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Between Past, Present and Future

Chapter Ten: Between our past and future

"Now, there's only one thing left to do."

"Get you home." Alice2 said as the gasps of the younger brawlers were heard.

The fact that they would return to their own time had totally slipped their minds, after all, they had been caught up in the matters on Vestal that they forgot they had a different planet and a different time to return to.

"You couldn't possibly stay here forever; it would ruin the time line. You have been gone for a while now, you should head back soon," Marucho explained. The brawlers nodded.

"So…I guess this is goodbye," Dan2 said as he stood before the young couple. He patted Runo's head, ruffling her hair a bit causing her to shove his hand away.

"Hey! Watch it Kuso!" Runo yelled with puffed cheeks.

"Sorry, still enjoy it," he said with a laugh. Then he turned to face the younger Dan. "I'll give you an advice before you go,"
Dan1 looked at him with some interest.

"Runo is always right, even when she's wrong, she's right. That'll help end a lot of arguments," he added with a wink. That caused both of them to laugh and Runo to look at them with a confused expression on her face.

"I'll keep that in mind,"

…

Shun1 shook his head as he watched the trio talking and laughing. Some things cannot be changed even in ten years; the thought brought a faint smile upon his face. Alice1 had the same expression as she stood next to him.

Now they were to return to their semi-normal lives and face the future that awaits them, a future that might bring the news of his engagement to a certain redhead. He quickly shook his head as a light blush crossed his face.

"Thinking about Alice?" Came a question that got Shun to shock on air and the older Shun to chuckle. "Thought so,"

"Don't do that!"

"It's easy to sneak up on you when your thoughts are occupied," The older Shun commented with a smirk, causing the younger one to sigh angrily.

"Are you saying some unnecessary stuff, Shun?" Alice2 said as she neared the two. Shun2 cleared his throat.

"No dear." He answered as he put a hand on her waist pulling her closer to him, which earned him a blush from the younger Alice and a slap from the older one. Of course, if you look closely you would be able to see she was blushing too.

"Be very aware from this man, Alice!" Alice2 started, "He tends to become a pervert sometimes," The blush on Alice1's face only deepened in color. Shun2 looked at his fiancé somehow offended, while Shun1 gave his older self a mocking grin, as the comment wasn't exactly addressed to him…or was it in a way?

"But he's a good person." She managed to add in a low voice so that only Alice1 would hear. "Sometimes to get what we want we must step up a little," she added with a wink. Alice nodded understanding.

"Don't make her wait too long, you might lose her." Shun2 suddenly blurted as he eyed his fiancé talking to Dan and Runo. His tone wasn't the one he usually used but was a serious one this time.

"What do you mean?" the younger Shun questioned.

"You know what I mean," He said as he started walking towards the crowd, leaving a confused Shun behind.

…

"Guys, are you done hugging?" Marucho said in an awkward tone as he eyed the poor Brawlers being hugged by Julie. All except for Shun who managed to escape it somehow.

"Well, I'll just miss the young ones, that's all!" Julie said defensively, finally letting go of them.

"We are here for you, you know."

"It's just not the same!" She said in a whinny voice causing the people in the room to sweat-drop.

They were interrupted by the sound of a 'ding' indicating the time centre was fully operating and only awaiting the brawlers to ride, so it can start a new trip in the whirlwind of time.

The faces of the brawlers turned to the machine; they stood there mesmerized for a while before regaining their senses.

"I guess it's time to go guys," Dan1 said with a smile.
He was happy with what he achieved on this adventure, clearing his name and helping save a new world. Maybe it wasn't All his work but he was happy he was a part of it.

"I suppose. Thank you for your "Advice"," Shun said looking at his older self who rolled his eyes as a response.

"I can't wait to see what the looks on Marucho and Julie would be when we get back," Alice said, letting out a small laugh that caught the attention of the younger Shun, who seemed to be caught momentarily in the scene.

As he waked up from his state he found himself face to face with a smirking Shun. Understanding the meaning of the smirk, Shun averted his gaze away with a faint blush on his face. Alice looked at him a bit confused but she too got a wink from the older Alice which caused her to have the exact reactions as Shun.

"Guys you really should get into the time centre," Marucho said with a sweat drop.

The chatter stopped and the young brawlers made their way to the machine, all except one.

Dan stopped in his tracks and looked at the girl who never made a move towards the time machine. Runo stood in her place facing the ground with her hair hiding her facial expressions.

"Is there anything wrong, Runo?" Dan asked and for some time he heard no answer…

"Do-Do we have to go through all this again?"

