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Chapter 34: Complex…

Still bewildered as the five are Morikawa was about to speak out at this scene in front of them, as when the mood was getting softer, Kai's hostility can be felt by Aichi, Yagen, and Hasebe as team FFAL4 have shown themselves.

As one member from FFAL4 belittled them, Kyou Yahagi, mocking them of how weak they are, Yagen and Hasebe decided not to speak this out as respect to Aichi's determination when he stood up for the team, although some mystery was answered along with it seems that Kai, the leader of FFAL4 and Tetsu were once a team.

The sour mood from Kai came back as he left the area with a foul mood "Well, until he wants to talk about it we should leave it alone" quoted by Shin to respect his privacy.

As the whole group fell into silence "Aichi!" a girls voice was calling Aichi's name, surprised he hastily turn to his side as he saw "Emi?!".

"E-EMI-SAN!" Kamui was in love mode again.

Emi was holding a basket with it was lunch for him though she became disheartened as her delivery of food was for naught as they were already at a restaurant, looking around she notices Yagen "Ah! Yagen-san"

"Yo, Emi." Yagen greeted thinking that Hasebe might slip up "Hasebe, this is Aichi's". Yagen paused for a moment and coughed "Little sister."

Miwa and Misaki understood the reason why he paused and the reason for taking off the honorific while Kamui wouldn't bother as he was swooning over Emi but it only made things more confusing for the others.

When Hasebe was about to start questioning Yagen, Yagen hastily stood up and pointed that they needed to talk. Looking at the two it seems Hasebe was not taking any of it.

"Hello Emi-chan, I am one of Aichi's…" Hasebe froze up before he could finish greeting Emi, with Yagen sighing in the end with Misaki, while Miwa tries to hold his laughter, and Aichi who can only nervously laugh at the sight in front of him.

But then with luck would have it Nagisa and Gouki came to support them and then it was chaos for Kamui.

~Lunch break is now Over ^u^~

It was finally the last battle for their division, the fight between Team FFAL4 and Team Q4 as they have discussed earlier, Kai will be the first to fight to get a win.

Watching from the seats Yagen silently watch the match with the others with them while Hasebe is still frozen stiff.

And of course this is Kai we are talking about it was as usual an easy win for him as he once again crushed his opponent. The next match will be between the Asaka Narumi and Misaki.

Unfortunately for Misaki, she was unable to win this round as she thought that she has experienced a crushing defeat but to the eyes of the opponent the truth was she wasn't able to get by easily than her previous battles quoted by Tetsu to Asaka which of course she doesn't want to admit that Misaki was able to threaten the opponent that she has a chance to win this match.

As it ended in a one win and one lose, it was Aichi's turn to step up the battle. Aichi felt nervous as he saw the strength of their opponents thankfully Kamui giving encouraging words he was able to ease Aichi's nervousness to face this battle.

Seeing as it is finally Aichi's battle Hasebe suddenly returned to his usual self earning a sigh from Yagen and a Miwa who tries his hardest not to laugh at him.

As they positioned themselves, the group falls into silence as they watch it all unfold even, Kamui, Kai, Misaki and Shin silently watches the whole battle, unfortunately Aichi was crushed in battle. As Aichi was down on the dumps Miwa who started clapping was followed by all the audience knowing that what he showed was a very promising fight.

As they wait for the battles to finish they went to the restaurant for a quick break as silence filled them, and finally it was time to announce the results.

But alas luck wasn't with them, if they had added just one more point they could have a chance, and they can't believe themselves that they lost at the very start of the tournament.

Much to their surprise Ren made a surprise visit to them continuing to anger Kai much to his annoyance, he decided to leave, but then Ren turned his attention to Aichi as he mocked him for being weak that if only he could have won just one battle it would have turned differently.

Aichi lost confidence little by little by degrading him even with the backup of Kamui and Misaki, sadly Aichi still lost his confidence fortunately Kai came to the rescue "Oi, Aichi, I thought you still need to buy materials for the citadel, let's go."

