A/N: Final chapter! This has been so fun. Thanks again to everyone! Enjoy!

Tap, tap, tap

"Could you please stop that?" an irritable and very tired Runo snapped.

Julie looked up, mumbled a sorry, and resumed staring at her watch. A few moments later she was subconciously tapping her foot again. Defeated, Runo sighed before slumping into a chair. They'd only gotten back from Vestal at around three in the morning. At four o five precisely her phone rang saying Dan would be returning. Thus she had got up at an unreasonably early hour to prepare. She, Alice, and Julie had made a cake for the impromptu party. Technically it had only been her and Alice making the cake though because 'it would ruin Julie's nails'. Runo had also made sure she would look amazing for when Dan came back. That would show him to run off to different planets with out so much as a phone call.

"I wonder where Gus is?" Julie mused, "He should be here by now. It only takes a minute to come through the dimensional transporter."

"Julie, you saw Gus just yesterday! I haven't seen Dan in months!"

Julie ignored her best friend, "Maybe I should call."

Runo rolled her eyes, "Yes, Julie. Because you have interplannetary coverage."

Then the haos brawler watched as Julie tapped in what was presumably Gus's number and got an answer.

Julie never ceased to amaze. The only other ones coming to the party besides the obvious six original brawlers were Gus, Masquerade, and Becky.

Everyone who'd chipped in had of course been invited, but they all had various reasons for the lack of attendance. Chan-Lee had a date with Joe, Nene & Christopher were both grounded for running off without telling their respective parents, Jenny & Jewls had to get back on tour, Billy didn't want to see Julie with Gus (whom she was now officially dating), the Vestals had enough to deal with getting everything back to normal, and Klaus was not comfortable being in the same room with Becky after she'd beaten him up (in her defense it was dark when he'd come up to talk to her and seeing a boy with long hair who dresses unreasonably fancy she'd assumed he was Melissa).

Taking her mind off who wasn't attending she turned to see Becky who was staying with Runo for now. Becky needed clean clothes which gave Runo a plan involving colored contacts, a scrunchie, and some of Julie's overwhelmingly pink clothes.

The first one to arrive was Gus. Julie practically tackled him as he came in the door.

Next were the guests of honor fresh from Neathia. "Dan!"

"Hey," Dan called, "Heroes of the world here!"

Soon after this Dan noticed the chocolate cake on the table. Within seconds he was at the table practically drooling over it.

"Missed you too." Runo said as she rolled her eyes in disgust.

Just then Masquerade came waltzing in carrying a large butcher's knife dripping with something red and sticky.

"My cake!" Dan yelled clutching the precious dessert to his chest and ducking under the table.

"It's nice to know if there ever is a bloodthirsty villian with a knife you'll protect your cake." Runo told him sarcastically, "Thankfully Masquerade is here to cut the cake."

Dan sheepishly came out from the table, but almost hid under it again when he saw Alice come out and kiss Masquerade. This confused Dan to no end as they had been one person when he left.

"Let me explain," Runo helped her dimwitted boyfriend up, "Masquerade is his own person. It's a long story how so you can learn that later, anyway he and Alice are now dating."

"Hey Dan! Hi Shun! Hey Marucho!" Julie greeted everyone as she came in the room holding Gus's hand.

"Plus there's Julie and her new boyfriend Gus." Runo added.

"What is this? National former villains day?" Dan remarked.

"Yes it is, Kuso. Now where's my card?" Masquerade held out his hand as if expecting Dan to hand him something.

"And everyone's dating these former villiains. Gus and Julie. Alice and Masquerade. Your not in love with Spectra, are you?" Dan asked fearfully.

Runo laughed, "No. There's somone else."

"Who?"

"He's a pyrus brawler." she replied.

"So it IS Spectra!"

"No. He's standing in front of me."

Dan whirled around trying to find who Runo was talking about.

"IT'S YOU DAN!" Runo said, then she kissed him. Turning as red as a pyrus bakugan Dan told Runo he'd missed her, he was sorry for not telling her about his leaving, etc.

Shortly after this Becky came in, thinking she'd missed her cue by now. This caused Runo to remember her plan. Even if Dan had aploigized it would still be fun to mess with him, so Runo decided to still enact the plan.

"Who's that?" Dan asked as Becky came in.

"Why, that's Julie's cousin, Juliet. She's exactly like Julie in every way. It's really like having two Julies around now." Runo lied. After Becky's little makeover it was actually believable. She had the same color eyes and overly pink fashion sense.

"Shun save me!" Dan screamed cowering behind the Ventus brawler at the terrifying possibility of TWO Julie's. Shun simply walked away leaving the pyrus brawler in the open.

Everyone laughed (but Dan of course) until Dan realized he'd been had.

And thus the group of happy friends and couples celebrated for the rest of the day.

THE END.

OR IS IT?