Chapter 11: The reuniting bonds!

And so Aichi and Kourin had planned to find Kamui. The first place possible for them to search for them is the building that is completely high. Takuto's building. However the two did know that some people were following them since they left.

"Do you have a feeling that someone is following us...?" Aichi asked.

"Now that you mentioned it...I do have the same feeling as well." Kourin replied.

"T-Then we have to bait them at some place so we can find out who are following us."

"Okay."

And so Aichi and Kourin continued their journey towards Takuto Tatsunagi's building. But at a further place were the followers chatting.

"Do you think he'll be fine...?" The person asked.

"Even if he'll be fine we still could be there to help him." Another person replied.

"Right. Also let's not forget Kourin since she's with him." The third person said.

As the gang was talking they were soon after surprised by Aichi and Kourin themselves. Lots of panicking happened when the two scared them.

"Misaki...Naoki...and Shingo...?" Aichi wondered as he was slightly confused.

"Why are you following us?" Kourin questioned. The three at first hesitated to answer until Misaki answered.

"We want to help you two against the reversed fighters! Also saving our friends is what we're for, right?" Misaki answered as she then looked at Aichi.

"You're right." Aichi said with a gentle smile on his face but it wasn't for long until Naoki interfered.

"So, Aichi. Who are we going to fight first?" Naoki asked.

"We need to head towards Takuto Tatsunagi's building and put a stop to Kamui, Takuto and Kai. I won't tolerate this reverse power any longer and even if the three of them are my enemies now I will save them." Aichi replied.

"Yeah. But we shouldn't drop our guards down since the reversed fighters are everywhere." Kourin added.

With that the gang then was on their way to Takuto's building. Aichi was determinated to fight save Kamui and the others as well.

Naoki and Shingo were completely tired as Aichi, Kourin and Misaki were walking in front of them. Aichi turned around to look at Naoki and Shingo and soon after Misaki and Kourin also turned around.

"Naoki-kun?" Aichi asked as he took notice that both Naoki and Shingo were completely tired.

"O-Oh. It's nothin'!" Naoki replied quickly since he didn't want to trouble Aichi with that.

"I think you should get some rest." Misaki said

"We can't have you dragging us down." Shingo replied

"Hah! Says the guy whose knees are shaking" Naoki said

"They are not…!" Shingo retorted but after he looked at his legs they were shaking.

"I'm mortified…" Shingo said with a disappointed tone.

"You stayed up a whole night putting a deck together. And then fighting all those reversed fighters. I don't blame you two." Misaki said as she was happy that Naoki and Shingo together managed to beat reversed fighters at Miyaji School.

"Leave the rest to me and Misaki." Aichi said as he was motivated from the braveness Naoki and Shingo had shown to him.

"Hah! From here on, even stronger fighters are gonna out to play, right? Like I could rest here now, since after all am a fellow brother-in-arms!" Naoki said as he enthuastically raised his fist gently.

"That's right." Shingo said in agreement. After that Naoki walked forward, passing Misaki and Aichi. After a few steps he stopped and noticed that there was a figure behind a corner watching them.

"Here we go." Naoki said as he noticed who the person was. Misaki, Kourin, Aichi and Shingo were caught by surprise hearing what Naoki just said and as they looked towards they soon saw the person.

It was Kamui, the reversed member of Team Q4. Kourin felt a little disappointment on her heart but Aichi tapped gently at Kourin's shoulder.

"It'll be alright." Aichi said as he then took his view on to Kamui.

As Kamui then came out of the shadows he looked at Aichi.

"I've been waiting for you, Aichi Sendou." Kamui said.

"Kamui-kun…" Aichi said.

"Hey, kid. A middle school student like you should respect his elders." Naoki said as his voice was still kind of tired.

"I'm not here for nobodies like you." Kamui said as this angered Naoki slightly.

"What was that?! You little…!" Naoki said as he felt like he wanted to challenge Kamui but Aichi immediately stopped him from doing that.

