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Both: STAND UP! VANGUARD!
Disclaimer: Same thing.
Kurogasa was running fast through the city while on his way back home for dinner with his school uniform in tow. He looked really happy because a few hours ago, for the first time in a long time, he won a card game. 'I still can't believe I actually won.' Kurogasa thought to himself as he kept running. 'My luck's finally turning around with Vanguard. I'm not such a big loser after all.' He then smiled to himself before saying, "I can't wait to tell Kaa–san and Dad about this!"
He continued running until finally arriving at his new home. After catching his breath, he went up to the door and burst in. "Kaa–san, Dad, Uncle, I'm home!" Kurogasa shouted, his voice echoing in the whole room.
Kyoshiro smiled happily greeting him saying, "Hey there, son!" as he and Tarakudo sipped their tea while Yukina was in the kitchen, preparing dinner.
Yukina called out from the kitchen, "Okaeri nasai!"
"Looks like someone's in a good mood today." Tarakudo noticed.
"You bet I am Uncle!" Kurogasa grinned.
"Well then, tell us already! What's up?" Kyoshiro chuckled.
"I… I finally won!"
"You won?" Tarakudo blinked, "On what, my boy?"
"I won a card game! I finally broke my chain of losses for the first time in a long time!" Kurogasa exclaimed as he hopped happily.
"Whoa, you did, son?!" Kyoshiro asked worked up, standing in front of him while placing his hands on his son's shoulder. "You finally shattered that bad jinx on ya! I'm so proud of you!"
"Thanks Dad!"
Kyoshiro laughed "C'mere you!" as he got his arm around his son's neck and gave him a noogie.
"Oh my, you won?!" Yukina gasped as she came in, joining the boys.
"You heard him right, Yukina! Our son actually won a card game!" Kyoshiro exclaimed.
"I'm so proud of you, dear!" Yukina said as she joined in, happily hugging her son.
"Heh… such a carefree family I have." Tarakudo snickered as he sipped his tea.
"I knew something good would happen. That's why I prepared a good dinner for today. I even made your favorite miso soup with carrots and mushrooms too, dear." Yukina smiled happily at her son.
Kurogasa beamed, "Arigatou, Kaa–san!"
"Well then, let's celebrate by eating! I'm starving!" Kyoshiro grinned.
"Mind if we join?" A voice asked.
"Hm…?" Tarakudo noticed as he looked at the entrance of the house, seeing the Sendou family gathered there.
"Oh yes. Ms. Sendou, you came just in time," Yukina smiled.
"Why yes." Shizuka smiled before she looked at both of her sides, introducing her children. "And these are my children I've spoke of earlier this afternoon, Yukina. Aichi, Emi, go ahead and introduce yourselves to our new neighbors."
The first one to step up was an eleven year old with orange hair that fell to the bottom of her neck with blue eyes. She wore a pink turtleneck sweater with a tiny yellow bow on the neck, a blue skirt, and white socks with red shoes. "Hello, I'm Emi Sendou. It's nice to meet you." Emi bowed.
The boy then stepped up. He looked to be two years younger than Kurogasa. He had ocean blue hair and the back of his hair somehow split into two and is wavy on each side. The top hair on the right side of his front hair is slightly higher than his left side with an ahoge and has blue eyes. He wore a dark red sweater with a turquoise jacket over it, a pair of navy blue denim jeans and blue shoes.
"Um… hello… I'm Aichi Sendou. It's nice to meet you." Aichi smiled shyly.
"It's nice to meet you too. I'm Kurogasa Kururugi." Kurogasa nodded while offering a handshake to Aichi and the latter looked hesitant for a moment.
"Um, yes…" Aichi nodded before the two shook hands. It was then that he eyed on the uniform that was hanging on the sofa. "That uniform…"
"Uh… yeah, that's my uniform." Kurogasa added, "Something the matter?"
"O–Oh no, no, I just noticed the uniform, that's all. You're going to the high school in this area." Aichi clarified.
