Author's Note : This is my 1st try at making a fanfic of any kind, so its probably not very good. Originally the entire cardfight would be in this chapter, but it was too big and I decided to split it into 2 chapters. Chapter 3 will also be released together with them but it was done in a slightly different manner so please tell me which one you guys liked the best so that I can make the next chapters that way. Also, on a second note, I've used some signs to show what kind of action is being made, they are :
" " = thinking
italic = talking
Disclaimer : I do not own Cardfight Vanguard, it is property of Akira Itō and Bushiroad. This was made for entertainment purpose only and is in no way related to Bushiroad or Akira Itõ
Now, without further ado, enjoy the 1st chapter of this fic
Time of Cray
The 1st Step Part 1
It was the start of summer vacation, the streets were crowded, the sun was shining, and a teenager was walking in the direction of a very popular place In town with people his age. The boy was called Cesar, he had short slightly spiky silver hair, was wearing a blue T- Shirt with black shorts. He had recently found out about the place when talking with a friend about what they'd do when summer started, he never had tried that until recently and now he was totally hooked up on it. After a long walk, he finally reached his destination, Card Shop Ivalice, the gathering place of most vanguard players in the city.
After entering, he was almost immediately greeted by the manager of the shop, Cecil, he wore glasses, had a short brown hair and wore a shirt with the name of the shop in it and always had a smile on his face, that day was no exception.
Cecil : Welcome Cesar-kun, you've come again today huh ?
Cesar :yea, and for a change I brought money today, and was planning on buying some booster packs, playing with a starter deck let me enjoy the game, but makes me have the feeling that I could do better.
Cecil : I see, well then which booster packs would you like ? Since your deck is a Royal Paladin I'd recommend getting some cards from the Descent of the King of Knights or Wild Dragon Soul Dance they both contain some good Royal Paladins that I think you could use.
Cesar : Thanks for the advice, I think I will take 3 of the King of Knights pack and 2 of the other one.
Cecil : Here you go,5 booster packs, oh, and one more thing, since it's your 1st purchase I will give u a small gift together with the boosters.
*The manager said so as he opened a drawer on the inside part of the counter and looked for a bit until he found something that he picked up and gave to Cesar, It was a card, he took it and started looking at it. It was a Royal Paladin.*
Cesar : Hi - Dog Breeder Ceylan ?
Cecil : That's right, take good care of that card, it may not have incredible power or shield but his skill can be pretty useful at some times.
*Cesar stared at the card thinking about how he could use it, and started walking towards an empty table and almost forgot about his booster packs. He took them and opened them one by one, unfortunately, he only found 2 Royal Paladin units, well, that was 3 if he counted Ceylan. After some time thinking, he decided which cards to change for the ones he found and stored the ones he couldn't use, after all, who knows, maybe he could use them for something. Just as he was finishing storing his cards another teenager appeared in front of him, it was a boy, he had a topknot blonde hair, was wearing a white T-shirt with blue trousers and gloves that didn't cover his fingers, he was holding a deck in his hand.*
Boy : Hey Cesar, how come I never saw you come here before ?
Cesar : Hey Zack, if I were to say it'd probably be because I only started coming here the last few days.
*That boy was Zack, Cesar's friend that told him about the Shop and the Vanguard, they knew each other for as long as they could remember, people who didn't knew them would have a hard time figuring out they were friends, Zack was full of energy and always said what he thought, while Cesar was almost always silent and didn't leave much of an impression.*
Zack : Well, how about we have a cardfight ? We never had one and I want to see how good you are.
Cesar : Alright then, I wanted to test these changes in my deck anyway.
*Zack sat on the table and took the starting vanguard from the bottom of the deck and placed it face down on the vanguard circle, placing it there beforehand saved time when starting a cardfight and Cesar hadn't thought of that before. After searching his deck for the starting card, he placed it on the vanguard circle and shuffled his deck drawing 5 cards, and so did Zack. Cesar sent 3 cards back while Zack sent 2, after re-drawing they started their match.*
1st turn :
Cesar : Draw ,I ride Knight of Rose , Morganna on top of Stardust Trumpeter !
Suddenly, the red haired child with a trumpet was engulfed in light ,as it took the form of a woman around her twenties ,with blonde hair and a white outfit ,that was holding some kind of sword resembling a blue light saber. She now stood where the trumpeter was.(6000)
2nd turn:
Zack : Draw, Ride ! Raging Dragon, Sparksaurus !
