Hey everyone! Welcome to my first story (official one anyway) in a new field! If you see any mistakes, don't blame me, blame the grammer checker on my computer. It never makes sense. So anyway, in celebration of the grand opening of my newest piece, I published not one, but three chapters! That should keep you guys busy for a while. and by a while, I mean five minutes. ;)

Alright, I'm only going to say this once, so listen up. What the hey happened?! I'm just a normal kid with a normal life, then bam! I suddenly get sucked into another dimension from my favorite TV show, Cardfight! Vanguard! How do I know this, well, you'll find out for yourself. But if you ever want to understand this insane tale to the fullest, I'm going to have to start at the beginning, when this whole story began.

Oh man, I'm starting to sound like one of those mysterious writers where they're about to tell their adventure, which basically, I am! The only difference? This story is real, and definitely not for the faint of heart. Which means anyone above the age of four won't get freaked out by all this.

I'm getting off track! My name is Nia Kinaki, a fifteen year-old who has never ever played Vanguard before, mainly because none of the decks seems right for me. I know, it doesn't make sense, but since when do things make sense? Alright, so maybe you can understand what one plus one is, but still! That's the only way I can describe it. I have black hair in a single braid down my back, violet eyes, and white skin too.

Now I better get going with this tale before all you eager beavers out there start demanding for me to start. It all started like usual, I went to bed and slept, then had a terrifying nightmare that nearly gave me a heart attack to the nth degree.

Boom!

"No!"

"It can't be possible. . . No! Aichi!"

I shot up from my bed with a jolt. My breathing was shallow and came out in puffs of air. Cold, sticky sweat covered my entire body from head to toe as I tried to recall what happened in my dream.

I held my head as the memories flowed in. Oh wow. That was so freaky. I closed my eyes and images started bombarding me, making me shiver just by looking at the images. Devastation . . . There was so much of it. . .

I shook my head. Why? Why am I getting so many nightmares lately? They're all the same thing: a world in ruins, darkness covering the land, and people fighting against . . . something. I sighed. This is way too weird for me to comprehend. I turned my head and looked out of my window. The night outside was stunning. As my eyes roamed around, taking the scenery, but I stopped at one of the stars in the midnight sky. It was blinking and glowing even stronger each passing second. I shielded my eyes and looked away, but the light was becoming blindingly bright now, and I was being really . . . really . . . light headed. My head connected to the pillow and I was out before you could even blink.

I was standing in the middle of a barren wasteland. Everywhere around me was grey, the remnants of what was obviously a once great city. Crumbling buildings and shards of metal and glass surrounded me, concrete dust covering the cracked pavements and the faded roads. A gust of freezing wind blew through and bit at my nose. I hissed in pain as a bit of dust hit my eye. I blinked and it went away.

But as soon as I had opened my eyes, I was in a different part of the city. I was standing in front of a mostly intact building with shards of glass littering the ground in front of it.

What is this place? I thought.

I took a step forward and the ground beneath me wobbled. I stumbled a few steps forward before regaining my balance and leapt off whatever I was standing on. It was a large rectangular object four feet wide and made of steel, completely covered in dust over faded colors. A sign! I bent down and started brushing away the dust, ignoring the fact that my hand was turning a dusty shade of gray. I frowned.

Why does this sign look so familiar? I brushed away the dust near the bottom of the sign. Oh, wait! I'm-I'm getting something! Ca-Card . . .

I furrowed my brow and brushed to the right. My eyes widened. No way . . . I blinked and reread the words on the sign. It is!

Card Capital. The home base of the protonagists from one of my favorite anime series, Vanguard. Why was I dreaming about this now? What was going on? I shook my head and sighed. Get a grip, there has to be an answer to all this. I squared my shoulders and stood up. And there's only one way to find out. I took a deep breath and walked in front of the store. Here I go. I took a step into the shop and was overcome by a blinding light.

I slowly opened my eyes and adjusted to the brightness of this place from the dark grey wasteland that I had just witnessed. As soon as my vision refocused, my jaw dropped. It was Card Capital all right . . . But thing is, it wasn't in ruins like those that I'd seen outside. It bright, brand new, and alive. Pale pink walls, the same orange stripes on them, orange tiled floors, kids playing card games, everything. I blinked in disbelief. How in the name of science did I end up in this place?!

