Intro: well this is going well… I hope I will be able to get new ideas for my other story *sigh*
Anyway, here is the 11th chapter wow new record for me, hope you guys enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Touken Ranbu and Cardfight! Vanguard and other material which came from the said Game/Anime, they are owned by its original creators. The making of this story and this story is made for the fans and the writer XD. Although the plot and some changes in the story are from me ^_^.
Chapter 11: And the training begins
~Time Skip Friday Afternoon~
Aichi hurriedly came back from school and then ran around the whole citadel looking for Konnosuke, it was a good thing that Aichi started at the garden where he saw Konnosuke was having tea with Mina sitting in the hallway.
Mina heard the hastily running footsteps and turned around that it was Aichi "Ah... Aichi-kun what's the matter?" She asked.
Aichi slowly went to where they were sitting while huffing and then told them the reason why he was running "I… *huff* was looking… *Huff* for the two of you…" and then slumped near them then inhaled and relaxed his breathing before continuing.
"Why were you looking for us?" Konnosuke said wagging his tail.
"I was going to ask for permission to go out with classmates, so I will be late so I came back first to tell you." Konnosuke and Mina looked at each other.
Mina stretched out her hand as if asking for something that confused Aichi "Your number please…" she smiled, Aichi froze and then fell and laid on the hallway thinking that Mina has a phone will make things better but why didn't the two of them told him the first time, after some thoughts going on his head he handed his phone over to Mina so they could switch numbers.
"I kind of forgot sorry, I just didn't think we would need it but I think it will be for the best so there." Mina successfully transferred the data and gave it back to Aichi then Mina tried sending Aichi a message to which he successfully received and then stood back up again.
"Well you weren't able to go out yesterday since you were resting the whole day so sure go and have." Konnosuke gave his permission to Aichi then Aichi waited for Mina.
"Sure go and have fun." Mina smiled to Aichi thinking that this will be for the best.
"Thank you" Then Aichi hastily stood up and headed for his room but stopped by Konnosuke "Wait."
Aichi gulped thinking that if Konnosuke changed his mind and stopped for a moment "Make sure to bring Kiyomitsu with you." He said then started to look for Kiyomitsu and left Mina, Aichi paused and then continued to go back to his room to change.
~At the Mall~
Aichi and Kiyomitsu are at the mall waiting for Morikawa and Izaki to come but the whole time Aichi was silently waiting and listening to the whispers around them and at the same time Kiyomitsu is smiling at the thought of the whispers they can hear.
Example of the whispers were "He looks so cute", "I thought he was a she but when he spoke I can't help but fall for him", "He is so pretty", "I want to know who is he", and "do you think he will notice us if we ask him"
And even before they come to the mall, all the people were already staring at him, Kiyomitsu's indescribable bewitching beauty is stealing the hearts of every male and female they come across to.
Aichi sighed while waiting then "Aichi-sama is something the matter, are you tired?" Kiyomitsu asked worried.
"A little." what Aichi said has a double meaning, he was tired of the noises he kept hearing, he doesn't understand what he was feeling although at first he wanted to know if Kiyomitsu can get as much attention as Shokudaikiri but he noticed that it was more and the second reason was because its taking so long that its tiring him.
"So your training starts again tomorrow, make sure to say something if it's too much alright" Kiyomitsu smiled at Aichi to which he nodded to.
Then "Oi! Aichi!" it was Morikawa who called with Izaki.
"We were at Card Capital and didn't notice the time." Izaki said in sorry and then they started to leave.
While walking "Hey Aichi, you are entering the Shop tournament right." Morikawa said fired up for the tournament.
"Shop tournament?" Kiyomitsu said that seems like he was asking at the same time thinking.
"No way! I don't think I can… I still have a lot to learn." Aichi said in defense while raising up his hands.
At a certain place they have stopped, Morikawa started shouting "RARE CARDS, CALL OUT TO ME ONCE AGAIN!" Raising his arms up and focusing his strength.