"I'll go." Misaki said. Aichi, Kourin and Shingo looked at her as she explained her reasonings.

"You were with him more than anyone, Aichi. Fighting against him seriously would be…-" Misaki said but was soon interfered by Aichi.

"That's exactly why I have to fight and Kamui."

"Aichi…?" Misaki asked as she was little surprised but in the end she agreed to let Aichi fight Kamui. Kourin also approved that if anybody should be fighting Kamui, it'd be Aichi.

"You can beat him, Aichi." Kourin said as she put her hands near her heart, praying for Aichi to win. Aichi then marched forward to face off against Kamui in a card fight.

"Let's go, Kamui-kun." Aichi said as he took out his Gold Paladin deck.

"…Yeah." Kamui said as he then took his own deck out. The two then placed their decks down on the reversed fighting table.

"Stand up, Vanguard! Both said as their match had by then begun. Kourin, Misaki, Naoki and Shingo were watching from back the match as it started now.

"Kamui… I swear I'll bring you back to normal." Aichi thought

…

"The great Kamui rides Beast Deity, Blank Marsh!"

"I ride Little Liberator, Marron!" Aichi then dealt the first damage to Kamui's Blank Marsh.

"Beast Deity, Damned Leo. And then I call!" Kamui's Damned Leo then attacked Aichi's Marron this time.

"Hatred Chaos!" Kamui continued to deal the second damage.

"Damage check." Aichi said as he drew the heal trigger, reducing the damage by 1.

At the background Misaki said them both drawing heal triggers…

"…Who will get the upper hand?" Misaki wondered.

"Well, his opponent is just a middle schooler, So Aichi should be fine." Naoki said as he believed in Aichi. Shingo then interfered for a moment.

"In Team Q4, Sendou was like the leader figure."

"…But it didn't start out that way. At the beginning Aichi was a lot weaker than Kamui." Misaki explained as Naoki and Shingo were surprised hearing something like that about Aichi.

"Team Q4…"

"Sendou And Misaki… And Kamui Katsuragi..."

"And Toshiki Kai…"

"I've idolized them as a top fighting team!"

"Yeah, For me they're a huge goal to be achieved…Darn it! A fight like this… It's gotta be frustrating for Aichi more than anyone!"

Naoki felt the heat of the two that were battling as Misaki had his hand near her heart, hoping that Aichi would save Kamui. Kourin also looked at the match but she knew that Aichi would win the fight with the card she gave him. She let a small smile slide on her face for a moment.

Aichi looked at Kamui for a while as he had the goal to beat Kamui and unreverse him.

"I stand and draw!" Aichi said.

"I ride!" Aichi looked again at Kamui with a serious face of his as memories then flew on his mind when he first met Kamui.

Flashback

Aichi was looking at his new card he just received from the booster pack when a bag was near his face and it was then popped.

"W-What?!" Aichi said as the bag then got popped he jumped as the bang scared him. As he then regained himself he saw that it was Kamui and his friends, Eiji and Reiji.

"Kamui-kun?" Aichi asked.

"Aichi Sendou! It's showdown!" Kamui said as he pointed his finger towards him.

And so the two began their one on one fight and ride after ride until.

"Stand up, my avatar! I ride Blaster Blade!"

…

"Special move! Hell Stand!"

"I attack Gancelot!"

And after that image Aichi remembered the moment where Kamui called him "brother".

"Please let me call you "Brother!" Kamui said as his eyes glowed with little stars and they got large. Eiji and Reiji and then fell down from Kamui's words.

Image after image…

"Brother!"

"Brother!"

"Brother!"

…

The flashbacks ended as Aichi then looked at Kamui.

"Kamui…" He closed his eyes for a moment and then opened his eyes again.

"Liberator of Royalty, Phallon!

"Guard!" Kamui countered.

"Escrad!"

"Guard!"¨

"Attack!"

"Guard…!" Kamui had protected all of Aichi's attacks with a great success.

