Hello, everyone! This is a new chapter! Chapter 73! I hope everyone will enjoy it and without further ado, let's start!

Normal POV

After they entered the hall again, Kai plopped down against the wall and slid down to sit as Aichi smiled while his eyebrows furrowed a little.

" Despite the healing, you're still pretty exhausted, aren't you?" Aichi ask

" Yeah..."

" That was a pretty big attack. I wouldn't be surprised if you were tired too." 'Aichi' said

" I still am, but I can't be tired the whole time. Anyway, we're back here to discuss about our battle plans again, right? Then please start first." Aichi said

" Okay."

'Aichi' turned to the others as they looked over to them.

" As we've discussed before, I would like to stick to the same plan. I'll bet that we have at least two hours before any Reversed fighters and Link Joker units start trying to come into this place. We have some time to prepare any last modifications to our decks and also strengthening the defenses around the school. We need to push their forces back and counterattack as quickly as we can." 'Aichi' explained

" Yeah!"

" You two should take this time to rest too." 'Aichi' said as he looked over to the still resting Kai, " I'll head outside to prepare the barrier and reinforce it."

" Okay."

" Stay here with Ginta-kun while I'm outside, Kai-kun." 'Aichi' said

" Okay..."

" I'll follow you guys. I can build some defense walls or equipment while I'm at it." Nerva said

'Aichi' nodded as he made his way out with Nerva, Meliodas and Elizabeth. Aichi continued to keep watch over everyone when he noticed 'Kai's downcast expression.

" Hey."

'Kai' looked over to him as Aichi beckoned him over. He blinked in confusion before walking towards Aichi as he stood beside him.

" What is it?" 'Kai' ask

" I noticed you were looking awfully upset. I know my Kai-kun makes that expression whenever he feels... useless. Tell me. Is something bothering you?" Aichi ask as 'Kai' hid a frown and looked away, " ... You really want to help him, right? My other self, I mean."

" ... I promised him to not be this way, but I just can't push it out of my mind." 'Kai' said

" I understand that feeling too. But please don't look down on yourself like that. That expression doesn't suit you." Aichi said

" But if I can't protect him, then what good am I as his lover? Nerva would be more suited for him." 'Kai' said

" So you wish to have power like him?" Aichi ask

" If I could... But not all humans who lives in this world have magic... I don't think I even have the potential to possess any." 'Kai' said

" You belittle yourself, that might be why. If there is even a speck of magic inside you, then you're the one preventing it from surfacing. It's because you don't believe in yourself. Imagine it and it'll become your strength." Aichi said

" 'Imagine it'..."

As he muttered out the words, Aichi noticed his hands glowing a little as he held a gasp.

" Um...! Let me carry Ginta-kun for awhile." Aichi said

" S... Sure."

He handed Ginta over to Aichi as he carefully carried him while he slept before grabbing 'Kai's wrist before he could retract them as he flinched at the sudden movement.

" Wh-What are you...?!" 'Kai' exclaimed

" ... Look."

'Kai' looked down at his hand as his eyes widened a little after seeing it glowing a little with an orange hue.

" What is this...?!" 'Kai' exclaimed

" Even from here, I can feel its increasing warmth. This happened after you imagined it. You imagined about gaining the strength to protect him. This is the proof. You have the power hidden inside of you. You just need a bigger push in order for it to fully awaken." Aichi said

Aichi then released his wrist as 'Kai' looked down at his hand again while the glow dissipated.

" This is... my potential?" 'Kai' ask

" It's probably something stronger, but you just need something else for it to fully be usable. This is a happy thing. You now know that you can do something for him too." Aichi said

" ... Thank you..."

Aichi smiled and nodded as they were now quiet while Aichi continued to carry Ginta and watching him cooing in his sleep. Time passed as Kai groaned and opened his eyes.

