Hello and welcome to my newest fanfiction, Yu-Gi-Oh! ZeXal and Cardfight! Vanguard crossover, this idea came in form of the Xyz Monsters and I thought, of the similarities between Xyz Materials as effects while CFV uses Counterblasts or Soul Blasts or now, Limit Breaks when Damage at a certain number and so I thought, when if I incorporated the Damage and effects of Vanguards of cards with Yu-Gi-Oh and immediately began writing a Deck List for them.
The Grade 0's and 1's become normal or effect monsters while Grade 2's rely on 2 of a certain Level to form a Xyz Monster and Grade 3's are 3 monsters of the same Level.
As for characters, my OC shall of course, meet the Cast of Yu-Gi-Oh! ZeXaL and his deck is Royal Paladins.
Now enough about me taking up your time and let's get this story underway! It's Time to Duel!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-OH! ZeXaL or its cards as they rightfully belong to Kazuki Takahashi, Shin Yoshida, Studio Gallop and TV Tokyo while Cardfight! Vangaurd is owned by Tatsuhiko Urahata, TV Tokyo and TMS Entertainment. I only own my OC, Masaru Hikari and the Yu-Gi-Oh Custom made cards of the Cardfight! Cards except for their images.
Chapter I
Start of a New Beginning
-Heartland-
A new day dawned over the city of Heartland with a clear blue sky and clouds lightly passing by as the sunlight peeked through the curtains and awoke the sleeping young male who occupied this room and the sunlight unfortunately went over his eyelids with an alarm clock going off and a hand slammed down upon it, shutting down its noisy tune and he sat up, his brown short hair being all messed up and sticking up in places, his blue eyes surveying the tidy room drowsily.
The floor itself was quite clear of any junk with a wooden desk in a corner and an open blue cased laptop which was switched off taking its space with a sliding platform for a keyboard and mouse, in another part of the room was a 40" inch LED TV with a few consoles plugged in under its stand, a bookcase shelving some books, films and games.
The boy pulled the covers over and got out, wearing blue pyjamas as he yawned, hand covering his mouth and slipped on some slippers that were nearby and opened the door, descending the stairway leading to lower floor of the house to a living room as his mother was already dressed in an apron and cooking, she surprisingly had hair as green as grass and eyes of an emerald hue, she placed a bowl on the table with cereal
"Morning honey." She said in a happy tone and he yawned. "Morning mom." He mumbled and started eating his breakfast as she chuckled a bit; the boy's body and mind were running on autopilot in the early morning so he wasn't 100% awake yet.
"Today, you're going to a new school, I hope you'll make some friends." She said after her son seemed to take note of his surroundings, a sign of waking up and registering the environment. "I know Mom, by the way, where's dad?" He asked her as she placed her hands on her hips.
"Working, he's a more of an early riser than you Masaru." She said with a light hearted chuckle and he gave a sigh. "Aw mom, you know how much I enjoy my sleep." He moaned and his mother gave a laugh.
"I know honey, you better get washed up and get dressed, and I'll give you the map to get to school after you've all tidied up." She said he nodded. "Thanks for the food." He said, clapping his hands together and headed to the upstairs bathroom to wash his face and removed the towel to dry it off.
"A new school huh, will I get along with everyone?" He thought to himself, his father gotten a new job and so, they had to move to Heartland and yesterday they finally finished the move and making sure everything was in place and he was enrolled in Heartland Middle School today, and a First-Year too as he was brushing his teeth and such, heading back to his room soon after to get dressed in the standard uniform which was a white collared button up shirt with red outlines and a grey trousers which he wore a brown belt to hold it in place and he wore blue trainers before his eyes wandered to a deck box laying on his bedside table, a deck case in a blue and white and reached for it to place on his belt and reached for a dull black backpack which was initially open to hold a blue Duel Dusk with white trims on the edges and zipped it up.
"That should be everything." He muttered to himself, taking a moment in his head to make sure nothing was forgotten and sure enough, there wasn't as he went back downstairs, bag slung over his shoulder.
