Chapter 5: The cold aura

"My Vanguard…" said a familiar voice in Aichi's dream.

"…W-Who is it…?" Aichi said, being all sleepy and tired.

"Be careful today as you may experience something overwhelming and saddening today. But for you, I will be there to help you." As Aichi rubbed his eyes a bit he soon saw who was talking to him. It was Blaster Blade Liberator. He was now confused about what was Blaster Blade doing his dream.

"Blaster Blade…? What are you doing here…?" He asked.

"I have come to give you a word of caution to you today. Your trip today to that tree might become slightly dangerous. But I think you will be strong enough to bring a new light to the world, sooner or later." Blaster Blade responded to Aichi.

"Oh…I see… I appreciate your concerns for me, Blaster Blade, but I will not let you down nor I'll fall from the grace." Aichi said, giving a confident smile to Blaster Blade. Blaster Blade just looked to Aichi and knew that he wouldn't break his word.

"I see. Well, it is time for you to wake up now, isn't it? I wish you good luck once more today, Sendou Aichi." Blaster Blade said to Aichi.

"T-Thank you." Aichi replied.

…

Aichi woke up from his dream and was slightly confused a bit before he started to think.

"A word of caution, huh…" He thought. He didn't really know what Blaster Blade meant with the danger, but decided to be cautious as he trusted on his avatar's words. He didn't want to take any risks of danger today if something bad would be happening today. Aichi changed his pyjamas to his regular daily clothes and went downstairs to have a breakfast that her mother had made for him. After finishing eating the breakfast he went upstairs and took his deck and he took out his avatar from the deck. Aichi looked at his avatar and smiled to him. "I guarantee that I will do my best today. I'll show you." He said confidently, looking still towards his avatar and smiled to it. As he put it back to his deck he went downstairs and put on his shoes and was ready to go out.

Today was a going to be a beautiful day. The sunshine was shining brightly in the morning and it looked like the day would be an enjoyable and fascinating one. After all Aichi and Kourin were going to have a picnic trip to the so called "Legendary Tree". But before that they had to pack something to eat there. So they had to decide what to buy from the shop before going to the trip. Aichi was on his way to a super market, waiting for Kourin to come before going to buy some food for their trip to the Legendary Tree.

Meanwhile Kourin had just woken up from her bed as she went to bathroom to wash her teeths and took a quick showering. After that she had some breakfast. She didn't realize the time's flow until she checked the time from her clock. She quickly ate her breakfast and changed her outfit for the trip and took her purse with her. She took her deck from her room and she looked at her deck once more.

"This deck will show you the true power, Aichi. Just watch me beating you down." Kourin thought on her mind as she put her deck to purse. She was quickly done doing the last things before going outside to meet Aichi in the shop they were supposed to meet to buy some food for their trip today.

At the shop Aichi and Kourin soon met up at a small corner and trading their greetings:

"Hey, Kourin." Aichi said.

"H-H-Hey A-Aichi…" Kourin said, exhausted from running to the super market, because she was almost late.

"A-Are you okay?" Aichi asked, being little worried.

"H-huff…Y-Yea… I-I was just… trying to be i-in time s-so I wouldn't be l-late." Kourin answered as she tried to calm herself so she wouldn't breathe way too fast.

"I-I see… Well, you weren't late at all! In a matter of fact you were actually in time!" Aichi replied, giving a smile to Kourin and made her calm down.

"I-I… Thanks." Kourin said, now being more calm.

"You're welcome. Well, we should go now buy those food that we talked about before going to that long trip, right?"

"Yea."

While they were in the shop they selected many different kind of food to try, as well getting some fruits and snacks as well. They both suggested different things until they made a compromise together and decided to get certain items in the end. They were both smiling to their choices overall and they still continued to buy more items. Suddenly Aichi gets a flashback on his head.

Flashback:

"Be careful today as you may experience something overwhelming and saddening today…"

"Blaster Blade…? What are you doing here…?"

"I have come to give you a word of caution to you today. Your trip today to that tree might become slightly dangerous.

End of flashback:

"…Aichi?" Kourin asked as she was worried what happened to Aichi just a while ago.

"O-Oh… Sorry, I was caught on my thoughts." He replied.

"I see… Well I am glad that you're fine since you got me worried!" She muttered but smiled to Aichi which made him blush a bit from making her worry about her.

After done talking about what happened they finished getting the items for trip. They then went to the cash register to pay the food and such, splitting the total cost of their shopping as well in half. They packed the groceries in their bags and then after, they were now ready to go to their trip. But before that, Aichi wanted to take Kourin to one place before they would head on.

