A Heroic Reunion

A few weeks later, Lunensis was in the middle of his 8th Dino Tournament. He was facing his final opponent using Erwin and is in the lead facing off a man using his Utahraptor. The Utahraptor looks tired out from exhaustion.

"Looks like George's Utahraptor has run out of energy. However, Champion Lunensis's Eoraptor are still in peace without a scratch and almost 1 step away from defending his title." The emcee said as the crowd cheered.

"Now to finish it. Go, Power Siphon!" Erwin glow golden as he run in high speed, jump onto Utahraptor's back and draining his opponent's strength. After draining the Utahraptor's energy, it fainted, defeating it as it turn back into a card.

"Utahraptor is down! The winner is Eoraptor! The great Champion wins his 8th Tournament, defending his title! Congratulations!"

Lunensis thank his partner for the good work as he glowed and return to his hand in card form.

YAY!!!

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Meanwhile at the O'Sauria's house, Maia and Cera was watching the whole thing on TV.

"Yay! Daddy won!" Cera cheer while clapping.

"Mmhmm. You did wonderful, Lunensis dear." Maia smiled at her husband's happy face on screen.

(A WHILE LATER)

Lunensis return home tired but happy from his time winning his 8th. He was greeted by Cera running up to him and giving a hug.

"Daddy, Welcome home!"

"I'm home, Cera." He smiled as he put her down.

"Daddy, I saw you winning the tournament in TV! You did great!"

"Thank you very much. But I owe it all to Erwin. He help me up a lot." Lunensis summoned Erwin and he bark.

Cera giggled as she gave Erwin, her congrats as well. "Erwin, you too. You did great looking after Daddy and congratulations to you too!"

BARK

Erwin nuzzle in Cera's gentle petting happily.

"Cera, where's Mummy? What is she doing?" Lunensis asked.

"Mummy's doing some cleaning in the trophy room." Cera answered.

"Oh? I'll go take a look and give her a surprise." Lunensis grin.

Meanwhile, Maia was doing the cleaning in the trophy room. She was dusting Lunensis's trophies that he won during the last 7 years.

While she was dusting, she didn't noticed the door was quietly open without a sound as Lunensis tip toed towards her silently. Getting closer, he embrace his wife which surprised her!

"Maia! I got you!" Lunensis said cheerfully while embracing her from behind.

"Kyaa! Oh, Lunensis! You scared me! But, welcome home." Maia's heart skip a beat from the surprise but she shyly smiled, happy to know that her husband's home.

"I'm home." Lunensis release Maia and she turn around face to face.

"Congratulations on winning. You did your best out there."

"Haha, it was tough especially in the finals. But it's all thanks to my dinosaurs for their teamwork." The 2 of them hug each other.

"Mommy! Daddy!" Cera and Erwin suddenly appear before they could hug. "Can we join in too?"

"Oh Cera... Erwin..., sure of course. Come." They all made 1 big family group hug.

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After celebrating Lunensis 8th victory and his title as champion, the family were looking at Lunensis's other trophies in display. They stop at the first trophy 7 years ago.

"Daddy, is this the very first trophy you won?" Cera look at the trophy on the far left. It looks old but the shiniest.

"Yes it is, Cera. This was the very first trophy that Erwin and I had won 7 years ago. This trophy was also the symbol of my confidence and proof in winning your mother's heart." Lunensis said with pride remembering the day when he reunite with Maia and won her heart.

"Oh? That means..." Cera gasped.

"That's right. Your father really did his best to win to proof his true feelings for me. I could still remember it like it was yesterday. It was tough for him with Erwin alone but he did his best anyway and he did it all." Maia said.

"Wow, Daddy's really awesome! When I grow up, I want to be strong like Daddy with my own Dinosaur partner! Oh and also be kind like Mommy!" Cera's parents giggle at their daughter's dream.

At night, Cera was in bed and already asleep after a long day. She was sleeping soundly while smiling, dreaming when the time has come to have a dinosaur of her own and live her dream.

Meanwhile, Lunensis and Maia were still in the trophy room remembering about their reunion.

"Hey Maia, do you remember this handkerchief?" Lunensis took out a white handkerchief with his name in yellow thread and a golden moon embroidery on it.

"Of course I remember. I made that handkerchief as a thank-you present from that time." Maia smiled. "You still had it through all this time?"

"Yeah. This was the first gift I received from you. I've been treasuring it and kept it with me wherever I go." Lunensis fold the handkerchief and place it on his chest where his heart is.

