Chapter 7: The dark day around Miyaji
It was the same dream Aichi kept having over and over. He saw Kourin just walking away from him as he tried to call her name so she'd turn around. The effort wasn't awarded and so Aichi fell down and cried as Kourin only laughed at him since he wasn't able to save her. This made Aichi even bitter and he vowed that he would save her from the hands of reverse. Soon after Aichi woke up from his dream.
"This dream again… It has bothered me way too much lately…" Aichi thought as he slowly opened his eyes as his room was bright.
"But then again… I guess that is why I made the vow after all." Aichi thought as he looked out from the window to see what kind of weather it was. As usual, it was bright and clear, sunshine shining, not much clouds to block the sun itself.
As Aichi then changed his clothes he left his room and then collided on Rekka as they both then fell down after the collision. Aichi then stood up and gave his hand to Rekka who was still down.
"A-Are you okay, Rekka?" Aichi asked as he gave his hand to Rekka. Rekka then took Aichi's hand and got up.
"Y-Yeah, I'm okay" Rekka replied as she got up with the help from Aichi. She blushed a bit but Aichi could barely even see her blushing although he noticed something was slightly off with her.
"A-Are you sure? You seem to have a small fever." Aichi said as he pointed on Rekka's forehead that she was turning slightly red.
"It's nothing, really!" I am fine." Rekka giggled nervously as she didn't want to embarrass herself anymore.
"Oh. Well, I am glad that you're feeling fine." Aichi said as he was then relieved that Rekka was feeling alright.
"So, how about we head downstairs?" Aichi asked from Rekka as he looked at her with his smile wide as ever.
"Sure!" Rekka replied as she nodded and smiled to Aichi as they then went together downstairs. Emi was waiting for both of them to come down to have some breakfast.
"Good morning Aichi and Rekka!" Emi said as she smiled happily to them. Shizuka also greeted them as Aichi and Rekka sat down to the table with Emi to have the breakfast.
"So tell me again, why did you want to stay here with us, Rekka?" Aichi asked as he didn't know the reasons about why Rekka wanted to stay here for the time being.
"Ah. Glad you actually asked. You see, I partially do not own my house even though I am an Ultra Rare member after all. I usually live with Suiko and Kourin in the same house but since Suiko's on Fukuhara school and Kourin's reversed I don't have my own keys to go to my house nor I would like to be there alone. I mean Suiko has his own house as well but we usually come together to the house where we can all be." Rekka explained as Aichi was on all ears, listening and nodding. He then smiled at her.
"I see. Well it is always good to be with friends after all." Aichi said as it soon reminded Rekka of having friends close. She then felt embarrassed again but soon managed to gather herself up and nodded on what Aichi had just said.
After the trio had eaten their breakfasts they thanked Shizuka for preparing it and they then went upstairs to a place where they could rest together. They then started talking about what they'd be doing today.
…
"Me and Rekka are going to shop and we're going to ask Mai to come with us too! We're hoping to find some cute stuff to our cardfight club in school so we can decorate it even better!" Emi said as Rekka slightly blushed but nodded on what Emi had just said.
"Then, what will you be doing, Aichi?" Rekka asked as she actually was curious of what Aichi was planning to do today. She knew that he loved Kourin but she didn't bother to tease Aichi at the moment because of what kind of mess has Aichi gone through. After all she herself cared about Kourin as well and wanted to help Aichi save her but she knew that reverse could've made Kourin even stronger than before.
"Hmmh…" Aichi thought deeply as he actually wasn't sure but he soon noticed that Rekka and Emi were watching him.
"They're worried of me…" Aichi thought on his mind as he looked at Rekka and Emi. He then thought about what he should actually do. Soon he had somekind of idea inhis mind.
"Well now that I think about it I remember I had to re-organize my deck a bit and make some adjustments to it. After I have finished that I might go out town to do something. Who knows?" Aichi said and smiled back at Emi and Rekka who were then relieved and smiled in agreement of Aichi's plans for today.
