Chapter 1

"Hey Yug!" Joey said as he, Tristan and Tea walked in to game shop Kame. "You said you had something fun you wanted to show us!"

"Hey guys, glad you could come!" Yugi said as he walked to his friends. "A new cardgame was realesed not so long ago, and its super-special-awesome!"

"What makes it so 'super-special-awesome'?" Joey asked, looking a bit confused.

"You already play duel monsters, dont you? What makes this cardgame so special?" Tristan asked in his usual loud voice.

"They dont censor the cards!" Yugi said quickly, grabbing Joeys and Tristans attention.

"...lets hear it," Tristan and Joey said as they payed close attention.

"Boys..." Tea said as she frowned.

"Ill show you," Yugi said as he pulled out a deck from his pocket. The backside was black and blue, and on the middle it was written with white letters VANGUARD. "This is the newest popular childrens cardgame, Cardfight Vanguard!"

"Popular? What happened to duel monsters?" Joey asked in his thick brooklyn accent.

"Beats me," Yugi said uninterested. "Anyway, you guys wanna give it a try?"

Looking at the deck a bit sceptical, the friends stood there silent, before Joey pointed at himself and declared: "Joey Wheeler never back down from a challenge!"

"I wasn't challenging you, but ok!" Yugi said as his grandpa took out some trial decks.

"Please choose one of the following trial decks!" Grandpa said as he placed seven different decks on the checkout.

"Huh... hey Yug, which one would you recommend?" Joey asked a bit confused.

"Well lets see..." Yugi said as he looked on the trial decks. "The blue one, Shining Swordsman of the Holy Land..."

"Holy shit what a long name!" Tristan suddenly exclaimed.

"...yeah, anyway, that decks clan is a Royal Paladin clan..."

"Clan?" all his friends asked.

"Its like archtypes, Ill explain later," Yugi answered. "The Royal Paladin clans strategy are all around, but its mostly calling its friends..."

"Friends?" Tea suddenly said. "Hands off Joey, that clan belongs to me!"

"But I..."

"If it has anything to do with friendship, Ill will gladly join that clan!" Gramps, im buying this!"

"That will be 20 bucks."

KACHING

"Come, my friends! Together, we will spread the word of friendship to the world!" Tea said as she held her new vanguard deck high up in the air.

"Oh god, why did I have to mention the word 'friend'..." Yugi frowned.

"I was actually considering that deck... oh well, lets look at the other decks!" Joey said as he looked at a red box with a rival-looking character on it.

"That red one is the Raging Dragon of the Empire trial deck, which features the Kagerõ clan, which is based around fire dragons and focuses on retiring/destroying your opponents cards," Yugi explained.

"Nah, I think I will skip that one, wouldnt wanna end up playing the same clan as a certain Kaiba would!"

"Why do you think Mokuba would begin playing vanguard?" Yugi asked.

"Im talking about Seto Kaiba, his dragon fetish makes it obvious he will be using this deck!" Joey said.

"Huh. Well, next we have Golden Mechanical Soldier."

"Mechanical...?"

"This deck is based around the Nova Grappler clan."

"Grappler...?"

"This clan consist of mostly robots and warmachines..."

"Robots!? WARMACHINES!?"

"Yeah, sound kinda awesome..." Joey said before Tristan stepped up and snagged the deck from Joeys hand. "Hey, whats the big idea!"

"Im sorry Joey, but the Nova Grapplers were meant for me!" Tristan said as he bought the deck.

"That will be 20 bucks."

KACHING

"My voice gives my units super strength!" Tristan declared as he opened the deck to look at the cards.

"Well, lets have a look at this deck then, Maiden Princess of the Cherry Blossom..."

"Dont want it."

"Wha?"

"Its to pink. Pink isnt a mans colour!" Joey said as his eyes were lit with fire of rage. Brooklyn rage.

"Um ok. Next we have Slash of Silver Wolf, a gold paladin deck. It focuses on calling units from the deck a lot, but its more of a gamble compared to the Royal Paladin style..."

"Im taking it."

"Huh?"

"Im taking that deck!" Joey said with a big grin as he paid the price.

"That will be 20 bucks."

KACHING.

"DuhDuhDuhDuhDuhDuhDuhDuhDuhD uhDuhDuhDuhDuhDuhDuhDuhDuhDu hDuhDuhDuhDuhDUHDUHDUHDUH!"

"Looks like Joey got a trial deck!" Tea said as she remembered the time Joey and Yugi got their duel disks.

"Alright. Lets go up to my room and test your new decks!" Yugi said as everyone went upstairs.

"Alright Yugi, lets duel!" Joey said holding his deck towards him, while Yugi just looked at him a bit weird. "Did I do something wrong?"

"Joey, when playing vanguard, its not called 'dueling', its 'cardfighting'."

"Oh, ok, YUGI, LETS CARDFIGHT!"

"Alright," Yugi said as he took a card from the deck, placed it face down on the floor and shuffled his deck, drew five cards, returned 2, shuffled and drew 2. "Ok Joey, im waitig for you."

"Oh, yeah, right!" Joey said as he took a random card and placed it face down on the floor.

