A/N: This chapter was written by Shindou Ranmaru~ Nice work! ^^

During practice, Kinako couldn't help but think of Kuosu's sudden change of attitude towards her. Her plays were not as lively and energetic as before. Actually, more like not lively at all.

"What's wrong, Kinako?" Tenma asked her. "Is something bothering you?"

She looked at her captain, tears suddenly streaming down her face. "N-nothing's wrong, captain." She sad while wiping her tears as she forced a smile.

"It doesn' t look like nothing." Kirino came from behind her.

"We're ending practice here, guys." Tenma announced as he scratched the back of his head. "I mean, look at us. We can't beat anyone right now, not like this."

His announcement made Kinako open her mouth, as to object, but she shut it immediately. "I agree with you, Tenma." Fei said. "And it's not just her that's lost her focus. In fact, everyone has."

"That's true." Shindou stepped into their conversation. "Isn't that right, Ki-" He turned his head to a direction only to find that his childhood friend has gone missing. "Kirino?"

"Kirino-senpai went to the bathroom." Kinako told them blankly. "I'll go to the bathroom now." She left the field to go to the girls' bathroom.

When she was there, she started sobbing and turned on the tap, hoping it was loud and hard enough to echo throughout the entire bathroom and drown out her sobs.. And then, upon hearing a stall unlocking, she stopped and splashed water on her face. She wiped her face with a towel that was conveniently placed inside a bag that she brought with her shoved it back in before seeing the stall door open to reveal her pink-haired upper class man- er, woman- exiting it. She wasn't surprised at all.

Kirino let out a quiet yet high-pitched shriek upon seeing Kinako. "Kinako, please don't tell anyone about this!"

Finally, something that made Kinako smile after that depressing practice. "Don't worry, Kirino-senpai, I won't tell anyone. I already know."

At this point, the second year was the same color as her hair. "Y-you do? How embarrassing!"

"Yeah. But I just had a hunch that you were female, so I thought you were a girl. Because you look like a girl, you talk like a girl, you act like a girl, and you move like a girl." The brunette grinned. "Now, why are you pretending to be a boy, Kirino-senpai?"

"It's kind of a long story... but I would like to know why you're sad more."

"You can't fall in love with that girl. She is the mother of that green-haired boy your team hates so much!" A man with a long white beard wearing a heavy white cloak told Kuosu.

"T-that's a lie!" Kuosu replied, pretty much yelling at the taller man. "She can't be!"

"No, it's not a lie." The man folded his arms. "Nanobana Kinako is Fei Rune's mother. And she is also..." He lowered his hood and removed his beard to reveal pale green hair and blue eyes which are very much like Fei's. "...my wife." He sighed. "I never show my face to anyone, but I just thought I needed to show you because of what I found out about you."

"Why is she still a young girl, then?"

"Because that is her past self." The man put his hood and beard back on and turned away from Kuosu. "You will understand many things eventually."

Kuosu, filled with anger, sadness, and envy, kicked the soccer ball he had in front of his foot hard. His kick was hard enough to destroy at least fifteen trees in the forest Protocol Omega 3.0 was training in, some of which were the trees his teammates were using at practice targets. After that kick, he panted, slightly relieved that he took out all those emotions filling him and also because he was exhausted.

"Hey, what gives?" Bahamusu asked him, slightly angrily. "Are you mad or something?"

"It's none of your business, Bahamusu." He replied, picking up a soccer ball. "Now leave me alone." And with that, he left.

Gamma noticed the purple-haired boy's behavior. Thinking that he should help, he approached him and tried to talk to him. "Kuosu? Is anything the matter? I think I can he-"

Not wanting to hear any more bullcrap from anyone, Kuosu kicked the soccer ball to his third captain's stomach. "Leave me alone!" He yelled as he reclaimed his soccer ball and kicked Gamma on the side before leaving to go to a clearing in the forest.

"I just wanted to help you." Gamma said, sympathy evident in his voice. "Normally I would show a vain persona, but that's just because I wanted to let people think that. But really, I'm not like that. I have a heart, you know, so I wanted to help."

With Kuosu, he sat on a boulder that sat beside a stream in the clearing he was in. Thoughts of what that man told him spun around his head. Kinako married? Her having a child which was Fei Rune? That man he talked to being her husband? How was this possible? Then he just remembered that time travel made all that possible.

"Hello, Kuosu." A familiar and rather booming voice said from a distance. "Still thinking of that girl, huh?"

Shocked, Kuosu turned around to see Zanark.

"W-what makes you think I was thinking about her?!" He asked, shocked to have Zanark know what he was thinking.

"Oh, I know." Zanark replied. "And I know just how to make that go away." He held out his Sphere Device and pushed a button.

"MIND CONTROL MODE."

A beam of light surrounded the two of them. Kuosu suddenly felt his vision blur and his mind go fuzzy. Then his head and chest felt lighter since the two felt really heavy when he had that conversation with Asurei. And after a while, he was...different. His hair was a dark shade of teal, his skin ruddy, and eyes red as a siren alarm. He formed a smirk.

Zanark was delighted with what he had done and let out an evil grin. "So, Kuosu, are you ready to destroy Raimon?"

"Yes, Master Zanark."

Alternate Ending

"MIND CONTROL MODE."

A sharp pain went through Kuosu's head. He winced at the pain and placed his hand on his head.

"Feeling any better yet?" Zanark asked.

"Wh-what's happening?" Kuosu asked. Then an even sharper pain kicked in. With that, he went on his knees and screamed, both hands clutching onto his aching head.

"You're losing your memories of that girl." Zanark replied evilly. "And they're eventually gonna be overwritten by thoughts of Raimon being the bad guys."

Not wanting to forget Kinako, despite having forgotten about some green-haired man under the guise of a bearded cloaked figure, Kuosu looked at Zanark with pleading eyes. "Make it stop!" He screamed, still feeling the pain. The pain got worse with each second. And there was nothing he could do to stop the pain.

And then finally, he blacked out.