Hello, everyone! This is a new chapter! Chapter 71! I hope everyone will enjoy it and without further ado, let's start!

Normal POV

After Nerva had entered the room filled with heavy atmosphere, Kai immediately requested for the curtains to be shut as he sat quietly beside the bed and waited for Aichi to wake up.

" Did I go too far, Aichi...?" Kai muttered

He then heard a bit of shuffling of feet and tables as he heard cards being arranged outside the curtains, knowing well that there was a cardfight happening. He continued to listen in at the fight happening, noting the difference of units and their skills.

" Concentrate, Kai! Calling a sentinel to the rear guard circle... have you gone mad?!" Nerva exclaimed

Kai's eyes narrowed as he frowned while hearing gentle murmurs from 'Aichi'.

" I should probably apologize..." Kai thought

Aichi groaned as he opened his eyes. Kai went over to him after snapping out of his thoughts.

" Hey. You alright?" Kai ask

" Yeah... I feel much better..." Aichi replied

" That's good. I'm glad you're alright now. Can you stand?" Kai ask

" Not yet, I think... It's still recovering from the damage... His healing abilities really worked a miracle..." Aichi said

" Yeah."

Aichi then noticed Kai's sullen expression as he held his cheek.

" You okay? You seem down..." Aichi said

" I... I think I said something bad." Kai said

" ... Talk to me about it..." Aichi said

Kai then told Aichi about his outburst from before as he smiled and caressed Kai's knuckles.

" It's okay. It's just a small outburst. You lose control of those feelings from time to time." Aichi said

" But I think I affected the other me pretty badly..." Kai said

" You want to apologize, don't you? Then go ahead." Aichi said

" I would, but... He's sleeping right now from what I overheard." Kai said

" Maybe start from the other me and that other guy?" Aichi ask

Kai thought about it before nodding.

" Thank you, Aichi." Kai said

" I'll continue resting for now. Good luck." Aichi said

Kai nodded again before standing up and walking towards the curtain. After a few moments of hesitation, he finally opened the curtain to see 'Aichi' leaning on Nerva's shoulder. Both were also surprised by his movement as 'Aichi' hastily got up while blushing.

" H-Hey there." 'Aichi' greeted

" H-Hey... I didn't interrupt anything, did I?" Kai ask

" N-No! Of course not!" 'Aichi' replied

Kai took a chair and sat near them as he glanced at the sleeping 'Kai' on the bed opposite the two with the baby beside him before turning back to them.

" You two are..." Kai trailed off

" ... You see... Remember how I said that there were other clans that lived in this world before? That child is from the Goddess clan as I've explained. My past self was also part of the Goddess clan before I died and received the curse of reincarnation. It was during that time that I met him. It's been a few thousand years ago." 'Aichi' said as he looked up at Nerva

" How did you survive?" Kai ask

" I didn't. I was supposed to die from an attack by his clan when they disapproved our relationship. You know, because he's a Goddess and I'm a human. Aichi used the Blessing he had been given by his mother, the Supreme Goddess, to revive me and thus, my immortal body. It took me until now to find him again, so..." Nerva explained

" And... You're sharing him with..." Kai said

" Yeah. I don't mind. As long as we're all comfortable with it... Kai never complained either. He just accepted it." Nerva said

" I see..." Kai said as he thought about something and took a deep breath, " Actually, about my parents... I'm sorry. I didn't think about his feelings and said something horrible that he shouldn't have heard."

" You didn't know that your circumstances were different either, it's not a big deal." 'Aichi' assured

" It is. Being abandoned and being orphaned are two different kinds of pain. He was orphaned because his parents died and I was abandoned because my parents' had failed in their business venture and laundered money from the family business. I... I was angry and hurt. I was thrown to different households because they couldn't handle the son of thieves. Hearing and seeing someone with the name 'Kai' was just too annoying to them. So when they sent money again for my high school, I moved back and got an apartment." Kai explained

" You felt betrayed." 'Aichi' added

" ... They were my parents and yet, when things went bad, they didn't hesitate to abandon me, their own son. The only support I had was from Vanguard and..." Kai said as he glanced to the curtains

" I see. Thank you for telling us that story. It must've been uncomfortable and tough to say all of that again." 'Aichi' said

Kai nodded as he looked out of the window and remembered the lingering question in his head.

" By the way, what is that black ring outside the school?" Kai ask

" ... It's a Gate. It's what's allowing Link Joker units to invade Earth, at least, not until the condition for the Gate to be opened has been fulfilled. It hasn't opened yet, so it's a good thing. But, if we don't defeat the source soon, the Earth will eventually be engulfed in darkness once the amount of Reversed fighters have increased enough." 'Aichi' explained

" Reversed... fighters...? Is that the same concept as a PSYqualia Zombie?" Kai ask

