Runo's Prince Chapter 6: Truth and Lies, a bakugan battle brawlers fanfic

Runo's Prince

Truth and Lies

Chapter 6

Okay everybody I have an anouncment 2 make

I said this would probably b the last chapter, but it won't b now

Instead, it's gonna be the second 2 last chapter

In this chapter, the Brawlers come in just in time 2 stop the wedding, but only 2 find out that Runo isn't very happy 2 see them. And we/u all know why that is right? Cause I explained this back in the 4th chapter & I ain't gonna explain again thank u very much, and sorry.

Well its now onto the story again

Please enjoy it and leave reviews and comments

~Back where we/I left off which is at The Throne Room~

The main doors opened up and out came Prince Hydron and Runo walking down the aile together. Destiny was awaiting them. Especially for Runo. While she was walking down the aile too her new life, her friends were now hurring down hallways to get to her in time. Their minds were racing as they raced down the hallways. Dan was going the fastest down each hallway they passed and turned down. While the others were following behind, Dan was speeding up to find where the wedding was being held.

His mind was racing with thoughts. Thoughts that involved how he was going to kick Hydron's ass, and then taking back Runo? Course that could wait until after he took back Runo. Then he'd worry about kicking Hydron's ass. Oh yeah. He'd hurt that boy more then he'd hurt anybody else in a Bakugan Brawl. He wouldn't even brawl Hydron. Oh no, Dan was going to skip the brawl and get to the ass kicking. Cause nobody took away the love of his life from him.

NOBODY!

Unaware to Dan, Runo was looking foreward to being married to Hydron. In fact, she didn't really care about her friends or family since they obviously didn't care about or miss her. So what was the point of worrying or wondering if she was going to get rescued or not? I mean sure she had some good times with her former friends, but that was all in the past now. They no longer cared for her, and she was now onto greater and better things.

For she was about to get married to the new love of her life. Yes its true that she did have a huge crush on Dan once before, but since he didn't care for anymore, she now loved Prince Hydron, and she was going to go through with this marriage. Even though there was a small part in her head that was saying this to her.

"What are you doing? You can't..No, shouldn't go through with this marriage!"

And then there was another voice in her head that had this to say.

"Go for it! Go through with this! He cares more for you than anybody else!"

So then the two voices in her head began arguing over what Runo should do, and yet she wasn't really paying any attention to them. She was focusing on getting to the alter with Hydron, and then officially marrying him. Once the pair reaced the alter, an older gentlemen came up to it while wearing ceremony robes. He opened up a big book, and began to read from it.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join our beloved Prince Hydron, and this young lady Runo here in holy matrimony. If there is anybody here who has a reason for why these two should not be married, let them speak now or forever hold their peace." The older gentlemen said a loud, but nobody replied.

"Alrighty then, moving on then."

"Do you Prince Hydron take Runo here to be your loafaly wedded wife? To love, and cherish; in sickness and in health; through richer and poor; through any cause and until death do you apart?"

"I Do." Said Hydron.

"Do you Runo take Prince Hydron here to be you loafaly wedded husband? To love, and cherish; in sickness and in health; through richer and poor; through any cause and until death do you apart?"

"I-"

But before Runo could say 'I Do' the doors to the Throne room were slammed wide open, and through the doors were Dan, and the rest of the gang.

Everybody turned their attention to the door with looks of shock on their faces.

"Stop the wedding! Stop the wedding right now!" Dan cried out.

"Hydron! You let Runo go, or I'll have to make you do it!"

"Well, well, well, look who decided to crash my wedding. Dan Kusso." Said Hydron while twirling his hair too Dan.

Dan just growled and clutched his hands into fists.

"Back off Hydron! This isn't about you!" Dan told him.

"Then what is it about Dan?" Asked Runo who stepped up in front of Hydron before he could answer back.

Before Dan could answer her, he had lost his way of words when he was taken a back by Runo's beauty. All he could do was just stand where he was, and stare at Runo in her wedding dress. Dan didn't move, he didn't talk, and he wasn't even blinking or breathing for that matter.

