I need to meditate more often."

"I agree with you, but perhaps the fault isn't with you, but rather me." Drago mentioned and I heard Dan scoff.

"That's nonsense dude, we're partners and we're together in this. Maybe…that's our problem!" Dan gasped as he came into a realization.

"Huh?" Drago grunted in confusion.

"We've been training out of sync! Doing separate training." Dan went on, "Let's try doing all our training together and see if that helps."

"Yes." Drago conceded, "Good idea, no, it's a great idea Daniel, but one thing."

"Huh?" Dan murmured.

"I don't think I'll be able to join in on your jogging around the castle. It's impossible in this form, but even in my normal form I would cause a great disturbance and would have to do more rounds than you in order to get the same." Drago told the brunette with embarrassment evident in his voice.

I held back a chuckle of the thought of Drago racing Dan around the castle. The imagery was just too hilarious and I almost gave myself away.

"Right." Dan laughed and they both broke out into laughter masking mine.

They both became silent once more and I sought my opportunity to come out of hiding because I was sure that Aronaut had enough time to find Ren by now. I slowly stepped away from the bush and then purposely stepped on a twig to alert him.

"Huh?" Dan said faintly as I heard him stand and I stood there waiting.

He and Drago came from behind the bush and I smiled faintly at him.

"Found you." I whispered and he looked downcast.

"Sorry about upsetting you earlier. I was out of bounds." Dan apologized not bothering to look me in the eye.

My heart was pounding in my chest again and I felt that there was only one thing I could do to tell him that I felt the same way about him completely. I got extremely close to him and looked into those disguised maroon eyes. I grabbed his wrist with the projector bracelet and turned it off before I embraced his lips with mine. He was stiff with surprise at first, but as the kiss continued he relax and brought his arms up around my shoulders pulling me closer.

Finally we broke to regain oxygen and both of us were panting. I felt so much heat in my cheeks I was sure I was going to faint, but I thankfully didn't. He smiled lovingly at me as he caught his breath and kissed my forehead. I gasped a bit and then smiled formed on my lips. I felt the need to speak, but decided against it as he embraced my lips and we engaged in a long kiss once more.

I ran my hand through his brown locks and his went through my dark blue hair. The closeness and warmth generated between us was so invigorating, but couldn't last long as someone behind us cleared their throat. I whipped my head around and Dan looked up at the person behind us and had caught us.

END

Next chapter won't reveal who caught them smooching it up, but it gives you all more time to guess who it is!