Aichi, Kiyomitsu, and Izaki sweat dropped and then turned to look around to help then Aichi saw a particular sign saying "PSY" to where he pointed to and they entered the eerie shop.
Upon entering they confirmed their hunch it was indeed a very eerie shop where if you look up you will see stars and from all around you can see a number of hologram rare cards, then "Welcome" a voice said.
Then when they searched for the owner of the voice they saw a girl somewhat in her junior high days, she has two big orange curls and violet eyes, she is wearing an orange red shirt and a maroon skirt and a maroon boots, upon seeing Aichi she wore a sheepish smile and approached Aichi, he blushed at the thought then Kiyomitsu annoyed held Aichi's hands and then pulled him close to his side and asked "Is there something wrong?" Aichi blinked at the sudden action.
Then the girl stepped back and said "Not Really." After that she asked them to follow her to a certain room.
Upon entering the room, the whole gang saw a Vanguard fight stage and the three of them hastily went to check it but alas they weren't able to activate it, Kiyomitsu was watching from a far and felt that there is something suspicious about how the girl reacts and about why this place feels so eerie, he can't quite get the felling off and continued to observe, then when Aichi touched a circle from the mats the device started working.
Then when they were about to start the fight "Move" someone said, Kiyomitsu trailed where the voice came from and saw another female that looks like in her teens, she has blonde hair and on one side of her hair is tied in a loop she has green eyes and is wearing a white Chinese traditional clothing and white pants, she then made her way to the fight table and introduced herself "I am Kourin, and you are…" then Aichi introduced back then "Aichi Sendou, show me your true strength" she said.
Then a Vanguard fight between the two started. At the whole interval of the fight Aichi was having a hard time fighting back and made the fight slower. Kiyomitsu sighed, he is still a beginner both at this and at the citadel then continued to searched around left and right at the whole place.
While watching the whole fight and observing, he gets distracted the whole time because of Morikawa's silly remarks thinking that this guy has already lost it even way back before. Then when the fight is finished Aichi sadly accepts defeat since in the end he had a lot of fun. Before they left another female showed up, he wears a blue traditional shirt and navy blue pants with yellow scarf, she has a short light blue hair and violet eyes and congratulated them on their fight and giving him a card and was asked to join a tournament.
~Saturday~
Aichi woke up from his bed, the light shining beautifully through his windows, he slowly stood up from his bed *yawn* he yawned and then rubbed his eyes a little and then headed downstairs.
While heading downstairs he hears voices from the training hall and then headed towards the kitchen checking if breakfast is ready.
~Kitchen~
Upon entering Aichi saw Shokudaikiri and Horikawa preparing breakfast it seems they haven't finished yet. Horikawa noticed Aichi and stopped for a moment "Ah Aichi-sama, good morning." He greeted.
"Good morning Horikawa, Shokudaikiri." Aichi greeted.
"Do you have any request Aichi-sama?" Shokudaikiri asked and stopped for a moment from what he was doing and waited for him to respond.
Aichi shook his head left and right "No, I just wanted to check if breakfast was done." He said "I'll be heading to the dining hall now."
"Alright" Shokudaikiri said and then continued on what he was doing.
~After Breakfast~
Aichi decided to go to the garden for a while until it was ready to get started, while the TouDans also started to do chores while Aichi is going to start his training again.
"Aichi-kun" Mina called while walking down the hallway "Are you ready?" she asked and then headed in front of the pond.
Aichi stood up from his seat and then nodded "I'm ready."
Mina opened her sleeves and then talismans floated from above her "This time Aichi, I want you to use your divine powers to command them to attack, just like what I did when I taught you how to make a barrier for defense but now it's to attack."
Mina started to demonstrate her ability and then waved her hand upwards and one talisman flew up and the others followed, at her every movement the talismans moved to her bidding, something what would you expect to someone who is a veteran.