"Here honey, your lunch and directions." His mother said, holding a bag of his lunch and a map with marking on it to direct him in red felt and he took them gratefully, putting the lunch in his backpack and headed to the door. "Well, I'm heading off." He said turning his turn to his mother who waved. "Have a nice day." She answered as the door was opened and Masaru stepped out.
-Heartland, Central Park-
"Let's see, I take this path down here…" Masaru said, looking at the unfolded map before hearing a voice. "Hey! That's cheating!" a male voice called out as his eyes were drawn to a another boy in the same uniform calling out to someone who was skating away on a skateboard, the first boy's hair was quite unnatural by having black and red spiked hair that pointed out and upward but he was a bit tanned Masaru himself just being a normal pink, but he had red eyes as well and the Obot, the city's litter bots were picking up litter and seeming to mistake some cards for it.
"Hey! These aren't trash!" the boy was desperately speaking as he attempted to get his cards back and the Obot was repeating the words Dueling Trash and Masaru felt a little sorry for this guy and approached him. "Mind if I help?" He asked and the boy turned and nodded, attempting to get the cards back.
Soon we were able to save the boy's cards as I handed him what I collected. "Thanks, so…who are you? I never have seen you around before." The boy asked him curiously and I spoke. "I'm Masaru Hikari, I just moved here yesterday." I said rather casually and the boy gave a grin. "I'm Yuma Tsukumo, the one who will be Duel Champion!" He said rather energetically and I chuckled a little.
"He sure has got energy." I thought and Yuma held out a hand for me to shake with. "Nice to meet you, let's be friends!" He offered as I was a little surprised at the invitation but took his hand. "Thanks Yuma."
Yuma gave a smile before it turned into a panicked look. "Oh man, we're going to be late, come on!" Yuma said and ran, still holding my hand which I was unwillingly pulled by and we both were running to school, I couldn't believe I made a friend already.
-Heartland Middle School, First Year Classroom-
Mr Kay clapped his hands to grab the student's attention as they stopped chattering. "Now now class, today, we have a transfer student joining us from today on." He announced as the class was rather quiet, waiting to hear more. "I hope you all will welcome him and try be good friends with him, Mr Hikari, if you would enter." He called out as the door opening and I walked down standing next to the teacher, my eyes moving all over the class, they were probably many people my age or a year younger, Yuma I noticed was a part of this class which I was happy about.
"Please introduce and tell us a little about yourself." Mr Kay asked me and I nodded lightly and bowed to the class. "Good morning everyone, I'm Masaru Hikari and I hope I'll get along with everyone, I love to duel and hope to enjoy the next few years with you." I said rather politely as murmurings were heard, some girls saying I was rather cute while boys were talking about my hair or something, I did blush inwardly a bit.
"Now now, you can ask him questions later, Masaru, would you kindly sit next to Kotori?" He asked me and I nodded, wondering who was Kotori and I caught sight of the person, she waved me over and I approached the desk, she had hair as green as my mother but a darker shade and hazel colour eyes with a pink ribbon on her hair and I sat down and she whispered to me.
"I'm Kotori Mizuki, nice to meet you." She said rather politely and I nodded to her, placing my backpack under the desk space as the lesson continued.
What I witness next however, was Yuma's antics, such as in gym, he tried to jump twenty trapezoid blocks which ended in failure by them being knocked over when he tried, then in swimming he said he'd do the entire length of the pool with one breath and failed that while inhaling some water, I also learnt Kotori and Yuma were in fact friends as well along with Tetsuo, the guy with the skateboard from earlier.
In class, Yuma did look rather tired out, I wasn't surprised, he been putting boundless energy into every class. "Why don't you just stop challenging yourself Yuma? You'll wear yourself out." She said helpfully to him and he looked at her, head and arms lay on the desk. "It's all fun, I feel the flow from it all." He said with a smile and Kotori was obviously concerned for his wellbeing. "But nothing will work Yuma." She said in a sigh and Yuma stared at her. "You don't understand, the important thing is to keep on fighting and as long as you don't give up, you'll succeed." He said with a determined tone.