"He protected himself three times!" Naoki said as he was shocked that Aichi couldn't deal any damage that turn. Others were also shocked. Kourin still didn't believe that Kamui would even beat him.

Aichi felt the little sadness of not landing any damage on his turn.

"What's wrong? Your attacks aren't even close! Is this all the strength you have?!" Kamui asked with a serious tone as he was disappointed on Aichi's skills at the moment. Aichi was holding back for some odd reason. Aichi blinked his eyes for a moment.

"Beast Deity, Ethics Buster! I call and then attack!" Kamui said.

"Intercept!" Aichi deflected.

"Aichi Sendou…Somewhere in my heart I've been waiting impatiently for this moment, this fight with you." Kamui said. Hearing this caught Aichi a bit of guard as he was slightly shocked that Kamui was actually waiting for this fight.

Kamui then explained himself.

"The first time we fought, you were pretty much a novice. But before I knew it, you were standing next to me as a teammate…And now you're way ahead of me. A top world-class fighter…!"

"Kamui…" Aichi thought as he had no words to neither explain nor express himself at the moment.

"Don't get the wrong idea. I'm not like Kai."

"I wanted to be like you, Aichi Sendou. How could you get that far, when we were in the same place together, at the same time, together?" Kamui felt quite disappointed that Aichi had already passed over him in skills.

"I thought you were totally awesome. So, when I got the power of Reverse…" Kamui had flashbacks as he was for the first time reversed by Kourin, at Miyaji School.

He looked at his deck that flew with the powers of Reverse.

"My heart is quivering with excitement. With this power, I could even fight you…"

"Probably fight you on equal terms, I thought. So come at me with everything you've got, Aichi Sendou!" Kamui then launched his attacks with his Ethics Buster first, which made the second damage.

"Hatred Chaos!"

"I guard that!" Aichi deflected the attack. As the guard was successful Aichi understood what Kamui wished for.

"Got it, Kamui."

"I'll seriously beat you!" Aichi's drive to win the match had come through him and he was ready. Kamui smiled and was happy that Aichi would bring out his seriousness.

"I stand and draw!" Aichi took his card and read the chant on his card.

"Sweep down on the battlefield once again, solitary warrior. Guide the new leader with your noble wings!" Kourin, Misaki, Naoki and Shingo were excited to see Aichi ride the upcoming card but it wasn't yet the one Kourin gave him.

"I ride Solitary Liberator, Gancelot!" A serious slam of Aichi as he rode Gancelot made such an impact.

"I call!" Aichi's Vivianne then attacked Ethics Buster. It went through and Kamui got the first damage.

"Counterblast! Superior call!"

Aichi pointed his hand at Kamui's Ethics Buster.

"Gancelot Attacks!"

"No guard."

"Twin Drive. Check." A critical was shown at the first check.

"I give the power to Phallon, and the extra critical goes to Gancelot!"

"Second check." Little Liberator, Marron was shown, no trigger achieved. Kamui then received 2 damage, putting him in 3 damage."

"With Enide's skill, I draw one card." Aichi put Enide to soul and drew one card.

"Phallon attacks!" A 23000 Power charged at Kamui's Ethics Buster but Kamui looked confident.

"No guard." The 4th damage came through, but as for the damage, it was a draw trigger. Kamui drew a card in return.

"He did it!" Shingo said. The rest were happy with this turn Aichi just made. Kourin was pleased as well.

"All right! All the way to 4 damage!" Naoki said cheerfully.

"But…there's no way it'll end this easily." Misaki said.

"You're right about real ending isn't going to be here.. Aichi has yet to show his new ace." Kourin said.

"New ace…?" Naoki wondered.

"Right. I gave him a new card that he'll use on this match. I'm certain he will." Kourin said as she looked at Aichi who's turn had ended. She believed in Aichi.

"I believe Aichi will show a shining light that will lead his comrades with him towards the glory."

…

"I stand and draw." Kamui gave a small smile as he got his ace card he needed.

"Here I go, Aichi Sendou!"

