Author's Note

Hey everyone sorry its taken me so long to post a new chapter. I just lost the urge to write and then I started a new job which left me completely drained at the end of the week so I didn't have the energy to write. I apologise if there are any spelling or major grammatical errors. I used to have a friend read over my stories before I posted them but I've recently had to cut them out of my life due to the fact they were a toxic person and didn't treat me like a friend so if you are interested in becoming a beta reader for me or know someone who would interested PM me.

Anyways enough with the personal stuff. Last chapter we saw Dan and Runo heading to an explosion which turned out to be a Mechtogan and they encountered Shun and Marucho and at the end of the chapter we saw Dan and Runo agreeing to go on a "date".


I was standing on my bedroom balcony at The Battle Brawlers Headquarters feeling completely refreshed after sleeping in my own bed. "You seem extremely refreshed and revitalised this morning Dan. Did you have a good night's sleep?" Drago called out from my desk. "You look rather refreshed this morning Dan. Did you sleep well Dan?" Drago called out from my desk. I walked over to my desk smiling and responded "Yeah, but I'm not sure if its entirely because of the sleep or because of other reasons too". "By other reasons do you mean seeing Runo last night?" Drago asked me teasingly. "Shut up." I told him while trying not to blush. Drago chuckled at my reaction then asked "Speaking of Runo, how is your eye?" I looked at my reflection in the mirror on my wall, gently touched my bruised eye noting that it wasn't as sore as last night and had now turned a purple colour then answered "It's still sore but not as bad as it was last night". I disconnected my phone from the charger, picked it up and scrolled through my contacts until I found the number I wanted and selected it. With my finger hovering over the call button I looked at Drago then asked "Do you think she'd be awake?" "She should be. She's always been an early riser unlike you." Drago answered." I'm not talking about Runo" I told him while I fired up my computer Drago, realising who I meant, responded "She should be but if she's not I don't think she'll mind being woken up in this case". I nodded and hit the call button letting it ring until a voice on the other end answered "This is Miyoko Kuso. Who is this?" I smiled happy to hear my mother's voice then responded "Hi Mum it's Dan". There was silence for a moment then I heard a sharp intake of breath then I heard my mother speak with a mixture of joy, relief and worry "Daniel is that really you?". I chuckled at her response then answered "Yeah Mum it's me". "Oh Dan, I've missed you." Mum told me with an odd catch in her voice. I realised that she was had started to cry and I immediately felt guilty. "I missed you too Mum.I'm sorry for making you worry." I told her apologetically. My mother let out a small chuckle then responded "I'm your mother Dan. I'm always going to worry about". I realised that she was right then asked "Mum are you near your computer?" "I'm sitting in front of it right now, why do you ask?" She responded. "You'll find out shortly." I told her as I initiated a video call with her. Thirty seconds later my mum appeared on my screen. The first thing I noticed was the relief written on her face. "Oh Daniel it's good to see you." Mum told me, relief and joy evident in her voice. "You too Mum." I responded with a grin. She then looked at me, her eyes flicking to my black eye, then asked with curiousity and concern "Daniel what happened to your eye?" My hand flew to the back of my head in embarrassment and I answered a little sheepishly "Runo was worried about me". My mother raised an eyebrow at me then asked skeptically "She was so worried about you that it caused you to have a black eye?". Drago hopped onto my shoulder and told her through stifled laughter "She was really worried about him Miyoko". My mother realising what Runo had done burst out into laughter. Once her laughter had subsided Mum asked "So are you and Runo getting back together?" "Wha-wha-what makes you think that we are?" I stammered out in shock. She smiled knowingly and responded "Call it a mothers intuition. So are you two getting back together?" I had no idea if we were but I was saved from answering by a knock on my bedroom door.

