Hello everyone! Here's chapter 2! It'll mostly be about how Aichi's world ended up in their situation. Without further ado, let's start!
Normal POV
The others were still waiting for their other friends to arrive.
" Hey, where's Aichi?" Marcus ask
" Over there." Misaki said
She pointed to Aichi, he was looking through some booster packs with Ratie.
" But how did you guys end up like this and how did Aichi end up being a king?" Yoshino ask
" Well... It can't hurt to explain everything from the beginning..." Ren said
~ Flashback start~
Aichi and the others were at Card Capital as usual.
" Hey, Aichi! Fight me!" Morikawa shouted as usual
" How many times must I have to say not to shout inside the shop?!" Misaki said, glaring at him
" S-Sorry!"
" Aichi, let's ignore him. Fight me while he's still scared." Naoki said
" Sure." Aichi said
They prepared their starting Vanguards and decks.
" Stand up, Vanguard!"
Morikawa heard it and literally screamed at them, but Misaki stopped him after throwing her shoe at him, making him go unconscious. Izaki sweat dropped. He dragged Morikawa out of the shop.
~ After the fight~
Naoki lost after his sixth damage fell at his damage zone.
" I lost again! You're strong, Aichi!" Naoki said
" Yeah..." Aichi said
" Aichi? Are you okay? You sound tired." Naoki said
" No, it's nothing..." Aichi said
The door opened as they saw Miwa and Kai entering.
" Miwa-kun! Kai-kun! Hello!" Aichi greeted
" Yo!" Miwa greeted
" Hmph." Kai said
Aichi got up to walk over to them but he suddenly started to fall backwards.
" Aichi!"
Kai ran over to him and caught him before he could collapse to the ground.
" You okay?" Naoki ask
" Y-Yeah... I'm just dizzy..." Aichi said
" Are you sure? I mean, you almost collapsed back there." Miwa said
" I don't know..." Aichi said
At that time, Ren, Leon and Chris entered.
" Oh, what's wrong, Aichi-kun?" Ren ask
" He suddenly collapsed. He said that he's quite dizzy, we don't know the cause." Misaki explained
" Now that's odd... He wouldn't be this exhausted even if the recent fight made him exhausted." Leon said
" Is he having a fever?" Chris ask
" No. His temperature is normal." Shingo said
" But... I did notice recently..." Aichi said
" Notice what?" Kamui ask
" My Psyqualia... It's been acting up lately without me having any control over it... And it always happens whenever I'm cardfighting... " Aichi said
" What? Your Psyqualia has been acting up lately?" Kai ask
" Yes... It's almost as if... Something's calling me..." Aichi said
" What a problem... If we don't know what's the cause, then there's no way we'll know what's causing Aichi to be like this..." Miwa said
" Then we'll give you the answer to it." A voice said
They turned their heads to the entrance as they saw four figures there.
" Who are you?" Naoki ask
" My name is Olivier Gaillard." Gaillard said
" Hi! My name is Ratie Curti!" Ratie said
" The name is Phillipe Neve." Neve said
" Raul Sera." Sera said
" You know the answer to why Aichi's acting like this?" Misaki ask
" Yeah. Because the four of us are the Quatre Knights, the Knights that will take our duties to protect the King of Cray." Gaillard said
" King of Cray?!" Leon exclaimed
" I've never heard of that." Ren said
" You three should know better, being the chosen candidates to be the King." Sera said
" What?!"
" Wait a minute! I thought Psyqualia was supposed to help us to communicate with our cards and be their leaders!" Chris said
" So that's what Takuto Tatsunagi told you people? Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but Cray needed a King to lead them to the right path. So we used the Psyqualia to choose our King." Neve said
" It was already decided that Aichi Sendou was going to be Cray's King long ago!" Ratie said
" What?!"
