Hello, everyone! I'm back with a new story! I hope everyone will enjoy this story and without further ado, let's start!

Normal POV

After the destruction of Relics, Chrono and the others have been brought to the Association's secret base's infirmary as Aichi used his Psyqualia while the other waited silently behind him.

" I should've helped too..." Ren pouted

" No."

" Huh?! Why?!"

" Shut up, you'll break his concentration."

Ren silently pouted as Aichi's Psyqualia finally deactivated.

" Looks like there's no side effects from Relics."

" Thank you, Sendou."

" No, it's the least I could do. I couldn't help much with destroying the generators after all."

" Everyone here were a lot of help already."

" Hopefully we can figure out the Apostles' next move before they do again."

" We'll be working hard on that. For now, you just concentrate on finding any abnormalities in their sleep."

" Yeah. Leave it to me."

Ibuki nodded as they went to gather in the meeting room again while Aichi sighed before falling to his knees.

" I still can't keep up my energy with Psyqualia..." Aichi thought

" But I have to protect them..."

He grabbed a nearby chair and pulled himself to sit on it.

" All of you will be just fine. I know you're all strong enough to overcome this."

Aichi leaned back on the chair and took his rest as time passed... At the meeting room, Ibuki and the others were still discussing their counterattack.

" By the way, where's Brother?"

" He's watching over them in the infirmary."

" I should be there to help too..." Ren pouted

" No. Knowing you, you'd cause a mess of things."

" Yeah, yeah."

" Meanies!"

Suddenly, the alarm rang as they gasped.

" A intruder?!"

" Where are they?!"

" I'm going out to check!"

The door opened before Tokoha could do so as Darkface and Gredora were there.

" Wakamizu-san!"

" No. I am Darkface."

" I am Gredora."

" What are you doing here?!"

" No reason."

" What are you saying?!"

" Ibuki! There's intruders in the infirmary too!"

" Chrono and the others are there! Move out of the way!"

" No can do. Until we attain what we've came for, we won't let you out."

" Ibuki, do something about this! Otherwise, they'll get Chrono and the others again!"

" I know!"

" But they're outnumbered! Let's force our way through!"

" Yeah!"

Suddenly, Darkface's watch suddenly received a signal.

" Let's go, Your Majesty."

" Yeah. Seems like delaying them was enough."

" What?!"

There was a flash of light from the watch as they shielded their eyes. Once the light was gone, Ibuki was the first to open his eyes as he ran to the infirmary. The others managed to open their eyes after a few more moments as they nodded. They were about to run to the door when Ibuki came back.

" Ibuki-kun, did..."

" They're all safe."

" What a relief!"

" Brother's amazing... He managed to chase them off!"

" About that..."

Ibuki stayed silent as he tried to meet Q4's eyes. He then took out a deck case and placed it on the table.

" I'm sorry, he didn't chase them off... In fact, they took him with them."

" W-What did you say...?!"

" What do you mean, Ibuki?! Aichi's been taken?! By those Apostles?!"

" Unfortunately..."

" Then find them! They couldn't have gone far!"

" If they had transport, it'll be hard to find them."

" Then what should we do?!"

Kai ran off screen immediately as Kamui turned his phone off and their screen went off.

" Kai..."

" Why would they suddenly take Aichi-kun? They targeted Chrono-kun and the others first."

" What's more important is that we find a way to find Sendou before it's too late."

" I'll try to track them but it's a fifty-fifty chance I'll find them."

" Try everything you can, Chris."

" You got it."

Meanwhile, in a truck an hour later, Aichi opened his eyes as he looked around.

" Where am I...?" Aichi thought

He felt restrains on his arms as he looked up to see his arms shackled up in the center of the truck. A cloth was wrapped around his mouth. He winced at the stinging pain left on the back of his neck as he tried to remember what happened.

~ Flashback start~

Aichi was still taking his rest when the alarm started to ring. He woke up as he looked around and the door opened.

" You're..."

" Why, hello there. I'm Gastille and this is Valeos."

