Crimson Rose

Chapter 12

Sayuri Lapis: Now we are going to start a new Arc. Arc II! Thanks to everyone who is reviewing this story. It really makes me happy. Some of you are asking who this woman that is locked up behind the door. Well, that is going to come out in the later chapters! I don't own Bakugan.

Several months have passed since the incident and Fabia's transformation happened, and everything was normal like it was. One morning, Alice was doing her chores like usual for her master, Shun Kazami. His brother, Ren Krawler, had Fabia as his servant.

Alice knocked on his door. "Is that you Alice?" Shun asked. "Yeah, I'm here to deliver you your breakfast." She said.

"Come in." The raven haired man called out. Alice opened the door and saw Shun Kazami lying down on his bed.

She approached him cautiously. "H-Here is your br-breakfast!" She stuttered, walking closer to him and handing the tray over. Shun smiled, "Thank you Alice." he replied.

Alice then looked around the room until she found a book. "What's that book?" She asked as she walked over to it. "Ah! That book is…" Shun started but stopped when he noticed that she was not paying any attention to him.

Alice skimmed the pages with her chocolate brown eyes and saw pictures of a beautiful woman with deep red eyes and pitch black long hair. In one of the pictures, she and Shun were standing together, smiling. "Shun, who is that woman?" Alice curiously asked as she showed him the book.

Shun flipped through the pages and sadly sighed. "The woman is Akane, she was my former lover." he answered her.

Former lover? Alice thought. "Who was this Akane? What was her personality like?" She asked.

The black haired vampire sighed, "She was a lot like you Alice, friendly, cute, cheerful, and outgoing. I loved her with all of my heart."

"Then what happened to her? Did you break up with her or something?" Alice then asked. Shun stayed silent.

"She was murdered." he finally said. "Oh." The orange haired girl muttered.

It was silent for a moment until they both heard yelling and banging in the room next door. "Looks like they're fighting again." Shun muttered.

The orange haired girl could feel her face go red, "Y-Your We-Welcome." She muttered nervously and ran out of the room.

Later…

"Alice? Alice!" Fabia shouted. "Huh?" The orange haired girl slurred and blinked twice. "Have you been in dreamland or something? You been spaced out since this morning." Fabia snapped.

"I'm sorry Fabia, it's nothing." Alice said, looking sorry. "Did Shun do something to you that he said not to tell?" Fabia hissed at her best friend.

"What do you mean by that?" The orange haired teen nervously asked, shivering with fear.

"Maybe he did 'it' with you." Fabia whispered at the last word. "What do you mean by 'it'?" Alice anxiously asked.

"Shun probably did something unwholesome to you." Fabia said with a smirk on her face.

"NOOO! HE WOULD NEVER TRY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO ME! HE'S TOO NICE!" Alice shouted. "And speaking of screaming, I heard some banging next door, what happened?" She then asked, her chocolate eyes glaring at Fabia's.

"Ren was chewing me out like usual, it turns out that without his curse, he still is a picky eater." Fabia sighed. "He didn't have to yell at me like crazy when I made his coffee too weak."

Alice winced a little, "Well, people aren't that energetic in the morning you know, so they like everything perfect." She told Fabia. Fabia looked at Alice with her green eyes, "Besides, what were you staring out in space for?" She asked.

"I found out about something shocking about Shun this morning." Alice answered. "What is it?" Fabia asked.

"He had a girlfriend." Alice answered. "Really? He had a girlfriend?" Fabia asked. Alice nodded. "Her name was Akane. Shun loved her very much. Until she was murdered." The orange haired girl explained.

"Who murdered her?" Fabia asked. "I don't know who murdered her. Shun Kazami wouldn't tell me." Alice told her.

"Are you girls gossiping again?" Nanami asked, looking very irritated. Alice and Fabia looked the other way and gasped.

"Uh…No, we weren't." Fabia said. "You two should never discuss Shun's former girlfriend!" She yelled. "Why is that?" Alice asked.

"Shun-sama gets very upset when that topic is discussed, talk about something else." Nanami snapped. "Uh…Nanami, why are you wearing cat ears?" Alice asked.

"What cat ears?" Nanami innocently asked. "On top of your head." Fabia pointed to the brown cat ears. "Oh…They're nothing. Mya!" She mewed as she pushed them down into her hair.

"What?" Alice and Fabia asked. "It's nothing!" Nanami said. "NOW GET BACK TO WORK!"

Both girls nodded and went back to sweeping the floor. Nanami ran to the room and slammed the door shut behind her.