Kind of scary huh?

Well getting a little bit annoyed, Runo came up to Dan, and then unexpectedly to her friends, and Dan, she slapped him hard across the face. Sending Dan spinning backwards, and going down onto the ground in pain. Also leaving a bright red marking on him. Rubbing the apot where Runo had slapped him, Dan picked himself up off the floor, and then turne to Runo who now had a look of anger on her face.

"OUCH! Runo, why did you just slap me? A simple pinch from Julie would have been better, but a slap? Why?" Dan questioned her.

"Why did I slap you? Why did I slap you? Gee I don't know, maybe it's because...What was it now? Let me see...Oh yeah. Because you're a selfish jerk! Who's nothing more then a weak minded; smart ass; mean; cold hearted; no good; selfish; horrible; asshole!" She told him.

The others behind Dan just gasped, and looked at Runo in shock.

Never beforehad they heard Runo snap back at Dan like that.

Even Dan was surprised by what Runo had told him.

"Runo, what the hell is wrong with you?" Asked Dan with both concern and anger in his voice.

"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you and everybody else?" Runo asked him in anger.

"What are you talking about?" Dan asked her in curiousity.

"Oh please...Like you don't know." Said Runo rolling her eyes.

"Runo I honestly have no idea wh-" Began Dan but was then cut off by Runo's screaming.

"Shut up! I don't want any excuses, but answers!" She told him in anger as her voice grew louder.

"What is she talking about?" Julie asked the others.

"I have no idea Julie. Its kind of confusing." Said Marucho to her.

Mira just stared at Dan and Runo, and then turned her attention to Hydron who was just smirking.

Something was obviously up, and it had Hydron written all over it.

"Guys, I have a feeling that Hydron might have something to do with Runo's anger." She told the others.

"No shit." Said Alice and then the others looked at her in shock.

"What?"

But nobody said a word, and just shook it off.

"Come on Runo, what's going on?" Asked Dan.

"What's going on is that you and everybody else are just a bunch of cold hearted jerks who don't care when their best friend is missing!" Runo yelled at him.

"Huh? Runo what are you talking about?" He asked her.

"Stop with your pretending Dan! You're acting more like an idiot then you did when battling Mascarade." She told him.

"Runo please, this isn't like you. What's going on, and why are you acussing me of no caring about you going missing?" Dan questioned.

"STOP PRETENDING!" She cried out using a very high pitched voice.

"I'M NOT PRETENDING!" Dan replied doing the exact same thing as her.

"This fighting isn't getting us anywhere, but I can't resolve it if I don't know what's going on. I've never seen Runo like this before, and I don't like it. Why is she acting out like this, and why does she think that I don't cre about her? Unless...Aw shit! Hydron! This has got to be the work of Hydron. It seems to be the only explination to Runo's behavior." Dan thought to himself as he gave a death glance at Hydron.

"Runo listen to me, Hydron's behind all of this. He lied to you, and had you believe that nobody cares about when we really do." Dan began to tell her.

"Dan just shut up and get the hell out of here." Runo told him.

"I'm not going anywhere until you hear me out Runo." He replied.

"I don't wanna hear anything from you." She said.

"Ugh, what am I going to do? I can't defend myself and the others unless I get Runo to listen to me. The only problem is that she won't listen to me, and that makes things more difficult for me. But I came here to rescue her, and I'm not leaving without her." Dan thought to himslef.

"What I need is to somehow get Runo to hear me out, but what can I do?"

"Look before you shout or curse back at me, could you at least give me a minute to defend myself here?" He asked Runo.

"And why would I do that?" She asked him.

"I thought you cared for me, but really it was all a lie. You, my parents, you guys (she means the others behind Dan), but no. No it was all a lie. A big fat fucking lie!"

"Runo please listen to me! Give me a chance to explain myself because I can explain." Dan told her.

"Oh really? Well alright then, you've got 2 minutes to explain before I ask Prince Hydron to have you guys kicked out of here." She told him.

"Okay then. Great. Yeah." Said Dan.

