Hello, everyone! I'm back with a new chapter! Chapter 6! I hope everyone will enjoy this story and without further ado, let's start!

Normal POV

The next morning, Aichi and Kai were ready to head to the airport as Kai finished packing their luggages into his car after getting it successfully repaired as he went to the driver's seat and buckled up.

" There. Are you buckled up?"

" Yeah!"

" Then let's go."

Kai started the engine and drove off after that.

" But is this really okay? I heard from some of the others at the party that Chrono-kun is one of the targets for the Apostles too..."

" He'll be fine. But your situation is more important... The Apostles will make their moves on you too. I have to keep you safe."

" Then, you're sure that Chrono-kun will be safe?"

" Yeah, I'm sure. Don't worry."

" ... Yeah..."

" How is your ankle?"

" I'm just fine. It feels much better."

" I see. That's a relief."

The car stopped at a traffic light as a black car pulled over beside them. A device was quickly attached from a small entrance that opened up as electric shocks were activated. Kai and Aichi winced as the pain set in.

" T-Toshiki-kun...!"

" What's...?!"

Kai looked out of the window as he finally spotted the black car.

" They...!"

Aichi fainted as Kai gasped.

" Aichi!"

The shocks became stronger as Kai finally fainted as well. A magnet came out of the black car after that as the light changed and the black car drove off along with Kai's car beside it. The black car soon pulled over into an abandoned building as Kai woke up.

" What's going on...?"

Kai looked around as he gasped before unbuckling his seatbelt and moved onto removing Aichi's.

" Aichi, wake up!"

Aichi groaned as he opened his eyes as well.

" Toshiki-kun..."

" Are you okay?!"

" Yeah... T-Toshiki-kun!"

Kai turned behind as they saw Valeos and Darkface getting off the black car.

" We've got to get out of here!"

Kai opened the door at Aichi's side as they made their escape.

" Hey! You're not getting away!"

" Come on!"

Kai carried Aichi as he started running faster.

" Damn it! Where did they bring us to?!"

" They're catching up! Toshiki-kun, just put me down and run by yourself!"

" No! I'm not leaving you alone!"

Aichi suddenly sensed something as two cards flew towards him and he caught them.

" This is..."

" AH! Zoa is..."

" Aichi, those are the Zeroth Dragons!"

" ... Zeroth Dragons?"

Aichi stared at the cards as his Psyqualia glowed. Vines started growing from all sides as Kai gasped. The two Apostles started to get engulfed as Kai found a way back to the car.

" Let's get away from here!"

Kai stepped on the pedal as he drove off and out of the building.

" Aichi! Snap out of it!"

Kai quickly took the cards away from Aichi as he snapped back to reality.

" Toshiki-kun?"

Kai checked the cards as he gasped when he saw that the bottom half of the cards had a different art.

" What's going on...?"

Kai quickly called someone and turned on the speaker as the caller finally answered.

" Kai?"

" Leon! Are you still in Japan?!"

" Yes, I am. What's going on?"

" Go to Nome and get him to talk!"

" What's going on? Calm down and talk."

" He said Aichi was going to die if he uses his Psyqualia to purify the Zeroth Dragons! But that's not it! The Zeroth Dragons are taking new forms instead!"

" What?! I'll be heading there first."

" ... Toshiki-kun? What do you mean that I'm going to die?"

Kai flinched as he parked the car somewhere out of sight.

" ... I'm sorry, Aichi, for not telling you. Do you know why I asked you to not do anything reckless? If you use your Psyqualia on these Dragons... You'd be using your life energy to purify them so that Gyze can't do whatever he wishes to."

" Then... Let me do it!"

" No! It'll shorten your life!"

" But if it means that it'll halt Gyze then I must do it!"

" No! I don't want to lose you again!"

" Nothing's going to happen to me!"

" But you promised! You promised that you won't do anything reckless! I almost lost you three years ago and even now... I'm not going to let you do this again!"

" Toshiki-kun..."

" There will be another way, I'm certain of it. So..."

" ... I'm sorry..."

