Hi, everyone! This is chapter 2! I hope everyone enjoyed the last chapter! Now this is the second chapter! Without further ado, let's start this chapter!
Normal POV
For the next few weeks, many things happened. Reversed fighters were either decreasing or increasing because of the fighters who were resisting Link Joker. But, our blue haired fighter was just enjoying his life like normal.
" Kai-kun!"
As usual, he greeted Kai in the hallway while almost tripping along the way if not for Kai running over to catch him.
" Hey! Don't trip in the hallway every single time you come to greet me." Kai said
" Sorry... What are you doing today?" Aichi ask
" Me? Well, I'm going to do my job again and apparently, we're going to have company soon. Make sure you stay inside here. It's safer that way." Kai said
" Alright... Are you sure you don't need my help?" Aichi ask
" Aichi. I know you've trained but it's still dangerous for you. So, stay here with Takuto while Miwa and I settle the company coming here." Kai said
" Then... Let me make something like a snack for you to eat before they come..." Aichi said, looking down
Kai sighed inwardly as he saw Aichi's pouting plus sad face.
" Alright." Kai said while patting Aichi's head
At those words, Aichi's face brightened up again.
" Then let's go!" Aichi said
Kai nodded as they ran over to Aichi's room. Kai sat down on the chair as Aichi went to prepare a meal for Kai. A few minutes later, he came out with what looks like sandwiches.
" You actually made my favourite. Plus, it's spicy." Kai said
" I know Kai-kun likes spicy food, so I added some of my handmade sauce on it." Aichi said
Kai took one sandwich and started eating.
" How is it?" Aichi ask
" It's delicious. More delicious than last time." Kai said
" I have to thank you for teaching me how to cook too. I hope these sandwiches can give you enough energy for later. Oh and... Give this to Miwa-kun." Aichi said
He went to the kitchen and went back to give Kai a small bag with another sandwich inside.
" This is Miwa's favourite sandwich." Kai said
" I tried to make it. I don't know whether he's going to like it though... Just take it as me cheering for you guys!" Aichi said
Kai smiled as he got up from the table and gave a soft kiss on Aichi's lips before releasing the kiss to see Aichi's red cheeks.
" Thank you, Aichi. I'll do my best." Kai said
" Y-Yeah!"
" Then, I should go now." Kai said, eating the last bit of the sandwiches
" Good luck, Kai-kun!" Aichi said
" Yeah."
Kai stood up and left the room as he went to the room Takuto and Miwa were waiting for him in.
" Yo, Kai. What took you so long?" Miwa ask
" Nothing much. Here. Aichi wants you to eat it." Kai said
He handed the sandwich over to Miwa as he took it.
" Give him my thanks! Besides, how did he know this was my favourite?" Miwa ask
" I told him. Eat it later." Kai said
" Yeah."
" Now that both of you are here. First, how's he doing?" Reversed Takuto ask
" Doing fine. As you'd heard our conversation from earlier... But somehow, it's as if he's acting like this incident never happened at all. You did say that he still has his memories intact." Kai said
" He does but not the full information. That's why he's like that." Reversed Takuto said
" So that means... He knows nothing? Even though he trained?" Miwa ask
" Probably. And when I was training him, he showed some powers I've never seen before... We better keep an eye on him just in case." Reversed Takuto said
" Although, from the looks of it... He doesn't know what's right or wrong, good or bad and evil or good." Kai explained
" You mean... He's turned naive and dense of his surroundings?" Miwa ask
" Yeah. I did take him up to see the black ring once before since he was curious and... His reaction was totally unexpected." Kai said
" What was his reaction?" Reversed Takuto ask
" Well... How to say it... He thought the black ring was a donut or something... He listed every round things he knows, a ball, ball bearings, whatever round items you can name." Kai said
Silence before sweat dropping...
" Wha... He actually thought the black ring was a food...?" Miwa said
" His mind is now like a child's... But he's aware of his surroundings... I wanted to scare him this one time and he actually knew, thought I was a pervert and hit me on the face with a frying pan." Kai said
" Ouch..."
" With these abilities, I doubt anybody can sneak up to him without getting hit." Reversed Takuto said
" Yeah..."
" Anyway, back to the situation in hand... His friends are planning to come today to save him. Reinforcements from Cray arrived. That real Takuto Tatsunagi called them here. We might be in a little trouble here. But there's no need to worry, I have some reinforcements of my own." Reversed Takuto said
" Fine."
