Hello, everyone! This is a new chapter! Chapter 66! I hope everyone will enjoy it and without further ado, let's start!
Normal POV
As soon as she heard the answer to her question, Einella sighed deeply.
" ... I had a sneaking suspicion. Their swords showed that particular scene after all and then we soon saw everything changing, while the timelines were quickly split by the tri-ni sette in order to not let the distortion affect this timeline so much." Einella said
" But his motives would be left as unknown for now. It troubles me to hear that he's the source and hates Vanguard." Kawahira said
" That's a completely different Aichi. The Aichi we know never had those thoughts. Those two will find out about this sooner or later. However, the motive from that boy is curious for sure. He would never do something like that without a reason." Einella said
" Yes. However, we will never know. After all, only those two can travel to different timelines." Kawahira said
" Yeah. Let's just see how everything will play out from now on." Einella said
" I agree."
Meanwhile, Tasuku started whining again after waking up as Aichi tried to soothe him.
" I'm sorry that we worried you, Tasuku-kun. Please don't cry." Aichi whispered
" Here. Try using his pacifier." Kai said as he handed Aichi a pacifier
Aichi nodded and pushed the pacifier into Tasuku's mouth as he suckled on it.
" We're really sorry." Aichi whispered
" I should be the one saying that. I was the one that was careless and got myself caught." Kai said
" ... It was a little funny and cute that you were hanging helplessly like that though." Aichi giggled after thinking back
" Don't say that, Aichi. It was embarrassing..." Kai muttered as he blushed a little
" I didn't know you would feel embarrassed, Kai-kun." Aichi giggled
" ... Are you going to continue, Aichi?" Kai ask
Aichi flinched as he heard Kai's threatening tone and quickly shrugged the topic off.
" A-Anyway... What's for dinner...?" Aichi ask
" ... Well, let's see..." Kai muttered as he rummaged the fridge, " I have some salmon in the fridge. Shall we have that for dinner?"
" Sure. I'll help out." Aichi said
" No, it's okay. Why don't you take a shower first? You did all that running, so you must've sweating quite a bit." Kai said
" But what about Tasuku-kun?" Aichi ask
Kai sighed as he wore a baby carrier and placed Tasuku into it.
" There. Now go on and take a shower." Kai said
" Okay. See you later, Tasuku-kun. I'll come back soon." Aichi said as he kissed Tasuku's cheek
Aichi took his clothes and entered the bathroom to shower as Kai started cooking. Popping the salmon into the oven after seasoning them, Kai checked on Tasuku as he looked at his feet kicking about.
" So tiny..." Kai muttered as he took Tasuku's right foot in his hand, " Cute."
Once he had started the rice cooker for their rice, he sat down while waiting for the oven to finish cooking as he patted Tasuku.
" Are you going to sleep? Then just sleep if you're tired." Kai whispered
Tasuku cooed as he slowly closed his eyes and drifted to sleep.
" That's a good boy. You must have been exhausted from all that crying." Kai whispered as he carefully kissed the top of Tasuku's head
Once he heard the oven's timer going off, he got up and prepared the table after plating everything as Aichi soon came out of the bathroom.
" That was fast." Aichi said
" Yeah. Sit down." Kai said
Aichi nodded as he took his seat with Kai before giggling.
" What is it?" Kai ask
" No, it's just... You always complain about me giving more attention to Tasuku-kun at the dining table, but look at you now. You're still carrying him in that baby carrier even though he had been asleep for quite awhile now." Aichi said
" ... He is cute, like you said he was..." Kai said as he looked away while blushing
" Kai-kun really has such a cute side to him too." Aichi giggled
" Stop teasing and just eat." Kai said
" Okay, okay." Aichi said
The two quickly finished their meals as Aichi took the dishes to wash while Kai took Tasuku out of the carrier and laid him down in the crib before heading off to shower. Once he came out of the bathroom, Aichi was waiting for him by the small table.
" Since he's still sleeping so peacefully, why don't we fight for a bit before we head to sleep?" Aichi ask
" Sure, I'm up for a few rounds." Kai replied
Kai took out his deck and they set their decks on the table before starting a few cardfights as the night deepened.
The next morning, Aichi yawned after waking up to Tasuku's cries as he got up from bed to make his milk and started feeding him. Feeling an arm snaking around his waist and a hand laying on Tasuku's head, Aichi leaned back on Kai, who had woken up and came behind him.
" Good morning..." Aichi greeted
" Good morning, Aichi, Tasuku." Kai greeted
" Go wash up first. I'll go after you come out." Aichi said
" Okay."
Aichi got off from Kai and continued feeding Tasuku as Kai got out of bed and entered the bathroom. Once he had washed up and refreshed himself, Kai then went over to Aichi to take over in burping Tasuku. As soon as Tasuku burped, Kai strapped him inside the baby carrier and started making their breakfast. By the time Aichi had came out of the bathroom, Kai had the table already set up and ready for them.