"Oh ok." Kurogasa blinked.
"Saa, minna–san, let's all eat dinner shall we?" Yukina smiled.
"Yeah, I'm starving." Kyoshiro nodded, "Itadakima~su!"
(Cue Theme Re:member by Flow)
(Kakeru narase sonzai wo koko ni iru to~) The camera moved fast as we see Kurogasa in front of the camera running down a path. From one path, Koji comes running down to join him, giving him a high five. Rika joins them from the other side to give a high five too.
(Arata na tabi ga ima hajimaru~ [Whoa, whoa, whoa~]) After a few moments of running, the three jumped in the air and the camera moved upwards to focus on the sky.
(Whoa, whoa, whoa~ Whoa, whoa, whoa~ Whoa, whoa, whoa) The title card Cardfight Vanguard: Rise of the Courier Saints appeared on the screen and stayed there before it faded away at the last part of the lyrics.
(Instrumental) At each beat, there was a cameo shot of Aichi, Kai, Misaki, Kamui, Koji, Rika, and Kurogasa.
(Kawari yuku kisetsu no naka wo) Kurogasa looks at the screen with a smirk on his face as he held up a Vanguard card, showing the reverse side and his Courier Saints appear with him.
(Ikinuku tabi ni bokura) Rika was cooking away while apparitions of her Neo Nectar units appeared and smiled at the delicious food she was cooking before setting them on the table.
(Chie to tsuyosa wo te ni ireta kedo~ [Just looks like a survival game]) Koji does some disco dance moves, a smug smirk on his face as his Dimension Police units surround him. Hitting his last pose, a mob of girls glomp him to the ground. Rika looking irritated, gets him out of the mob, covered in lipstick kiss marks, and smacks him upside the head, making Koji have a lump while Kurogasa laughed nervously with a sweat drop.
(Nagareteku jikan no naka ni) The next scene then shows the members of Team Q4 in a group consisting of Aichi, Kai, Misaki, and Kamui.
(Okizari ni shita omoi wo) The camera then panned to the right to showing Miwa, Izaki, Morikawa, Reiji, Eiji, Emi, Shin, Kyoshiro, and Yukina as they smiled at the camera.
(Wasureta koto sura wasurete ita~) The camera then showed the members of five teams: Team Ultra Rare, Team Handsome, Team Caesar and the last two teams were unknown covered in silhouettes and the leaders of those teams had their eyes glowing ominously.
(Kuzure kaketa toki~ kodoku wo shitte~) In a black screen, Kurogasa stood alone looking down before a silhouette of a ghost hugged him from behind. Kurogasa senses it before the ghost disappeared.
(Deaeta bokura hi~to~ri ja nai) When he turned around, he saw nothing, but his friends Koji, Rika, Aichi, Kai, Misaki, Kamui, Morikawa, Izaki, Miwa, Reiji, Eiji, Emi, Shin, Kyoshiro, and Yukina faded into view in groups and Kurogasa smiles seeing them before going over to them.
(Sarake dase kanjou wo banjou no omoi wo~) Koji and Rika are then shown standing in their spirit forms on the surface of Cray before their forms are replaced with those of Super Dimensional Robo, Daiyusha and Maiden of Trailing Roses respectively. Each of them unleash attacks on an unseen opponent.
(Namidame ga unmei wo kaete yuku~) Kurogasa is also shown standing on Cray as a spirit, standing opposite of a shadowed figure. The shadowed figure is then replaced by the silhouette of an unknown unit while Kurogasa transforms into Guardian Saint, Alexander with his facial appearance.
(Yami ni uchi narase kodou wo kitto aeru yo~) Blaster Blade walked up next to him and Kurogasa looked to see him with Aichi's facial appearance and the two nodded before charging towards the unknown unit.
(Onaji itami no hata no moto de~ [Whoa, whoa, whoa~]) As they got closer, they crossed their blades and when theirs clashed with the unknown unit's blade, the whole scenery turns white and it fades out to Kurogasa waking up from a dream seeing himself sitting at a table in Card Capital and was startled to see Koji and Rika trying to wake him up.
