Friday came sooner then Ryu expected. As the bell rang in his eighth period class, Ryu grabbed his bag, called his mother to let her know where he was going, and left the classroom. As he went out the front doors of the school, he sighed heavily, 'Better make the most of this date…I can't believe those two ganged up on me!'
"Hey Ryu!" Ryu turned his head to see two of his classmates, Kiyo and Ryuto, running up to him. "Hey man! Let's Battle!" Kiyo exclaimed, holding up his darkron bakugan.
Ryu smirked. "I'd love to, Kiyo, but I can't. I have a date to get to," he told them.
Their jaws dropped. "What? Takahiro got you another date?" Kiyo groaned.
"Who is it now?" Ryuto asked, annoyed.
"Don't go there, Kiyo…" Ryu groaned. "But her name is Namine Kanzaki, and she seems pretty nice. And she's cute too." At the mention of her name, both boys went wide eyed and their jaws dropped even lower. "What? Do you guys know her?"
"Kn-Know her?" Kiyo exclaimed, utterly shocked that Ryu obviously didn't know. "S-She's the prettiest haos brawler on the bakugan website!"
"She's the no. 1 cutest girl ever known to play bakugan!" Ryuto piped up. "She even broke Harukaze Mai's winning streak on the latest "most popular female brawler" poll!"
"Really?" Ryu asked, stunned. "That's amazing…" 'Does Namine know about this?'
"Just be careful, Ryu," Kiyo told him, swinging an over Ryu's shoulders, suddenly serious.
"Huh-Why?" Ryu asked, confused.
"There are more than a lot of guys who have been trying to get a date with her," Ryuto explained. "And she's turned them all down, from what I've heard. If word get's out that you two are dating, you could be in serious trouble…"
Ryu nodded. They walked down the street and went their separate ways the moment they reached town. As Ryu headed for Kyo's family café, he thought about what Kiyo and Ryuto had said. If word get's out that you two are dating… 'It's only one date though, nothing to get all worked up about…' he thought. Did Takahiro and Kyo know about this? Heck-Did Namine even know? 'Wouldn't surprise me if she did… But she looked like a good girl…why would she…Nevermind, I'll ask her when I see her.'
The café was coming into view as he finished that thought. Ryu smiled, and quickened his step; but, before he could even get anywhere near the café, someone grabbed the hood of his jacket and yanked him back. "Hey, Sakamoto!"
Ryu turned his head to see a rather large boy with black hair brown eyes, with a chubby face glaring at him. Ryu glared back, annoyed. "Yeah, Yuji, what do you want, and make it quick 'cause I'm on my way to a date," Ryu told him, trying hard not to roll his eyes in annoyance.
Yuji yanked Ryu's hood closer and got right in his face. Ryu wanted to puke, Yuji's breath was disgusting! "You gotta lotta nerve…Asking Nami-chan out on a date…"
Ryu couldn't help but smirk. "So you're one of the boys that Namine has turned down. I can see, Yuji. You're not that good to look at…"
Yuji looked like he was about ready to explode. He pushed Ryu away and pulled out a gate card. "You think you're so tough! I challenge you to a battle! " he snapped, loudly. "One match and the winner goes out on your date with Nami-chan, and the loser stays away from her for a long while!" Ryu smirked and pulled his gate card.
"FIELD OPEN!" They shouted. Immediately, time froze and they were teleported to the empty space known as the arena. "GATE CARD SET!" They threw out two gate cards, and two plateforms rose from the ground.
"Bakugan Shoot!" Yuji shouted, throwing out his aqua bakugan. "Pop out! Aquas Glotronoid!"
"Bakugan Shoot!" Ryu shouted, launching Pontifex into battle. "Pop out! Nova Pontifex!"
"Ability activate!" Yuji cried. "Knuckle Down! This will increase Glotronoid's power level!"
"Ability Activate!" Ryu shouted, acting quickly. "Combination of Aquas and Nova!" Glotronoid's power level decreased whilst Pontifex's power level increased.
Yuji sniggered. 'What's he so happy about?' Ryu thought. 'I'm about to kick his butt and he's not even scared…Be careful, Pontifex' "Gate Card Open!" Yuji shouted. "Douse flame!" The card plateform below Pontifex and Glotronoid, and Pontifex roared in pain, falling down into one knee. 'W-What's happening-?' Ponitex roared. Yuji smirked, "This is a very special card with multiply abilities. It reverses the power level transfer, decreases your power level by fifty more, and even prevents you from activating any ability cards!"
"WHAT?THAT'S NOT FAIR!" Ryu shouted, shocked. 'Where the heck did Yuji get such a broken card?' "NO WAY!"
"Oh it is, and it can!" Yuji shouted. "Say goodbye to your date with Nami-chan, Sakamoto! Glotronoid Attack!"
Suddenly, a pillar of light landed in between Glotronoid and Pontifex. As the pillar disappeared, a radient bakugan appeared. It was female, and humanoid. Her body wore silver armour, arm guards, chest plate, shin guards, boots and forearm, with green transluscent sleeves that stopped at her elbows, which has two little golden wings on each sleeve, to hold the sleeves to her shoulders. Her mane of hair was the color of the rainbow, and it literally was, red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, blue, indigo, violet, the rainbow itself was her hair, and gorgeous white angelic wings completed her. In her hand rested a long white rapier. Ryu awed over her beauty, she was literally an angel from above; but where had she come from?
"Who...Who are you?" Pontifex asked, who was just as amazed by the creature as Ryu was.
The female bakugan turned to look at him. "Lumina Angel..." she said, simply, but with the faint sound of a smile.
"Angel...? As in Namine-chan's ace bakugan?" Ryu asked, surprised.
"That's right, Sakamoto-san!" Ryu jumped and looked behind him to see Namine walk right up next to him. "Angel, or Lumina Angel, is my partner, and my only one at that."
"N-Namine-chan, what are you doing here?" Ryu asked, confused.
Namine looked at him and smiled, holding up her gate card. "I was waiting for you outside the cafe, when I heard you two shouting. I decided to follow you, wanting to cheer you on, but when I saw you about to lose, I just had to step in. Call me crazy!" She giggled.
"Oh..." Ryu blushed, her laughter was really cute.
Namine smiled, blushing deeply. "Let me give you a hand, Sakamoto-san." She turned to the battle and pulled out an ability card. "ABILITY ACTIVATE!" She shouted. "Tranverse Wave!" Angel clapped her hands together and and began to glow brightly. At the same time, both Pontifex and Glotronoid began to glow as well. "This allows Angel to absorb all power that was gained or lost by any bakugan on my side of the field!" she explained, as Angel's power level increased. "It also moves one bakugan of my choice to a gatecard of my choice!"
"W-What?" Yuji was shocked.
Namine smiled. "Angel, please escort Pontifex to Sakamoto-san's gate card!"
"As you wish, Namine-sama!" Angel replied. She pulled her hands apart slowly, curled them into fists and slammed them back together, and Pontifex was instantly teleported to Ryu's gate card.
"And now, Ability Activate!" Namine shouted again. "Celstial Strike!" Angel raised her rapier high, mumbled a quick incantation, which ignited a bright blue aura around her rapier, and charged Glotronoid. She swung her rapier down into Glotronoid and he was thrown the battle. They had won.
As soon as the battle ended, the brawlers hadreturned to the sidewalk of the cafe. Yuji fell to the floor, too shocked for words. Ryu awed at her. Namine was a strong brawler.
Namine turned to Ryu and smiled, Blushing even redder than before. "Shall we go on our date now?"