"Alright! Then we all have our plans for today!" Emi said as she was now happy that everybody had something to do today. Aichi and Rekka smiled and agreed on what Emi said as they then stood up altogether and went downstairs to ready theirselves to go outside. Aichi, Emi and Rekka were putting their shoes on as Shizuka looked happily at the trio. She thought on her mind that she had gotten another family member although Rekka wasn't going to stay here forever, but atleast for the time being. Then Shizuka looked at Aichi who had grown up a lot and noticed how Aichi has enjoyed playing cardfight games with his friends a lot. Then she finally looked at Emi who had grown up as well and being a really caretaker of Aichi. Shizuka also knew that Emi would make good friends around her to have fun.
As they soon had finished putting their shoes on and Aichi putting his jacket that was in colour of purple the trio then went outside. Shizuka waved at them and told them not to be late. The trio just nodded and were now on their way to go each to their own place today but as they had just gone few steps from their home Rekka immediately stopped for a second and had to shout Aichi's name.
"Aichi! Wait!" Rekka shouted as she tried to catch Aichi and stop him for a brief second. Aichi managed to hear Rekka's shout and stopped immediately and looked at Rekka. Rekka was waving for Aichi to come here for a few seconds. Aichi then came back towards Rekka and Emi to see what Rekka wanted to say before they'd be going.
"Umm…Aichi…" Rekka said as she tried to remember what she wanted to say to Aichi. She kept thinking and thinking hard until she figured what she wanted to say.
"Oh yes, now I remember! I wanted to give you my phone number!" Rekka said as she looked at Aichi who was then slightly confused.
"Y-Your phone number? But Rekka…-" Aichi said.
"Just take my number down…" Rekka muttered cheepishly as she handed a paper that had her phone number on it. Aichi then took the paper and put the phone number down to his own phone.
"Thank you, Rekka!" Aichi said as he then grabbed Rekka's hand with his own phone number written on the paper. Rekka surprisingly turned a bit red but managed to control herself.
"Here is my number as well. Just…Call me if something bad happens or anything particularly." Aichi said as she handed the paper he had put to Rekka's hand and then put her hand into a gentle fist with the help of his own hands.
"Just promise me you two won't be getting in trouble while I am elsewhere. Also since you'll be having Mai with you I hope you will have a good time." Aichi said as he wanted to assure himself that he didn't have to worry about Emi and Rekka too much.
"We'll be fine. Right, Emi?" Rekka said and asked Emi just to guarantee Aichi that they'll be fine.
"Of course! Don't worry about us, Aichi!" Emi said, assuring Aichi that they'll be fine.
"Alright then. I'll leave things in your hands, Rekka." Aichi said as he now was going to his own place. As the trio then went to each their own paths they didn't realize that a mysterious person was watching them again from a far. The person turned out to be once again Kourin herself. She had observed how Rekka had given Aichi her own phone number and Aichi gave his number to her. She felt jealous of it but she was now in proper control of the Reverse.
"I'm not hesitating anymore as I did back then…Aichi. You'll soon learn the truth behind all this and my master plan to get you. But before that… I will have to reverse your friends." Kourin thought on her mind as red stripes and marks started to slowly show around her face, indicating she was in complete possession of reverse. She then walked away and hid to the shadows once again.
Aichi's POV:
"Maybe I should first be at the fountain since I usually would go during these dark times such as this… Maybe it could be useful to me and help me to find a way to save Kourin…" Aichi thought as he was going to the fountain to easen up his mind and perhaps find a path for him to follow. As he kept walking he soon saw the fountain.
"There." Aichi thought as he walked closer towards the fountain. After being near the fountain he sat down and looked at the water and at the fountain. He started to focus his mind on purely thinking what he should do.
"Just…What should I do and how should I do it…" Aichi thought and he kept thinking he had some many ideas but he couldn't trust the ideas since there were so many of them and it made him not confident on his abilities to save Kourin.
"Argh! If I can't find a suitable solution to solve this problem I cannot then do anything for Kourin!" Aichi thought as his own tone started to get depressed and losing hope on himself. Then the fountain started to shine brightly in the eyes of Aichi.
"W-What is this?!" Aichi said as he hid eyes from the bright light that was reflecting from the water.
"Sendou Aichi…" A mysterious voice spoke in Aichi's mind.