" Don't be. I just don't want you to risk your life. Okay?"

" Okay..."

Kai kissed Aichi on his lips as a cough broke them off.

" Excuse me but I'm still here, even if it's just audio."

" I-I'm sorry, Leon-san..."

The ground suddenly started to shake as Kai checked the abandoned building. He gasped as he saw Gyze descending.

" Kai? Do you..."

" Yeah..."

" Toshiki-kun?"

" We're running out of time. Let's hurry to the airport!"

Kai drove off again as Aichi looked at the rear mirror and gasped.

" That's... Gyze?"

" Yeah. It can't be... Shindou can't have..."

" Chrono-kun was the target, right...?"

" We'll save him, Aichi. I promise. But first, we need to make sure Gyze doesn't get the rest of the Zeroth Dragons. Adding the ones we have now, Gyze will surely be heading there."

" Yeah..."

" Kai? I'm at Nome's mansion. He wants you to come over with Sendou. I'll bring you guys to the North America Branch with my plane after that."

" ... Okay."

Kai changed the direction of where he's driving to as they soon arrived at the mansion to see Nome.

" So what did you want to talk to us about?"

" Can I see the cards?"

Kai handed the cards to Nome as his eyes narrowed.

" This is definitely odd. The Zeroth Dragons are not disappearing. Instead, they're being purified as allies."

" Then is Aichi still..."

" This method doesn't use his life energy in that case. I didn't think about how much his power was until now. It's actually pretty powerful to be able to do this. Why don't you try fully purifying this once?"

" Y-Yeah..."

Aichi took one of the cards as his Psyqualia glowed and the Zeroth Dragon fully purified.

" This is incredible. It's taken on a new form... And did anything else happen?"

" He summoned vines of some sort..."

" Ah yes, that's Zoa's power. Looks like he's able to bring out the powers of the Dragons as well. This is much different than what I knew of. I'll do more research but don't expect results."

" I never expected you to give us much anyway."

" Toshiki-kun, don't be rude..."

" I got it."

" Anyway, we should be going now. Let's go."

" Yeah."

Kai took the cards back from Nome before they went with Leon to board his own plane to the North America Branch. Kai looked over to Aichi, who was now sleeping on his shoulder, before looking over to Leon.

" Don't worry. We'll figure out what's going on. Right now, you just keep him safe."

" ... Yeah."

As the plane landed, Kai carried the still sleeping Aichi out of it and gave a slight wave of goodbye to Leon before heading into the Branch.

" Kai!"

" Kamui."

" Brother Aichi's sleeping?"

" Yeah. Can you bring us to our room?"

" You got it!"

Kai followed Kamui and entered their as he laid Aichi down on the bed.

" Your lugagges arrived beforehand after what happened. Leon had them sent over."

" Yeah, I got it."

" Then I'll go to the control room. Just... be careful, Kai. They will be coming soon."

" Yeah."

Kamui left after that as Kai took Aichi's hand and kissed his ring.

" I promise to protect you, Aichi." Kai thought

The next few days passed as they received information of Gyze and the others. Apparently, they'd already left their base once Shion and the others confirmed their location and were most likely on their way. Kai sat beside the bed as Aichi held his hand.

" Aichi. Listen to me. They're coming soon. If you stay further away from the Zeroth Dragon cards, they'll most likely not find you. So no matter what happens, don't ever leave this room."

" What about you, Toshiki-kun?"

" I'll distract them and try to bring at least one of them back. Even if they do find you, we'll have a trap waiting."

" ... Please be careful."

" I will. I'll be back soon."

After assuring him, Kai kissed his forehead and left while wearing his communicator. Aichi curled up his the sheets when Kai left as he closed his eyes and prayed for the best. That was when the door started to creak open.

" Oh...! The door lock!"

Aichi got up as his eyes widened at the person who entered.

" I don't get what is going on exactly but... if we're being called here to help, then we should. Let's see..."

The person looked into Aichi's eyes as he blinked in confusion.

" You... No, I should talk later. They're coming."

An explosion cut them off as the person frowned.