" What do you mean...? I didn't know anything about this...!" Aichi said
" Haven't you noticed when the Link Joker accident started, Takuto Tatsunagi was trying his best to protect you from harm." Sera said
" Remember the fight that took place to save the three heroes of Cray from Void after he sealed them between the space of Cray and Earth? After you defeated Void that day, it was already decided but the Link Joker accident started and we needed to hold up the communication to you. And when you defeated our Knight Commander, Takuto Tatsunagi, we were told for the last time by him to take you with us." Gaillard said
" But this doesn't make sense! Why Brother?!" Kamui ask
" For now, we need to go back to Cray and bring him to safety. Just for your information, Void is back, and his current target is the King of Cray. If he ever comes here, there's no doubt that you guys won't be able to defend yourselves." Neve said
" We won't let you take Aichi!" Misaki said
" Even if it's Void or whatever it is, we won't let anything happen to Aichi!" Naoki said
" That's why, please! Stop communicating to Sendou-kun! You're hurting him!" Shingo said
" Sorry, but that's not our work. Void has currently been going around Earth, his Psyqualia keeps acting up to warn you about the danger." Sera said
" That means... All this is not over yet?!" Kamui ask
" That's right. As we speak now, Void might be approaching soon. That's why we need to bring Aichi-sama to Cray." Ratie said
" Even so, I won't accept it!" Chris said
" Yeah! Why would we just listen to you and let you take Aichi away from us?!" Miwa ask
" Everyone..." Aichi said
" Then..." Gaillard said
That was when they sensed something.
" Oh great. That's what happens when you don't listen to us!" Sera said
A black mist went through the entrance as they recognized the nothingness just being close to it.
" Void..."
" So this is where you were... That saves me all those trouble traveling all over the world." Void said
" We won't let you get close! You're the one enemy that must be defeated at all costs!" Gaillard said
" And what do you think you can do about it? You're just Knights that are sent to complete your missions. With Takuto Tatsunagi down, there's no way you minors can defeat me." Void said
" We'll show you! Holy blue flames that flicker for eternity, blaze forth and burn everything!" Gaillard declared
Blue flames shot out of his rings as he knocked them together and he attacked Void with the flames. But the attack went through the black mist.
" What?!"
" It didn't work!" Kamui exclaimed
The black mist knocked them back as he moved onto Aichi and the others. The black mist trapped Aichi's friends onto the walls as it circled around Aichi.
" Aichi!"
" It's really unbelievable... To think that the King would be this boy... But Takuto Tatsunagi wasn't wrong to pick this boy... To think his aura would be this strong... Now, give me your power!" Void said
A spiral of black mist swirled fiercely around Aichi. The black mist joined up together at the top as it formed a cage, trapping Aichi inside of it.
" No, Aichi!" Naoki said
" Everyone!" Aichi said
He touched the cage but a shockwave shocked him and he fell back.
" Void! Release me!" Aichi said
" Now, be obedient and I'll spare your friends." Void said
Black mist emerged inside the cage as they bind Aichi's hands and legs.
" Void, stop it! Release him this instant!" Leon said
Ratie got up first and got her item out.
" Come, my fairies! Break that cage!" Ratie declared
Lights surrounded the cage as the cage broke and Neve went to get Aichi.
" Darn it, Quatre Knights! I'll destroy you first!" Void said
The black mist turned into swords as they attacked the Quatre Knights.
" We can't hold out for long! What should we do?!" Sera ask
" Look out!"
A sword approaches Sera from behind but his reaction time was slow. Aichi gasped and reached out for his deck and took out a card.
" NO!"
The card glowed as a sword appeared on Aichi's hand and he deflected all of the other swords coming at them.
" What?!"
The sword dropped from his hand as he fell to his knees. The sword turned back into a card, it was Blaster Blade Liberator.
" I didn't expect you to help them. But my invasion has already begun, you'll be facing your nightmares again. Then, I'll see you soon." Void said
The black mist disappeared as Aichi's friends were freed and they ran outside to see everything black and red.
~ Flashback end~
" No way... That's some story..." Marcus said
" You guys suffered a lot..." Yoshino said
" But how did he get that injury?" Thomas ask
" A Link Joker unit injured him after he tried to escape from Void's agents. He was captured and brought to Void once but we managed to save him. And I went to get the medicine for him, that was when you guys came." Misaki explained
" He ran off without our notice and we had to find him. It caused us to worry a lot." Ren said
" So he's that type...?" Yoshino said, sweat dropping
" But can you explain to us how he ran off without you guys knowing? If we know his way of getting away, we can help to make sure he doesn't." Marcus said
Misaki sighed.
" Can't hurt to say anything again..." Misaki said
~ Flashback start~
The others were discussing about some things without Aichi knowing. Meanwhile, Aichi was sneakily going down the stairs as he ran out of the barrier to find some people to help if there were still anymore not Reversed.
" Hey! I told you not to let him off our sights!" Gaillard shouted after he went up the stairs to find Aichi missing
" Again?!" Naoki exclaimed
" Looks like another search hunt again... Jeez... He really has to stop doing that! Void's all over the place and all are after him!" Miwa said
" Stop complaining and let's go! We can't leave him running around for so long!" Misaki said
" Y-Yes!"