Aichi remembered Mikazuki as he immediately regains his composure as always he knows that Kai looks out for him as his admiration for him grew stronger but before Q4 completely leaves the area "It doesn't matter what team I'm on, as long as I'm not with you." Was his final words to Ren as they left him infuriated.

~Exit~

"Are you going to Aichi's?" Miwa asked as he noticed the four coming out, Misaki, Kamui and Kai nodded in affirmation to his question.

Noticing Aichi's cheerful atmosphere "It seems something good has happened" Yagen noted and decided not to speak his name when he remembered Emi's presence Aichi smiled to Yagen as he nods.

"Shin-san, we will be staying at Aichi's again, you can go ahead." Misaki said as he notified Shin that she wouldn't be heading home straight.

"Alright but be sure to get back by morning alright." Shin approves but she has to come back by morning which she agreed to.

"Oh! If they are going to Aichi's we want to go too!" Morikawa yelled.

"We have an errand to go first so we are not heading back right away…" Aichi said trying everything he can to stop them from coming.

"Tch! Another time then, for now we can't pass this free transportation!" Morikawa said as he headed for the shotgun with Izaki, Reiji and Eiji following to ride.

"Aichi, can I come too?" Emi asked as Aichi thinks twice because everyone might not be able to move normally.

"It's already crowded here though…" Morikawa said as he looked at the back seat as it was already full.

Leaving Aichi with no choice but to let her come "Okay let's go"

Emi was happy to hear his approval "I can play again with Midare-chan and the others!" Aichi sighed in defeat come to think of it she did say before that she wanted to come play with them but wasn't able to get a chance.

Before Shin and the others left he reminded them to tell their parents or guardian to tell them if they are going to stay at a friend's where Aichi remembers to call his mom and then Mina to inform them that Emi is coming.

When Aichi finished the call they headed to buy the materials he needed as Hasebe continued to be stiff all the way.

~On their way to the Citadel~

"Since we didn't have that much time we proceeded in just buying what I need, sorry Yagen." Aichi apologized as he remember his promise to Yagen.

"It's alright, I'm sure there will be some other time" Yagen said smiling at Aichi.

"By the way Aichi, what is this material that you bought for." Miwa said as he noticed that what they bought was mostly clothing material.

"Oh it's clothing material that I would be sewing for Mikazuki's internal affairs clothes and pajama." Aichi answered smiling.

"Eh? Onii-san you can sew?" Kamui said surprised, even Misaki, Miwa and Kai another side of Aichi is now at the open for them.

"Yeah! Aichi sew Kiyomitsu-san's clothes, even the others!" Emi proudly said.

"eeehhh… Aichi, you are surprisingly feminine huh?" Miwa said with a straight face though inside he is actually trying to hold his laughter.

"EH?!" Aichi burst out surprised while blushing, too bad though seeing Aichi's reaction Miwa wasn't able to hold it in any longer.

"Pffft" Misaki and Yagen tried their best to hold in their laughter not Miwa though he down right laughs as Aichi feels like he just want to sulk in a corner Hasebe who is as stiff as a zombie.

"Come to think of it Midare mistook you for a girl." Yagen remembered something that Midare told him.

"H-how did you know?!" Aichi said as he slips up that something like that did happen.

"It was when he first came." Yagen slipped "Ah!" and when he realized it, it was already too late.

"Yagen you idiot!" he shouted completely flushed red ran as fast as he can and made his way to the citadel

"Aichi-sama wait!" Yagen shouted although he wanted to chase after him he had second thought because he was the one at fault.

"A- Aichi-sama!" Hasebe followed Aichi instead as his consciousness came back at Aichi's outburst.

"Sama?" Emi was confused at the sudden honorific.

The whole group fell into silence as they notice that everything has fallen apart, and it was all Miwa's fault.

~Citadel~

While sitting at the veranda Mikazuki watches as the Tantous play near the pond looking for fireflies that might come.

Mikazuki feels the strong emotions coming from Aichi, he can also sense his location and whether he is near or where to find him, as such Mikazuki felt the disappointment in Aichi's and he also knew that is coming.

