Chapter 27

Chapter 27 part 2!

Guys, I'm going to end this story after 49 or 50 chapters, after this story, there will be a story, but not of Bakugan. In the review section, guess what anime i'm going to write about?
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When I reach chapter 30 of this story, I will reveal the anime.

Also, since I haven't updated after yesterday, this is a chapter with, I guarantee you, with 30% extra content!

Abysse coughed even more, her head getting heavier. Her vision blurred even more and she felt like she was floating. She swayed to the side, almost colliding on the floor. Mortar caught her just in time. She was in a different kind of sleep, mentally, she was asleep. But physically, she was awake. Mortar knew she was out and carried her to their room. (NOT THE ROOM WHERE RUNO IS)

Abysse saw the bed, she was put on the bed sideways. She saw the green pillow too. And she also felt a blanket on her. 'All this Mortar's doing' she thought. She then suddenly felt a warm hand on her forehead, Abysse turned behind her and saw Mortar gently patting her head. His eyes met with hers as Abysse interlocked her hand with his.

"Goodnight love." she heard him say as her eyes closed by themselves, finally exhaling out all the exhaustion. Her expression was very exhausted, and it looked as if she was slowly regaining her strength. Mortar let a smile, he got up to leave, but then Abysse's hand caught him tight. He looked back, blushed a little and placed his other hand on top of hers and slowly lifted hers and placed her hand on her stomach.

'Atleast she won't remember anything when she wakes up. i can just make a story up that she passed out or something.' he thought to himself as he glanced at her again. 'Fast asleep.' he thought as he pressed his lips to hers again and left.

"Chill, Dan. We'll find her." Joe reassured Dan as he, Shun, Alice and Chan watched Dan pace back and forth in the apartment's living room.

"You know what, lets look for her." Chan suggested. The 5 of them were soon in the street, looking for Runo.

"Where could she have gone?" Alice asked worriedly. Dan sighed, "I'm going to try and call her." he said and dialed her number. The ring went for a few moments and then the number switched off. "No luck?" Shun asked.

Dan nodded.

30 minutes later...

Alice spotted Runo's heels. "Guys, those were the heels Runo wore this morning!" she told them. Everyone ran towards the dark alley. They saw Runo's heels, hairbands, earrings, and of course, her cellphone. Dan gasped as he picked her phone up.

"No wonder she didn't pick her phone up." Joe said, Shun and Chan examined the heels while Alice did the same with her earrings and hairband.

"No note..." Dan said in disappointment. He looked down. Shun sighed and put a hand on his best friend's shoulder and gave him a comforting smile. Then an idea struck his mind.

"Wouldn't the bakugan be coming today?" he asked. Joe nodded. "This time, all of them."

"And they'll teleport to their partners, right?" Shun asked, to confirm his theory. All of them nodded.

"Then, that means..." Chan started.

"When Tigrerra teleports to Runo, we can find her!" Alice finished Shun's theory. Shun nodded. Dan smiled, but then turned sad. 'But we don't know when the bakugan will come!" he said, crushing everyone's hopes. Dan sighed.

'Runo, where are you?' he wondered, he was so deep in thought that he didn't notice Shun shouting his name. Shun was getting pissed. "DANIEL!" he yelled. Dan snapped out of his trance. "What?" he asked.

"We're going back." Joe replied. "We'll wait a while for the bakugan , and then we'll find out where Runo is."

"But-" Dan started. "Runo might be in grave danger now!" he protested.

"We know, but knowing that Shadow's sister, its just her time for a rest." Chan said to Dan. He thought about it, and finally agreed. Besides, he was a bit tired himself.

When they reached the apartment...

"I hope the bakugan get here soon. We have to find Runo." Alice sighed and told the others. They nodded. Dan slumped down on the couch and switched the television on. He saw the news channel and pressed 'View' to watch.

The others sat down on the couch with him. The intro was playing and the usual reports came in. Dan was about to switch the channel off when the headlines caught his eye. 'Marukura co. ltd. on fire'

"Isn't that Marucho's company?" Joe enquired. The others nodded. "I hope he's okay." Chan said.

"Lets watch a little to get an update." Shun suggested.

"This is Amanda Todd, reporter from What's up warrington news, along with Lucas Will." the male reporter next to her waved. "We've got the Marukura company on fire, everybody!" the female reporter announced. The male reporter next to her added. "The Marukura company was on a normal day, according to the security guard of the company. But then, local citizens report that they saw smoke coming from the left corner window on the 5th floor..."

The reporter 'Amanda Todd' cut him off. "...WHICH was identified to be the printing office of that specific floor. And then, the citizens also report that the smoke was also seen in every printing room, exactly five minutes after the 5th floor press fired up. I think we'll get a better view from our own reporter Shelly, who is at the entrance of the company."

