Chapter 23 is here~ I don't own cardfight vanguard~

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Dull sapphires looked up into shocked jades before mutual shock resided within both.

"A-Aichi?....."

The brunette murmured softly, shocked to see the state of the blue haired boy. The boy's clothes were torn, however the boy was actually clean as if he had recently bathed in some water.

"K-Kai?....."

The younger boy's voice cracked, it wasn't as soft as usual, it was as if the boy hadn't spoken for months which was most likely true.

Tears filled jades as the brunette swiftly moved over to embrace his love, the boy smelt like the burning moss yet the brunette paid no heed to that.

"I can't believe that I found you..... I..... I thought that I had lost you......"

Kai whispered as he continued to carefully embrace the thin teen, it worried him that his love was so thin, however he wasn't so thin as to not have any meat on him.

"You think you're surprised? I never thought that I'd see another person again, let alone you...."

Aichi whispered, his voice still rough due to not being accustomed to speaking.

The brunette smiled slightly when he moved away from the younger boy so as to be able to take a good look at him. The younger's hair seemed to have grown rather long so that it reached Aichi's shoulders, though it didn't in the least make the innocent and caring boy unrecognizable.

Taking a closer look at his love, he realized that Aisen and Aichi were slightly different when it came to hair and eye colour, while Aichi's eyes were closer to sapphires while Aisen's was a shade closer to cerulean. While Aisen's hair was closer to cerulean than Aichi's hair as well.

"So this is Aichi..... He doesn't look much like me...."

The cerulean haired boy murmured as he crouched down to examine the newly found boy's face.

A slight blush crossed over Aichi's face as he backed slightly away from the look-a-like.

"A-Aisen.... What are you doing here with Kai?..."

The blue haired boy asked in surprise, for he had never expected to see the two together.

Jades blinked in surprise at his love's comment, he didn't expect that Aichi would actually already know his look-a-like.

"Ehhhhh you know me?!"

The cerulean haired boy gasped, causing sapphires to look at him in confusion.

"You..... You don't remember me?"

Aichi asked, confused as to why the cerulean haired boy didn't recognize him.

"Ah, excuse my boyfriend, he lost his memory around four months ago"

Mizuha added, startling the blue haired boy whom hadn't noticed him.

"Ah I see..... That explains why he didn't remember me....."

"How do you guys know each other?"

The brunette asked, curious to know more about the younger.

A small smile graced the blue haired boy's lips as sapphires glimmered in amusement.

"I'm pretty sure you noticed our uncanny resemblance of each other... Well when I look proper that is.... The truth is, we're cousins on my dad's side. He's Aisen Sendou.

The brunette nodded at the younger's explanation, it made sense that the two were related.

"So that's my last name....."

Shocked gazes rested upon the cerulean haired boy, who in return blushed shyly from the attention.

"......... You didn't know your full name?"

The beige haired boy sighed, narrowing his hazel eyes at his somewhat dim lover.

"Well you never told me and how would I know? I have amnesia!"

The cerulean boy huffed with annoyance as he crossed his arms.

"Ah..... How did you end up in a wheelchair Aisen? Did you fall again?"

The blue haired boy asked as he noticed the wheelchair, cerulean a narrowed at the blue haired boy.

"No, junk from the plane crash hit me"

"Ah I see-"

The younger boy's speach was cut off by harsh coughing.

"Aichi?!"

The coughing concerned the brunette greatly when the smaller boy fell limply into his arms after he fell unconscious.

"He does seem to have somewhat of a fever..... I think the coughing is from the burnt moss, but we should quickly get Aichi out of here and to a doctor..."

The beige haired boy murmured as he felt the younger's forehead.

"I agree....."

The brunette whispered softly as he brushed himself off and hoisted his unconscious love onto his back.

"You said that he'd be fine...."

Aisen sighed, causing Mizuha to shrug.

"Yeah, he is fine.... but fine and healthy are two different things....."

The beige haired boy replied with a small frown as he began to lead the way out of the caves by following the rope.

"I doubt that the water and whatever he ate were completely clear of risk....."

Kai added darkly, pursing his lip slightly at the thought of losing his love so soon after he just found him.

"He probably has a cold and the coughing just drained his energy.... I doubt that he is in any condition to walk for long distances right now"

Mizuha sighed, trying his best to reassure the other two.

"I hope....."

"Same...."

Aisen sighed, completely agreeing with the brunette.

"Anyway, change of topic, I'm relieved that Aichi is Aichi and that Aisen is Aisen"

Confused jades and ceruleans looked at the beige haired boy.

"Okay, you lost me...."

Mizuha laughed lightly at the silliness of his boyfriend.

"Of course you did.... I meant that you must be glad that you really are Aisen and not Aichi with amnesia"

The brunette nodded at the beige haired boy's words, he wouldn't have known what to do if things had actually turned out differently so that there were two 'Aisens' who loved Mizuha while Aichi was the one suffering from amnesia.

"Ah I agree..... It was a little scary when I thought about how I could actually be someone else....."

The cerulean haired boy replied with a blush, resulting in a reassuring pat on the head from the beige haired boy.

"Yep, I could only imagine, that's why I wanted to help you guys find Aichi"

Jades narrowed slightly at Mizuha as a small smirk appeared upon the brunette's lips.

"So I guess it wasn't just a plain selfless act of kindness"

Me: misleading chapter name

Aichi: yeah seriously -.-

Aisen: cousins....

Mizuha: yeah, who knew?

Kai: nobody except for berry

Me: yep~ I could have killed Aichi

Kai: ........

Me: I still can~

Kai: don't you dare.....

Me: hehe fine~ anyway hope ya people enjoyed le chappy~