(Whoa, whoa, whoa~ Whoa, whoa, whoa~ Whoa, whoa, whoa) Kurogasa looks around as he sees everyone else crowding around the table and smiles. He then grabs hold of his deck as he stands up, with the shot pausing as he stood at full height with a look of determination.
Chapter 2: New Friends on the Block
The next day had come by and Kurogasa was sleeping peacefully in his new bed. He had an eventful night, having dinner with the Sendou family and getting to know them more. Kurogasa also found out that Aichi plays Vanguard too, so it was good that one day they'll be able to duel each other. As said before, Kurogasa was sleeping peacefully for about another hour until he woke up. Stretching out, Kurogasa yawned while rubbing his eyes. "Huh… what a good sleep." He said to himself. But when he saw the alarm clock… "Oh crap! I'm gonna be late!"
The young man panicked, immediately dashing towards his dresser and started changing his clothes quickly.
He then heard a knock on the door, which Kurogasa noticed, but was still trying his best to change his clothes as fast as possible. "Kurogasa, are you still sleeping? You're going to be late on your first day of school!"
"I'm already awake, Kaa–san!" Kurogasa replied back as he panicked, changing his pants.
"Well, alright. After you finished, be sure to come downstairs for breakfast."
"H–Hai!"
With that, he quickly got into his school uniform and after that grabbed the school supplies his uncle picked up before heading out the door and downstairs.
Kyoshiro greeted, "Morning son!"
"Good morning dad!" Kurogasa said frantically.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, where's the fire? Slow down son!" Kyoshiro laughed. "You're fine. It's only your first day at school. I'm sure your teacher will let it slide if you're late."
"Yes dear, and we'll be going with you together for your transfer too." Yukina smiled.
"Oh… really…?" Kurogasa asked.
"Of course, besides, even if you want to go alone, you don't know the way to your high school, right?" Kyoshiro pointed out.
"Well… yeah, I guess that's true…" Kurogasa said sheepishly while rubbing the back of his head. "I might end up getting lost along the way. I'm still not familiar with these parts. By the way, where's Uncle?"
"Nii–sama went to work half an hour ago. He said he won't be able to accompany us." Yukina said.
"Oh ok…" Kurogasa said.
"Saa, go on and eat." Yukina said, putting down a plate of rice, eggs, bacon, and sausage on the table with a glass of milk on the side. "You can't start the day off on an empty stomach, ne?"
"Right," Kurogasa nodded before sitting down to eat, his breakfast.
After eating his breakfast Kurogasa along with his parents went to his high school. After a few minutes they were able to make it to his school with a few minutes to spare.
"Finally we made it." Kurogasa said to himself.
"Now all we have to do is get your schedule from the Principal." Yukina said with a smile.
"Right," Kurogasa nodded.
As they walked, Kurogasa noticed a few of the students staring at him, whispering to each other.
"Who's that guy?" One of the male students whispered.
"Is he new here?" Another asked.
"He looks cute!" One of the female students commented, making Kurogasa blush a bit.
Yukina smiled at the female student's comment while Kyoshiro chuckled. 'Oh dear, I can see Kurogasa breaking a few hearts in the future.' She thought. After a few more minutes they were in front of the Principal's office as Kurogasa gave an audible gulp.
"Well, here we are!" Kyoshiro grinned.
"I'm a little nervous." Kurogasa said while Kyoshiro patted him on the back and grinned.
"It's only natural to be nervous on the first day, you'll do fine!"
"I guess."
Yukina smiled. "Well, let's not keep the Principal waiting."
"Right," Kurogasa nodded before knocking on the door.
"Come in." A voice said from the other side of the door. They walked in to see the Principal working at his desk, before he looked up and smiled. "Hello there, are you the new student I've been told about?"
Kurogasa nodded. "Yes sir. My name is Kurogasa Kururugi."
