The new story is out!
Happy Birthday, Aichi! My number one favourite character! I hope you return to the anime someday!
one is a bit more rushed than the other because the quality of the plot started going downhill around the middle of the story. Anyways, that was a slight warning. I hope you enjoy thing chapter out of 9.
While Aichi was still influenced by Psyqualia and he was card fighting against Bidou from Team Brilliant Stars. As he was about to win he felt a strange sensation, like a new power was awakening inside him. When he won, Bidou was on his knees and shocked.
"You see, I'm stronger than you. Just like I told you." Aichi bragged, Bidou looked up and their eyes met.
"Have you realized that I'm stronger than you yet?" Aichi asked. Bidou stood up and bowed. Aichi looked at him with a devious smile with some confusion in his eyes.
"You are stronger than me. I've realized that." Bidou answered. He stood straight again there was confusion and fear in his eyes, like something strange was happening. Aichi walked off of the stage chuckling as he joined his team. Misaki, Kamui and Emi looked at him with terrified eye after watching his fight. He completely crushed Bidou. She could tell that something happened after seeing Bidou admit he was weaker.
"Aichi, why did you get out of bed? You still need to rest." Emi asked. Their eyes met and Emi looked in fear.
"Be quiet, Emi. Without me, this team wouldn't have moved on." Aichi answered. Emi wanted to reply, but the words wouldn't come out of her mouth. Tears ran down her cheek.
"Bro! You can't say that to Miss. Emi!" Kamui shouted.
"Yea, you shouldn't say that to your little sister!" Misaki agreed while comforting Emi.
"Your attitude really stunk after you got that deck! Go back to your old self!" Kamui added. Aichi turned to them and they saw his fearsome eyes. Without a word he turned around and walked out the door.
Emi continued to cry, but she was now crying out. "What happened to Aichi?" She asked while crying.
"It's okay, Emi. Don't cry." Misaki comforted.
"We will find a way to kick some sense into him and bring him back." Kamui reassured.
Aichi walked out of the room to find Ren and Tetsu waiting there. Aichi didn't seem to care as he walked pass them without even acknowledging they were there.
"Good job, Aichi. Now that you beat Bidou, you have met the requirements to join Team Asteroid. You will never be truly strong until you agree to play for me." Ren said.
Aichi turned to them. "I don't need your help. I've already become so strong. You will drag me behind, so you might as well just leave." He replied. Ren started walking out as Tetsu looked confused.
"Hey, Ren! Where are you going?" Tetsu asked. He followed, leaving Aichi alone in the hallway.
"That was weird. No matter, I'll just go home." Aichi thought. He left and took a taxi home.
Ren got to his watching room and looked around stunned. Tetsu was right behind him. "What happened to me?" Ren asked.
"You just got up and left without saying a word. You should be the one that answers that question." Tetsu answered. Ren looked confused.
"It was like my body was moving on its own. I couldn't do anything." Ren replied. "Aichi might be more interesting than I thought."
~The Next Day~
Aichi heard Blaster Dark's voice and followed it, but he bumped into Kourin instead. He rode on her motorcycle and arrived at the underground fighting grounds. Kai was there waiting and Kamui, Miwa and Misaki were there too.
"Aichi, got that new deck with you? I challenge you to a card fight." Kai challenged.
Aichi looked at Kai in surprise and excitement. "So you finally understand how strong I've gotten?" He asked.
"No. Aichi Sendou. You have gotten weaker." Kai answered. "Fight me and you will find out."
"Kai… Why can't you acknowledge I am stronger? Tell me I've gotten stronger! I am not the same weakling as before? I'm stronger now! Stronger than you!" Aichi shouted, he stood on the other side of the table and Kai seemed to be holding something back.
"You've gotten stronger!" Kai blurted out. Aichi looked at him with surprise. The rest also had the same look. Kai was shocked at what happened. "Why did I need to say that?"
"So you do admit it, but since you insisted. I'll still card fight you. I'll crush you under my feet." Aichi replied with a smirk. They placed their decks onto the table and drew their starting hands.