"Haha, it was the most memorable reunion ever. I couldn't forget it even if I wanted to." Maia giggle.

"Me too."

(FLASHBACK AFTER VALENTINE DAY PARTY)

(MAIA'S POV)

At night after that heart struck day in Valentine Day party ended, everyone all head home with happy love feelings. The people who were couples, friends and dinosaur that held a colored Mood Rose were all passionate with each other expressing their kind of love depending on the roses' color.

Thanks to Maia's curing with some unexpected action caused by Blaze, everyone thanked her and she was nicknamed the Angel of Love but they never knew her name to avoid unwanted attention, which was good thing.

After the party was over, Cosmo, Wanda and their Pawpawsaurus went home first while Maia and her Deinonychus trio (in adult form) decided to go for a night time walk together to rest themselves from all that lovey moment.

"Sigh... Now that's the most epic valentine day ever." Maia felt tired from all that commotion at the party because of her carelessness for not realizing her Dinoshot was missing.

"Don't be sad Maia, it's our fault to begin with anyway." Dino said trying to cheer her up.

"Yeah. After all, because we're really happy that you invited us to this Valentine party and we got carried away. " said Dano next.

"We just got too excited to spend more time together with you that we never realized your device was missing. We're to blame." Sue finished.

"Aww, that's sweet of you 3. But please you don't have to put all the blame alone. I'm too to blame for putting my Dinoshot on the railway where it fell." Maia smile sweetly, trying to cheer them up as she stroke their heads gently.

WHINE

Looking at her 3 dinosaur friends made Maia's heart feel all warm inside. For a pack of ferocious dinosaurs with terrible claws in their names, they all have kind hearts when it comes to the feeling of their friends and comrades. There must be something she could do to cheer them up.

Right now where they're standing, Maia saw a wide open stage which resembles a space for street performers. There were bushes filled with flowers, mostly roses. Also the sky reveals a starry night and a bright full moon. Maia suddenly had an idea!

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(LUNENSIS' POV)

Meanwhile Lunensis and Erwin were walking home with the dino holding a yellow mood rose that cured Erwin's love fever.

"I heard that a yellow rose means 'friendship'. Erwin, is this your way of expressing your kind of love for me?" Lunensis said to Erwin while he was holding the rose.

Erwin nod and he hold out the rose to give it to Lunensis.

"Oh thanks a lot, Erwin. Your friendship will always be with me as it is with you. We've been together since we're little and always have been. We're partners after all." Lunensis gave Erwin a soft petting.

"Still, what was that all about back then? I have no idea why the love fever affected you, but at least it kept us from being bored without a date partner. Right, Erwin?" Lunensis said to Erwin and he too was confused. Suddenly his hearing senses pick up something.

"Erwin? What's wrong?" Lunensis asked, looking that his Dino's sudden action.

Erwin concentrated on his hearing sense, he perk up sensing something familiar from it and he run off, shocking Lunensis.

"Ah, E-Erwin! Where are you going?! Wait for me!" Lunensis run after Erwin, catching up with him.

The Eoraptor continue running while concentrating on the sound he heard. When he reach to the Garden Park, he found where the sound came from while hiding from a big bush.

"Erwin? What's wrong with you, all of a sudden?" Lunensis finally caught up to Erwin and found him hiding in a bush behind him as he try to calm down from panting.

Erwin quickly shush his partner, asking him to be quiet and show him what he found. "Urgh, what is it?" Lunensis lower his voice and join Erwin as he point to the direction on where the stage was.

Lunensis look at where Erwin pointed and to his surprise, he saw a beautiful long red-hair woman in a pretty blue dress together with 3 raptor dinosaurs. Looking at how sharp and pointy their claws were, he instantly figured out that those 3 dinosaurs were Deinonychus.

The woman and the 3 Deinonychus were singing and dancing together with the woman in front while the dino's danced behind her. The 2 continue hiding as the woman began to sing and dance together with the Deinonychus trio.