"The strongest on Earth! Anxiety, evil, and anguish, grovel before Kamui the Great! Crossbreak ride!" Kamui slammed his card on top of his current Ethic Buster, which in return, gave a terrifying form of Ethics Buster's recent form.

"Strongest Beast Deity, Ethics Buster 'Reverse'!"

Aichi was surprised to see Kamui's card.

"This is…Kamui's reverse unit!"

"Here I go, Aichi Sendou! I call!"

"Ethics Buster 'Reverse's' strongest Limit Break!" Two cards from his damage zone were flipped and cards put to his drop zone.

"I lock two units!" Aichi was preparing himself for Kamui's massive fury of attacks.

"…And that sets everything up."

You're strong. Every scrape you get into, you always get out of. But how about when faced with this skill?!" Kamui's multistage attack commenced.

"First!"

"Intercept!"

"Second!"

Aichi looked at the 2nd attack and decided not to guard. Third damage was dealt.

"Third time! Ethics Buster 'Reverse'!" Kamui's units were then standing once again.

"Twin drive. First check." No trigger.

"Second check." A critical trigger for Kamui. With this Aichi received a total of 5 damage.

At the background Kourin, Misaki, Naoki and Shingo were watching Kamui's multiple attack formation. They all were concerned for Aichi.

"5 damage…" Kourin and Misaki said together.

"Normally, Aichi would be able to hold out…" Shingo said and Naoki continued his phrase.

"…But all of Kamui's units… are standing…!"

Kamui gave a short laugh of his reverse power skills that he had achieved.

"I wonder how many more times you can handle this attack? My Infinite Hell!" And so the round two of Kamui's standing units proceeded. Aichi had to prepare for the worst.

"Here I go! Fourth time!"

"Marron!" Aichi deflected the 4th attack.

"Fifth!"

"I guard with Epona!" Aichi said.

"His guard worked!" Shingo said with a happy tone.

"Just a bit more! Hang in there, Aichi!" Naoki said with the same tone as Shingo did. He had his fist closed together as he cheered for Aichi.

"Sixth!" Kamui continued on with his turn and two of his front row units were standing again and so was the backrow's booster that wasn't locked.

The four were watching, still surprised that Kamui could stand his units once again.

"He's still standing?!" Naoki said, surprised face expressing himself at the moment.

"I can't believe it…" Shingo said.

"5 damage… He only has three cards in his hand to defend with." Misaki repeated the important thing. if Aichi would take the 6th damage he'd lose. Kourin looked at Aichi.

"You can do it…Aichi." She prayed for Aichi.

"Sword Formation Liberator, Igraine guards!" Aichi said. For this first time Kourin was surprised to see Aichi call unit like that.

"That unit…" Kourin said. The three then looked at her.

"That unit…?" Naoki asked.

"You'll see what I mean." Kourin finished.

Igraine then pulled her sword and it was glowing ever so brightly with a radiant light of blue.

"Do you really think you can hold out with just one card?!" Kamui said with a serious tone. But little did he know what was coming…

Igraine raised her sword higher which it then started radiating.

"I still have comrades!" Aichi said with serious tone as he wanted to show Kamui that he can defend himself no matter what.

"…Quintet Wall!" Igraine's short started radiating electrical rays to every direction and from its light, 5 units were called.

"Counterblast! I call these five units to my guardian circle!" Aichi said. Kamui was caught off guard with such a strong defense.

"Twin drive…check!" A critical trigger on the first check. Kamui gave the effects to Hatred Chaos.

"Check!" Kamui got another critical, giving the effects to Brainy Papio this time. And so Aichi's guard was successful. The turn was going to be a heart-thriving experience for both.

"All right!" Naoki slammed his right fist into his left hand.

"But Kamui's attack isn't finished." Misaki noted.

"And on top of that, he's powered up with a critical! Shingo added.

"It'll be fine." Kourin said.

"He'll win for sure. I trust on Aichi." The other tree then nodded in agreement of what Kourin said.