I smiled at this proclamation as did Kotori while Yuma clasped the strange key pendant around his neck, I did notice this before but didn't bring it up as I guessed it was a keepsake from his parents, indicating something bad happened with them and Kotori did ask him if it'll work on her, the courage that pendant gave him and he flatly said no but continued on to say, with it, he'll face any challenge and actually called out his flow catchphrase loudly.
-Heartland Middle School, Break-
The best thing about this school was it had a Duel Square as Yuma and Kotori invited me to look at it with the Duel Gazer, they had theirs on as I did mine, being a blue replica of Yuma's with white trims once again as we ducked when a big fish came overhead, we were in the augmented reality where the game, Duel Monsters become a reality as many monsters were seen and Yuma spoke.
"Now who should I duel today?" He asked in excitement and Kotori sighed. "More like lost to today." She said as we walked, and Yuma glared at her. "What's that supposed to mean?!" He asked in irritation before she masterfully turned the subject by noting Tetsuo is duelling somebody and we decided to check it out.
"He's up against Shark!" Yuma said in surprise and I wondered what was so surprising about this as the boy named Shark had dark blue eyes, pale skin and dark purple hair, which resembled tentacles hanging down and his outfit consisted of a dark purple jacket over a maroon shirt and dark blue pants with white, green-gems shoes with a grey, shark tooth-shaped pendant, and two grey rings on his right hand.
"I will now Overlay Level 3 Big Jaws and Skull Kraken to create the Overlay Network!" he declared as the two monsters were coated in a blue light and shot around the area before diving into a forming black vortex and exploded. "I Xyz Summon Submersible Carrier Aero Shark! (1900/1000)"
A monster which was two sharks connected together but a huge orange fin appeared with two blue spheres trailing around it, I knew what these were. The monster was a Xyz and they are only formed when you overlay with the required amount of same Level monster which will be used to become Units instead of being sent to the Graveyard, this also aided in using the monster effects.
Tetsuo however had an empty field and 800 LP and with no monsters while Shark's were undamaged and with Shark attacking him directly, the duel ended and Shark approached him, the reality ending and he did something unexpected, he took Tetsuo's deck and Yuma went to inquire about it and I heard about him being boss of the school bullies and that this was a Ante Duel, meaning anything could be at stake and Tetsuo did with his deck cause they called him a chicken.
"How stupid to react to that comment when your deck is your life's work." I thought to myself as Yuma called Shark a chicken and a duel was being arranged between them and stole Yuma's key and broke it, before Yuma anted his own Deck to win back Tetsuo's and that the Duel would be on Sunday at the Station Courtyard and left soon after and Yuma knelt down to his broken pendant, picking the pieces up.
"Yuma, you're crazy, what if you lose?" I said to him and he just gave a sad expression and looked at me. "But he's my best friend and I'm going to do what's right!" He said and I sighed lowly, it seemed I couldn't deter him from this idea before someone approached us.
"Excuse me, would you have a duel with me?" the student asked, he had black hair and the standard uniform of a First Year and asking me to Duel, Yuma nodded to me, his mood changing and I nodded to the person. "Okay, what's your name?" I asked the student responded.
"Hiromu Hino." He said as we set out D-Gazer's on and Duel Disks opening in their standard fashion and 4000 LP highlighted for each of us.
Masaru: 4000
Hiromu: 4000
"I'll go first and I'll start by summoning Tin Goldfish in ATK mode! (800/2000)" He called out as a mechanical pink fish with blue fins appeared on the field and then Hiromu continued. "And now, his effect! I can Special Summon a LV4 monster from my hand, so I choose my Red Gadget which when Summoned, I add Yellow gadget to my hand!" (1300/1500) he called out as a Red Gadget appeared beside the fish then a facedown card appeared behind them. "I'll set a card facedown and end my turn." as I drawn my sixth card.
"Alright then, I call upon Knight of Rose, Morgana!" I stated as woman with long blonde hair and wearing rather regal armour with a red sash draped across her body and a falchion with a rose as a hilt, her blue eyes giving a very serious expression (1600/1000)
"I attack with Morgana and when she battles, I can discard one card from my hand to increase her ATK by 400 this turn! Rose Blade at Tin Goldfish!" I declared as I send a card to my graveyard as Morgana leapt at the monster, the sword glowing blue.