The camera focused in on the Marukura site. Dan, Shun, Alice, Joe and Chan gasped. From the fifth to the thirteenth floor of the company was on fire, INCLUDING Marucho's office, which was on the 11th floor. The reporter Shelley Williams was on LIVE. She had medium light pink hair, which was put up in two pigtails with purple eyes and wore a white crop top with a green and pink mixed shirt, which Dan thought that she looked familiar.

"Thankyou Amanda." Shelley began. "As all of you know, the company is on fire. Almost everyone is out, except for the 11th, 12th and 13th floor. According to the fire engines and the CPU cameras in the company, they appear to be trapped The firefighter-"

"Miss Shelley! Look! The 11th floor window!" someone yelled behind her. The cameras zoomed in and saw a sign written 'HELP'

"That's it, lets get to the Marukura company!" Alice announced. She took her transport card and transported everyone to the company.

At the company...

The brawlers saw Shelly reporting everything. When her eyes landed on them, she ran over to them. "Excuse me, aren't you all from the battle brawlers?" she enquired. "Yes." Shun replied.

"Well, the manager and owner of the company,Marucho is-"

"Yes, even he's a brawler." Joe confirmed her statement. She smiled, but was rudely interrupted by Dan. "Now we need to see our friend, no time for questions." he said and the others ran towards the fire engine.

"This looks serious, and so far, no one's out. Where IS Marucho?" Chan asked.

"Yeah. He's not here, and all those innocent people inside too." Alice added. Shun looked up at the only window on the building above the fifth floor not on fire. It was on the 11th floor. 'Seems Marucho took my advice to keep at least one room in his office as fireproof' he thought.

"Dan, I have an idea." he told Dan. "What is it Shun?" Dan asked. Shun smirked and pulled his ninja ropes out. Dan gave him a thumbs-up, realizing what Shun's idea was. Shun nodded, and threw his rope as far as he could to or near that window. It caught on exactly to the window. Shun jumped, holding on to the rope. The crowd below gasped.

Shelley grabbed her mic again and reported. "Shun Kazami's in the scene everyone! He's going to reach to the 11th floor."

Shun held on to the window. The fireproof room was empty. He went in and opened the door to see frightened innocent workers. Even the 12th floors and 13th floor workers were there trapped. He scanned the hall for Marucho. But he couldn't find him.

"EVERYONE, GET IN HERE AND CLIMB THE ROPE AND LADDER DOWN!" he ordered. In a matter of 5 minutes, the hall was empty, everyone except Marucho and Shun were down.

"Shun, come fast!" Alice whispered from down.

Shun finally saw Marucho, he was a bit injured and he looked like he was going to faint. Shun's eyes widened and he rushed over to Marucho, but then, more fire was blocking the way.

Down...

"Okay, there's something serious going on. Shun should've been back by now." Alice said. "Let me call him now." Chan said, dialing Shun's number. The ring went on.

"Hello?"

"Shun, its Chan! Where are you?"

"I found Marucho, but there's fire blocking our way. I don't think he'll last longer if we stayed"

"Oh no, then what about you?"

"I don't know, and I don't think we can be saved by the firefighters now. If only we had a gush of water..."

"Are you going to be okay?"

"I can last a bit more than Marucho, but he's about to pass out, and if he does, its over for him."

"Shit..."

"Don't worry about me, we have to save Marucho first."

"How?"

"I'll send him on the ropes, but he needs to land safely."

"We'll take care of it, but Shun...what about you, Alice? Dan...me?"

"Don't worry Chan...I'll be fine. Don't you guys dare worry about me."

"What did he say?" Dan asked.

"We HAVE to catch Marucho." Chan explained everything to the others, who were speechless when they heard what Shun was going to do for Marucho. Alice was about to cry, as Shun was going to sacrifice himself...what about her?

"I'm proud of my brother." Dan said, letting out a tear. Alice nodded. "And I'm proud of my Shun." she added. just the n, Marucho was falling down. The citizens down and the brawlers caught him just in time. When he came to his feet, he asked. "Wha? Where am I?"

"You're safe now man." Joe replied. "Thanks to Shun..."

Marucho sighed, realizing what Shun had done for him. "I'm in debt for what he did for me." he said, honestly.

Shun was glad, Marucho must've landed safely. There weren't any cries, so he must be safe. He sighed. But he wasn't going to be safe...he was almost going to die...right here.

'I love you Alice, Dan, I'll always be your brother. I hope you and Runo live happily, Marucho, I'll miss you. Chan, you're like a sister to me. I hope Joe takes care of you, Julie and Billy...I wish you guys all the best, Miyoko, you'll always be like a mother to me...

...And I'm going to see you soon mom, we'll be happy in our own little world.' he thought. A few moments later, he started coughing and choking, then he collapsed. His eyelids closed.

Alice now felt a certain emptiness in her heart...Shun must've not lasted anymore...she sighed. "Its done." she muttered

"No..." the others exclaimed. Dan let tears out. His brother couldn't have...