"It's nice to meet you. I'm Principal Hayate Kamishiro." The man said. He was in his late 50's with black and grey hair mixed in and was somewhat heavyset, wearing a three piece black suit with black pants, shoes, and a red tie. "And I believe you are his parents?" He asked looking to them.
"That's us." Kyoshiro smiled. "I'm Kyoshiro Kururugi and this is my wife Yukina."
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Kamishiro–san." Yukina bowed politely.
"The pleasure is all mine." Hayate smiled warmly. "Please, have a seat, all of you." They did just that as Hayate typed away at his computer and printed out a piece of paper, giving it to Kurogasa. "Those are your classes, if you have any questions at all, feel free to ask me."
"Thank you sir," Kurogasa said.
"You're welcome my boy, I understand that you three lived somewhere else, the United States was it?"
"Hai," Kurogasa nodded. "We lived there for two years because my dad had work over at the Los Angeles branch as a Vanguard Card Designer. His contract with them just ended."
"I see." Hayate said. "And how does it feel to be back in Japan?"
"To be honest, I'm kind of nervous. I lived in Los Angeles for two years and now I'm in Japan. It's a lot to take in."
Hayate chuckled. "It's quite alright to be nervous. You're in an area that's unfamiliar to you and I'm sure you'll meet some people here to help you."
"And I'm sure that he'll make new friends here too." Yukina smiled before looking to Kyoshiro. "Isn't that right, anata?"
"You bet! Oh, did I mention that he could be quite the ladies' man, even though it's mostly not his fault?" Kyoshiro grinned.
Kurogasa stuttered, blushing a bit, "D–Dad!"
"Try not to break too many hearts." Yukina giggled as Kurogasa's blush deepened.
"K–Kaa–san!" Kurogasa stuttered once more as Hayate gave a hearty laugh.
"Kurogasa my boy, I have a feeling you'll do fine here." Hayate said and stood up. "Now let's head to your first class."
"H–Hai…" Kurogasa stuttered.
Within the classroom, the students were talking amongst themselves.
"Hey did you hear? We're getting a new transfer student today." One female student said.
Another student said, "Really? Now that I think about it, I did see someone walking towards the Principal's office with two others. It could be the transfer with his parents."
"Oh? We have a transfer eh? Sounds interesting, right Kai?" A teen with spiky blonde hair and blue eyes said. He wore a standard high school uniform as he leaned back to the person named Kai. The latter, who was named Kai, had brown hair that was spiked on one side with bluish eyes, and wore a standard high school uniform like everyone else as he stared out of the window uninterested.
"I could care less…" Kai murmured.
"Yeesh, always the cold one Kai."
"Leave me alone Miwa." Kai said, not even taking his eyes off of window. Before Miwa could say anything else the door opened while Hayate and walked through.
"Ok, Ok, settle down." Hayate said. "I'm here to introduce a new transfer student, please treat him well."
The class heard an audible gulp before Kurogasa nervously, but calmly walked in. All of the other students talked amongst themselves seeing him.
"Who is that?" One student asked.
"I don't know, but he's really cute." A female student said which caused Kurogasa to blush.
"Introduce yourself." Hayate said. Kurogasa nodded before writing his name in Japanese on the board and turned around to face the students again.
"M–My name is Kurogasa Kururugi, it's a pleasure to meet you all." Kurogasa said as he bowed slightly. "I hope we all get along."
"Now then, after class I have a student that will show you around the school in order for you to get familiarized, his name is Miwa Taishi."
"Yo." Miwa waved with a two–finger salute.
"And it turns out there is an open seat in front of him so you can sit there and get acquainted with him. Have fun with your new classmates!" Hayate said while Kurogasa nodded and went to sit down before the Principal left.
Miwa leaned forward and tapped Kurogasa's shoulder. "Yo, like the Principal said my name's Miwa Taishi."
Kurogasa shook his hand. "Kurogasa Kururugi, but I guess you already knew that."