"Not so fast, I activate my trap card, Shift! I redirect your attack to my gadget!" Hiromu stated as
Morgana sliced through the Red Gadget, causing an explosion and dealing 700 damage to Hiromu's LP.
Masaru: 4000
Hiromu: 3300
"Not bad, he saved a weaker monster by forcing the other to take the blow and less damage to his Life Points, but… he could of Xyz Summoned with two Level Fours…" he thought and spoke."I end my turn with one facedown as well." I stated as the familiar set card appeared behind Morgana.
Hiromu had drawn his fifth card. "I summon out Yellow Gadget in ATK mode that lets me add Green Gadget to my hand! (1200/1200)" He declared as another Gadget but donned in yellow stood before him. "Then I overlay level 4 Yellow Gadget with Level 4 Tin Goldfish! With these two monsters, I create the Overlay Network! Xyz Summon! Appear, Gear Gigant X!" (2300/1500)
The two aforementioned monsters become blue and brown respectively of their Attributes and flown up as a black portal opened in the floor and they went inside before exploding, a blue gadget much larger than its smaller forms before it and huge silver fists stared down at morgana who stood her ground. "I detach 1 Unit from Gigant to use his ability you see, when I do this, I can add 1 Machine-type Monster from my Deck or Graveyard to my hand, so I'll add Tin Goldfish from my deck, next, I play Mystical Space Typhoon on your face down!"(5) A furious wind blew, revealing Masaru's facedown to be Negate Attack as Hiromu pointed at his Morgana." "Attack!" he declared as his new Knight pulled back his fist and punched outwards, shattering Morgana into pixels and Masaru was blown back upright, his feet skidding across the floor taking 700 damage.
Masaru: 3200
Hiromu: 3800"I end my turn..." Hiromu stated, leaving his hand at five
"I draw!" I stated and drawn my fourth card, looking at my hand. "I activate the Spell Card, Superior Call! This card allows me to search my deck for one Level 4 or lower monster and Special Summon it to the field, so come out, Flogal! (1000/1000)"(3) I called out as a card slid out of the deck and I placed it on the Disk, as a pink dog with pink fur appeared. "Next I Summon Stardust Trumpeter!" (600/1000) (2)Next to Flogal, a small child with a warrior armoured for his size and red hair held a trumpet a she floated in the air with its small angel wings.. "Now, I activate Flogal's effect, I treat her as Level 4 Monster and this with Stardust's effect, I can increase or decrease a a Level of 1 Monster I control until the end of this Turn, and I make Stardust Trumpeter Level 4 but next, I Overlay Level 4 Stardust Trumpeter and Flogal! Go!" I ordered as they turned into blue energy which shot into the ground as an Overlay Network formed.
"I use these two monsters to create the Overlay Network! Xyz Summon!" I reached for my Extra Deck and withdrawn a card but took a moment to stare at it for a moment and raised it high up. "Stand up, my avatar!" I cried out as I slammed the card into the disc. "Blaster Blade!"
The Overlay Network exploded and in its place stood a blue warrior wearing the most elegant armour with dark blue suit with light blue lines traced on his legs, body and armour the covered his torso, waist and legs and helmet with a huge broadsword of white and blue respectively as he swung it. (2500/2100)
"Cool! He summoned a Xyz Monster!" Yuma said with excitement as Kotori was quiet. "His avatar…? What does he mean by that?" I continued. "Next I use Blaster's Blade's effect! I detach 2 Units from him to retire one of your monsters to the Graveyard!" I stated as Blaster Blade raised his broadsword as the two Blue Overlay Units entered its red gemstone and he brought it down into the ground as blue electricity crackled and shot towards Gear Gigant X, connecting with the Warrior as it gave out a yell before shattering into pieces.
"However, the turn I use Blaster Blade's ability, he cannot attack directly, so I'm going to have to end my turn with two cards facedown." (0) I stated as Blaster Blade remained still but I did feel more confident with him on the field, almost if the monster itself was lending its strength to me.
