Me: Hello readers! I'm am back and ready to write a new story!

Shun: What's this one about? *yawn

Alice: Shun!

Shun: Fine…ooo… I'm so excited…

Me: *glare Anyways, let's just ignore him. There's not much to say so I really hope you all enjoy the first chapter of Change of Heart I might change the title later. I'm still not sure yet…. Anyways, have fun reading! Hope you like it! =)

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN BAKUGAN and I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING ABOUT DRAGONFABLE! (That's where I got the pirate and ninja idea from =))

Alice's P.O.V.

I opened the window and took a deep breath. The morning air smelled nice and so did the bread from the bakery across my home. I quickly got ready and changed (She's wearing what Valencia from the game Dragonfable wears… yes I used to play Dragonfable and I sometimes still do… hehe…) I grabbed my bow and the bag that held my arrows. I carefully strapped it over my head and on to my chess.

"Where are you going Alice?" my grandfather questioned as he came into my room

"I'm going to go find Dan and Runo, after all, I am leaving tomorrow," I grinned. He came up to me and we embraced each other.

"You really are growing up now," he sighed and brushed my hair away from my face.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine and I'll come home safe," I assured.

"Alright, I'll try not to, go have fun now," he smiled and I smiled back and left the room. I quickly ran down the stairs and stepped into the fresh morning and smiled.

"Good morning Alice," Mr. Kuso greeted.

"Good morning Mr. Kuso. Is Dan home?" I asked.

"Nope, he went to Runo's. Would you like some bread?" he offered. I smelled the fresh bread. It smelled delicious but I shook my head.

"Thanks Mr. Kuso, but I'm fine. I'll see you later," I smiled and ran off towards the sea. I ran and jumped to grab a tree branch. I swung myself over and landed on it. I sat down with my back to the tree and stared out into the ocean. It looked endless. I watched as people started packing stuff on to a huge pirate ship. I grinned as I realized I was going to be on that ship. It was finally my turn to go and assist the other pirates. For generations, my family has helped and unfortunately my brother, Joe died because he was stabbed by a ninja. Our family had something special; we all had the powers to heal someone once we placed our hand over the wound. It was like magic. (You probably realized by now that I really like magic and fantasy stuff =)) This year it was my turn to assist them and save many lives. We were travelling to retrieve a treasure that was stolen from us by the ninjas centuries ago. To be completely honest, I didn't want to hurt any of them. I sighed.

"What are you sighing about?" I jumped off the tree to find my best friend Runo Misaki standing there smiling at me hand in hand with Dan Kuso. They have been dating for months but it's been an on and off situation.

"I don't know…"

"You're not worried are you? I'll be there to help and slay all the ninjas for you," Dan smirked.

"Don't do that!" I said scared. They both stared at me as if I was crazy. Pirates and ninjas have been fighting for centuries just because of that treasure. It's horrible but another side of me wanted them dead since they killed Joe.

"Look at what you've done!" Runo smacked Dan on the head and I couldn't help but giggle.

"I didn't mean it!" Dan defended, "Besides your just jealous that you can't come."

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Guys, come on. Let's just enjoy our last day together," I stopped their flirting with my knowing smiles. They both blushed.

"Fine… but let's go to the Misaki Bar first. I have to tell my mom where were going," Runo sighed. I smiled as I placed their hands in each others.

"No more arguing?" I asked them hopefully.

"Well… we'll try…" Dan said. I nodded, that was all I wanted. We made our way to the bar. It was an old-fashion bar basically but it also sold other things like sandwiches. On top of the bar is a big sign that read "Misaki Bar" in cursive. We pushed the wooden door open. It was dark inside with people dancing and drinking.

"Hey there Alice, Dan, Runo" a guy walked up to me with an empty beer bottle.

"Hi there Baron, how's it going?" I greeted. Baron was a hyper teenager that worked here to earn more money for his family. He has so many siblings and they were all younger than him. Dan and I sat down at a long table with seats facing one way and waited for Runo to come back.

"It's been fine, so I've heard that… you're leaving tomorrow," he said sadly. The truth was, he had a crush on me. He didn't say anything and I knew. When I told Runo she was surprised that for once I wasn't oblivious to everything and every guy. I didn't understand her. I waved hi to some boys at a table who waved to me.

"Don't worry Baron, I'll be back," I smiled confidently. I wasn't so sure though… anything could go wrong.

"I really hope so…" Baron added and then smiled brightly, "Let's just think positive! When you get back, we're going to throw a huge party for all the pirates that left to find the treasure!"

"Yup!" I grinned. Dan was busy eating a sandwich and didn't say anything. He was also reading the newspaper about tomorrow.

"What does it say?" I asked him.

"It says that 'The sweet and innocent Alice is ready to go for the challenge. She will be on Cynthia (It's the ship's name) along with other chosen pirates'" he read.

"I wish I was part of this," Baron started pouring drinks into a cup, "Anyways, I've got to go work. I'll come say farewell to you guys tomorrow morning along with all the others."

"Bye," we both said.

"Let's go!" Runo said excitedly as she came out, "Where are we going exactly?"

"Let's go shoot some arrows," Dan suggested.

"Sure," I nodded and we all left. We ran through the village and waved hi to several people. When we finally made it to the "Archer's Mound" as everyone calls it, we were tired. I watched people shoot arrows at thick mounds of hay with an arrow target. I took out an arrow and aimed for one of the mounds. I let go of the arrow and it shot right in the middle.

"Bullseye!" Dan yelled as he got an arrow and tried. It landed on the circle outside of it.

"Fail," Runo snickered.

