Thanks for all the feedback. Wish I was getting more so please do review! Don't just fav or alert please! ^^ Now, my series of Next Gen OCs has really taken off since I first created them. I originally only planned on making the Earth ones for the sole purpose of this fic but then thought to myself why shouldn't other characters from the other planets have kids too? So, other Next Gen OCs will be making appearances in later chapters, though it will mostly be restricted to Earth and Gundalia since those two planets are the settings. Visit my deviantart page for pics of them ^^

Review Replies:

sakurap: oh he will ^^

JCA: Yeah she did. In a way, she thought he was the one, and then he went around and broke her heart :(

Wolf: Hm..well I first wrote this before we found out that Marucho deletes BI in MS so I'm kinda taking BI out of the fic now since we don't know if he intends on rebuilding it. Plus there's the whole Bakugan City in arc 2 of MS. But to answer your question he would have used digital Darkus Bakugan.

drake: Thank you ^^ I'm mostly going to follow the plot of the movie without all the political stuff but definitely some conflict after Soren's arrival between him and a certain someone. SPOILER

shootingstar: yeah lol

Akane: thank you! Please do review on my other stories, it makes me happy and more likely to update ^^

I do not own Bakugan, only Sora, Soren, Lex, Nessie and other OCs. This fanfiction is purely fan-made and not associated with the Bakugan Battle Brawlers series.


Soren's POV

Mom stayed up in her room all night. She didn't even come down to say goodnight. I could tell that she wasn't going to come out. I felt like I had offended her by asking about my father, but I didn't mean to. I just wanted to know who he was. Was that too much to ask? I grew up all my life without a father and I just needed to know who he was. I had a right to know, right?

Nessie had gone up to be with my mom so it was just me and Lex down in the living room. I was flipping through channels on the television, trying to find something to preoccupy my thoughts, but nothing on the screen peaked my interests. I would only watch each channel for a few seconds before skipping to the next. Soon enough it just became a bored repetition of clicking and eventually I cycled through our entire channel listings.

"You ok, kid?" asked Lex, floating between my eyes and the television, which I wasn't really even watching in the first place.

"No, I just don't get it. All I want to know is his name and who he is! Is that too much to ask?" I cried in annoyance throwing the remote across the couch. Thankfully, it landed on the soft padding and didn't knock anything over.

"Look Soren, there's a lot about your mom that you don't know. She and your father were very happy together but…he wasn't exactly completely honest with who he was," Lex tried to explain.

"You know him? Lex, you gotta tell me!" I pleaded.

"Sorry, kid. But I can't. I promised your mother I wouldn't," he answered sadly. I guess even though I was his partner's kid, he was still very loyal to her and what she wanted. I couldn't blame him.

I crossed my arms and groaned. "That's what everyone said…" I muttered under my breath.

"It's not just because I promised your mother I wouldn't tell you, it's just I feel that this is something you should learn from her."

"Like she's ever gonna tell me anytime soon," I muttered, reaching for the remote and turning off the TV.

"Give her time. She's been hurting over this for a long time now. When she's ready, she'll tell you." Lex looked at the clock on the wall. "Come on, you better head off to bed. It's pretty late."

"Yeah, I guess you're right…" I got off the couch, ready to head up the stairs to my bedroom. I heard someone coming down the stairs and Lex and I quickly ducked behind the couch and out of sight.

"Sora, he's growing up and he's just going to keep asking you about it until you tell him," I heard Nessie say.

"I know Nessie, but…" I heard mom sigh. The lights weren't on, but there was a faint glow that entered the room. She must have been using a candle. I heard her pull out one of the chairs and sit at the table. I carefully peeked my head over the couch to see what she was doing down here so late. "I just don't want him to get hurt, like I did." I saw her put a book onto the table and start flipping through it. I wasn't too far away and I could see that it was a photo album. But it wasn't the same photo album she had with pictures of her and my friends and us. This was a different one.

"Soren's a big boy and you heard what the others said when they got back from Neathia. Ren defected from Barodius and rejoined the Brawlers. He's a good guy…" said Nessie, hoping to convince Sora.

Ren? Who was that? Was that my father? Or was it this Barodius? And what are they talking about? No, don't jump to conclusions…

"That was 14 years ago, Nessie. Things change. I've changed. And I wouldn't be surprised if Ren has changed too. He's probably married with a family of his own by now. Besides, if he really did rejoin the Brawlers…then why didn't he come back?" I could hear her voice breaking. I knew it hurt mom to think, let alone talk about him, but I didn't imagine it hurt her this much! I instantly felt a pang of guilt for every time I asked her about him. To think every time I mentioned my father, I was rekindling a pain she had been trying to forget for years.

Mom and Nessie kept talking for a few more minutes before they both fell silent.

"Oh Ren…" I saw her shoulders shake and tears fall from her eyes onto the photo album. She put her face in her hands and quietly sobbed to herself. I took this as my chance to sneak behind her. I slowly and carefully slid off the couch and onto the floor. Lex floated beside me as I tiptoed backwards to the stairs. I instantly froze when Nessie turned and saw me. Was I caught? Would she rat me out? Thankfully, Nessie said nothing and just waved for me to shoo. I nodded my head and slowly backed up the stairs.

Once I was safely in my room, I lightly shut the door and plopped onto me bed, thinking of what I just overheard. Was this Ren my father? I always thought I was named after mom, since our names are so similar, but now that I think about it, I could be named after both of them. Sora…Ren…I had to admit the name Soren does sound a lot like their names put together.

I sighed. I was about as close to learning about my father as DJ was to realize Bailey had a crush on him, and that would take a while. Bailey was gaga for DJ whenever he walked by. She idolized the ground he walked on, the air he breathed and he only saw her as a friend.

I didn't know what to do…I didn't want to hurt Mom more than I already had, but I couldn't just keep going on like this especially knowing my dad was out there now that I have a name.


I guess you could say in a way that Lex is kinda Soren's Guardian Bakugan, but he isn't, at least not officially. Out of Sora's two Bakugan, Lex is usually the one who talks with Soren and looks after him when Sora is busy. Plus Lex is really the only male authority figure Soren grew up with and it someone he can talk to other than his mother and her female Guardian.

NOTE: I've published the first chapter to me official Bakugan Next Generation fanfiction called "Brawlers of Tomorrow" so please check it out.

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