Chapter 2: Questions and Answers
Runo took a quick shower to start her day. She went down and asked her parents for a key.
"Mom! Can I borrow the key to the attic?"
"Huh? Why do you want to do that?"
"Well... umm... I just want to check out on something"
"Alright, here" Saki Misaki said as she gave the keys of the attic to her daughter. Runo immediately went up to the attic. It was dark, and she stumbles on a hard object
"Ouch!" she yelped as she fell on her back. She saw that the lock of the chest has the 6 symbols of the attributes. She struggled to open it. it was a little heavy. As she opened it, there were a couple of her pictures and at the corner was something wrapped by a cloth. She took it and opened the cloth. And lo! She saw the locket in her dream.
'Is it all true?' she thought to herself. She then took the pictures and looked at them. One was she and her family, when she was just a baby. Mostly was about their family pictures, but what caught her attention was a picture of her with the blonde boy, she was clinging into his arm and both of them were smiling. Runo couldn't handle it anymore and went to her parents. She wants to talk to them before the cafe opens.
"Mom... Dad..."
"What is Runo?" asked Tatsuo Misaki
"Who is this?" she showed her parents the picture of her and Basilisk. Her parents' eyes went wide, but her father let out a big sigh.
"I knew that this day would come"
"Come here Runo, we'll tell you everything" her mother added. The Misaki family went inside their living room. Mr. Misaki let out a loud sigh and started
"We were from another planet, called Vestal. We lived there for at least until you were 5 years old. One day, you came home on the back of a boy. His name was Basilisk Sieg, he was an orphaned boy, he lost his parents on an accident. We saw how he cared for you and as for repayment, we took him in. You two are always together, always play together, and always there to help each other. And there is not one single day that you won't twirl his hair" Runo's father chuckled, as for Runo, she was shocked to hear the fact that she was actually a Vestal.
"Then one day, Zenohelm invaded. He burned everything to the ground, he was going to steal you from us but, Basilisk didn't gave up on you. He fought for you 'till the very end. And so, in exchange for you, he gave up himself. But he made a condition that he will be Prince of Vestal if we would go to a place where we should stay safe and unharmed. Zenohelm accepted and transported us to a dimension and sent here on Earth. But ever since we moved you did nothing but cry, we couldn't do anything. Then, one day you met a boy named Daniel Kuso, and you made friends. After that, you stopped crying and we decided to hide the memories of our past. We're so sorry, we didn't tell you. We just don't want you to cry again"
"Oh..." Runo hugged her parents "I understand, Mom, Dad... you did it for me..." Runo broke the hug and looked at her parents "I..."
She was interrupted when the door of the cafe slammed open
"RUNO!" a girl with silver hair cried out. Runo hurriedly went to the door, she fell down as 5 girls hugged her.
"Guys? Wow! What a surprise" she stood up and broke their hugs as she saw her friends.
"I told you, she'd be surprised" Baron said while smiling.
"Boy am I, but. What are you guys doing here?"
"Well, you know Marucho. He wouldn't stop crying until we agree to come and visit ya" Lync explained while Marucho starts wailing.
"Marucho, are you sure that it was only me, that you missed" she said coyly as she took out a bag of her homemade cookies.
"Oh boy! Baku – snackz!" Marucho cheered. Runo threw a bag and Marucho caught it. He started to sit like a dog as he starts to eat the cookies
"Like, I missed you too Runo" Lync butted in and sat like a dog next to Marucho and caught the bag Runo also threw at him. Marucho and Lync cheered. Everyone laughed at those two.
"Well, we better get going" Shun started
"Go? Where? It's only 5:00 in the morning"
"What?" Julie shouted "Don't tell me you forget"
Runo held her chin, and then it her. They talked about doing an outing and that they're going to Hawaii. "Oh! Yeah! Right! I remember now! We're going to Hawaii right?"
"You bet! Now hurry up and get dressed! I wanna see what 'hawaii' looks like" Shadow blurted. Runo nodded and hurriedly went to her room. As she closed the door... TIME STOPPED!
Everything around her froze, (except her). She is now confused 'what's happening?' she thought, then, a portal appeared before her and came out a white Bakugan (ball form). The portal disappeared, the Bakugan spinned and revealed itself
"Hello there" it said, Runo froze not knowing what to say
"Uhmm... h-h-hi?"
"what's your name?"
"Uhmm... R-r-runo, Runo Misaki"
"Runo huh? What a beautiful name"
"T-thank you" Runo looked down, slightly embarrassed. "And you are?"
"I don't know... all I remember is... Naga" Runo went wide eyes and stumbles down.
"N-N-NAGA?" she yelled and sat down in fear. The Bakugan who planned to destroy the world, who believed that was dead, is right in front of her. "STAY AWAY FROM ME?"
"P-P-Please don't be frightened. I mean no harm"
"Oh Yeah? Well, that's the last thing you said"
"Wait, you know who I am?"