" I won't let you take Chrono-kun and the others again!"

He quickly took out his deck as the two approached him.

" Unfortunately for you, we're not here for them."

" Huh?"

" We're here... to retrieve you."

Aichi gasped as he stepped back.

" W-What do you...?"

" Valeos."

Valeos nodded as he quickly grabbed Aichi's arm. He pulled him towards him and hit the back of his neck before Aichi fainted and dropped his deck.

" Now, let's go. Gyze-sama is waiting for him."

" Yeah."

Valeos carried Aichi as they both went out of the base.

~ Flashback end~

" I see... The Apostles entered and..." Aichi thought

Aichi tried to struggle out of the shackles as he sighed after being unable to loosen them. He felt something dropping as he saw his phone. He tried to reach it with his feet as he removed one of his shoes to unlock his phone and press the phone application. He then typed a number before Ibuki showed up on the screen after two rings.

" Sendou! Sendou, are you alright?!"

Aichi nodded as he looked up at the chains and started to tap it to draw Ibuki's attention to it.

" What is it?"

Aichi moved the phone with his feet again to make the chains clearer as he started to draw something.

" What are you trying to tell me? ... Hold on for a bit!"

Ibuki came back on screen as he was noting what Aichi was drawing on the chain.

" Is this your message? To tell us where you are?"

Aichi moved the phone again before nodding. There was a sudden stop as the phone slid to the side.

" Sendou!"

The door of the truck opened as Aichi quickly wore his shoe and took a glance to Ibuki before he nodded and turned the call off.

" Hmph! So you're awake!"

" Now, now. You don't need to be so rude, Darkface."

" Valeos, bring him inside."

Valeos entered and took the chain off the shackles as he carried Aichi again. Gastille took notice of the phone as he picked it up.

" It seems that he tried to contact his comrades."

" Is that so?"

Gastille looked over to Aichi as he tried to avoid his eyes.

" No matter, if it was a failed cause, then we don't have to worry. Even if he did contact them, they wouldn't know where we are."

" Of course! This place will cut off his phone's signal from here on so there's no need to worry about those comrades of his."

" Comrades, huh? Well, soon, he wouldn't even remember them."

Aichi's eyes widened as he was brought into the mansion on the cliff.

Meanwhile, after hanging up the call, Ibuki immediately showed the others the code Aichi had drawn out.

" What's this? It's full of dots."

" It's some sort of code."

" This looks familiar..."

" It's Braille."

" Braille?"

" Oh, I've heard of them before! Braille is a writing system that's used by visually impaired people!"

" He really is multilingual now... Anyway, we need to break down what he's trying to say in this. Chris, do you have a link to how alphabets and numbers are spelt in Braille?"

" Hold on. I'll show you guys the chart."

The screen showed a diagram as Ibuki wrote down the corresponding letters and numbers to each Braille.

" If we are to assure that the dash over here is a spacing for each Braille, then it's safe to assume that those before the dash are a single word."

" Cancel the numbers. He's not telling us any numbers. All of them are alphabets."

Ibuki nodded as he wrote it down again.

" It's in English..."

" Let me see it."

They showed Chris the paper as he read it.

" Sea-Bumpy-Road-Ascending-Slope."

" That's all?"

" Sea, Bumpy, Road, Ascending and Slope... Even if he can't see what's outside, he could hear the sea and the road was bumpy. Then there was an ascending slope... These are all based on his sense of hearing and how he felt the environment was around him."

" So, the hideout of the Apostles is near the sea, with a bumpy road and ascending slope..."

" A cliff?"

" That could be it! But... There's a lot of it in Japan."

" How long did it take for Aichi to contact you and when the truck stopped moving?"

" About an hour or so."

" Unfortunately, I can't catch his phone's signal. There's something preventing me from searching it. But based on the time it took for them to arrive at their destination... There are at least ten places with that kind of description in an hour ride close to you guys. However, I can't pinpoint which direction they went so these places are scattered around the North, South, East and West."

" We'll need to figure out which direction they went to then... Any other clues from the call, Ibuki?"