"Okay well look when you got kidnapped Julie, Shun, Marucho, and I went to Alice's house to see if her grandfather had fixed the teleporter. But apparently there was a minor problem with trying to get a connection from there to here. So then he's trying to fix the problem, but the another problem occurs, and things are just not working. Well it took until today to get the transporter up and running, but it worked and that's how we got here."

"Uh huh, okay then, but that still doesn't explain why your here?" Questioned Runo.

"Well as soon as we got to New Vestroia, we found the Resistance vehical, parked out in the middle of nowhere. So the five of us went to investigate, and see if anybody was home. But when we got inside, the place was deserted, and then we were taken by surprised by Spectra and Gus. The two of them trapped us all in a huge net that electricfied us, making us all valnerable and unable to escape. Then they dragged us here where we were thrown in the dungeons and found Ace, Mira, and Baron already there."

"Uh huh, yeah. Anything else you like to add to that story of yours?"

"Actually yes I would. Hydron's nothing but a back stabbing liar who's using you, and planned this whole thing out."

"Oh don't go pointing fingers at other people Dan."

"Are you even listening to me?"

"Why would I listen to a liar who's only making me feel like either kicking the shit out of him, or crying my heart out while killing him?"

"Wow, I didn't know Runo was all dark like that?" Said Baron.

"It's kind of creepy." Said Julie agreeing with him.

"She's only acting out this way because of Hydron, but won't listen to Dan." Mira pointed out.

"Then we gotta make her listen." Said Ace.

"Yeah but how?" Asked Julie.

Quickly the six friends came together and began to talk upon themselves.

"Please Runo, I care about you more then you know it, and I would never wanna hurt you." Dan told her.

"Too late for that Dan Kusso." Said Runo turning around with her arms crossed.

Well this was getting Dan nowhere, and he wasn't getting much accomplished out of it either. He had to somehow get Runo to listen to him, and know that he cares about her more then anything else in the world. But how was he going to do that when she was pissed off at him?

But then...

It hit him.

"Runo wait! The only reason you're mad right now is because you think we don't care about you right?" Said Dan gesturing to himself and the others behind him.

She didn't answer him.

"Well what if I told you something that I've been keeping a secret from everybody including you since the day we first met? A secret that I've been to afraid to admit to anyone because I was always afraid of what others might say?" He asked her.

Still no reply, but Runo did look over her shoulder at him.

"Something that I never wanted to admit. Especially to you, because I didn't know if you felt the same way?"

Now this was grabbing Runo's attention, and she was now facing forward towards Dan.

"I know that you're hurt right now because of whatever Hydron showed or said to you, but whatever he did is a lie! We all care about you Runo. Your friends, your parents, even I care about you in more ways then you can imagine. You mean everything to us Runo, and if something were to ever happen to you...I-I would just die of grief, anger, sorrow, and guilt because I couldn't do anything to help you."

"Dan?" Said Runo in a quiet whisper as tears started to come down from her eyes.

"You're one of the best brawlers I know. You're a great partner, a great friend, a great daughter, and a great brawler who never gives up on others, and who's always then when we need her. You're smart, funny, talented, brave, strong, and beautiful. Nobody else can compare to you, and I wouldn't want them to. Because nobody can ever compare, or beat you Runo."

And at this moment, Runo's getting really upset, sniffles, but tries to hide it all.

Though it does get the attention of the others who were still talking to themselves until Alice saw and heard Runo crying.

"Why are you telling me all of this? Why are you filling me up with so much information that I don't understand? Why Dan? Why?" She asked him as she began too cry, and then ran back to Hydron who held her close to him.

"Enough of this foolishness! Guards!" Cried Hydron, and then through the door came a group of guards surrounding the mighty Resistance.

"Too the dungeon with all of them! I want them out of my sight, but send the annoying boy in red too the chamber room. I'll be there later to question him. Now go!"

Thus the guards obayed Hydron's orders, and walked off with the Resistance to the dungeon and chamber room.