" Huh...? When did I fall asleep...?" Kai muttered

" You're finally awake. Had a good rest?" Aichi ask

" Yeah... I really needed that. I didn't know I was that exhausted..." Kai yawned as he rubbed his eyes

" Yeah."

" How long was I asleep?" Kai ask

" About an hour and a half. The defenses have been fortified and everyone just finished modifying their decks. All we have to do now is wait for the time to fight." Aichi replied

" I see."

Nerva soon burst through the doors as he panted from the exhaustion from running.

" ... Th... They're here...! Everyone be ready...!" Nerva panted

" Kai-kun."

Kai nodded as he grabbed the handles of the wheelchair. Aichi then remembered something as he stopped Kai.

" Hey, come with us." Aichi said

The others remained silent as they looked at each other before Aichi pointed to 'Kai' while he pointed to himself after a few moments of processing.

" Me...?"

The three headed up towards the rooftop immediately as Kai handed 'Kai' his cloak.

" Wear this with Aichi. That way, no one will know about you for now since they'll think I'm you from this world." Kai said

" Okay... But why me?" 'Kai' ask

" Don't worry about the details. Just stay beside me if the enemies start to swarm into the barrier." Aichi said

" Oh... Okay..."

" Hey! No time for the talk! They're here!" Meliodas shouted

They looked towards the front of an army of Link Joker units were flying towards them from outside the barrier and leading them was a yellow haired man.

" That's Frederick. The Goddess that Aichi was talking about." 'Kai' said as he wore the cloak along with Aichi, hiding Ginta in it as well

" I see. Then I'll be going now." Kai said

" Be careful." Aichi said

Kai nodded as he flew up into the sky on his cloud. Aichi soon sensed a strong dark presence as he looked at the units again before locating a figure amongst them.

" Such vast dark energy... It's so strong that I can sense it from here. Is that the Void?" Aichi ask

" Its power of nothingness is strong. I can sense it even without any powers too." 'Kai' replied

" This battle will be intense." Aichi said

" Yeah..."

" Now then, I asked you to stay with me because you want to help out, right?" Aichi ask

" But I... have no powers." 'Kai' said as he looked at his hand

" For now. Like I said, you just need a bigger push in the right direction. Use this." Aichi said as he summoned the bow from his ring

" I don't know how to fire an arrow." 'Kai' said

" Learn as you do it. You learn better through experience. Plus, this bow will generate its own arrow so all you have to do is fire it. It's pretty easy to use. Aim the arrows on the units that are flying. They'll take the path you want it to go if you believe in yourself. Don't worry. I won't blame you or say anything if you can't do it. I understand if you're afraid. Take your time. We'll only attack if the enemies seem to be overwhelming." Aichi assured

" Okay..."


In the sky, Kai looked at the incoming army as his eyes narrowed after seeing the fighters as well.

" So those are the Reversed fighters..." Kai muttered

" Be careful. I think I sense Void amongst them too. They're going to aim for us once the barrier breaks." 'Aichi' said, his wings extended on his back

" Those defense walls Nerva built might not even last either with the enemies we're dealing with." Kai said

" Yeah. But this is just to delay for time... We need to prepare ourselves for the fight." 'Aichi' said

" I know."

Kai drew his sword as he realised that he still had Aichi's Dimension Sword with him, attached to his waist.

" Does Aichi need this?" Kai thought

" It's okay, Kai-kun. Keep it with you for now. You might need it." Aichi communicated

" Is this... PSYqualia?" Kai thought

" Yes."

Kai's eyes widened a little after confirming his suspicions before sighing.

" They're coming!" Nerva shouted

They looked in front as they saw Frederick touching the barrier. Slowly, it cracked and shattered as Kai caught a glimpse of a black object flying towards Nerva. He quickly scooped Nerva off the ground to avoid it with his clouds.

" What's that?!" Kai exclaimed

" A black ring from Link Joker! I can't believe they manifested it!" 'Aichi' exclaimed

" That ring locks anything and anyone inside it! Be careful not to get caught by it!" Nerva shouted

" How troublesome!" Kai exclaimed

A blast went past them after they dodged as Kai clicked his tongue.

