Card Capital 2 was full of excitement as the Christmas party kept going on. Arata, Makoto, Team Q4 (except Kai who was still in Europe) Team Fukuhara, Team Striders, Team Jaime Flowers and Team Trinity Dragon and many more were all either chatting, eating or card fighting.

Team Trinity Dragon seemed to be upset about something like "Santa isnt coming" to which Chrono just laughed akwardly.

Arata and Makoto were talking to Shin, still not realizing that he is the REAL Shin Nitta from Team Nippon while Shin was worried that the food would ruin the cards.

Team Q4 was catching up on the adventures they had while they were separated.

Team Fukuhara was just chatting, while Rin was always glancing at Mamoru and looking away, blushing when he looked back.

Team Striders were having a couple of friendly matches, having fun for a change.

Team Jaime Flowers were doing all sorts of things. Jaime kept going on and off with the Mask Vanguard Mascara, to which everyone ignored. Enishi and Kumi were having a friendly match, to which the former was, although he didnt show it, getting really annoying with her opponent triple critical. (Kai would be proud.). Tokoha was also trying to watch the fight, but she was distraced by Chrono.

Ever since he appeared out of thin air after he fought Gastille, he seemed weird. She also found it weird that no one noticed but her the fact that smile was fake. Like he was just trying to make others happy, but not himself. She thought of asking him what was going on, but she didnt want to ruin the party, so she had to wait until they were alone. She was snapped out of her thoughts when Kazuma yelled.

"YES! I FINALLY WON!" He exclaimed, jumping like a child. Chrono groaned. "You just had to Stride into Dragstrider Luard, didnt you? And why did i only have pgs in my hand!? And how come you get a quadruple critical trigger!? Have you been taking notes from Kumi?" Chrono asked, annoyed. The girl in question giggled when she heard the question. "Nope" Kazuma said, standing proudly and shaking his head. "I just imagine it and it becomes reality." He said. "Should have imagined a triple heal…" He muttered, putting his cards back to the deck.

"So who wants to go next?" Chrono asked. "Actually, Chrono-san, me and Kazuma-san wanted to have a friendly match since we havent had one in a while." Taiyou said, scratching his head. Chrono was shocked for a second but then smiled. "Its ok. I needed a break anyway." He said, leaving the table so that Taiyou could fight Kazuma. "Im going to get some fresh air. Be right back." He said as he went to the roof.

Now's my chance. Tokoha thought. "Im going to get some fresh air. The food made me feel a little nauseous." She said to the team. Enishi nodded, not saying a word. Jaime, Enishi and Kumi nodded, smiling knowing what Tokoha was doing. Tokoha then walked towards the roof.

When she got there, she noticed that it was still snowing, and that there was snow on the ground and it was so cold you could see your own breath. She noticed Chrono was at the end of building, his arms on the railings, looking towards the street. "Hey." She said. He turned his head around to see who called him. "Hey." He said, turning back to the original position, his hair covering his eyes. She walked and got next to him. She thought she should make some small talk before she asked the question. "The party is pretty wild huh? Makes you almost forget what is happening outside." She said. He chuckled. "Yeah, you have a point." He said, not bothering to look at her. Tokoha frowned. It was now or never. "Chrono, is everything alright with you? Are you okay?" She asked. Chrono flinched. Tokoha could only see his mouth from her angle. She saw him smiling but she knew he was faking it. "What are you talking about? Me and my friends are having fun, we just beat the Leader of the Apostles and its Christmas Eve. Why would i not be okay?" He asked. Tokoha crossed her arms. "Chrono, i have known you for long enough to know when you are having fun and you arent. And you…" She said, pointing at Chrono. "are clearly not having fun. Now answer me with honesty. What is going on with you?" She asked again. Chrono didnt say anything as his eyes were still covered by his hair. Tokoha sighed. "If you dont want to talk about it in front of everyone, just know you have at least me and Shion to talk to." She said, walking away.

"Do you guys blame me?" He asked, making her stop and look at him, confused. "Blame you? What are you talking about?" She said, getting closer to make sure her mind wasnt playing tricks. Chrono sighed, his eyes still covered by his hair, not turning his gaze towards her. "All of this. The Diffriders, Stride Gate…" he said. "Chrono, you are not making any sense. None of those things were your fault. You had nothing to do with it." She said. Chrono gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.