"Shh...There, there my darling it's okay. Shh...Don't cry anymore. I don't wanna see you cry. Everything's going to be okay. Shh...Shh...No more tears now. No more tears." Hydron whispered to Runo who was still crying in his shoulder.

"No wait! Runo don't listen to him! He's not to be trusted! He's a liar! He doesn't even love you! I-" Was all Dan could say before getting dragged by his arms and the doors closed behind him.

~Later in Runo's Room~

After the wedding incident, Hydron called off the wedding until further notice. He was just so pissed off right now that he simply left the Throne room almost dragging Runo with him. He then brought her to her bedroom where he wanted some peace and quiet with his almost bride-to-be.

Hydron was pacing around in the bedroom while Runo sat on her bed still wearing her wedding dress, and tears kept streaming down from her eyes. She tried to control herself, but she was to hurt, upset, and confussed to do so. Hydron turned to her, and decided to try and make her feel better.

"Oh my dear sweet princess. Please do not cry anymore?" He asked her while embrasing her into a hug.

"I feel terrible that this all happened, and that you had to go through with it. I never should have pressured you into agreeing to move our wedding up too today. Now you're upset, and I can't do anything to help you."

"Wh-What will happen t-to them?" Runo asked Hydron as she tried to control her crying.

"Pardon?" Asked Hydron who moved to look at Runo's face.

"Wh-What will h-h-happen to my former fr-friends?" She asked again.

"If you want I shall send them home with no way of returning back here, or they can stay in the dungeon until further notice?" He told her.

"No...No just, just send them back to Earth. I-I don't want them to suffer just because I got over dramatic and angry like that back there." She replied.

"As you wish my love." Said Hydron giving Runo a kiss on her forehead.

"What about Dan? What's too become of him?" Questioned Runo as Hydron finished the kiss.

"He will leave with the others for Earth, but I'm going to have a little talk with him first before he's put in the dungeon with them." Hydron replied.

"Oh, okay." Said Runo who then let out a yawn.

"It's been a rough day, and you deserve some sleep." Hydron told her.

"No, no I'm not sleepy." Runo replied shaking her head as yet another yawn escaped her mouth.

"Yes you are, and you know it's true. So I want you to get changed into your pajamas and then go to bed. I'll join you, but first I'm going to see that Kusso boy." Explained Hydron placed Runo onto the bed as he walked over to the closet, and then pulled out a long nightgown that was white, had see through and lose sleeves, and sparkles covered up the entire thing.

"Here's some pajama's for you my darling. Get cleaned up, changed, and then it is off to bed."

Letting another yawn escape from her, Runo then rubbed her eyes, took the nightgown, and looked back at Hydron.

"Aw...Do I have to get changed?" Whinned Runo.

"Yes precious, you need your rest after what's occured today." Hydron replied giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"Well...Okay. I'll get ready for bed now." She replied heading for the bathroom to wash-up.

While she did that, Hydron left for the chamber room to comfront Dan.

~In the Chamber Room~

Dan was locked up in a plain, white room with nothing in it but two chairs and a table. (Also the door, but I'm talking furniture here.)

"Let me out of here! Let me out of here!" Dan cried out while pounding on the door.

"Come on let me out of this room! I swear if you don't let me out of here then I'm gonna keep on screaming, and pounding until you let me out!"

"Dan calm down, this yelling and sturggling won't help us." Commented Drago.

"Yeah, but I have to do something. I can't let Hydron win." Dan replied.

So he kept on kicking and banging on the door until the door opened up and Dan almost fell.

Once he regained his balance, he saw Hydron had entered the room.

"Well, well, well, Dan Kusso. How nice to see you again, and after you ruined my wedding." Said Hydron with a wicked smile on his face.

"Hydron! Uh...Why have you locked me up in here, and where's Runo!" Dan cried out in anger.

"Calm down Dan, Runo is perfectly safe and sound. Unlike you, she's in good hands." Was Hydron's only reply.

"Ugh...Where is she! If you touch one hair on her I'll-"

"Relax, as I said before she's safe. She's probably asleep by now in her bedroom, but let's talk about something else shall we?"

