Her Vanguard

by XionKuriyama

"You're her Vanguard!" Aichi Sendou may figure out the full implication's of Shin's statement in some time. For now, Misaki makes him happy, and that is enough for the both of them. Even if they do feel something rising up more and more every time they meet. Aichi/Misaki drabble collection.

2. Chapter 2

birthday present for CrystalMemoria

set in an AU where Misaki gets back to school before Aichi wakes up after the Kourin fight in Image 43

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Misaki stood over the beside, observing Aichi as he lay there, deep in his slumber. She knew it wouldn't last. She dreaded seeing him wake up under the control of whatever this was. But that was out of her hands, wasn't it?

She looked up at Naoki beside her. "Are you holding up?"

Naoki nodded, enthusiastically. "I ain't the one you need to be worried about, Boss."

"Mmm," Misaki said, leaving out her usual chiding for the nickname for once. "I know I can depend on you."

"Well, thanks for the confidence, but I don't think I can beat him again, without whatever weird powers that thing gave me."

Misaki nodded. "You're going to hold the fort and help the others. I'll face Aichi when he wakes up."

Naoki's eyes widened at that. "What?"

"I faced Kourin fine." Misaki held her deck in her hands, palming the cards with her thumb. "And this is a fight I have to face myself."

"Why's that?"

Misaki looked at Aichi's sleeping face, considering that. "...Because I know him. And he knows me."