[# symbol means the person is singing]

[Japanese lyric version]

# Boyaketa ketsui de wa koko kara susunde ikenai

Tada mae dake wo muite sesuji wo nobasu no

Tanin no kotoba de wa kono kokoro wa ugokasenai

Sotto me wo tojite ōkiku iki wo haku no

Kikoeru no wa hashiru jikan no shōsō

Miete iru no wa tatta hitotsu kawaranai

Tsuyoku utsukushiku mayowazu ni yasashiku

Sō hoka no dare demo nai

Watashi wa watashi de aru tame ni

Massugu tsudzuiteku miushinai sō demo

Sō tada hitori dake no

Watashi wa watashi wo atsume ni iku no.#

[English lyric version]

# Even though my will has blurred and you can no longer proceed

All I have to do is face forward and straighten my spine

Other people's words can't bring my heart down

And I close my eyes gently and take a deep breath

The sound I hear is the uneasiness of time slipping by

But I can only see one thing, and that won't change

Strong, kind, beautiful without doubt

That's right, it isn't for anyone else

I am who I am for my own sake

I shall continue frankly even if I might lose sight of my path

That's right, for the one and only one

For me, I shall embark on this journey to collect the pieces of me.#

As Lunensis and Erwin continue to listen to the song's performance, he noticed that the woman reminded him of Maia and the way the 3 Deinonychus danced together in sync was exactly like when the dinosaurs gathered together to dance as she sang.

(MAIA'S POV)

After their performance ended, the Deinonychus trio felt happiness feeling inside them. Maia was glad that the 3 were cheered up.

"Phew, that was fun. I feel better now!" Sue said feeling all happy.

"Us too! It was very entertaining." Dino and Dano agreed.

"Maia, the song you sang was wonderful. Did you compose it yourself?" Sue asked.

"No, my mother sang it to me when I was young." Maia answered as she continued on.

She told the trio that the song Maia sang was her mother's encouraging song to cheer herself and others up. Her mother sometimes sang it to Maia as her lullaby and sometime used it to cheer herself up if she felt bad about something. That song was sung by many of her family's line that's been passed down from mother to daughter.

"Yawn~" The Deinonychus trio yawned.

"Oh my, looks like you 3 are sleepy." Maia giggled.

"I'm feeling sleepy." Dano said with sleepy eyes.

"Well we had a long tough day, I'll turn you back into card so you 3 can rest. Good night." Maia took out her Dinoshot and with a press of a button, the Deinonychus trio glow rainbow as they back into card form and flew onto her hand.

"Goodnight Dino. Dano. Sue." She kiss their card and put it in her pocket.

After that, Maia decided to head back home to her apartment alone. Little did she know, a couple of men were following her.

"Hehe, let's have some fun." They follow her unnoticed. However, Lunensis still hidden, were watching the whole thing.

(NORMAL POV)

"Oh no, looks like trouble. I better follow them. Let's go, Erwin!" Lunensis jump out of hiding and follow them with Erwin beside him.

Meanwhile as Maia walk home alone, she sensed that someone was following her. When she stop, they stop and when she resume walking, they too resume.

"Oh no. I don't like this. I have to get away fast." Maia thought and quickly run as fast as she can.

"Drat. She's getting away. Quickly men, after her!"

"Yes sir!" The 4 gothic men started chasing after Maia.

Lunensis saw they were picking up the pace and ran after them. "Oh no, we better not fall behind. Come on Erwin!" Erwin bark as the 2 run avoiding losing them.

Meanwhile, Maia continues to run to try to get home as possible. However she made a mistake as she turn at an alley and come to a dead end.

"Oh no! A dead end!" Maia became scared.

"Well, well. Looks like our target has finally stop." The spiky black hair wearing goth clothes said with his 3 comrades behind him.

Maia slowly turn around and became scared.

"Hehehe. Now, the game of tag ends here. Hey pretty lady, let's hang out together with us." The leader said walking up to her.

"No. Stay away from me!"

"We can't have that. Men!" His 3 comrades answering their leader's command, immediately surrounded her.

"No..."

"What a pretty dress you're wearing. Oh what do we have here." 1 of they was inspecting Maia's dress when he caught something sparkling in her pocket. He reach out to it.

"Ahh! No, don't touch me, you creeps!" Maia quickly push them away and took out the Deinonychus card and hold it close to her heart. "Stay away! Don't take it!"

Suddenly her hands were caught by the others in an instant and grab the card away from her. "Oh ho, a dinosaur card? A Deinonychus, no less."

"No, please give it back!"

From Lunensis point of view, he and Erwin saw what happened. "Oh no, she's in trouble. Erwin, please save her!" Lunensis command Erwin. He understood and dash out to save her and the card they took from her.

In a flash, the man holding the card let out a painful scream. "Eeooouch!" He drop the card and to everyone's surprise, a small golden raptor retrieve the card and gave the men a rough beating on them.

