Hello, everyone! This is a new chapter! Chapter 74! I hope everyone will enjoy it and without further ado, let's start!

Normal POV

Kai gasped after seeing the power from the attack as he was soon released from the black mist

" This is... Did Aichi lend him that bow, knowing that this would happen...?" Kai thought

Another arrow was shot at Frederick as some hit Frederick while the rest freed 'Aichi. from the barrier encasing him as he flew up to help Kai.

" Hey! Are you okay?!" 'Aichi' exclaimed

" Y-Yeah..."

'Aichi' quickly released a ball of light from his hand as he ejected some black mist that had managed to enter Kai before helping him down while making sure Aichi didn't slip off.

" Are you sure you're alright?" 'Aichi' ask

" Yeah, I'm fine..." Kai assured

'Aichi' looked around to access the damage as he quickly landed before Void or Frederick could recover.

" Rest here." 'Aichi' said

" Aichi!"

They looked up again after Kai was set down as they saw Void coming out of the smoke, his body was damaged and the black mist was clinging onto his damaged body parts.

" He's finally taken damage!" Shingo exclaimed

" I don't know what you did, Kai, but it's working!" Miwa exclaimed

" ... Don't get so cocky." Void said

Frederick appeared from the smoke after blocking the arrows with a barrier as he shot out a dark ray, aiming for 'Kai' while he readied another shot. Meliodas immediately came up to block the attack with his dagger.

" Not happening!" Meliodas exclaimed

" Don't get in my way!" Frederick yelled

" Then try to go past me!" Meliodas said

Elizabeth also landed beside them as she started to heal Aichi and Kai from their exhaustion as well. At the same time, 'Kai' had released another arrow as it split again to hit both Frederick and Void.

" The same trick won't hit me again." Void

Black mist blocked the arrows while Frederick directed the dark ray to destroy the arrows.

" Oh my... They're pissed off now." Ren said

" Not the time to be impressed!" Leon exclaimed

" I'm not!" Ren pouted

" Kai!"

'Kai' had fell to his knees as he panted. 'Aichi' immediately stopped healing and went over to him.

" Kai-kun?"

" I-I'm fine..."

He lifted up his hand again to create an arrow as the small orb soon burst as Kai let out a gasp while 'Aichi' supported him again.

" He didn't know the logic of creating an arrow like that... I guess creating three was his limit..." Kai thought

" You're lacking the strength to make another one!" 'Aichi' exclaimed

" But this bow... I just know it can..." 'Kai' panted

" Maybe, but you're too exhausted!" 'Aichi' exclaimed

" But..."

That was the last thing Kai had heard before he blacked out. When he opened his eyes again, he was in a white space as he looked around.

" Kai-kun!"

Kai looked behind him as he saw Aichi floating towards him.

" Aichi? Where are we?" Kai ask

" I don't know. When I fainted, I was already here." Aichi replied

" I'm glad you're finally here with us, Toshiki Kai. It took me awhile to establish a connection with the both of you." A voice echoed

" Who are you?!" Kai exclaimed

" Oh? You don't recognize my voice?" The voice ask

" ... Takuto... kun...?" Aichi ask

" That's correct. Though I am also the Overseer of Time. I sensed your powers and tried to communicate with the both of you until now. But I don't have time right now, so I will make this quick." Takuto said

" What do you need us for?" Kai ask

" If I recall, do you two see a certain black castle right now?" Takuto ask

" Only through images. We still can't see it in real life." Aichi replied

" I see. I believe that once the both of you awaken later, you'll be able to see it due to your powers slowly evolving. Anyway, we need your help desperately." Takuto said

" What's going on?" Kai ask

" As you might have known, entities calling themselves 'Jammers' are trying to disrupt timelines. Now that you two can travel to different timelines, I would like the both of you to help out in restoring those timelines. You two will become the Overseers of Time and Space together." Takuto said

" Us?"

" Yeah. However, I can't afford to have the both of you always using your powers unnecessarily, lest we risk another distorted timeline. Instead, I need you two to secretly help the people who are soon going to be working on restoring the timelines. Watch them from the shadows and help only when it's necessary. Ren Suzugamori is part of your group, right? I'm sure he's aware of that. But..." Takuto sighed

" But...?"

" That guy... He already messed up quite a few timelines himself, most likely on purpose too." Takuto sighed

The two sweat dropped and sighed as well.

" What is that idiot doing...? He's creating more trouble for no reason..." Kai sighed

" And we told him to be careful too..." Aichi sighed

" Please watch over him just in case." Takuto said

" ... Understood. But Takuto-kun, we have something to settle as well in our own timeline, if you could give us some time..." Aichi said

" I know. The Akashic Book showed us quite a bit of things, so we understand your situation. Don't worry, that is pretty much more important right now since a potential world disaster is at stake. Now then, since I have finished what I wanted to say, I should go now or he might find out. You two should hurry to awaken and help this world first." Takuto said

" Okay!"

The space around them slowly started to disappear as they were soon awakened. The two slowly opened their eyes and got up as they nodded.

