Yo! I'm back...with a writer's block...utter lack of inspiration...sadly...unfortunately. However, I'm still updating for my readers and reviewers. Thanks a box of chocolate fudges and a jar of peanut cookies for reviewing! :)

P.S: Darlings...this writer's block came when I suffered a fracture...which I'm still dealing with...so bear with me...and SEND ME IDEAS TOO!

Reply to the 'guest' reviewer: Thank you for reviewing. I'm sorry...there's gonna be NO pairing in this story. I don't write such type of stuff. The only reason Shun talks with Fabia is coz she helps him. Alice is just...well...Alice! She's like that with everyone. And since Dan and Shun are best friends...and now the process has been reversed...it's in Dan's...mind that Shun is his friend. Hope it makes sense to you!

Bakugan Baby Brawlers.

Chapter 2:Warming Hearts.

"No! Bad Dan!"

"Me want it!"

"You'll have to wait a few minutes till they're baked completely!"

Shun blinked at the childish argument going on between Fabia and Dan as the young boy tried to reach for the cookies from behind the princess's arm. A tug at his jacket forced him to look down at Alice.

The orange haired girl smiled innocently, "Shon?"

Shun sighed as his his name was massacred once again despite being fairly simple to pronounce, "Yes?"

"Please put my hair in pony tail."

Shun was taken aback by the request, "What?!"

Alice nodded, "Me can't sleep with these open." Small arms gestured at her wild hair.

"Can't you go ask Fabia to do it?! I don't know how to tie hair!" Shun felt his cheeks turn a bit pink as he admitted his failure. It had been ages since he used to tie his hair. Now that he had cut the lengths off...he was quite out of practice.

Alice's big eyes filled with tears, "No?" Her lower lip trembled as if Shun had committed some unforgivable crime.

Shun groaned. He didn't want to burden Fabia when the Neathian princess already had her hands full. Baking different types of cookies for the young brawlers...cleaning the mess they made while playing, although Shun helped her in that as much as he could but still..., "Get me your elastic band."

The young girl held out her tiny hand, a plain purple band clutched in it. Shun gingerly took it and examined his mission. Alice helpfully turned around for the teen to tie her hair in a pony tail.

"Right..." The Ventus brawler mused to himself, kneeling behind her.

Reaching out hesitantly, he gathered strands of orange hair from the girl's left shoulder. Keeping a firm grip on them, he took hair from other side, trying to be gentle so to not cause pain. Once all hair were in his hand, he searched for the elastic band, he had placed down.

Alice shook her head wildly, "No!"

This caused Shun to lose his grip on the hair, and they were scattered open once again, "No what?!"

"Me no pony tail!" The little girl announced, "Me want...braid!"

"Braid..." Shun trailed off, looking at the girl skeptically. Since when was he her personal hair stylist?!

"Yes...please?" Alice pouted.

"Fine...but no moving till I'm done." Shun couldn't help but smile a bit as the girl beamed at him and turned away once again.

He knew how to braid hair since his late mother usually kept her hair braided and had done it in front of him many times.

Pushing the memory away, he gathered the hair again and divided them into three portions.

…

Fabia bit back her chuckle as she witnessed the cutest sight ever...a stoic ninja...braiding hair of a young girl. Twice she saw the teen making a wrong move which caused him to repeat the process but it was still cute, never-the-less.

She quickly turned as she remembered she had left the cookies un-guarded. The princess barely had time to stop Dan from opening the oven. Pulling the young boy to sit with Marucho (after taking the remains of what used to be a TV remote from the young blonde) she sighed in relief and went to set the table.

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Shun pursed his lips in concentration as the hair were almost done in a braid. Thankfully, he finished up quickly and secured the ends with the purple elastic band he had been graciously blessed with. The result of his effort was neater then he had thought. Alice turned around, throwing him a cheeky smile. A few stray strands of hair brushed her forehead and cheeks and she giggled at the ticklish feeling. Shun was about to stand from his kneeling position when a tiny hand reached out.

Blinking in surprise, he allowed the small hand to feel his hair, which roughly framed his cheeks. He was more startled when Alice gave him a peck on his cheek before skipping away, "Thank you."

Fabia entered the room to call them for lunch but was taken aback when he saw the small gesture and a hint of a blush on Shun's cheeks. Laughing under her breath, she pulled Shun up to stand, "Come on...have a snack with us, Mr. Emo!"

Shun snapped out of his reverie and frowned, "I'm not emo!"

"Sure..." Fabia rolled her eyes before going over to get the girls for lunch.

