Hello, everyone! I'm back with a new chapter! Chapter 7! I hope everyone will enjoy this chapter! Without further ado, let's start!
Normal POV
Chrono, Tokoha and Shion were sitting around the dining table while waiting for Aichi and the others, who were apparently transported to another world, no thanks to Ren.
" I wonder where they are... We can't find them anywhere..." Tokoha said
" I sure hope Tasuku isn't crying too much either. He can be worrisome at times..." Chrono said
A portal opened up above them as Aichi and the others fell down from it.
" Everyone!"
" What were you guys doing?!" Tokoha ask
" We, uh... We were on a little adventure..." Kamui said
" Thanks and no thanks, Ren..." Kai said
" I'm sorry..."
Aichi got up first and checked on Tasuku to see him giggling.
" You had too much fun... Time to sleep." Aichi said
" How long were we gone?" Misaki ask
" Two hours or so..." Shion replied
" But we've been there for a day or two... So time goes differently in different dimensions..." Leon said
" What are you guys talking about?" Chrono ask
" Nothing!"
Aichi came down the stairs and sighed.
" He's asleep for now." Aichi said
" Well, we'll be leaving for today. Have a nice rest." Reborn said
" Yeah."
Tsuna and the others left and soon, Ren and the others did too.
" I'm going to go take a quick shower upstairs." Tokoha said
" Then I'll use the bathroom down the hallway to shower. Shion, want to go together?" Chrono ask
" No... I'll go later." Shion replied
" Okay."
Both went to shower as the three sat at the living room in silence.
" Are they showering?" Aichi ask
" I heard the water running on both floors." Kai replied
" Okay. Shion-kun, show me your left arm. You don't need to hide it." Aichi said
" Huh?"
" Hurry up." Kai said
Shion hesitated and removed his jacket to reveal the cut that was caused. Aichi removed the bandage on it and used his Sun flames.
" How long have you kept this in? You even bandaged it up nicely. If it wasn't for the trainings, I wouldn't have noticed." Aichi said
" A week."
" With a wound like that? It's amazing you lasted so long without infecting the wound." Aichi said
" Hey, the Ultimate Stage is tomorrow. If you continue to be like this, you'll get sick sooner or later." Kai said
" I'm sorry..."
" There. I'm done healing your arm. Now you just need to rest it up and you'll be just fine." Aichi said, bandaging the arm again
" Thank you."
At that time, Chrono and Tokoha came out of the bathroom as Shion went to take his shower.
" Now, you guys should go to sleep. Tomorrow's the big day after all." Aichi said
" Okay. I'll tell Shion too after he comes out." Chrono said
" Yeah."
The three went off to sleep after awhile as Aichi and Kai were sitting on their bed, cuddling each other. Aichi took out the pendant from the other dimension Aichi.
" It's beautiful." Aichi said
" Yeah."
" I wonder... Will we really need their help and bother them in the future?" Aichi ask
" That's a weird question, coming from you. Did you have a premonition?" Kai ask
" Sort of. It's blur but I'm worried." Aichi replied
" Hm... I'll contact Yuni." Kai said
" You don't have to bother her. I'm sure she's busy." Aichi said
" Then don't worry me so much. Are you sure you don't want to go to the Ultimate Stage?" Kai ask
" No. I'll accompany Tasuku-kun. Don't worry about us. I won't face any windows if Reversed Kai were to come." Aichi assured
" Alright then. Now, you should sleep too or you'll not have enough later when Tasuku wakes up." Kai said
" Yeah."
Aichi drifted off to sleep first as Kai looked over to him before frowning.
~ The next day~
Aichi waved Kai and the others off before hearing Tasuku crying. He ran up to the nursery and carried Tasuku.
" Tasuku-kun, it's okay. I'm here. Did you have a bad dream?" Aichi ask
Tasuku continued to cry as Aichi took out the pendant and opened it. The lullaby came out as Aichi sat down on the chair and rocked and patted Tasuku softly.
" Rurarararu ru ra. Rararurura. Rurarura, ririra. Rara ri rara."
Tasuku's cries turned into tiny sniffles before he fell back asleep again as Aichi rocked and patted him for a little while longer. He then placed Tasuku back into the cradle, leaving the lullaby to play to calm him down should he cry, before heading down to watch the Ultimate Stage that was going to be broadcasted live.