"U-Umm, Kourin?" Aichi asked

"Yes?" Kourin replied.

"Before we go, could I show you one place that I haven't shown to you before?" He asked and his eyes were steely and from his eyes, Kourin could see that the place Aichi wanted to show her was something important.

"U-Uhmm… Sure!" She replied.

Aichi took Kourin's hand and they went together through the park all the way to the fountain. The fountain was a place where Aichi could sometimes think about something and take his sadness away. It was something that encouraged him throughout his life. Kourin saw how Aichi looked towards the fountain that was flowing with bright water. The sunshine added a nice effect, reflecting both Aichi's and Kourin's image from the water.

"This fountain means a lot for me. It made me understand the mistakes I've done and helped me further develop myself. The fountain itself has something spiritual powers that would make a person more confident and calm. That is although, a rumor but I believe in it and oddly, it has worked for me. But even so I believe that you would be someday here as well, sitting near the fountain with me and hoping for something good. This is what I wanted to show you before we'd be going."

"I see. I can understand what this fountain means to you. Perhaps I wouldn't be able to be here with you regardless of your kind thoughts. But even so I-"

"It is fine, Kourin.I believe that we'll be here together someday." Aichi looked at Kourin with a smile that enveloped a lot of feelings, making Kourin blush. There was indeed something in the fountain that made Aichi more confident than ever. Kourin adored the sight of how Aichi was now completely a different person. But even she knew since she was reversed she wouldn't really have the chance to get somekind of relief from the fountain. She after all, trusted on Aichi's words about the fountain.

"Well, we should be going now." Aichi said to Kourin.

"Yeah." Kourin replied.

They stood up and grabbed their bags as they walked together, hands once more being together. The trip to the Legendary Tree was upcoming. As Aichi and Kourin were walking outside of the town they were talking about the schedule for today. There was a hotel not far away the Legendary so their goal was to get a room and rent it for a couple of days if they were planning to stay longer. Aichi and Kourin walked inside the hotel and went together to rent a room for both of them to stay in. As they paid the renting price they got the key to their room and the number they went upstairs to unpack their luggage.

Aichi took out his own luggage and putted the other clothes he had packed to the closet. Kourin did the same. They soon took out the food and put them to the fridge. Meanwhile Aichi soon realized that he was hungry, Kourin including.

"You know, I am feeling hungry, Kourin. Perhaps we should make something to eat, hmm?" Aichi asked.

"W-Well I also am feeling hungry, Aichi. We should definitely make something to eat." Kourin replied in return. Both in the end nodded and shared a gentle smile in their face as they turned towards the kitchen. They grabbed ingredients from the fridge and put them to the table. Aichi took the vegetables and Kourin did the rice and meat. They had decided that they would be doing something regular to eat.

Aichi sliced down the vegetables and put them in a single place in a hold while Kourin was heating up the water and afterwards putting the rice in. She fried the meat in the pan and then she took the rice from the pot and poured the water out of the pot and then put the rice with the meat. Aichi put the sliced vegetables to the pan where rice and meat were at the moment heating up. As Kourin now put the cover on top of the pan she lowered the heating temperature. Aichi and Kourin went to the sofa to wait until the food was ready.

"Umm…Kourin?" Aichi asked.

"Yes?" Kourin replied.

"I didn't actually knew you were good at cooking stuff but am definitely glad that we are here today together."

"Uh, thanks. But I-I am not a really good cooker though. Even you surprised me a bit about your knowledge of cooking today."

"W-Well, my mother taught me a few things about cooking food and such I-I do have some knowledge."

After talking about their experiences of cooking the food was ready and Kourin went ahead and took the pan away from stove and put it to the table as Aichi helped her. They both sat down to the table and started eating.

"This sure is delicious, Kourin!" Aichi said, smiling to her.

"T-Thanks!" Kourin replied, blushing a bit but smiling to Aichi.

"By the way, should we go to that tree at night or would you like to go earlier, Kourin?" Aichi asked as she wanted Kourin to decide when to go.

"Umm… I think going at night might be a good idea." Kourin replied. They both nodded and smiled and finished up eating. They washed together the dishes and put them to dry out. Aichi went to the sofa and looked at his own deck, taking his avatar again. He smiled to it and believed that this day would be great.

