Chapter 12: Darkness's binding
Aichi and the others were outside of Tatsunagi building where Miwa and Kai were waiting for them. Miwa had challenged Aichi to battle to see whether he was worthy of being Kai's opponent but Misaki stepped in the reel and challenged Miwa instead of Aichi.
"Eh? I'm not interested in you, Tokura. My fight's with Aichi." Miwa said.
"You'll be my opponent, Miwa. Or are you afraid getting beat down by me again?" Misaki provoked which made Miwa have no choice but to accept.
"Alright then, I'll fight you, Misaki." Miwa said.
And so the two began their battle and stood up their vanguards. Infact it was first time Misaki was fighting a reversed fighter. Aichi however knew that Misaki was really strong fighter. But of course you wouldn't want to leave Miwa behind as well, Aichi thought as he knew that being reversed does make the fighters 'stronger'.
Turn after turn Miwa tried to finish Misaki with his Dauntless Dominate Dragon 'Reverse' but with no success of dealing any damage. Misaki's quintet wall blocked Miwa's attack and Misaki easily soulcharged seven cards from dropzone with Cider's skill.
"I stand and draw." Misaki said. This meant pretty much a Final Turn.
"Goddess who appears in response to the call of the regalia of wisdom! Use your sword of intelligence and foresight to cut through the tangled skein of fate! Break ride! Omniscience Regalia, Minerva!" Minerva with her brilliant beauty emerged to the field. As of then Misaki Soulblasted three cards to draw two cards from her deck, Minerva then gaining +10000 power increase. Misaki moved Ordain and called Jupiter to rear guard.
"Watch the miracle of a goddess! Ordain's skill. I take one unit with "Regalia" in the name my drop zone, and move it to the bottom of my deck. Minerva then gains +5000!" Misaki said. She had two Angelica's in her drop zone, which meant +10000 total.
"A combo with fellow Regalia units!" Aichi said.
By then Minerva attacked Miwa's Dauntless Dominate Dragon 'Reverse'.
"Not so fast! I guard! I also intercept!"
"I'm checking the twin drive." No triggers achieved which Miwa believed was a relief. However he didn't knew that Minerva's true worth would come into play.
"Intelligence is stronger than the sword! God of intelligence, gather here! Guide me! Limit Break!" Misaki declared.
"Minerva, stand! +5000 power!" Miwa was now in huge trouble as he only had perfect guard in his hands. But it wasn't going to be enough.
"Minerva attacks!"
"I won't let you get in Kai's way! Perfect Guard!"
"Drive trigger check!" First one gave no trigger but second?
"Critical trigger! Power and extra critical to Jupiter!"
"So a perfect guard here…" Naoki said.
"But Misaki took that into account." Aichi said to which Naoki nodded.
"Jupiter attacks with a boost from Ordain! Misaki said.
"I don't guard!" Miwa said.
"If I lose now, Kai will…be alone again!"
"Damage check! First check… Second check…" No triggers for Miwa, which then meant Miwa had lost and Misaki won the battle. The reverse faded away from Miwa which was a relief for both Misaki and the others. Kai however knew that Misaki had won the match after she guarded the last turn Miwa was attacking her. The use of Genesis's skill made it obvious for Misaki to win.
Short time after Miwa gained consciousness and started to look around.
"Nee-san…" Miwa said to which Misaki simply smiled to him.
"Aichi…" Miwa noticed Aichi.
"…Kamui and the Miyaji guys…" Miwa finished after seeing Aichi and the others. He then looked at Kai who was looking at him.
"I'm sorry, Kai. I left you alone again…" Miwa felt sorry for leaving Kai again but Kai who was who he now was, reversed fighter who has obtained strength by accepting Link Joker.
Aichi and the others then came to Miwa to check up in close if he was feeling okay.
"W-What is this? A discouragement?" Miwa wondered after something had hurt his chest.
"No. You were helping Kai as a true friend always should. Even though you had become reversed, you still wanted to help him regardless. But you're now normal." Misaki said.
Aichi then looked at the place where Kai was standing, ready to fight him.
"Fight me, Kai!" After saying that Kai started walking from the rooftop and came down from it like nothing happened. Soon Kai looked at Aichi who had just challenged him and in no time the two took their decks out.
"I swear I'll bring Kai back to normal." Aichi said.
"I don't believe you'll be able to, Aichi." Kai responded which made Aichi a bit worried.
"We'll see about that." And so they started.
"Stand up (the* as Kai would say) Vanguard!