That was when a screen came up to reveal Misaki and the others. Behind them were familiar units they recognised from Cray.
" Blaster Blade and Blaster Dark... We might be in trouble..." Miwa said
" You guys should go now. I'll try my best to call our reinforcements quickly." Reversed Takuto said
The two nodded. They left the room and started walking towards the entrance as Miwa stuffed his food down.
" Delicious! I have to thank Aichi later!" Miwa said
" Hmph."
They went out of the door as they saw their ex-friends there.
" Yo, everyone. We didn't expect you here with some new friends." Miwa said
" Cut your talk! Where's Aichi?!" Naoki ask
" That's for us to know and for you to find out." Miwa said
" Give Aichi back!" Misaki said
" If not, we have no choice but to fight!" Leon said
" Fine."
" We're prepared." Miwa said
" Then let's go." Ren said
Suddenly, they stopped when a familiar voice rung out from the entrance.
" Kai-kun! Miwa-kun!"
They turned their heads to see Aichi running out of the entrance but then he stopped in his tracks when he saw Misaki and the others.
" Uh... Am I interrupting something...?" Aichi ask
" Didn't I tell you to stay inside?" Kai ask
" I'm sorry... I forgot to give you guys something... Maybe later." Aichi said, taking a few steps back while sweat dropping
" Hurry up and go back. I'll finish this and be back soon." Kai said
" Yes..."
Aichi went back into the building as he went up to the fifth floor. He then exited the elevator and ran to the window to observe what was happening outside the building.
" Kai-kun... Miwa-kun... Are those people the company Kai-kun was talking about? I'm a little worried... Those two in the armours at the back have swords with them... What if something happened...? I can't risk it! But what should I do...?" Aichi thought
That was when he thought of an idea as he walked away from the window.
Meanwhile, Kai and Miwa were facing Misaki and the others as Blade stepped forward.
" He was acting weird. What did you do?" Blade ask, his eyes narrowing
" That's for you to find out, Blaster Blade. There's no way I'm handing Aichi over to you guys." Kai said
" You've changed, Kai. The last time I saw you, you were never like that." Ren said
" So what? I've already accepted Link Joker, so stop trying to make me give up." Kai said
" We have no choice then. Blaster Blade, Blaster Dark. Please." Leon said
" Alright."
" Just give them a little light kicks and punches." Ren said
" You think we don't know that?" Dark ask
" I figured you would know that." Ren replied
Sweat drop... Both warriors readied their swords as they started to charge at Kai and Miwa.
" Takuto's not done yet...?!" Miwa muttered
" He won't make it in time!" Kai thought
That was when the swords were parried away. Aichi stood there with two swords in hand.
" These swords are quite heavy... But at least I made it in time..." Aichi said
" Aichi!"
" Don't worry. I'll be fine." Aichi said
He threw a sword to Kai and Miwa as he nodded and went to fight Blade and Dark at the same time.
" Hey, Aichi!" Kai shouted
They watched as Aichi kept parrying the attacks away. When a sneak attack was made from Dark, Aichi used the back of his second sword to block it.
" No way... How could it be...?" Naoki exclaimed
" I don't know what happened to Aichi but we have to help them somehow..." Misaki said
Naoki reached for something in his pocket but was stopped by Shingo.
" We can't, Ishida! If you do that, Sendou-kun will..." Shingo said
" We have the antidote... As long as we immobilise him, we'll be able to go back to help him. This is the only way." Naoki said
" But..."
" We'll have to bet on it then... Even though it will hurt us to see him suffer because of it..." Ren said
" Alright... Blaster Blade! Blaster Dark! Come back!" Leon shouted
Blade and Dark heard him and jumped back to their side as Naoki finally removed the item and threw it in Aichi's direction. The object blasted open as green smoke was around Aichi.
" This is...! P-Poison...?!" Aichi exclaimed
" Aichi!" Kai exclaimed
" You intend to kill him?! This isn't right!" Miwa said
" Do I really have no choice...? It's part of my 100% powers but they might not be able survive the attacks... But if it's to protect Kai-kun, then... I'll bring it out... For his sake..." Aichi thought
His small black heart crystal glowed as a dark aura started to surround his body.
" Aichi?"