Shun was a few minutes to breathing his last. His life flashed before his eyes. He thought of everything he enjoyed, and he made a vow that he'll meet the brawlers in his next life...but little did he know that it wasn't his time yet.

Just then, he heard his mothers voice.

'Shun?'

'Mom? Is that you?'

'Yes, my little baby boy...its me. Why are you dying? It isn't your time.'

'It isn't?'

'No, it isn't, you have a long lifespan, something you'll spend with Alice.'

'Huh? But mom, aren't I dead?'

'No...you're just passed out for now so that I could talk to you, my bakugan will come to your aid Shun.'

'You have a what! Oh, skyrees was yours before she was mine, i forgot'

'Yes...don't worry.'

'But mom, I want to see you...'

'You will, Shun, I love you'

'Me too. Mom, I want to fulfill anything you ask, what should I do?'

'Stay true to yourself.'

Just then, a shining light came from the sky.

"What is that?!" everyone asked in astonishment. Then, a green phoenix came out. Everyone knew who it was.

"Skyress!" Dan and Alice exclaimed.

Everyone watched Skyrees blow the entire fire out. She scanned the window and saw Shun. She picked him up, placed him on her back and landed, knowing that she had carried out what Shun's mother wanted her to do. She placed Shun down. Alice rushed to him fast and Skyress turned into her ball form.

"Shun! Oh thank goodness he's okay!" Alice exclaimed, squeezing his hand and kissing his forehead multiple times. The others let out a happy sigh, the next moment, all ventus Bakugan started falling from the sky. The adults in the site who used to be ventus battlers caught their Bakugan. Including Shelley, who caught Ventus

The brawlers then realized who Shelley REALLY was, it was none other than Nanae, Akira's and Shuji's little sister. She walked over to the brawlers.

"Oh please, is this how you treat your fellow battlers? Then I might lie and say I was not a part of the battle brawlers." she told them playfully.

"Sorry Nanae, hey, then why is your name Shelley?" Dan asked. "My name is Shelley 'Nanae', you guys already know my surname. Williams is my mom's original surname so i kept my reporter name as Shelly Nanae Williams." Nanae replied.

"You should've told us before, though." Chan told her, just then, Shun blinked. His eyes opened, but he was struggling to keep them open.

"Shun!" Everyone except Nanae exclaimed.

"Wha...why...where.." Shun stumbled, with a loss of words. "Shun, everything's fine, don't strain yourself." Skyrees advised. "So...mom..did send you..." Shun said as his eyes closed again.

"Does he need to be hospitalized?" Joe asked Alice. She looked over to Shun and pressed her ear onto his chest. And then, she replied, "I don't think so, but to be safe, yes."

"Well, let's go then." Marucho said, a stretcher came along as everyone went to the hospital. Just then, Nanae grabbed Marucho's arm.

"Here's my number. I'm usually free on Friday and Saturday." she told him, giving her visiting card to him. Marucho smiled and nodded. "This Saturday, okay?"

"Fine by me, Mr. Manager." Nanae teased. Marucho joined the others as they all went to the hospital, well, ALMOST everyone.

Dan slipped out from the others in last minute.

'With Shun's situation, the others would be distracted. It might take along time for the Pyrus and haos Bakugan to come, so I'll have to go after Runo myself.' he thought, as he headed back to the apartment and took his car.

Runo's eyes slowly opened. She took a moment to process everything that had happened in the past few hours. When she realized that she was kidnapped, she let out a loud gasp, frantically breathing in and out.

'Runo, don't panic...Dan and the others will save you, I mean me.' She thought to herself. But she had to get out first. She scanned the room. She was in a single white bed, her hands and legs were tied up. And there was a door left carelessly open, but if she didn't get out of these ropes...

Just then, she noticed a dot of sunlight on the mattress. She moved her leg in such a way that the dot of sun was focused on the weakest point of the rope. Her plan was going to take a little while...but it would atleast help her escape.

A FEW MIINUTES LATER"...

Runo was free of her ropes. She scanned the room for her cellphone. 'Geez, he must've dropped it in the alley.' she thought. She slowly peeked outside the door to check if anyone was around. She saw the main door locked, but all she had to do was to unlock it was to remove the latch.

She also scanned the other room for a phone, and found one on the table outside the room where she was in. It was purple, with blue streaks.

Runo looked around. No one was there, she counted till three and made a sprint to the phone. She looked around and once she was sure no one was there, she called Dan.

"Hello?"

"D-Dan?"

"Runo! Where are you, what did they do to you? Are you alright?"

"I'm I'm fine...Dan, save me.."

" Calm down, kid. Okay, where are you? Anything specific about your surroundings?"

Runo paused and looked around. Outside the weird house was a giant club sushi bill board. And also, it was outside the city dam.

"Dan, I'm outside the city dam...and there's a club sushi billboard too."

"City dam and club sushi billboard. I'll be right there, kid."