"Now, on three, we both say 'Stand up, Vanguard!'" Yugi said.

"Oh, ok," Joey said a bit nervous. "1, 2, 3,"

STAND UP, VANGUARD!

Girl Who Crossed the Gap

Great Silver Wolf Garmore

"Huh? Joey, you cant use a grade 3 unit as your starter vanguard!" Yugi scolded a confused Joey.

"What? Grade? Starter Vanguard? What the hell are you talking about?" Joey asked confused.

"Oh, right, I should probably have explained the rules before we begun. Silly me! Oh well, shouldnt take that long!" Yugi thought, wrong.

2 and a half hour later.

"Now, are there anymore questions?" Yugi asked patiently, trying not to snap at his friends.

"No."

"Nu-uh."

"I understand this completly! Sort of..."

"...maybe it would have been smarter to just go through everything while we were playing..." Yugi just realized as he frowned. "Anyway should we try it again Joey?"

"Alright, lets do it!" Joey said as he searched for a grade 0 unit.

"Now, imagine this..." Yugi said as he and Joey closed their eyes, imagining.

Imagine yourself as a weak astral body, standing on the surface of planet cray, a planet similar to ours where... um, Joey, why are you naked?

"Huh?" Joey asked, standing there butt nacked

You are nacked, why?

"You said that I should imagine myself as an astral body. Astral bodies dont wear clothes," Joey said bluntly.

Um, ok?

Now, like before, we flip over our face down grade 0 vanguards, and declare 'stand up, vanguard' and the game begins, ok?

"Ok!"

Ok, now on 3, 1... 2...

Quickly opening their eyes, they flipped over their face down card, and a purple light surrounded Yugis vanguard, while a yellow one surrounded Joeys.

"STAND UP, VANGUARD!"

"STAND UP, BROOKLYNS VANGUARD!"

Girl Who Crossed the Gap

Grassland Breeze, Sagramore

"Ok, I will start things off!" Yugi said as he drew a card. "I ride Purple Trapezist, moving Girl Who Crossed the Gap to rear, and I call Skull Juggler, using his skill, I soulcharge and end my turn." Yugi said as he put the top card of his deck under the vanguard.

"Hey Yugi, what clan are those cards from?" Tea asked as she looked at beautiful trapezist girl on the vanguard circle.

"This is the Pale Moon clan, which you can see is mostly circus themed," Yugi said.

"What does the clan do?" Tristan asked looking somewhat perverted at the vanguard.

"Oh, you will see soon enough..."

"Ok, I draw! I ride Knight of Eleganth Skills, Gareth, and I call Charjgal behing him! Boosted by Charjgal, I attack with 14000 at your vanguard!"

"HOLY SHIT ON A MOTHERF*CKING SANDWICH WITH SHIT ON TOP, 14000 JUST LIKE THAT!?" Tristan exclaimed.

"ITS OVER 9000!" Joey screamed shocked.

"Yes its over 9000, I dont guard!"

"Drive check- a draw trigger! All effects to Gareth!" (14000-19000)

"HOLY SHIT ON A MOTHERF*CKING SANDWICH WITH SHIT ON TOP, 19000 JUST LIKE THAT!?" Tristan exclaimed.

"Damage trigger check- a draw trigger! I draw! Stand and draw!" Yugi said as he began his turn. "I ride Elephant Juggler!"

"A person juggling with elephants, I can now die without regrets!"

"Tristan, that is not a life accomplishment!" Tea scolded her braindead friend.

"Calling Midnight Bunny and Barking Cerberus! Elephant Jugglers skill: whenever I call a Pale Moon to the rear guard, I soulscharge!" Yugi declared as he put two card in his soul. "Boosted by Skull Juggler, Barking Cerberus attacks!" (17000)

"Fortune Bell will guard!" Joey said as he placed said card on the guardian circle.

"Boosted by Midnight Bunny, Elephant Juggler attacks!" (16000)

"No guard."

"Drive check- a crit trigger! Juggler takes the critical, Girl takes the power boost!"Yugi said as one of Elephant Jugglers elephants hit Gareth.

"Damage check!" Joey said as he revealed Chariot Knight and Haugan.

"Midnight Bunnys skill! Counterblast, and I put it into the soul, superior calling Nightmare Doll, Alice!" Yugi said as a big female doll suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

"What the-" Joey said baffled.

"Elephant Jugglers skill, another soul charge. Boosted by Girl, Alice attacks your vanguard!" (20000)

"Grrh, damage check!" Joey said as he revelaed another Chariot Knight. "Stand and draw!" Joey said as he stood his units. " I ride Knight of Superior Skills, Beaumains! I call Nemean Lion, Gareth and Sleygal Sword! Sleygal sword attack your vanguard!"

"Rainbow Magician guards!"

"Boosted by Charjgal, Beaumains attacks your vanguard!"

"No guard"

"Drive check, a crit trigger! Crit to vanguard, Nemean Lion gains the +5000!"

"Damage trigger check..." Yugi said as he revealed Midnight Bunny and Rainbow Magician. "Draw trigger! All effects to my vanguard!"

"Boosted by Gareth, Nemean attacks your vanguard!"