Because of the bond Mikazuki knew that it is time to greet his master, Mikazuki headed off to the gate as he opens it with great timing as Aichi bumped into him while Hasebe is closely behind him.

"Sorry" Aichi said as he passes by Mikazuki and headed inside, Mikazuki who doesn't know why he was in that state decided to give chase but without the need to run.

"I'll handle this" Mikazuki said smiling to Hasebe as he leaves the area.

~Aichi's Room~

"Aichi-sama may I come in?" Mikazuki was on the other side of the door asking for permission to Aichi.

"You can come in." As Aichi said his approval Mikazuki opens the door and enters, once entered he closes the door behind him.

As Mikazuki was about to ask the reason to his action earlier Aichi asked a question which surprised Mikazuki "Hey Mikazuki, Do I look feminine to you?" Aichi asked who is standing near his closet.

"If about the looks I do not know if you look like a female or not but one thing is for sure though, I have a really cute master" Mikazuki chuckled as he closes his distance to Aichi who tries his best to hide his blushing face.

"Has traits of one, though the traits of a male and a female aren't that much different it's not bad to share the same trait as the opposite gender, the question here is, is gender really the big issue?" Mikazuki said as he stares to Aichi.

Aichi still has a light flush on his cheeks as he turned to face Mikazuki "I am always at the receiving end" He sighs "I'm always the one who gets comforted, I'm really-"

Mikazuki stops Aichi as he places his hands on his cheek "Aichi-sama, it's not the time to be sad, if you think you lack in something do something about it than continue brooding about it, isn't that what your resolve is when I came here, that you will do everything to become strong and worthy?"

As Aichi hears his own vow when he summoned Mikazuki "Thank you for always reminding me." Aichi touches Mikazuki's hands that is placed on top of his cheeks.

Finally understanding the reason for his self-pity "Although having a complex is kind of cute!" Mikazuki looked carefree and smiling which gave Aichi the killing blow and froze.

"Hhhmmm… Aichi-sama?" Trying to call out Aichi, Mikazuki who was clueless at what happened continues to call out to him.

~Veranda~

Misaki, Mina, and Emi were playing with the Tantou near the pond while all the guys watch at the veranda as they wait for Aichi and Mikazuki to come down for dinner.

As Mikazuki and Aichi were walking towards the veranda they can hear the laughter from the Tantou and the female members "I guess it was not a bad decision that I let Emi come here, ah Emi is my little sister."

Unfortunately again Aichi had the best timing as ever "Having a big brother is nice but, I wanted a big sister like Misaki-san and Mina-nee~"

Aichi gasped shocked at hearing Emi's words "Aichi-sama!" Kiyomitsu who was the nearest noticed Aichi's presence as all the attention was now at him.

"A-Aichi! I- I'm sorry!" Emi said as she runs towards Aichi while the others are holding their breaths as he was not in a good mood when he came back and Emi is just adding salt to the wound "Aichi has some good traits as a big brother too!"

As Aichi has somehow recovered from the second shock of the day "For example?" He asked Emi.

Emi panics as she was on the spot "Uhm… Uh… wait a bit… uh…"

Aichi once again turns a heel and ran away shouting "Emi you idiot!"

"Aichi I'm sorry!" As Emi wanted to follow Aichi, Emi hesitates as she know herself that if she pursued him she would get lost at this citadel.

"Having siblings seems troublesome" Misaki commented watching Aichi run.

"Seems like it" Miwa added, most of them had sweat drops on their heads at the amusing scene.

What added to their amusement and worry is that Aichi almost tripped while Mikazuki still continued to follow him.

Mina nervously laughed "I guess we should wait until he decided to come back."

Silence filled the whole group as they don't even know what to do now, the one who broke the silence was someone's stomach growling "Oh my bad!" It was Mutsunokami's

"I wanted to say that I'm hungry but…" Mutsunokami peeked at Yagen.

"If you want something to say, then say it." Yagen said not bothering to even look at Mutsunokami.

Hasebe who couldn't take it anymore "AAAHHHH! I can't take it anymore! If it wasn't for that conversation this wouldn't have happened" shouted as he points at Miwa.

