33Hiee, my Bakugan side of me is back in business, sorry for the delay, but I've been having problems with school. Well, here I go again.
Start the party
As the limo pulled up onto the driveway, the driver walked around and opened the doors for Julie.
"Thank you, darlin'"
Alice and Shun followed suit while Marucho trialed a little behind, carrying his bag as even as he could. It wouldn't to if the Bakugan got...uh, bag sick.
"Oops. Excuse me I need to tie my shoe."
The driver bowed in acknowledgement and left the young man to deal with his 'shoelace'. Marucho crouched down and unzipped the bag a little more, to see the Bakugan inside.
"Marucho, where are we and when can we come out?" Diablo asked his partner.
"We've just arrived at Dan's new place. He moved here a little while back and...you'll come out soon, k?" Then he zipped up the bag again.
"Come on peoples, let's get inside. If I catch a cold now, I'll faint before I make it to the first step."
"Fine, Julie, keep your skirt on," Shun joked. Making a noise that sounded like a guppy fish, she pulled down her skirt to hide her embarrassment. Her mission failed miserably. Gorem laughed in the bag, his muffled sound reaching the ears of the wildly tanned female. She looked around dumbly, then, shrugging dismissively, she walked up to the front step as Alice rang the doorbell.
Ding dong...
Silence.
Shun smirked in amusement. "Of course, whenever ANY of us come over, he's still sleeping in."
Suddenly, a little black box in the corner 'spoke' in Dan's tired low voice. "*Yawn* Who is it and why are you here at this hour of the morning?"
Shun shook his head at the joke his friend/rival was and smirked as he pressed a button on the box. "We're the Bakugan Battle Brawlers and it's time to brawl, Dan. By the way, it's 10 o'clock, sleepy head."
Suddenly, the voice seemed wide awake. "Shun! Guys, what, uh...todays the day...isn't it?...Sorry, just *yawn* woke up. I'll be down in a sec, k, bye." Click.
Soon, loud enough for even the bakugan to hear, their was a rustle...a bang, crash, smash, "Woah, woah, woah, Drago don't fall on me buddy. Hey stay upright. Good", a few clicks and clacks then the door swung opened to reveal...the same Dan from the photo.
"Hey guys, anyone miss me?" He asked, panting heavily, easily showing from his loose shirt. However...
"Dan, before I say anything else, you've got a bump on the head, a bruised leg, a swore butt and a t-shirt thats on back to front. Oh, and please, don't get me started on your bed hair."
Dan meekly nodded, much to Drago's amusement (though still puzzled at what he said only moments ago in the house), "Nice to see you too, Alice, how'd'you know?"
Shun rolled his eyes, "You do it EVERY YEAR for the last, lets see, FIVE years. It's getting a little predictable." He then walked past his friend, letting himself in, the others soon following.
"O ME GAWD, DANNY-BABY! I don't care what they all say, I missed you sooooooooooo much." Julie screamed as she latched on to her friend in a bone-crushing hug.
"Uh, nice to see you too, Julie." He smiled weakly as he found he couldn't breathe. Marucho came up next to him, giving a friendly wink.
"Julie, don't you think you should get your tribute before you forget...again?"
"Oh, yes, Gorem would hate me doing that, I'll get it now." Soon running out of the house. In the bag, the brown Bakugan in question turned to the others in front of him, all asking the same 'un-spoken' question.
Tributes?
"Hey Dan," Marucho said, easily high-fiving his friends outstretched hand (now that he was taller),"Hey, can I ask...would I be aloud to put my bag near 'the corner'?" He added with a wink at the end.
"'Course Buddy, do what you want, now give me a sec to wash my hair. Can't be rough for the ladies." He answered, grinning from ear to ear.
"OK, thanks Dan."
"Anytime, now if you'll excuse me, I still got five minutes before 'Miss-soon-to-be-Kusko' get here."
"Right," Marucho said with a sweat-drop going down the side of his face.
Setting the bag to the side, while Dan showered and everyone else was getting their tributes (Marucho's was already in his bag), he took out the Bakugan and rested them atop of a caboard, high enough not to be notice, but close enough to see what was about to take place in Dan's home.
"So, what do you think? Too much for ya for one day or are you still ready for more?" Marucho said witha grin.
"Marucho...what are these 'tributes' the six of you keep on mentioning?"
Marucho just smiled knowingly," Well, Drago, if I told you know, it would ruin the surprise, wouldn't it. So quit worrying about it...how bout trying to keep Wayvern entertained before you hurt yourself, okay?" He added cheekily, knowing that, if he could have, Drago's face would have gone bright red at his words.
"By the way...Naga," Marucho said, catching the attention of the other white bakugan,"...As far as I'm concerned...you're forgiven."
With that, Marucho leapt down from the chair he had to stand on to reach the wardrobes top and left a very much flabbergasted group of Bakugan...stranded.
"Hey, Marucho, can you help me out here, please? Alpha Hydronoid suddenly gained a few pounds and we need extra help with him...please?" Alice called from outside the door.
"Coming!" The young blond called back and ran out the door, but still got to here the sound of the black and purple Bakugan quickly silencing Preyas' hysterical laughter.
A few minutes later, everyone had brought in multiple sized coloured objects, from Shun's hand-held size to Alice's 'almost- to-big-for-the-room' size.
"Hey guys, everyone ready for the 'Ceremony of the Six'?"
"Well, Dan, unless you completely forgot your Fiance needs to be here, than yeah, we're all ready to go with out any Haos attributes in our way," Shun smirked. He opened his mouth to say something else, but was easily silenced by the pouting Alice that clung onto his arm.
"Shun, be nice. Runo's been soooooo stressed lately, give her time to get here." Then, right on cue, only a few seconds later, a 'happy' voice from the door said-
"Someone mention me?"
"Runo!" Screamed the girls and the shrills made all the men cover their ears. The females all jumped up and down in excitement, hugging each other like their was no tomorrow. But soon, they had to break, or else Dan wouldn't get some.
"Hey, Honey-comb," Runo said sweetly coming towards Dan with long strides.
"Hey, sweetikins," Dan answered back and quickly gave her a chaste kiss on the lips. He soon truned her around and brought back her to his chest hugging her possesivly, even whispering,"My Runo."
"So now, that EVERYONE IS HERE, can we PLEASE get going, I SOOOOOOOO BADLY want to present my newest tribute!" Julie whined with mock tears coming to her eyes, waving her arms around like a chibi.
"Alright, Brawlers, I now call the 'Ceremony of the Six' to commence." Dan yelled proudly, recieving a loud uproar of cheers from the others.
And all the Bakugan could do was watch from above...literally.
OMG! I've had soooo many people asking help from me and saying that this story is fantastic...and I can't help but be shocked. Thank you so much for the encouragement from reviews and the pm's, peoples, this is bound to make progess run quicker, I'm sure of it. *hugs*