" I really don't know how you always do that." Aichi said
" Come on, there's not much to prepare and cook, so this speed is normal enough." Kai said
" Who knows what others will think about that." Aichi said
Kai guided him to the table as they started eating and changed to their uniforms after washing the dishes when they were done eating. Aichi kissed Tasuku's cheek at the doorstep.
" See you later, Tasuku-kun." Aichi said
Kai opened the door for Einella to enter as she carried Tasuku from Aichi as Kai patted Tasuku's head before both left for school. As soon as they arrived by the gates of Miyaji High, Kai was about to see Aichi off when they spotted men in black suits around the gates as students went past them nervously.
" Who are they?" Kai ask
" I don't know either. I sure hope it's not trouble brewing." Aichi replied
" I'll try to keep a lookout for you through the clouds. I'll rush over if anything happens." Kai whispered
" Don't worry about it. We can handle ourselves for now. Don't make anyone suspicious of your recent absence." Aichi said
" ... Take care, okay?" Kai ask
" I will." Aichi assured
Kai nodded as Aichi waved him off and entered the gates. He entered his class and greeted his classmates before setting his bag down.
" Hey, you saw those guys down there?" Naoki ask after approaching him
" Yeah."
" What do you think they're here for?" Naoki ask
" I'm not sure either. Just keep a lookout in case they try anything." Aichi whispered
Naoki nodded as he returned to his seat to wait for the bell to signal the start of their classes. Once the bell rang, their Sensei entered the class as he pushed up his glasses.
" Uh... Sendou-kun, Ishida-kun. Please head into the Principal office. Our new Principal would like to meet with you." He said
" Oh... Okay." Aichi said
" What a bother..." Naoki muttered
" And he said that I should mention his title called, uh... Vongola Nono or something..." The Sensei said
Aichi and Naoki immediately froze at the title as the entire class fell silent while watching both of their reactions paling and sweat dripped from their forehead.
" ... Uh... Mind repeating that again...?" Aichi ask
" Huh? Uh... He said to mention his title..." The Sensei said
" No, the line after that..." Naoki said
" Vongola Nono..."
The two quickly left the classroom as they made their way over to the Principal's Office and met Misaki on their way over.
" So how did it come to this again...?" Aichi ask
" We are just refusing to believe it until we see it..." Naoki said
" Yeah..."
Aichi gulped as he took up his hand to knock on the door. The door opened as they immediately recognized Nono's Guardians inside the room and at the desk was Nono himself, waiting for them on his seat.
" Welcome, the three of you. Don't look so stiff, just come in and sit down." Nono greeted
The three took their seats on the sofa as the doors closed.
" What are you doing here, Nono?" Aichi ask
" Reborn explained the situation to me. The school cannot function without any Principal either anyway. I thought that this would be a good role to retire to once I step down from Vongola to leave it to my grandson." Nono explained
" While that is true, there must be another reason." Misaki said
" Well... We were informed of the enemy's aim as well. That's why we're here to act as protectors and watch over the three of you." Nono said
" But..."
" It's not troublesome. We agreed to do this because you are all my grandson's friends too. He really values the friendship with you all." Nono said
" We know. If it wasn't because of him and his friends, we wouldn't have been able to get over that crisis ourselves." Aichi said
" Yeah. Still, I can't help but have a lingering thought right now. Since the school's security had been at its lowest for a few days, do you think that the enemy might have infiltrated this school by now?" Nono ask
" We already have that figured out. We found two suspicious individuals who happened to be exchange students and just so happened to have joined the school while we were absent." Naoki said
" They were watching us too." Misaki said
" Yeah, they wanted to find an opportunity to try to capture us one by one. They just never expected the students to always be around us the entire day." Aichi said
" I'm only worried that they might make a move soon once they get impatient." Misaki said
" I don't want to endanger the school again either, but if we try to throw those two out now, we might instigate them to start up something bad." Aichi said
" Yeah, that might happen." Naoki said
" That's why I have a suggestion. Why don't I ask my Guardians to guard the three of you throughout your school days and escort you back home as well?" Nono ask
" ... No, that's fine... We can handle ourselves without the extra hands." Misaki said
" T-That's true. I think it's better for them to continue guarding you, Nono." Aichi said
" I agree..."
" I understand. However, they will be patrolling the school along with a few other members of the Vongola Family. As you've seen from my men downstairs, they are watching over the school as we speak." Nono said
" Oh... Those guys..." Naoki muttered
" Yes, those are my men. They're stationed to be ready to defend the school at any moment of trouble." Nono said
" I see... That's good." Aichi said
" Oh, right. Since we have now come to a compromise on how this will go, I'll have these handed to you three." Nono said as he signalled to one of his Guardians holding a box, " These are for you three to wear inside the school. This allows for easier communication between here and you three so that we can know whatever is happening while we aren't around.
His Rain Guardian approached them and opened the box as they looked into it to see three in-ear communicators.