"I don't what you did to make me say that, but those tricks won't work. Because I'm going to beat you." Kai said.
"What are you talking about? You said that on your own without my help." Aichi replied with an insincere smile. Kai gritted his teeth after seeing what Aichi has become. "Now that he mentioned it. Kai wouldn't say that. He isn't that kind of person. But what happened to make him say that?"
At the end of the battle, Aichi held Blaster Blade close to him as tears ran down his face. Kai revealed a small smile, after seeing his friend back to normal.
"It seems it worked out after all." Miwa said. "But Kai saying that Aichi got stronger. That isn't something he would say or is ever going to until Aichi got back to his senses."
"I'm sorry…" Aichi apologized while crying, as Misaki and Kamui walked to him. "I said some mean stuff to not just you, but everyone around me. I'm so sorry…"
Misaki and Kamui comforted him, by patting his back. "Don't sweat it, bro." Kamui assured.
"Yea, at least your are back to being the person we know and love." Misaki added.
After a while, after Aichi calmed down they started to leave. Before Aichi left, Kai pulled him back. Aichi turned around to see Kai with a curious and confused face.
"Aichi, what was that power that made me tell you, 'you've gotten stronger'?" Kai asked. Aichi looked confused too.
"I didn't do anything. I don't know what happened either." Aichi answered.
"Maybe you can do it again. Look me in the eyes again, and tell me to say it again." Kai suggested.
Aichi did as told and their eyes met. "Tell me I've gotten stronger." He ordered.
Kai was holding back the words again, but he released the words in the end. "You've gotten stronger." He blurted out again. "Okay, tell me to do something."
"Okay, give me your deck." Aichi ordered. Kai took out his deck and handed it to Aichi. He took it and Kai was able to move freely again. "What is this?" Aichi looked at his hands with fear.
"This is strange, you weren't always able to do that until now." Kai replied. Aichi handed back the deck to him.
"I see so it is a special ability, huh?" A voice said. They turned to the voice and it was Ren.
"Ren!" Kai exclaimed standing in between Ren and Aichi.
Ren held out Blaster Dark. "Thanks to him, I was able to track you down and listen to your conversation." He informed with an evil smile. Aichi looked at him in fear.
"Ren! Stop using Psyqualia, it is wrong. That power is fake." Aichi said, while looking into his eyes.
Ren laughed. "Make me, Aichi. You are far too weak in your current state. You needed this power to be strong enough to beat me. Without it, you are just a helpless child." He replied coldly.
"That power didn't work?" Aichi asked himself.
"We'll settle it in the National finals. The reason I'm here is to crush Kai and show him how weak and helpless he really is." Ren said. Kai sent a glare at him and took out his deck.
"Fine, Ren. If it is a battle you want then so be it." Kai accepted.
Aichi looked at them with a worried face. "Are you sure about this Kai?" He asked.
"We should have some stacks, Kai. If you lose, you should lose something bigger than just the card fight." Ren suggested.
Kai glared. "What did you have in mind?" He asked.
Ren smiled and turned his eyes to Aichi. He jumped as Ren set eyes on him. "I thought you lost another close friend, but it seems you managed to keep him in reach, close enough to pull him back. But by doing that you took away the power that meant everything to him. I want to teach Aichi a lesson about power and make him join Team Asteroid." Ren answered. He can see the fear in Aichi's eyes, upon seeing Aichi's eyes he laughed.
Kai turned to Aichi, saw his face and turned back to Ren. "Not a chance." He replied.
"Fine, then. If I win, you will never pick up a deck ever again." Ren replied.
After a pause, Kai responded with, "Fine." After hearing that Aichi looked at Kai in shock. "But I won't lose, when I win you will go back to the person you use to be before you got Psyqualia."
"Kai! No! If you lose, you won't be able to play anymore." Aichi said.
"Aichi, this isn't your fight. If you don't want to watch, then leave." Kai replied coldly. Aichi became quiet. The sun was starting to go down.