"The only thing we'll be talking about is how I'm gonna kick your ass, and take back Runo!"

"Oh really, well that might be difficult since she doesn't believe anything you say, and the fact that you made her cry like a fallen angel."

"Oh you're one to talk because you're just using her to get to me!"

"Is that what you really think Dan? Oh you really have no idea what I'm really up to do you? Yes at first I was just planning on using your former girlfriend to destroy you; but after a while I've come to respect, and even love Runo. For she is a beautiful young flower who deserves only the best, and the best would be me."

"Fat chance Hydron! Runo doesn't deserve you as a boyfriend, or a husband! And she never will!"

"Oh but I think she already has, and there's nothing you can do to change her mind."

"Oh yeah, well who says I can't try?"

"I did, and you won't be able to do anything about it. You and your friends will be returning home to Earth tomorrow, and you have my beloved Runo to thank for that. She didn't want you to suffer, so I gave her the choice of either sending you back home, or rotting in a dungeon for the rest of your lives. I think you and your friends should rot in the dungeon, but it was Runo's choice, and therefore I respect it."

"You can't stop us Hydron, and you never will! Even if you do send us back home we'll just come back again, and again until you're stopped for good!"

"You think you can really stop me Dan Kusso? You have no idea what I'm really capable of."

Then with that said Hydron began to leave the room, but no before Dan grabbed his shoulder and punched the guy right in the face. Sending Hydron flying backwards into the hallway wall in front of him. Which gave Dan the chance to escape, but alas, Hydron was one step ahead of him. With the push of a button on his bracelette, Hydron had summoned his guards who arrived at the sence before Dan could get to far away.

Although Dan put up a good struggle and fight, there were to many guards which stopped him.

"Take him to the dungeon, and make sure that there's no chance for him, and his friends to escape." Commanded Hydron as he was helped up to his feet, and had the guards take Dan back too the dungeon.

"You'll never get away with this! Runo will see through you and your lies! You won't win!" Dan cried out as he was being dragged by the guards.

"Oh but I believe I already have won Dan Kusso, and Runo is now mine." Said Hydron simply before walking off back to Runo's bedroom.

Leaving Dan to scream and curse at him as he walked away and out of his sight.

~In Runo's Bedroom/Runo's POV~

I had just finished getting into the nightgown Prince Hydron had given to me after a long and hot bath. I just needed to relax for a little while and soak away my problems. Though while I was bathing and soaking away my problems, I couldn't help but think about what Dan had said back there in the Throne room.

~Flashback~

Still no reply, but Runo did look over her shoulder at him.

"Something that I never wanted to admit. Especially to you, because I didn't know if you felt the same way?"

Now this was grabbing Runo's attention, and she was now facing forward towards Dan.

"Dan?" Said Runo in a quiet whisper as tears started to come down from her eyes.

And at this moment, Runo's getting really upset, sniffles, but tries to hide it all.

Though it does get the attention of the others who were still talking to themselves until Alice saw and heard Runo crying.

~Flashback Over~

"Why did he tell me all of that? I mean, did he really mean it, or was it all just a bunch of lies?"

I couldn't stop thinking about it, and as I climbed into bed, I felt more tears come out from my eyes. So I grabbed a pillow, and plopped my head into it, and cried away my sorrows. I was just so angry, and confussed that I didn't know if I which one I was more of?

Just then I heard the front door open, and when I picked my head up to see, in came Hydron rubbing his face.

"Wh-What happened?" I asked him as he sat on the bed.

"Dan Kusso apparently can hold a grudge against people he doesn't like very much." Was his only reply.

"Did, did he hurt you?" I asked.

"He only punched me into a wall, but nothing seriously." He replied.

"I-I'm sorry." I said crawling over to him, and embracing him with a hug.

I then felt his hands rub against my arm, and then rested my head on his shoulder.

"It's not your fault my love so don't blame yourself." He told me, and then he moved his hand to my face which he then began to rub.

