The Nightmare

Runo's POV

It has been two months since Dan disappeared without telling us anything and I was starting to think that he did not want to be around me anymore now. I had come to help them with defeating the Vexos, who had been trying to take over New Vestoria again, at Mira's request because she had somehow caught a sleeplessness sickness and she could help my friends out at all. I cured her sickness with a sleeping potion that I have to use myself and upgrade the tech that they used to beat them with again.

"You need to eat something for once, Runo. You are only growing thinner otherwise." My best friend Julie tells me while she was trying to get me to eat some food instead of me picking at it.

"You should leave her alone, Julie. Runo does have to eat if she does not want to eat some food, Julie." Shun says drinking his tea quietly trying not bother everyone else.

"Shun is right, Julie." Mira tells her and I get up from the table after ten minutes have passed by me. "Are you not going to finish your diner, Runo?" She asked me because I had left it half un-eaten tonight again.

"No, I am go to bed now. Good night, everyone." I tell them and quickly walk to my room to try and get some sleep tonight, but I did not think that I would be sleeping very well tonight.

Runo's Dream- Runo's POV

I was standing in a crowd with my friends to see again when I turn to say something to Julie for some reason she just started to fade away with the others, but Dan was still there in middle of the road. I see a car heading straight for Dan and yell at him to move out the way.

"I do not want to move and I hate you, Runo Misaki." He tells me in calm voice and the car starts going faster and faster while I am yelling at him to move for the car. I had suddenly jumped in front of him and took the hit thus ending my life.

My eyes snap opened and I sit up breathing hard after this horrible dream. I knew that I would not be able to get anymore sleep so I got up, put on some clothes, and quietly left the house even though Shun was following me because I had been going out late at night for a while now. I went to the one place in the whole that I felt at home there. The beach was quiet and calm being just what I needed it to be to help soothe my frail nerves right now. "I guess Dan does not love me anymore now." I tell myself in a quiet voice.

The Beach- Shun's POV

I had followed Runo to the beach because everyone was worried about her and I had promised Dan that I would watch over her until he got back here from his trip. I knew that she was bothered by something important because she has been leaving the house almost every night this week. I had made sure to keep a discreet length between us so I did not scare her away with present until I heard her that she guessed that Dan does not love her anymore. It was the right time to tell her the truth.

"You know that it is not true. He would have not asked me to watch over you until he came back here from his trip otherwise, Runo." I tell her coming out of the darkness surrounding her.

"Why did he leave then and not tell me, Shun?" She asked me in a scary voice that she usually uses with Dan when he makes her angry again. I knew that she deserved to know the truth more than anyone else in the group. I knew the truth because Dan had asked for this favor and I had agreed with him on it.

"He wants to let others have a chance to be number one, Runo. He did not leave here because you did something wrong in his eyes. Trust me. You can do no wrong in his eyes." I tell her the truth because Dan had told me that it was true.

"I cannot take him always going to save one planet after another and he does not take some time to spend with me, Shun." She tells me with her voice getting colder with every word she tells me. I was going to tell that Dan has been trying to make time for her, but the bad guys will not give him a rest for once. I had decided to leave her alone for the time being because I knew that Dan would be back at any time now and he would help her to understand the problem.

The Docks Next to the Beach -Dan's POV

Drago and I had just stepped of the boat and onto the dock when I saw Shun leaving the beach for some reason. I was thinking that I should go check on Runo to make sure she is alright now. I had asked Shun to watch over Runo for me because I knew that she would get into trouble on her own without even thinking about the problems that come after it. I walk over to the spot where Shun had left a few minutes before I had got there and discovered that Runo was there crying about something.

"Why did you have to leave me, Dan?" She said to herself in a soft voice. I went up to her and said the one thing that I could say to her.

"Did you miss me?" I asked her in a calm voice causing her to jump in surprise at my being there suddenly. I was going to wrap my arms around her when she got up and left without saying another word to me.

"Are you not going to chase after her, Dan?" Drago asked me appearing on my shoulder once again.

"Yes, I am going to chase after her, Drago." I tell him standing up on my feet ten minutes later.

"Humans." Drago said in return to my statement.