…

"Seventh!" Brainy Papio's missiles launched towards Gancelot.

"Epona!" Aichi deflected Papio's attack. Kamui felt the bitterness on his mouth as Aichi kept guarding successfully.

"Hatred Chaos! This makes eighth!" Hatred Chaos with a boost charged towards Aichi's Gancelot. Aichi just had one card in his hands and his friends were starting to get worried. Even Kourin did. Kamui's mind was shaking constantly if his attack would succeed or not. The intense feeling was certainly flowing around everybody and this match was surely a scorching one.

Kourin, Misaki, Naoki and Shingo were looking at Aichi who was concentrated on the game. Yet to remind, Aichi still had one card but none of the four could see what card it was. Kamui looked at Aichi, believing Aichi wouldn't guard that attack since he didn't have enough shield.

"I win!" Kamui thought. But soon after his celerations of victory were consumed when Aichi's last card was called and green lights were showing. This caught Kamui off guard once again as Aichi's last card…

Hatred Chaos's last attack was completely blocked and Kamui felt the impact of Aichi's shield.

"W-What?!" Kamui reacted with a shocked face. Aichi, who just had only one card in his hand, turned out to be a second Quintet Wall, Igraine. The biggest game changing momentum for Aichi had sprung wild and Kamui's attacks were completely shut down.

Aichi's friends were amazed of Aichi having a second Quintet Wall after seeing the 5 units called from the deck with counterblast. Igraine once again raised his sword as it sent out a blue glow and the five units appeared in the guard circle.

"Wow! A second Quintet Wall! Shingo said, amazed from Aichi's Quintet Wall. The other three were completely amazed as well as their eyes raised from such moment.

Kamui was completely bitter from not being able to defeat Aichi on his turn.

"How…? Even with this power…?" Kamui was completely shocked. His Infinite Hell couldn't defeat Aichi.

"Kamui-kun. Earlier, you wondered…" Aichi stood his cards on his table for a bit as he then looked at Kamui.

"…We were in the same place and spent the same time together, so how did I get stronger?" Aichi repeated the question Kamui wanted to ask.

"The answer is…It was thanks to you, Kamui-kun." Aichi said which surprised Kamui.

"What?!"

"You're more experienced, you're my rival…I look up to you."

"Liar!" Kamui retorted as he didn't want to believe what Aichi said.

"Sometimes I'm a weak fighter who hesitates over fights. But…you're not afraid of anyone. No matter what happens, you push forward. I've always admired that thing about you." Kamui was flattered from Aichi's words

"Admired…?"

"Kamui-kun…I'm here because you and our other comrades were in the beginning."

"Me? Our comrades?" Kamui asked

Aichi's turn was about to commence as he took the card in his hand.

"May your noble power rain down and become the world's bond!" Aichi said. Kourin and the others were watching what kind of unit Aichi would ride.

"Here it comes, everyone." Kourin said as she started to smile." The others looked in confusion at first until.

"Crossbreak ride!" Aichi slammed his new ace on top of Gancelot.

"Liberator of Bonds, Gancelot Zenith!"

"Awesome…!" Naoki wondered as he saw Aichi's new ace.

"Gancelot Zenith…" Misaki said.

…

"Solitary Liberator, Gancelot's break ride skill! I add +10000 power to Gancelot Zenith! And then I give +5000 power to my three rear-guard units!"

"I became strong? Yeah. Maybe…I've felt like that before…But let me prove it…Let me prove what our comrades and you have said!" Aichi lifted his head as the momentum raised even higher. Kamui was all shocked. Aichi's last phrase made Kamui see the image of his team, Q4.

"That's…" Gancelot Zenith resembled Aichi, Phallon was Misaki, Gorlois was Kai and lastly, Kamui was Bruno.

"Team…Q4…!" Kamui thought as the image ran on his mind.

"Gorloi's skill activates here!"

"Phallon attacks!" Kamui was in trouble.

"Guard!" Kamui deflected Phallon's attack.

Aichi then pointed his hand towards Kamui.