"Who is this?!" Aichi asked as he started to look around him to see if it was someone near him but he couldn't see anybody.
"Don't you recognize my voice, Aichi?" The mysterious voice asked as if it was expecting that Aichi would know who he was. Aichi then stopped for a second and started to think about people he knows. He then soon realized and gasped but he didn't want to believe it first since for him it wasn't logical.
"But… It can't be-" Aichi said as he couldn't believe who the person he soon remembered was.
"So you do remember me still." The mysterious person laughed gently and started to emerge an image of planet Cray in Aichi's mind. As Aichi soon started to rub his eyes from all the brightness his eyes had taken from the reflected water where the light started to appear. Aichi then slowly lifted his head to look who the person was that he thought of first. He then couldn't believe his eyes what he just saw.
In planet Cray:
"Tatsunagi Takuto." Aichi said as he was able to see the mysterious person face to face now.
"It's been a while since we saw, Aichi. I recall last time we met was at my place where we ate together with Kourin and Leon." Takuto said as he started to make Aichi remember some past events.
"Yes, that's right." Aichi said and continued.
"But…How did you manage to contact me?" Aichi asked as he was confused of the fuss that has now happened.
"The Takuto that's on your world is reversed one of me, the first to be reversed by the Void. The Void striked at me and turned me to the reverse side, leaving me here shackled on this planet until somebody defeats the reversed Takuto that's on your world. What you're seeing now is the wandering spirit of myself here, not being on my original body since it's corrupted with the reverse as I mentioned before." Takuto explained.
"So… Then I must presume you have a way to turn reversed people back to normal right…?" Aichi asked as he soon knew that if nobody knew better than Takuto would then nobody would help setting his own path.
"Infact, I do know." Takuto said, smiling to Aichi and he was glad that Aichi asked him.
"Do you remember anybody that you've fought that has looked atleast a bit strange?"
"Well…Since you now brought that up I had a match with Rekka who was reversed…" Aichi slowly thought and said as Takuto just nodded at what Aichi had said.
"And after the battle she turned to normal, correct?" Takuto asked.
"Correct." Aichi replied.
"The solution to turn reversed people back to normal is to defeat them in a cardfight battle. If you lose to reversed fighter, you'll become reversed as well and you then continue to spread the reverse around the world until the world is in control of the Void." Takuto explained but soon noticed that Aichi was looking somewhere.
"…Is…something bothering you, Aichi?" Takuto asked as Aichi slowly turned to and explained himself.
"W-Well… Kourin's still reversed. I did have a match against her during our trip but she then forfeited the match and it was left at there. Since then I haven't seen her anymore but I believe she may have gotten more powerful than what she was when I battled against her…" Aichi said as Takuto was listening to him.
"So... Sendou Aichi, do you really love her?" Takuto asked as Aichi slowly started to turn red and blush heavily.
"I-I-I-I do l-l-love h-h-her." Aichi said, shaking from trying to say his phrase normally but he knew that Kourin meant a lot for him and it was hard to even talk about love when somebody asks about his relationship with her.
"Haha! I see, Aichi." Takuto laughed as he saw Aichi blush and turning red from his question. Takuto noticed that he didn't have much time to talk with Aichi so he had to speed things up.
"Aichi, I'm running out of my own spiritual time to talk with you here on planet Cray. I must ask you to turn Kourin back to normal and then you have to turn me back to normal as well. I cannot resist the Void's will any longer and Kourin has probably been put to a better control, but I guess she may have her memories and such still in her mind so she may have not forgotten herself completely. This is a task I want you to complete, Aichi." Takuto said as his own body started to slowly fade away from the planet Cray.
"Alright. I will save Kourin and then help you after. It is my promise that I will hold on." Aichi said as he now had the confidence he needed to save Kourin and others who have been reversed. Takuto smiled and believed that Aichi would carry the task to save the people on Earth.
"Good luck… Sendou Aichi." Takuto said as his spirit faded from the planet Cray completely. Aichi then woke up near the fountain, sitting as he did when he first came to the fountain.