When Mina stopped she formed them into a barrier "Okay Aichi-kun, your turn." She said and waited "Focus your energy, pray, command."
Aichi took the talismans from his pocket and then held it outward and close his eyes and exhaled then when he opened his eyes he started to command the talismans.
A few seconds later, one talisman stated to fly upward but shaking "Think of your resolve Aichi-kun" Mina instructed.
Aichi isn't thinking clearly Mina thought or that he was occupied with something but thinking about his resolve Mina knows that it will be the key for his success, she pondered a little it seems that the first one with the barrier was a beginners luck and sighed inwardly but perished the thought.
Aichi was able to make one of the talismans to light a faint blue and then commanded it to attack Mina but it was weak, when it came in contact to Mina's barrier the talismans broke and burnt into nothingness.
Mina sighed "ehehehe… he… *sigh*" Mina gave up a little, "It's alright Aichi you just don't have the right incentive." Mina stopped for a moment and then commanded some of her talismans in her sleeves and formed a line and flew upward.
Aichi thought what the incentive she was talking about and where the talismans were for and where it was going.
~Field~
Kiyomitsu has an annoyed look on his face "You can do it Kiyomitsu." It seems Kiyomitsu and Yasusada are on fieldwork they are watering and planting new ones, Yasusada sighed and thought that every time they do the fieldwork he keeps having this annoyed face as if this is the worst thing he has ever done or something. Yasusada knew Kiyomitsu very well, he just don't want to get dirty and this job in the citadel is number one in getting the dirtiest job but they don't have a choice do they it's like Konnosuke says "Those who do not work does not eat".
Yasusada continued on what he was doing, then from where they were they heard a sound of fluttering papers and looked left and right for it, little by little the sound kept coming closer and still no sign of it, then they looked at each other and they decided to look up.
When they looked up they successfully saw fluttering papers in the air "Are those talismans?" Yasusada said pointing at the paper flowing in the air lined up and glowing violet blue-ish color.
The talismans stopped for a moment and then hastily came down locking on its target, upon noticing the change in speed and hollering towards them the two panicked and then tried to run away, even though they don't know if they were the target or not, they still started to run and separated.
While running Yasusada turned behind him upon hearing the faint sound of the fluttering paper was nowhere in sight, he looked for Kiyomitsu around and saw that the talismans target was him "Kiyomitsu it's after you!" Yasusada shouted to warn him.
Kiyomitsu looked behind him and then started to run faster but the talismans were faster and was able to catch him by the arm, Kiyomitsu stopped from running and the talismans stopped also gripping his hand avoiding the chance of escape.
~Back at the garden~
"Oh, it was successful." Mina said and then looked at the direction of the field where Aichi did the same curious of what she was talking about.
A little while later, they heard footsteps "Oh he's here." Mina said and Aichi got more curious and confused at the same time.
When the sound comes closer, Aichi saw the talismans dragging "Kiyomitsu?" Aichi said and then tried to run and head towards Kiyomitsu, but was stopped by some of Mina's talismans by forming a wall on his path.
"Eh!? Wha-what is going on here?!" Kiyomitsu said panicking a little looking at the abundant amount of talismans all over the place that is owned by Mina.
"Okay let's start." Mina smiled in an ominous way and then commanded new talismans to attack Kiyomitsu, the speed of the talismans were no joke, he knows he won't be able to avoid it and just waited and readied himself for the impact.
Aichi panicked at the sight of Kiyomitsu getting hurt once again, he moved his hands forward and then thought hard "I need to save Kiyomitsu, Mina-nee doesn't joke around she is serious I need to do something" Aichi thought "Kiyomitsu!" he shouted. The talismans that were attacking Kiyomitsu was deflected by him using his own talismans to attack it. He successfully deflected it.
Mina smiled "I knew you just need the right incentive." Mina said and then continued on attacking but this time Aichi used a barrier to prevent him from being attacked, then while Mina was busy attacking Kiyomitsu, Aichi started to initiate sneak attack and tried to catch her off guard.
