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

Normal POV

It was a normal day in Card Capital, people gather in the small shop for small friendly gatherings and cardfights. However, one certain fighter was anxiously, albeit just a little, looking around for another certain fighter.

" He hasn't been here for a few days already, huh, Kai."

" Who?"

" You know very well who I'm talking about since you're also looking for him."

" ... I'm not."

" Liar."

Suddenly, the shop doors slid opened as they looked up at the rowdy group that had entered. Kai had a disappointed frown after seeing that the one he was waiting for wasn't amongst them.

" Yo, Miyaji club! So... Aichi's not with you guys today either?"

" Actually, he hasn't been to school for the past few days."

" Did something happen? Is he sick or something?"

" We dunno... He never responded to our calls and messages..."

" Weird... He would say something if he wasn't gonna show up or something usually..."

" Well, yeah... But it's just that, he never responded..."

" I see..."

Kai stayed silent throughout the talk as his frown deepened.

" Oh, right! You guys have his number, right? Let Kai call him!"

" Don't you have his number too?"

" Oh, right... Kai, call him."

" ... Hm?"

" Aichi! Call him!"

" Why should I?"

" I know you can't refuse this. You've always resisted from asking him for his number so this is your chance."

" Hmph. I wouldn't bother."

" Oh, really? Might I list down the amount of times you've tried but failed so badly to ask for his number just because you're too shy to bring yourself to?"

" Kai? Shy? As if!"

At that, Kai's eyebrow twitched as Miwa chuckled.

" So, what do you say? Or are you really that shy? I gave Aichi your number already, ya know."

" What?!"

" Man, he had more courage than you. Imagine, the great anti social Toshiki Kai, is afraid to ask for just a phone number!"

" Shut up, Miwa."

" So, how about it?"

Kai clicked his tongue as he finally gave in and got Aichi's phone number. As the others stared on, Kai dialled Aichi's number. After three rings, there was a click, however...

" ... He rejected my call."

" Huh?! Aichi's ignoring you?!"

" That Aichi rejected your call? Seriously?"

" Hey, you think his phone just got stolen? I mean, he'd never ignore Kai!"

" I see... That explains it."

" That wouldn't make sense either. Remember, he was uncontactable the same time he stopped coming to school."

" R-Right... Then why?"

" Who knows. Maybe Kai offended him in some way."

" I did nothing of the sort."

" Then explain why he even hung his call up on you only."

" How should I know?"

Kai kept his phone after that as the doors slid opened again.

" Welcome. Oh, Emi-chan."

" Nice timing! Hey, could we ask? Did something happen to Aichi? We couldn't contact him these few days."

" Actually, that's why I'm here... He's been locked up in his room for awhile. He won't come out no matter how much Mother and I persuade him to. So I thought maybe you guys could help."

" I wonder what happened to him... Let's go see."

They nodded and left, leaving Shin to take care of the shop. Once they arrived at the Sendou residence, they greeted Shizuka, Aichi and Emi's mother before looking up the stairs.

" So, his room is just up these stairs?"

" Yeah..."

" Okay! Kai, go on ahead!"

" Why me?"

" Better for someone he's more open to, ya know. Getting him to tell you is better than us going in as a group."

Kai clicked his tongue as he slowly made his way up the stairs. Once he arrived in front of Aichi's room, he knocked on the door. When he didn't hear any response, he knocked again.

" Aichi? It's me. I'm coming in."

Kai turned the knob and the moment he opened the door, Aichi was already at the door.

" Tried to lock it, didn't you?"

" K-Kai... kun..."

Upon closer inspection, Aichi's right eye was being covered by his hair as Aichi saw where he was staring at as he quickly hung his head down while refusing to look at Kai in the eye.

" Aichi, what happened to you?"

" I-It's nothing... Just leave me alone..."

Aichi tried to shut the door as Kai stopped it with his foot.

" Let me inside, right now."

" N-No..."

Kai then used his arm to push the door open with a bit of force. Once he was inside, he shut the door behind him and looked back at Aichi.

" So, are you going to tell me now?"

" N-Nothing happened... I-I just wasn't feeling well..."

" And you never said anything?"

Aichi flinched a little as Kai's eyes narrowed at Aichi's actions. He slowly approached him before quickly pinning him down on the bed.

" K-Kai-kun?!"

" You're hiding something."

" I-I'm not!"

" Then why aren't you looking at me?"

Aichi flinched again Kai quickly moved his bangs aside to check on Aichi's right eye.

" N-No!"

Kai's eyes widened as he saw the symbol glowing in Aichi's usual right blue eye, that had now turned yellow.

" That eye..."

" G... Go away!"

Before he knew it, he was pushed off the bed and Kai fell with a loud thud.

" Aichi..."

" Please, just get out and leave me alone!"

" Not until I know what happened to you."

