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"I can't believe none of us thought to find out where they would be" Marucho complained
"Why wouldn't they be in the same place as before?" Julie asked completely oblivious
"Think about it, what are the chances of them staying in the same place after we broke in, took Dan back and beat masquerade? Chances are that they moved somewhere they would considered safe" Marucho answered
"Oh so why don't we just go back to the place we went to yesterday see if we can find anything that could help us find them?" she pondered out loud and we were all a little shocked by her suggestion. We always saw her as a bit ditzy and never took her suggestions that seriously. We would always think them over but never really considered them as ones that could benefit us
"That's a good idea Julie I'll tell Kato that we're going back to Germany" we all nodded at him as he ran off again.
We walked out towards the plane and found Marucho waiting outside the plane "guys Kato said we can set off as soon as we want"
"Good. Marucho we'll go straight there" Dan called over to him before walking past him and into the plane. Everyone followed him and I was the last to enter and shut the door behind me
"So you got an inflight movie yet?" Dan joked sitting on the couch
"No Dan but we can always play a game" Marucho smiled. Oh please don't let it be I-spy again I silently begged in my head.
"Wow this is a hard one is it…Preyas?" Alice asked
"Yes!" Marucho yelled. Does begging ever work? No, no it doesn't. I was back by the window trying to drown them out
"Shun why don't you meditate that should waste a bit of time and you always find it easier to ignore people when you meditate" Skyress suggested and it was quite a good idea so I complied and walked over to a corner sitting crossed legged closing my eyes and letting the world fade around me.
"You tell him" I heard muttering in front of me but didn't bother to open my eyes to see who it was. Instead I listened to them more, finding it kind of amusing that they were having a mini fight about something most people wouldn't think twice about
"I'm not telling him you tell him" I think that was Marucho
"Why should I tell him?" that one I knew for sure, it was Dan so the other was Marucho
"You've been his friend for longest" that was defiantly Runo
"Yea and I'm also the one he punched. He could easily do it again. It wouldn't be out of character for him to do it again" Dan argued
"Oh for pete's sake I'll tell him!" that was Julie "hey Shun we're here" I opened my eyes to see them all surrounding me. I nodded and stood
"Why are you all surround me?" I asked though I already knew the answer
"Oh no reason" Dan answered smiling
"Ok are we going then?" I asked pushing past
"Shun why were they all so nervous about telling you that we were there?" Skyress asked popping open on my shoulder
"How should I know they're strange always happy it's not normal"
"Maybe they were worried you would hit them after all Dan did say that it wouldn't be out of character for you" she retorted
"Ok that's stupid for 3 reasons. 1 the only reason I hit Dan was cos we had a fight, 2 I wouldn't do that again I was mad and 3 why would I hit someone who I have to spent time with?" I told her walking out of the plane and waiting for them to follow
"I don't know why they were worried I'm just offering some suggestions" I could hear them walk out of the plane and walked forwards towards the castle before they could catch up. However Marucho ran forwards and whispered up to me
"I thought you said you had almost forgiven him?" I looked down at him
"I have that doesn't mean I want to walk beside him or the others" I told him rather coldly
"Ouch hey did someone turned on the air conditioning" I glared at Preyas, now was not the time for stupid jokes especially ones that he obviously didn't spend much time on
"Be quiet Preyas and be serious for once in your life" I kept glaring but turned away a few seconds later
"Don't take it personally Preyas this is just, well it's important" I heard Marucho try to explain my actions. I walked silently into the castle with Marucho closely followed by the others.
We made our way to masquerades little room and we all scanned the place looking for any indication that may help us locate them and so far we had nothing. We had even employed our bakugan to look in the small places that we couldn't reach. We knew the chances of finding anything in those spots were slim to none but we were getting desperate
"I'm starting to think that this wasn't the best idea" Julie huffed while sifting through a pile of papers
"Don't give up there must be something here they couldn't have possibly taken everything that's important" Marucho tried to motivate Julie and only partly succeeded
"Has anyone found anything" Dan asked standing
"I found a ventus bakugan" Julie answered and we all crowded her
"Let me see" I told her holding my hand out she hesitated slightly but handed it over nonetheless "this is Komba's beestriker" I told them all
"You sure?" Runo checked
"Positive after all how many other ventus brawlers does masquerade have?" I answered her a little sarcastic at the end
"Ok I get your point but why leave it, did he forget it?" she smiled slightly at me but it wasn't a normal smile it was a slightly angry smile
"No he would never do that he cares for his bakugan even if he doesn't show it very much" I informed them
"And of cause master Shun knows all about that" Dan teased and I did nothing about it which is a pretty good indication for everyone that we were nearly friends again
"Wow Shun I'm impressed" Runo stated with agreeing nods from the others
"What? I'm just not in the mood to fight besides he has just been freed from masquerade so I figure he deserves a break from drama" I stated in a monotone and I myself was impressed by the excuse I had managed to come up with so quickly. It wasn't that I never wanted to be friends with him again it was just that I didn't want the others to know more of a pride thing than anything else.
"Fair enough" she nodded accepting my reason "but seriously why leave it?" they all looked at me and I can only guess it was because I knew Komba better than any of them
"He would never abandon his bakugan so I presume he left it because he knew we would find it and left it as a sign for us to come see him" I offered my perspective on the matter and they all seemed to agree with my theory
"Yea but where would he be cos he does miss a lot of school so I doubt he would be there" Julie added again everyone agreed
"He usually goes back to Kenya when it's a special occasion and it's his grandmothers birthday tomorrow" I told them feeling slightly proud that I had remembered that from so long ago. Ok it was only a few weeks but a lot had happened since then so I was still proud of myself,
"You sure Shun this is important if we're going to get back at masquerade" Alice smiled while she asked me. I nodded confident that I was right
"Ok let's go then" Dan clapped his hands together once enthusiasm radiating from his voice
"Wait a minute Dan where are we supposed to find Komba in Kenya? It's a huge country and Komba's a little kid" Marucho piped up ever the logic person, though I inwardly laughed at his comment he was calling Komba short, I had to admit it was a good point
"We could get Joe to contact him after all he is the person who found you Dan" I answered again happy that I could answer that quickly.
"Yea we could call him now and while we're flying there Joe can be finding him. Maybe we could even arrange to meet him somewhere and find out what he knows and even if he doesn't know anything at least we would be able to reunite him with his bakugan" it was Alice's turn to contribute to our conversation and once she had we all agreed that Dan should be the one to call him and safe to say he was happy with our decision considering he practically jumped at the notion.