"I'm already repenting on it!" Miwa who was silently sitting in a corner shouted back "That training regime! Those delicious food that I won't be able to eat! IT'S ALREADY TORTURE YOU KNOW!" slumping his head down in despair.

"Yagen!" Hasebe points at Yagen, "If you didn't have to add that part it wouldn't have made things worse. Aichi-sama is a man! He looks nothing like a woman!" Hasebe added.

Although there were no lightning they all felt that lightning has struck behind Yagen "It wasn't my intention of doing that, it just slipped up." Yagen said in monotone "I know it was his complex" Yagen placed a hand on his forehead "I do understand that it is indeed our fault but…" Yagen's atmosphere darkened "Tell me honestly do you have the right to be clean? Tell me everyone here, step right up if you did not mistake Aichi-sama's gender when you first came here!" Yagen was emanating a dangerous aura.

Everyone froze up, some scratched their head, their face, some nervously laughed, some looked away, and some had flushed face.

Hasebe froze up gaping his mouth wide as if his soul was about to leave he gritted his teeth in annoyance "You should have at least apologized!" Hasebe doesn't know what to say and instead puts the blame once again on Miwa.

"I was planning on that you know if that didn't happened it would have been solved already." Miwa said lifeless as if he doesn't want to be involve anymore, but it actually just made it worse.

Emi froze up "Emi-chan!" Midare was surprised all eyes are now on Emi who looks to be on the verge of crying.

"E-Emi-san!" Kamui said panicking.

"Don't worry Emi-chan it wasn't your fault!" Imanotsurugi comforts her.

"Don't worry Emi-chan I'm sure Aichi doesn't mind." Misaki said patting her head trying to make her at ease.

Everyone in the area froze up as their faces pales as they felt Mina's aura change to a much more dangerous atmosphere than Yagen was emanating before, at that point everyone knew that whoever faces her wrath won't be able to see the daylight.

"Didn't I say that I hate pointing fingers?" Mina stood up from crouching as she lets out a mass of talismans forming together to make a lasso, moving slowly far away from the area of the garden she spoke "Hasebe… Miwa… can we have a short talk?" she smiles at the two as the lasso that she formed hastily tied the two and drags them away from the group.

The two panics for their life as they exit the area with Mina, silence filled them as they wait for the execution.

"AAAHHHHH!" The two shouted in unison.

"May the God's guide them" Tsurumaru closes his eyes and clapped once as if he is praying.

"Tsuru-san…" Shokudaikiri had sweat drops in head hearing what Tsurumaru said.

Understanding what Tsurumaru meant "They are close to being one though" Yasusada nervously laughed.

~Smithing Room~

Confused as to why Aichi ran in the smithing room he dared not ask why instead watched the amusing scene, for him, in front of him.

"Am I really frail looking… do I look unreliable… am I really that weak…" Aichi said brooding over it while crouching as he made circles on the floor using his finger as he continues on about his complexes.

In Mikazuki's mind looking at this scene is somewhat "Cute~" oops he let it out unintentionally hastily covering his mouth with his hand.

Aichi flinches at his words then slowly as if a robot he turns his head to Mikazuki as a blank expression peers at him.

As the two locked eyes Mikazuki did not say a word as if the two are having a staring contest, after that brief eye to eye Mikazuki noticed a teardrop on Aichi's eye as he still has that blank expression, Mikazuki's eyes widen as he hurries to his side.

Not knowing what to say anymore Mikazuki and Aichi once again only stared at each other… … … … … … …

"I know that I wasn't a good big brother nor did I become one, after all I was frail, weak, small and doesn't know how to stand up for myself, I already knew that since she started calling me only by name, I understood that…" Aichi started to open up to Mikazuki again as he silently listens "I was bullied all my life… I didn't show any traits of being a big brother, hearing those words I knew that she doesn't even treats me as one" Aichi laughs it out but Mikazuki's heart ached as he hears his story "The two of us siblings, it's as if I am the younger brother while she is my older sister, she knows better, how to treat others well, very composed, how to handle things better… on the other hand I…" Aichi starts to cry as Mikazuki embraced Aichi to comfort him.

