A/N: You know me and how I really randomly come up with these stories. But this time, credits go to someone who actually gave me the idea to write on a couple's event. He actually said he wanted to write his own version and we were supposed to compare it. Well, here is my version anyway. And I added a Valentine's Day, or belated Valentine's Day twist into it. I'm sorry if the characters are OOC. This is how I thought it should be. Don't say anything if you don't like it but review if you do. I don't mind you giving me more ideas actually. Thanks
Chapter 1
"Hello everyone and welcome to this year's special Valentine's Day event!"
The crowd went wild at the emcee's words in the stadium. The place was huge enough to hold tens of thousands of people and the stadium was entirely packed. The emcee was at the stage with Doctor O and they were both dressed up for the occasion. Doctor O had red hearts all over his plain white robe while the emcee wore his usual brown coat with a red rose sticking out of the breast pocket. The back of the coat had a huge red heart which says "Happy Valentine's Day" in cursive writing.
"Today we have a whole lineup of activities for the contestants as well as fabulous prizes to be won! Am I right, Doctor O?" The emcee could be seen from the huge screen behind the stage.
"Yes, my friend. We have three of the Cardfighting couples' finalists out of the many contestants and they are going to compete for the grand prize. Only the winning pair gets to leave with something so expect some catfights to break out amongst them. Oh I feel so excited. Doki doki desu!" Doctor O responded.
"How did this happen? I thought it was supposed to be a Cardfight tournament. Now it turned into some Valentine's Day gimmick." A purple haired girl said as she crossed her arms.
Tokura Misaki looked peeved at the duo on the stage. She even went as far as to invite Kai Toshiki to be her partner. He was standing next to her, looking as bored as he usually does. She could tell that he was as annoyed as she is even though he wasn't talking much. She sighed and hoped beyond all hope that he wouldn't be mad at her for dragging him into this.
A few weeks ago when she heard of this event, she thought it was stupid. A Couples' Cardfight event was where she drew the line, or so she thought. But somehow, she was intrigued by the mystery prize and a part of her wanted to be thought of as a couple with someone. She never had a boyfriend before and this gave her a little bit of hope that she might feel like she is dating. Her thoughts were never manifested because she didn't want people to think that she was just a typical girl deep down inside.
Days started passing by and it turned to weeks in the blink of an eye. She was still waiting for the right guy to invite her to this event. She started to worry about how she wasn't ever going to be good enough for anyone since no one asked her about this. One day, however, she happened to bump into someone unexpected on the way back from school.
"I guess I should start looking for a partner if I really were to join this event… But who should I ask?" She kept wondering to herself as she walked by the path near the river bank. In her daze, she bumped into someone and they both fell onto the ground simultaneously.
"Ouch!" Misaki said as she held her aching butt. She looked to see who she bumped into and was surprised to find Kai Toshiki in a pained expression as he held onto his butt as well.
"I'm sorry! I was too lost in thought to see you." She said.
"It's ok. I should have noticed you as well." He replied. They both got up and brushed the dirt off their school uniforms before she came up with a crazy idea. It seems so farfetched that even she didn't think it would work.
"Um, do you have a minute?" She asked.
"What is it?"
"I was wondering if you heard of the Couples' Cardfighting event coming up soon..."
"Yes, I heard of it. But I don't have anyone to be my partner, since it is stated that there must be a male and a female to form a team." He responded.
"Yeah, you see, about that…" She started.
"Yes?"
"Why don't we partner up just for this? You just want to fight more players while I want the mystery prize…"
Kai gave her a raised eyebrow. It was as if she could see the gears in his head spinning and turning as he analyzed this proposal. He was piqued, she could tell. Otherwise he would have just said 'no' by now and left her feeling like a fool for even coming up with this idea. Yet again, she knew this idea was farfetched.
"Alright, I'm in." He said.
"Really?" She was surprised. She just wanted to be sure.
"Yeah, really. Only because it's you who asked."
"What do you mean?" She was puzzled. He merely kept quiet and walked away, leaving her confused and unhappy.
"How rude can you get?" She mumbled under her breath as she watched him walk away.