"Then I'll draw!" Hiromu declared and drawn his sixth card. "He's got no cards in his hand, no Units and just two face downs, this will be easy, especially since I have two more Gigant's waiting in the wings." he thought. "I summon an old friend, Tin Goldfish who gets out Green Gadget for me which adds Red from my deck." (5) He said. "Next I'll bring back another old friend who hates to say goodbye, I overlay my two monsters for… you guessed it, my second Gear Gigant X!" He declared as the familiar Xyz monster reappeared.
"Another one!?" Yuma said in surprise as Kotori thought for a moment. "I remember now, this guy uses machines to gain a hand advantage as well as powerful monsters, he is supposedly one of the better Duellists in school." She said and Hiromu smiled. "I detach a Unit to add the Tin Goldfish in my Graveyard back to my hand (4) next I activate Double Summon, so come forth! Tin Goldfish whose effect calls Red to field then I add Yellow to the hand (2) but they'll overlay to create my third Gigant!" He stated as the carbon copy appeared on the field.
"I detach a material from my new Gigant to add my final Tin Goldfish in my Deck to my hand." (3) He finished and played a card in the back row. "I activate Solidarity, if I have one type of monster in Graveyard, that being Machine's, all my monsters gain 800 ATK!" (2)
"Wait so um… that 2300 add on 800…" Yuma said and begun counting as Kotori sighed. "That's a total of 3100… each!" He explained to him as Yuma was surprised. "But… Blaster Blade only has 2500, he's going to get destroyed then receive a direct attack!" He said in surprise as Hiromu chuckled. "Looks like I win, Gigant Number One! Attack Blaster Blade with Metal Crusher!" he declared as the monster approached him and the attack connected, causing a smokescreen and Yuma coughed, waving his wand a lot to disperse the smoke as did Kotori.
"Sorry, but I'm staying in this!" I called out as the smoke cleared, revealing Blaster Blaster raising his sword to stop the fist, sparks forming as Hiromu was surprised. "But how?" He asked in confusion and I smiled. "I triggered my Trap Card, a nifty one at that, Vanguard Representation, you see I can select a monster on my side of the field, that monster cannot be destroyed in battle, however, I still take damage but that damage I received becomes a counter on this card, plus it stays on the field, plus it has a secondary effect." I said with a smirk.
Masaru: 2600 Masaru: 2000
Hiromu: 3800"No matter, you still take damage, my second Gigant attacks!" Hiromu declared as the second monster attacked but Blaster Blade deflected the blow as Masaru's LP lowered by a further 600. (VR: Damage Counter: 2)
Hiromu: 3800
"I end my turn!" Hiromu stated as I drawn my one card and smiled. "Time to use My Trap's power, I distribute both my counter to Blaster Blade, you see they can be treated as xyz Material, plus, my Trap remains on the field, now Blaster Blade, retire one of his Gigant's!" I called out as he nodded and repeated the process, sending a Gigant to the Graveyard.
"Now I activate Spellbook Inside the Pot! this card allows us both to draw three cards." I stated as my hand was at three but Hiromu's was at five as I looked at my hand, scanning it. "I summon Little Sage Marron to the field!" (1500/1200) I called out as a blonde haired and red bespectacled youth wearing futuristic librarian attire with a book in his hand appeared beside Blaster Blade
"I activate Marron's effect, I can Special Summon a Level 4 or lower monster from my hand!, however, he cannot attack the turn it's activated, so come out on out, Flogal!" I said as the familiar pink animal appeared beside Marron.
"I treat Flogal as level 4 cause Marron and Flogal are going to create the overlay network!" I stated as the two monsters shot up in a flash of blue light and down into the ground into the vortex. "Xyz Summon! The Warrior of Music stands up, Knight of Harp, Tristan!" (2000/2100) I cried out as now, a white haired woman in rather elegant white armour stood proud with a laser sword as two white spheres encircled her.