"Welcome to Card Capital!"

"Gah!" I jumped and turned to the person who scared me.

He jumped and yelled, "Ah!" He looked at me and sighed. "Yikes, please don't do that again! You scared me!"

I glanced at the man. He was a regular sized guy somewhere in his thirties, wearing a blue apron over a long-sleeved white shirt with a blue collar and jeans. I looked at his nametag. "Shin . . . Nitta?"

"You got it!" The man said. His rectangular glasses flashed in the light. "Are you looking for something in particular? Or are you new around here?"

I stepped back. "Oh, uh . . ."

The manager looked at me expectantly with a smile.

I heard the door open behind me and someone said, "M-Mori-ahh!"

I had only enough time to think, Eek! until I fell forward and got squished against the floor. "Ow."

"Ah, I-I'm s-so s-s-sorry!"

"Don't worry," I muttered. "It's not like I'm on the floor and there's a dude on top of me."

"Oh no, I'm really, really sorry about that!" The guy got off of me and I breathed a sigh of relief. I turned over on my back to get a good look on the stuttering guy who accidentally body slammed into me. I looked up at him and felt panic surge through me. Oh, should have seen that one coming.

Mainly because the person standing before me was the very same person I spent hours watching on the TV, who introduced me to the world of Vanguard, and that has probably no idea that he's a famous anime icon to all Vanguard players all over the world.

He gave me a nervous smile. "I really am sorry about that. My name is Aichi Sendou."

It took me a few minutes to realize what he just said and respond. "I-I'm Nia Kinaki."

"Are you hurt?" He asked.

I stood up and dusted myself off. "No, none at all. Uh-"

"No way, man! That's just impossible!"

We both looked towards the noise, and my eyes widened in disbelief.

Two teenaged boys were standing up at a nearby table, one of them wearing a grey uniform just like the one Aichi was wearing, and the one across him with his back turned to me had sidesweapt brown hair and a white and blue uniform. Two more boys were there; a curly-haired guy wearing the same uniform as loudmouth and a blonde behind the blue-uniformed guy. Judging from what I can see, the guy in the grey outfit had lost to the brunette across him.

Now before I continue the story, I'll identify the people at the table, mainly because I don't want to have to keep on calling them by description. It's way easier if I use their names. The one who just lost is Katsumi Morikawa, who is by far the worst and most egotistical person I've ever seen. He uses a mixed clan deck with too many grade three's stuffed in there because he believes, 'the more powerful the unit, the greater the winner.' Unfortunately, it also means he has no means of guarding or riding a grade one or two. When he's been given a balanced deck, though, his skill does a complete one-eighty. He goes from being the worst to the best card fighters ever! His dark hair is really strange though since it spikes up into opposite directions and he also has black eyes.

The brown haired and bark-brown eyed guy standing right next to him is Yuta Izaki, a friend of Aichi and Morikawa. He also uses a Tachikaze deck, and I've only seen him play about two times throughout the whole entire anime. He's a regular player who comes to Card Capital, but other than the fact that he has low grades and curly brown hair, there's very little information about him. He's a really nice guy though, despite the fact that he hangs around a total bully like Morikawa.

The person who had beaten Morikawa across the table would be the Toshiki Kai, one of the greatest Vanguard players there is today. He's the Vanguard of the Kagero clan and is almost unbeatable. The only flaw in him is the fact he's one of those strong silent types with a poker face to boot it. He's got brown hair going to one side, and cold turquoise eyes. Last I checked, he should be about 16 right now.

The blonde dude with the smile as big as Asia behind him is Taishi Miwa, Kai's childhood friend who's also the same grade as him. He's also another Kagero user, and almost just as good as Kai is. Miwa can be very protective of Kai, as seen in season one. He's also a fantastic cook if I remember correctly.

Back to the plot, so now Kai stood up from his chair.

"I won," the brunette coldly said. "Now honor the deal and hand over the Blaster Blade card."