"Nothing to do with me?" He asked, angry and scaring Tokoha. "When i fought Gastille, he thanked me. The bastard fucking thanked me! He told me that the Apostles were able to get to Earth from Cray thanks to the remains of the Stride Gate." He said. "Chrono, it wasnt you who used the Stride Gate. It was Ryuzu. So it wasnt your-" She said, but was interrupted as Chrono continued,, ignoring her. "That reminded me of something that Ryuzu once told me. He told me that he was able to come up with his plan of the Stride Gate thanks to my bond with Dran and Vanguard." He said. "So basically, we are all standing here because of me. Now tell me Tokoha Anjou…" He said turning towards her, finally revealing the rest of his face which was full of anger and sadness, as tears were starting to form around his eyes. "…how is this not my fault?" He asked. Tokoha tried to say something, but she couldnt as she was scared at what she was witnessing. Chrono continued as he started ruffling his hair like a madman.

"If i wasnt introduced to Vanguard, my dad wouldnt have to betray his best friend and leave me and my sister to fend for ourselves. If he didnt leave Ryuzu alone, he probably wouldnt have met Kanzaki, which in turn wouldnt have made him go crazy for power, which in turn wouldnt made him the director of the United Sanctuary. That wouldnt have made so many people suffer due to the Dog Trainers and the shock bracelets and make them wanting power. This wouldnt have led Taiyou to go down that path too." He said, stopping to catch his breath. " Am and Luna also wouldnt have been recruited to summon the Depend Cards. Without the possibility of the ideal world that Stride Gate could provide, Am wouldnt take Shion his Kiba heritage away from him and make him suffer as well. It wouldnt also make Luna not become a literal zombie while summoning the Depend Cards and not hurting her, Am and you." He said the last part pointing at her. "It also wouldnt have caused the destruction of Dragon Empire Branch and United Sanctuary Branch. Ryuzu wouldnt have made the Stride Gate, who by the way was also able to discover how to call all the 12 Zodiac Time Beasts thanks to me. Whoop fucking doo add that one to the list. Shion wouldnt have almost died from his fight with Shouma, Ibuki wouldnt have tried to sacrífice himself just to free Dran and give me a chance against Ryuzu. Even though i was able to save everyone, that doesnt excuse the damage." He said, starting to shake. "Even if i could forgive myself with Ryuzu, what happened in the U20 isnt so easily forgiven. Thanks to the Stride Gate, Units were able to Diffride people here on Earth now. Kazumi Onimaru wouldnt have been diffrided by Shiranui, which in turn wouldnt cause Chaos Breaker to Diffride Noa and cause so much pain to Arata and Makoto. Kazuma probably wouldnt have been the way he is before i met him if Shiranui didnt appear. It also would have stopped the one you love, Miguel, to die." He said, with a bit of venom when he said 'love' and 'Miguel', confusing Tokoha. "Then to top it all of, the Apostles wouldnt be here and try to resurrect their fucking God. Everyone wouldnt haven been transported to Relics and almost become Gyze vessel. And finally, just today, Ibuki would have died from a heart condition if i didnt show up." He said, tears finally falling and him breathing heavily. "So no Tokoha, im not fucking okay when the entire fucking world has been in danger multiple times and everyones lifes were at risk because of me." He ended, falling to his knees, breathing heavily. Tokoha didnt know when she started crying or when she put her her hands over her mouth, sobbing. "Chrono…" She muttered. She was shocked. Chrono felt this way all these years?

Just near the door that leads to the roof, everyone else heard Chrono. Taiyou was crying when Chrono mentioned him. Arata and Makoto had tears in their eyes when Chrono blamed himself for Noa. Everyone else had a sad look on their faces. They didnt know Chrono was blaming hilmself for everything. "Guys, maybe we should go there and…" Haiyou said, but he then was interrupted by Rin stomping him with more passion than before. "Move any inch closer to the door outside and i will make sure you dont have kids in the future." Rin glared outraged. While she didnt show it and she didnt know Chrono very much, she still felt sad. "We should leave this to Tokoha…" Jaime muttered with a serious face and you know shit just got real when Jaime turns serious.