"Um Hy-Prince Hydron what about our-"

But right as I was about to ask him a question, Hydron pulled me into a kiss. At frist I was shocked, but I soon got into the kiss, and kissed back.

"My princess...From now...On...You may...Call me...Hydron."

"Really...Hydron...Okay."

We speak in between kisses.

"As for...Our wedding...It'll...Be postponed...Until...Your friends...Leave...For home...Tomorrow."

"Alright...Thank...You."

We kept on kissing each other until I was laying down on the bed with Hydron on top of me. He began to rub one of his hands up and down my thigh, while the other one was rubbing up and down my right leg. Our lips were still attatched and kissing one another for what seemed like hours. Then, Hydron started to get serious by moving his hand under my nightgown. The touch and feeling of his skin against mine sent shivers throughout my body.

I didn't know if what we were doing was right, but I also didn't know if I should try and stop him? I mean, he was just so good and gentle to me and my body. It was almost as if he had experience with doing this sort of thing before. As we kept on kissing each other, his hand made its way up to my chest. It was then that I had to ask him to stop because I wasn't yet ready for this kind of thing just yet.

"H-H-Hydron...Hydron please...Stop." I try to say in between kisses.

"Hm...what did you say?" He asked me after breaking the kiss.

"Mm...Um...Please...Let's not go to far right now." I tell him.

He stops what he's doing, and moves himself off of my body, and lays right next to me.

"If that is what you want, then I'm willing to wait until you are ready." He told me as his hand moved gently on my face.

I smile at him, and close my eyes.

His touch was so soft and warm that it was making me very tired.

"Somebody's getting sleepy isn't she?" Asked Hydron, but I just shake my head with my eyes remaining closed.

But then I felt a pair of arms make there way under my body, and then pick me up from the bed. Thus moving me into Hydron's lap, and then holding me in his arms like a newborn baby. I felt comfortable in his arms and lap, and I snuggled my head into his chest.

"Go to sleep my darling. Just go to sleep now. Forget about everything, and go to sleep." Hydron whispered to me.

"I'm not tired Hydron, I wanna stay up." I told him only to then release a huge yawn.

I could hear Hydron chuckle at me before getting up with me still in his arms. Then he put me into bed tucking and making sure I was all comfortable. My eyes grew heavy, but right before they close all the way, I see Hydron leaning down and kissing me once again on my forehead.

"Goodnight my beloved princess. I love you." Said Hydron.

"I-I love you too." I said before drifting off into a deep, deep sleep.

~The Next Morning at 3:15 AM~

When I opened my eyes, the room was all dark, and quiet. I slowly sit up and look around to find myself in my bedroom, only with one small difference. When I was looking around the room, I saw Hydron sleeping next to me in my bed. I slightly blushed, but luckily he was asleep so he wouldn't see my face. I then checked the clock that was on the night stand and it said 3:15 AM.

I let out another yawn before rubbing my eyes and getting up out of bed. I was still a little bit tired; but for some reason a little voice inside my head was telling me to go down to the dungeon and talk to Dan. I didn't know why, but I just felt this urge to do so. Well without thinking twice, I put on a pair of fuzzy slippers, and a long blue robe before leaving the bedroom and heading for the dungeon.

~In the Dungeon~

After walking down hallway after hallway in the dark, I had finally found the dungeon area where Dan and the others were being held in. Quietly I made my way down with only a few torches as my light. Walking slowly down the stairs, and then the hallway, until I had found the cell where my old friends were held in. When I reached their cell, they were all fast asleep in different corners of the room.

Marucho was asleep on the floor.

Baron was sleeping on a wooden bed board.

Julie laid on her back with her hair spread out.

Ace slept against the right side of the wall with Mira next to him.

Shun also slept against the wall but he slept on the other side with Alice next to him.

And Dan slept by the metal bars in front of me.

Reaching through the metal bars open spaces, I grabbed Dan's shoulder, and began to shake him. I wanted to wake him up, but I didn't want the others to wake up. So I was just focusing on waking Dan up, and only Dan.

"Psst...Psst...Dan? Dan?" I say quietly as I lean closer to him.