"Still keeping your avatar in place, eh?" Kourin said as she looked at Aichi's deck and his avatar, Blaster Blade Liberator. She smiled to Aichi and Aichi nodded to her and smiled.

"Y-Yeah. Since Kai gave me this card when I was young I feel like a strong person with this. I wouldn't want to let go of my avatar, even if I had to face an overwhelming obstacle." Aichi replied, putting his avatar back to the deck. Kourin just briefly checked her own deck, but didn't show it to Aichi because of the fact she was reversed.

As the time passed they watched together the forest from the balcony as the wind blew ever so calmly today. Aichi and Kourin were both looking together towards the lake. Aichi suddenly took Kourin's hand and showed something to Kourin. As Aichi rised his hand towards the sky he pointed out that today's night could be interesting and Kourin looked at the sky, thinking if Aichi was correct or not. Soon after Aichi closed on to Kourin and looked at her eyes, his eyes being ever so calm and steely. He looked at Kourin and she looked towards Aichi. Aichi now stepped further and gave a kiss to Kourin's cheek. This made Kourin blush hardly but she was smiling and was a little excited of that. She stepped further as well and looked Aichi once again and when she felt confident, she close in on Aichi's lips and gave him a kiss. As they both now blushed a bit, they felt a great atmosphere flowing around them, a similar sensation when Psyqualia was around.

As the time passed on it was getting slightly darker outside, meaning it would be night soon. Aichi and Kourin carried their own decks as usual as they changed up the clothes to formal ones. They left the hotel and Aichi firmly grabbed Kourin's hand once again as they were going towards the Legendary Tree now.

Meanwhile at the Card Capital:

"I wonder how is Aichi doing with Kourin today…" Miwa smirked as Morikawa was seen being angry from the fact Aichi was way too close with Kourin.

"Well, they're probably having a good time together." Misaki replied as she was sitting on the counter, reading her book.

"Indeed. Am pretty sure Onii-san's enjoying the time he's spending with her. If I could have done the same with Emi-san…" Kamui said as he was dreaming what kind of date he would have with Emi. Emi was a bit confused but just smiled from the fact that Aichi was having a good time with Kourin. Kai however, he didn't talk much now as he was thinking something different.

"Looking through the window I can tell it is a fine day, but even so, there's something wrong. I can feel it. But what is it…?" Kai thought on his mind as he was thinking over and over.

"There's no way it could be just that…-" as Kai still kept thinking when he was soon interfered by Miwa.

"What are you thinking?" Miwa asked.

"Nothing." Kai replied, keeping his cool on and Miwa just looked at him and soon guessed what Kai was thinking.

"You're thinking about Aichi's and Kourin's date, huh?" Miwa smirked as Kai still kept his cold gaze on Miwa.

"It's not that. I can sense something slightly wrong even though the day has been good. The feeling I just get isn't a good one. There's something wrong today."

"Well, you could be right. But then again you should have fate in Aichi carrying out his own strength if something were to happen, right?"

"I guess you're right."

Back to Aichi and Kourin:

Aichi and Kourin were walking to the Legendary Tree, but Aichi noticed something off from Kourin.

"Uhm… A-Are you feeling okay, Kourin?" Aichi asked but Kourin didn't answer in return. Aichi looked bit worried about Kourin but smiled and continued.

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As Aichi and Kourin were walking forward Aichi saw a shooting star flying in the sky. He then stopped and Kourin also stopped, though Kourin's expression was still bit saddened, unknown to Aichi why it was like that.

"Look! A shooting star!" Aichi said, pointing towards the sky as Kourin also looked towards the sky.

Kourin just looked at Aichi, still being slightly saddened about something but she was bit confused. Her reversed side started to get slightly stronger, but she was still normal, though her emotions and feelings were slightly down to her normal self.

"If you ever see a shooting star, you could wish for anything during that moment. What would you wish for?" Aichi asked Kourin.

"Eh?" was all Kourin could say.

"I wish that I could be with my friends and hope to create the club. But more importantly, I would love to be with you." As Aichi looked towards the sky, enveloping his own courage to continue on, Kourin just looked at him but soon after they saw another shooting star flying in the sky.

"Another shooting star!" Aichi said and now looking towards Kourin.

"What would you like to wish?" Aichi asked from her. Kourin, unable to really think anything special soon had a flashback on her head.

Flashback of Kourin's:

"You've said before that if something would happen to me you would save me, right?"

"Aichi, as long as you're here, I won't let you down. That's why I will think about you even if you're far away. That is because I love you… Aichi."