"Gancelot Zenith! Counterblast! And then, Limit Break!" As two cards were counterblasted a blue lightning shone the battlefield.

"Superior call! Blaster Blade Liberator!" Aichi said as his avatar, who wasn't seen on this whole fight, made his appearance finally.

"Blaster Blade…!" Kamui said with a stuttered tone as he saw Aichi's Blaster Blade once again whom he had not seen it for a long time.

"With its skill, I add +3000 power to Bruno's power."

"Twin Drive…Check." Aichi didn't get any trigger but he didn't partially need any more since his units were boosted so much at this stage.

Gancelot dealt the fifth damage to Kamui. Kamui felt the heat as this was the end of the line for him. He soon noticed that Aichi yet had his last unit, Blaster Blade Liberator, who hasn't yet attacked. Boosted by Bruno, Blaster Blade Liberator reached 34000 power which Kamui couldn't guard anymore.

"Darn it…!" Kamui said. As Blaster Blade Liberator was in the air, Aichi imagined himself in his avatar.

"Kamui-kun!" Aichi shouted for him. Kamui let himself give up and in the end, smile. Aichi's last attack went through and Kamui lost. Kourin and the others were watching the last moments of Aichi doing the last damage.

Kamui was defeated and Aichi hurried to him.

"Kamui-kun!" Aichi said as he ran towards Kamui who was all tired from such a fight. As Kamui was about to fall, Aichi grabbed him.

"Brother..." Kamui said with a tired voice of his. Kourin, Misaki, Naoki and Shingo then came to Aichi and Kamui.

"It's over now."

"Kamui, are you okay?"

"Brother…" Kamui looked at Aichi who was holding him for a moment.

"Kamui-kun…" Aichi said. As a sign of relief Aichi was happy that Kamui was all right now.

"Kourin, Misaki…and the guys from Miyaji Academy…."

"I was…Reversed, wasn't I? I probably…did some bad things. I'm sorry." Kamui felt like he let Aichi down.

"No, you didn't. You didn't, Kamui-kun." Aichi cheered Kamui up and comforted him.

Kamui then put his right arm to ground

"Shucks. I'm so lame…To have you support me, Brother…I'm fine. It should be the opposite. I should be the one that actually supports you." Kamui stood up.

"Kamui-kun?" Aichi showed his concern as Kamui noticed he was so tired that he couldn't stand up properly.

"H-Huh? My legs have no strength…" Kamui said.

"Kamui-kun!" Aichi said as he tried to tell him to stay still.

"Kamui!" Misaki said. Naoki and Shingo then ran to Kamui and prevented him from falling down.

"Are you okay, Kamui-kun?" Aichi asked once again.

"Sorry…um… Glasses?"

"The name is Shingo Komoi."

"And Ishi… Wannabe?"

"What the heck is that?! It's Naoki Ishida!" Naoki retorted.

"Being Reversed must take out a lot out of a person." Misaki thought.

"You're right." Kourin agreed. Aichi also nodded.

"Heh…Feels like I ran 42.195 km at my fastest pace." Kamui laughed weakly.

"But I also feel refreshed somehow…"

Aichi then smiled as he was glad that Kamui was all right now.

"Glad you're fine now, Kamui-kun." Aichi said.

"And…thank you, Kourin." Aichi added which caught Kourin a bit off guard.

"Huh?" Kourin asked.

"The card you gave for me. It worked perfectly. I owe you thanks for that." Aichi said.

"Y-You don't have to thank me…!" She turned away from Aichi with blush on her face. The others then laughed. Kourin felt like she was embarrased so she still felt the heat on her face but footsteps came closer to her. A hand was put on top of her shoulder and she then turned around.

"Aichi...?" She asked.

"I have to thank you for giving me this card. It certainly helped me. But I'll leave the thanking after this is all over, Kourin."

And so our friends were going to head towards Tatsunagi Building to find Takuto and Kai. Naoki was piggy carrying Kamui, who was still pretty tired.