"Actually, let's have our fight tomorrow, after the tournament at Asteroid Headquarters. Aichi, you should come watch the fight. I'm sure you want to see Kai get crushed once and for all, after that if you still don't want to join Team Asteroid. I'll just crush you the next day, in front of the whole audience. You know, assuming you will make it to the finals." Ren said with an evil smirk. "I'll see you tomorrow. Enjoy, your last day of card fighting… Kai."
Ren left, leaving Kai and Aichi. "Are you sure about that fight, Kai?" Aichi asked again.
"Yes. That is something I need to do." Kai answered. They walked together back. It was quiet all the way to the intersection.
"Umm… Kai, thank you for showing me the way." Aichi thanked. While the green light was still up for Kai, he walked away holding his hand out to say bye and put his hand back in his pocket as he got out of sight. Aichi smiled as he waited for his green light.
Suddenly it seemed like time froze. Aichi looked around him, nothing was moving. A light appeared and a platinum blond haired girl, brunette boy, blue-grey haired boy and a blond girl came out of the light. After the light disappeared everything started moving again. The green light turned and Aichi walked to the other side, pretending he didn't see what happened.
"Who were those people?" Aichi thought to himself. The four seemed to be following him.
"That's him. The person, Kumagami located." The platinum blond haired girl said fairly quietly. Aichi was turning to his house's block and walked to his doorstep, unlocked the door, walked in and locked it again.
"Nao, you should use your ability to get him and Yu take over his body temporary until we get far enough away." The blue-grey haired boy suggested.
"Don't you remember the ability Kumagami told us he had? 'King's power'." The brunette now known as Yu reminded.
"It's quite simple actually." The platinum blond haired girl now known as Nao replied. She pointed at her eye. "Don't make direct eye contact with him."
"You know about this power?" The blond girl asked.
"Yes, it is a very powerful one. Bending people's will, I read up on it awhile ago. Also using King's power, the ability user can only give orders that are possible. If the order was to win rock, paper, scissors it won't affect you." Nao explained.
The door opened and Aichi's mother, Shizuka walked out with the garbage, she noticed the four. "Oh, hello. Shouldn't all of you be going home?" She asked. She noticed something. "I never seen those uniforms before. Are you from here?"
Nao thought and got an idea. "Actually, we aren't really familiar with this area. Since it is dark, it really isn't helping." She answered.
"You can stay here if you don't mind. It is already dark and we have extra room in our house for all of you to sleep." Shizuka suggested.
The four bowed. "Thank you, we will greatly appreciate it." They all said together. They walked inside and took off their shoes.
"Oh, I heard from mom that you all were staying tonight. How about having dinner too?" Emi asked. They smiled at each other and nodded as they sat down on a chair at the dinner table.
Shizuka walked to the bottom of the staircase. "Aichi! Dinner's ready, come down!" She called.
"Okay, mom! I'll be down in a second." Aichi replied. She walked back into the kitchen and sat down. The four waited to see his actual face. As Aichi walked down the stairs he was shocked to see more people at the dinner table.
"Oh! Who are all of those people?" Aichi asked. He was holding onto his Royal Paladin deck, seemed like he was making changes before going down.
"They were outside in the cold, so I thought that they can stay here for the night." Shizuka answered. Aichi took his seat on the table and placed his deck on the table. Emi looked relieved after seeing Blaster Blade on the top of the deck.
They started eating. "How about everyone introduced themselves?" Shizuka suggested.
"Hello, my name is Emi and this is my big brother, Aichi. He is really shy at times, I hope all of you become friends with him." Emi said.
"Emi…" Aichi said.
"My name is Jojiro." The blue-grey boy introduced.
"My name is Yusa." The blonde said with a pose.
"My name is Nao." Nao added.
"And I'm Yu." Yu finished.
"Nice to meet you all." Shizuka said. Aichi finished quickly and stood up going upstairs. "Aichi, one of the four is going to stay in your room."
"Okay, mom. I'm going to my room." Aichi replied.
"Why, is he in such a rush?" Shizuka asked with a sigh.
"He probably wanted to fix his deck before tomorrow's tournament game. Lately, he's been fixated on Vanguard." Emi answered. She pulled out a deck of her own and looked at it.
