The weeks went on and it was the weekend before Komba"s party. Runo now permanently moved into Fan's apartment. Last night, Dan had slept early while Runo was up all night watching movies on the couch. The marooning, Dan woke up.
'If Runo's sleeping on the couch, I'm not letting her stay up all night ever' Dan thought to himself while he went to the living room. Runo was sleeping on the couch. Dan rolled his eyes.
"Next time, no more movies" he said.
Dan went up to her and decided to put her to bed. But, when he touched her, she was hot.
"Huh?" thought Dan.
He touched her forehead. It was very hot.
"Runo. Wake up. " he said
"Leave...me...alone, you...you...doofus...I don't...feel..." mumbled Runo.
"Runo, you're sick" protested Dan.
"Do...I look...like I...c...care? Leave..." she mumbled a reply.
Dan sighed. Runo went limp all of a sudden.
"Runo, you're weak." said Dan.
There was no response from Runo except for mumbling.
Dan picked her up bridal style and put her to bed. He then brushed his teeth and called the doctor. The doctor examined Runo and told Dan that it was a normal fever and gave some tablets for Runo. Runo eventually woke up somewhere around noon.
"Morning." she said to Dan.
"It's afternoon, kid." replied Dan
"I feel warm." she said.
"You've got fever, kid. Better rest up." said Dan
"I hate having fever."
"Tell that to yourself then"
Runo's fever vanished the next day. Dan and Runo decided to go for a car ride.
"So, what do you want to do tonight?" asked Dan.
"Hm...whatever you want to do." replied Runo.
"We've gone everywhere in the city, Runo' said Dan.
"We could invite Joe and Chan for dinner." suggested Runo.
"Good idea. What are you going to make for dinner?" asked Dan
"Liverkababs" replied Runo.
"No fair! I WANT LOIN TIPS!" said Dan
"Nah. " said Runo
Let's now look at Abysse and Mortar.
"They're coming in the car." said Mortar, spotting Dan and Runo.
"Okay. On my signal, throw the smoke ball and I'll dash 'em. You'll have a few moments to feed him the drug. Then, we get out of the scene." said Abysse.
"Deal." said Mortar.
YES! Dan's going in a coma. This is where Shun and the others come to know of this. Meanwhile, at Joe's place, Joe had finally gotten hold of Billy's mobile number through one of Klaus's MANY MANY resources. He'd contacted Billy and is now in a chatroom with all the brawlers.
"Finally! All the brawlers up in the chatroom. Feels like the old times again" said Joe.
"I agree with Joe! Oh, I forgot! My father's shifting me back to Wardington! " exclaimed Marucho.
"Wow! That's awseome! Dan would fuh-reak if he heard the news!" said Julie.
"But, why did you contact us NOW Joe? You could've done that ages ago!" asked Billy.
Joe sighed.
"The thing is, Runo asked me to." said Joe.
"Runo?" asked Alice.
"You see, Dan's been VERY VERY down lately with his career, stress, his parents and stuff but the first thing that added up was that a few months ago, he went on a morning jog and he didn't look where he was going and the thing is, Shun, he somehow ended up in your Dojo" said Joe.
Shun just looked away.
"Also, my boyfriend over here was stressing about Dan a few weeks ago" said Alice.
Just then, Chan entered the computer room with her phone and a very worried look on her face.
BOOM! Yes, Abysse's plan worked. Dan was rushed to the hospital in the emergency ward. Runo and Mrs. Kuso were worried sick, Mr. Kuso was panicking and was tearing up. Runo started crying and called Chan and explained the situation.
Back to joe
Chan entered the computer room with her phone and a very worried look on her face.
"Don't worry Runo, calm down! He's going to be fine. Listen, stop crying! Joe and I will be there as fast as we can" said Chan to Runo on the phone.
Everyone's attention turned to Chan, even Shun.
"Chan, what's going on?" asked Joe.
"Wait Runo, I'm giving the phone to Joe." she said as she passed the phone to Joe.
"Hello? Runo, why are you crying? WHAT! How? Stop crying, Dan's going to recover. He's not going to die. Runo? Runo, I- Stop crying. Chan and I will be there real soon. Keep your hopes up. Nothing's going to happen"
The brawlers in the chatroom were anxious to know what was going on, especially Shun, when he heard 'Dan's going to recover'
"Joe, what's wrong?" asked Julie.
"You're not going to like it." said Joe.
"We have to know." said Marucho.
"RunoandDangotintoanaccidentandnothinghappenedtoRunobutDan' .KusoandRunoareworriedsickasDan'sinacoma" said Joe, as fast as he could but all the others heard it.
"WHAT!" Shun shouted. His mother was in a coma and now his best friend? Shun couldn't take it anymore. He started crying.
"Shun..." started Alice. She pulled him into a hug. "Dan's going to be okay..."
"Poor Shun..." thought Marucho.
"We'll check the scene out." said Joe. "Come on, Chan"
"Got it J-pie" replied Chan
"We're coming too." said Shun.