A/N: Hello, I hope you like the story and I am sorry for the ending if it's sad for you, the next chapters might be short by the way but I have no idea since I have yet to write them. Please enjoy the story and for the next chapter because this is fanfic and I know nothing of Hypovolemic Shock, sorry for the spoiler if you know what that means, it will be terribly unrealistic.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bakugan or its characters just the ones that are not in Bakugan.

Chapter Six: A Nutrient Argument

Dan's POV

I woke up to pain in my back and remembered the fight I had with my mom yesterday, I opened my eyes and saw my pale white ceiling which explains the pain. I got up careful not to put further harm on my bruise when it did I looked at my clock to see it was 6:32 which means I have to hurry to get to school.

"Drago? Where are you?" I called out but not loud enough for my parents to hear if they were still here, I was worried when he didn't answer. "Drago?" I called worriedly searching under the bed and behind my curtains but still didn't find him "Dan? Why are you crying?" I heard Drago ask from behind me.

I turned around and saw Drago by my alarm clock "I tried calling you, I was worried my parents found you" I said picking him up and grabbing my bag. I had changed into my black Pyrus tank top, red skinny jeans, and red jacket when I was trying to find him so I put Drago in my bag and ran down stairs not seeing my parents.

Because I didn't see them I quickly put on my shoes before leaving and running to school getting there at 7:23 which is good since I wouldn't want to get here late. I took Drago out of my bag apologizing to him for stuffing him in there without any warning.

I reached the garden and saw Shun but didn't see Alice anywhere "hey shun, what are you doing?" I asked when I sat down on his left side. "An essay on the Forget-Me-Not you showed me yesterday" he answered never looking up from his essay.

"How's it coming along?" I asked leaning over to where our shoulders touched "it's coming along great, I have only three more paragraphs left" he said and I nodded reading from where I was. "Where's Alice by the way? You're normally with her" I asked making him stop writing "I broke up with her" he told me making me speechless.

"Why? When?" I asked before I looked at the clock to see it was 7:50 which means we have ten minutes till our first class starts. "You're going to tell me during our first period Shun, see ya!" I said hurriedly when I was by the door "I will Dan" he told me and I could see he was trying not to laugh.

"Why are you wanting to know the reason he broke up with her Daniel?" Drago asked in a smug tone and if he could smirk I could've sworn I saw him do that. "If you're trying to get me to admit I like Shun then I will, I don't mind admitting that I hope it's because he likes me" I said missing the orange hair a few feet away from me.

Alice's POV

I was walking down the hallway to my Drama class meeting that lasts till second hour when I saw Dan and Drago, I hid behind the corner but I don't know why. "Why are you wanting to know the reason he broke up with her Daniel?" I heard Drago ask in what sounds like a smug tone.

I was confused since I was wondering why Drago would use that tone "if you're trying to get me to admit I like Shun then I will, I don't mind admitting that I hope it's because he likes me" I heard Dan answer. I was shocked because I thought what Runo said about Dan liking Shun was a lie "they're still talking Alice" Hydronoid told me when he jumped on my left shoulder.

"But you don't think that'll happen do you Daniel?" I heard Drago ask and I felt bad for listening in but I feel I have to. "No I don't, he doesn't like me like that and with how I feel for him I might lose him as a friend" he answered and I made up my mind to ask Shun about it sometime today and the sooner the better.

Dan's POV

I walked into first hour and sat down in my seat hearing the bell ring which means five minutes till class starts "today we're mixing it up and learning about Hiroshi Araki and his MUSES-C mission" Mr. Ruke said when he placed his role sheet down. Araki-Sama discovered three asteroids and made a Topographic map of the moon which is very cool in my opinion, I'm in AP Chemistry but we're learning about an astronomer.

Learning about the MUSES-C mission using the Hyabusa spacecraft, formerly known as the MUSES-C, was very interesting. Well it was before we had to go to our next hour, we had to learn about James Augustine Aloysius Joyce who is best known for 'Ulysses' a modernist novel.

Shun's POV

I was walking to Honors math when I saw Alice leaning on the wall by the door, I was confused because she's normally in her seat and I thought she had to practice for Gretchen Black for the play 'Mirror Mirror' (1). "Het Shun" she said when she saw me "hey Alice, why aren't you in class? Or Drama for that matter?" I asked before we entered the room.

"You said you liked someone else which is why you broke up with me right?" she asked and I nodded wondering why she's bringing this up now. "Is Dan the one you were talking about?" she asked making me fall off my chair when I was about to sit down.

"So that's a yes!" she asked but I know it wasn't a question from her trying to stifle a laugh, it isn't funny in the least. "H-How did you figure that out?" I asked when I got into my chair making her stop trying to laugh.

"Just a guess and it's sort of obvious to me and I think Runo to" she told me as we solved equations on the worksheet we were given not too long ago. "Please don't tell Dan, I don't want to tell him just yet" I said and she seemed confused, I solved the last equation with twenty-five minutes of class left.