" What? PSYqualia Zombie?" 'Aichi' repeated

" Link Joker invaded our Earth once. And the source of everything was by someone called the Destiny Conductor, who hosted the body of Takuto Tatsunagi. The fighters who loses to a Zombie becomes infected and obtain PSYqualia through them. Because of that power, you're compelled to fight other fighters and spread the power. If you defeat the source of the Zombies, everyone will be free. Aichi... I mean, my world's Aichi, became indirectly connected to Takuto Tatsunagi when he was still the Concert Master and because of that, just like the Ultra Rare girls, he became a Zombie almost immediately. Even I couldn't defeat him... It took the others quite awhile to get the both of us back to normal. Once Aichi was free from the control, I was free automatically. It was like a tree of sorts. If you take out the tree, you take out the branches. That was the concept of the PSYqualia Zombies." Kai explained

" Obtaining Psyqualia when one loses... That's too dangerous. Psyqualia is a power that connects chosen fighters to the units on Cray. But to force a connection like that..." 'Aichi' said

" That's right. By doing that, the fate of Cray had laid in our hands. Before Cray could lose and collapse, we hurriedly defeated Destiny Conductor and freed everyone. But the. cost of that... I wonder if it's the same here..." Kai muttered

" What's the same?" Nerva ask

Kai thought back to the memories he had regained from the incident as he closed his eyes before slowly opening them again.

" It's... nothing. Anyway, you guys just need to defeat the source here. It's a controlled Takuto Tatsunagi, I presume." Kai said

" ... Yes. And though the concept is a little similar, there's something different about this phenomenon. Fighters who lose to Reversed fighters become Reversed themselves and they will grow stronger exponentially. Those fighters must be defeated one by one to be freed from its control and those who are Reversed fall under Void's control. Void... I haven't heard that name since the Asia Circuit. It's a nihilistic power and has immeasurable power, existing only as a will. Link Joker is its fighting force right now, so that it can take control over both Earth and Cray." 'Aichi' explained

" Assuming it knows your origin..." Kai said

" It does know. Takuto-kun knew of my origin so I'm sure Void knows it too now." 'Aichi' said

" ... You'll be targeted." Kai said

" I already am. That's where Ginta-kun's illegitimate father came in. He accepted Link Joker's power to take me back with him." 'Aichi' said

" But I'm sure Link Joker has more in their mind than just letting him do whatever he wants with you. He's being fooled." Kai said

" Yes, I know. But nothing changes and it's not going to. We will defeat them and the world will go back to normal." 'Aichi' said

Kai thought about something again as he looked towards the curtain, thinking about what Aichi would do in the situation.

" ... I haven't repaid my debt to you for saving Aichi. So I'll help. The only other person that can fight on better grounds is me and you right now. My Aichi is still recovering, Nerva barely has any fighting knowledge and this world's Kai still can't fight. If that Gate opens or even that past 'Goddess' comes, we are the only ones who can hold the fort. Link Joker still doesn't know that we're here too." Kai said

" Well, you might be right. But there are still two more people in this school that can fight and are stronger, who have also lived thousands and thousands of years. My Goddess older sister, Elizabeth, and her fiancee, the leader of the Seven Deadly Sins, Meliodas. Those two have better fighting chances against my past 'fiancee'. What we need to concentrate on right now is how we can counterattack. This school has turned into our base, so we can hide and plan the counterattack while we're at it." 'Aichi' said

Kai nodded. Suddenly, he felt his PSYqualia activating as he opened the curtain with his cloud to reveal Aichi, who had sat himself up on the bed.

" Thank you, Kai-kun." Aichi said

" Y-Yeah..."

" Just now... he communicated with me with his PSYqualia, didn't he?" Kai thought

" I heard everything too. Once I can move properly, I can also start fighting." Aichi said

" You shouldn't. You barely recovered from having your bones and nerves shattered. Even if I healed you, resting is important too." 'Aichi' said

" I know. If I am allowed to, I would just defend this school. It seems like the enemies would come over anyway. It's best to get as much help as possible." Aichi said

" How do you know?" Nerva ask

" He's a Shaman. He sees the future from time to time, sometimes even in his sleep." Kai explained

" Though I can't control when I see them. But when I do see them, they usually are dangerous ones." Aichi said

" ... What did you see?" Nerva ask

" The Gate will open and when it does, we're not just going to be facing that army, but also that entity Void itself and the fallen 'Goddess'." Aichi said

" I see. You saw that far into the future, huh? Okay then. We'll have to start planning sooner than we think. Nerva-kun. Please call everyone into that mass hall you made. They need to know this too. Meanwhile, I'll call Kai-kun up." 'Aichi' said

Nerva nodded and got up to exit the room to call the others as 'Aichi' stood up to wake Kai up.

" Feeling better? Can you stand?" 'Aichi' ask

" Yeah..."

Kai stood up as well when he saw the other getting up.

" ... I'm sorry. You didn't need to know all of what I said. It affected you really badly, didn't it?" Kai ask

" It's fine. I did my own thinking while I was asleep. I... I'm going to believe in my parents in this world until the end. Because all they left for me were good memories." 'Kai' said

" I see. That's a relief." Kai sighed

Both Aichis smiled at the scene as Kai found a wheelchair and carried Aichi onto it while 'Kai' carried Ginta off the bed.

" Lead the way." Kai said

" Okay." 'Aichi' said when he saw Kai and Aichi putting their hoods on again, " You could just leave that off."