"What is that, exactly?" Jojiro asked.
"CardFight! Vanguard, a really popular card game." Emi answered as they all finished.
"Yu, you should go to Aichi and tell him you are staying in his room." Nao said with a wink as it was the perfect time to get him.
"That's a good idea. He is upstairs first door to the right." Shizuka instructed. Yu got up from his seat and left the kitchen and walked upstairs.
"This person has the power to bend people's wills. But he doesn't seem out of the ordinary." Yu thought. He reached the top and heard a phone ringing.
"Hello?" Aichi asked picking up the phone.
"Kai?"
"Yea, it's Aichi."
"None of that happened yet, but I didn't exactly test it out."
"I know, I will never use it for my own benefits."
"Is he talking about his ability?" Yu thought.
"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow then."
"Bye." The call closed. Yu knocked on the door and Aichi opened it.
"Oh, Yu right? What did you need?" Aichi asked looking him in the eye. Yu quickly turned away and Aichi looked at him confused. "Is something wrong?"
"No, nothing is wrong. I'm just staying in your room for the night." Yu answered while still having his head turned. A sweat dropped from Aichi's head.
"Okay… Make yourself at home." Aichi replied while letting him in. He placed his phone on his desk and gathered all his card together. He put them in his deck case after and put it in his drawer. "I'm going to shower. Ask Emi if you need anything."
Aichi left to the washroom and Yu was left in there alone. "He is the kind of guy we need to working with…" Yu thought. He opened the drawer and saw Aichi's deck case and another deck. He quietly took the decks out and looked at them.
Before long, Aichi came back in in his pajamas and a towel around his neck. Yu didn't have enough time to put it away again and Aichi saw him. "Hey! What are you doing with my deck?" Aichi asked. Yu didn't notice he was looking him in the eye. "Give it back."
Yu's body moved on its own and give the deck back to him. He noticed what he did and quickly put his deck on the table. "So that is the King's power." Yu thought. "I'll make my move when everyone is asleep."
It was getting late and everyone got to bed. Aichi was sleeping on the floor while Yu was sleeping on his bed.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that." Aichi apologized quietly. "Right now I can't exactly control that. Please don't tell anyone." Yu got up from the bed and Nao, Jojiro and Yusa walked into the room. Aichi was startled.
"Sorry for the surprise, but what you did to Yu was a special ability. Yours is called 'King's Power'." Nao explained.
Yusa seemed to have changed personalities (Misa). "You are coming with us." She said in a different, more serious tone. Yu used his ability to take control of another person's body, but Aichi's body rejected him from entering.
"I can't enter." Yu whispered. Aichi looked the table and Blaster Blade was glowing. He walked to his deck and picked them up.
Aichi looked at them with a serious face. "Who are you guys? And what do you want with me?" He asked.
"We will answer you outside. We need to be completely alone to explain all of this." Jojiro replied. They walked out the room and out the door. They were quiet enough to walk outside without anyone waking up.
"What is this about? Where did all of you come from?" Aichi asked.
"First, you need to understand what your power is. Your power is the King's power. It allows you to bend people's will and force them to do what you order them to do. You have to give possible orders to their target and you also need to look at them straight in the eye." Nao explained.
"Possible commands? Does that mean telling Ren to stop using Psyqualia is impossible?" Aichi asked himself. "Controlling people? Bending people's will? What are you talking about?"
"I know you know you have an ability, I heard you talk on the phone with a friend." Yu answered.
"You may be really confused now, but if you come with us we will clear everything up." Jojiro said.
"I'm not going. I don't need all the answers, I have something important to do tomorrow and I don't want to leave." Aichi replied.
"You are in danger right now. If anyone finds out about your power, they will try to use you." Nao warned.
"I don't care. Go back to where ever you came from." Aichi ordered. His power worked on Nao and she was about to call on the portal again.
"Nao!" Jojiro called. Yu took control of her body for a second, then released her. King's Power was negated.