" ... The Sun's direction! It was hitting his face a little!"

" So, we've been discussing this for at least 15 minutes so it would be 5pm before now... I got it! The Sun sets towards the West today, so if it was directly shining on him, he'll be at the East!"

" How many are there are the East?"

" Five of them!"

" That's still a lot... We'll need to split up."

" Agreed. They're pretty far apart too."

" Let's make haste!"

" Yeah!"

They ran to the cars and split into three teams as Ibuki messaged Kai about their plan.

" We'll head on to the first location!"

" Then we'll go to the fifth one!"

" We'll head to the third one!"

" Yeah!"

The cars drove off after that.

Meanwhile, Aichi looked down at the shackles as he tried to open them for the many times he'd attempted to break free. He then glanced up a little at Gastille, who was just sitting right in front of him.

" There's no use trying to break those. Darkface is holding the key so there's no way to unlock it."

Aichi looked away as Gastille reached his hand out and removed the cloth around his mouth.

" What are you planning?"

" Nothing much. If you're curious, you'll just have to see for yourself."

" I heard what you said outside. You're planning to erase my memories? For what reason?"

" You're a sharp one. I suppose since I did say it in front of you, it's not surprising. Do you want to have cup of coffee? You humans like it after all."

" Not thirsty."

" You really love to resist, don't you? Well, once we do something about that, there'll be nothing to worry about."

" I'm going to ask again. Why did you bring me here and what are you going to do to me?"

" ... Since you're so stubborn, alright then."

He clicked his fingers as the room changed to the same space that held Gyze's statue.

" This is...!"

" That's right. Before you stands the Dragon Deity of Destruction, Gyze-sama. He was the one who ordered us to capture you."

Aichi gasped as Gastille continued.

" You, who'd gotten in the way of his plans in the past, is now going to stand by his side."

" In the past?"

" Void. That entity... Its master now stands before you."

" No, then..."

" Void was just a simple stepping stone for you. The first time Gyze-sama laid his eyes on you, he'd seen hidden potential. So, he made Void invade once again to prove your strength."

" Hidden potential?"

" You wanted to know why you're here, right? Why did Gyze-sama even bother to be so interested in just a human? I'll tell you the answer. If he is a god, it would make sense if he had a significant other standing by him, or in human terms, his wife."

Aichi gasped as he started to try to move away.

" Y-You're lying!"

" It's not a lie. You should be honored. For a human to becoming a god's wife, it's a great leap in your life. What's more, Gyze-sama will even grant you eternal life with him. He wants to always see this look and this voice for the rest of eternity. As for you, you'll only be staying by his side as his faithful eternal wife after we get rid of your meddlesome memories."

" No! I won't let you!"

" You don't have a choice. It's your destiny."

" I won't let you erase them! I won't become Gyze's wife!"

" Don't worry, the memory erasure will be painless. All you need to do is close your eyes and sleep once Darkface completes the memory erasure device."

Gastille knocked the back of Aichi's neck as Aichi fainted again. The space turned back to normal as Valeos entered.

" Oh, good timing. Is his room ready?"

" Yeah."

" Then bring him over. He needs ample rest before we put the device on."

Valeos nodded as he carried Aichi again before they left the room to go to another room. Gastille watched on as Valeos laid Aichi down on the bed. There was a ringing noise on their watches.

" What is it?"

" I've completed the perfect memory erasing device! Now, there'll be no problem getting Aichi-sama to our side!"

" I see. We'll start once he comes close to waking up. And since when were you respectful to him? You weren't just now."

" I'll do anything Queen Gredora tells me to, even if it's for a human!"

" I see. Very well then. Bring it over and we'll determine the time to put it on."

" Yes!"

The watches turned off as Gastille chuckled lowly.

Fifty minutes later, Ibuki and the others were now on the way to the second location written on the map.

" We've been to the other cliffs and saw nothing yet... I sure hope he's okay."

" Sendou's strong. He can make it until we arrive, I'm sure about that..."