"Just you wait, Kourin. Now that I know a bit more details about reverse I might fare against your darkness that's now on your heart…" Aichi said as he was now ready to take the challenge that was set to him. As he now stood up he decided to visit Card Capital.
After 30 minutes Aichi had then arrived to Card Capital. He stepped inside and there were Misaki, Miwa, Morikawa and Izaki inside.
"Yo, Aichi." Miwa greeted.
"Hello, Aichi" Misaki said as she slightly smiled at Aichi.
"The great Morikawa greets his number one pupil!" Morikawa said as he was bragging still being the best and Izaki just had small sarcastic chills. Nevertheless Izaki also greeted Aichi afterwards.
"Hey guys. How have you all been since I haven't been in Card Capital for a while." Aichi asked as he wanted to know how his friends are at the moment.
"We're all good" The four said together proudly. Shin afterwards came downstairs to the shop to greet Aichi as well, but he was busy moving boxes around.
"Would you like to watch some TV with us?" Miwa asked as he was holding a remote controller for TV.
"I guess we actually could." Aichi said, but there was nothing special coming from the TV now. They were watching somekind of movie for a while. As the movie kept going and going the television started to malfunction slightly.
"Jeez, what's wrong with these TV now…" Miwa said with a frustrated tone. Aichi and Misaki just smiled sheepishly while Morikawa and Izaki were jewing their fingers because the movie they were watching was so touchful and it had some scary parts as well. Soon the television went completely blank for a second. After Miwa had finished fixing the channel had changed to a different than it was before and Miwa couldn't change it anymore.
"Huh…Now this is really odd." Miwa said as he was confused along with the Aichi and the companions.
It wasn't very long until the TV started to show a room. At first there was nobody until a door opening could be heard from the TV. It was soon revealed for Aichi's surprise that it was no other than the reversed Takuto himself who was broadcasting from this channel.
"What is he doing on this channel?" Misaki asked as she had no clue what was going on.
"I have no idea… Do you have any idea, Aichi?" Miwa asked from Aichi, thinking if he'd knew anything.
"I have no idea as well… I am completely clueless…" Aichi said with a slightly low voice but it was heard-able.
"Fellow earthlings." Takuto said and continued with his speech.
"I am broadcasting from this channel because I have some news for you all to hear. Firstly I would like to show a person who's with me here today." Takuto said as he pointed to the door where the person would come. The door then opened and Aichi and the rest gasped who came from the door. It was no other than Kourin herself.
"Kourin-Chan!" Morikawa immediately shouted as he started to hug the TV so he could imagine the warmth of Kourin around her.
"Jeez, calm yourself and sit down!" Misaki shouted. Morikawa got scared and obeyed Misaki. Miwa giggled slightly but managed to control himself.
"Today I will tell you that all of you earthlings will face an upcoming terror from the Void itself. I will help bring the terror even closer. There's no hope for you to oppose us. We're currently reversing many people to our own cause and then we'll turn you to our servants and conquer the earth for the Void! Kourin here is a good example. She's an advanced Reversed fighter and there's also another one but he couldn't attend here today with us..." Takuto said as he started to laugh like a maniac and continued.
"...We're hoping that we'll be able to reverse some legendary and known cardfighters such as…" Takuto paused for a moment and continued.
"…Suzugamori Ren…And…" Takuto paused again. Aichi and the rest gasped heavily from what Takuto had just said. Takuto then continued on.
"…Sendou Aichi." Takuto finished. The odd feeling struck on Aichi's mind and he knew that it wasn't a really good vibe that came.
"Another advanced reversed fighter…?" Aichi thought on his mind. Now that he thought about something else he noticed that Kai wasn't here.
"Umm… Miwa? Aichi asked.
"You probably wanted to ask where Kai is, correct?" Miwa answered
"Umm, yes." Aichi replied.
"He said that he needed to attend something today so he wouldn't be here." Miwa answered.
"I see…" Aichi replied. He then started to think a bit. Then he had some ideas on his mind but he didn't believe it, but then again everything would've been possible.
"But I highly doubt Kai would succumb to reverse…" Aichi thought as he then slowly stood up.