"K-Kourin. I- I got something for you as well."

"I had this necklace in my pocket that I had forgotten. Since I already wear a necklace I thought I would give it to you."

"My mother said that this necklace is called Necklace of Love. I think you should wear it for me, Kourin."

"Thank you, Aichi. I appreciate this necklace. I will keep it for you."

End of flashback:

After the flashback she then thought about something and then put her hands together and closed her eyes:

"If I could wish for anything, I would certainly wish that I had the courage to be with Aichi and love him. Even if I am still reversed, that is all I would wish for. Please, grand me the wish, even if it wasn't for today, but later. That Is all I would appreciate." Kourin wished inside her mind as Aichi looked towards her, thinking that she had wished for something in her mind. They soon looked towards each other with a smile. As they nodded they continued to walk towards the tree. They kept their hands together until they reached the tree. The sight of the tree near the lake was a beautiful sight to behold for. There was a table that was made of the cutted tree, probably some years ago to be used for some of the picnic people that had been here before them. Kourin and Aichi looked towards the tree and then shortly looked towards each other.

"Here it is then." Aichi said.

"Yes. The Legendary Tree." Kourin replied.

As the two kept looking the tree the wind had a calm breeze going, which made the environment of the place feel alive. Kourin closed towards the tree and touched it.

"Legendary tree… Give me the strength for this very moment, I beg you. I want to show Aichi how I feel being here." Kourin thought on her mind, hoping that tree would grant her wish. Aichi looked at Kourin, bit confused but kept his mind clear. Kourin turned towards him.

"Aichi."

"U-Uh…Yes?"

"There's something I have wanted to wish from you."

"What is it?"

Aichi didn't know what Kourin wanted but he was going to listen for Kourin's wish as he was with her today. He wouldn't let her down from the wish she wanted to ask from him. As Kourin looked towards Aichi's eyes she took a deep breath.

"Aichi, could you… Could you fight against me in card fight?I would like to have a serious battle with you under this Legendary Tree." Kourin asked, making Aichi get caught off guard. However Aichi looked towards as the wind breezed calmly, blowing both his and her hair just a bit. As the breeze stopped Aichi gathered himself.

"Alright then, I'll be glad to have a match with you. May the best player win." As Aichi bowed down to her as an acceptance of her wish, they put their own decks to the wooden table.

"Aichi… I am glad to be with you here today but from here on out, it is going to be different. When this battle is over, you'll be mine!" Kourin thought on her mind as she looked towards Aichi who was just smiling but having his eyes look serious as well. Selecting their vanguards as they put them to the vanguard circle they were now ready to battle. They both looked briefly at their own cards in their hand.

"Aichi…" Kourin thought on her mind as she was slightly uneasy but ready to take on Aichi.

"Once this fight between us is over, you'll be mine forever!"

Aichi and Kourin put their hands on top of their vanguard and were ready to stand up their card.

"Stand up, Vanguard!" They both said as their vanguards now stepped in the world of Cray.

The match slowly progresses

"I ride Stinging Jewel Knight, Sherry!" Kourin said.

"I ride Future Knight Liberator, Llew!" Aichi said.

As the time slowly passed on the clouds were moving as the night progressed on. The clouds were slightly covering the moon that was shining brightly in the night.

"I ride Dogmatize Jewel Knight, Sybil!" Kourin said and continued. "Then I call Tracie!"

"Stand up, my avatar! I Ride Blaster Blade Liberator!" Aichi said as he rode his avatar on top of Llew.

"Counterblast. I retire Tracie from the field!" Aichi flipped two cards from his damage as Blaster Blade struck down his sword, transmitting the lightning wave from the ground, retiring Tracie from Kourin's field.

"I call Phallon!" Aichi continued.

"I attack with Marron!"

"I guard!" Kourin said as she used Blazing Jewel Knight, Rachelle to guard Aichi's first attack.

"Blaster Blade!" Aichi continued on with his turn.

"Drive check." Aichi said as he took a card, revealing to be a critical trigger. He gives the extra critical to Blaster Blade and the extra power to Phallon.

"Damage check" Kourin said as he checked two cards. First one didn't give anything, second check gave her a draw trigger, giving the effects to her vanguard, Sybil.

"Phallon!" Aichi said as he was about to attack, but his attack was blocked by Kourin's guard.

As Aichi's turn ended they looked towards each other with a serious look on their eyes. The damage was 3-4 in favour of Aichi, Kourin being the latter. However Aichi noticed that she has gotten more powerful than before. The match could surely go to any direction. It was now Kourin's turn as she picked her card from her hand, ready to to ride it.