"I don't think you understand. Your power isn't from this world and it doesn't belong here, people will try to capture you and use it for their own benefits." Yu repeated.
"It seems that the place you are talking about is different from here. Vanguard is what protects me here." Aichi replied.
"Okay! Okay! Fine! I'm done wasting my time here." Misa said impatiently. She left in the portal looking angry.
"We better leave too. Since Misa went we should go too." Jojiro suggested. He was about to leave too.
"Wait! What about my parents and sister? They would ask where you all went." Aichi asked.
"Don't worry about that, we'll have a friend come and erase their memory." Nao said while closing her camera that she was carrying the entire time. After they left, Aichi went back inside and to bed. Just as Nao said, someone did come and erase his parent's memory and left.
~Morning~
Aichi and the rest of Team Q4 went to the national tournament bright and early. The opening of the final single elimination tournament started.
Ren walked on stage after the briefing. "I would like to be the first to congratulate everyone for making it this far in the National Tournament… But it was a waste of time because there is not a team in here that can defeat this Team Asteroid line up." Ren gloated.
Kai glared at him once he said that. "Ren…" He scrunched his hand into a fist. Aichi looked at him with worry writen over his whole face.
"I know some teams here think they can beat us. If you are one of those teams you have to face reality. None of you have enough talent to get any higher than runner up. I can't wait until I see which one of your weak teams I will be facing in the finals." Ren continued with a laugh as he got off the stage after throwing the microphone back to MC Mya.
"Well… Thank you… Ren Suzugamori everyone!" MC Mya said trying to get some applause or cheers. No one did.
Ren was about to walked past Team Q4 to regroup with his team. But Aichi stopped him, before he did holding out a deck. "It was wrong of me to accept this, I realized thanks to my friends that I don't need the Shadow Paladins. And I don't need your help." Aichi said while moving the deck closer to him.
Ren got his mad face on and knocked Aichi off his feet and the cards dropped everywhere on the floor. His Royal Paladins that he was holding him his jacket pocket also slipped out and the deck case landed on the floor. "Aichi, are you trying to provoke me? Just keep the deck because you will be using it once again very soon." Ren replied with Psyqualia appearing and disappearing in his eyes. Aichi looked at him with fear, but with a spec of determination in his eyes.
Ren walked past him stepping on his deck case as he walked past. Kamui and Misaki was holding in the anger, Kai was also trying to keep his cool.
Kamui exploded as he saw a smile on Ren's face. "So you think you're a tough guy?!" He shouted. Aichi started picking up all the cards that fell and Misaki looked at him with worry.
"And who do you think you are?" Asaka asked.
"You can't treat my teammate like that." Misaki replied. Aichi finished picking up his deck and Ren picked up the last card on the ground.
"Aichi, soon you will understand everything about power and that the only way to beat me is by using that." Ren said while using his Psyqualia, he handed the card back to Aichi. For a split second, Aichi was teleported to Cray and Blaster Dark was standing in front of him. When he woke up back on Earth, he flipped the card and it was Blaster Dark.
Before Aichi could say anything back, Team Asteroid was already far away. "Ren..."
They sweeped most of the battles, but the battle with Team Caesar was tricky. Aichi's ability never activated that day and he was holding back his Psyqualia as he was fighting. He ended up winning against Koutei and making Team Q4 move on to the finals.
Before Team Q4 went to the bleachers to watch Team Asteroid vs Team Brilliant Stars. Team Caesar wanted to talk to them.
"Hey, Aichi. That was a great fight." Koutei said.
"Thank you, Koutei. It was fun." Aichi replied. Team Caesar looked at each other and smiled.
"We realized that you are using Royal Paladins again. Since the beginning of Nationals you were acting different, so we just wanted to talk." Yuri pointed out.
Aichi smiled. "Yea, I wasn't myself in the beginning of the tournament, but now I feel refreshed." Aichi replied.
"Aichi, Kamui, Misaki, Kai… Have fun, but watch yourselves in the finals. You are up again a really strong opponents." Koutei warned. Team Q4 nodded at them and they left to watch the two Team Asteroid teams face off against each other.
