Note: This fic had to be reuploaded to FFN because the formatting mysteriously screwed up. Apologies for any inconvenience.

I'm getting into this series so hard but please, please, please love this pairing and give them more fics. They are OTP and I love them so, so much. So does my friend. We are starving. For just pennies a day

This first drabble takes place immediately after Image 7 of the reboot anime. I hope you enjoy.

DISCLAIMER: Cardfight! Vanguard belongs to Bushiroad. I do not stand to profit from this work in any way.

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Her Vanguard
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"I still haven't actually agreed to join your team."

Aichi sighed, considering what to say to Misaki's protest. "I mean... are you saying that you don't want to be in the team?"

Misaki opened her mouth... but then, she hesitated, tilting her head back and forth between her shoulders, as if weighing pros and cons. "...I don't have a definitive answer on that," she said. "I guess I just don't like being dragged into things without being asked about it first."

"Aichi smiled sheepishly and nodded, scratching the back of his neck. "Sorry about that...! Well... the choice is pretty much yours, then. I'm certainly not going to force you."

Misaki clasped her hands together and leaned forward onto the counter a little. Her initial instinct was, of course, to say no on principle. Kamui had dug Card Capital's grave, and if anyone was going to lie in it, it was going to be him. But yet... something was holding her back from saying that. This boy... he radiated so much energy without being obnoxious about it. It was almost mesmerizing how much he put into Vanguard, how earnest he was that they could surely face the three most skilled players of a continent.

It almost reminded her of how she was once before. Before the Accident-always capitalized, just as any other disaster. Before everything else that happened in her life.

She bit her lip as her head filled with these thoughts. Then, she looked into Aichi's eyes, so filled with life.

"...All right," she said, bringing herself back up to full height. "I suppose I can give this a shot."