"Hey! I'm used to guns not ancient arrows!" Dan complained.

"Uh-hm" I arched an eyebrow at him.

"Oops sorry Alice," Dan apologized and we all laughed and started shooting arrows again even Runo got one or two arrows on to the hay. We were all in a good mood.

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Shun's P.O.V.

"I don't get why you can't obey me Shun," Julie's father Ren said. I was changing in my room while Julie's parents were trying to convince me about getting married to their daughter.

"I'm sorry, but I'm just not interested," I explained as I changed into a pair of long black pants. I didn't wear any shoes since I had that cloth around it (You know how you see ninjas with this strip of cloth around their feet… Yeah I'm not good at explaining stuff…). It was a very hot day and most guys didn't bother wearing a shirt including me, since black shirts attracted heat and I wasn't into any of those bright colours.

"Come on Shun, I bet you Julie really likes you," Fabia, her mother added. I ignored her; I knew Julie was secretly interested in another guy. His name was Billy Gilbert and they would meet each other everyday somewhere secretly. I didn't bother listening to Mr. Makimoto or Mrs. Makimoto. I picked up my sword and placed it in its scabbard. I quietly opened my window and jumped out, closing it behind me. I quickly ran into the forest that was a few metres away from where I slept. I lived in a place where all the other ninjas who were training to defend this island did. We trained everyday and woke up early in the morning. I've been in battle before against some pirates. I got the chance to slay the most important person on their team and I did. It was the "healer" as ninjas called it. Apparently they were able to heal anyone that was harmed. Once the ninjas found out, they started aiming to capture that pirate. We slewed every pirate we saw whether he or she was good or bad and it was hard to keep control and not kill the "healer" when we see him or her. I didn't know why we were against the pirates but before my mother died because she was stabbed, she told me to never trust them. I asked every adult ninja but no one would tell me the reason. I didn't want to kill them just because I felt like it, but the truth was, whenever I saw one, I had an instinct to slit his or her throat. It was horrible but I liked the feeling. I stopped running after a while and leaped on to a tree.

"What took you so long?" Ace asked. He was standing on the branch on top of mine. I jumped next to him.

"None of your business," I told him.

"Alright fine, I don't care," he said quickly. He must have had something more exciting than trying to insult me, "Remember the "healer"?"

"Yeah… what about him?" I questioned.

"I heard that the next person who finds the healer and brings it to the chief gets to find out our history and a lifetime supply of coconuts!" he said excitedly.

"So?" I asked as if it wasn't a big deal. It was a huge deal! I really wanted to know the whole truth.

"We should go find him or her!" Ace continued, ignoring me.

"You're coconuts! Who do you think we are? We're not invincible you know and I bet you that he or she's protected well!" I half-screamed to get his mind working properly again. He must have hit his head. The pirates had guns and cannons and all these things that a simple sword could probably not beat.

"What's wrong Mr. Hot-shot? Can't take the heat or are you chicken?" he started clucking like a chicken and flapped his wings. I rolled my eyes.

"I'm just not stupid," I said and jumped off the branch. I landed on the ground and walked back towards the village.

"Wait up!" he yelled and ran after me, "Come on Shun! This is our chance to earn some respect and go down in history! We'll be called "The Risky Duo"!"

"First of all, that's a dumb name and second, you're just doing this to get a chance with Mira since she's the daughter of our chief Anubias (I just had to add him in this. He seemed perfectly evil for the role. I just of to think of someone to be in charge of the pirates…)," I watched as he blushed. I shook my head from side to side. I didn't get how we could have been friends.

"So? It isn't like you've never had a crush before!" he defended but then stopped in front of me, "I've seriously never seen you hit on a girl…"

"So? It isn't against the law," I walked around him as he walked beside me again and stared at me dumbfounded.

"Are you gay?" he asked all of a sudden. I had a temptation to slap him right across the face.

"What do you think?" I glared. We walked through the village and came to a stop at a dojo. I walked inside and ignored everything Ace started to say. I made my way to my usual training place, "Stop chi-chatting and let's fight."

"I seriously don't think that's a good idea…" Ace said scared. He knew I could beat him up badly but I didn't tell him I wasn't going to.

"Are you chicken?" I taunted him just like the way he did. He sighed and stepped into the ring. We stared at each other and started running. When we were close enough he tried punching me and I dodged it easily since I expected it. It took some time for him to recover. I turned around and pinned him to the ground.

"Shun! Don't you dare hurt me!" he yelled. I smirked and let go of him, "That hurt you know."

"What? You hitting air?" I laughed. He gave a disapproving look and then couldn't help but laugh also.

"I'm so glad you didn't use your sword," he said relieved. If there was one thing that scared him, it would be me and my sword. We were almost unbeatable together well except when we are outnumbered…

"Well you gave me no reason to," I explained bluntly and headed for the door, "Let's go get something to drink." He grinned and we walked to a restaurant to get something to drink and eat.

Me: So how was the first chapter? =)

Alice: Wow… the ninjas so no mercy…

Shun: So? The pirates are attacking for no reason!

Alice: We have a reason

Shun: You going to tell me?

Alice: Nope

Me: Why would she?

Shun: I don't know… because maybe she's nice unlike somebody *cough Marshmellows *cough

Me: I am not mean! *smiles innocently

Shun: Yeah sure…

Me: Well you're annoying!

Shun: Am not!

Me: Are too!

Alice: Can you guys stop?

Me and Shun: Fine.

Me: Let's just ignore him again! Anyways, I hope you all liked the first chapter! Once again, I might change the title so don't' be surprised if you see something else as the title. Reviews and comments are always welcome and appreciated! =) See you all soon!