Now it was the turn of the other being to be engulfed in light , as the small baby dragon that still hadn't even left its egg, suddenly was substituted by a big red metallic-like dinosaur with a long neck. (5000 power)
Zack : Now, I activate Dragon Egg's skill. With it, when I ride a Tachikaze unit over it, I can call it to the rear guard.
The boy said so, as the small dragon egg moved to behind the big metallic dragon.
Zack : Next I call Savage Warrior !
Right after those words ,a big light appeared to the left of the metallic dragon, and a muscular human appeared besides the dinosaur, the human was a muscular man that was using some creature's skull as a helmet and was holding a club as big as himself.(6000 power)
Zack : Now ,I attack Morganna with Savage Warrior !(6000)
The man ran in the direction of Morganna ,preparing to strike her with his club, while Morganna was preparing to protect herself with her saber.
Cesar : No guard
The Warrior dealt Morganna a devasting blow to the chest, which she couldn't guard, right after, a card feel from player 1's deck to the dmg 1st damage of the game had been dealt.
Cesar: Damage trigger, check. No Trigger.
Zack : I am not done yet, now, boosted by Dragon Egg, Sparksaurus attacks ! (total = 9000)
Now it was the dinosaur that went after Morganna, its gigantic size made each step it took shake the surface of cray, as its head approached Morganna at an incredible speed.
Cesar : No guard.
Zack : Drive check ! No Trigger.
Morganna was sent flying by the power of the dinosaur , as another card feel on Cesar's damage zone.
Cesar : Damage trigger, check. No Trigger.
Zack : Turn End.
(Cesar's field)
[nothing] [Morganna] [Nothing]
[nothing] [nothing] [nothing]
Hand: 5
Damage : 2
(Zack's field)
[Savage Warrior] [Sparksaurus][nothing]
[nothing] [Dragon Egg] [nothing]
Hand : 5
Damage : 0
3rd turn :
Cesar : Now, let's see if I can turn this game around. Draw.
Cesar: I ride Knight of the Harp, Tristan !
Now ,in place of the woman with blonde hair, now appeared a man with short silver hair and armor of the same color with some gold details, holding a light saber on his left hand, and a harp on his right one.(8000 power)
Cesar : Next I call 2 Gallatins and 1 Starlight Unicorn !
Now,2 Knights with purple hair appeared on each side of Tristan, being the color of their blindfolds the only difference between them. A unicorn also appeared behind one of the Gallatins ,prepared to lend him its support.
Cesar: Now, with Unicorn's skill,I can add + 2000 power to the attack of one of my Royal Paladin units ,and I choose Tristan.
A blue light started shining around Tristan, as he could feel his power increasing. (10.000)
Cesar : I attack your vanguard with my Gallatin on the left.
The blindfolded knight ran with an amazing speed in the direction of the red dinosaur while holding his sword in his left hand, and then he jumped to attack.
Zack : I guard with Pack Dragon, Tinyrex !(10.000 shield)
Just as Gallatin was about to slash the dinosaur, a green dragon with metallic claws appeared in his path, he cut down the dragon but was unable to finish his attack against the dinosaur.
Cesar : Next, I attack your vanguard with Tristan.
Now, it was Tristan's turn to attack ,as he jumped in the direction of the dinosaur, ready to slash it
Zack : No Guard.
Cesar : Drive check. Get , Flogal ,Stand Trigger. I give all the effects to my resting Gallatin.
Tristan slashed the dinosaur and caused one damage to the other player.
Zack : Damage trigger, check. No trigger
Right after that, the Blindfolded Knight that was on its knees stood up once again, ready to attack.
Cesar : Now that Gallatin is back ,I will attack your vanguard with it once again.(15.000)
Zack looked at his hand with an annoyed look on his face, he then finally said :
Zack : No guard.
The dragon was struck by a slash of Gallatin's sword and another card was sent to the opponent's damage zone.
Zack : Damage trigger check. Get, Stand Trigger, I will add the 5000 power to my vanguard.(10.000)
Cesar : Well then, now with boost from unicorn, my other Gallatin attacks your vanguard.
A strange blue light came out from unicorn in the direction of Gallatin, increasing his strength, he now prepared to strike the red dinosaur. (16.000)
Zack : I guard with Savage Shaman(10.000). Now your attack won't go through !*He said so with a grin on his face.
Just as Gallatin was about to hit the Dinosaur, a strange humanoid being appeared between them, Gallatin cut it down, but he didn't have enough power left to damage the dinosaur.