" Hey... Are you two alright?" Naoki ask

" Yeah. Don't worry." Aichi replied

He stood up and checked himself before realizing that he had fully healed before thanking Elizabeth and walked over to pick the bow off from 'Kai's hand.

" It's okay. You've done your best. You can rest now." Aichi assured

The cape appeared around him as he floated up.

" I'll be back in a minute." Aichi said as he looked over to Kai and nodded again

He flew up as he made another arrow of light and aimed.

" Like I said, it won't work." Void said

" I know." Aichi said

Aichi then pointed the bow upwards as they looked up to the sky and gasped. Black clouds were above them as thunder and lightning crashed inside it. Kai got up as his black sword was on his hand. Aichi shot the arrow as it entered the cloud.

" What?!"

Kai swung his sword down as the lightning-filled arrows rained down from the clouds. Void and Frederick were left to fend for themselves as the others went away from the arrows that were hitting the ground.

" Amazing!" Sharlene exclaimed

" They're definitely on another level." Jillian said

" Yeah."

" I'm sure glad they're on our side..." Miwa muttered

" Yeah... The school would be gone if they weren't..." Shingo muttered

Once the arrows and lightning ceased, Void and Frederick had disappeared as the others waited in silence while Aichi looked around before turning to them and gave them a thumbs up. Naoki held in his excitement before he burst out.

" ... Alright! We did it!" Naoki exclaimed

Aichi floated back down on the ground as he smiled at Kai.

" Thanks for the backup." Aichi said

" No problem." Kai said

" How long were we knocked out for?" Aichi ask

" For you, it was a few minutes but your Kai woke up in a few seconds." Nerva said

" ... That talk was a few seconds...?" Kai muttered

" Looks like his talk about being the Overseer of Time is true to an extent..." Aichi whispered

" Yeah..."

Kai looked into the distance as his eyes slowly widened and he quickly tapped Aichi's shoulder.

" ... That..." Kai exclaimed, pointing his finger into the distance

Aichi raised an eyebrow before looking over at where Kai was pointing to as his eyes widened as well. They were now finally able to see the giant black castle that they had seen from the image their swords had shown them.

" Impossible... This world too...?!" Aichi exclaimed

" W-What's wrong?" Nerva ask

" Y-You don't see that black castle over there?!" Kai exclaimed

" ... What castle...?" 'Aichi' ask

" They can't see it." Kai confirmed

" But that means that this world might have been..." Aichi muttered

" What have you two been going on about since just now?" Meliodas ask

" ... Please listen to this very carefully. We believe that there is another threat to Vanguard in this world." Aichi said

" What?!"

" This threat possesses a Vanguard fighter, but it won't ask for a cardfight. In fact, it would reject the very existence of Vanguard and try to erase anyone who seems to be a threat to them. Their motive is to create a world where Vanguard doesn't exist." Aichi explained

" What would they achieve by erasing Vanguard?!" Miwa exclaimed

" We don't know yet... Just... When we encountered them in our world, they talked about how Vanguard only brought about despair and sadness." Aichi said

" Huh?!"

" Anyway, they won't stop until they've destroyed all that they deem are threats to their plans. They'll seek to kill, and they can also transform into Vanguard units to attack you. So please be careful." Aichi warned

" What do they look like?" Elizabeth ask

" When they possessed some of the people in our world, they had this weird mark on them. Just keep a lookout for suspicious people since they could be hiding their marks anywhere on their body." Kai said as he drew out the mark on the ground

" What's this extremely weird mark...?" Kamui muttered

" A reversed 'J'..." 'Aichi' said

" It's not that hard to miss since it's already a really weird mark." Kai said

" I agree... I wonder who even created that kind of mark..." Nerva said

" Whatever the case, they are still dangerous to non-combatants. So if any non-combatants see this mark, just call for someone who can fight and purify those marks." Aichi said

" Okay..."

" Oh yeah... Weren't you two having an issue in your world? Isn't it about time to head back, since you've fully recovered..." 'Aichi' said

" But..."

" We can handle the rest from here. You two have already helped us out a bunch. I really don't know how to thank you for this." 'Aichi' said

" There's really no need for any thanks. We just stayed here to help because we wanted to." Kai shrugged

" But really... I think you two have done a lot for us already. From now, let us handle this. Please don't worry." 'Aichi' assured

Aichi and Kai looked at each other and thought about it. Suddenly, Aichi saw a premonition of the future as his sweat dripped.

" ... Yeah... We definitely need to head back, right now." Aichi said

Seeing the nervousness in Aichi's eyes, Kai also feared on what's to come as he nodded.

" Okay."

" Looks like your world needs your help now. Hurry on and head back." 'Aichi' said

" Yeah. Thank you for healing me. If it weren't for you, I would've been paralyzed forever." Aichi said

" Not a problem. Be careful." 'Aichi' said

Aichi nodded before looking over to 'Kai', who'd recovered his strength, as he went over to him.