"Yep, and the guy next to me is Kai Toshiki." Miwa said, pointing at him with his thumb.
"Uh… hi…" Kurogasa greeted. Kai looked at him momentarily before he scoffed and looked away again.
"Ah, don't worry about him. He's not really the social type." Miwa waved off.
"O… k," Kurogasa said before the teacher started today's lesson.
So the day went by without incident and during lunch the students gathered around Kurogasa asking him all kinds of questions. He was flustered seeing as many of the students were crowding around him and he had to answer them, some he couldn't even reply to when another question bombarded them. But after a while, they backed off and after lunch, they continued the lesson the teachers gave them. To be honest, Kurogasa started to feel really comfortable in his new school. His classmates were nice and made a couple friends.
After the final bell rang Miwa stood up and stretched. "That was one tiring lesson." He turned to Kurogasa. "Come on, I got to show you around this school so you don't get lost."
"Right," Kurogasa nodded as he stood up too, but when he did, his Vanguard Deck fell out of his bag, scattering the cards all over, "Yabai!" Kurogasa panicked a bit when he saw his cards and went to pick them up. Thankfully, they only showed the reverse side. Kurogasa didn't want anyone knowing about his new clan just yet. The last thing he needed was being crowded around by students because he had a new clan that his dad made.
Kai stole a glance at Kurogasa's cards while Miwa knelt down to help Kurogasa. "I didn't know you play Vanguard." Miwa said as he picked up the cards.
"Yeah, though I'm not very good, I love to play."
Miwa grinned. "Tell you what, we go to a card shop that's not too far from here, how about you come with us?"
Kurogasa looked at Miwa and Kai. "You two play Vanguard?"
"Yep."
"Cool. I'll ask my parents after we get out. I'm sure they won't mind." Kurogasa nodded before he finally gathered all his cards. Miwa then gave the cards he picked up to Kurogasa.
"Alright then, now about that tour."
Miwa began to show Kurogasa around the school, it was a little big in Kurogasa's opinion, but it wasn't anything he can't handle.
After several minutes of walking around the campus, Kurogasa finished his tour of the school with Miwa. "Thanks for showing me around Miwa. I really appreciate it." He thanked.
"Hey no problem, I had time so I volunteered." Miwa grinned. "So you ready to go to the card shop Kurogasa?" Miwa asked as the person in question slung his bag over his shoulder.
"As ready as I'll ever be." Kurogasa said as he saw Kai walk to them and just grunted.
"Well now that the gang is here, let's head out." Miwa said.
"I'm not going. I have somewhere else I need to be." Kai said.
"Oh come on Kai, you may find some new cardfighters at the shop." Miwa said with a grin.
"I said no." Kai said and walked off which caused Miwa to shrug.
"Well, I guess it's just the two of us." Miwa said.
"Yeah, I guess…" Kurogasa said. "But what's his problem? Is he usually like that?"
"No. He used to be a chatterbox back in the day." Miwa said.
"Really…?" Kurogasa asked confused, raising an eyebrow before looking to the now distant Kai. "What happened to him?" Kurogasa asked.
"It's not my place to say, you can ask Kai, but we both know he won't say anything." Miwa said. "Well, let's head to the shop now, I'll race you!" With that, Miwa ran off.
"H–Hey, wait up!" Kurogasa shouted before running after him. "I still gotta call my parents!"
Back at Kurogasa's house, Kyoshiro and Yukina were sitting on the couch watching T.V. when the phone rang. Yukina stood up and answered the phone. "Hello?"
Kurogasa said through the phone, ["Hey Kaa–san!"]
"Oh Kurogasa, how was your first day?" Yukina said as Kyoshiro turned his head to her.
["It was awesome, I met a few people and I'm heading over to a nearby card shop with them if that's alright."]
"That's fine dear. Just don't stay out too late." She replied.
["Thanks Kaa–san! Jaa ne,"] Kurogasa said, before hanging up.
"Was that Kurogasa?" Kyoshiro asked.