" The others might faint if they see us." Aichi said

" Well, I guess you're right. They need to take it slow, I guess. You guys will have to remove that eventually once we need to introduce you two. Let's go." 'Aichi' said

'Aichi' led them around the complicated and twisted hallways as they finally arrived in front of a giant door. 'Aichi' slowly pushed opened the door as the others were already waiting inside when Nerva gathered them.

" Oh, Aichi! Took ya long enough!" Naoki said

" Sorry for wait. Oh! Looks like you two recovered, Miwa-kun, Kamui-kun." 'Aichi' said

" Yes! I'm ready to fight again anytime!" Kamui said

" Me too!"

" Who are those two?" Misaki ask

" Oh, they're new friends. They had came to me for help and they wanted to help us in return." 'Aichi' explained

" I see."

" I didn't like owing people." Kai said

Aichi tugged his sleeve immediately as Kai quickly covered his mouth after belatedly realising that he had voiced out his own thoughts.

" Huh...? That voice..." Miwa exclaimed

" What's the use of hiding yourselves if you are just going to talk? Just take off that silly hood already." 'Aichi' giggled

The two nodded and removed their hoods as the others froze for a few moments.

" I don't need to introduce you guys since they know your names. They came from another world. With them, the number of our combatants have increased. Besides, the reason I had asked everyone to gather here is because they also had a message to tell us. The Link Joker army, along with Frederick-san, will attack this place soon. As you can all see, we have many non-combatants who can only fight Reversed fighters. Having them join us at this critical timing is a good thing." 'Aichi' said

As soon as he finished his sentence, a yellow haired boy came dashing towards them as Kai unsheathed his sword and blocked the dagger coming towards Aichi and parried the boy away.

" Hey! What are you doing?!" 'Aichi' exclaimed

A dark shadow hovered over them as they looked up to see a black cloud above them. In an instant, thunder crashed towards the boy and there was a small explosion.

" H-Hey, Kai-kun!" Aichi exclaimed

Kai's eyes widened a little after realising that he had released his power because of anger and stopped the cloud.

" I-Is that boy okay?!" Aichi exclaimed

" D-Don't worry about him." 'Aichi' assured

The smoke dissipated as the boy came out unharmed and chuckled.

" That was good reflexes!" The boy exclaimed

" Meliodas! That was rude to our guests!" 'Aichi' exclaimed

" I just wanted to try some harmless action." The boy, Meliodas, said

" And you got the floor destroyed!" Nerva exclaimed

" Sorry..." Kai muttered

" Meliodas! Don't do that again!" A white haired girl exclaimed

" Don't worry, Elizabeth. I just wanted to gauge how strong those guys were." Meliodas said

" If you want to fight, then fight somewhere where no one will be harmed!" Nerva exclaimed

" ... That was a thundercloud indoors..." Kamui exclaimed

" Y-Yeah..."

" Kai-kun, too! You traumatized the others! Hurry up and apologize!" Aichi exclaimed

" S-Sorry...!"

" I'm sorry, everyone! He just did in a spur of anger! N-Nerva-san! I'll fix the floor for you!" Aichi exclaimed

He injected his flames in his box weapon as he unsheathed his sword and the flowers appeared from the blade to repair the floor. Once they did their work, they returned to Aichi and he sheathed the sword before it returned back to his box.

" ... It's good as new." Nerva said

" I-Is everyone alright now?" Aichi ask

There were a few moments of silence as Aichi and Kai nervously waited.

" ... That was awesome!" Naoki exclaimed

" Do that again!" Ren exclaimed as his eyes sparkled

" No thanks! The floor has gone through enough!" Nerva exclaimed

" Looks like our worries were for nothing..." 'Aichi' sighed

" What a relief..." Aichi sighed

" ... Thank goodness Ginta didn't wake up..." 'Kai' muttered

" Y-Yeah..."

" Everyone seems to be more pumped now." Nerva said

" Yeah."

" They really are the same." Aichi giggled

" Alright, everyone! Let's gather again!" 'Aichi' shouted

The others gathered up again as 'Aichi' nodded.

" Well then, now that the introductions are over, we need a counterattack plan. Meliodas and Onee-sama, could I leave Frederick-san to the both of you? I believe that you two would have better chances of beating him in his current state. The rest of us can hold up the Link Joker units and maybe even Void, if needed." 'Aichi' said

" Leave him to us." Elizabeth assured

" Yeah. Meanwhile, the Reversed fighters will be handled by everyone else here. We need to get as many fighters back to normal as possible." 'Aichi' said

" Yeah!"

" They'll definitely come from the Gate above the school and from the front gate. While some of us fight on the frontlines, my world's Aichi will keep watch over everyone from the rooftop." Kai said

" I can still fight from a distance too, so it's not a problem if I still can't move my legs for awhile." Aichi said

" Then it's settled. This will be our plan once the attack arrives. Is everyone ready?" 'Aichi' ask

" Yeah!"

" We'll definitely save this world, no matter what." 'Aichi' said

Aichi and Kai's PSYqualia soon activated again as they looked at the door.

" Looks like a friend is here." Aichi said

" Huh?"


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!