"Guys, I must go now. I have to do something so I might not be coming back." Aichi said as he looked at his friends.
"Where are you going?" Misaki asked.
"I have something to prepare myself for and for that I need to have time for myself." Aichi replied.
"Alright. But please, if something happens, please let us know as well. I recall you have my phone number on your own phone as well as Miwa's." Misaki said as she assured Aichi If needed something, he could ask from her or Miwa.
"Thank you, all!" Aichi said as he then left the Card Capital and he was on his way to one place he wanted to go before he'd face Kourin.
"I have to find him soon. I hope I am not too late…" Aichi thought as he was now walking to the place he had planned to meet the person he was thinking about.
"I have to find him…" Aichi said as he was running towards the Miyaji School. He was hoping that he would be there as well. Aichi kept running and running through many streets until he reached Miyaji School. He was exhausted from all the running so he took a short break to catch his breath and then pressed forward. Suddenly he noticed that somebody called his name.
"Sendou Aichi…" A cold-like voice said to Aichi as Aichi soon turned his back, soon to see that it was the person he was thinking it could've been.
"Kai-kun…" Aichi said as he looked at Kai who's appearance looked different than before. His forehead was covered in a blank of shadows and his eyes had the red stripes around as well as the red stripes around his eyes.
"Don't tell me you've been-" Aichi said as he was utterly afraid, not wanting to believe what had happened to Kai.
"Yes… I've been reversed. I did it to be stronger than before. That is why I will turn you into reverse as well!" Kai said as he smirked evilly. Aichi stressed out a bit but gathered himself instantly.
"I see… I won't let it go like this..." Aichi said as he was sadly disappointed. He was about to take out his own deck but suddenly he heard voices of many people.
"Wait, Aichi!" Distanted voices shout out, calling for Aichi's name. Aichi looked back and saw his friends coming in his aid.
"Naoki…Misaka…Shingo…Miwa…" Aichi said and looked once again to check if anybody else were coming. Aichi soon saw other friends coming by as well.
"Rekka…Emi… and Mai…?" Aichi said, bit confused and he soon noticed that even Suiko had come by.
"W-What are you all doing here?!" Aichi asked as he was slightly confused.
"We're here to help you out, Aichi!" They all said together as Aichi looked at his friends with their confident face. They believed in Aichi and he then smiled and gently nodded as an acceptance of his friends help. Aichi then saw Naoki and Shingo whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
"O-Oh. it's been a long time since I saw you two, Naoki-kun and Shingo-kun." Aichi said as he smiled to Naoki and Shingo.
"It sure has been, Aichi!" Naoki and Shingo said together as they were glad that Aichi was doing all good even though they haven't seen each other for a long time.
After the short talking Aichi was about to face off against Kai but he was soon stopped by Miwa.
"Miwa-kun…?" Aichi asked as he was a bit confused what Miwa wanted to do.
"Aichi, you have to save Kourin, right? Then you should leave this to me. I believe you're the only one Kourin would want to battle against." Miwa said as he gently smiled to Aichi. Aichi looked at Miwa for a second but then smiled and nodded in agreement.
"Alright, I'll leave Kai to your hands." Aichi said as he was now going to Miyaji School with Misaki, Rekka, Emi, Mai, Naoki, Suiko and Shingo. The gang was running towards the school yard that'd lead to different entrances inside the school and so on.
"Are you okay, Aichi?" Misaki asked as she was worried of Aichi.
"I'm alright, Misaki." Aichi said as he gently smiled.
"Where are we going?" Rekka and Suiko asked together from Aichi.
"We're going to the school yard that's in the middle of Miyaji School." Aichi said as he kept looking forward.
"Aichi…" Emi said as she was slightly worried of Aichi.
"It'll be okay, Emi. After this is all over we can go back." Aichi said, assuring Emi he's fine. Rekka just then blushed a bit from Aichi's words of confidence.
"I believe we can do this, Aichi!" Rekka said as she smiled for Aichi which Aichi nodded happily. The gang kept running all the way until they had to stop for a second. They took a small break since they had gone so many stairs they were slightly exhausted. After they rested for a bit they were about to move forward but Rekka soon halted the gang.