"Of course I know who you are? How can I forget the Bakugan who hurt his own sister and fellow Bakugan and planned to destroy the world?"
"R-r-r-really... I-I-I... d-d-did that?" Naga shudders, he couldn't believe that he planned to destroy the world and hurt his fellow Bakugan, even his own sister. Runo wiped her tears and stared at the shuddered Bakugan
"D-d-don't you remember anything?" she asked, somewhat confused
"N-no" he said looking down. "I-I-I don't remember anything... all I remember was... darkness... there was nothing but darkness... and I fell asleep. When I woke up... I... couldn't remember anything, but... I felt like I have something to do, I don't know why but... ... ...then I ended up here and saw you. Is what you say is true? Did I really do those horrible things?" Runo nodded, she was still confused. But she snapped as the Bakugan turned into his original form (well, not exactly). He was a big white dragon; with a skull-of-dragon like head; with 2 horns at the back of his head; 2 gold coloured snake like eyes; long, forked tail; silver claws; silver underbelly; a pair of huge, white wings with small sharp claws at the edges; he stands on four; and has a diamond star like shape on his forehead.
"P-P-P-Please, Runo Misaki. Help me, I-I want to know what happened to me. I-I... I need to know" Naga pleaded as he bowed his head and made eye contact. Convinced, Runo told him everything. Naga shivered he didn't know that he was so... cruel
"As for your sister... Wavern... she... died, she sacrificed herself to make a new world for the bakugans... I'm sorry" Runo finished
"I-I-I didn't know... Oh my poor, dear, sister... I'M SO STUPID! How can I let this happen? B-b-b-because of this... I... I lost her... I lost my dear sister..." Runo looked at him, surprised to see this side of Naga. "I... Wavern... I'm so sorry... I'm a worthless brother... I hope you're happy... wherever you are"
Runo's eyes went wide as she saw a tear dropped from Naga's eyes 'I guess... he really did changed... I guess. Should I give it a try?'
"Runo?" the dragon looked at the girl, eyes still swollen because of his sorrow. "Please... help me redeem myself. Please, let me repay the actions that I have done. Please, let me be your guardian bakugan"
Runo shot her eyes even wider as those words slipped out of his mouth "W-W-What? I-I-I... I don't know..."
"Please Runo, I'll do anything. Please... I-I feel like... you're the only one I could trust in this... please, give me a chance" Naga pleaded. And then it hit her, she remembered something that a good friend of hers once told her
*Flashback*
A girl of Azure hair made her cheeks puff and glared at the puppy
"Apology not accepted!" she shouted, turned around and crossed her arms
"Aww, come on Runo. You know that he didn't mean it, also, he's just a puppy" a boy with blonde hair said while holding the crying puppy in his arms.
"No way! He may be a puppy but he's old enough to understand what I just said!" she said, still looking away. The blonde sighed and grabbed her shoulder to make her face him. He gave her the puppy for her to hold
"He may mean what he did, but he was really sorry"
"How would you know?"
"I looked in his heart, and he was really, really, really, sorry"
"I don't understand" the blonde smiled at her
"Look deep in his eyes" Runo obeyed, the puppy's eyes were sparkling, saying that he was really sorry. "saying the word Sorry, isn't enough to ask for forgiveness; well, for me; but the point is, to trust the person, the key is in the heart. Listen closely to it and you will know, if that person is really sorry for what it has done"
Runo lowered the puppy to look at the boy who was smiling, charmingly at her. "I... still don't understand"
"Just remember this, EVERYONE DESEVES A CHANCE" the blonde turned to the pup and back at the girl "So, do you forgive him now?"
"hai" the girl said with a smile and hugged the pup. The blonde patted her head
"There you go"
"Uhmm... Basi?" the blonde raised an eyebrow "Thanks"
The boy smirked "Your welcome, Runo"
*End of Flashback*
Runo gazed into the dragon's golden eyes, they were sparkling, it is a sign that he was sincere and true of what he said. Runo let out a sigh and said...
"Very well, Naga. I forgive and trust you now. And I allow you to be my guardian bakugan" the Bakugan let out a wide grin and bowed his head
"Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you. Can I call you Lady Runo?"
"Uhmm... yes" Naga cheered
"You won't be disappointed my lady" he said and straightened his posture. "I, Naga, am vow myself, to swore an oath to be the guardian of Lady Runo Misaki. I will protect her with all my power; I will be her shield and sword. My heart, my soul, my power, and my service are yours and yours alone"
Runo giggled, "I Runo Misaki, thank you. My Dragon, my knight in shining armour"
With the pact made time resumed. She was back in her room, with Naga by her shoulder. "Oh! Wait!"
"What is it, Lady Runo?"
"My friends wouldn't be too happy to see you and welcome you easily. What are we going to do?"