"They are crushing the Brilliant Stars this badly?" Misaki asked. Kai looked at the fight with a glare. Aichi looked inside the Team room and through the glass he saw Ren watching him completely ignoring the battle in front of him.
"Kai, Ren is watching us instead of the fight." Aichi whispered to Kai. He didn't seem to care in the slightest.
"Just ignore him and watch the fight." Kai replied. Aichi turned to the fight and started watching. The Brilliant Stars didn't stand a chance against Team Asteroid. The finals were tomorrow, Team Q4 against Team Asteroid.
~That Night~
Kai and Aichi walked together to Asteroid Headquarters. When they entered they were greeted by Tetsu.
"You're both here. Ren has been waiting for you, Aichi and… Kai." Tetsu seemed to have a grudge against Kai because he isolated Kai's name from the rest of the sentence. Aichi felt the tension as they walked down a series of hallways before reaching the room Ren and Asaka were in.
The door slid open and Aichi already felt his Psyqualia before he entered. He took a step back and bumped into Tetsu, who was right behind him. "I'm sorry." Aichi apologized turning around and bowing to Tetsu.
"It's fine, Sendou. You seem uneasy. Is it because of Ren's Psyqualia?" Tetsu asked. Aichi nodded and walked to the railing to watch as they got ready for the fight.
"Kai, you must really want me to go back to my weak self, since you are willing to put card fighting on the line. You took this wonderful power away from Aichi, but I have much more experience with this power than him. Do you really think you can beat me?" Ren asked.
"I finally acquired the level of strength to defeat that power." Kai answered.
"Oh, really?" Ren replied
"Aichi, watch this fight carefully." Kai said.
"Okay…" Aichi replied.
"You know, Kai. The only reason I'm using this power is because of you. When you were still apart of the team, all you wanted to do was win. I wanted to win for you and I accepted this wonderful gift. If you think about it Aichi was the same. After being defeated by Asaka and Tetsu in the last National Tournament, he wanted to become stronger so that you can get your revenge. He wanted to fight you and stand as your equal. You really should be more considerate for the people around you." Ren explained.
"That's not true, Kai!" Aichi denied.
"Then why did you want more power?" Ren asked immediately later. Aichi didn't know what to say and Ren smiled. "See even I can see the feeling of your teammate more than you can."
"It doesn't matter how much you understand how they feel, if you give them a false power. Psyqualia is wrong, it gives you an unfair advantage. A strong card fighter wouldn't need those advantages." Kai responded.
"That is enough talk, I think. Let's get to the fight." Ren said.
Aichi watched them in worry as they stood up their vanguards. "Kai, don't lose." He repeated.
"Quit worrying, Aichi. There is no way I'll lose this battle." Kai replied.
~After the Fight~
Kai lost.
Ren laughed in satisfaction as Kai went on his knees and punched the floor. Aichi ran down from the higher level stairs and towards Kai. "Shows you for resisting. You thought you would be able to beat me, but it is impossible as we've just proved." Ren said as he stood in front of Kai as Aichi was trying to help him up.
"Kai, get up." Aichi said in worry. Kai pushed him away and he hitted Asaka who was behind him.
"Leave me alone!" Kai shouted.
Aichi looked at him with wide open eyes, he held his deck in his hands. "I'm sorry, Kai. I didn't mean to make you…" His voice drifted as he said it and ended up not coming out.
Kai looked back at him. Ren took Kai's deck from the table and laughed. "The End, huh? Doesn't seem to end anything other than your vanguard career." Ren said.
"No! Kai can't stop card fighting!" Aichi shouted.
"You were there when we made the stakes, Aichi. He lost fair and square and he promised he will stop card fighting if he lost." Ren replied
"Okay, I'll join your team! I'll join your team! Just let Kai keep card fighting!" Aichi cried. He repeated himself to make sure Ren got the message.
"Really now?" Ren asked. While standing face to face with Aichi, he looked at Ren with fearful eyes.
"Aichi, don't bother. I am the one who lost the battle, I will accept the-" Kai was cut off by Aichi.
