Highschool Arc

A week ago…

Chrono sat uncomfortably on the couch as this might be one of the most awkward moments of his life. He couldn't have anticipated that his dad was there waiting for him when he got home. Not only that, the detective, Kogami, from the hospital was waiting there too. Now they're sitting across from him staring, waiting to question. Chrona and Tokimi were sitting on the side, watching them.

"So, you say that you're from another world," Rive spoke up. "And that you're…" He bashfully cleared his throat. "...That you're my son."

Chrono's eye immediately landed on his mother who simply smiled at him. He slowly looked back to his dad. "Yeah, that's right."

Rive shifted in his seat. "Hm, seeing those two pictures, it makes it hard to deny that there's truth to it."

"Hmmm," the detective hummed. "Still, a person from another world? It sounds incredibly ridiculous. How did you even get here?"

"I don't really know," he answered honestly, "there was a flash of light and I was just… here."

Kogami was unsatisfied with that answer. He was about to ask another question when Rive stopped him. "You know Yoshio, you don't need to be in detective mode all the time."

"B-but sensei!-"

"I believe him, it doesn't seem like he's lying. But I also trust in my wife's judgement." Tokimi slightly blushed at that remark.

Kogami was defiant, but quickly gave up. "...Okay fine, I'll respect your wishes." He sank back into his chair disappointed.

"But there's still the thing you 43 staying. Not that I have a problem with it, I was just… surprised."

'That's probably an understatement,' Chrono thought. "I'll try to keep to myself, I don't really want to be a bother."

"Now hold a sec," Tokimi interjected, "I don't want to hear that. We'll be happy to have you here. I bet even Chrona is thrilled."

Chrona flinched slightly as the attention was now shifted to her. "I-I'm just okay with it, really. Don't exaggerate it."

Rive laughed seeing Chrona so nervous. "It seems like she already has taken a liking to him."

Her face flushed a bit. "Well he is technically my brother," she pouted.

"My my~ Chrona is such a tsundere~," Tokimi tease her.

"Shut it!"

Chrono was amused by the family's hijinks. 'They're good people,'he thought to himself, "I don't want to be a burden on them.' Not like he did with Mikuru.

"Chrono," Rive said as he 34443th 433to him. "I heard your a cardfighter."33

"Ah yes, I am," he answered, curious.

"Well then, you wouldn't mind having a cardfight with me."

Chrono sat on the roof of the school eating his lunch while flipping through articles on his phone. One thing he quickly learned being in this world is that he actually doesn't know much about it. With hichrome 43r still being alive and him not existing, he should learn as much as possible.

There were a couple differences that he could tell. There are some different world leaders, some celebrities died and new ones he didn't recognized, Et cetera, Et cetera. Then he started looking into the people he knows. The clan leader system is still around in this world, Mamoru still acting as the Kagero clan leader, though it looks like Kazaki isn't one. Weirdly, he couldn't find any information on Ibuki as much as he tried and when he tried to look up Q4, Kai is the only one that he could find (still a professional cardfighter). Nothing on Kamui, Misaki, and Aichi.

The most shocking things he found out though was that Shion's dad had passed away about a month ago, it seems that he died of a heart attack. Unfortunately, it looks like Shion doesn't have control over the Kiba corporation at all. Of course, Chrono felt awful hearing the news. He wants to help him, be there for him when he needs it, but he doesn't know exactly how to. What's he going to do? Chrono's a complete stranger to him, doubt Shion wants to be bothered by him, especially now.

Then Chrono remembers when he first came here, Shion standing over him worried. He let out a long, frustrated sigh.

'Shion, where are you now?'

He heard a door open. He peeked over to see who it was, still hidden by a wall. It was a pink haired girl wearing a school uniform. Even though he couldn't see her face, she still seems really familiar to him. She's looking around the roof like she's for something or someone.

"Hm, I wonder where he is…" the pink haired girl hummed.

Chrono eyes bulged. 'Wait, that voice. Is she…?' She then turned towards his direction. He panicked, unsure what to do until it was too late.

Luna came around the corner and looked completely terrified of him. "Gah! I-I-I- Sorry! I didn't mean to bother you!" She stuttered. She bowed and ran out the door. Chrono was left flabbergasted.

"What the hell just happened?" He wondered. Why was she so scared of him? More importantly, why is she here?! Now that he thinks about it, he hasn't seen anything about Rummy Labyrinth other than Am, still being an idol. Is Luna a normal girl in this world?

"Agh! What's happening here?" Chrono is starting to get a migraine. Too many people missing, so many differences.

He suddenly felt his phone go off. Weird, he just barely got this phone. He quickly went to check he it was.

?: "Hey, this is Tokoha. Where the hell are u? Me and Kumi been looking for u"

Tokoha? How did she get this phone num- Oh, Chrona. Oh course she did.

Chrono: "Sorry, I was looking around."

Tokoha: "whatever class is gonna start soon, let's just meet up after school"

Chrono: "sure, see you"

He hung his head. This will be a pain in the ass to deal with.