That caught the attention of the remaining brawlers.

"I don't want to die! I wanna stay together with all of you," Runo yelled, tears glittering in her eyes.

Dan1 came closer to her and instantly put his hand around her, engulfing her in a supporting hug. To tell the truth the same question roamed his head now that Runo had mentioned it. What was to happen to them in the future? It would kill to go through loosing her again! His hug tightened around Runo.

"Maybe you can." Someone voiced answering Runo's question. It made the young couple turn in the direction of the voice.

"You saw our future, yours is still to be discovered," Dan2 continued.

"Y-You mean we can change all this?"

"If you make the right choices, that is. But no one would be able to tell you what the right decisions are," Alice1 added in.

"I wouldn't want you dead too. So, take care of yourself." Dan2 said approaching the blue-haired girl.
He put his hand on her cheek then bent down to give her a kiss on her forehead.

Runo smiled.

"Don't go saving this idiot and I grantee you'll be just fine." Shun2 commented from the side causing Runo to laugh lightly.

"Going back?" Dan1 said offering his hand to Runo

"You bet," she said taking his hand as the four brawlers entered the time center.

The young ones gazed at the two doors closing slowly, hiding the faces of their older selves one by one.

…

"Say hi to me in the future," Julie said as she and Marucho watched the doors of the weird machine closing.

"Cool," Said Marucho as the machine disappeared.

But right when it did disappear a bright light filled the place causing Marucho and Julie to cover their eyes. As they reopened it the same machine that left was before them like it never did leave.

Confused, Marucho came closer to the machine. The doors suddenly opened causing Marucho to stumble back and fall backwards on the floor with a yelp.

"That was fast," Dan's voice came. Marucho instantly jumped to his feet as he heard the sound of his friend.

"You came back? But you just left!" The confused blonde said.

"I guess they must have returned us to the exact moment we left," Alice said and the smart blonde quickly understood what was happening.

"I see, they didn't want to damage the timeline,"

"So, since you guys are back …let's continue with our outing!" Julie chimed in putting her arms on Dan and Runo's shoulders.

"Okay, okay!" Runo said as she was being dragged by the silver haired girl.

"You guys should tell me all about it!" Marucho demanded.

"Sure dude," Dan said with a cheesy grin, "With pictures too,"

"Awesome!"

And they made their way to the table beneath the old tree like something never did happen.

…

"Some things never change, huh?" Shun said. He was standing behind along with Alice as the both of them didn't follow the rest of the group.
Alice blushed a little as she noticed he was talking to her without feeling all awkward. She smiled as respond to which Shun quickly turned away, the words of his older self still playing in his head.

"Shun?" Alice suddenly blurted, jogging the ninja out of his thoughts and face her. "About the whole engagement thing-" She was interrupted by Shun.

"Don't worry about it. I mean, now that we know we mustn't trust Spectra, maybe the whole future would change," He said, as he turned to leave for the brawler's table. "Come on we gotta be going,"

It was only mere seconds before he turned around to face the redhead with that faint blush that crossed his face.

Alice had grabbed Shun by the wrist.

"A-Alice?"

"What if…what if I don't want it to change,''

"…"

"I-I've always lik-" She was interrupted by Shun putting his hand on her mouth.

"Don't…Don't say it," He said with his head down, trying not to make an eye contact with her. Alice felt her heart would break; he didn't even let her confess.

"Those kind of things, the girl should not be the one doing it," He continued as he let go of her, now looking straight into her brown eyes.
"Alice, will you be my girlfriend?"

Shocked at first, Alice face gleamed with a happy smile as she found herself colliding with Shun's body in a hug. He hesitantly responded to her hug.

"I'll take that as a yes," with that Alice giggled as she and Shun walked hand in hand towards the brawler's table.

…

"…yeah and Shun and Alice get engaged!" Dan happily stated.

"Like, finally!"

"I'll kill you Dan!" The group turned around to see a fuming Shun standing before them.
Dan took that as his sign to leave and a chasing game began whilst a fit of laughter from the remaining brawlers.

"That seems fun," A sweet voice stated with a little giggle as the owner watched the chase on a screen.

"Brings back memories, huh?" A deep voice said as the blue-haired woman turned to face him.

The dark-haired male came closer to the screen, hugging the woman by the waist and giving her a light kiss on her cheek.

"I guess they'll just do fine, right?"

"Since you're here, I'm sure they will"

So this was the final chapter, hope you all liked it :D I apologize for any Spelling mistakes.

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