But Mina was more experienced and was able to deflect the attack she readied some talismans then attacked both Aichi and Kiyomitsu, but it seems that Aichi's powers are still limited and wasn't able to make a new barrier for him and help save Kiyomitsu and just waited for the time of the impact "Aichi-sama?!" Kiyomitsu shouted in worry, he worried much more than himself and didn't even think of the attack that was going for him.
It looks like the time with the first training with the barrier was because she gave him some of her power so that Aichi would be revived was used and now it seems he is back to normal, it looks like nothing was awakened from inside him but this is great progress, since this time the powers he displayed was from him and no help, after some thought and observation she stopped the continuous attack.
After the talismans stopped they heard footsteps coming towards them "Kiyomitsu, Aichi-sama!" it was Yasusada.
Kiyomitsu turned to see Yasusada "I was following you here and heard you shouting Aichi-sama's name, and judging from your look something bad has happened" Yasusada said and then saw Mina and then Aichi then ran to his side "Aichi-sama".
Mina noticed Kiyomitsu's frightened and worried expression and then let him loose and called all of her talismans back, then when Kiyomitsu felt the talismans grip come loose he was able to go and hastily ran to Aichi's side to where Aichi fell on the ground and catch some break "Aichi-sama, are you doing alright?" Kiyomitsu asked and then kneeled down. Yasusada followed and made his way to Aichi to check him.
"I'm fine, a little worn out" he answered then turned to Kiyomitsu "How about you are you alright?" Aichi asked, although he tries to hide it but it won't get pass Kiyomitsu and Yasusada, he can see Aichi trembling.
Yasusada and Kiyomitsu started to worry. Although Yasusada didn't see what had happened, but Kiyomitsu's worried face and Aichi's trembling body was enough to answer his question. It seems that they were training and a very serious one and Kiyomitsu became a bait.
"You say that I was the one that is making things fast but whenever it is time to fight you get serious." Konnosuke said he was watching at a distance at the hallway, he then turned to Kiyomitsu "Although the idea of Kiyomitsu as an incentive is a good idea, good work Mina" he said raising a paw as if to approve.
Yasusada sweat dropped and Kiyomitsu gulped at the thought and then sighed and then continued to check up on Aichi "Can you stand up." He asked and Aichi shook his head left and right signaling to Kiyomitsu that he can't.
"I'm really sorry Aichi-kun, I thought you have awakened some of your powers and got out of hand and got serious." Mina said apologizing to Aichi and then sat down and checked up on him.
"No, It's the right thing, you don't have to worry, give me all you've got, don't think it is wrong just because I am still weak because thinking it like that is unfair." Aichi said looking at Mina with determined eyes Yasusada was surprised at how strong willed their master is and Kiyomitsu's worries were gone.
"Alright, take a rest and then we'll continue this after lunch" Mina smiled in a serious manner and then headed to where Konnosuke is.
Aichi was still trembling and can't stand up "Don't worry Aichi, Mina is serious in trainings but rest easy since she won't go as far as to hurt someone just because of training." Konnosuke said seeing as Aichi was trembling in fear, he feared that the thought of the battlefield has caught up to him and making him uneasy and afraid.
Kiyomitsu placed a hand on Aichi's shoulder "Konnosuke is it alright if I take him to the infirmary to rest for a bit." Konnosuke nodded then Kiyomitsu placed his arms on Aichi's waist and under his knees and then lifted him up in his arms, Aichi placed his hands on Kiyomitsu's shoulder surprised at the sudden action and flushed deep red and hid his face on Kiyomitsu's shoulder as to not let him or anyone see it.
Yasusada and Mina were surprised too at the sudden action but to Konnosuke he was already used to it and already know what he will do so he didn't make a fuss "Yasusada I'll be letting him rest for a bit, sorry if I won't be able to continue to help with the fieldwork since if I leave I know he will just come out again and do something, although you can come with me for now and let's continue there later and rest too."