"Shoot, I think it's starting to wear off." She muttered as she observed her fingernails. They were getting sharper.

"Is there something wrong Nanami?" Ren asked and knocked. "Yes, please come in." Nanami whined. "What seems to be the issue here?" The white haired vampire asked as he came in.

"I'm starting to revert back to my kitty form!" The black haired woman wailed.

"Then take your pills. That's what we got it for." Ren sighed. "I'm out." Nanami wailed, her kitty tail sticking out. "That's bad. We're going to need more pills for you." Ren sighed.

"Did you order more animal magic pills?" Nanami asked with hope.

"Yeah, but they won't come for another month." The white haired vampire explained. Nanami's head hit the ground. "Do Alice and Fabia know you're a cat?" Ren then asked.

"No, and I don't want them to find out." The black haired woman muttered. "I got you some milk, my kitty-chan!" Ren sweetly said, and placed the bowl on the ground.

"Don't call me kitty-chan." Nanami hissed angrily while she licked up the milk. "Whatever, I have papers to fill out." The white haired vampire muttered and walked out of the room.

"Don't you think there's something wrong with Nanami?" Fabia asked. "Yeah, she was acting weird when we said that she has cat ears." Alice said.

"And she meowed too." Fabia noted. "There's something mysterious about her, I can just feel it."

"You know Fabia; you don't have to go all gung ho about people's personal lives. It's none of your business anyway." The orange haired girl reminded her friend.

"But I really want to know." Fabia whined. "Whatever, but I am not going to be part of your stupid schemes." Alice mumbled.

"Why?" Fabia sobbed, giving her best friend the ultimate weapon, her puppy eyes. "Because I don't want to get in trouble." Alice answered, trying to look away.

She couldn't restrain herself from those eyes. "Fine." She muttered. "Yay!" Fabia squealed. "So what's the plan?" Alice then asked.

"We're going somewhere!" The blue haired girl answered. "Where?" The orange haired girl asked, kind of curious.

"To the beach!" Fabia yelled. "The beach?" Alice asked.

"Yep, that's gonna help us!" Fabia then squealed. I don't know about this… Alice nervously thought.

Later, at the beach…

"WHY AM I WEARING A BIKINI?" Alice screeched.

"Because this is part of our plan." Fabia answered, sitting in the shade with sunglasses on and wearing a yellow bikini decorated with purple polka dots.

They snook out of the mansion to go to the beach so they could just go on with the plan. Ren and Shun didn't know they went out but Alice and Fabia left a note for them.

"How is wearing a bikini going to answer our question?" The orange haired girl asked, blushing. She wore a Purple bikini with floral print decorated all over.

"I don't like this bikini!" She told Fabia. "What's wrong with it?" Fabia asked.

Alice looked around. She could see people whispering and pointing. "Mama, why is that girl wearing a bikini?" A little boy asked his mom. "She is just a teenager, that's what. Now move along, I don't want to be seen with that bimbo." The lady said.

"This is so embarrassing!" Alice mumbled as some random guys walked over to her. "Hey babe…" One of them cooed.

"What's your name? We haven't seen much girls hang out here." Another one said. "Just get away from me." Alice told them.

"Aww…Why is that?" The brown haired one asked, trying to seduce her. "Because I don't have interest in you, Now just leave me alone." Alice tried to get away from them.

"Hey Alice!" Fabia yelled.

The orange haired girl looked behind her and saw Fabia waving and blowing them kisses. "Good luck with them!"

"Wait…What?" Alice asked. She turned around and saw the boys drooling. "NOOOOOO!" She screamed and ran away.

"Hah, This was just all for Alice to get used to the guys. I don't wanna do the other plan." Fabia sighed and opened her book and started to read.

Meanwhile, back at the mansion, Ren and Shun were looking for Alice and Fabia. "Have you seen Alice?" Shun asked.

"No, and have you seen Fabia?" Ren asked. Shun shook his head. "The girls were here an hour earlier though." The black haired vampire scratched his head.

They both continued to look around until Ren noticed a piece of paper. "What's this?" He asked as he unfolded it.

"Dear Ren and Shun, We are going to the beach for a couple of hours. Please don't get mad at us because we are going to do something really important there. Sincerely, Alice and Fabia." He read.

"So that means our darlings are at the beach?" Shun asked. "Yep, and I wonder what dirty thing they are doing there!" Ren hissed. "Those girls are in very big trouble."

To be continued

Sayuri Lapis: Well, that's it for now. Tune in next time!