" Don't tell me... That's the power that Takuto mentioned?!" Kai exclaimed
" I don't believe it... I can't believe it!" Naoki exclaimed
" He's... sucking up the poison?!" Leon exclaimed
" Enemy or not, if anyone tries to hurt Kai-kun, I won't spare them. Be prepared. This is... my 100% power!" Aichi said
" 100%?!"
" Why isn't the poison working?!" Kamui exclaimed
Aichi's clothes and hair started to change as a tail and claws appeared. The poison swirled around Aichi as it was slowly sucked up.
" How can it be...? He's still sucking up the poison...?!" Misaki exclaimed
" Poison a demon?" Aichi ask, he opened his eyes to show his sapphire eyes without any light, " It's my favourite."
(A/N: I added this scene from that anime because I just felt like it, sorry to those fans out there if you guys are mad or something.)
" What...?"
" This is my darkness form. It is also one of my 100% power. I won't let anyone who try to hurt Kai-kun go so easily." Aichi said
" Aichi! Don't you remember us?!" Naoki ask
" Even if I do remember, my place is beside Kai-kun. If someone dares to hurt him, I won't spare them!" Aichi said
He disappeared and then attacked the others from behind.
" That was just a knockback effect. If you want some more, I'll be glad to give you some more." Aichi said
" Guys! Retreat for now!" Blade said
" But Aichi is..." Naoki said
" Now's not the time! He's being controlled or something... Don't worry, we'll try another time." Blade said
" Right..."
They quickly retreated as Aichi released his form. He stumbled a little as Kai ran over to him to catch him.
" Are you alright, Aichi?" Kai ask
" Yes... I guess I'm still not used to using my darkness form... I still have a light form to get used to though..." Aichi said
" You should rest. Thanks for saving us." Kai said
Kai carried him up as Aichi smiled and fell asleep. Kai looked over to Miwa and nodded as they went back into the building. Miwa went to meet Reversed Takuto as Kai went to place Aichi in his room and on his bed. When he was done, he double checked that Aichi was still asleep before leaving to find Reversed Takuto as well. When he arrived at the room, the three of them immediately discussed what happened.
" His powers just now are definitely 100% but... He only used 5% for his attack." Reversed Takuto said
" 5-5%?!"
" Yeah. It was a normal knockback effect. If he had used his full power, they wouldn't have survived." Reversed Takuto said
" It's definitely powerful... But I don't think we should get him involved in this. You still want to use him to open the gate, right?" Miwa ask
" Yeah. But he's still not getting used to his own powers yet... We might need more time for him to train... Toshiki Kai. I expect you to take good care of him. He definitely is naive and he'll suddenly do things that we haven't noticed yet. If I'm correct, he still has little control over his powers. We can't let them go berserk. I'm counting on you." Reversed Takuto said
Kai nodded as he left the room. He opened the door to Aichi's room and opened it to see Aichi still asleep. He walked over to the bed as he laid down beside Aichi while pulling up the blanket for the both of them. He stared at Aichi's sleeping face before smiling and closing his eyes to take a quick nap with his arms around Aichi.
~ A few hours later~
Kai woke up to find Aichi missing as he looked around to see him in the kitchen making a meal.
" Aichi?" Kai ask
" Oh! Are you awake, Kai-kun?" Aichi ask
" Yeah. What are you making today?" Kai ask, walking over to Aichi and wrapping his arms around his waist
" Your favourite. Curry rice with extra onions." Aichi replied
" Thanks, Aichi." Kai said, kissing his cheek
" It's to cheer you guys on. I'll follow whatever decision Kai-kun makes." Aichi said
" Sure."
Aichi continued to cook and a few minutes later, dinner was ready.
" Here! Eat up! I have lots of extra, so eat as much as you want!" Aichi said
" Thanks. You should sit down and eat too." Kai said
" Oh, okay." Aichi said
Both sat down and ate their meal as there was a knock on the door and Miwa entered.
" Yo! Aichi invited me, so I'm here to eat dinner too!" Miwa said
" The rice and curry are over there so eat as much as you want!" Aichi said
" Alright!"
Kai and Aichi have finished their meals first and went to watch some television, eventually abandoning Miwa to eat alone.
" You guys are so cruel..." Miwa thought
Meanwhile, back at Card Capital...