Tokoha was still understanding what she heard, but then Chrono continued. "My own mother could still be here if i wasnt even born."He chuckled. "Looks like i just caused pain to everyone ever since i was born." he finished. Tokoha widened her eyes at what she heard. His mother died because of his birth? Chrono then looked towards the edge of the building, a crazy look in his eyes. "The Apostles still need me to become Gyze vessel, perhaps i can save everyone by just ending it all here…" he said, forgetting about Tokoha being there slowly getting up. Everyone still inside heard what he said and Shion almost kicked the door opened , but he stopped when he heard Tokoha yell. "NO!" Tokoha realised what he was trying to do and ran towards him and tackled him to the ground, with her on top of him. "Stop this Chrono! This isnt like you!" She said still crying. "Let me go Tokoha! If i still live, im just going to cause pain to everyone all over again!" He said, trying to break free. For a girl, she was pretty strong. "I wont! Just listen to me for a moment!" She said, trying to reason with him. He stopped struggling for a bit. "You have 5 minutes." He simply said as he didnt move a muscle. Tokoha then cleared her throat. "We never, NEVER blamed you for what happened. While it is true you are the reason that Ryuzu created the Stride Gate and the Apostles are here, you also made amazing things." She said. Chrono scoffed and snorted. "Yeah like what?" He asked. "If you didnt exist, Team TRY3 would have never existed. Shion would have probably have given up on vanguard to focus on his fencing and duties as a Kiba. Taiyou, even though he wouldnt have become hungry for power, would have still be lonely if he hadnt met you or us. Am would have probably still be in sorrow because of her parents, Luna might have never even played Vanguard. Rin would probably still the way she was before. The Fukuhara Vanguard Club would have been shut down. Enishi would still be sad about the death of the love of his life. Kazuma would have never met us and nobody would enter the U20." She said, catching her breath. Chrono widened his eyes. "Even so, that doesnt excuse the damage i…" He said but then was interrupted by a soft feeling in his lips as his eyes widened. Tokoha was kissing him while there were tears still falling. She then broke the kiss and looked at his eyes, smiling. "If you never existed, i would still freak out whenever i was compared to my brother. I would have never pursued my dream and went to Paris. I would never try to aim for the Pro leagues and i…" She hesitated and gulped nervously. " would have never found the love of my life." She said. Chrono looked away, frowning. "Yeah, you would have never met Miguel." He said but then Tokoha put her hands on his face, making him look straight at her. "No you dummy, its you who i love." She said. Chrono was suprised. "But you said-" he said before he was interrupted by Tokoha. "I know what i said. At first, i thought i loved Miguel, but when were going around Paris, i always remembered you and how i wanted you to be there instead of him. Chrono, you changed the lives of so many people you cant even count them. While its is true that terrible things happened and they might have not happened because of you, a lot of good things might have not happened because of you. Chrono i love you from the bottom of my heart." She said, wiping the tears of her face. Chrono didnt say anything as his eyes were covered by his hair. He then started laughing, but this time it was real. "What are you laughing about?" She asked annoyed at him laughing after what she said, confused as to why he was laughing and relieved his laugh was the real one. "Sorry. Its just i waited for years for you to say those words." He said, smiling. "I loved you ever since we first had our cardfight, but i didnt say anything and when i found out you were going to Paris, i felt heartbroken. When you came back, i was overjoyed to see you again, but i felt heartbroken again when you told us the reason why you came back. I love you too Tokoha." He said, pulling her head down, suprising her as he kissed her.

Meanwhile everyone sighed of relief as they heard everything. "Finally, those two were driving me crazy when we were all thre together." Shion said, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Yeah, i kept teasing Tokoha to see if Chrono would make a move, but godamn is he oblivious." Jaime said. Everyone laughed. Kazuma then narrowed his eyes. Dont worry Chrono, i will stop the Apostles. You dont have to shoulder everything by himself.

Chrono and Tokoha broke their kiss. "Well that was worth the wait." Chrono said. "Yeah, it sure was." Tokoha replied. Chrono then widened his eyes and blushed. "What is it, Chrono?" Tokoha asked oblivious. "W-Well, can you get off me? We are kinda in a weird position…" he said, looking away. Tokoha then looked down and noticed their position. She was sitting near a very specific shrieked. "S-Sorry." She said, flailing her arms and getting off. Chrono got up and rubbed his back. "No problem." He said. "We should probably get back to the party. Everyone must be worried sick." She said, before turning back. "Oh and Chrono." She called him, facing him and catching his attention. "Dont ever blame yourself. When you need a shoulder to cry on, just call me." She said before walking away. "You got it." He replied, smiling and going back to the party.

I wanted do to a fanfic like this for so LONG because i found something strange about Chrono since he didnt even mention that this was all his fault. I also wanted a good Tokoha x Chrono moment since the freaking ending didnt satisfy me (although it was sexy to see Tokoha with glasses.). There will be two more chapters and i think you can guess when they happen.