A/N: I've had this around for a week or so and I kept forgetting to post it, so I figured I'd do it now before I forget again. Cliché plot is cliché! Every fandom must have at least one fanfic with this plot! :D

I keep wondering why there are so many Kai x Misaki fanfics around, I don't have anything against the pairing, but they hardly – if ever - talk to each other (in both the manga and anime) and I sincerely doubt that Kai would care about love whatsoever, but each to their own I guess. Also, to be honest, I can't see anything in Miwa x Misaki or Ren x Misaki either, but for the sake of the plot, I'll make them like her.

Italics= Thinking

Anyway, on with the story!

Misaki yawned as she walked the final block towards the small card shop known as Card Capital. This Monday seemed to drag on far longer than normal, and spending the majority of the day writing pointless notes was not exactly the best thing to make the day run faster. Heaving a sigh of relief, she walked through the doors of Card Capital as a small black and white cat jumped on the desk to greet her.

"Hello Sub-Manager." She said, stroking down the cat's back, earning a happy purr in reply.

Misaki gave him a final scratch under the chin before heading upstairs to her room, dropping her bag on the floor as she entered and flopping down on her bed almost straight after. She closed her eyes and focused on the calming wind that flowed over her skin through the open window. That pesky manager must have opened it during the day, she thought as she slowly drifted off...

Suddenly, a shout stirred her from her peace and her aqua eyes snapped open.

"Misaki! Are you home yet?!" a familiar voice shouted from downstairs. "You should get ready for work!"

Misaki sighed and slid off the bed, stretching her arms and silently cursed Shin for ruining her peace and quiet as she grabbed her work apron and plodded downstairs in time to see the doors open.

"Good afternoon Misaki-san!" A blue haired boy called from the entrance.

"Good afternoon Aichi." She greeted, standing behind the shop counter as Aichi walked over. "You're early."

Aichi grinned gleefully. "I couldn't wait to get the new booster packs! Have they arrived yet?"

"I'm not sure." Misaki turned her head towards the manager, who was setting up the fighting tables. "Shin, have the new booster packs come in yet?"

The manager looked up and pointed to a cardboard box sitting by Aichi's feet. "Ah, yes! They should be in that box there! And call me 'Manager'."

Misaki rolled her eyes at the last comment, wondering why he hadn't set up the cards for purchase yet. Aichi had crouched down and was staring at the box intently, eager for the new cards. Misaki shook her head and sighed, then bent down to cut the tape that sealed the box and opened it for Aichi to peer inside.

"Take your pick." She said, picking up a pack that would contain Oracle Thinker Tank cards, admiring it's gold, metallic design.

Aichi's face brightened and he carefully picked three booster packs from the box.

"Thank you Misaki-san!" He grinned happily, placing the money on the desk and tore the first two packs open, looking through the cards excitedly.

Misaki closed the register and looked over at Aichi, slightly smiling as she saw his happy face.

"What did you get?" She asked.

Aichi placed the cards on the desk. "Mmm, a few grade 0s, 1s and 2s."

"What about that one?" Misaki pointed to the remaining pack in Aichi's hand.

Aichi stared at the pack, ripping the plastic and pulling the cards out.

"Bluegal... Giro... Miru Biru... Ah!"

Misaki leaned over the desk. "What is it?" She asked with a bit of excitement.

Aichi beamed happily and handed her the card.

"Look!"

Misaki gave a small smile "Swordsman of the Explosive Flames, Palamedes!"

"Eh?! Did Aichi get a cool new card?!"

The duo turned their heads to see Miwa, Kai, Morikawa and Izaki walk through the doors.

Aichi nodded and turned to take the card back from Misaki, however, Morikawa bounded over and snatched it out of Misaki's hand as she was returning it.

Misaki glared at him and crossed her arms.

"Oi..."

Morikawa shrank back in fear of the young woman's gaze. Aichi laughed at the normalcy - if you could even call them normal – of his friends.

"Misaki-san, it's okay, he can look!"

Misaki huffed, grabbed the box from Aichi's feet and started to stock the new booster packs, setting one aside for herself.

"Hey, Aiichi!" Morikawa called after recovering from his state of fear, "Let's test out that new card!"

Aiichi nodded his head excitedly and followed after the others.

"Still, even though it's a Grade 3, it's no match for mine!"

Miwa and Izaki gave a defeated chuckle at Morikawa's boasting.

Soon, Card Capital was packed with Vanguard fighters, both regular and new. Emi and Kamui had shown up, and the latter was trying to ask Emi to battle, only managing to stutter most of the words, leaving the young girl confused.

Misaki was sitting in the chair at the counter, stroking Sub-Manager with one hand and reading a book about Vanguard strategies. Miwa had left the others and strolled over to Misaki, resting an arm on the counter.

"Hey, Tokura."