" This is going to be tough..." Kai muttered

" Onee-sama! Meliodas!"

The two swooped down to battle Frederick as they noticed Void coming out of the crowd of Reversed fighters and floating up to their level.

" There's the big boss..." 'Aichi' said

" Yeah, I can sense it too." Kai said

Void charged at them as 'Aichi' raised his arm in front of him.

" Ark!"

The sphere of light surrounded Void as he smirked and the black mist spread around the light as they gasped.

" ... Grand Ark!"

An even stronger and bigger sphere of light surrounded the first one as Void laughed.

" As if this could stop me. I did not travel through many worlds, only to be defeated by this kind of power so easily. It's definitely strong, but it won't work." Void said as he pierced through the sphere

" Not even Grand Ark could stop him?!" Nerva exclaimed

" This is bad..." 'Aichi' exclaimed

Suddenly, two black rings trapped them as Kai gasped.

" Hey!"

" Caught off guard... just like that?!" 'Aichi' exclaimed

" No... It was a trap all along!" Nerva exclaimed

" Now there's only you left. A tiny, useless human. Just how are you floating on that cloud like that? Could it be one of the manifestations from Aichi Sendou's power?" Void wondered

" Keep thinking, because you're going down!" Kai exclaimed

" Then let's see your feeble struggle while these two will take front row seats to your death show." Void said

" No, don't!" Nerva exclaimed

A sword appeared on Void's hand as he clashed swords with Kai.

" ... This sword..." Void muttered

Kai quickly pushed him away before he could stay near him longer as Void's eyes narrowed.

" That sword feels too out of this world. Where did you obtain that?" Void ask

" Have a guess, though you might not be able to." Kai smirked

" How interesting. Let's see then." Void said

The two clashed swords continuously as Aichi watched them from the rooftop.

" What should we do?! They've been trapped!" 'Kai' exclaimed

" Don't worry. They'll be fine." Aichi assured

'Aichi' took out his fan and opened it as he swung it. Blades of light came out of it and freed both him and Nerva as Kai caught Nerva with a cloud again.

" I see. So you're the one. Cloud manipulation. Something you just recently learnt? Or rather..." Void trailed off as he thought about something, " I've decided. You're going to be my vessel."

" Not happening!" Kai exclaimed

'Aichi' flew towards them but quickly stopped when he saw the army of Link Joker units started to overwhelm the defense walls. The Reversed fighters have already swarmed around the school as he gasped while looking for the others, making sure that they were still safe.

" There's just too many of them...!" 'Aichi' exclaimed

'Kai' looked down from the railings as he gasped as well.

" At this rate, we'll be overwhelmed!" 'Kai' exclaimed

" I guess we have no choice." Aichi sighed

Kai then felt his PSYqualia activating as he heard Aichi's plan and looked over to the rooftop. Aichi nodded as Kai backed away a little while sighing. Aichi held the handles of the wheelchair as he struggled to stand on his legs. Stumbling a little, 'Kai' quickly caught him as clouds gathered beneath their feet.

" What...?"

" I have another plan. This will be a little rough." Aichi said

The clouds lifted them up into the sky as Void took notice of them when they went higher.

" I have only one shot. Once this shot is finished, they must hurry before reinforcements arrive." Aichi said as an orb appeared in his hand

" I wasn't able to use this against the Vindice, but now... Now is a perfect time." Aichi thought

The orb floated out of his hand and came in front of him as he got out his sword. The flowers scattered from the blade as they gathered around the orb. A giant flower bloomed after that as Kai turned to the others.

" Draw back!" Kai yelled

'Aichi' called Meliodas and Elizabeth as they also flew to retreat after seeing the flower. Void and Frederick started firing rays of darkness as Aichi took a breath before executing his chant.

" Burst Element."