" He better make it... Or how will I be able to explain to Kai after I failed to protect him?" Ibuki thought

" Hang in there, Sendou..." Ibuki muttered

" How long more before we arrive?"

" Two more minutes!"

" Over there!"

In the distance, they could see a mansion above a cliff as they nodded.

" Step on it!"

" Got it!"

Mamoru drove a little faster as they saw a truck in front of the mansion.

" This must be the place!"

" Park somewhere further away. We're sneaking in."

" Right!"

They messaged their other friends before preparing to sneak into the mansion.

" I hope there's no traps..."

" Yeah... Let's go."

They went into the mansion and snuck around hurriedly while searching for Aichi.

" Let's split up and search. I'm sure he's close by somewhere."

" Yeah, let's keep our communications up just in case."

" But our phone's signals were cut off the moment we entered..."

" Then use the communicators I gave. It's better than nothing."

" Right..."

They split themselves up and started searching room by room as Ibuki suddenly heard a voice coming from a room.

" Just a little longer, Bishop Gastille. About a minute left. Yes, I'll bring him over once it's done."

Ibuki peered through the door as he gasped. Aichi's forehead had a device strapped around it as he saw the meter on the monitor Darkface was holding was at 98%. He quickly ran into the room and pushed Darkface again.

" You!"

Ibuki quickly took the machine off Aichi's forehead as it stopped the moment it was removed.

" Sendou! Hang in there, Sendou!"

" Hand him over!"

" Tch!"

Ibuki quickly carried Aichi and ran out of the room. Just as he was about to communicate with the others, they came running from other pathways with robots chasing after them.

" You found him!"

" Yeah! Let's hurry!"

They nodded as they saw the entrance and shut it closed on the robots before running to the car. Mamoru quickly started up the engine and drove off.

" You think he's alright?"

" I don't know... Darkface was doing something to him..."

At a window of the mansion, Gastille and the others were watching them drive off.

" You sure it was a good idea to let them do whatever they please in here?"

" Yeah. It'll be more fun to see their faces once they realize that he... Aichi-sama... has no recollection of them anymore. Isn't that right, Darkface?"

" Yes, Bishop Gastille. By the time Kouji Ibuki saved him, the memory erasure was already at 99%. I'm sure that 1% of failed erasure is nothing of importance to him."

" That's right. He'll come back to us eventually. We'll just need to slowly convince him."

" Yeah."

Time passed after that as Ibuki and the others waited for Aichi to wake up. While they were gone, Chrono and the others had woken up as they were updated on the situation.

" No way... The Apostles captured him and did something to him?! What did they do?!"

" I don't know... He's still not waking up either."

" I'm going to see him!"

" ... How many hours have passed already?"

" About five hours..."

" They should be here anytime now..."

As soon as he said that, they heard the entrance door slamming open as Kai and the others ran in.

" Kai."

" Where is he?!"

" In the infirmary... He still hasn't woken yet so Chrono went to check up on him..."

Kai said nothing more as he ran to the infirmary.

" You better explain what happened back there."

" I will."

At the same time, Kai was running to the infirmary as he saw Chrono walking out with a downcast expression.

" Shindou! How's Aichi?!"

" Kai-san... He just woke up... But-"

Kai ran past him as he opened the door to see Aichi sitting up on the bed.

" Aichi!"

He ran towards him and stopped just in front of the bed as he checked on Aichi before hugging him.

" What a relief... I was told the Apostles had done something to you and got worried..."

" ... Um..."

Kai flinched as he realised what he was doing before he let Aichi go. He hid a blush before continuing.

" How are you feeling?"

" I'm just fine... So, where am I?"

" You're in the Association's base."

" A base?"

" Yeah. Ibuki and the others brought you back here."

" I'm sorry but... I don't know who you're talking about... And, who are you?"

" What? Aichi... You..."

" Aichi? Is that... my name?"

" No way... Aichi, please... Tell me it's a lie."

" It's not a lie. I... really don't remember anything."

And that's the end of this chapter! Thank you for reading! I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter and I'll see everyone in the next chapter!