"I ride Leading Jewel Knight, Salome!" Kourin said as Sybil was replaced by the Salome. Salome's diamonds where sparking when Kourin rode the card. Aichi looked like he was going to be more serious.

"Even though I wanted to use Ashley in this scenario I still think Salome would offer me an edge. Besides that, this is not the ace card. Whenever that card comes from the deck… That is when our fates will be decided! That's why I must finish it here." Kourin thought on her mind, looking towards Aichi who was prepared to defend himself.

"I move Sherry to the back row and then I call!" Kourin said and continued.

"Tracie attacks Blaster Blade!" Kourin declared as she turned Tracie and attacked Aichi's Blaster Blade.

"I guard!" Aichi said, protecting himself from taking damage.

"Salome attacks Blaster Blade!" Kourin declared as the second attack was about to come.

"I don't guard." Aichi said, not guarding himself from Salome's attack.

"Drive check." Kourin said. First check didn't show any trigger. Second check, a critical trigger.

"I give the power to Olwen and critical to Salome!" Aichi took two damage from her attack as the score now turned to 5-4 in favour of Kourin, Aichi being the latter this time.

"Olwen attacks!" Kourin said, as it was her last attack this turn.

"Guard! And then I intercept!" Aichi said, defending himself from the 6th damage. With that Kourin ended her turn. Aichi took the cards he protected himself and put them to the drop zone as he was smiling now.

"Kourin, you're very strong today. I can tell how much of a serious this battle is now for you. But even so I will have no intentions of losing here to you." Aichi said and Kourin gasped slightly of his words. Aichi continued.

"When I met you first at the Card shop PSY, I was starting to get used to Vanguard. Many things had happened then, but even so, you were always there to help me out from the struggles I had to take on. I also never thought that we would be having this great of a relationship together. We've known each other for a long time now and that is certainly something to be happy about. But I am glad that we're improving ourselves together, Kourin. That is why I still want to continue to fight for the top with you! And that's why… I will put on my full strength as well!" Aichi said as he was smiling and looked towards her. Kourin gasped and looked at Aichi, seeing how his words had affected her way of thinking about him.

"He who fights even alone, the strong soul who knows the true power of friendship! I ride!" Aichi said as he took the card from his hand and put it to ride on top of Blaster Blade.

"Wolf Fang Liberator, Garmore!" Aichi said as the Garmore flew up on the fields of planet Cray, landing down eventually. The flow of the game turned be more intense than before.

"I must show her how serious I really am…!" Aichi thought on his mind.

"Cheer Up Trumpetter's skill! During this turn, Garmore gets +3000 power for each rear-guard units called from the deck!" Aichi said as he put Trumpetter to Soul under Garmore.

"I activate Garmore's skill! Limit Break!" Aichi said as he flipped three cards from his damage zone to activate Garmore's Limit Break.

"Now, gather up, my heroes! To the lonely soul! My comrades of the Gold Paladin! Superior Call!"

With the rear-guard spots filled, Garmore's total power is 23000. This was the strength Aichi hopes to defeat Kourin on this turn.

"As expected, Aichi! You managed to call out your Gold Paladin comrades in dire situation like this." Kourin commended on Aichi's action.

"Here I go." Aichi said, moving Marron to back row and Gallatin to the front.

"Garmore attacks Salome! Skill activates!" Aichi continued as he started his first attack.

"Garmore gets +4000 power." Aichi said and continued on.

"This is my full strength, Kourin!" Aichi shouted as Garmore was now going to attack Salome.

"You have to try harder…Aichi." Kourin said as she used a perfect guard to nullify Garmore's attack.

"…Drive check." Aichi said, taking the first card from his deck, revealing to be Critical trigger. He gives all the effects to his Alfred, standing right from Garmore. Second check didn't give any triggers.

"Gallatin attacks Tracie!" Aichi continued on his second attack, taking Tracie out so she couldn't use her to intercept. Kourin put Tracie to his drop zone, looking then towards Aichi. Aichi then continued on his last attack.

"Alfred attacks Salome!" Aichi said and looked towards Kourin with his serious eyes.

"I guard! And then I intercept!" Kourin said as the two units appeared to defend Salome. This turn Aichi couldn't do a single damage to Kourin. He was shocked, but smiled happily how Kourin managed to defend herself that turn.