" They hide easily in your ears and won't be too much of a distraction. Try it out." Nono said
They each took a communicator and pushed it into their ears as they tried them out.
" It seems to be working... Can you guys hear me?" Aichi ask
" Yeah, I can hear it clearly." Naoki replied
" Me too." Misaki said
" Good. Now you three can be dismissed back to your classes. I'll call again if there's anything." Nono said
" Okay..."
They exited the office while bowing before hurriedly returning back to their classrooms. For the entire day in school, the three had started keeping a lookout on potential guards that surrounded the school and tried to keep them off their radar. After school, Aichi and Naoki had headed off to open the clubroom and practice room first as they sighed deeply.
" Why do I feel even more stress than facing enemies...?" Naoki muttered
" Because the Vongola Ninth is here in our school as the new Principal." Aichi muttered
" Ah... Makes sense." Naoki muttered
" Aichi."
Just as they were about to open the practice room, Kai had walked over to them after entering the school gates while waving.
" Kai-kun..."
" What's wrong? You two look really sullen." Kai said
" Well..."
The two explained the situation as Kai's face eventually slightly darkened.
" What's this...?" Kai muttered
" Everything's definitely flipped now..." Naoki said
" In other words, our school is under the protection of Vongola and anything that happens to it will be brought to justice by Vongola themselves." Aichi said
" While it is nice to have more help, this is just too much to bring the Ninth all the way here from Italy." Naoki said
Kai sighed as Aichi opened the door to their practice room and allowed Kai in.
" So this is what you told me about yesterday. This is definitely Ren's handiwork." Kai said
" Yeah."
" Oh, right. Did you tell him what happened yet?" Kai ask
" No, not yet. Everything happened so quickly." Aichi replied
" What are you two talking about?" Naoki ask
Aichi explained to Naoki what had happened the previous day after he'd left as he thought about it.
" People who can disrupt and change timelines...? So how many timelines have been changed up until now?" Naoki ask
" As far as we saw and sense, it was too many to count." Aichi replied
" Huh?! That's a huge issue!" Naoki exclaimed
" Ren is already there to investigate the case and to update us immediately if he had found out what was happening." Kai said
" I see... If those things can possess fighters and make them hate Vanguard, then do you think it'll happen again?" Naoki ask
" They might... until they find out about us and maybe decide to stop for awhile." Aichi said
" ... Oh, right. The weird thing that Ren said was that there's a castle here in our world, in a distance. We saw it thanks to our swords projecting it to us but we can't see whether it's really in our world." Kai said
" A castle? Out in the distance?" Naoki ask as he squinted his eyes into the distance and shook his head, " I see nothing."
" I see. So it's not just us having the same problem. Maybe Nome enabled him and Rekka Tatsunagi to be able to see it then." Kai said
" Probably."
" I guess we have no other choice then. The club members are going to come soon, so let's settle everything before they arrive." Naoki said
" Okay."
They turned on the lights and made sure that everything was in place as the club members soon arrived and Vanguard fights started. Some girls had started to crowd around Aichi and Kai when they had stepped aside to have a talk with each other.
" The two of you look so good together!"
" Can we get your signatures?"
" Can we have a fight?!"
" S-Sure..." Aichi stuttered
" Aichi, just what..." Kai exclaimed
" Don't question it." Aichi whispered
" You know I'm socially awkward." Kai whispered
" Get over it for now." Aichi whispered
" You can't just ask me to get over my social awkwardness so easily." Kai whispered
" Well, you have no other choice, so just give them what they want." Aichi whispered
" ... And if one request is to get intimate with you...?" Kai muttered
" Wha?! No, no! This is a school!" Aichi exclaimed as he blushed
" I'm just joking." Kai snickered
" Jeez!"
They separated to have cardfights with the other students as Misaki and Akari stepped in.
" As popular as ever." Akari said
" I guess we won't have to worry about the club once we graduate." Misaki sighed
" And with this fight room, we can have friendly matches with other schools too." Akari said
" Yeah, you're right." Misaki said
Misaki soon sensed a presence as she glanced back to the door while Aichi and the others did the same.
" Are they making their move soon...?" Misaki thought
Looking over to Aichi, he nodded as Misaki used the communicator given to them secretly to relay a message to Nono.
" The enemies are going to make a move soon. We can sense them outside our practice room." Misaki communicated softly
" We've received your report loud and clear. Help will be on the way." Nono communicated
Misaki nodded as she turned off the communicator and nodded to the others. Quickly ending their fights, the three gathered with Misaki.
" You guys can continue club activities for now. We have some things to settle in the main clubroom, so we'll be back soon." Aichi announced
" Okay!"
The four left the room and closed the door. Misaki then reinforced the building with her flames as they looked towards the empty space in front of them.
" Shall we get this started?"
And that's the end of this chapter! Thank you for reading! I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter and I'll see everyone in the next chapter!