As the two started their clash it first seemed okay. Aichi saw Kai's Link Joker deck which is much different than what he had seen. Nevertheless he felt determined to get Kai back to his self although Kai simply looked calm and by his expression on his face he seemed to know how this match would run.
Aichi's turn where he tried to finish Kai with his new ace, Gancelot Zenith. Unfortunately for him…
"Gancelot Zenith attacks your vanguard! This attack holds the feelings of friends of you and mine! Return to yourself, Kai!" Aichi shouted as Gancelot Zenith was attempting to the last damage.
"You won't beat me with that…Perfect guard!" Kai said as Aichi was shocked to see Kai put that. Unfortunately for Aichi his last attack failed and hence he wasn't able to beat him this very turn.
"If Kai managed to defend himself then so can I!" Aichi thought.
"Hmph, it's impossible for you defeat me." Kai said as his face turned into an evil smirk.
"It seems like I've surpassed you! Aichi, I am going to drag you down to the depths of darkness!" Kai dramatically said as Aichi felt nervous. Surely he had hesitated to fight Kai in the first place but with the huge bravery of Naoki and Shingo he got the courage to go forward.
"Final turn! And this is also our…Final fight!" Kai stated as Aichi gasped at his statement.
"You weren't able to beat me this turn. That shows your true ability. Your strength. The strength that lit a fire under me, that changed my principles and made me choose Link Joker. I've surpassed that strength. Kai said as he evilly smiled at Aichi. Aichi's friends looked at the fight in shock after what Kai had just said.
"Is that really Kai?" Misaki said.
"Kai…" Miwa said.
"Kai, you're possessed by Link Joker! I'm going to bring you to your senses!" Aichi exclaimed.
"I'm sick of hearing those words." Kai said as he felt frustrated of hearing that from Aichi over and over again.
"I'm going to beat you this turn. It's all over for you." Kai smirked with his evil smile.
"Kai…!" Aichi hesitantly didn't want to believe Kai's words.
"Roar that shatters both good and evil! Fangs that cut through light and darkness! Absolute dragon, everything grovels before you! Break Ride! Star-vader, Chaos Breaker Dragon!" Kai said as the break ride was slammed on top of Infinite Zero Dragon.
"Lock the rear-guard!" Kai said, locking Aichi's Flame of Victory and Phallon out from the field.
"Chaos Breaker gets +10000 power. Lanthanum gets +2000 power for every unit that was locked." Kai said and continued. "Aichi, you're going to be locked by me forever!" Aichi was now panicking but tried to hold himself together.
"Lock Phallon! And then Lanthanum's skill! +2000 power is added to both Lanthanum! Lanthanum then moves forward and attacks your vanguard!" Kai said.
"Guard!" Aichi said.
"Lanthanum boosts…Chaos Breaker!" Kai said as his ace this time was going up front to Aichi's Gancelot Zenith. Gancelot's horse was panicking and Gancelot tried to calm his horse down.
"Again, Sword Formation Liberator, Igraine! Quintet Wall!" Aichi said as the Quintet Wall of his gave around 25000 shield in addition to Gancelots own power.
"All right! That shield of Quintet Wall is 25000!" Naoki said.
"Amazing! That's his second Quintet Wall!" Shingo added.
"That's Brother Aichi for you! Now he's got a chance!" Kamui said.
The rest then hoped that Aichi would survive but Kai sharpened his eye and knew that the shield wouldn't hold.
"There is no wall that cannot be broken through." Kai said. Aichi gasped for the moment after hearing that.
"Check the drive trigger." First check gave no trigger. But the second… Much to Aichi's and his friends surprise.
"Heal trigger! I give +5000 power to Chaos Breaker, and I recover one damage. Chaos Breaker then went through the Quintet Wall.
"No…!" Aichi said. Aichi's friends were then shocked after seeing the 25000 shield Quintet Wall broken through so easily.
"It's not over yet! Damage trigger, check!" Aichi said as he wanted to believe he would survive from that attack. The rest were holding their breaths as Aichi drew the card. Unfortunately for him… It wasn't a heal trigger.
"It's over now, Aichi. Farewell." Kai said as the reverse hit Aichi soon after.
"Aichi…Lost." Naoki said.
"It was a perfect fight for Brother. And yet…" Kamui said. By then Aichi was starting to suffocate from the reverse power that would turn him to a person similar to his past influences. This time more sinistering. Aichi's friends then came to him to try to do something but no success since you needed to fight Aichi to get him back to normal. Aichi kept resisting the reverse by his strong willpower.
