Turn 43: Reflection!
After finishing the fight Chrono and Enishi shake hands, and both redheads return to their teammates...
"Chrono..." Tokoha was coming to try to cheer him up, but... "I know I lost, you don't need to remind me." Chrono said, causing Tokoha to get upset.
"Excuse me for worrying about you..." said she quietly, Chrono realizes her attitude and says... "I'm going to get some fresh air."
At that moment Kazuma arrives, and he stumbles upon Chrono, but he doesn't say a word... Until he sees Tokoha. "I won't ask what happened, as I saw the result, but it's obvious that he's having a hard time." Kazuma said.
"But he doesn't have to yell at me that way either." Tokoha replied.
"Well, I think you're right about that..." Kazuma said, while he thought..."What could have happened to the idiot?"
"I'm going to talk to him." Tokoha said, but Kazuma stops her. "Did you forget... You're next! If you're going to talk to him, its ok, but do it after your fight." Add he, while Tokoha sighs and before he goes to the arena...
"We've solved a problem, now try to win for him and let's solve the problem of that idiot later. Kazuma added, referring to the problem they had with Luna.
"Ok, and thank you." Said Tokoha, who was approaching the arena... "We see each other again Tokoha-chan." said a very enjoyable voice.
"Kumi..." Tokoha responded with a somewhat depressive tone.
"All right Tokoha-chan?" asked Kumi when she saw her friend's face...
"Yes, don't worry..." she responds. "I must win... And prove to Chrono that he can count on me when he needs it." Tokoha thought.
"Stand Up! Vanguard!"
"Battle Sister, Kipferl/Augury Maiden, Ida"
"Ride! Battle sister, Cocoa. Skill Cocoa: I look at the top card of my deck and put it in the bottom." Kumi places the letter he had taken out and puts it at the bottom of his deck. "I finish my turn..."
"Ride! Trust Maiden, Odette. With Ida's boost, Odette attack!" Tokoha made her first attack.
"No Guard" Her friend responds.
"Drive check: Heal trigger! Odette [Power] + 5k." Tokoha as Odette attacked Kumi's Vanguard.
"Damage check: No trigger (grade 1)" replied Kumi who was putting a grade one in his Damage zone.
"It's my turn. Ride! Battle sister, Crepe, in addition... Call! Battle sister, Rusk." Kumi called one more unit to bolster his attack.
"I must think of something... Or Kumi will beat me. Although she has improved quite a bit." Tokoha thought, while... "Crepe attacks!"
"No guard!" replies Tokoha as Kumi carried out his attack.
"Drive check: Critical trigger! The critical goes to my vanguard, and power to Rusk." Kumi said, while Tokoha put two cards in his damage zone. "Damage check: I critical trigger power to my vanguard/ No trigger (grade 1)" replies Tokoha.
"I still don't finish Tokoha-chan!" said Kumi... "I activate Rusk's Skill, when she attacks soul blast from a Battle sister and she gets + 3k." adding her, leaving her friend in three damages.
"Ride! Anelma... With Ida's boost, Anelma attacks!" Tokoha attacked Kumi, but... She realized something strange...
"No guard." she says, without defending herself from Tokoha's attack.
"Drive Check: No trigger (grade 1)" Tokoha felt depressed and Kumi knew it, but she couldn't let his team down.
"Heal trigger, power to my Vanguard..." Kumi replied...
"Turn end..." Tokoha couldn't make any more moves so I waited to see her to her friend.
"Ride! Battle sister, Madeleine. I move Rusk to the (RC) below and call another Battle sister, Ruks." Tokoha was thinking about how to defend herself, because if her friend took out a double or triple critic this would be the end.
"Madeleine, attack!" Kumi as Madeleine attacked Tokoha, who doesn't defend herself again... "Twin drive: Stand trigger! Rusk gets [Power] +5k/ No trigger (grade two)." Said Kumi, who revealed a trigger. "Tokoha-chan, everything is all right?" she asks worried... "It's like you're not having fun or something." Add her, while Rusk attacked Tokoha.
"Perfect guard!" Tokoha defends herself... "Yes, I'm fine. So many things have happened... I can't let that make me lose a game." She added.
"Ride! Ranunculus of Searing Heart, Ahsha." Tokoha appeared on the battlefield as Ahsha. "Stride Generation! Flower Princess of Beautiful Winter, Inverno. I activate Ahsha's Skill, for a Soul blast... I'm calling another Ida. Now I activate the Winter Skill, pay another Soul blast and return up to five 'Normal Units' from my drop zone. If I return five I do Counter charge and Soul charge. Besides... I call Noel and Diane. Now I activate The Skill of Ida: I put it in [Rest] and select two units, and those units are treated with the same name. So... Noel and Ida are treated like 'Diane' and now Bloom!" Tokoha towards his 'Bloom' so she can reduce Kumi's hand.
"Inverno attacks!" Tokoha as Inverno attacked Kumi but... "Generation Guard!" she defends herself with Excite Battle sister, Bavarois. "Skill of Bavarois: I reveal a card and if it's a grade 1, she gets [Shield] + 5k" said Kumi unfortunately during her Draw if she had taken a grade one, but... By revealing the letter... This one had come out a Stand trigger, which had to return to the bottom of his deck so he put Ginger to increase his shield.