" First, I'll have to hide you."

Meanwhile, Kai and the others were spread out in order to trap the Apostles.

" Kai-san! There's an intruder in Aichi-san's hiding room!" Arata informed

" That quickly?! I'm on my way!"

Kai ran over to the room Aichi was in as he saw him sitting on the bed.

" Oh, Kai-kun."

" ... I heard there's an intruder."

" I didn't see anyone..."

Kai approached Aichi and grabbed his arm.

" K-Kai-kun...?"

" Who are you? Where is Aichi?"

" W-What are you talking about...?"

" Right now, Aichi's always calling me 'Toshiki'. Plus, I gave him a ring when I proposed. You're not wearing it."

" ... I-Is that right...?"

That was when the door got blast opened as a few footsteps were heard.

" Now, we're here to retrieve Gyze-sama's fiancée! Hand him over quietly!"

" Fiancée...?" 'Aichi' muttered

" ... I'm not handing Aichi over to you!"

" Kai! We're going to head over to you now!" Kamui communicated

" No, Kamui... Valeos has a sword and Darkface has a dynamite in hand... I want to reduce casualties so don't come." Kai communicated

" This will be made easier if you move away from there."

Kai clicked his tongue as Valeos lifted up his sword and Darkface lit a dynamite.

" He might be a fake but I can't let him get hurt..." Kai thought

That was when he felt a hand touching his shoulder and a voice whispering, " Please run. He's in the room just beside here. I'll handle them."

" No. Even if you are a fake, if you are our ally..."

" 'Fake', huh... That's my job after all."

" Huh?"

'Aichi' stepped down from the bed as Kai looked at him.

" Um... Won't you promise me something, uh... Gyze?"

" Gyze-sama will be willing to do for you anything as long as you join us."

" Y-Yes... Please spare him... He has nothing to do with this!"

" Spare Toshiki Kai?! Absolutely not! He... humiliated me! And Kamui Katsuragi will be next!"

" Oh... B-But... I-If that's so, then I won't go with you..."

" Pretty defiant as usual even with your memories erased."

" Doesn't matter! Let's just grab him now that Toshiki Kai's far and blow this room up!"

The dynamite was thrown just as Darkface grabbed 'Aichi' by his arm. Kai shielded himself as he waited for the blast. However, the dynamite just dropped to the ground as he saw that the fire had been put out.

" What?!"

" Well, I tried to warn you. Just hurry and run. You won't be able to fight them."

Kai gasped as he saw 'Aichi' holding a spear in hand.

" Who exactly are you...?!"

" Hm... I'm still Aichi Sendou. Just... we seem to have ended up in a complicated situation. But don't worry. Go and run."

Kai hesitated before running out of the door while 'Aichi' blocked Valeos's sword with the spear.

" I'm your opponent. I'll take on all four of you."

He slipped out of Darkface's grasp as he stepped back.

" I know quite a bit about Diffride but don't blame me for being just a bit too rough."

He tapped the spear after that. At the same time, Kai found the real Aichi as he grabbed his arm and started running out of the room. As soon as they were just a little further away from where 'Aichi' and the Apostles are, pillars of fire shot out from the room as they gasped.

" What's going on?!"

" It's okay, just run!"

" Kai, what's going on?! That fire..." Misaki communicated

" I don't know the details! But while we still have the chance, let's gather for now! Onimaru, you stay and wait near the Zeroth Dragons!"

Kai brought Aichi to the control room as he shut the door and locked it.

" Kai!"

" What about the fire?!"

" We're not sure... Look. That area is completely unharmed."

" But that's impossible, we all saw that fire!"

" It's an illusion." A voice said

They got startled as 'Aichi' had appeared behind them.

" W-Who are you?!"

" There's not enough time to explain. We need to get out of here."

" But the Zeroth Dragons..."

" I don't think there's a surefire way to keep them away. Just that we're delaying the inevitable. He will get his hands on those cards but your Aichi Sendou must not fall into his hands."

" But..."