The orb glowed and burst as a giant ray of light sliced through the air, destroying anything and everything that got in its way, including the dark rays that Void and Frederick fired as they were caught in the blast as well.

" This is..." Elizabeth exclaimed

" What power!" Nerva exclaimed

" It annihilated everything... Again!" Naoki exclaimed

" But then..." 'Aichi' exclaimed

While the aftereffects of the blast dissipated, the cloud descended as Kai ran over to Aichi to catch him from falling over, his hood falling off in the process.

" Aichi!"

" Was that... An 'element burst' too?" 'Aichi' ask

" Yeah... Aichi gathered those elements in our world once to find a strong enemy but he never got to use it. Since we couldn't generate elements as we normally could, this was our only option. I never thought that this was the amount he'd gathered..." Kai exclaimed

" With this... They won't have reinforcements for awhile... So, hurry... Free those fighters..." Aichi panted before fainting

" ... Onee-sama!"

Elizabeth nodded as they released a blinding light, purging the Link Joker aura from the Reversed fighters as they all collapsed. Kai then started to use clouds to send the fighters to different card shops nearby and the field was empty in an instant.

" Is it... over?" Miwa ask

" For now. They will return for sure." Nerva replied

" That's right. We need to hurry and defeat that agent of Link Joker. The world will return to normal if we do so." 'Aichi' said

" Then let's hurry. The faster this is over, the faster we can go back to our normal lives." Leon said

" Yeah!"

Kai carried Aichi in his arms as he slowly stood up before becoming locked by multiple black rings.

" What?!"

" Hey!"

" I can't move...!" Kai exclaimed

He was floated up as Void appeared in the sky beside him.

" Oh no!"

" That attack didn't damage him?!" Kamui exclaimed

" This is bad!" 'Aichi' exclaimed as his wings appeared on his back and he flew up, only to be stopped by a burned Frederick as he was healing himself, " Get out of my way!"

" I won't."

Void tightened the rings' hold over Kai as he gasped in pain.

" As I've said, you're going to become my vessel. What luck. To think that another Aichi Sendou existed. I'll be putting him to good use too, along with your world." Void said

" That won't happen!" Kai exclaimed

" Oh really? Then we'll see once I take over your body." Void said

'Aichi' immediately tried to fly around Frederick again but was blocked by a barrier as it closed up around him.

" Aichi!"

" Elizabeth!"

" Yes!"

The two flew up as well to help him as black mist started leaking out of Void. The black mist crept up towards him as Kai felt the piercing pain of it entering his body as he let out a scream while trying to resist.

" This is bad!" Ren exclaimed

" Can't we do something?!" Miwa exclaimed

" I don't have any power to create something to get us up there!" Nerva exclaimed

" The other Aichi fainted and our Aichi is already trapped... The only other two people who can fight in the air already have their hands full... What can we do...?!" Misaki exclaimed

While Kai continued to struggle with the black mist, their Rainbow rings started to glow as Void noticed that the black mist had seized a little but not completely.

" What...?"

The bow in 'Kai's hand glowed as he felt it and took it out from the cloak.

" ... Are you telling me to use you to save them...?" 'Kai' thought

He then looked up as he steeled his determination and handed Ginta over to Nerva.

" What are you doing?!" Nerva exclaimed

" Just... something. Something I hope that it'll work..." 'Kai' said

'Kai' looked down at the bow as he lifted it up. The bow glowed as little particles gathered into his other hand, forming an arrow. Hiding his surprise, he immediately put the arrow on the bow as he pulled the bowstring.

" I just have to get one hit on Void... If this hits, he'll be released immediately... I have to do it!" 'Kai' thought

" Imagine it and it'll become your strength."

" Imagine it... And fire this arrow!" 'Kai' thought as his hands started glowing again while the arrow started to heat up in the same orange glow, " Go!"

He released the arrow as it flew up towards Void. Suddenly, it burned up in flames and scattered before hitting Void altogether, burning him up in flames.


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!