Today was a long and difficult day for Chrono. After missing months of schools, he has a lot of material to catch up on. Not only that, he has a hard time fitting into class. The other students been giving him weird looks and glances all day, no one would want to talk to him. Not too surprising considering all the bandages he's covered with makes him looks like a delinquent, maybe that's why Luna run away from me. He just wants to go straight home, but he doesn't want to bail on the girls after they ask him to meet up. Guess he'll have to bear with it. Still, it's nice to see them, no matter how much it still hurts him at the same time.

"Chrono!" Kumi waved as she saw him in the hallways.

"Hey you two," he greeted them. Kumi was cheery as always. Tokoha on the other hand stare daggers at him, probably still mad at him ghosting on them.

"Hey… So are you gonna run off again?" Tokoha grumbled as she continued to glare at him.

"I'm not, I'm not, jeez," He waves his apologetically. "What do you want to do anyways?"

"Well, how about a tour around school? Since you're new and all," Kumi suggests.

"Eeerr, I don't think that's reall-" Before he could finish, Tokoha interrupts.

"Yeah, that'd be great! We could also show him our usual spot we go to." Chrono didn't have a chance to interject as the two girls swiftly whisk him away.

They pulled him from place to place, showing him the different parts of the school. He didn't pay much attention though since he already knew all of it.

"This is the cafeteria," Tokoha explained as Kumi nibbles on a melon bread she got from the vending machines.

'Yeah, I hate the food here,' he thought with distaste. 'They can't cook for shit.'

"We usually eat riiiight over there," she pointed smiling. "See right there, that place, for the next time you suddenly have the urge to ditch us again."

"You're still pissed about that?" He sighed.

"This here are the changing rooms for P.E." Tokoha points to the building.

"Don't get any naughty ideas while we're changing~" Kumi jokes as the two girls pretend to be bashful.

The swirly redhead deadpanned. "Don't flatter yourselves." He immediately offered the girls. Didn't last so long as he was and 4inches 34suddenly struck in the head with a soccer ball and then dropped straight to the ground with an audible thump. "Damn my luck…"

The girls bent down to the poor, pain induced boy. "Oh, over there is the soccer field. You should be careful though, never know when a ball might be flying out of there," Tokoha added.

"Okay that's nice and all, but why aren't you helping me?" Chrono growled in frustration.

"Because you deserved it,' Kumi cheerfully retorted.

"I clearly did not!"

Some time has passed and the group have already gone through most of the school. Now walking down the halles halls of the school, it seemed that there is still someplace they wanted to show him. Considering that, Chrono found it weird that Tokoha and Kumi wanted to show him one more place.

Tokoha, where are we going? I think you "already showed me most of the school," he asked while holding an ice bag to his head.

"We'll get to it when we get to it," she replied. "We're almost there, just wait a moment." She looked overly happy to the point where she looked like she was skipping.

Chronp's patience was running thin. He was exhausted at this point and to add to that, in pain. What is it that would make her this excited?

Already bored, his eyes began to wonder till they landed on a certain pink haired girl outside, Luna. She was still looking around the school like she had been up in the roof with a sad, worried look in her eyes.

'What is up with you, Luna?' He thought worriedly for the girl.

"Hey Chrono, what's wrong?" Kumi called out for him. He was so absorbed about what was wrong with Luna that he didn't notice he stopped following the two. Realizing this, he quickly ran up to them.

"Sorry, sorry, I was just… thinking about something."

"Hm, well whatever," Tokoha quickly dismissed it, "we're here anyways."

There they stood in front of an old classroom that Chrono quickly remembered. It was a small science classroom that the school hardly ever used since there was very little students for it. Delinquents often use it to ditch class or sometimes use it as a place to smoke cigarettes. Why did Tokoha and Kumi being him here?

"So this is the place, our unofficial clubroom," Tokoha smirk as she showed off. "It wasn't easy, but we managed to get to use it until we fully form the club, then it'll be officially ours."

"You don't say…" He did remember that they were forming a cardfight club and this must be it.

Tokoha peeked inside the small window of the door. "Oh it looks like one of our club members arrived already."

She opened the door and inside was a tall Male figure. He turns to the group with a huge smile. He was wearing a school uniform, with blonde hair and blue eyes. One of things that stood out from him the most was a green streak in his hair.

"Oh hey you two, I-" He noticed the new boy standing next to his friends and gave a puzzled look. "Wait, who's the new guy?"

"He's the new guy we told you about before," Tokoha explained to him. "Chrono, he's an old friend of ours we'd like you to meet."

The blonde haired boy put out his hands for a handshake. "Hi, it's nice to meet you. My name is Miguel Torres."

Hello! We are now in the Highschool arc! It should take up about half of the remaining story, then after that like 1 or 2 more arcs before the story ends. I'll do one more chapter of this, then I'll probably do a one shot I've been thinking of doing. then I'll switch of over to my other story do start the Miyaji Academy Festival Arc where I plan for the plot to really pick up. Well until then, thanks for reading!