"I told you. I've surpassed you." Kai said as he then looked at his deck and continued. "I don't need this deck anymore. Link Joker's power has become my own." Kai said as he heard Aichi still in the pain of resisting the reverse.
"Has the Reverse begun?" Kai said as Aichi kept screaming in tremendous pain of holding back such power that would consume him.
"Brother…" Kamui said stressing about Aichi's condition. The rest were worried as well.
"I threw away everything to obtain this strength. But you're different, Aichi. You're trying to help friends who have become enemies and save a world that's already starting to become Reversed. The opposite of me, you're carrying everything on your shoulders. One threw away everything: the other took on the burden of everything. That's what seperates us."
Aichi kept resisting the reverse inside him but he knew he had no way out of it.
"Impressive, Aichi Sendou. To resist being Reversed like this…But it's in vain. It's not possible to stop the Reverse. The more you struggle, the more it'll hurt for you. It would be better if you would stop resisting and accept it. If you won't, the result will be…horrific in your case!." Fake Takuto said.
Meanwhile Aichi's friends were trying to figure out what to do in order to help Aichi. Suddenly footsteps were heard as the looks turned around to see who it was. Surprisingly, it was Leon with Jillian and Sharlene. Two were holding a mirror.
"Leon Souryu!" Naoki said. Leon then looked at Jillian and Sharlene and gave them a nod.
"Move it, move it!"
"Sorry!
Aichi's friends were confused of what the two were doing to which Leon then responded: "Helping Sendou, so don't get in the way." He continued. "Aichi Sendou…Raise your Psyqualia!" Aichi struggled to hear it out but he recognized that it was Leon who said it.
"Psyqualia…" Aichi then ventured in his state of Psyqualia. Leon's own Psyqualia was activated as well and the mirror started to shine. In Aichi's Psyqualia he saw a light coming towards him and revealed out to be a person he knew.
"Takuto…"
"Aichi Sendou. I can't stop the Reverse process with my power alone. But I'll do all I can to halt. The rest is up to you and the decision depends on you!" Takuto continued. "Aichi…Keep your feelings strong. There's still something you have to do." Aichi then forcefully managed to open his eyes.
"I have to help him…Kai!" And so the hidden Psyqualia in Aichi reawakened and his eyes glowed with it as well. The bright light managed to consume the reverse power. More accurately, halt it. Aichi, still in his Psyqualia soon had his reverse halted and return to his normal self and noticed Takuto being here. Some cold memories of seeing Takuto recently ran into his mind.
"Why did you help me…? Didn't you want to destroy the world? Aichi asked.
"He's not the Takuto you know. He looks like me, but there's another consciousness inside." Takuto said and continued. "Link Joker. The cause of all this."
Meanwhile Aichi's friends were wondering where Takuto was to which Leon simply explained that the spirit of Takuto had no physical body and could only be seen by someone who had Psyqualia.
…
"I have to foil Link Joker's plan and save planet Cray!" Takuto said. After Takuto and Leon had finished explaining Aichi awoke from his Psyqualia and tried to tag along with Takuto and Leon.
However, Takuto told him not to come but rest. Leon then explained what Takuto said.
"if Aichi fights again after managing to hold a Reverse power with a miraculous will and lose another fight against reversed person. He should simply just rest."
And so Leon and Takuto decided to go to Fake Takuto and defeat the Link Joker. Leon told Jillian and Sharlene to protect Aichi.
"I'll go in later…" Aichi said. Takuto then appeared to him and held his hand, giving an some kind of green aura, which made Aichi fall asleep. Leon and Takuto then walked inside the building to defeat fake Takuto.
…
Leon and Takuto then arrived at the centre of place where the fake Takuto was waiting for them. Leon had to fight against his evil clone that fake Takuto had summoned since it was kind of unfair for him. Unfortunately for him the clone of Leon was then ultimately defeated by the Leon himself. That defeat caused the fake Takuto to suffer a minor damage and so he had to fight the spirit of Takuto.
Outside the rest were fighting against the reversed fighters that came around as Aichi's friends were trying to protect him the best they could. Aichi slowly opened his eyes as he saw the fighting between his friends and the reversed fighters.
"I…can't…tolerate this…anymore. I have to…go…
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"Hmph, did you really think that I don't have my trump card as well? Fool…" Fake Takuto said as he put out the new ace of his, Star-Vader, "Omega" Glendios. Little did Takuto know that this card of Fake Takuto's was a terrifying one. Takuto had 5 locked rear-guards which activated Glendioses's skill, Ultimate Break. Five units locked and game over for Takuto.