" Good luck, everyone!" Aichi said
He watched the matches and in the middle, he had to go check on Tasuku again. He then brought Tasuku down to the living room to play with him.
" Look, it's Papa! He's challenging Shion onii-chan." Aichi said
Tasuku cooed as Aichi giggled before going back to watching the fight. After an hour, the matches ended with Try3 winning all three matches as he nodded happily.
" What a relief!"
Aichi checked the time and decided to feed Tasuku. After doing that, he placed Tasuku down so that he could play by himself. He decided on the feast to make in celebration but just when he was about to start, Tasuku started wailing hard.
" What's wrong?!" Aichi exclaimed
Aichi stopped in his tracks and gasped when he saw what was on the television. It was destruction...
" Don't look!" Aichi exclaimed
Aichi carried Tasuku and tried to calm him down while watching what was happening.
" An unpredicted emergency occurred! Everyone, evacuate the place immediately!"
Aichi narrowed his eyes before making his decision. He went into their room and grabbed something before running outside the house with Tasuku.
" Persephone! Vivian!"
The two owls flew down from the roof.
" Persephone, give me a ride to the Ultimate Stage. Vivian, check on the situation and make sure nobody gets hurt." Aichi said
" Hoot!"
" This'll be a little fast but bear with it, Tasuku-kun. We're going to help Papa and the others!" Aichi said
Aichi put the pendant around Tasuku's neck before opening it to let the lullaby calm him down. Persephone and Vivan did what they were supposed to do and set off. Once they arrived, there were many people running away as Aichi found a back door and entered the Ultimate Stage.
" Everyone!"
" What are you doing here?!" Kai exclaimed
" Not now! We have to get out of here!" Aichi said
" I got Chrono and the others!" Kamui said
" Now let's go!"
" Yeah!"
They all ran out of the Ultimate Stage as they panted.
" This was obviously set up! They're trying to stop us from locating where Ryuzu is!" Kamui said
" How's Tasuku?" Kai ask
" He's just fine. I set up a barrier around him." Aichi replied
" Why did you come out of the house?!" Kai ask
" I was worried! What happened back there?!" Aichi ask
" There was an explosion of Cloud Flames and it caused the whole place to crumble down." Misaki replied
" Then..."
" The Reversed fighters were behind this attack!" Kamui said
" Tokoha!"
" Brother!"
" Is everyone alright?!" Ibuki ask
" Yeah."
" Aichi? What are you doing out here?" Ibuki ask
" I saw the news and got worried." Aichi replied
" Well, go back home now. We need to infiltrate Ryuzu's base." Ibuki said
" You mean you found it?!" Kamui ask
" Yeah. I have the data here. Aichi, you'll need to go back home and wait." Ibuki said
" No! After what happened, I'm going to follow everyone! You're not going to stop me this time!" Aichi said
" But the baby..."
" I'll take responsibility! For both Tasuku-kun and the children!" Aichi said
" Alright..."
" Ibuki!" Kai exclaimed
" If you see those eyes, how can even you manage to stop him? Once he decides on something, he doesn't back out. That's who he is. You just have to be extra careful, that's all." Ibuki whispered
" Alright... Stay close to me, alright?" Kai ask
" Yeah!"
" Ren and the others will be helping us on monitoring our movements and tell us the next best action. Let's head into the vehicles." Ibuki said
" Yeah!"
Mamoru went to find Ren and the others while Ibuki and the others went into the transit vehicles that leads to the lab.
" Leon really thinks we need help, huh?" Naoki muttered
" Well, we can't really reveal our real identities so easily. So let's go with it for now." Miwa whispered
" We'll reveal ourselves when the time draws close." Kai whispered
Kai looked over to Aichi to see him looking at Chrono, who just woke up after falling asleep a few minutes ago.
" What's wrong?" Kai ask
" No, it's nothing..." Aichi replied
Kai frowned as he remembered something.
~ Flashback start~
Without Aichi knowing, Kai had called Yuni while Kamui was battling Chrono.
" Yuni, I have a favour." Kai said
" What is it, Kai-san? It's rare for you to call me." Yuni said
" It's about Aichi." Kai said
" Did something happen to him? Did you..." Yuni paused
Kai blushed, knowing what she meant.
