Second Chapter! I can't wait to see how this turns out and I'm the one writing it :D

-AbnormalWriter

"Aichi?!" Kai whimpered, with fear that he lost his friend once again.

Aichi glared at him. "Why have you come to rescue me?"

No answer.

"Answer me!" He roared.

"Because we're you're friend?" Miwa said quietly, forcing a sheepish smile.

"Friend? I think you got the wrong person. Why don't you go rescue a little kitty from a tree instead?" He swept his icy gaze over all of the mates, who were nervously wondering what was going on.

"But Aichi, don't you remember all the experiences you had? All you friends?" He asked pleadingly.

Aichi gave him a disgusted look, which told Kai his reply without moving his lips. Kai glanced at Gaillard, who was now leaning against a broken pillar.

"Told you." He muttered. He glanced at Aichi, who looked like he could explode with rage at any moment.

If looks could kill.

Kai glanced back at Aichi. He missed the old Aichi, who had a soothing gaze and always made Kai smile. He might have even loved Aichi back then. But this Aichi was different. This Aichi was very similar to the Psyqualia Aichi, who shared the same cold gaze and menacing tone.

Is this all my fault?

Kai felt his throat get lumpy and his eyes moist with tears. He fought them back, and gazed up at Aichi's ocean blue eyes, who met his gaze.

"Aichi, I'm so sorry." He whispered. "I caused you to be corrupted once again."

"Oh?" Aichi's gaze softened a bit, and Kai almost thought he got the old Aichi back again. But his eyes quickly hardened and Kai's spark of hope faded. Then Kai made a decision.

He decided he wouldn't lose his friend again, the way he did in reverse, except this time it was the other way around.

I won't ever let this happen!

Kai blinked away tears and stood up, taking out his deck. "Fight me Aichi. I will bring you back to the person you were before!"

Aichi laughed. It was a slow, evil, cold laugh, not like the warm laugh the old Aichi had. Then he took out his deck as well.

"Well, one thing is for sure. You will be crushed by me." Then he paused and closed his eyes. "Shining mirrors, show him and crush his soul! Shining mirror imprisonment!"

Almost immediately, shining mirrors appeared and surrounded them and the mates. They kept spinning but that shining glow was gone.

Just like Aichi's glow.

Two floating mirrors went in front of them, rotated, and then formed into a table. Both of them set up, and flipped over the card in the vanguard circle.

"Stand up"

"The"

"Vanguard!"