As Aichi continues to cry little by little the emotional strain for the whole day has finally showed up as the drawback slowly puts him into sleep "Aichi-sama… you are very… very kind you just haven't realized it." Mikazuki quoted as he caresses Aichi's back to ease him.

Slowly when Aichi has fallen deeply into sleep Mikazuki decides to carry him back to his room, slowly carefully he scoops Aichi up and headed outside the room.

As he opens the door all the toudans were waiting outside that made Mikazuki smile as he sees them waiting.

"Honestly speaking, I feel ashamed that even though I was the longest here, I didn't once notice that side of Aichi-sama." Kiyomitsu said "I focused only on his life here, forgetting about his life outside, I didn't once asked 'How were your days outside?' or something."

"I don't want to have another finger pointing game here but, all of us only focused here." Yagen said something that everyone knew themselves that what they only saw was in front of them.

"We don't know much about his life before, but he has some knowledge of us beforehand." Hasebe said remembering Aichi's words.

"He can at least have an idea regarding about us, not all of it though" Yasusada pointed.

"It just only means that on both parts, we have a lot to learn" Shokudaikiri added.

"Well that is the surprise that we all have to see for ourselves right?" Tsurumaru jokingly said.

"Learning about each other" Yamanbagiri whispered to which everyone looked at him and smiled his whisper didn't get pass by anyone.

"You got that right!" Mutsunokami placed an arm around Yamanbagiri's shoulders as he made an okay sign.

"For now let us let him rest, there is a lot of emotional strain, I'm sure that tomorrow everything will turn back to normal." Mikazuki said looking at the soundly sleeping Aichi.

"Though it has come to me that I feel sad that I haven't received the clothes that he would be making for me." Mikazuki sadly said as he looked at Hasebe with a sad expression.

Hasebe flinches "D-don't worry I will get the materials and deliver it to Aichi-sama's room immediately!" Hasebe said as he left to get the things that they have bought before.

"I will be taking him to his room then." Mikazuki said as he started walking.

"Wait, I'll come with you" Shokudaikiri said as he accompanies Mikazuki to Aichi's room.

When the three have fully left the area all the left toudans all thought that Mikazuki is a force to be reckoned with.

~Garden~

Miwa sits quietly in a corner in a seiza sitting position while Kai looks at the sky quietly.

Misaki and Mina on the other hand with Kamui continues to comfort Emi, while Konnosuke silently sits on top of Emi's lap to comfort her.

While comforting and talking to Emi Miwa's stomach growled "Ah…" Mina said as she looked at Miwa who flinches in surprise.

Misaki sweat drops at the scene as Mina commented "We have completely forgotten about dinner…" when Mina noticed this, Misaki also just remembered about it. They all completely forgot about dinner.

At the perfect timing Yagen, Kiyomitsu and Yasusada came "Should we head for dinner then?" Kiyomitsu asked.

Seeing the three of them without the others "What about Aichi-kun?" Mina asked.

"He was already soundly asleep when we saw him being carried by Mikazuki, he also said that it would be best to just let him sleep." Yagen said as he explained the situation "Mikazuki is taking him to his room by the way."

"Alone?" Mina asked a little worried.

Kiyomitsu and Yasusada laughed nervously understanding the hint of doubt from her words "No, Shokudaikiri is with him" Yagen responded to ease the doubt from Mina and Misaki.

"I see, the best we could do is just let him rest and calm down, for now go tell everyone that we should have dinner" Mina instructed.

"Yes!" The three answered in unison as they made their way to inform the others.

Outro: I took some lines from the Mini Van series of the cardfight vanguard, every scene is just so hilarious, I just can't get enough of it, it's too funny, and it's really a break from the normal stuff as if breaking the ice.

I'm very sorry for my lack of vocabulary and wrong grammars and wrong spellings, but I hope you like the story nonetheless, and thank you for everyone's continuous support!

Thank you for reading! Please review or pm for any suggestions or problems on the story.