Normal POV

"Sorry Mum, I gotta go." Dan told Miyoko apologetically. "Alright Dan. I love you." Miyoko told him with a smile. "I love you too Mum." Dan responded back with a smile before ending the call. Dan then walked over to his bedroom door and opened it and saw that it was Marucho who had knocked on his door. "Hey morning Marucho." Dan greeted. "Morning Dan. Who were you talking too? Was it Drago?" Marucho responded. Dan chuckled then responded back "I was talking to my mum". Marucho nodded in understanding then asedk "Would mind coming to the lounge room. We need to talk about the that Mechtogan that showed up last night". 'Dan nodded and the two of them headed to the lounge room. Shun, who was already in the lounge room, put down the herbal tea he was drinking and gave Dan a greeting as he and Marucho walked in. Dan sat down in an arm chair and Marucho offered him a coffee which Dan gratefully accepted. Once they were all settled in and comfortable Dan said "I thought you guys would be tryna grill me and find out why I was at Runo's yesterday". "That will happen after we talk about that Mechtogan.' Shun responded with a grin. "So that Mechtogan that are you certain that it wasn't Dreadeon?" Marucho asked. "Dan nodded then answered "Yeah I'm pretty sure. As I explained last night both Mag Mel and Razenoid need to be alive and I know they're both dead as Drago and I both saw them die ourselves". Drago chimed in his agreement. "Are you certain they're both dead? We thought they were dead before when they tried to forcibly take the power of the Sacred Orb in Neathia. We thought the Sacred Orb had vaporised them but it just imprisioned them on the reverse dimension of Bakugan interspace where they mutated from Barodius and Dharak into Mag Mel and Razenoid." Shun reminded them. Dan nodded, conceding the point then responded "True but as I said last night Mag Mel vaporised Razenoid then blew himself up in an attempt to kill Drago and I". "I know Dan but you have consider the possibility that it was an act to fool us." Shun reminded him. Dan nodded realising that Shun was right. Dan deciding to the change the subject asked "So how did you guys end up with new partners?" "Moonshar become my partner when I went to Neathia after Jakoor returned to New Vestroia last year so he could access and teach his students Skytruss and Orbeum. Fabia introduced me to Moonshar herself." Shun told him. "So your new partner is a gift from your girlfriend aye? Dan asked teasingly. Shun glared at him in response but didn't say anything. Dan then turned to Marucho and asked "So how did you and Sharkdrake meet?" "Sharkdrake and I met through Preyas. I was in New Vestroia to see him and Elfin and see if they knew anyone who would be interested in battling with me after Rachizen decided he wanted to retire from brawling." Marucho answered. "So Dan what were you doing at Runo's last night?" Shun asked him. Dan's hand went behind his head as he tried attempted to dodge the question.

A few days later

Dan's POV

"Should I wear this. No if I wear this she may think I see this only as a hang out. Maybe I should wear that. But if I wear that she may think I think it's a date though she may think this is a date anyway since I asked her asked her to hang out." I debated aloud with myself as I stood in front of my wardrobe trying to decide between casual and formal clothes. I was distracted from my debate as I heard my bedroom door opening. I turned around and saw Shun walking into my room. "Dan what are you muttering about?" Shun asked me. "How did you know I was muttering about something?" I asked ignoring his question. "I've heard you muttering to yourself for the last five minutes." Shun answered me. 'He's right Dan you have been standing there deciding what to wear for a while." Drago chimed in. "So why are you trying to decide what to wear?" Shun asked me. "Well Runo…" I began to say before Shun cut me off by saying "Say no more Dan". He then went over to my wardrobe and pulled out a set of clothes, handed them to me and then walked off. The clothes Shun had given me were a pair of blue jeans, a black shirt and a red sleeveless hoodie and that this was a good semi-casual outfit. I got changed, grabbed Drago, thanked Shun for picking out my clothes and then headed off to meet Runo at the Bakugan Statue.

Runo's POV

"Arrgh. Where the hell is it." I cried out angrily as I threw another dress onto my bed. "Where is what girl?" Julie asked me curiously as she stuck her head in my room. "Nothing." I lied. "Uh huh…" Julie said as she walked into my room and took in the pile of dresses on my bed. She then walked over to my wardrobe and starting looking through it. "What do you think you're doing?" I asked her in an annoyed and irritated tone. Julie ignored me and kept looking through my wardrobe until she finally exclaimed happily "Aha found it". "Found what?" I asked her curiously despite the fact I was a little annoyed at her. "This girl." She told me as she handing me the dressed she's pulled out of my wardrobe. I looked at the dress Julie had handed me and saw that it was a pure white tunic dress. "Oh Julie thank you so much. This is the dress I was looking for." I told her gratefully as I gave her a hug. "I'm sure Dan will be blown away when you see him today." She told me with a grin. "Wha-wha-what makes you think I'm seeing Dan today?" I stammered out in shock. "Julie just gave me her girl please I'm not stupid look. I realised Julie knew so I just gave in and satold her "Fine you're right I'm seeing Dan today. We're gonna hang out and discuss where we want out relationship to go". Julie smiled and said happily "Then what are you still doing here? Get dressed girl and go see him". She then exited my room to allow me to get dressed. Once I was dressed I grabbed Aerogan who was sleeping on my desk and headed off to meet Dan at the Bakugan Statute.

Normal POV

As Dan and Runo made their way to their agreed meeting point they both wondered and hoped the other wanted to take their relationship in the same direction.


A/N

I meant to mention this last chapter but the reason I chose to give Shun and Marucho new Bakugan partners is because every season of Bakugan they got/had a new partner with the exception of Mechatanium Surge where they had a new partner at the start of each arc of Mechatanium Surge.

So what direction do Dan and Runo wish their relationship to go in. Do they want to remain friends, become a couple again or do they each want something different. You'll have to keep reading to find out. As I said at the being of the chapter I'm looking for a beta reader so if you or know someone who is interested PM me and as always please review.