"I end my turn." Aichi said happily, while looking towards Kourin. They both continued to look each other for a short time. They both knew how serious this fight was and especially fighting under the Legendary tree was something extraordinary.

"Aichi." Kourin said. Aichi looked towards Kourin, listening what Kourin had to say.

"I also want to continue fighting together with you to the top." Kourin said, while looking towards Aichi, who was smiling gently to her, believing that someday he and Kourin would surely fight together.

"Aichi..." Kourin thought on her mind, still looking towards Aichi.

"We've been together for a quite a while now, something I had never expected to happen when I first met you."

"For that, I thank you for the happy memories we shared together…But…"

"…The time to have fun is over…!" Kourin then turned to Reverse as her eyes started to glow red and red stripes appeared around her eyes and as she drew a card from her deck, it revealed to be her ace card she had waited for. She looked at the card and sharpened her eyes further.

"With this card…I will make you my true comrade forever!" Aichi now tightened her grip and looked bit serious towards Kourin. He had no idea what was to come.

"My new ace card…!" Kourin said, raising the card in her to the air, not showing what card it is to Aichi.

"Become the blade that will decide our fates!" She shouted as she was about to ride the card that was emitting the dark red aura around, but then, much to her surprise, Aichi's eyes became way serious than before. She was completely caught off guard when she saw his eyes.

"I will survive…!" Aichi quickly said as he looked towards Kourin.

"Those eyes…" Kourin thought and continued. "Certainly, those eyes of Aichi's… The ones that look forward no matter what… That's right. Aichi wouldn't never give up until the very last moment…" Kourin said as she had seen a few flashbacks of Aichi's serious eyes that looked forward no matter what hard path lied ahead.

"He puts his faith only on winning the match…" Kourin continued. "It is the same as before…"

"He doesn't even know what am trying to do…! He just keeps looking what was straight ahead of him." Kourin thought as slowly her reverse form started to fade away from her, her eyes started to return to normal instead of glowing red nor having the red stripes around her eyes. Suddenly her hand that was holding the card, started to hurt and so Kourin felt an unbearable pain on her head. This made Aichi get worried.

"Kourin…?" Aichi asked, worried about what happened to her.

"Stop it! D-Don't look at me with those eyes!" Kourin shouted as she couldn't watch Aichi because of his eyes.

"A-Are you feeling okay, Kourin? P-Perhaps you're still feeling a bit bad when we came here.-" Aichi tried to get closer to Kourin to help her but Kourin stopped her.

"Don't come any closer!" Kourin shouted to Aichi, warning him to back off from her.

"Why I can't ride my card?" She thought on her head.

"I…I should have been reversed so I should've been able to ride the card but why…?" Kourin tried to understand while the reversed side of herself tried to figure the problem but unable to solve it. Aichi yet looked towards her, confused of the current situation.

"Your eyes… They're restricting me…Aichi." Kourin managed to say as she looked towards Aichi. This made Aichi get confused even further and unable to find out what was the problem. She took her cards from the table and put them back to her hand as she one last time looked towards Aichi, being sad about what happened now but she was unable to explain since she was reversed.

"I'm sorry, Aichi!" Kourin said as she now ran away from Aichi. Aichi quickly reacted by gathering his own cards and put them to deck and decided to chase down Kourin as fast as he could.

Unfortunately for Aichi, Kourin had run far away from, not knowing where she went. This made Aichi feel saddened as he now couldn't do anything to help her. So he walked back to the hotel and to his room, where Kourin wasn't anymore with him. He laid down to the bed, thinking what had happened. Then he remembered that Blaster Blade had warned about today's danger that could've happened. This made Aichi realize that there was something off from Kourin, but he decided to think about it when he'd wake up. So he fell asleep now and tomorrow he would be going back to the town.

While Aichi was sleeping, much to a surprise, Kourin walked silently to the room. She looked towards Aichi who was sleeping with a depressed face. She felt sorry for what she had done today as she wasn't unable to explain herself to Aichi since she was under control of the Reverse. She decided to leave a letter to the table that Aichi could read when he'd wake up.

"I am sorry that it had come to this Aichi…" She silently said as she now left the room. She left the hotel and was walking her way to the town to her own home.

When she reached her home, she opened the door and closed. She put her bag down and changed her clothes. She immediately went to her bed, being tired of what had happened today. She couldn't at first catch sleep because she was constantly sorry for Aichi. Soon she managed to fall asleep, thus leaving Aichi out of her mind for the time being.

What would be coming next time? Find out next time!