Like the wind, the Eoraptor continue beating them up without a chance for them to fight back until they run away. "Retreat men! Retreat!

While they're retreating, they were stopped by an angry man in front of them. "Where do you think you're all going?" That person said with an angry voice.

AAAAHHHHHH!

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After the thugs been taken care of, Lunensis brush the dirt off his hands satisfied as he look at them all lying in defeat on the floor with bruises.

Meanwhile, he Eoraptor walk up to Maia and hand her back the card.

"Um, thank you very much." Maia crouch down and took the card back. She's glad the card is still in 1 piece as she thank her dinosaur livesaver.

"Eh, you look familiar. Have we met before?" Maia felt like she knew this dinosaur from somewhere.

"Erwin! You did great out there." A man's voice said.

Maia became surprised to hear the Eoraptor's name. She look at where the voice came from and saw a handsome reddish-brown hair and brown eyes man walking up to them.

"Miss, are you alright? You're not hurt anywhere?" He hold out his hand to her.

Maia accept his hand and stand up. "Um, thanks, I'm fine. This little 1 saved me." She look at him in the eye as she thank him.

"Thank goodness. Good work Erwin. You were awesome and heroic out there." The man stroke his partner, congratulating him.

"Um, excuse me? Did you just said his name was Erwin?" Maia asked.

"Yes, he's my best friend and partner since we're young." Lunensis answer.

Maia gasp. "Could you be...? Lunensis, is it really you?"

"Yes that's my name..." Lunensis then realized when she said his name, he sees the resemblance. "Maia...? Are you really Maia?"

"Gasp! Oh Lunensis, it's really you. I miss you!" Maia cried in happiness.

"Oh Maia! I miss you too!"

They gave each other a hug as they're happy to see each other again after so Long. Erwin even celebrate their reunion.

After their reunion, Lunensis volunteered to walk Maia back to her home. When they reached Maia's apartment, they said farewell to each other and promised to meet again tomorrow. They even exchanged numbers.

"Well then Lunensis and Erwin, thanks for walking me home. Also thanks for saving me from those scary men." Maia once again thank him.

"Your welcome, Maia. It's mens' duty to protect the woman they love." Lunensis shyly said.

"Eh?"

"Oh it's nothing. Anyway, I'm glad to finally meet you again. Let's hang out together sometime." Lunensis brush it off as he smile.

"Yeah. Thank you very much. Well, see you again. Goodnight." Maia went inside and close the door after thanking him again. After he heard the door locked, he and Erwin head back home to his Grandparents.

(IN MAIA'S APARTMENT)

After Maia took a bath and changed into her nightgown, she summon the Deinonychus trio in chibi form to say goodnight to them.

"Goodnight Dino, Dano and Sue." She gave them a goodnight kiss and they instantly feel soundly asleep.

While looking at their peaceful sleeping faces, she felt her heart beating a bit faster to know that they're safe from being taken by those thugs before but at the same time, she's happy to reunite with Lunensis, her childhood friend.

"Lunensis..., I'm so happy to have met you again and thank you for saving me. I wish there's something I could do to repay you." Maia look outside the window and see the full moon still shining brightly.

"Oh, I know what to do!" Maia grab a sewing kit and a small cloth fabric and began her work before morning.

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How's the reunion of Lunensis and Maia in adulthood? Isn't it so heroic!The part when Lunensis used Power Siphon is a Normal Move card before he use it to alter Miku into a Secret Element.

Here's where Erwin Eoraptor's debut in battle, he's a Wind Element because I checked the wiki and found some clues about his type before becoming a secret type. I hope it helps.

As for the song that Maia sang, the name is "Strong, Kind and Beautiful" from Aikatsu Friends sung by Karen Kamishiro. Maia's dress that she wore at the Valentine party was exactly like it except for the hairstyle. Maia's hairstyle was in small curls at the end. I don't own it.

Response to reviews:

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For Raina's reason for making the Dino Cupid shot, you could say she's imaginative and creative. Well at least that's how I describe her in my way.

Craig's debut will have to wait a while in further chapters.As for the museum chapter, maybe or maybe not. But no promises.

Finally as for the rainbow part, sorry if I'm misunderstanding it, but it's something I believe in especially when it involves fairies like in the Fairly Oddparents because of their immortal life.

GuestAs for the captains' age, yes you could say they're almost the same age as Maia and Lunensis merely 1 or 2 years older while the predecessor and older relatives are in late 30s and middle 40s.

As for Craig's debut, he'll be in later chapters. Please be patient.