"Knight of Harp's ability, for every overlay unit she has, all my monsters gain 500 ATK until the end of my Battle Phase!" I stated as Blaster Blade was now 3500 and she was 3000. "Blaster Blade! Attack the last Gigant! Brave Sword Slash!" I cried out as Blaster Blade leapt up. "I activate an effect of a card in my hand, Bringer of Good Luck, Epona, is end this to the Graveyard to deal 500 points of damage to your LP!"I sent the card to the Graveyard as an image of a small person riding a a beetle appeared and rammed into Gear Gigant X as Blaster Blade struck the big machine down its chest and leapt away, causing an explosion and 400 damage to Hiromu, making it 900
"Tristan, lend me your aid, attack him directly to end this" I declared as she dashed forward and sliced across Hiromu was sent flying with 3000 damage.
Masaru: 2000
Hiromu: 0The field changed as the VR Vision turned off and Hiromu sat up, looking at me. "That was… impressive, transfer student." He said and I approached him, offering my hand to him and he took it as I pulled him up. "You almost got me if I hadn't drawn Spellbook." I said with a smile and Hiromu nodded. "That's it about Duels, it's about luck and believing in your deck." He said and I nodded as he let go of my hand and walked off, waving a hand.
"Believing in my deck… yeah… I believe in my cards and they helped me…" I thought before having Yuma's arm around my neck. "That was pretty awesome Masaru! I never seen those cards before!" he said to me with such an energetic tone, I chuckled a bit. "My father designed them, so it's a one-of-a-kind." I said and Yuma gave me such a big smile.
"Man, if you're this excited, it should be no problem for you to duel this Shark right?" I asked and Yuma's expression turned serious. "I promised Tetsuo I'd win back his deck and I never go back on my word, that's my belief." He said and I couldn't help but worry for Yuma, will he be able to handle the Duel or lose his Deck to Shark.
"I pray it never comes to that… please, be careful, Yuma" I thought to myself.
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Cards Effects Name: Knight of Rose, Morgana Name: Bringer of Good Luck, Epona Name: Flogal Name: Little Sage, Marron Name: Stardust Trumpeter Name: Blaster Blade Name: Knight of Harp, Tristan Name: Superior Call Name: Vanguard Representation
Attribute: LIGHT
Level: 4
Type: Warrior
Effect: [Choose a card from your hand and discard it] When this card attacks, you may pay the cost, if you do, this card gets 400 ATK until end of turn.
ATK/DEF: 1600/1000
Attribute: LIGHT
Level: 2
Type: Fairy
Effect: You can send this card to the graveyard to deal 500 damage to your opponent's Life Points during the Battle Phase
ATK/DEF: 500/1000
Attribute: LIGHT
Level: 2
Type: Beast
Effect: If used for an Xyz Material, this card can be treated as a Level 4
ATK/DEF: 800/800
Attribute: LIGHT
Level: 4
Type: Spellcaster
Effect: When you Normal Summon card, Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from your hand, however, the turn you activate this effect, this card cannot attack.
ATK/DEF: 1500/1200
Attribute: LIGHT
Level: 3
Type: Fairy
Effect: Once per turn, you use one of these effects on a monster you control: Increase a monster's level by 1. Decrease a monster's level by 1.
ATK/DEF: 600/1000
Attribute: LIGHT
Rank: 4
Type: Warrior
Effect:
2 Level 4 Monsters
Detach 2 Xyz Materials from this card to send one of your opponent's monsters to the Graveyard, however the turn you use this effect, this card cannot attack directly.
ATK/DEF: 2500/2100
Attribute: LIGHT
Rank: 4
Type: Warrior
Effect:
2 Level 4 Monsters
For every Xyz material attached to this card, all of your monsters gain 500 ATK until the end of that battle.
ATK/DEF: 2000/2100
Type: Normal Spell
Effect:
Select 1 Level 4 or lower Monster in your Hand and Special Summon it, however, that monster cannot attack this turn.
Type: Continuous Trap
Effect: Target 1 monster you control, it cannot be destroyed in battle, when you take any damage to your LP, you can place 1 Damage Counter for each attack you taken (Max: 5), any number of counters you collect can be attached as Overlay Units to any Xyz Monster.