"Dan's been hiding something and it's big, I think it's hurting him so until he gets better or for another reason I'll tell him then" I said and she nodded. I saw the concern in her eyes when she finished her work the bell ringing only a few minutes later.

Dan's POV

"Today class we'll be working on Panini of Shalatula, does anyone know of his greatest accomplishment?" Mr. Gregory asked and I raised my hand since no one else would. "Yes Mr. Kuso?" he asked me so I put my hand down "his greatest accomplishment was his study on the Sanskrit language" I said and he nodded praising my knowledge on Panini.

We got a lecture after on the knowledge currently known on Panini however it isn't a lot, the bell rang ten minutes later and oddly enough Runo and her friends didn't bother me. I headed to lunch and met Shun and Alice on the way, lunch was fine until Shun asked why I wasn't eating.

When he asked Alice looked up at me with a worried expression "I'm just not hungry, I had dinner last night so it's fine" I lied, or at least about the eating part. I know this is bad, not being hungry anyway, and it's worrying them but until they find out on their own I can't really tell them either.

I waited till I had ten minutes till class was supposed to start before I told them 'see ya' but stopped at the door. "Don't forget about free period" I told Shun before I left to the Vestroia football field.

Shun's POV

"What's he talking about Shun?" I heard Alice ask breaking me out of my worried thoughts but I was still worried when I looked at Alice. "He asked me to tell him why I broke up yesterday so we made a deal to tell him in sixth hour, or our free period" I said and she nodded.

The bell rang not long after so I got up throwing my plate that had my homemade maple salmon away before going to my AP English class. We were learning about Mary Ann Evans or George Eliot, Mrs. Evans wanted her works to be taken seriously so she had her pen name be a male one.

Dan's POV

My students came out a few minutes after I arrived all of them present at 12:13, two minutes before class is supposed to start. "We see you've found Drago" Maru told me when I took role "yes I did and I have something to tell you all before I give your tests back" I said confusing many of them.

"What is it Mr. Kuso?" Tessa asked me and her eyes showed worry even though her exterior showed indifference. "I wanted to apologize for my behavior yesterday, I was being childish and I wasn't level headed until after I broke the pencil" I said looking to the sky which was getting cloudy.

"Don't worry about it Dan, you were only worried about Drago" I heard Alann say so I bent down to grab their tests, many of them had good scores to. "Maru, Una, Daimyo, and Yukina get full marks on the test" I said handing them their tests "Daisy, Donna, Tessa, and Nora got an 80%" I said giving them their tests.

"Kisame, Darien, and Alann got a 64%" I said handing them their tests "Daisuke, Kise, and Morikawa got a 48% so I would like to see you in twenty minutes to discuss your tests" I said giving them their tests before sitting on the grass. I looked at my watch as soon as I sat down and saw it was 12:25 which means I have to talk to them by 12:45 which leaves about fifteen minutes of conversation.

When it turned 12:4 I called the three who failed the test over "I can understand Daisuke failing most of the questions but Kise and Morikawa?" I asked making them look away in I think embarrassment. "I had a date yesterday and I guess I was distracted" Kise explained not surprising me "Yukina passed the test though" I said making him sputter.

"I was with Kisame and Daisuke studying for a test in Geography so I was busy worrying about that" Morikawa told me and I nodded. "That could explain Kisame's score so I'm going to have you retake the test tomorrow" I told them and they nodded before I looked at my watch.

"We have fifteen minutes left so I have these for you" I said when I grabbed out a study guide for them to do before the test tomorrow. "Be sure you do them" I said before they nodded and left "are you actually giving them a test tomorrow?" Drago asked me making me look at him.

"No the study guide is the actual test but I will give them a follow up tomorrow to see if they actually know it" I said and he nodded. "So if they cheat you'll know it from how well they do from the follow up?" he asked me but I know there was more.

"Won't they remember from answering the questions?" he asked me and I nodded "that's sort of the point but if I could tell they were cheating I'll put the worse score as their test grade" I said making Drago nod before the bell rang. I headed to the school's garden to see a nervous Shun by the fountain.

"Hey Shun" I said making his head shoot up from the sudden noise "Should I have been louder when I walked up?" I asked him and he seemed confused before he shook his head. "No but I didn't expect you to greet me" he said and I nodded since I guess that makes sense since I did tell him I would ask him why he broke up with Alice.

"Makes sense, so why did you break up with Alice? I thought you liked her" I asked when I sat down next to him on the fountain's edge. "I did, or at least I thought I did" he said confusing me since that barely made any sense at all.

"What do you mean?" I asked making him sigh "I thought I liked her as more than a friend so I asked her out" he told me making me curious since wanted to know what that had to do with breaking up with her. "What changed? Or what happened next?" I asked making him sigh again which I didn't like since I don't like irritating or exhausting him.

"What changed and what happened next was basically what the bases of my relationship with her was built on" he told me confusing me again. "What do you mean?" I asked and he turned to me putting away the notes I just now noticed which was stupid of me.