"Dan...Dan wake up. Dan...Dan."

I shake and whisper as loud as I can to wake him, but all he did was move a little. I rolled my eyes, and ten shake Dan harder then before. This got him to make some noise, and then wake up quickly sitting up from the ground.

"Huh? Uh...Aw man what a dream. Then again, it was more like a nightmare." Dan said to himself before he turned around and noticed me.

"Runo? No way! Runo what are yo-"

I quickly covered his mouth before he can get any louder, and then told him to keep his big mouth to a minimum.

"Keep your voice down will you? I don't want the others to wake up. I came down here to talk to you, and only you Dan so you better listen." I tell him.

"Now I'm gonna take my hand off of your mouth, and you're not going to talk loud. Do you understand me Dan?"

He just nods his head as a sign that he understands.

So I remove my hand off of his mouth, and it's no less then 2 seconds before Dan starts too talk again.

"Runo, what are you doing here? Have you finally come to your sences and understand that I was telling the truth? That Hydron's nothing but a lying sack of crap? Oh, and is there any chance that you could get us out of here? All of our bakugan are being held somewhere, and the keys are over there on the wall." Dan told me, and then pointed out to the wall behind me with some keys hanging on a hook.

I roll my eyes again and turn to Dan.

"Listen Dan, I didn't come down here to hear you complain about your living arangements. I came down here because I wanted to talk to you about what happened back in the Throne room. You know with your whole out burst, and big talk?" I tell him.

"What's there to talk about? I was only being honest with you, and trying to get you to see that Hydron's been lying to you." Dan told me.

"I'm not talking about that Dan. I'm talking about all that stuff you said to me about you caring for me, I'm the best brawler, and everything else. Why did you start to tell me all of that then and now? Why did you wait until then when I was about to get married to tell me all of that stuff? I mean, were you even thinking when you said and did that Dan?" I questioned him because I wanted to get some answers.

"Runo..." Said Dan hanging his head down.

"I ment every word I said back there, and the reason that I said those thing then and there is because...Because when I saw you about to get married to Hydron, I felt like my heart was being ripped out of me at that very moment. I couldn't stand to lose you to him, and if I did...I would never forgive myself. When you got kidnapped by Spectra and taken back to new Vestroia, I couldn't help but blame myself for what happened. If I had gotten to you faster then none of this would be happening. You mean everything to me Runo, and I take full responsibility for whatever happens to you." Dan explained to me as a few tears dripped down his face.

He looked so sad, and disappointed in himself that I didn't think he was faking any of this. I mean, I rarely see Dan cry, and the times when he does cry are when he feels really guilty and upset with himself about something.

"Dan..." I say softly to him.

"Yeah?" He replies looking up at me.

"Are you really telling me the truth, or is this just some sort of sick joke?" I asked him sounding serious to him.

"I'm not lying to you Runo. I would never lie to you, and you know it." He replies.

"Well...Tell me what you were about to say before you got taken to the chamber. Those last words that I didn't catch." I ask him.

Dan goes silent, and blushes a bit.

"I-I was going to tell you that...That...I-I love you."

I stare at Dan in shock after hearing those last words come out of his mouth.

"Yo-Yo-You what?" I asked him not sure if I heard him right.

"I love you Runo. I always have loved you since the day we first met." He tells me.

"Oh my gosh..." I say in shock.

"Please Runo, I'm telling you the truth. You gotta believe me please? I can show and prove to you that I'm not lying if you let me do something?" Dan told me.

"Like what?" I ask him.

"Come here, and I'll show you." He told me.

So I did what he asked me to do, and I brought my face as close as I could get to Dan's.

Then unexpectedly Dan forced his lips to mine, and kissed me.

Just like that he kissed me.

Stopping here, but more's 2 come along the way

Sorry if u don't like this ending, but trust me

The next chapter will be worth it

I'll make sure of it

So please review, and a quick heads up

I'm thinking of a sequal, but it all depends on the next chapter

Tell me what u guys think and if u have any ideas please let me know

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