Aichi gasped behind me. "W-wait!" He ran over to the guys and halted in front of the man that just won. "Th-that's my card! Um, c-can I have it back please?" Aichi reached out for his stolen card, but Kai moved the card out of reach.

"No," he said.

"Pl-please! That card is really important to me!" Aichi begged.

Kai scoffed. "If you want it back so badly, you're going to have to beat me."

"Wh-what?"

"You heard me. If you own this card, then you'll battle me to reclaim it."

"Hold it right there!" Morikawa yelled. He stepped up to Kai with his hands balled up. "You're not going to fight me, but you'll battle this little pipsqueak here?!" He pointed to the bluenette. "He doesn't even have a deck!"

"Um, actually," Aichi ducked his head and felt inside his suitcase. "I do. I made a deck, but I never played it before."

"Then now would be a good time to test it out," everyone looked at me. "No?"

Izaki frowned. "Who are you?"

"Nia Kinaki. I'm a little new around here, so just checking out the games."

"So you play Vanguard?" Miwa asked.

"No, not yet," I replied. "I had my eye on the game for a while now, but no one played that game in my school, and there were no card shops nearby that I know of." That's true at least, which was sad, since I really wanted to play a game against someone.

"Are you two going to get started or what?" Miwa asked. "This suspense is killing me."

"Oh right," Aichi blushed. "But, I don't know how the rules of Vanguard."

Kai looked at him and sighed. "Alright, I'll guide you through it step by step, but I'll only say it once so listen here," he said sternly. Kai took the top card of his deck and placed it front and center of the playing field. "First take a grade 0 unit and place it here, on the biggest circle face-down."

Aichi nodded and placed a unit onto the field. "Okay."

"Then, draw five cards for your hand. These cards allow you to attack or defend, known as 'units'."

"Alright," Aichi said.

"Next, we flip our cards over and say, 'Stand up, Vanguard!'"

Aichi nervously nodded. "Stand up,-"

"-the-," Kai added.

"Vanguard!"

"Lizard Runner Undeux!"

"Arise, Stardust Trumpeter!"

"I'll take the first turn to show you how this works. First, I stand and draw. Then I 'ride'," Kai placed a card on top of his Vanguard. "I ride Embodiment of Armor, Bahr. Then I 'call' lesser grade units onto the field," he placed a card behind his Vanguard. "I call Flame of Hope, Aermo! Then, I attack!"

Aichi sucked in a breath and tensed up.

"Except that since I went first, I can't."

Aichi sighed. "Oh, that's good!"

"The downside of going first. The turn passes over to you."

"'Kay. I stand and I draw," Aichi took the top card from his deck and added it to his hand. "I ride Little Sage Marron! Then I call Wingal Brave to the back and I attack!"

"Alright," Kai said. "Since you're going to be attacking my Vanguard, you'll have to turn your unit sideways."

"Like this?" Aichi touched his card and turned it on its broadside.

He nodded. "Exactly like that. Now look at your rearguard unit behind your Vanguard. See that little picture at the top let corner, underneath the grade? That means that card can 'boost', or add its power to the unit in front of it. Now you attack my Vanguard."

"O-okay."

"Now I check the damage trigger," Kai revealed the top card of his deck and put it in the damage zone.

"I-I end my turn," Aichi said.

Kai smirked. "Now the battle really begins."

A card fell into the damage zone and blinked. A critical trigger. Everyone who was watching the battle stared in awe of Aichi Sendou, the supposed 'wimpy' kid who had just defeated the strongest card fighter in the store.

"Well," Kai began. He stood up and walked away. "I guess that was your card after all."

"Kai, wait!" Aichi rose from his seat, but Kai and Miwa were already out the door before he could say another word.

I smiled. "Congrats on winning your first battle Aichi! I can tell you're on the road to becoming a great Vanguard player."

Aichi blushed under my praise. "Um, thanks Nia."

"There you are!"

"Hm?" I turned around to face whoever had just said that. I chocked as soon as I saw their face. No, no, no! I paled and felt so sick that my head spun round and round like a Ferris wheel gone haywire. "R-Ryo?"

My older brother raised an eyebrow and said, "Yeah?"

This place just got a whole lot more crazy by the psycho who decided to mess up my life in the first place.

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