"Well, we have fun ... It's time to practice!" said Kazuma, who was at the store with the rest of the team.
"Then you stay in charge Kazuma." Chrono answers, who had in mind to go somewhere else.
"You Won't train with us?" Tokoha asks him.
"No, I have something to do, I'm really sorry." Chrono answers, who had to talk to Ibuki.
Minutes later (in the hospital)...
"How is she?" Chrono asked with a very serious attitude.
"He's rested, but she's stable." Ibuki replies to him.
"You know, who was it?" Chrono asks Ibuki.
"No, someone who has been passing by took this photo, and even the haora is the only thing we have." he replies, while showing the redhead a blurry picture of a person attacking his aunt.
"Do you think it's them?" says Chono, who feared that his family was now in danger.
"Don't worry, we'll do what is in our hands." Ibuki replies.
"That's what you said, and look what happened!" shouts Chrono, this makes Mikuru react and turn to see him.
Minutes later...
"Are you okay?" asks Chrono.
"Yeah, don't worry I'm fine... but they told me I should rest for a few days." said Mikuru, who was gravely wounded.
"By the way ... I heard you have a tournament, is that true?" she asks her nephew.
"Yes, but it's still not official, I can quit if I want." he answered his aunt, while he saw how badly wounded she was.
"No. Listen Chrono ... The vanguard is what you like, isn't it, then do what you like, I'll be fine, I promise." she was saying to her nephew.
"Yes, but ..." replied the redhead, who returned to have his doubts.
"No buts, I'll get out of here and I'll go see you play." she answers, and in that moment Chrono can't avoid releasing a couple of tears.
Two days later...
"It's been two days..." said Tokoha, who was obviously worried because Chrono wasn't going to train with them and after classes finished he won't say anything.
"Today he will also miss training and work." said Kazuma, looking at his watch.
"Is this normal in him Tokoha-chan?" Emi asks him.
"At the moment I don't know what to say to you Emi-san..." Tokoha answers, all depressed.
While in the Hospital...
"Thanks for taking care of me every day Chrono, but ... don't you have to train with your team?" Mikuru asks his nephew, as it seemed very strange to see him there every day.
"Don't worry, besides... you're almost like my mother, they should understand." Chrono said to her.
"Well if you say so." she answers.
Minutes later...
"So here you are..." says a voice that came out of the corridor and takes the redhead by surprise.
"What are you doing here, Shion?" Chrono asks his blond friend
"Well, it's been two days without going to training with your team and the other reason is that Tokoha was worried when she spoke to me." Shion told him.
"How did you know I was here?" asks Chrono.
"Easy, in this hospital are Am's parents, what surprised me the most was seeing Mikuru when I walked around here." the blonde replies.
"Don't tell Tokoha and the others, I don't want them to worry about this." Chrono says to the blonde.
"What happened exactly?" Shion asks Chrono.
"I don't know, Ibuki informed me late when we were in camp." Chrono answers him.
"This doesn't look good at all." Chrono thought.
"Will you tell the others?" Shion asks the redhead.
"I said no! If the one who attacked Mikuru was a Diffrider this would affect Tokoha, who still believes there are good Diffriders." Chrono answers Shion.
"It's okay, I'll keep the secret, but you know that sooner or later this will come to light right?" Shion replies.
"Yeah, and that's why I will go ahead and see what answers I find in Europe." Chrono tells his blond friend...
"For that you have to win the qualifiers ... and I'm not going to make it that easy." Shion answers.
"It's good to know, why now I'm going to go with everything." Chrono answers, who returns to his aunt's room.
The next day...
"I'm sorry guys, today I won't be able to attend the training either." Chrono told them, who was leaving the store at the end of his shift.
"Hey Anjou, have you discovered anything?" Kazuma asks.
"No, I asked Shion, but he hasn't answered any of my calls." she told him.
"Hey and if Shindou-kun has a girlfriend." Emi told them, so Tokoha worried even more, as he remembered that a girl had confessed to Chrono a while back.
"Guys, I just remembered that I have something to do with my family and ... I'm sorry!" Tokoha lies to them, who was really looking for Chrono.
"It is clear that he is lying." said Kazuma, who starts training with Shin, Emi and Kamui.
Already in the hospital ...
"Didn't you have to train for the tournament today?" Mikuru asks his nephew.
"Yes, but ... they will understand." Chrono answers him.
"What will we understand Chrono?" a voice asks behind him.
"Tokoha, what are you doing here?" Chrono asks, who is surprised to see her.
"That's not what I ask." she replies annoyed.
"Well, you see ... Mikuru had an accident and ended up here ... so ..." Chrono replied, who obviously was a lie and Tokoha knew it, since Mikuru looked very bad.
"Well, if you don't want to tell me I'm leaving." she answers annoyed, since she knew that Chrono was lying to her (again).
"You should go and talk to her." Mikuru tells his nephew, who had been frozen at the door.
"But ..." Chrono answers.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine, go and arrange things with Tokoha-chan, besides ... I always knew you were feeling something for her, by the way ... you make a nice couple." Mikuru tells him playing a joke.
Minutes later...
"you are still here." Chrono reacts when he sees Tokoha sitting.
"Yeah, but I was about to leave." she answers.
"I am sorry!" Chrono apologizes.
"Why do you apologize, it's very normal for you not to say things." she replies annoyed.
"Why are you upset? Nothing serious happened. She'll be out in a few days." asks Chrono.
"BAKA! I'm upset about a lot of things, with everything that happened I thought you were in trouble and I was worried, then Emi-san said you could ... you could have a girlfriend and for some reason I worry more, and... Then I see Mikuru in a hospital bed and you don't tell us anything. " Tokoha tells him, who was crying.
"I'm sorry ..." says Chrono, who tries to hug her, but ...
"Don't touch me! I need to be alone for a moment." she says, who leaves and leaves the redhead alone.
To be continue...