They ran off to search for Aichi as they only left Shin to mend the shop again.
Meanwhile, Aichi was running around, still searching for people who are not in Void's campaign.
" There's nobody around..." Aichi said
He clutched onto his coat tightly as he shivered.
" There's so much negative energy in the city... I better head back before the others find out I'm gone again..." Aichi said
He was about to leave when he heard someone crying. He walked towards an alley and saw nothing there.
' Was it my imagination?' Aichi thought
He shrugged it off as he turned to walk back again but all of a sudden, chains emerged from the ground and he was trapped.
" What's this?!" Aichi exclaimed
He tried to free himself but it was to no avail. That was when two figures and a unit appeared in front of him.
" Well, look what the cat dragged in... The King of Cray, exactly who we were looking for." One of them said
" Void-sama will be very pleased with this. Let's hurry and bring him back with us." Another one said
" You won't get away with this!" Aichi said
" Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Can't let you talk or your escape will be most definitely sure." The first one said
He took out a tape and sealed Aichi's mouth with it as Aichi struggled to break himself free.
" Hey! Stop moving! Niobium, do something about this!" The other one said
Niobium brought down the claw on Aichi's shoulder as he screamed from the pain.
" I didn't say to injure him! Now what are we going to do?!" The other one said
" Just tie him up properly and let's go! I'll carry him on my shoulder!" The first one said
They tied Aichi up and the first one hoisted him onto his shoulder as Aichi could only see what was behind. He still struggled but the injury was making it hard for him to move.
' Everyone...' Aichi thought
Meanwhile, the others were still searching for Aichi, but they had split up into groups to cover more grounds.
" Man... How far can he go...?" Miwa panted
" I'll ask the others if they found him. Hello? Everyone, has anyone found Aichi?" Misaki communicated
' No luck here.' Ren communicated
' Sorry, but there's no sight of him.' Koutei communicated
' Nothing here either.' Chris communicated
' Can't find him at our area either.' Leon communicated
' This is why you guys should never let him off your sights.' Gaillard communicated
" Stop complaining. Besides, he's always like this." Misaki communicated
" Misaki-san!" Kamui said
" What's wrong?" Misaki ask
" Over there!"
They looked over to where he was pointing at as they saw blood on the ground. They ran over to it.
" This is blood. And it's still fresh. Looks like we're on the right track." Naoki said
" Sendou-kun's in danger!" Shingo said
" Everyone! We need to rush now! Aichi's been captured!" Misaki communicated
Meanwhile, the three had arrived at a base with Aichi. They arrived at a room as the first one got Aichi down and they bowed and left.
' Where am I?' Aichi thought
" Welcome, Aichi Sendou. Or should I say, King of Cray." A voice bellowed
There was a single light as it shone on and around Aichi. He looked around and saw a dark circle with markings around it, he was at the center of it.
' What's this?!' Aichi thought
" Surprised? I know fully well how your soul always hangs onto your willpower. That's why I prepared this welcoming just for you. I'll put your newly founded powers to good use and destroy both Cray and Earth!" The voice bellowed again
Aichi's eyes widened as he struggled with the bonds.
" It's useless, those chains will never break no matter how much you struggle. Don't worry, you won't feel a thing after a few seconds." The voice bellowed
Aichi continued to struggle but the injury on his shoulder stopped him and he winced. But he continued to struggle despite the pain.
' Everyone... Everyone...' Aichi thought
The door behind him suddenly slammed open as four attacks hit the voice and someone was untying Aichi. Aichi turned behind to see Kai. Kai removed the tape on Aichi's mouth.
" You alright?" Kai ask
Aichi nodded but then held onto his shoulder. Kai noticed the wound and wrapped it with a cloth.
" Come on, we're getting out of here." Kai said
Aichi nodded and Kai carried him up. The voice bellowed in anger as Kai ran out of the door with Aichi. When he was outside, all of Aichi's friends were outside, all relieved.
" Jeez! You worried us back there!" Naoki said
" Sorry..." Aichi said
" We were able to hold off Void while Toshiki Kai got you out. Glad you're safe, Aichi-sama." Gaillard said
" Brother, you're injured!" Kamui exclaimed
" I-I'm fine..." Aichi said
" I think it's safe to say that we bring you back to the shop and treat that wound." Koutei said
" You're right. Let's go before Void sends more of his minions out." Kai said
" Yeah!"