"Don't give me that! If you stop card fighting, I would not know what to do. You are the only reason why I am the person I am here and now! I can't stand the thought of you quitting Vanguard!" Aichi said as his eyes glistened with tears.
"Awww, what a meaningful moment, but I still want to crush you in front of everyone Aichi. I want you to accept the power and use it at full extend by the time the battle ends. At the end of the battle, I will accept you as a fellow teammate." Ren explained. "Looks like you were saved, Kai. But this is the price of your actions."
Ren left and Asaka and Tetsu followed afterwards. Aichi and Kai were left to show themselves out. "Aichi… Why did you do that?" Kai asked.
"This is a way I can thank you for all you've done for me. This is a small price if it means that you can continue card fighting." Aichi answered.
"I'm sorry, Aichi. If only I beat him." Kai apologized, so frustrated that he hit the fight table.
"Maybe if I beat him tomorrow. I will be able to do something." Aichi said.
"Watch yourself tomorrow." Kai warned as they left Asteroid Headquarters.
~The Next Day~
"It's finally time for the match everyone's been waiting for. It is a face off between Team Asteroid and Team Quadrifolio." MC Miya announced in his microphone. Both teams have just arrived in their rooms. Aichi looked out the window to the other side and Ren was smiling at him as his eyes made contact with Ren.
"Is something wrong Aichi?" Misaki asked.
"Yea, bro. Are you feeling sick or anything?" Kamui asked.
"If you aren't feeling well, you shouldn't play." Shin added.
"No, it's nothing. I was just wondering why Kai didn't show up yet." Aichi answered.
"Yea, where is that jerk in the match that matters the most?" Kamui asked.
"Maybe something happened." Misaki guessed.
Aichi remembered last night vividly and a sad look appeared on his face. Shin, Misaki and Kamui looked at each other worried. "He probably doesn't want to see Ren after yesterday. " He thought.
The door opened and Kai walked into the room. "Hey! Jerk! You're late!" Kamui shouted. Aichi's face brightened when he heard Kamui.
"Kai! You came!" Aichi exclaimed happily.
"Should we leave Ren to Kai?" Misaki asked.
"No, Aichi will handle Ren." Kai answered.
"Do you think you're too weak, jerk?" Kamui asked with a smile. Kai didn't answered the question as his face darkened a little. Misaki turned to Kamui in anger and he panicked.
"I will defeat Ren no matter what it takes, Kai. I won't let you down." Aichi said.
Kai turned his head away from Aichi. "Yea…" He replied.
"Would the first fighters please make their way on the stage." An announcement announced.
"Asaka is probably up first." Kai said. "Tokura, you wanted to card fight her?"
"Go for it Misaki!" Aichi, Kamui and Shin cheered. Misaki walked out and onto the stage and met up with Asaka who was on the other side.
"So you are my opponent again." Asaka said. Misaki didn't answer. "I was expecting someone stronger like Toshiki Kai. But after yesterday, I don't blame him for not wanting to fight another Asteroid member. Plus after today you will lose your strongest member to us."
"What are you talking about?" Misaki asked. No one seemed to be able to hear their conversation.
"He didn't tell you? Aichi Sendou will be joining Team Asteroid after the finals." Asaka answered.
Misaki turned behind and looked at Aichi in shock. "Aichi… Is what?" Misaki asked.
"Ren invited him to be the fourth member of Team Asteroid. He refused at first but after last night, after seeing Kai defeated so badly by Ren. He agreed to join Team Asteroid." Asaka explained.
"What happened last night?" Misaki asked.
"You will have to get the details from Aichi Sendou and Toshiki Kai yourself." Asaka replied.
"The match will get underway shortly." MC Miya announced. The tables opened and they place their decks onto it and placed their starting vanguards on the vanguard circle.
"Now stand up, Vanguard." They both declared flipping their Vanguards up together.
~After the Fight~
Misaki won and Team Q4 was up 1-0.
"Yea! Misaki!" Their friends in the bleachers cheered. Misaki returned in the team room.
