"What do you mean?" asked Joe.
"I said we're coming!" said Shun, wiping his tears,
"Shun's right!" said Billy. "If one brawler's in danger, the whole gang comes to help."
"Alright. But let me warn ya, Runo's reaction would either be mad or sad" said Chan.
"Alice, the transport card" said Julie.
'Comin' right up! " said Alice
In 10 seconds, all the brawlers were at Joe's house.
"Good to see you guys face-to-face again," said Joe.
"You too, Joe." said Julie. "But, let's keep the reunions later, we gotta go!'
"Come on." said Chan.
THE HOSPITAL
Runo was still sobbing. Her eyes red and her cheeks wet with tears. She was very depressed with Dan's condition. I mean, how would a normal person feel if the love of their life, after being separated for so long, reunited again and are separated once more? They would kill themselves. But Runo held on, she still had hope for Dan.
Mrs. Kuso was still emotional. Her son was always out brawling. He's faced greater problems than this but she was VERY VERY VERY TERRIFIED! She didn't know what to do, just mourn or stay strong? Both of them were good options but she was doing both at the same time. She never got to spend enough time with him since bakugan came along.
Mr. Kuso was too depressed to even think. He was very sad for his son. But he had to stay strong for his wife and going to be daughter-in-law.
"Honey, you should go get rest." said Mrs. Kuso to her husband.
"No. We've got to stay strong for Dan." said Mr. Kuso, even though he was tired.
"Me and Runo will take it from here." Mrs. Kuso.
"Are you sure?" asked Mr. Kuso.
"Positive, Mr. Kuso. " said Runo.
Mr. Kuso left
I know its not fair for Mr. Kuso to go but I can't decide any dialogues for him so yeah.
"How do you do it, Mrs. Kuso?" asked Runo, still sobbing.
"Do what, Runo?" asked Mrs. Kuso.
"Stay strong. Dan's hardly been in his house ever since we discovered Bakugan was real. How did you cope with the feeling that he never spends time with you?" asked Runo.
"It's definitely been hard Runo." said Mrs. Kuso. "But, he's always my Dan. He wouldn't just forget me. I know him like my own reflection. He would NEVER forget people who are important to him. I had hope in that. He won't leave anyone suffering. He'll come back , just like he's going to recover. Just have hope."
"Wow, Mrs. Kuso, you're strong" said Runo.
Before Mrs. Kuso could reply, Joe and Chan showed up.
"Joe! Chan!" said Runo.
"We're here. Is he okay?" asked Chan.
"We don't know. The doctor hasn't come out from his room. Oh, I hope everything works out." said Mrs. Kuso
"It will ,Mrs. Kuso" said Joe. "Oh, hey Runo, I brought some of our friends !"
"Who?" asks Runo.
"You guys can come out." said Chan.
As Runo and Mrs. Kuso watched, the raven haired boy, the orange haired girl, the earthly couple and the little blonde boy stepped out.
Mrs. Kuso stood up, happy to see them. "Brawlers! Oh, we were wondering where you were! Dan would be-" she stopped at mid sentence. Her son would be overjoyed to see them, if he was okay...
Runo, on the other hand, stared at them with many emotions in her head:- anger, happiness, depression, sadness, betrayal...
"Um...Runo, dear?" asked Mrs. Kuso.
"I...can't believe it...you...you're...all of you are...really here?" asked Runo , in disbelief.
"Of course, silly! " said Julie.
"Well, you could've come earlier when none of this happened! Now, I don't know how to feel..." said Runo.
"Runo, you can't force yourself. You're lucky you even survived." said Chan.
"Lucky?! Why, I wish I was in a coma, not Dan!" shouted Runo.
"Runo, calm down. You're just tired from the accident, and you've been crying the whole time!" said Mrs. Kuso.
"I can't ! I...gotta stay strong for Dan..." Runo said. yawning. "Even if it means I have to stay up all night."
"Runo...' said Alice.
"Runo. Come on, Dan would want you to." said Marucho.
"I'm staying right here Marucho! No one can change that." said Runo. "Mow, excuse me, I have to go to wash my face." Runo got up and left for the restroom.
"She's just tired from the accident." said Mrs. Kuso.
"We can see that..." said Billy.
"Joe, did Runo tell you to contact them?" asked Mrs. Kuso.
"Yeah. She wanted to cheer Dan up." replied Joe.
"I really can't believe Dan's in this condition." said Julie. "He's the strongest one of us!"
"Yeah... I knew all six of us would meet again but not in a situation like this." said Alice.
Mrs. Kuso noticed that Shun was just quiet. She knew why. His mom , HER best friend, was in the same condition before she passed. She knew that it was hard for him to see his best friend in the same condition.
'Shun, you don't need to act cool. We're all sad here." said Marucho.
"Cool? You think I'm acting cool, Marucho? This is the second time I've been in this hospital that too with someone close to me in a coma! Do you know how hard it is for me?" shouted Shun.
'Shun, calm down. " said Alice.
Shun breathed in and stayed quiet.
"You didn't have to hide that, even from me Shun." said Mrs. Kuso. "How do you think I felt when Shiyori was in here?"
"I know, Miyoko but...its very very hard, that too for the second time!" replied Shun.
3 minutes later,
"Hey, what's taking Runo so long?" asked Julie.
"Lets go check." said Alice. Julie and Alice went to the washroom. They saw Runo crying. They looked at each other and went up to Runo. "Wanna talk about it?" asked Alice.
"This is why you guys are my BFFs " said Runo.