" Your display of power back there was amazing. Never forget that feeling when you had fired that arrow." Aichi said

" How did you...?" 'Kai' exclaimed

" This bow showed me everything." Aichi said as he lifted up the bow before keeping it back in his ring, " It was really happy for your achievement."

" A weapon told you all that?" 'Kai' ask

" Even weapons have feelings. If you take care of it really well, it responds to your feelings in turn. The bow sensed that determination in you and was so eager to see what your potential was. That's why I asked you to use it." Aichi said

" Oh..."

Aichi's rings glowed as he looked at it.

" Looks like it has a parting gift." Aichi said

" Huh?"

His ring shot out a bright light as they shielded their eyes. Once 'Kai' peeked out open his eyes, he was surprised to see a bow clad in red and gold markings on his hand.

" You could call this a toned down version of that bow. But it has pretty much almost the same power as the bow I have right now. Take care of it." Aichi said

" ... Y-Yeah..."

" Make sure to name it and clean it until it sparkles. I'm sure it'll respond to you as well when your feelings comes across to it." Aichi said

'Kai' stared at the bow as Aichi walked back to Kai and got his Dimension Sword back.

" We should be going now." Aichi said

Kai nodded as he opened the holographic clock as the hands ticked to a stop and the Dimension Sword opened the portal.

" ... Wait for a moment." 'Aichi' called as he handed two pouches to Aichi and Kai, " This is for giving Kai-kun that bow. Think of it as a thank you and a parting gift."

" But..."

" Those will be useful to the both of you, so please just take it back with you. Thank you for everything. Maybe we can meet again someday in the future." 'Aichi' said

" ... Yeah, someday." Kai said

" See you again." Aichi said

" Yeah!"

As they stepped into the portal, the others waved them off as the two did the same and the portal closed.


The portal soon opened up again as they entered the familiar apartment and immediately heard loud cries upon their return.

" Tasuku-kun!"

" Took you two long enough." Einella said

" Sorry for taking so long." Kai said

Aichi immediately carried Tasuku and nuzzled his cheek against Tasuku's to comfort him while he continued to wail for awhile as Kai told the story about the other world to Einella.

" I see. Quite an adventure you two had back there." Einella said

" You can say that again." Kai said as he looked over to Aichi, who was now talking to Tasuku, " He missed Tasuku a lot."

" I'm sure you do, too. You're just hiding it." Einella said as Kai hid the blush on his cheeks

Kai then remembered why they were back as he turned to Aichi.

" Oh right... Aichi, why were you in such a rush to return?" Kai ask

Aichi froze as he finally remembered the reason they had returned as he shot up from the bed.

" Everyone's in trouble!" Aichi exclaimed

" Huh?!"

" I saw a vision of the future! I can't believe I had forgotten until now! Those guys have invaded the schools... our schools... with more of the Adaptive Soldiers! All of our friends are in trouble! My family, too!" Aichi exclaimed

" What?! Why didn't you say so?!" Kai exclaimed

" B-Because... Tasuku-kun was too cute!" Aichi exclaimed

Kai flinched a little at those words as he coughed to hide a blush while Einella sighed and almost face palmed.

" I guess you really did have some sort of separation anxiety after all..." Kai said

" We were away from him for so long! He cried so much!" Aichi exclaimed

" What a headache..." Einella sighed

" Also, shouldn't we be going to save the others by now?" Kai ask

" Yeah, we definitely should. Let's see... Hitsue High still has Miwa-kun but he can also defend the school for a brief period of time... Fukuhara High is practically defenseless without Ren-san there. Miyaji High is where everything will become worse, but we still have time. If we can save the other two schools first, we'll have plenty of help before fighting the ones at Miyaji High." Aichi said

" But by the time we head to Miyaji High, we might become exhausted and plus, it's those Adaptive Soldiers. I'm pretty sure those things are still adapted to our powers from the previous batch." Kai said

" That's true..."

" Those at Namimmori might not make it in time even we contact them now... I'm sure if your family is in danger, CEDEF would've gotten the news from your father too." Einella said

" Yeah..."

" ... Why don't we do it this way? Checkerface- I mean, Kawahira and I haven't been able to loosen ourselves for awhile. Let us handle the other two schools. You two should head to Miyaji." Einella said

" But..."

" I'll also be with Tasuku. Once I have rescued one of the schools, I'll return here with him and wait for you two to return home safely." Einella said

" Well... I guess that'll work." Aichi said

" But the problem comes after we arrive at Miyaji... How are we going to counter those guys?" Kai wondered

Aichi then remembered the pouches him and Kai were handed as he took his out from his pocket.

" I wonder what he meant by how these things inside the pouches would help us..." Aichi said

Kai also took his own pouch out of his pocket as they looked at each other before carefully opening them.

" Well? What's inside them?" Einella ask

" These are... orbs? They look really shiny." Aichi said as he removed the glowing orb

" Looks like there's something inside them." Kai said

" Huh?"

Aichi looked into the orb as his eyes widened in surprise.

" These might be able to help us after all!" Aichi exclaimed


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!