"Ever since I asked her out our greetings and everything that should be casual as friends became forced and formal" he said and I knew what he meant and I could relate in a sense. "I get that, my relationship with Runo was like that to, we weren't really friends anymore it was like we were strangers" I said and he said I was correct.

"Was there another reason? Why you broke up with her I mean" I asked when I suddenly got the cold shoulder. "Yeah but just like your reason I can't tell you who" he told me and it got my hopes up which was never good.

"Did you finish your project?" I asked making him jump "your Botany project? The one you asked me to help you with" I asked and he nodded relaxing again. "Yeah I turned it in today" he answered before he became distant again which was worrying me, I figured this is probably karma for worrying not only shun but Alice to.

Because of this I didn't say anything more on the subject and started writing up the follow-up tests before Shun asked what I was doing scaring me in the process. "Just helping a friend in the Middle school who's working as a bakugan teacher" I told him telling a half-truth which I think he believed for the most part.

"What's your fifth hour?" he asked me after a while surprising me "what? Why are you asking me that now?" I asked confusing him. "I was wanting to ask about it yesterday but didn't get the chance to ask since you were busy yesterday" he told me which barely made any sense because he could've texted me that yesterday.

"I have study period for an extra-curricular activity so I'm normally in the library at the middle school, most of the time watching my friends students while I study" I half lied again which he only barely bought again before I saw we had only a few minutes till the bell rings. "I got to go Shun, thanks for answering my question about Alice" I said when I put away my follow-up tests and left the garden to my War History class, I walked into the room seeing it was open again but my seat was occupied.

"Mr. Kuso! You can sit here since I have to make a run to the office, can you watch the class for me?" Mrs. Henderson asked and I nodded before she touched my shoulder when she left the room. I sat down in her seat and took out my papers to finish writing them before the bell rings in two minutes.

When the bell did ring I had finished the tests and got to watch as they scrambled from the room, I moved to my seat when it was vacated and Mrs. Henderson walked back in. We were apparently learning about Freidrich Nietsche and how his writing influenced the following genres: philosophical polemics, poetry, cultural criticism, and fiction.

It was interesting since just like in Chemistry we were learning about someone who was influential in another subject, even if this person made the History books as one of History's most influential people. We learned a lot about him like where he was born: Rocken, Saxony, Prussia, where he died: Weimar, Saxony, Germany, and many more facts about him before the bell rang meaning school was over for today.

When I made it home I put Drago in my room before I went through the front door, when I opened it however I had to plug my nose from the stench. The house smelled strongly of alcohol and I'm sure it's not just me mom who was drinking because it not only smelled of Chocolate Rain but Jack Daniels as well.

Jack Daniels is my dad's drink for when he's tired of my mom's antics, or drinking habits, but also for when something good happens. I hoped it was the second but I knew I couldn't be that lucky and I wasn't because as soon as I took off my shoes and was about to go upstairs I was pushed against the wall.

I felt a cool metal object against my throat and knew my mom had grabbed a knife but the pain in my ribs and the loud crack from when I hit the wall was something that worried me even more than the knife. I opened my eyes and saw the faces of my parents towering over me, the image of what would happen if I made them mad made me whimper out of fear.

"Do you know why we're mad at you Daniel?" my mom asked in a sweet tone making me cringe when she dug the knife closer to my neck. "No" I said wincing when I felt a warm liquid dribble down my throat after I spoke, I saw my dad take a large gulp of his Jack Daniels before his grip on my shoulder tightened.

He grabbed me by the neck letting my shoulder go before dragging me into the kitchen and opening the fridge. What I saw, or rather didn't see, in the fridge made me understand why they were mad "Why didn't you tell us there was no food in the fridge?" mom asked me and I shook my head.

"I didn't know" I said making her angry along with dad "don't lie to us son" he told me and I cringed when he threw me to the ground. "I'm not lying" I said knowing where this'll get me from mom walking closer and me scooting back until I hit the wall.

"Now now sweetie we won't hurt you if you tell us the truth" my mom said in a kind tone with a smile that scared me since it wasn't my mom's kind smile. She dragged her knife down my shirt slowly till it was by my side "now tell the truth or you know what will happen" she told me and my vision swam when I did tell the truth and got punished for it. (2)

I blacked out for a second but when I opened my eyes they were gone, I felt a pain in my side and looked down to see my mom's kitchen knife embedded in my side. I slowly made my way to my room knowing my first aid kit is in there and that I shouldn't remove the knife yet.

I walked into my room worrying Drago but taking precautions by taking care of my wound first, I wrapped the gauze around my wound and then took the knife out slowly not letting myself blackout yet. I finished wrapping it before telling Drago that I'm fine and just needed rest but knew that wasn't possible and knew I was endangering my life by not eating but knew there was no other choice in the matter.

A/N: Hello, I finished writing this at 3:40 A.M. on June 16, 2016

1) I don't know if I got the name wrong for the role so sorry if I did.

2) This is sort of like the Salem Witch Trials, say you're a witch and you're granted life say you're not and you aren't you're punished.

I am not meant for stories like this the ending makes me cry. See you next Monday.