~ Flashback end~
" Well, that's almost it. He's easy to handle once you get to know him better. But also hard at the same time if you don't keep your eyes on him." Misaki said
" Well now. That shows how easy it is he can get through your senses..." Marcus said
" What was that?!" Misaki ask, glaring at him
" Oh no, nothing!" Marcus said
They heard a few footsteps approaching as the door slid open to reveal a yellow haired boy and two light blue haired girls.
" Leon-kun!"
" Jillian and Sharlene!"
" Hello, Sendou. What are you doing up so early and still injured?" Leon ask
" W-Well..." Aichi said
" Oh. Those must be the people Misaki-san was talking about." Sharlene said
" Oh my... They won't be able to survive out there without training." Jillian said
A tick mark appeared on Marcus's head.
" What was that?!" Marcus ask
" Calm down, Marcus." Thomas said
The door slid open again as a three more people entered with three kids behind them.
" Hello!"
" Mitsusada-san! Chris-kun!"
" Yuri, Gai, Lee and Ali. Welcome."
" Glad to be back!" Ali said
" Sorry we were late. We ran into some trouble on the way back." Koutei said
" It's alright. We have some people that might need some training. But we just need to wait for two more groups." Aichi said
" I think I have a vague idea who that might be." Yuri said
Ratie ran outside.
" Sera! I found you! Gaillard and Neve too!" Ratie said
" Right, right. Never run off even when you see a donut ever again." A voice said
" Yeah!"
Three more people entered with Ratie.
" Aichi-sama. Are you hurt anywhere?" One of them ask
" No, I'm fine. And stop calling me 'sama'... We're friends, right?" Aichi ask
" No, it's still disrespectful to do that." Another one said
Aichi sweat dropped before sighing.
" Can't change their habit..." Gai said
" Those must be the ones we heard about. It's pleased to meet you, I'm Raul Sera." Sera said
" My name is Phillipe Neve." Neve said
" I'm Olivier Gaillard." Gaillard said
A crash startled them as the ground shook. Gaillard managed to keep balanced and caught Aichi's hand just in time before he could fall over which made Kai glare at him.
" T-Thank you, Gaillard-kun... H-Huh?" Aichi said
Anyone could see sparks flying from Kai's eyes to Gaillard's as the two continued to glare at each other.
" What just happened anyway?" Ren ask
" I don't know..." Chris said
The door opened as four more figures went into the shop, with two rubbing their backs.
" Kamui-kun! Naoki-kun! Are you two alright?!" Aichi ask
" Y-Yes..."
" Who asked you two to race here? I did remind you two that there's a barrier before you two rammed onto it straight on." A boy with glasses said
" These two are so wild..." Another boy with yellow hair said
" Exactly what happened to them while you guys were coming here?" Misaki ask
" Well, we decided to meet up and fly here. The delinquent wannabe suddenly declared a race to Kamui-kun and the two flew off and totally forgot about the barrier." The boy with glasses explained
" Hey! Don't call me a delinquent wannabe, you Granny Glasses!" Naoki said
" Then what should I call you, Porcupine Head?!" The boy with glasses said
" Why you! How dare you, Shingo!" Naoki said
" D-Don't fight, you two!" Aichi said
" Hmph!"
" There's never a way to stop these two..." The yellow haired boy said
" How did you do, Miwa?" Misaki ask
" The area I went to checked out clear. Looks like Void called his minions back for a strategy meeting." Miwa said
" I see... Well, at least we're safe from Void for now." Leon said
" And... How long are you two going to glare at each other?" Yuri ask
Kai and Gaillard were still glaring at each other as Misaki made an eye contact with Aichi, which he got the message and both smacked their heads.
" Ow!"
" What did you do that for, Tokura?!" Kai ask
" Oh, nothing. Just that you two were glaring at each other for the past five minutes that I got irritated." Misaki said
" A-Aichi-sama?!" Gaillard ask
" Seriously... You two have got to stop doing that for no good reason." Aichi said
Silence...
" Is he that dense...?" They thought, mouth all dropping, except for the Quatre Knights, Kai, Ren and Leon who just sweat dropped
" Is something wrong?" Aichi ask
" N-Nothing..." Kamui said
" So, why don't we start training them before anything else happens...?" Chris suggested
" Sure!"
They looked through the decks that the three had received while most of the kids were petting Agumon and the others.
" Well, the Tachikaze clan has definitely given you really great cards to use for this battle. I can't really remember their characteristics again... M-Misaki-san..." Aichi said
Misaki sighed.