That was when he heard the others making their way up the stairs... Kai turned back to see Aichi's fearful face as he quickly went to lock the door. Just as he'd done that, the knob rattled.

" Kai?! Aichi?!"

" Go back downstairs. No matter what you hear, don't come up."

" Kai, what's going on?!"

" I'll explain later, just go down!"

There were a few murmurs before he heard them going back down to the living room. Kai heaved a small sigh of relief as he turned back to Aichi.

" Alright, Aichi. It's just us here right now. Now, just calm down and tell me what happened."

" ... I... It was just a normal day... But then, I just woke up with my right eye like this..."

" Is it... Psyqualia?"

" N-No... It's a completely different feeling..."

" I see. Have you considered going to Takuto for help?"

" No... I'm afraid to go out like this..."

" So, you're been avoiding us because you thought that we would think you're a freak or something with that eye?"

Aichi looked away in guilt as Kai sighed again.

" Listen, Aichi. No one will think you're some sort of freak, trust me. I'm already fine with it, so I don't see why the others wouldn't be the same."

" But..."

" No buts. I'll call them up."

" N-No, please!"

" What's there to be afraid of, Aichi? Trust me, they won't mind it."

" I..."

" ... Alright. I'll call them up one by one. At least it's better than having a load of questions needing to be answered in one shot, but that's as much as I can let you hesitate, understand?"

Aichi thought about it before slowly nodding. Kai nodded as he went to get the first person up. Naomi dashed into the room after he was called as he grabbed Aichi by his shoulders.

" I'm so glad you're alright, Aichi! Were you not feeling well or something?"

" N-No..."

" Aichi. Go on."

Aichi looked down again as he hesitated. Slowly, he moved his bang to reveal his right eye as Naoki's eyes widened and the grip on his shoulders were released. Seeing his reaction, Aichi quickly hid it away but before he knew it, Naoki grabbed his shoulders again and shook him a little.

" That's so cool! What is that?! A new kind of contact lenses or somethin'?!"

" H-Huh?"

" Wait, is that why you didn't come to school? Why? Did something happen to your eye?"

" I-It's permanent, I think... I just woke up one day with this eye..."

" ... I see. Then that's why you avoided us?"

" ... Yeah..."

" It's gonna be fine! You look normal! There's nothing to be worried about!"

" I... I don't know..."

" Man, we've been worried about you! Don't do that ever again!"

" Y-Yeah... Thank you, Naoki-kun..."

Kai called the others up after Naoki went back to the living room one by one as Aichi was soon back to his usual self after seeing that his friends all gave the same worried reactions. Soon, he and Kai were left alone in his room again.

" ... Thank you, Kai-kun..."

" You don't have to. You didn't have to worry about anything after all, right?"

" Yeah..."

" Glad that's solved. What will you do now?"

" I don't know... I might start going to school again, but hiding this eye..."

" Don't worry, just act natural and hide it behind your bangs again. Just don't get too careless and accidentally reveal the eye."

" R-Right..."

Kai then sighed as he rubbed his elbow. Aichi noticed and immediately got up.

" I-I'm sorry! Did you injure yourself from that fall?"

" Just a little bruise and ache, nothing much."

Aichi approached him and rolled up Kai's sleeves.

" Hey!"

" I-I'm sorry! I-I just want to see if there's anything I can do to help..."

Aichi noticed the tiny bruise on Kai's elbow and looked on in worry. He touched the bruise a little as light leaked out of his hand and before they knew it, Kai's bruise was healed. Kai gasped as he stared at his elbow, now healed.

" How did you..."

" Huh?"

" You healed me..."

" I... did?"

" You don't know?"

" No..."

" ... Never mind. Let's ignore what I said. So, are you ready to head down to see your family?"

" O-Oh, right..."

" Come on."

They headed down together as Aichi hid his eye again before they went into the living room. They came up with a reason for Aichi's behavior while Aichi constantly apologised for worrying them. Soon, the sun started to set and the others had to leave. Aichi thanked them and waved them off before heading back into his house. That was when he saw that his phone had received a message as he read it.

' Meet me at the park - Kai'

" Kai-kun?... Mother, I'm heading out for a bit!"

" Where are you going?"

" The park. Kai-kun said he wanted to meet me for awhile."

" Well, alright. Don't take too long."

" Yeah! I'll be heading out now!"

" Be careful!"

" I will!"

Aichi quickly made his way to the park while making sure his eye was carefully covered. Once he'd arrived, Kai was seen sitting on his usual bench as Aichi approached him.

" Kai-kun."

" You came."

" Yeah. I... really need to thank you for all you've done for me."

" It's nothing. You didn't want to open up to them so easily, so I had to do something."

" I'm sorry..."

" There's nothing to apologise about. If you don't mind, I had already sent a letter to Souryu about your eye."

" But they're back at the island, right?"