"Sorry. You seem pretty tired too, Naoki…" Kamui said as he felt sorry for Naoki for carrying him in his back.

"Don't worry 'bout it!"

"Any comrade of Sendou's is a comrade of ours."

"Comrade, huh…?"

"Comrade…Sounds good…" Kamui smiled a bit.

"You're pretty slick for a middle schooler." Naoki commended but Kamui took it a bit wrong.

"What's that?! 'Til just recently, you were still a middle schooler yourself, Naoki-!"

"Restrain yourself!" Naoki said.

"Shut up, middle schooler!"

Aichi, Kourin and Misaki then looked back at the two and smiled as the environment felt great for once. They gave a small laugh. But suddenly they heard a voice.

"Took you long enough." A voice said from the entrance of building. Aichi, Kourin and Misaki then looked towards the place, where the voice was heard. Much to their surprise it was Miwa.

Aichi and the others looked at Miwa in a surprise.

"But I guess the fact that you got this far proves you're a tough nut to crack." Miwa said.

Misaki looked bit serious when she looked at Miwa.

"Miwa…" She said. Miwa gave a small laugh and the point of view was then concentrated to a small roof above the building's entry. The person in a black jacket, red scarf and gray trousers was standing up there. The person with brown hair and emerald-like eyes with a faint red stripes around his eyes looked down to Aichi and the others. A scary momentum flowed around him as Aichi looked at him seriously.

"Kai-kun…" The two stared at each other. The re-meeting was here and their fight would be coming sooner or later.

"Kai Toshiki…" Kourin said, looking at Kai as well. She then looked at Aichi.

"I'll go find Takuto, Aichi." Kourin said as she looked at Aichi.

"Huh? But… he's Reversed, isn't he?!" Aichi objected Kourin's plan to go headfront just to find Takuto.

"I know what I am doing, Aichi! Trust me!" Kourin said as tears started to fall from her eyes. She didn't want to have a dark world like this here anymore. She wanted to have a world where this Reverse wouldn't exist anymore. Aichi looked at Kourin who was in tears. He felt sorry for her but he knew that she wanted to do this.

"All right. But please be careful, Kourin." Aichi said and added one more thing.

"But just remember that if you fail I will come for you the second time. That's my promise." Aichi said.

"T-Thank you…" Kourin said. She then ran towards the building entrance.

"Wow-wow-wow. Hold your horses-" Miwa said as she tried to stop her but a voice from the other end came.

"Miwa, you're going against me!" A voice said. Miwa looked at the direction of voice and it was Misaki.

"Misaki? You know, I wanted to fight Aichi-"

"Aichi doesn't need to fight you! You'll fight against me!"

"Misaki-san…?" Aichi looked at Misaki who was now serious.

"Aichi, I will take this fight for you. I have yet to show my skills once again." Misaki said.

"…Alright. Go for it." Aichi said as he gave the approval to Misaki.

"Well, I guess I'll have to fight against you then, Misaki~" Miwa said as he was glad to face off against Misaki as well instead of Aichi. Little did the others know that Aichi had some odd sensation on his heart running freely. As if his spirit was shredded into small pieces but it was still intact. Just a small piece of his whole spirit felt like it was consumed away.

"What could this feeling be..." Aichi thought. He didn't want to worry the others with the current feeling he had racing on his heart. He then looked at the upcoming match of Miwa and Misaki. Kai also looked down to Miwa and Misaki. Then the two looked at each other once again.

"Kai-kun...I will fight you and then I will make you back to your normal self...!" Aichi thought on his mind as his eyes sharpened towards Kai. Kai was also looking forward to his match against Aichi with his newfound powers of Link Joker.

And so our adventure goes on but does it go smoothly like this or will something...shocking also reappear? Kourin had run inside the Tatsunagi Building in pursuit of Takuto, while Aichi and his friends were outside, looking at Miwa and Kai. Misaki was going to have her battle against Miwa. Much shall be unfold.

The end of the chapter.