" The Tachikaze specialize in retiring their own units in their field to gain power and criticals for their skills, some skills that are triggered eventually gives you more attacks, more power and more shield. With these characteristics, the Tachikaze clan has always been able to keep a highly aggressive game while keeping strong defenses." Misaki explained
" Uh... In simple details?" Marcus ask
" It's kind of hard then..." Misaki said
" What should we do?" Aichi said
" A-Aichi-sama... Your powers are able to let you show what the units are capable of..." Gaillard said
" What? Really? How do I do that?" Aichi ask
Epic anime fall.
" Y-Your palm... Just try to muster up some strength to use it." Gaillard said
" L-Like this...?" Aichi ask
Aichi opened his palm as a blue void appeared and various units showed up in front of him all of a sudden and almost caused him to fall off his chair, if not for Kai and Gaillard holding onto him.
" T-Thank you... H-Huh?" Aichi said
Kai and Gaillard were glaring at each other again as Aichi sweat dropped and left them be.
" Well... Let's see one of the units first... Uh... Ancient Dragon, Tyrannolegend." Aichi said
The blue void started to change and morph into a field of six units with Tyrannolegend as the Vanguard.
" Tyrannolegend's limit break allows you to retire three of your 'Ancient Dragon' rear guards when you're attacking the opponent and you'll get +10000 power and +1 critical, and if you combine it with Spinodriver's break ride, you can retire two rear guards and get another +10000 power and +1 critical as well which makes it 31000 power and 3 criticals." Aichi explained
The screen showed exactly what Aichi had explained as Aichi stopped the image.
" I guess now it makes some sense." Marcus said
He picked up a card from a booster pack he opened at the side.
" What's this?" Marcus ask
" Ah, this. It's quite new and I guess he just came in from the clan. He's quite useful and we can teach you if you want some time." Misaki said
" Sure! I'm ready anytime!" Marcus said
" Let's see how the others are doing." Aichi said
Ignoring the still glaring Gaillard and Kai, they moved to Yoshino's table where Sera was showing Yoshino how to use the Neo Nectar. When they moved over to Thomas's table, he had already engaged a fight with Neve.
" I guess Marcus is the one who catches up on things slow." Ren said
" I guess so." Kamui said
" Aichi, do you want to fight me while waiting? I'm getting tired of just watching them." Naoki said
" Sure."
They moved over to a standing fight table and prepared their starting Vanguards and decks.
" Stand up, Vanguard!"
~ After the fight~
The sixth damage fell on Naoki's damage zone again.
" Ah! I lost again!" Naoki said
" That was a great fight." Aichi said
" That just shows that you still can't beat Sendou-kun." Shingo said
" Why you!" Naoki said
" What? You got a problem with that?" Shingo ask
The both glared at each other before going to the standing fight table.
" Stand up, Vanguard!"
Aichi sweat dropped.
" Those two are at their usual antics again..." Misaki said
" Y-Yeah..."
Aichi's vision suddenly became blurry as he stumbled backwards. Misaki held his shoulders when she saw that.
" You okay?" Misaki ask
" Yes..." Aichi replied
That was when everything in his vision went black.
~ A few hours later~
Aichi woke up with a cloth on his head.
" What happened?" Aichi said, his voice hoarse
Naoki and Shingo looked at him.
" Are you okay, Sendou-kun?" Shingo ask
" Yes... What happened to me...?" Aichi ask
" You suddenly fainted. Everyone was worried about you." Naoki said
" I'm sorry..." Aichi said
" Are you sure you're alright? You sound hoarse." Shingo said
" Yeah... I'm just tired..." Aichi said
" It's natural that you'd be. If it wasn't for you and the Quatre Knights, I don't think all of us would be safe from Void and his minions." Naoki said
" That barrier works by itself now. I guess... It's because Cray keeps calling me back..." Aichi said
" Don't worry. I'm sure it's just because of the evil aura around here." Shingo said
" Yeah. You're just imagining things, Aichi." Naoki said
" Thank you, you two..." Aichi said
" Just rest. We'll take care of you alternately." Naoki said
" Okay..."
Aichi closed his eyes as he fell asleep after that.
" Come on, it's Boss Lady's turn to look after him." Naoki said
" Yeah..."
They left the room to call Misaki as they left Aichi to rest. Unknown to them, an expression of unease appeared on Aichi's face.
And that's the end of this chapter! Thank you for reading and I hoped you liked the chapter! Look forward to chapter 3 and bye bye!