Misaki looked up from her book and pushed Sub-Manager off her lap, making him jump to the counter top.

"Hmm?"

"Well... Mark-Sensei managed to convince the school to throw a dance to celebrate Aichi winning in Vanguard, or something like that..." Miwa took his arm off the desk and scratched the cat's ear. "And I was wondering if you would like to go with me?"

Misaki blinked and placed the book down.

"Aren't only people in the same school allowed to school dances?"

Miwa rubbed the back of his head in what seemed to be embarrassment.

"Mark-sensei never said anything forbidding it..."

Misaki's eyes drifted from Miwa and over to Aichi, who was laughing as Morikawa overreacted to him drawing a critical trigger.

A school dance... In honour of Aichi? Why didn't he tell me?

Misaki chased the thought away. Aichi didn't have an obligation to tell her everything did he? If he was going to tell her, he probably forgot in the excitement of getting new booster packs.

Miwa noticed that Misaki was no longer looking his way, and followed her gaze to the blue haired Vanguard fighter on the other side of the room, his heart nearly skipping a beat.

"Ah... I know... " He hummed, turning his head back to Misaki.

Misaki snapped her eyes back to Miwa.

"What?" She asked.

"You want to go with Aichi, don't you?" Miwa grinned, hiding his disappointment.

Misaki realised that Miwa must've seen her looking at Aichi, and assumed she wanted to go with him.

Which isn't really a lie...

Misaki cursed her mind and shook her head. Why did she think that? Did she really feel betrayed by the fact that Aichi didn't tell her about something as trivial as a dance?

"I didn't say that..."

Miwa smiled and turned away from the counter.

"It's alright, I back down this time! But remember, Tokura, I won't lose to Aichi!"

Misaki watched in confusion as Miwa retreated back to the others, patting Morikawa on the back as he lost the fight. She grabbed her book from the counter, but put it back down as she lost the will to read.

Sighing, she turned her head to the door as it opened and two familiar faces strolled in.

"Hello, MisaQ" The redhead male said, waving at her with a smirk. The blue haired female rolled her eyes at him.

"Misaki's eyebrow twitched at the nickname.

"What do you want, Ren?" She asked, swallowing her annoyance.

Ren's smirk grew and he walked over to the lilac haired store clerk.

"What I want..." Ren said as he grabbed her hand from the counter. "Is a date with this lovely girl."

"R-Ren-sama!' Asaka cried, balling her hands into fists.

"Hah?" Misaki snatched her hand away from his.

What is this? 'Ask Misaki Out Day?!'

"Oh, feisty as ever I see." Ren said, drawing his hand back. "Is that a yes?"

"No!" Misaki exclaimed.

"Why not?"

"Because-"

"Because you don't want to?"

"Yes!"

Ren reached out his hand and held Misaki's chin, tilting her head upwards, and leaned in closer.

"I love women whom play hard to get."

Misaki glared at Ren and slapped his hand away.

Ren rubbed his hand and smirked.

"I won't give in, MisaQ, so accept my offer."

"No." Misaki said flatly, getting quite sick of this nonsense.

"You have no reason not to."

"I do."

"Really? What is it?"

Misaki opened her mouth to reply, but Ren interrupted her.

"And don't say it's because you don't like me, because that won't work."

Misaki's mouth snapped shut as she glared harder at Ren. She had to think of something to say that would make him leave her alone!

"Ren-sama! Why are you so interested in her?!" Asaka asked, a frantic, annoyed tone woven in her voice.

Just as Asaka finished talking, Aichi and the others walked up to the three.

"What's going on?" Aichi asked. "Oh, good afternoon Ren-san, Asaka-san!"

Ren turned to the young boy and grinned.

"Good afternoon to you too, Aichi." Ren replied, then turned back to face Misaki. "So what is this 'reason' exactly?"

She scanned her eyes over the shop, searching for a reason to refuse Ren. Her eyes landed on Aichi, and suddenly, an idea pushed it's way into her mind. It was an impulsive idea, but she wanted to get Ren off her back as soon as possible, and she didn't want to spend more time with him pestering her to think of more complicated plans.

"I can't go out with you..."

Misaki shot up from the chair and walked quickly over to Aichi, wrapping her arms around him and planting a kiss on his cheek. Aichi's eyes widened and his face heated up in a luminescent blush.

"Because Aichi is my boyfriend!"

A/N: End of the first chapter! :D

I'm sorry about Ren, I like his Magnificent Bastard personality more than his Aichi-ish one. (That and the entire time I was writing him, I was thinking about him being Cross Marian from -Man's son because Of how I was making him act XD)

Also, I have figured out the three main types of fanart present in Cardfight! Vanguard XD This fandom's fanart is 25% Aichi getting his head shoved into Misaki's cleavage, 25% Misaki and Emi dressing Aichi up as a girl and 30% Yaoi XD