" You know, that Relics that I heard about... It's best to not let Chaos Breaker catch you for a fight. I know what's going to happen and I could've left you guys to handle him but right now, he's lost his memories and there's no way to win against him."

" How did you know?"

" When I looked into your eyes, I already figured it out. Anyway, we need to get you guys out of here."

That was when 'Aichi' lit up what looks like green flames on a ring as he laid his hand on the wall and their surroundings were immediately filled with green lightning.

" This will reinforce the room in case those dynamites make their way here. Let's see..."

'Aichi' looked around a room before laying his hand on the wall again as a hole appeared.

" Now, let's go. Just follow me."

They looked at each other while hesitating as 'Aichi' continued to lead them out.

" There's another base. One that they can't find so easily."

" But Onimaru..."

" I have backup but we'll have to lose some of the Zeroth Dragons. Relics is a part of Gyze's plan after all. As long as you don't engage in a fight with Chaos Breaker, we should still be safe until then."

They soon arrived at a rundown building as they looked around.

" This is the base?!"

" Just wait."

'Aichi' soon lit up indigo flames on his ring as he touched a wall and their surroundings changed.

" This is concealed in illusion. No one suspects a single thing."

" Woah..."

" Make yourselves comfortable. I don't think we'll be expecting much of any activity for now."

" Still... they broke in pretty easily. But we still had our system."

" I'd reckon Darkface had already put in a virus. His host is capable of that much. Even if you got rid of it, you would have only broken the first layer of that virus. It's a virus within a virus."

" How do you know so much?"

" ... I just knew..."

Aichi stayed silent for the entire conversation as his eyes continued to slowly narrow while looking at 'Aichi'.

" Is something wrong, Aichi?"

" N-No... It's just... Why are there two souls inside him?"

" Huh?"

At that, 'Aichi' fell silent and looked away as he collected his calm again.

" I was just lucky. The other soul inside me is just a small link to that person's real body."

" In other words... you're a vessel?"

" Something along those lines. Don't worry, it's a kind soul. Although he doesn't show it... he saved my life and this is the only way to repay him until he gets out."

" Gets out from where?"

" ... My lips are sealed on that part. Even if I'm in another world, I must not break the Omertà. I hope you'll understand that."

" Omertà... Isn't that meaning only used among the mafia?"

" As expected of Misaki-san. Yes, I mustn't speak too much and spill information. I'll be unduly punished if I break the rules."

" So what are we going to do now?"

" I'll wait for my backup to arrive with your friend. Until then, just sit around and relax. I'll bring over some snacks too and leave it on the table."

'Aichi' left to another room as Aichi continued to stare after he went off.

" What's bothering you?"

" ... It's just... I'm seeing weird things. I don't know whether I'm mistaken or something but his internal organs..."

" Internal organs? You can see that too?"

" Somehow but only him for some reason... His internal organs... are illusions too?"

" Illusions?! Wait a minute! You mean he doesn't have them?!"

" It looks like it... I'm not sure..."

'Aichi' soon returned with snacks and drinks as he set them down on the table.

" Don't just stand there, just sit down. It's comfortable." 'Aichi' said as he sat down to sip his tea

" Y-Yeah..."

They sat down around the table as 'Aichi' set his cup down after awhile.

" They should be here soon."

" Huh?"

There was a ripple in the doorway as another 'Kai' entered with Onimaru.

" Hey. Sorry to drag you out of your fight with Kazuma Shouji." 'Aichi' said

" What's going on here?" Onimaru ask

" Sit down first." 'Kai' said

Onimaru sat on one of the couches after that as 'Aichi' looked around.

" Well, first... Your plan would fail, unfortunately. I already explained why we can't keep the Zeroth Dragons away from them. Secondly, he lost his memories, so it would be hard to stop Chaos Breaker and his plans. In the first place, why did he lose his memories? Don't tell me he bumped his head or something..." 'Aichi' said

" ... The Apostles captured him and erased his memories. Apparently... Gyze wanted to make him his fiancée..." Kai explained

" Fiancée... Huh, this is the first I've heard of a god wanting a human fiancée." 'Aichi' said

" So it's your turn. Why are you guys here?" Misaki ask

" I guess... we got called here? It's a really long story but we're here to help. No one have anymore of the Zeroth Dragons, right?" 'Aichi' ask

Aichi and Kai looked at each other in worry.