"No fear, milady. I know just what to do" Naga said, he glowed brightly and formed into a silver and black bracelet, with a face of a white dragon. He voluntarily locked himself around Runo's right wrist.
"My lady, can you hear me?" a voice spoke in her mind and she answered back in her mind as well
"Naga? Is that you? What did you do?"
"I morphed myself into a bracelet, so that your friends won't suspect me" Naga explained and Runo giggled
"Wise, Naga, very wise"
"Thank you, Milady"
"Well, Let's GO!" Runo raised her fist up and changed into her suit. She was wearing her hair down and pinned it with a Crescent moon shaped clip. She wore a yellow miniskirt, with black shorts, with a small belt, a white shirt, and a yellow vest with side pockets. She grabbed her bag and went down with Naga as her bracelet and the golden round locket around her neck.
She bid farewell to her parents and the whole team went to Marucho's place to ride on his plane. It took them 2 hours to reach Hawaii, and while they were waiting... Dan, Anubias, and Keith were fighting for supremacy on who is the no.1 Bakugan brawler; Shun and Ace was playing chess; Lync, Shadow, Paige, and Ren were playing pachisi; Julie, Fabia and Alice were talking about girl stuff; Marucho, Volt, Rafe, Mylene and Gus were reading a book; as for the bakugans, they were just chatting; meanwhile, Runo was listening music on her iPod. Julie noticed the bracelet and locket, Runo wore and asked her
"Ooohhh Runo!" Runo stopped bobbing her head and looked at her. Julie approached and held the bracelet and locket. "What a cute bracelet! Who gave it?"
"Oh! Uhmm... I... uhh... M-M-my uncle give it to me one time when we had a family reunion. why?"
"Oh, nothing" she said sounding disbelieved "Well, what about the locket?"
Runo was surprised by her question, she couldn't say that it came from their enemy that was once her friend. She bit her lip and said "It..."
"Bakugan Brawlers, please get ready, because we will be landing immediately" The blue haired girl sighed in relief. Good thing she wasn't able to continue. The plane landed on a private beach in Hawaii, it was from Marucho's family so they are free to do whatever they want.
They all went to the beach, splashing around and playing in the sand. The boys did water sports while the girls played beach volleyball. After a while, Runo sat down under her umbrella to rest, she was tired and had fun.
"Lady Runo?" Naga began
"Yes? What is it, Naga?"
"You look like you're having fun" Runo giggled
"Of course Naga, I'm having a lot of fun" she finished and lied down the blanket, she put sun block lotion and then took a nap. She fluttered her eyes open when she felt someone shake her shoulder
"And now the sleeping beauty is awake" she let out a yawn and cleared her vision
"Oh! Keith! W-w-what are you doing here?" he smirked
"You know, if you continue to sleep here, you're gonna burn yourself" he let out his hand "Come on, the others are waiting"
Runo took his hand and they went to Marucho's villa, side by side. The sun fell and they all ate outside, in the beach as well.
"Here" Runo looked up and saw Ace he offered her a plate of food, which she gladly accepted. He sat beside her
"Thanks, Ace," she said then taking a bite out of the barbecue
"Having fun?"
"Of course! I am having so much fun. Especially now, that I had a lot of friends to be with" Runo chuckled, Ace raised an eyebrow. "You know, if I hadn't known better, you are like a big brother to me Ace. You're always looking out for me, like a real brother"
"Really? Well, as funny as this sounds..." he smirked and looked at her "You are like a little sister to me"
"Really?" she said smiling and he nodded
"Well, thank you. Big brother" she joked and he chuckled
"You're welcome, little sister" they both laughed and saw the sky that was lighted by fireworks. As Runo Misaki walk back with her friends by her side, she was filled with happiness.
'Nothing can make this day any worse' she thought to herself... or so she thought.
Okay, so you must all thinking by now, "I thought Naga is dead" well, actually. Naga isn't dead, he was just sucked up in the doom dimension after Drago and co. defeated him. Okay, so I made a twist on Ace and Runo's relationship, since I haven't heard anything about AcexRuno pair, I just gave them a brother and sister relationship. Give me your answers if I should add other moments from the other pairs. Give me comments, suggestions and criticisms! See ya on the next chapter!
Note: here's a little sequel on the next chapter... (Reference is on Hydron's clothes) SPOILERS!
"Lady Runo! Look out!" Naga cried and Runo stopped running, she looked at her right and saw lights, bright lights...
SCREECH!
The car screeched through the road, with a loud stop. Runo opened her eyes... 'Am I dead?' she thought, she felt two strong arms held her, and as she cleared her vision. She was carried 'bridal style' by a boy with blonde hair, he was wearing orange glasses, a long cape-like brown sleeveless jacket, black long sleeved undershirt, black pants, V-cut white T-shirt with orange linings, black gloves, and a gold plate necklace.