The event was held on February the 13th and a total of 30 couples were in the event. The event consists of five rounds but only the first round was where the real Cardfighting was done. The 30 couples were split into three blocks and had to battle it out with each other in tag fight style, with those from the same block. The winners of the blocks would be the finalists for the other rounds.
It was a piece of cake for both Kai and Misaki. For some reason, it was as if they could read each other's minds especially when they needed it the most. The other person would know when to help their partner guard at the most precise timing and this made them win in their own block easily.
"I did not expect to see the both of you here." A male suddenly said from behind them. They turned to see Koutei and Yuri, making their way towards them.
"It's not what you think. This is strictly business matters. I wouldn't say that it's the same for the both of you, right?" Misaki denied.
"We wanted to get the mystery prize. Since no family members are allowed to participate together, I am stuck with him." Yuri said as she elbowed Koutei in the stomach.
"Yuri, that hurts. Please stop that." Koutei said.
"Somehow I'm not surprised…" Misaki said with a smile.
"What does that mean?" Yuri asked. The two guys had wandered off a little further to talk amongst themselves by now.
"You don't see it yet, do you? It's kind of obvious that he likes you. I mean, he flew all the way from Singapore just to join this event with you. I thought that you would have notice that by now." Misaki said, really bluntly.
"Hey! Don't go making things up. He's just here because I told him to come. You don't have the right to say this when you don't even realize how you and Kai are meant to be together." Yuri retorted.
"W-Wait! I told you that this is strictly business! Don't go making things up as well!" Misaki turned slightly red in the face.
She kept thinking that this is a business matter. It was a win-win scenario, both for Kai and her. They both get what they want. But somehow a small part of her couldn't help feeling that Yuri has a certain point. She has been wondering that ever since the tag fights just now. She wondered how they both know when the right time to tag guard was.
"Ha! You don't have to waste your time talking to this girl now. She will never realize these things anyway." Another female voice said.
Misaki knew that the voice belonged to someone she couldn't stand at all and her suspicions were confirmed when she turned around and saw Asaka walking towards them. Ren has already found his way to the group of guys and he was talking very animatedly about something but they couldn't figure out what it was.
"What are you doing here?" Yuri asked.
"Ren-sama and I won in our block of course. Isn't that obvious? And unlike the both of you, we are not afraid to show how we really feel." Asaka responded in a very smug manner. Before any one of the girls could retort the emcee has started to speak.
"Everyone please give a big round of applause for the three couples who will be competing for the mystery prize! The first couple is Suzugamori Ren and Narumi Asaka! The second pair is Mitsusada Kenji and Usui Yuri! And finally, the third couple is Kai Toshiki and Tokura Misaki!"
The crowd went wild again for the couples who made their way up to the stage. Ren and Asaka were holding hands and it fueled the crowd of their supporters with so much energy to cheer for them. They waved at everyone as they went onto the stage. The other two couples, however, merely wanted to get this over with.
"These three couples have shown tremendous skills in the tag fighting round and they all managed to defeat every other couple in their block. I wonder if it is due to the fact they understand each other so well. Oh, my heart is going doki doki for them!" Doctor O said with a twirl around the stage.
"Oh yes! I believe that this is what they mean when they say "Love is powerful". It's so powerful that they can tell when the other person needs something! But let's see how well they would do in the upcoming rounds! So, Doctor O, would you kindly tell everyone what the second round will be?"
"Of course I would! Drum roll please!"
Doctor O pointed to the giant screen on the stage and everyone was holding their breath, waiting for the announcement of the second round's topic to the sound of the drum roll. The screen started showing a huge wheel and the wheels contained all sorts of activities for the second round in different colors. The activities started flashing at random and it finally landed on one. The crowd started cheering again.
"Alright, so the next round will be three-legged racing!" Doctor O, gesturing the screen.
End of Chapter 1
A/N: I know it is kinda sudden to actually end it here but I like to keep my readers on the edge. (^.^)V *Insert troll face*. Oh, and also, I decided not to write any cardfight scenes in here. As you can see from this chapter. It's merely because I feel lazy to come up with the tag fight scenes. I have yet to update my original fic yet but it is on the way so those who read it, please be patient. Hope you enjoyed this one.