"I dont guard," Yugi said as he revealed an Alice. "Stand and draw. Fooling the simpleminded with your illusions, my victory becomes their future! I ride, Dusk Illusionist, Robert!" Yugi screams as he rides his vanguard.

Back on the surface of planet Cray, Joey, in the form of Beaumains, watches as a tall man wearing blue- and white squared suit, hiding his face behind his tall hat, and as he puts the hat back on, the man has suddenly Yugis determined face on it, with a blue facepainting on his right eye.

"Yugi..." Joey stares silently at the more than ever strong Yugi, standing there like a strong leader.

"Roberts skill! I soulcharge and take a peek at the top... and leave it there. I use Girl Who Crossed the Gaps skill, counterblasting and putting it in the soul, superior calling Jumping Glenn!" Yugi says as Girl jumped up in the air, and in the air, Jumping Glenn took her hand, volted and landed behing Alice. "Jumping Glenns skill, when she is called from my soul, as long as my vanguard is Pale Moon, she gains 3000 until end of turn. I call Purple Trapezist, using her skill I put Skull Juggler in my soul, and call another Jumping Glenn, using her skill she gains also 3000 power!"

"So thats what a Pale Moon deck does..." Tea says imperessed.

"Putting units in the soul to call units from the soul, just like a circus..." Tristan adds.

"Boosted by Glenn, Alice attacks your Nemean Lion!" Yugi says as Alice slowly reached out her hand, grabbing the lion and slowly crushing it before it turns into red stardust. "Alice skill, counterblasting and moving her into the soul, superior calling Jumping Jill! Her skill is the same as Jumping Glenn, meaning she gains +3000! Boosted by Trapezist, Robert atacks you vanguard!"(17000)

"Oh oh," Joey says as he looks at the cards in his hand: Silent Punisher, Gwydion, Sleygal Double Edge and Battlefield Storm Sagramore. "I guard with Silent Punisher and Weapons Dealer Gwydion!"

"Twin Drive: First check, Dynamite Juggler!" Yugi declares before revealing the said card. "All effects to my Jumpin Jill! Second check: Yes, a stand trigger!" Yugi declared in excitement. "All effects to my Jumping Glenn!" Yugi declares as he stands said unit and give it a +5000 boost.

"Darn..." Joey silently says he looks at the two grade 3s in his hand.

"Boosted by jumping Glenn, Barking Cerberus attacks your vanguard!"(20000)

"I intercept with Sleygal Sword! Ha, now that our power is equal, the attack..."

"...goes through."

"What?"

"If the power is equal, the attack goes thorugh!" Yugi says as one of Cerberus heads bites Sleygal, turning it into blue stardust, while the two other heads attacks Beaumains.

"Gh, damage check: a heal trigger!" I heal..."

"If the amount of damage you had when revealing a heal trigger is lesser than the opponents, you cant heal."

"Gh, damn! power to vanguard!" (15000)

"Boosted by Jumping Glenn, Jumping Jill attacks for the final blow!"(32000)

"Gh, no guard!" Joey screams as he closes his eyes. "Please, a heal trigger, please, a heal trigger, please a heal...-"

"GAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHHHHHHH" Beaumains screams as Jumping Jill kicks him in the stomach.

Damage check first: Nemean Lion, and the second:

Great Silver Wolf Garmore

"I... lost." Joey admits as Beaumains slowly fades away into stardust.

"Yugi, you were awesome!" Tea cheers on her secret love interest.

"Thats the king of all card games, yo all!" Tristan says as he claps Yugi hardly on the back.

"Hehehehe... hey Joey?"

"Yu-Yugi..." Joey sliently mutters as his arms begin shaking.

"Whoa, hey- lets not use violence here..."

"THAT. WAS. AWESOME!" Joey screams with glittering eyes.

"...huh?"

"Lets go again! Lets do it!" Joey says as he holds Yugis hands hard.

"Yeah, sure, let go off my hands..."

"Hey, Im gonna fight Yugi next!" Tristan suddenly declares.

"Oh yeah!?" Joey asks, both him and Tristan getting threatining faces.

"Hey Yugi, 'play' me next!" Tea says as she prepares her deck.

"Yeah, sure!" Yugi agrees as he prepares his deck.

"Aw, come on..." Joey and Tristan sulks.

So, what do you guys think?

Here is Yugis decklist:

G0

Girl Who Crossed the Gap x1

Poison Juggler x4

Dynamite Juggler x2

Sky High Walker x3

Rainbow Magician x3

Popcorn Boy x4

G1

Skull Juggler x2

Midnight Bunny x4

Purple Trapezist x4

Jumping Glenn x3

Hades Hypnotist x2

G2

Elephant Juggler x2

Barking Cerberus x3

Jumping Jill x4

Peek-a-Boo x4

G3

Dusk Illusionist Robert x3

Nightmare Doll Alice x4

Yugis main vanguard is Robert. Why I gave Yugi the Pale Moon? I think the 'magic' kinda theme suits him very well, and this deck is basicly magic, so I think this clan suits him well!

Any tips on changes? I would gladly like to hear your opinion about this deck list.

Untill next time:

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