" No, I didn't make him pregnant again. It's just... I think he had a premonition last night but he refused to tell me what it is. Do you know what that might be?" Kai ask
" I see. Actually, I did see something." Yuni said
" Really?! What is it?!" Kai ask
" There's a bright light and I saw everyone asleep and I mean the whole world is asleep." Yuni said
" I see... Thank you, Yuni." Kai said
" No problem."
Kai put down the phone as he sighed.
~ Flashback end~
Aichi was looking at the pendant he had put around Tasuku.
" Dualium, huh..."
Aichi narrowed his eyes when he saw a beam of sorts coming to a few blinking, moving lights. His eyes widened.
" Step on it! To the left, the enemy is attacking!" Aichi shouted
" Huh?!"
" You heard him!" Ibuki shouted
The car drove faster as there was an explosion heard from behind. Naoki opened the door to see a crater behind them. He turned his head to see more beams coming towards them.
" Everyone, get ready for a rough ride! They're coming at us at full force!" Naoki shouted
" Kai-kun! There's too many of them for all the vehicles to dodge in time! We'll lose lives at this rate!" Aichi said
" Alright! Everyone, get on the defense! Get to the other vehicles and direct them!" Kai said
" Yeah!"
Opening the hatch on top, Naoki, Kamui and Miwa jumped onto the other vehicles. Kai climbed on the top of their vehicle.
" Listen carefully. We're going make shields for two vehicles each. There are eight vehicles in total. You guys should know what to do. I'll handle this one and the last one." Kai communicated
" Yeah!"
They activated their flames as they put shields up and made the vehicles disappear. At a nearby hideout...
" They got away."
" What are we gonna do?"
" Leave them. Let Ryuzu Myoujin deal with them. We've already done our part."
It was the Reversed fighters.
" Aichi Sendou sure has the guts. He even brought the baby along." Reversed Chris said
" Well, that makes capturing them easier for us." Reversed Koutei said
" I don't know about that." Reversed Kai said
" Huh?"
" Let's go. Like I said, we're done here. Company will deal with the rest." Reversed Kai said
" Wait, Kai!" Reversed Miwa exclaimed
" What's with him?" Reversed Kamui said
" I don't know..."
Meanwhile, Aichi and the others arrived safely at the lab as they heaved a sigh of relief.
" That was close... Let's go." Ibuki said
" Yeah!"
They headed outside as Ibuki used his FICA to open the doors. Aichi checked the pendant again.
" Well?" Ibuki ask
" All clear for now." Aichi replied
" Alright. We're breaking in!" Ibuki ordered
" Yeah!"
They entered the lab as they looked around before
" Kind of strange..." Miwa muttered
" This is how it was when I snuck into that last place. So I expect we'll get a reception from..." Kamui said
A few robots came from holes that opened on the floor.
" Yep, these guys." Kamui said
" No sense holdin' back." Naoki said, cracking his knuckles
" Stay close to me." Aichi said, going over to Chrono and the others
" Yes."
" Let's get 'em!"
" Yeah!"
Once they broke through the defence line, they moved forward and found themselves face to face with the summoned units.
" This is... They're..." Chrono exclaimed
" ... the summoned units!" Shion exclaimed
" Seriously?!" Naoki exclaimed
" Secure them!" Ibuki ordered
They were about to when a voice stopped them.
" Absolute justice is here!"
They looked up to see a light blue haired boy lowered by a platform as Aichi covered Tasuku's eyes and ears.
" Don't move, villains! How dare you just storm in here?! You're definitely not gentlemen!"
" Who's this brat? Are you on Ryuzu's side?" Naoki ask
" I'm a member of Company! And I'm no brat! Absolute justice! Absolute hero! I'm the envoy of justice... Hiroki Moriyama!"
They were just a little surprised by the introduction.
" Scared?"
" Not exactly scared... This is embarrassing to even watch..." Aichi thought
" I won't let you lay a finger on any of these units! I call on absolute defence!" Hiroki said
Electric sparks and more robots appeared as they braced themselves.