"Let's see. one…two…three…four…five rear-guards that are locked. The requirements to use Glendios's skill is now possible." Fake takuto smirked to Takuto.
"Now…Prepare yourself! Ultimate Break!" Fake Takuto declared as Glendios's Ultimate was acquired. He continued: "If my opponent has five rear-guards locked I win instantly!
"You…win instantly?!" Takuto exclaimed.
"Yes…This is World End. It means the end of your world as well." Fake Takuto said. Grand Ezel was defeated and Takuto, or the spirit of Takuto to be exact now, was Reversed.
"Oh don't you worry, I have plans for you instead of having you being reversed…Give me that body and power of yours!" Fake Takuto smirked as he consumed Takuto's power and the body.
"Lock!" Fake Takuto said.
"S-Stop it…!" Leon tried to hurl the small mirror he received from Jillian but it fell down and broke. Fake Takuto had then taken the power of Takuto and added it to his own.
_ … End of the first part … _
At Takuto's building where the fake Takuto is controlling things along with Kai at the upper levels. Previously Aichi had a vanguard fight with Kai, determined to bring Kai back to senses. Unfortunately for Aichi his strength wasn't enough this time which resulted him losing and becoming reversed. But luckily Aichi fought against it for a nick of time until Leon, Jillian and Sharlene arrived with a mirror that held the spirit of Takuto inside. With the Psyqualia's help along with Takuto and Leon Aichi succeeded at stopping the process but it came with a cost. A major damage to his body and psyche and he was told to rest for the time being, not fighting against anybody. As of then Misaki and the others were looking after Aichi who was put to sleep and Leon had left Jillian and Sharlene to accompany Misaki and the others. As the reversed fighters started to appear around Takuto's building after the spirit of Takuto lost to fake one the black ring above the building closed in and exploded, waving the tremendous power across the area which strengthened the reversed fighters around. Situation was troublesome until Shingo noticed something.
"Aichi? Where did he go...?!" Misaki and the others soon noticed this as well.
"Aichi?!" Misaki shouted.
"Brother!" Kamui shouted.
"Aichi!" Miwa and Naoki shouted. The gang along with Jillian and Sharlene were now in trouble as Aichi had suddenly disappeared.
...
Aichi stepped inside through the automated door where Fake Takuto and exhausted Leon were.
"Oh...?" Fake Takuto noticed as the person who stepped inside was the one who lost to Kai.
"Takuto...no...Fake Takuto!" Aichi said. He looked at Takuto who was completely a different person than the real one was. Courtesy of the Link Joker, Void.
"What?" Fake Takuto said with a surprised tone.
"A-Aichi...I thought I told you to rest..." Leon said exhausted. Aichi then turned to Leon and gave him a small smile.
"It's okay. I'm fine now." Aichi assured though he knew he has the risk of suffering the terrible incident if things would go wrong. He then turned back to Takuto, drawing out his deck. As Aichi was preparing to challenge Takuto, Takuto immediately snapped his fingers.
"I am pretty sure there's someone else you'd like to fight first, Sendou Aichi. I bet she would love to dance with you. Fake Takuto then pointed his finger next to Aichi. His heart pounded for the moment he saw who was right next to her. It caught him up by surprise.
"Kourin?" Aichi sternly said as Kourin was right next to him, looking at him.
"Aichi." Kourin said as her once beautiful green emerald eyes were covered with tainted red stripes around and small red line glows in the pupils once again. Aichi remembered that
"Kourin...I...What have you done to her, Takuto?!" Aichi looked at Takuto with demanding attitude to know the truth.
"Since she came here with your acceptance I decided to take the advantage and Reverse her once again. That's right! Your dear Kourin, once again reversed and this time instead of me, you'll be fighting her." Fake Takuto smirked as a devil would normally. Aichi looked then at Kourin once again with worry.
"I wasn't there for you... I should have been!" Aichi thought as Kourin watched him with no emotional expression on her face. She had yearned to make Aichi her true comrade but she wasn't capable to do so when she wasn't reversed. Now she felt like she had all the power needed to bring Aichi to her.
""The power is running through me..." Kourin looked at her hands first before taking out her Royal Paladin deck. It radiated with immense power of reverse as the new ace in her deck shone brightly.
""My new trump card...will beat Aichi and I'll finally get to make him as my true comrade! I can't afford to lose here." Kourin took the trump card out to look at it. The card then started radiating with reverse power. Aichi looked worried and knew that Kourin had many kinds of ideas on her mind now but which one would come true.
