Chapter 2
Throwing away his third empty bottle of energy drink, Dan sighed inwardly as he trudged the hospital's silent hall with loud footsteps. Realizing that it had been just an hour since he left Shun, he furrowed his eyebrows. Wardington's best Bakugan player felt that if he didn't visit his best friend every hour, he would go mad and destroy everything in his wake with anxiety. He clenched his fists, which were wrapped in bandages, spots of the dried red blood showing. Shame clouded his mind that he was well enough to walk and see whereas the ninja was lying in a hospital bed unconscious and the young Kuso wanted nothing but to switch places with his best friend. He despised himself for not only the fact that he was unable to save one of the most important people in his life, but for causing Shun to lose both of his eyes, which would lead the ninja into a world of inevitable darkness.
As he rounded the corner to Shun's room, he noticed Masquerade's one and only assistant, Carolyn Petrov, wheeling an operation bed around. He watched the redhead with curiosity until he saw her entering Shun's room. His dark eyes widened and he sprinted in after her.
"Carolyn? What's going on?" He watched as she used a machine to help maneuver the ninja's body onto the operation bed. "Is something wrong? What the heck is going on?"
"Please relax, Dan." The girl managed to huff out as she tried to wheel Shun's unconscious body away from his hospital room.
"Dan, calm down. Masquerade's managed to find an eye donor." Fabia came in to calm down the fuming young man. His tension eased into relief, but nevertheless, he followed the redhead Russian girl, the Neathian princess right beside him.
"Shun doesn't even know yet. He didn't even approve." The brunette persisted as he took longer strides to keep up with the rushing nurse.
"Masquerade says that it has to be right now. I think it's better for Shun to see with at least one eye instead of..." Fabia couldn't finish her sentence, as they reached the surgery room doors.
"Well, here we are. Visitors are not allowed to come inside. That means you, Dan." The redhead narrowed her emerald eyes at Dan, who sheepishly scoffed. "Please sit here until we're done." And with that, the nurse and Shun's unconscious body disappeared into the surgery room.
"He's only getting one eye?" Dan asked wistfully as he slumped into one of the row of seats the hospital room offered. He wasn't necessarily disappointed, but profoundly grateful to the donor for giving it away, even if it was just one. Dan shrugged, thinking that the donor must have been a nice, deceased man and nothing else. Oh, how very wrong he was.
End of Chapter 2
Note: I'm sorry for not updating for this fic! Just so you know, Carolyn Petrov is my original character, and let's say that she's Masquerade's love interest, eh eh? So, what do you think of the chapter? Please review! :) Oh! And a HUGE HUGE thanks for Neospice12 for helping me brainstorm ideas for this fic! If you're a KHR! fan, go check out her fics!