" Yeah. Hopefully, he can receive my letter and give me an answer soon. But that's not why I called you here..."

" It's... not?"

" ... Aichi. I have something to confess to you."

" To me?"

" ... Aichi. I... I like you."

" H-Huh?"

" I like you, Aichi. No, not just like... I love you, Aichi."

" Kai-kun..."

" Ever since I gave you Blaster Blade, I've been in love with you. I kept thinking about you even when I moved out, about how I wanted to protect you, that fragile child you were that day. When we met again, I was glad. You've gained courage and strength from the card I gave you. So... I want to protect you this time too. I want to shield you from all the bad things that might happen and always stay by your side when you need it. I won't leave you again."

" ... Kai-kun... I love you too... Ever since we met... I'd never thought someone would be so kind to me... So when you gave me Blaster Blade, it became my treasure to remember you by and it was a wish to one day be able to fight you. It has already came true and I couldn't have asked for anything more..."

" So... We..."

" Let's be together."

" Yeah. I promise, I'll always protect you."

" Me too."

Kai parted Aichi's bangs and leaned in. They kissed for a few moments before releasing and Kai stared at Aichi's glowing eye.

" Don't worry, Aichi. We'll figure out a way to do something about it."

" It's fine. Don't worry about me."

" ... Let me escort you to school and back home from now on. I want to make sure I keep to my promise."

" You don't really have to."

" I'd feel assured that way too. Please, Aichi."

" ... Alright."

Kai nodded as they looked up at the night sky together. Before long, Aichi had to leave to head back home for dinner. While Kai escorted him back home, he was also persuaded by Shizuka to stay over for dinner. Once dinner was over, Kai thanked the Sendou family for the meal before leaving for his house. The next morning, as he'd promised, Kai was waiting at the gates of Aichi's house as they left together to Miyaji High.

" How are you feeling?"

" Nothing too different. I mean, even with this eye, nothing weird really happens."

" I see. That's a relief."

" Yeah."

They soon arrived at the entrance of Miyaji High as they waved each other off before Aichi headed to his classroom.

" Good morning!"

While he was greeted by stares, he proceeded to his desk and sat down after putting his bag down.

" Aichi, morning!"

" Good morning, Sendou-kun!"

" Good morning, Naoki-kun, Shingo-kun!"

" You feeling better?"

" Yeah, thanks to everyone yesterday."

" Great! We can finally fight without any worries now! Oh right. Kourin said that she won't be coming today for school but she'll try to make it for the club."

" She must be really busy."

" She's an idol after all. It isn't easy to keep a balance at school life too."

" That's true. But I bet she still doesn't know about that eye either... I mean, she was also busy yesterday..." Naoki whispered

" Yeah... Just asking, why is everyone staring at me like that?"

" ... Aichi, you've been gone for a few days, three days to be exact, and then you come back while hiding an eye, what do you think they'll think?"

" O-Oh... Right..."

" You really are dense..."

The bell rang after that as they went back to their seats and got ready for lesson. Once lessons ended, Aichi sighed in relief as he managed to keep up with what he'd missed while he was at home. Soon, classes ended as he proceeded to the club room.

" Hello!"

" Yo!"

" Hello!"

" Hello, you three. Glad to have you back, Aichi."

" Yes!"

" Seriously, while you were gone, the Student Council still wasn't letting us have a break!"

" They must think that without Sendou-kun, this club wouldn't be able to hold up."

" I'm sorry, everyone."

" It's fine! We understand!"

" Thank you."

" Oh, right! While you weren't here, we applied for the VF High School Championship."

" VF High School Championship?"

" That's right!"

They started explaining to Aichi about the VF High School Championship after that.

" That sounds like fun!"

" Right?! We already signed up so we were thinking of going to another school for a reconnaissance!"

" We'll be going to Fukuhara High School. It's an elite private school."

" Oh, I guess we can do that. When will we be going there?"

" Right now!"

" Huh?!"

" We already planned it when you said you were comin' back! Come on! Kourin's right outside waitin'!"

" O-Okay!"

They met Kourin at the gates after that as they started their walk to Fukuhara High.

" So, what exactly happened you, Aichi?"

" O-Oh... Well..."

" There's no one around. We'll keep watch, so don't worry."

" Y-Yeah..."

Aichi showed Kourin his right eye as she gasped. Aichi quickly covered it up after worrying about any passerby.

" What happened to your eye?"

" I don't know... I woke up and suddenly, there it was... There's still no side effects, so..."

" ... I'll ask Takuto once I get back."

" It's fine! Since there's nothing happening to me, I don't think it's something we need to be worried about!"

" But it's definitely not normal. I'll just see what he has to say about that mark but I won't say that I saw it from you until he seems to have found something out."

" Well... Then, thank you very much, Kourin-san."

" It's no problem."