Cesar : Turn End.
(Cesar's field)
[Gallatin] [Tristan] [Gallatin]
[nothing] [nothing] [Unicorn]
Hand: 3
Damage : 2
(Zack's field)
[Savage Warrior] [Sparksaurus][nothing]
[nothing] [Dragon Egg] [nothing]
Hand : 3
Damage : 2
4th Turn
Zack : Now I will show you how it's done !My Turn, I stand and Draw !
Zack : I ride Ravenous Dragon, Megarex ! (10.000)
In place of the red dinosaur that was there before, now appeared an even bigger one, it was orange and was wearing some kind of armor full of blades. Different from the previous one, this one stood on 2 legs and had the front limbs shorter than the back ones.
Zack : Now prepare to see my deck's main strategy, I call Wing Dragon, Skyptera !(6000)
To the right of the dragon egg, now appeared something that looked like a mechanical pterodactyl.
Zack : I am still far from done, I now move my Savage Warrior to the back and call Savage Destroyer (8000 !
In front of the savage warrior previously moved back, appeared another humanoid creature, this one looked like Savage Warrior, but it was more intimidating, a skull helmet covered his face, and he had a shield made out of the skull of some other creature all while also holding a powerful blade on the other hand. At the same time, Another Savage Warrior appeared behind the vanguard.
Zack : Now that this is ready,I activate the skill of Chaos Dragon, Dinochaos from my hand. In exchange for retiring 2 of my Tachikaze rear guards, I can ride it from my hand.
Cesar : Superior Ride !
Zack : That's right, now I retire Dragon Egg and Skyptera to ride Dinochaos !(10.000)
The Orange dinosaur that had just appeared was now replaced by a mechanical multicolored one, it had metallic armor and machineguns equipped on its side, it them started chewing on both Dragon egg and Skyptera, until both were destroyed.
Zack : Now, I active the skills of both dragon egg and Skyptera, when they are sent to the drop zone while in the rear guard circle, I can pay a counterblast to add them back to my hand, so I will pay 2 counterblast and add both back to my hand. And I will also call a 2nd savage warrior from my hand to behind the vanguard.
Cesar : Whoa, a superior ride with virtually no cost aside from counterblast, Tachikaze is impressive.
*That was the 1st time Cesar faced a Tachikaze deck, he wasn't exactly sure of what to expect, and to him that looked like a great demonstration of what Tachikaze could do.*
Zack : Now, thanks to savage warrior and Savage Destroyer skills, whenever a Tachikaze rear guard is sent to drop zone, It gains +1000 power, since 2 were sent to drop zone, their power goes up by 2000.
The Savage Warrior that was on the field before the superior ride, and Savage Destroyer started being engulfed for a yellow light, it only lasted some instants, but during that time their power strength was increased.
Zack : Retiring Allies and becoming stronger, that's how Tachikaze goes !
Cesar : his units all powered up, this may cause some trouble…
Zack : Now, I attack Tristan(8000) with Savage Destroyer(10.000) Boosted by Savage Warrior(8000)
Cesar : Tsc, no Guard.
Savage Destroyer was receiving the power from Savage Warrior, and with it, he slashed Tristan with a lot of power, leaving Tristan Helpless.
Cesar: damage check, no Trigger.
Zack : Now, boosted by my other Savage Warrior(6000), Dinochaos(10.000) Attacks !
Cesar : " If I guarded my hand would get too small, and I wouldn't be able to do much during the rest of the match, I am gonna need to let this one through."
Cesar : No Guard
Zack : Twin Drive ! 1st check : no trigger, 2nd check : Get ! Critical Trigger. I give all effects to my Vanguard, + 5000 power and critical + 1.
The mechanical dinosaur attacked Tristan with its machineguns, Tristan couldn't block them and was left severely injured almost unable to stand up with his armor almost completely destroyed after the attack.
Cesar : damage check, no trigger, 2nd check : critical trigger.I give all effects to my vanguard.
Zack : Bad timing for a trigger haha, I will finish this next turn, Turn End.
(Cesar's field)
[Gallatin] [Tristan] [Gallatin]
[nothing] [nothing] [Unicorn]
Hand: 3
Damage : 5
(Player 2's field)
[Savage Destroyer] [Dinochaos][nothing]
[Savage Warrior] [Savage Warrior] [nothing]
Hand : 4
Damage : 2
*Things looked bad for Cesar, could he still manage a comeback ? Discover in the next chapter.*