" How's that?! I'm the hero who's gonna save this world! And I'm not gonna let you goofballs stand in my way!" Hiroki said
" Ibuki-san, go on ahead. We'll handle this." Aichi said
" You guys go, too!" Kamui said
Ibuki and Chrono and the others ran to find Ryuzu.
" Kamui-kun, please take care of them too. We need to have someone to take care of those four. Chrono-kun and the others are our 'triggers'." Aichi said
" And their combat skills are still on the low. We need someone more experienced to help them out just in case. Hurry up and go." Kai said
" Okay!"
Kamui ran off to find Ryuzu as well.
" One problem. How are we gonna secure these guys? Especially the huge ones?" Miwa ask
" Leave that to me." Aichi said
" You sure you'll be alright?" Kai ask
" Yeah. First, let's finish off these guys and then we can talk about it." Aichi said
" Yeah."
" Persephone, Vivian! Combat mode!"
" Hoot!"
They started to change a little and armor was added.
" They've got a neat upgrade." Miwa whistled
" It's thanks to the upgrade that Verde-san used on them. Now, they're more powerful than before." Aichi said
The two owls flew to each side of where the robots surrounded them.
" Everyone, cover your eyes!" Aichi shouted
They did as told as the Sky flames were activated and all the robots petrified.
" That settles that." Aichi said
" Now that annoying force field." Kai said
" Hoot!"
Lightning flames surrounded the two owls as they went over to the force field and it scattered away.
" Nice job!" Naoki said
They entered the area of the units.
" We're takin' the units outta here!" Naoki said
" Y-Yikes!"
Suddenly, all the units started to glow and disappear.
" Oh no!"
" Kai-kun! Carry Tasuku-kun!" Aichi said
Kai carried Tasuku as Aichi took out the box with the eight pacifiers.
" Where did you?!" Kai exclaimed
" I'm going to have you give the units back no matter what!" Aichi said, activating his Psyqualia
The pacifiers glowed as they backed away.
" Aichi!"
" Eight pacifiers that holds the power to transcend time and space! Heed my call and lend me your powers! Return the Time Beasts into their Depend Cards and let them be in my hands!"
The glow surrounded the whole place and when it dissipated, Aichi was already lying on the floor with a brown book beside him and the units have already disappeared. Hiroki was also gone as Kai immediately ran over to Aichi.
" Aichi! Wake up, Aichi!" Kai exclaimed
Aichi opened his eyes.
" I did it..." Aichi said
" Did what?" Kai ask
" Open that..." Aichi said
Kai looked over to the book as he opened it and his eyes widened. He took out a few cards before looking over to Aichi for confirmation as he saw him nodding.
" The Zodiac Time Beasts!" Kai exclaimed
" Seriously?!" Naoki exclaimed
They checked on the cards.
" It's true!" Miwa exclaimed
" You did it, Aichi!" Naoki said
" Yeah..."
Kai closed the book and handed Tasuku to Aichi before carrying him up. He looked at the book as his eyes narrowed.
" Let's get out of here." Kai said
" Yeah."
" The thirteenth stone that Checkerface mentioned and the one I saw on Aichi three years ago is on this book's cover... Mysteriously enough, after what Aichi did, the eight pacifiers turned into pages that fills this book... I better have a quick read on it when we get back home." Kai thought
Kai laid Aichi down inside the vehicle as they waited for Chrono and the others to come out. Once they did, Ibuki mentioned that Ryuzu had died as the ride back home was silent. Once they were safely back at home, Kai took out the cards.
" Here. I did say that we secured them and I think it's best we leave them with you for safe keeping." Kai said
" The Zodiac Time Beasts! Thank you very much!"
" You should thank Aichi. He did it when they were disappearing to who knows where Ryuzu is trying to send them to. Don't let go of them no matter what." Kai said
" Yes!"
Kai nodded before going to check on Tasuku inside the nursery, making sure he was asleep, before going to check on Aichi in their bedroom. Aichi was asleep and Kai wasn't tired yet, so he turned on a night light and tried to decipher what the book was writing.
" I have to figure out the answer to all this mystery before everything takes a turn for the worse... I have to protect Aichi and Tasuku, no matter what happens!" Kai thought
And that's the end of this chapter! I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter! Thank you for reading and I'll see everyone in the next chapter!