"Gold Paladin comrades...give me strength!" Aichi took out his deck as it then started radiating with blue light, as if Aichi had gotten a new unit or his calling has been answered by his own comrades butt he wasn't sure. Since losing to Kai he got reversed but he succesfully managed to halt it, but at a cost of receiving a major damage to his body and psyche. Spirit of Takuto and Leon told him if he'd fight and the reverse power inside him would come out by force, it would kill him.
"That's what it has come to, huh..." Aichi said to Kourin as he shuffled his deck
"Yeah..." Kourin replied.
"But why?! Why you had to choose Reverse?!" Aichi asked as tears fell down from his blue eyes. Unfortunately for him the feelings just didn't catch Kourin.
"This is a simple dance for us. It doesn't matter to me anymore what you think about my decision." Kourin said as she then placed her deck to the table. Aichi did the same as well. She continued: "Besides, I have a task that I have to protect and only way to protect is to Reverse you! Leon looked at Aichi, surprised of how Aichi could still move.
"B-But how…? Aichi was so exhausted that he barely could stand up…" Leon thought.
"I know I shouldn't fight now but since it's Kourin I just can't let her be like this...I'll bring her back to normal for the second time." Aichi thought. His deck glowed again. Leon noticed the light that Aichi's deck wielded.
"That's…He is being kept together with his strong spirit and that card is helping him…?" Leon noticed.
"Stand up, Vanguard!" Both exclaimed at the same time.
Aichi knew what was on the stake but despite still being damaged around his psyche and body he pressed on to save Kourin and make her return to normal. Even if it meant he had to defy the reverse power inside him that was successfully suppressed.
Ride after the ride it was come down to the point where both of them were pinned down to the corner, not wanting to lose since they both had a goal they wanted to carry out. Kourin had ridden Broken Heart Jewel Knight Ashlei as Aichi had his new ace out, Liberator Monarch Sanctuary Alfred.
"Limit Break! Lock. And then I retire one of your rear-guards. By this jeweling sword I superior call." Kourin said. Aichi had lost his intercepts as Kourin prepared her attacks.
"Ashlei attacks! Check… Critical Trigger! Power to other Ashlei and the critical to vanguard Ashlei." Kourin dealt two damage which led to Aichi receiving five damage now. His heart started to hurt as Aichi collapsed briefly down from the heart-attack.
"Miranda attacks!" Kourin said.
Leon looked at Aichi as he saw him struggling, not wanting to collapse down or anything.
"Guard!" Aichi said as he put defense enough to protect from the sixth damage.
"Rear-guard Ashlei attacks! This will be the end!" Kourin said as the powered up Ashlei charged forward with her jeweled sword that wasn't tainted the same as the reversed one of Ashlei.
"I won't let it happen! Guard!" Aichi said as Epona shielded Alfred from the harm.
"What…?! Aichi!" Kourin shouted with a bit angered tone.
"Here I come, Kourin!" Aichi said.
"Cheer Up Trumpeter moves to the soul and gives the power to Alfred! And then… Alfred's Limit Break!" Aichi said. Starting off with the Counter Blast of three and Blaster Blade moving from soul to drop zone. Kourin looked at what Aichi was doing now.
"I send all of my rear-guards back to the deck!" Aichi said. Kourin gasped for a moment. Aichi then continued. "And then, five allies gather on the battlefield!"
Leon was watching Aichi's battle still as he took note that the rear-guard circles were now filled up completely.
"Bruno's skill! It gets +3000 power for every rear-guard unit that appeared from the deck! This Bruno's skill is also activated." Aichi pointed out and continued. "Cheer Up Trumpeter's skill! Alfred gets +3000 power for every rear-guard unit that appeared from the deck!" Aichi said. Kourin noticed the growing power of Alfred which was starting to worry her, thinking if she could defend herself completely. Aichi then continued. "On top of that, Alfred gains +1000 power for every rear-guard unit! With this rear-guard combo centered around Alfred, my attacking power increases dramatically. This is the new Alfred's power of the bond!" Aichi finished the explanation.
"Call!" Aichi said as another Gancelot appeared to replace the front rear-guard. Aichi had another short heart-attack once again.
"Alfred, attack!" Aichi said.
"Guard! Quintet Wall! I guard even more!" Kourin held on the first attack of Aichi's. "I can't afford to be defeated here! Aichi looked at the defense Kourin had and then checking his twin drive.