"Wait, Aichi!" Rekka said as Aichi turned back and came towards Rekka. He didn't knew what Rekka wanted but much to his surprise Rekka gave a kiss on his lips. To this Aichi immediately blushed hard and sweated.
"W-W-What w-was that f-for?" Aichi asked as he was sweating hardly from Rekka's kiss.
"It's my luck charm to you, Aichi." Rekka said but behind Aichi's back she giggled for herself and said.
"Oh it's more likely a kiss just to tease Kourin whenever she'll return back to normal. Glad I have practiced that a bit." Rekka giggled as Aichi was puzzled but thanked Rekka for that charm but he knew that he was strong enough to bring Kourin back.
"Wait for me…Kourin." Aichi said as he and his gang was now moving forward towards the school yard. Not a long time after they soon reached the yard they started looking around for Kourin but with no results. Suddenly Aichi and his companions heard a door opening and footsteps. Aichi and the rest turned around to see who it was and much to all's surprise; It was Kamui, all beaten up. Aichi quickly hurried towards Kamui to help him and the rest of Aichi's friends came too.
"W-What happened to you Kamui-kun?" Aichi asked as he looked at Kamui who had taken a heavy beating.
"I-I'm… s-sorry…Onii-san…" Kamui said, while struggling from the beating he had taken. He had a hard time to even speak.
"Just rest, Kamui-kun." Aichi said as he tried to make Kamui relaxed.
"You'll make it through, Kamui!" Emi tried to cheer Kamui.
"I…Kourin…She's gotten way stronger than before…B-Beware of h-her…" Kamui said as he soon started to turn in to reverse. Kourin silently came to yard as well to look Aichi who had just arrived to school and Kamui whom she had beaten in a match.
"Kourin…? What is going here?" Aichi noticed her and asked.
"I reversed him." Kourin said like she had no regrets at all for what she had done. Meanwhile Kamui was in a huge pain while he was in process of being reversed. Aichi left Kamui and the rest of Aichi's friend stepped away from Kamui since they couldn't do much for Kamui right now. Not much long afterwards even the school's councilor came by as well. She was with Kourin after all but behind the scenes, not much of a nuisance after all, but she could be mastermind behind this as well.
"Sendou Aichi… Kourin's been waiting to have a match with you for a long time. This time she'll completely defeat you." She said as she looked at Kourin, whose eyes were only concentrated on Aichi himself. Kourin had completely fallen over to the control of Void but much of her emotions were somewhat still there. Aichi couldn't bear to see Kourin like this at all and he couldn't forgive himself for not saving her from the evil hands of Void. The emotions that had flown on Aichi's mind were all meant for Kourin but as of her state Aichi couldn't really tell them just yet. He would need the exact moment so he could confess the same feelings he had before to Kourin.
"It's been a while..." Kourin said with her cold voice and looked at Aichi.
"Shall we have our match then,Aichi?" She asked as the dark red aura started to flow around her even stronger.
"She looks way stronger but that's to be expected since she's reversed. Also back then I recall she wasn't able to ride her card during her turn when we had our match at the legendary tree… I wonder if things are different by now." Aichi thought as he looked at Kourin who was waiting for him to accept her challenge.
"It's true that if I can defeat her, she'll return back to her normal self but since she's completely stronger thanks to the reverse powers she could be even able to beat me… I think we may be equally matched easily but the outcome hasn't been decided with just this!" Aichi thought as he was about to bring out his deck when he suddenly heard a voice that he knew. Not a long time after Aichi was transferred to Planet Cray inside his mind for the time being, only to meet his avatar, Blaster Blade.
"Hey, Blaster Blade. What gives me the honor to see you again?" Aichi asked with a smile.
"My Vanguard. Forgive me for this but I have to talk with you for a moment." Blaster Blade said as he looked at Aichi.
"W-What is it…?" Aichi asked.
"You see… The fighter you're about to face has her avatar completely turned to reverse and I do not even know what kind of skills it may possess but i've seen that your friend lost to her. I hope you won't be in trouble after seeing that threatening card of hers.. I believe you can survive from it with us by your side." Blaster Blade said as he believed that he and his vanguard, Aichi would survive through every hard obstacle no matter what kind of enemies they'd be facing together.