"Triple drive: critical trigger! All to Diane/ critic trigger! All to Noel/ no trigger (grade 3)" to everyone's surprise... Tokoha had managed to recover and managed to get out two critical triggers.
"Now I attack with Noel," Tokoha said... "No Guard!" replies Kumi by placing two more cards in his damage zone.
"With Ida's boost, Diane Attack!" Tokoha attacked Kumi with a very strong attack, but... "Perfect guard!" Kumi manages to stop Tokoha's attack.
"Before I finish, I activate Ahsha's Skill and call another Ahsha to the field. Now, Turn End..." Tokoha added.
"Well, Stride Generation! Battle sister Miroir. Skill from Kipferl: I command her to soul and all my battle sisters gets [power] +3k." said Kumi, who was trying to win for his team.
"No guard... Come on! Kumi show me how much you've improved..." Tokoha said.
"Triple drive: No trigger (grade 3) /no trigger (grade 2) / Stand trigger." Adds Kumi, who only reveals one stand trigger.
"Damage check: Heal trigger!" Tokoha was hurting himself.
"Now Mirnoir's 'Oracle' is activated. My entire Front row wins 1k for each card in the hand... And I have 7." Smiley Kumi... "Now my Rusk is going to attack you Tokoha-chan." Said Kumi, who attacked Tokoha with his last re-guard.
"That unit has 30k... I need something to stop it and win..." Tokoha thought... "Generation Guard! Marlena. She wins 15 if I have 2 cards with 'Ranunculus' in her name." She was defying her.
"Stride Generation! Celine. I activate Ida's skill, I put it in my Soul... Now I get The Diane back from my drop zone. Now I activate Celine's skill: for a Counter blast I call a unit in my hand, and if you have 'Bloom' I make counter charge and soul charge, plus the unit I call gets +5k. Tokoha was preparing to do his Bloom.
"I activate Ida's skill, so Ahsha and Noel become 'Diane' and now they all get Bloom."
"Tokoha's Bloom is always amazing..." thought Kumi.
"Celine, Vanguard attacks!" Tokoha as Celine attacked Kumi. Kumi could not stop The Tokoha attack, as she did not have enough shield to block the attack.
"No Guard!" she responds.
"Triple drive: critical trigger! Everything to my vanguard/ no trigger (Sentinel) / No trigger (a grade3)" said Tokoha revealing his three cards from the top of the deck.
"Damage check: No trigger (grade two) / critical trigger." Kumi puts two more cards in her Damage zone reaching six... So Team Moonlight had been eliminated from the tournament.
"You did well Tokoha-chan, but it's all right?" asks Kumi again. "Yeah, it's just that I have to solve a problem with an idiot." Tokoha replied, after shaking hands with her friend she goes to find Chrono, but it was too late... He was already gone.
While with Kazuma...
"Well, the final will be held in a week, participants are asked to come in long enough, to give us a final to entertain the audience." Ibuki said, while Kazuma saw his brother. "I'll get stronger... But... I'll be able to do it in a week?" he wondered...
"So a week, eh?" thought Miguel "This will be the worst week for you Shindou Chrono."
"If you look for your sister, she went after the idiot." Kazuma tells Mamoru... Tokoha returns to the stadium with a slightly depressive face as she didn't know what to do.
"Tokoha is everything all right?" asks his brother a little worried.
"Yeah or I think so..." she responds with sadness...
After a few hours, Chrono arrived at the apartment, he obviously wasn't well. Since the news of his aunt's wedding still had him very confused, and if that were not enough... He had lost to Satoru Enishi. Mikuru saw him come home, but he seemed upset so he decided not to talk about the wedding issue anymore. After having slept a while, he decided to send a message to Tokoha apologizing, as he tried to call her several times, but she didn't answer.
The next day...
"Come on, answer..." thought Chrono, who was calling Tokoha again.
"Yeah" responds to a voice that made Chrono happy.
"Tokoha, I'm glad you answered, I need..." Chrono said, but is interrupted by Tokoha... "I don't want to."
"But I'm not telling you anything yet?" adds the redhead.
"I know, but you were very clear yesterday, weren't you? You said that I take care of 'My Business' or you've forgotten?" she yells at her on the phone.
"I apologize for that... I wasn't thinking." Chrono was trying to apologize for yesterday, but. "Besides that, you yelled at me, when I was just worried about you." She said who suddenly sheds a few tears. 'You said it a minute ago, didn't you? 'I wasn't thinking' I wonder if you've ever done it." She added.
"Do you think you can give me five seconds only?" insisted Chrono.
"Well, I'll see you in the park. I need to talk to you too." She answered in a serious way.
"Well, I'll see you there." Chrono said before he hung up.
"Chrono, about my wedding..." Mikuru said when he saw that his nephew was enlisted to leave. "We can talk about that later, I need to solve a problem before it gets bigger." after telling that to his Aunt, Chrono leaves to meet Tokoha in the park.
Minutes later...