" Actually..."

Aichi showed him the changed Zeroth Dragon as 'Aichi' gasped.

" You changed it?!"

" I've never seen something like this." 'Kai' said

" ... I see. Now it's obvious why Gyze is set on getting you. Progenitor Dragon of Regal Birth, Megaloma... I didn't think this would be the case. Progenitor... Is that crest part of the Messiah?"

" Then, this dragon is part of the Messiah?! How can that...?!"

" ... No. This is not because you purified it. It's impossible for a Zeroth Dragon made with Gyze's power to become something that belongs to the Messiah. You changed its origin!" 'Aichi' exclaimed

" Huh?!"

" The Zeroth Dragons are dragons that were made from a Dragon Bone of Destruction and was put into a land abundant with spirits. Those dragons are basically Gyze itself but you... changed Zoa to this."

" ... Then do you know this? If Aichi really did try to purify a Zeroth Dragon, his life would shorten until he dies." Kai explained

" What?!"

" Why didn't you say something important like this?!" Kamui exclaimed

" ... Yuni-san..." 'Aichi' muttered

" Aichi, what should we do?" 'Kai' ask

'Aichi' took Aichi's hand as he wore a ring on his middle finger.

" W-What?!"

" Stay still and concentrate."

The ring shone as rainbow flames lit up.

" This is his Life Flame. It still looks strong. That means his life force is still there. If you really did purify a Zeroth Dragon, your flame wouldn't be this big."

The flame extinguished once 'Aichi' took out the ring and wore it back on his finger.

" Sorry. You just reminded me of someone. Someone who also used her life force to save the world."

" B-But if it could save the world..."

" ... No. You shouldn't have those thoughts. There will be another way. You don't have to go by what you think fate has written out for you. Fate and Destiny can be changed by your own hands. There's never one path."

'Aichi' and 'Kai' then looked at the door as they stood up.

" They're close by." 'Aichi' said

" Huh?!"

" Considering that they have a car, I wouldn't be that surprised. But not even Gyze can see through the illusion."

" Yes, that's true." 'Aichi' said while he rubbed the back of his right hand, " I'm going out for a bit. Let me borrow this card."

" S-Sure, but... Won't it be dangerous?"

" It won't. Trust me. I'll be back soon. Take care of them, Kai-kun."

" Yeah."

'Aichi' took his spear and retracted it before heading out of the door. 'Aichi' then walked a bit of distance away from the rundown building as he saw headlights flashing in the distance. He covered his eyes as Darkface came out of the car.

" There you are!"

" ... Hey there. I hope you didn't get too burned."

" Where are the other Apostles?"

" Hmph!"

" Stubborn as always. It's just like you, Darkface-san."

" Huh?! What would you know about me?!"

" ... You're the mightiest warrior in Megacolony and the heir to the throne after Gredora-san. Of course I would know."

Lifting up his right hand, a green clan mark slowly glowed and appeared as Valeos and Chaos Breaker stepped out to take a quick look at the situation.

" T-That's..."

" ... That's why I have to set things straight with you. As your Queen, my mistake has dragged you into this meaningless battle. So, as a Queen, I will stop you from participating in this battle right now."

Suddenly, 'Aichi's' clothes changed to a brown coat, with red tassels and a short and baggy maroon pants with red heel boots with grey socks. A purple scarf with red stripes is wrapped around his neck while a black hat with light green trims and four corners was on his head. There was also a purple crystal necklace around his neck, popping out of his scarf. He also wore a pair of long brown gloves on his arms.

" Don't tell me... That unit is..." Valeos exclaimed

" ... Queen Gredora?!"

And that's the end of this chapter! I was stuck with what I should name the new Dragons but Bushiroad helped a lot with this XD Anyways, I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter! Thank you for reading and I'll see everyone in the next chapter!