"Field open!" Hayley said she had to brawl against Joe in order to find out if he was working with Masquerade.

"Gate card set!" they both yelled.

"Heos Siege stand!" Joe yelled, I yelled "Robotailonus stand!"

Siege recognized 10 g's stronger. I yelled "Gate card open! Character!"

Robotailonus raised to 370 g's. She beat his Siege, he said "How? Oh well lets see if this'll work."

"Heos Robotailon stand!" I sighed and yelled "Robotailonus stand!"

Robotailonus recognized 30 g's stronger. She beat his Robotailon to. Is he just so weak. She thought.

"You're going to pay for that." he said, and I rolled my eyes.

We both said "Gate Card Set!"

"Light Mongule stand." "What is that?" I paused then pulled my "Robotailonus stand!" then "Gate card open! Double Bakugan!"

I then pulled out my "Darkus Rattleiod!" then "Ability card activate! Poison Fang!" her Darkus Rattleiod's Poison Fang got his Light Mongule.

"My turn. Gate card open! Character!"

Light Mongule raised to 410 g's. "It's up to you Tige." "Anything for you my Darling." he responded.

"Tige stand!" then "Ability card activate! Premature Battle!" her Robotailonus and Darkus Rattleiod left and raised her Tige's g's to 2460 g's.

Tige recognized 2050 g's stronger. Then she yelled "Dark Claw!" she beat his Light Mongule.

"What? How?"

***

Shun nearly smiled Hayley beat Joe. "Now tell us are you working for Masquerade?" he asked Joe.

"Oh no I don't. Why would I? He just out to get people's Bakugan. I sent out a notice to all the high level players." he and Hayley shared a look. "I never got it." she said "Same with me." he said.

He turned to Joe, "Why didn't we get any word we're in the top ten." "I don't know. I sent it to everyone in the top thirty."

Hayley tensed, he turned to her she was walking toward the door. "What's up?" she put a finger to her lips; he decided he liked that but kept silent and watched her.

She paused at the door then opened it and in fell in Dan and Runo.

"Oww!!! What that for?" "For spying on us." they stood up. "Are you two okay?"

***

"No!" Dan said "We feel on our heads." "Who are these two?" "They are our friends. Dan and Runo, this is Joe. Joe this is Dan and Runo."

They all said hi. "Well Joe we had fun. Call us if you get anything on Masquerade and the Infinity Core." Dan said. "Okay bye." "Bye." they left and were heading toward the Plane.

Hayley's Baku-Pod beeped. She looked down at it and then ignored it, walking in front off the others.

He looked at Shun only to find, Shun looking at Hayley with a love-sick look on his face.

Runo tapped his shoulder, and he turned to her pausing only long enough for her to catch up with him.

"They like each other." she said to him, he just nodded. "What do you suppose we do about it?" "I think we should get them to admit it to each other." "Ah but how Runo?" "Tomorrow we're going to be at Bakugan Valley again." "Yeah so. What does that have to do with anything… oh we should spilt up into groups and send them off as one group." "Yep and us two as another, Julie Alice and Marucho as another." "I agree with that." "Just one problem with that."

"What?" "What if the others don't agree?" "Easy we say this is the best way." "Okay whatever come on we're nearly there. Wanna race?" "You know it." they started running and passed Shun and Hayley. He yelled at them "Last one back does dishes tonight!!!" he heard Hayley laugh and they where all running back to the plane.

He lost, how? he thought.

***

Runo laughed Dan had lost the race back to the plane. Hayley came in first then Shun then her by a millisecond before Dan.

He now had dish duty but like the good sorta-but-not-girlfriend she was she was helping him.

"Remind me Dan why am I doing this?" she complained as her shirt got soapy water on it.

"You like me and don't want me to take forever and not get any sleep." "Sure okay whateva."

When they finished the dishes they leaned on the counter pulling at the gloves. "I swear Hayley ate ten different things on twenty different plates just because I lost the race." Dan complained for the umpteenth time.

"Oh come on Dan just because she doesn't like you at all, doesn't mean she would do that." "Yes she would why do you think she went though all that running to be first hun?" "I don't know Dan."

"If I may my Dear what are you two talking about?" "Yes Daniel?" "We where talking about how Hayley despises me." Dan told Drago and Tigrerra.

Drago thought about that then jumped into Dan's pocket on his jacket. "I wonder what message Hayley got on the way here?" she said to Dan. "I know its weird Hayley looked down then completely ignored it." "I wonder who it's from." "Yeah so do I."

"Well it looks like we're done here night Runo?" "Night Dan." she shook his hand and left the room before Dan called out to her. She waited the front room deserted.

He got to her and kissed her. "Sorry that was out of line wasn't it?" "Nah Dan it wasn't." "Besides you forgot Tigrerra." he held out her Bakugan. "Oh sorry Tigrerra!" "Don't worry my Dear it is no big deal." "Come on I'll walk with you up." "Okay." she put her arm around Dan's.

He led her up unaware they had an audience.

***

Hayley ducked out of the way with Shun as Runo and Dan came waltzing on by. They walked on by, and she smiled. "Next time we do this we better make sure nobody's around." Shun complained to her. "What … kiss?" he scowled and she left laughing know good and well they we're only talking.