" No way... Poison won't work against him now..." Naoki said
" What Aichi dealt on us back there... True, it was just a slight knockback effect... So I might say that he's only using a small portion of his powers... If he had used his powers at full level, we wouldn't have survived. He let us off lightly that time." Misaki said
" But how?! Is he controlled or something?!" Kamui ask
" No. It's clear. Aichi-kun was normal when he made that decision. Besides, he now sides with Kai. Like he said, ' My place is beside Kai-kun.'" Ren said
" He willingly joined them? No, I don't think it's that simple... If you think about it, there were signs of recognition in his eyes, however... He was only partially able to recognise us. It's almost as if... His memories been rewritten or something." Leon said
" Rewritten? You mean before that he had overwritten his memories somehow?" Misaki ask
" Possible."
Ren turned to the mirror behind them before turning back to the group.
" Takuto-kun observed everything." Ren said
" He did?!"
" Yeah. He was travelling through mirrors and glass. Aichi-kun has definitely overwritten his memories but I won't get to the straight details on how. It seems that Aichi-kun can't decipher between what is right or wrong, good or bad, evil or good because of his overwritten memories. He still remembers our faces but he doesn't know whether we're friends or foes. That's why he stuck with Kai. Of course, the other reason is the both of them becoming a couple a few weeks back. So just to tell you guys, the Aichi-kun right now has a naive and innocent mind of a child's. he's just doing it because he doesn't understand anything." Ren explained
" It's almost as if he's regressed into a child..." Shingo said
" I'll give you guys an example. Kai brought Aichi-kun to the roof to see the gate once." Ren said
" And?" Dark ask
" And then the first thing Aichi-kun thought of was every round things anyone can think of. First, he thought about a donut, then a ball, then ball bearings and the list went on. I might even think of a round bowl if I was him." Ren replied
Sweat drop and some had twitching eyes.
" Seriously...?" Naoki ask
" A typical child's mind..." Dark sighed
" This is so cruel to him..." Blade said, anime tears flowing out
" Brother Aichi..." Kamui said
" But wait... He said that his place was beside Kai, right?" Misaki ask
" Yeah, why?"
" If we can get Kai back to normal, maybe..." Misaki continued
" Maybe Aichi will follow along too..." Naoki said
" But Aichi-kun trained in combat but not Vanguard. That's because Link Joker is afraid the game might trigger his memories. But if we just get Kai back..." Ren said
" We have a chance. Come on, we need to train hard enough and bring them back!" Leon said
" Yeah!"
Meanwhile, it was night time as Aichi and Kai started to sleep...
" Good night, Aichi." Kai said
" Good night, Kai-kun." Aichi said
Both closed their eyes and slept.
~ Aichi's dream start~
Aichi stood in the same dark space again as he looked around to see projections of something. They looked the same but somewhat different as well.
" Oh. One of you must be the one I used today." Aichi said
" It is me." A voice said
" I see. Thank you for lending me your power, uh..." Aichi said
" Kage is fine." Kage said
" I see... Thank you, Kage-kun!" Aichi thanked
" Do you think this is a right decision?" Another voice ask
" Oh, you're that person I met the first time..." Aichi said
" I will keep my name to myself but you call me Hiro, if you'd like but it's not exactly my real name." Hiro said
" I'm fine with any of them!" Aichi said
" So, what is your answer?" Hiro ask
" I'm not completely sure yet... But I'll stay with Kai-kun. If he wants to follow some other group of friends, I'll follow him. I'll follow wherever he goes, for the sake of his safety." Aichi replied
" I see. Let's see how it goes then." Hiro said
" Yes! But why are there so many of you and you guys look almost the same." Aichi said
" You'll find out soon. But we'll give you these." A third voice said
Many small heart crystals appeared as they were attached to Aichi's bracelet.
" Ten more... What are these for? I mean, I have twelve of them here now..." Aichi said
" Don't worry. You'll understand everything as you progress forward. We'll see you again." Hiro said
" Oh, okay! I'll see everyone tomorrow night!" Aichi said, waving to them as they slowly disappeared
~ Aichi's dream end~
Aichi woke up and saw his bracelet with twelve heart crystals as he smiled. Kai then woke up.
" Good morning, Kai-kun. It's a new day again." Aichi said
" Good morning, Aichi. I agree. Let's go get ready then." Kai said
" Yeah!"
Both went to get ready with many more things to do together for the days to come.
And that's the end of this chapter! I hope everyone enjoyed it! I'll see everyone in the next chapter!