They arrived at Fukuhara High School soon after as they were surprised to find out that the school was built for some students from Foo Fighters HQ. They then met Leon after watching his fight with Asaka as they greeted him. Naoki was then asked to challenge Suiko, who he'd provoked by accident without his knowledge. Leon sighed as he went over to Aichi.

" ... Other than that, Sendou... We need to talk."

" Oh... Right..."

They went to a part of the room where lesser people were as Leon observed Aichi's hidden eye.

" Toshiki Kai told me about your situation, and since I had to come here for the VF High School Championship, I figured I would see to your problem. Let me see it."

" Y-Yeah..."

Aichi brushed his bang aside for Leon to see his eye as Leon's eyes narrowed.

" It even changed your eye's original colour... Tell me, did anything else happen after that thing appeared?"

" Well... Oh. Yesterday, I pushed Kai-kun and he had a bruise on his elbow. But then when I touched it... It suddenly disappeared. Kai-kun then said something weird... He said that I healed the bruise or something along those lines."

" Healed?"

" Yeah... I mean, I would've known too if I did do that but I don't remember it at all."

" ... What were you feeling when you saw that bruise?"

" I was really worried and sorry that it had happened to him... It was my fault after all..."

" I see... I wonder..."

" Leon-kun?"

" It's nothing. I'll be doing my own research about this. For now, try not to let anyone see that."

" Y-Yeah..."

" Well then, let's look forward to the VF High School Championship for now. Don't worry about that eye."

" Yeah!"

Aichi went back to the others after thanking Leon as he frowned.

" His wind seems to be carrying a heavy fate..." Leon thought

Soon, they left after meeting Ren for a brief moment as Aichi saw Kai by the gates and waved to him.

" Kai-kun!"

" Why is he here?"

" I don't know."

" Why are you here?"

" I got a message from Ren saying that you were here. Shall we head back?"

" O-Oh, yeah! Then, I'll be going now, everyone!"

" Be careful, Aichi!"

" I will! See you guys tomorrow!"

" Yeah!"

Both left the premises together as it was silence while the two intertwined their hands. Aichi blushed a little after realising that they were still in public.

" I-Is this really alright, Kai-kun?"

" What is?"

" Us outside here and holding hands..."

" Of course it's fine. There's no need to worry about the ones around us."

" A-Alright..."

" I saw Leon. So, did he say anything?"

" Nothing much. He just asked me about my eye and that he would do his own research about it."

" I see. I guess we can leave it to him for now."

" Yeah. I told Kourin-san too and she said she'll try to ask Takuto-kun but she won't exactly say that she knew this from me until Takuto-kun will seem like he knows something."

" That's good. The sooner we find out, the better."

" I guess..."

" Don't worry. I'll be here to protect you if anything happens. If someone happens to see that eye, I'll just shut them up."

" D-Don't do that!"

" Why not?"

" Just don't! You'll get in trouble!"

" Like I care. All I care about is your safety."

" W-Well... Thank you, Kai-kun."

" ... Then I can shut them up?"

" With violence?"

" That'll be the last resort."

" Definitely not!"

And so, they walked back to Aichi's home while continuing to talk about the topic of whether Kai should resort to violence if necessary... Meanwhile, Kourin had arrived back at the Tatsunagi building an hour ago and showered. She then changed into her pajamas as she saw Takuto in the living room sipping his tea.

" Oh, Kourin! Did you have fun today too?"

" Yeah. Oh, right. We learned something in history lesson today. I just want to inquire about it."

" What is it? And why ask about history from me?"

" You read a ton of books in your study after all. Just look..."

Kourin took out a pen and paper as she drew the symbol that was on Aichi's eye before showing it to Takuto.

" The Sensei said the symbol was an old ancient history so nothing much was known, so I thought you might know about it... Takuto?"

Takuto had a shocked expression after he was shown the symbol as he took the paper from Kourin.

" Where did you see this?"

" History lesson..."

" I wanted to play along with you since you seemed enthusiastic but I should just get straight to the point. You never went to school today, so how did you know about this symbol?"

" So you know about it?"

" ... Yes."

" It appeared in Aichi's right eye. Remember? I told you he didn't show up for school for three days. He returned today and showed me that eye."

" His right eye?! Then what about his left eye?!"

" It's still normal but his right eye turned yellow. Takuto, what do you know about this?"

" ... Can't really say for certain but if that really is the symbol you've seen then..."

Takuto stood up after saying that as Kourin stood up as well.

" Hey, Takuto!"

" I need to confirm something, so for now, don't alert him."

" But..."

" Please, Kourin... I'll make sure to inform him myself about his situation but don't say anything yet.:

" Alright..."

Takuto went into his study room as he took out a book and sighed.

" It's just too soon... This just can't be..."

The book cover had the same symbol as Aichi's right eye as it had an unknown language written inside.

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