"I believe so too, Blaster Blade. That's why we have gone through hard times and when I first abandoned you, because I was taken by the powers of PsyQualia you helped me out along with Kai to make me return back to my normal self. Kourin had asked Kai to fight me so i'd turn back to normal so she's the one to be thanked for as well. I wouldn't be here without you today to face against Kourin. That is why…I will defeat her and then we can have fun as we did back then, Blaster Blade. It's a promise I am willing to do for you!" Aichi said as he raised his own hand, putting it to a fist and pointed it towards Blaster Blade.
After they had finished their talking they bumped their fists together. They both then smiled at each other and putting their trust on each other as comrades.
"I will win. Just watch me, my avatar!" Aichi smiled as he was about to fade back to reality.
"I will cheer for you, Aichi. And I will stand by your side during these dark times." Blaster Blade said as he waved a goodbye for now until they'd meet again in the field.
Aichi quickly snapped back to his senses as Kourin was still waiting for his answer. Aichi knew that there was nothing to back down now. He wanted to save Kourin and that's what he is going to stick on. He'll gladly want to be in love with the real Kourin once again.
"Alright, Kourin. I will accept your challenge once again as we did back then at the legendary tree. I believe you still remember that battle?" Aichi said as he looked at Kourin with his eyes that only gazed forward.
"Yes. But I am not like that anymore, Aichi…" Kourin said as she smiled evilly at Aichi, like she had already anticipated the outcome of this battle. Aichi however didn't believe in her beliefs. He then took out his deck and looked one last time at his avatar, Blaster Blade.
"You'll be there for me whenever I feel alone right, my avatar? It'll be alright. We'll win this battle and then we can live happily once again after we've defeated Void completely. But the journey will be long before we actually manage to defeat the Void." Aichi said in his mind to his avatar which then shined for a moment in response to Aichi's words. Aichi recognized this and nodded in return. He was now determined and ready to fight Kourin to save her. Emi, Mai, Suiko, Rekka, Naoki and Shingo would be watching from the distance the match between Aichi and Kourin as they did not want to intervene.
Suddenly Aichi and his friends noticed that Kamui started to wake up as a reversed fighter. Kamui looked at Aichi with his eyes that were now blinded by the darkness of Void, having no emotions and feelings on his eyes. Aichi couldn't help it but he had to focus on his match against Kourin right now. He'd deal with Kamui later. As Aichi stepped towards the reversed cardfight table along with Kourin to prepare for their upcoming match they shuffled their decks and then selected their vanguard.
"Are you ready to be defeated, Aichi? My destiny cannot be changed." Kourin asked as the dark red aura kept flowing stronger and stronger around her. Aichi was ever so calm and took a deep breath and then looked at Kourin.
"Don't be so overconfident…Kourin." Aichi said with a bit disappointed tone because of Kourin being reversed but later he smiled and said.
"However, I am sure that this will be a great match between us." Aichi said, smiling and prepared to clash out against Kourin. Kourin just looked at Aichi but didn't have any emotions running through her at that moment. As they placed their decks to their place they then started their game.
"Stand up, Vanguard!" They both said at the same time as their units came to the field to the dark arena. The two hearts were about to fight: The one which was loyal and the one which was darkened deeply by the Void. Aichi looked towards Kourin and couldn't accept the way she is now but he snapped out of it and knew that to get her back to normal he'd have to defeat her in this match. Nothing else would matter.
With this in mind will Aichi succeed or will Kourin manage to grasp a crushing victory, bringing Aichi to the reverse side?
A/N: Instead of the Salome 'R', I will be planning to use the Ashley 'R' that had arrived on the previous Vanguard Episode, just to make the story far more interesting I'd say but yeah.
Also… The next chapter won't be ripped into two parts so it'll be back to a full scaled chapter. Sorry for the delays but I do have my own life as well, but I will try my best to release the chapters when I can. On the 8th chapter I will try my best to understand the cards, their skills, etc so I won't make that much of mistakes. Please correct me if I do have some mistakes. ;p