…

At the table, Dan and Runo got into tons of fights when the brunette tried to steal cookies from the girl's plate or when Runo stepped onto his foot. Eventually, it got too much and Fabia made Shun sit between the two with Alice sitting on other side of Runo, while she attempted to convince Julie not to force feed the cookie to Marucho. The blonde wasn't very playful and Julie liked to act as if he was her doll or something.

Shun caught sight of a small hand sneaking past him. Sighing irritably, he grabbed it and glared at Dan, "What do you want?"

Dan pouted, "Cookie?"

Topaz eyes pierced the soul of a pile of twenty cookies present on the boy's plate, "Finish those first!"

"More cookie!" Dan bounced.

"No! Eat the ones in front of you before having more!" Shun guided the small hand to the plate again.

Dan gazed at his plate. He needed more cookies! Sneaking a glance at Runo's plate where she was stacking up a few cookies in a tower, his mouth watered. There was only one route left for him.

Shun choked on his can of soda as Dan crawled into his lap, using him as a bridge to reach the cookies, "Dan!"

…

"I can't believe we made it through a day!" Fabia fell on the couch.

"Yeah..." Shun breathed, collapsing on the cushions across from her but jumped again, pulled out a wrench and a screw driver from behind him, and fell back, sighing.

"So...how are we going to get them back?" Fabia attempted to make a conversation.

"How should I know?!" Shun glanced at the clock tiredly. It was almost midnight, "If you want to sleep, bed room's upstairs."

Fabia nodded, "Better get some rest. Tomorrow is going to be even more tiring."

Getting up, she looked at the teen, "You should sleep too. They'll all be fine."

As the princess left, Shun tried to stifle a yawn before leaving his place and going to his room.

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Someone was knocking at his door. Shun dimly realized the sound and mentally groaned. Getting out of his bed, the ninja made his way to the door and opened it. He was startled to see a tearful Dan standing there, clutching a pillow tightly, "Dan?"

In response, Dan sniffed and stepped in, hugging his legs.

Barely gaining his balance, Shun looked at the boy, "What's wrong?"

"Th-there was a...a man in m-my ro-room..."

"So?" Shun knelt down at the child's eye level.

"H-he had...kn-knife...a-and r-red eyes..." The boy hiccuped, crying made it harder to talk.

Shun blinked. What was he supposed to do?! Check the boy's room? Comfort him? Let him sleep with him?

"C-can I c-come...here?" Dan looked at the Ventus brawler with hopeful, yet teary eyes.

Shun sighed, "Fine...come on."

He couldn't go wake Fabia since the princess deserved some good night sleep. But suddenly, a question popped in his mind as he lead the child over to his bed, "Dan...why did you come to me instead of Fabia?"

He wasn't expecting Dan to answer but was met with an unexpected response, "You make me happy..."

The teen halted as topaz eyes widened, "Happy?"

"Uh-huh..." Dan nodded sleepily, "Happy...and okay."

"I make you feel...okay..." Shun repeated, stunned by the sudden realization.

Dan snuggled into the comforter, "Night..."

Shun stared at the small lump on his bed in disbelief. No one had ever said that for him. Yet this little toddler complimented that he made them all feel safe.

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Fabia tilted her head as she saw another adorable scene. She had checked on the young brawlers rooms to make sure they were alright but when she found no trace of Dan, she went to tell Shun about it. However, opening the door, she was greeted by a warm sight. Dan...sleeping peacefully...snuggled in Shun's arm. Shun...face serene in a calm slumber...one arm present around Dan protectively. The comforter was spread over both of them.

She tip-toed in the room and pulled the curtains away from the large glass wall, showing the world outside. It was a bit windy today...perfect for playing outside.

Shun, being the light sleeper he was, snapped open his eyes at the commotion in his room. Seeing it was just the Neathian princess, the teen sighed and fell back on the bed, but jumped again when he felt someone grip his arm tightly. As he looked at Dan, confused as to what in the world could that boy be possibly doing in his room, on his bed, he blinked the sleep away.

Fabia giggled, "Shun? You awake?"

"Yeah..." Shun exhaled deeply.

"Then would you mind telling me what Dan is doing on your bed?"

In a flash, Dan's tear-streaked face appeared in Shun's mind, "He had a nightmare...so I let him sleep here."

Fabia whistled lightly and went to wake Dan up. She still had to make sandwiches for breakfast. Maybe they could go to a picnic today.

There ya go! Again, this is NOT yaoi...NOT fluffy...Dan and Shun are NOT going to...ahem...start relationship. It's JUST friendship.

P.S: It's been TWO days since the brawlers were turned into toddlers.

R&R and give ideas, peeps! :)

Rose out!

Until next time! See ya all in the next chappie!