"Good job, MIsaki! You got us ahead a game." Aichi said with a kind smile on his face.
"Yea, but you have some explaining to do." Misaki responded.
"What do you mean?" He asked slowly.
"About you agreeing to join Team Asteroid." Misaki answered.
Everyone's eyes widened in shock. "Where did you hear that?" Aichi asked.
"Bro! Are you really leaving Team Q4?!" Kamui shouted.
"The next fighters please make their way on stage." The announcement announced.
"You're going to explain everything to Shin and Misaki and I will hear it once I come back!" Kamui shouted. He left the room and met Tetsu on the court.
"Okay, explain. Aichi and Kai." Misaki said in an angry voice.
"Where do we start?" Kai asked.
"What happened yesterday?" Misaki asked.
"Kai card fighted Ren and lost. Earlier on, when Kai brought me back we met him after all of you left. Ren challenged Kai to a fight to prove who was the strongest. At first the stacks were if Kai lost, he would quit card fighting, but yesterday he lost. Since he wanted me to play for him, as long as Kai could continue card fighting, I didn't mind which team I was playing on." Aichi explained.
"But, if Aichi wins this card fight against Ren, then it might be able to change Ren's mind. If Ren changes back to the way he use to be, he wouldn't care whether or not Aichi is on his team. Right now all he cares about is being the best." Kai continued.
"Oh, so that's what happened…" Misaki thought outloud. "In that case, Aichi… You better not lose!"
"Aichi, you should tell them about that." Kai suggested quietly to Aichi.
"Actually, I've been experiencing a power that is too strong to explain. It is like I can control people and bend people's will." Aichi informed. "I met some mysterious people and they called it King's Power."
"You're kidding right?" Shin asked.
"No, I'm not. I can show you." Aichi answered, he turned to Misaki and looked her straight in the eye. "Sit on the couch."
Misaki walked to the couch and sat down. Her eyes widened in shock once her body started moving on it's own. "What? What was that?" She asked.
"That was the power I was talking about. I don't know where I got it, but it just appeared right before I fought Kai 2 days ago." Aichi replied. After that was said, they watched the fight between Kamui and Tetsu. Kamui seem to be losing against him pretty badly.
~After the Fight~
Tetsu won. Making the score 1-1.
It was down to Aichi and Ren as they made their way on stage before the announcer called for them. Aichi was able to feel Ren's Psyqualia from the other side the field.
"I'm here Ren…" Aichi said.
"Enjoy your last fight in Team Q4, Aichi. Once you join Team Asteroid you will be working as hard as everyone to become the ultimate card fight like me." Ren replied.
"I'm never going to be like you." Aichi responded.
"You're starting to sound like Kai, don't you remember what happened to that sorry loser?" Ren asked. Aichi's stepped back a little. "That's right! I crushed him into pieces. What makes you think you won't end up the same way if you cross paths with me?"
"I will defeat you now." Aichi replied with some courage.
"Okay let's set some stakes then. If you lose you will do whatever I say. If you win, you don't need to join Team Asteroid." Ren suggested.
"Fine, but being this greedy will lead to your downfall." Aichi answered. Ren started laughed as the tables opened up and they put their decks on the table.
"Stand up, Vanguard."
"Stand up, the, Vanguard."
~After The Fight~
Aichi won and Team Q4 won the National Tournament. He used Majesty Lord Blaster and Ren realized that what he was doing was wrong.
"Aichi… You did it. You did something, I couldn't do. Thank you for bringing him back." Kai thought there was a smile on his face as Kamui and Misaki ran out to meet Aichi. They hugged and Aichi and Shin watched in the sidelines smiling.
"We won!' They cheered together. Kamui was crying.
"Tears of joy are being shed on the stage." MC Miya announced.
"At that moment, I knew what my path was going to be. I knew that the 2 powers I somehow unlocked wasn't right. I wasn't going to use them for my own benefits, Psyqualia wasn't a problem because after that last fight it just disappeared. But the King's Power was still there. Over time, I learned to control it and use it when I wanted to, but after what those people told me I still remained cautious of using it in public."