"I'm sorry I'm late." It said Chrono, who arrived tired.
"The important thing is that you're here." She answers. "Chrono, this isn't going to work." Tokoha said about to cry.
"What are you talking about?" asks Chrono. "Ours, the relationship we had, including the fake relationship we started... It has only brought problems."
"You're not serious, are you?" asks Chrono.
"Luna was very affected by this, besides you and I never stopped fighting. And yesterday you didn't agree to tell me anything and you just left. Tell me Shindou Chrono, what kind of relationship is this?! Because... Now I don't know..." Tokoha responds to the edge of crying...
"If that's what you want... I will respect your decision, but... Before you do something you don't want... Please listen to me." Chrono says, who was trying to explain himself. "Mikuru will be married soon... As soon as I heard the news I was left in shock and I didn't know what to do or what to answer... She's like my mother and she's also the only close family I have..."
"Eh?" Tokoha reacted surprised...
"What I said Mikuru is getting married." Repeat Chrono... "To be honest, I'm afraid... I don't know who the hell that guy is, and if he does something bad to Mikuru-san?"
After listening to it Tokoha starts laughing "Hey, I'm talking very seriously." Chrono responds by annoyed by the fact that Tokoha had laughed.
"Sorry, but you sounded just like my father." Tokoha said, trying to control his laughter. "You know... I think you should trust Mikuru-san more." she added.
"I trust her!" replies Chrono... Tokoha raises an eyebrow "it doesn't look like it." And then add... "If you trusted her, you would accept the person she chose to be happy. But isn't it, or am I wrong?"
"I knew you wouldn't understand, after all. You have a family after all." Chrono said, and those words echoed in Tokoha... "You're right, I know your past, but... That doesn't dictate your future." said Tokoha seriously... "You sound like you don't want to move forward... As if you don't want to be with me!" yells Tokoha at him.
"It's not like that..." Chrono responds...
"Then what is it?" asks Tokoha. "For me and Mikuru we are exactly the same. We are both in love and want to be happy... But it seems that you and my father don't see it that way." He added Tokoha with tears in his eyes.
"Then tell me what to do... I... I don't know right now..." I said Chrono with slob. "First apologizes, then stop acting like an idiot and use your head more." Tokoha replied. "Then we'll talk about ourselves and the way you yelled at me and you told me it wasn't my business." she adds at him.
Minutes later...
"Chrono how good you arrive" greets his aunt as he sees him coming through the door.
"Sorry..." apologized redheaded boy to her aunt... "I've been avoiding the matter because I thought I could lose you, but... If that guy makes you happy. Then I wish you the best Mikuru-san." Chrono added.
Mikuru was surprised to hear her nephew congratulate her on her wedding, which she nearly cried, but... I can tell a certain person watching everything... "I think I should thank you for this Tokoha-chan." Mikuru said, leaving Tokoha surprised.
"You mustn't thank me, we all need a little nudge once in a while." she replies. "And more if it's Chrono." Adds Mikuru, which is why the two begin to laugh...
"You know I'm still here, right?" Chrono complained.
"Yeah, we know" they answer. Tokoha was about to return home when... Chrono's cell phone rings.
"Oh, a call from Kazuma?" did Chrono say when he saw his cell phone.
"You know what he wants?" asks Tokoha.
"No idea..." Chrono responds. Minutes later Chrono and Tokoha leave Mikuru's apartment, and head to Capital Card, but…
"Shindou-san!" says a very animated voice.
"Girls, what are you doing here?" asks Chrono when he saw Naka's girls, while Tokoha greeted Nana as if they were friends.
"Do you know anything about Kaourko?" asks a masculine-looking girl. "No, Claudine and Maya haven't told you anything?" replied Chrono.
"What are you talking about?" asks Tokoha, which is why Nana brought her up to speed. "That's terrible! And right during U20!" says Tokoha worried.
"And there's more... After a week Hikari left." Karen said a little sad. "Does that mean there are three missing? Kagura Hikari, Hanayagi Kaoruko and Hoshimi Junna. What's going on here?" said Chrono quietly...
"Oh, you're with your fan club." Kazuma said, who had gone looking for his teammates.
"Why did you call us?" comments Chrono... "The finals will be in a week, we need to train." Kazuma said who had only one thing in mind... Bring his brother back.
"I'm glad to find you." He said a voice in the distance, everyone turned his gaze only to see Aichi approaching them.
"Sendou Aichi!" all Naka students get less excited about Nana, as she already knew him.
"Aichi-san what's going on?" asks Chrono... "Ibuki asked me for a favor and wants me to train them before I go to the United States." Answer the blue haired boy.
"Well, let's go to Capital Card. And Girls... Don't worry, we'll do everything we can to find your friends." Aichi said.
"Aichi-san is great, you wouldn't want Chrono-san to be like that." When it was Nana's question, Tokoha imagined him but then she retracted... "No, he's fine as he is." Tokoha responds.
Minutes later everyone arrives at Card capital #2 only for Naka's girls to take another surprise, as Susugamori Ren sat on a couch.
The question is... What was Ren doing there? And what kind of training will Aichi give the Team Generation?
To Be Continued...