Third chapter!

-EverythingIsForMinami-

"Where are we going, again?"

"To my home! You're gonna meet my brother!"

"Your… brother?"

"Mhm! His name is Kazuhiko Hitomi! But I call him Kazu-nii!"

"Kazu-"

"Its a nickname! Hmm… do you want a nickname? How about Leo?"

"..."

"Your nickname is Leo!"

"..."

"Heehee!"

"You are a strange human, aren't you?"

"People tell me I am, Leo. But my brother likes the fact that I'm unique." Mana smiled at Leo, before placing her new partner on her shoulder and beginning to hum to the tune of Send it on by the Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, and Selena Gomez.(I DO NOT OWN!)

Her humming was stopped by the ring of her cell phone. She quickly answered it, "Moshi Moshi?"

"Dinner's ready, Mana-chan."

"Kay, Kazu-nii! I want you to meet someone when I get home!"

"Did you get a partner?"

"How'd you know?!"

"Cause you don't make too many friends."

"Meanie!" Mana pouted, "I'll be home soon. Then you get-a meet Leo!"

"Make it sooner than soon, kid."

"Don't call me that!"

"Heh. Bye, Mana-chan."

"Bye, Kazu-nii!"

Mana hung up, and placed her phone back into her pocket, before placing Leo into her Bakugan pouch, despite his protests and threats. She then broke out into a run, soon slamming open the door to her home, "I'm home, Kazu-nii!"

"Dining room! Hurry before your food gets cold!"

"I'm hurrying!"

"Don't run in the house!"

"You told me to hurry!"

"Fast walk, don't run!"

"But running is quicker!"

"But you could get hurt!"

"... Meanie." Mana was now in the doorway of the dining room, walking across it to her seat across from her brother, before using one hand to shovel steak and potatoes into her mouth and the other to put Leo on the table so he could meet Vlad-kun and Kazu.

Vlad-kun and Leo seemed to get along a bit... Kazu was polite to Leo, but her partner was just… angry. That's all his mood was.

Just pure anger at the world.

After dinner was bedtime; Kazu didn't want her to lose sleep.

Her big brother stroked her hair gently before leaving the room, once she was asleep. Vlad-kun always stayed longer; Kazu always asked him to.

"I'll protect her…" Kazuhiko found himself muttering in his own room, looking at his feathered coat and white half-mask. He pulled up the majority of his hair into a defying-gravity ponytail, and placed on his half-mask and coat.

"I'll protect her from Marduk… For as long as possible. She can't know…" he took a deep breath,

"Everything I do is for her. Even if I have to help Hal G and Naga enslave the Bakugan. As long as she is safe."

Vladitor floated into his room.

"Minami is asleep and safe." he reported.

"Thanks, Vladitor." Marduk told his partner, "Let's defeat some late-night brawlers, shall we?" With a 'nod' from Vladitor, Marduk left his house, locking each door and reinforcing each window.

Time to hunt...

-ProtectHerFromMarduk-

Kazuhiko and Marduk officially remind me of Masquerade and Alice XD

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