Yasusada nodded "Sure." He was worried about Aichi's health so he wanted to come too.
When Aichi has settled Kiyomitsu started to walk and Yasusada followed behind then Kiyomitsu said "You are still surprisingly light." Konnosuke and Mina heard this and tried to hold their laugh at the thought especially Konnosuke.
"Eh?" Yasusada said a little confused and bewildered.
Kiyomitsu stopped walking and turned to Yasusada and said "Do you wanna try?" Kiyomitsu offered raising Aichi a little.
"E-Eh?!" Aichi said but it looks like Kiyomitsu was serious, even Yasusada was surprised.
Then Shokudaikiri was walking down the hallway and saw Aichi being carried by Kiyomitsu "Did something happened to Aichi-sama?" they all turned to the hastily walking Shokudaikiri.
"He was worn out in our training so they were going to send him to the infirmary to rest for a bit." Mina explained and apologized a little.
A thought popped on Kiyomitsu's head "Oh yeah Shokudaikiri, you have carried Aichi-sama right?" he thought of the first time Shoudaikiri came "How light was he to you?" he asked seemingly not understanding the consequence.
"Hmm…" he stared at Aichi "I think Aichi-sama need to fatten and muscle up he is too thin and light." He said and another dense man has come "Maybe I should give him more meat" He thought while still staring at Aichi thinking of a good diet menu.
Then at the thought Aichi saddened and used his two hands to cover his whole face and then slumped to Kiyomitsu's shoulder.
Kiyomitsu thought about his action from Aichi's action "Ah!" and panicked "I'm sorry Aichi-sama I won't brought that up again." He said desperately apologizing.
"I blame Kiyomitsu and Shokudaikiri" Yasusada said leering at the two and the two flinched and gulped.
Konnosuke and Mina nodded in agreement "I'm sorry Aichi-sama" Shokudaikiri apologized and then reached for his head to pat Aichi. At the thought of Shokudaikiri reaching to pat Aichi's head he had mixed and unknown feelings swirling inside and froze.
"Ahahhhhh…" he snapped back from reality because of Yasusada "now you two have done it." Yasusada said and left the premise and walked far away from them to avoid getting in it.
Shokudaikiri sighed "Anyway, I came here to ask about the grocery and that lunch is almost ready" Shokudaikiri looked at Aichi "But it seems that Aichi-sama is not in the right condition, so I will brought it up once again at lunch or after." He said and then headed back to the kitchen.
"I'll think about it" Konnosuke said then Mina and Konnosuke started discussing something, while Kiyomitsu headed off to the infirmary.
~Infirmary~
The infirmary door was opened and they saw Yagen inside, from the looks and smell of the room, it seems Yagen is mixing up weird medicines again.
Yagen noticed the footsteps and then turned to the direction of the door and saw Aichi being carried by Kiyomitsu, Yagen hastily turned off the burners and then headed straight to them a little panicky "What happened?"
"He is worn out because of the training with Mina-nee and I asked if it will be alright to let him rest here" Kiyomitsu explained the situation to Yagen.
Yagen turned to the tables' direction then hides the chemicals under a sheet. "Okay you can come in" Yagen said and then placed Aichi in one of the beds at the infirmary.
Yagen went to Aichi's side to check up on him just to be sure and noticed that Aichi is hiding his face with his hands "Aichi-sama, why are you hiding your face, is something the matter?" he asked but there is no response.
Yagen turned to Kiyomitsu but he looked away, he sighed "What did you do now?"
Kiyomitsu flinched and retaliated "Why is it always me?!" He said.
"Did you already apologize?" Yagen asked and then went to the door.
"Yeah I did." Kiyomitsu said still not looking to Yagen eye to eye.
"Then I guess I will leave the rest to you." He said then left the room while wearing a wry smile and slides the door shut.
Kiyomitsu and Aichi were left behind at the infirmary.
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