"Twin drive…Critical trigger! I give all the effects to Gancelot!" Aichi said and continued. "I attack Miranda!" Kourin's intercept unit was taken down.
"My intercept…!" Kourin said as she then looked at Aichi.
"There are friends that I want to protect. Kourin, just because you became reversed again doesn't that I didn't still care about you! Because…Kourin, you're a dear friend to me!" Kourin gasped at Aichi's words. Aichi continued. "That's why, even if I have to put my life on the line…I will save you again!"
Meanwhile outside Aichi's friends were fending off against the reversed fighters as Misaki had just now gone inside.
"Darn! There's just no end to them!" Miwa said.
"Don't lose heart, senior!" Kamui said.
"Hah! Leave it to me, junior!" Miwa answered back. The gank were holding on the point as it appeared that more of the fighters would be arriving but the current fog was too thick that it wasn't quite clear who was coming through.
Meanwhile…Aichi and Kourin were looking at each other, both wanting to achieve their goals or something that they wanted to protect at least.
"Kourin, I don't want to…"
"Aichi, I don't want to…"
"…Lose you!" Both Aichi's and Kourin's heart clashed for the final moment as Aichi readied the remaining Gancelot on the left side of Alfred.
"Gancelot!" Aichi shouted out, turning on the final attack.
"Guard! Quintet Wall!" Kourin said as she laid a card from her hand and counter-blasted one to use the Quintet Wall.
The units appeared from five different angles, near each other. However, the shield of Kourin's Quintet Wall wasn't enough. Kourin blinked as she saw the memories she had of Aichi, Misaki and the others.
"Seems like Kourin's Wall isn't strong enough to hold out the last attack." Leon thought. In the end Gancelot dealt the last damage to Ashlei and completely succeeded.
"You're truly strong, Aichi. But this is my…" Kourin said as the Reverse starting departing from her body. After all that energy had vanished Kourin collapsed but Aichi managed to catch her quickly to his hands. Aichi then dropped carefully down and put Kourin down carefully next to a wall, not wanting her to get hurt again. A door opened afterwards and Misaki ran right towards to Aichi who was next to Kourin, turning his eyes then to Misaki.
"You're idiot! Why did you go inside here?!" Misaki questioned with a bit of anger in her tone.
"I—I'm fine now." Aichi assured.
"But—" Misaki tried to react but Kourin soon opened her eyes and saw the two talking.
"Aichi…" Kourin said as both Aichi and Misaki then turned to look at her. "You've been always like this…Giving yourself no thought and taking care of the others… I guess that's why…I—I've fallen for you…" Kourin said.
"Save your breath, please. Everything will be okay." Aichi said which did cling a spark of hope in Kourin's heart but she wouldn't be here.
"I'm sorry, Aichi…But this is the last time we'll see…" Kourin said as first tear fell down from her left eye.
"Huh?" Aichi responded with a confused look.
"Since Takuto is now the other Takuto…The memories…of my past and the present are slowly fading. I am sorry but I guess this will be the last time for us…It was nice knowing you and having a really close relationship…" Kourin said as her body started to shine and it slowly started to shatter with brilliant jewel-like radiance.
"W—Wait! Kourin! Don't leave!" Aichi tried to hold Kourin's soft hand on his palms but soon her hands were fading away.
"Please…" Aichi started to cry himself as Misaki looked away, not wanting to show her emotions but she couldn't hold the small tears from her eyes too.
"I'm sorry…Aichi." Kourin said as she then faded away and the spirit of her along with the body vanished. However she whispered to Aichi's ears certain words. "I will still watch you here…Even if you may not see me anymore."
By then Aichi activated his Psyqualia for the moment and brought Kourin's spirit to his Psyqualia presence.
"This is…!" Kourin said.
"My Psyqualia. Even if you're a spirit I still can see you through my Psyqualia. But I guess we don't have the time, right?" Aichi said.
"Yeah." Kourin said as she approached Aichi and took his hand, putting her own hands around Aichi's soft hands."
"I can't really tell how your hands feel right now since I am a spirit but I imagine them being soft as you too." Kourin said with a small smile on her face.
"Your hands are soft too." Aichi said.
"I think you should move. Takuto is still waiting for you." Kourin said.
"Yes…I guess this is a good bye for now…" Aichi said with a face that was covered on sadness.
"I'm sure you can find a way to bring me back but for now…" Kourin paused and continued.
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"Sayonara…Aichi."
A bit sad in the end but hey. I would like to say I'm back after a huge break but I can't of course promise that I will write regularly yet but we'll see.
For now, enjoy!