"Hai, anata, he's going to a card shop to make new friends there." Yukina said.
"Well that's good to hear!" Kyoshiro grinned. "It's good that he's getting new friends!"
"Come on Kurogasa, try and keep up!" Miwa yelled as he continued to run.
"It doesn't help that you got a head start on me!" Kurogasa yelled as he tried to catch up.
"Then you need to work out." Miwa teased.
"Hey! I'm not fat!" Kurogasa snapped.
Miwa grinned. "I never said you were." He then ran faster as an angry Kurogasa was hot on his heels.
"Get back here Miwa!" Kurogasa shouted.
"Oh, this is gonna be the start of a new friendship!" Miwa laughed.
"KONO YAROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Kurogasa yelled.
After several minutes of running down the streets of Hitsue, Kurogasa cooled down mostly, as he stopped to catch his breath, having his hands on his knees while Miwa was standing in front of the some store. "You're… really… enjoying this aren't you?" Kurogasa panted grudgingly, looking at Miwa.
"Hehehe, you know I'm just messing with ya." Miwa grinned.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever…" Kurogasa sighed, before finally managing to calm himself down and straighten himself out. He looked at what Miwa was looking at and saw that it was a card shop. Looking up, Kurogasa saw the sign and it said, Card Capital. "Is this the place you're talking about Miwa?"
"Yep, this is it." Miwa nodded.
"It doesn't look much."
"No, but it's still a great place to hang out." Miwa said with a grin. "Let's head inside now."
"Ok." Kurogasa and Miwa both walked through the sliding glass doors and into the shop.
"Oh, welcome back Miwa!" A forest green haired man with glasses who looked to be in his late thirties, said with a smile. He wore a white dress shirt with a red apron over it and blue jeans. He noticed Kurogasa standing there. "Hello! I'm Shin Nitta, the manager here at Card Capital!"
"Hi. I'm Kurogasa Kururugi." He greeted. "It's nice to meet you."
"He's the new kid on the block." Miwa said, pointing a thumb to him. "He just moved a couple days ago all the way from the USA and I'm showing him around."
"I see." Shin said with a smile. "Well Kurogasa, welcome to my shop, I hope you have a wonderful time."
"Thank you, sir." Kurogasa bowed slightly.
"Meow."
"Hm…?" Kurogasa asked as he felt something rub on one of his legs. He looked down to see a grey furred cat with white on its mouth going to his belly, having blue eyes and white paws and white at the tip of its tail. Around its neck was, a blue collar and a gold tag.
"Oh! I'm sorry about him." Shin said as Kurogasa picked the cat up and stated, "He's our Sub–Manager."
Kurogasa blinked a few times. "You're kidding right?" Shin gave a nervous smile. "You're actually serious."
"Ehehehehehe, not to worry, he's a good Sub–Manager looking after the shop." Shin said, only to have the cat glare at him, and the former deflated in defeat. "Sorry… I meant Manager…"
'Whipped by a cat… I would laugh if it wasn't so sad.' Kurogasa thought with a sweat drop as the cat squirmed out of his grip, jumped on the counter, and lied next to the cash register.
"Come on, let's sit down. The others will be here in a few minutes." Miwa said.
"Others?"
"Yes. Oh, there's also someone I want you to meet." Shin said, then called out, "Misaki~ we have a new customer~!" Kurogasa heard footsteps, and when he turned to see the person named Misaki, he tried his best to hide his blush. Misaki was about his age, having long, flowing, lilac hair that fell to her mid–back and has blue eyes. She wore a white dress shirt, underneath her pink apron with a pair of blue jeans and black shoes. "This is my niece Misaki Tokura." Shin introduced. "If you have any questions, feel free to ask her. Misaki, this is Kurogasa Kururugi, he's new here."
"It's nice to meet you." Misaki greeted as she bowed slightly.
"Uh… likewise…" Kurogasa said as a blush crept across his cheeks which caught Miwa's attention who grinned.
"Eyeing the counter girl eh? I didn't know you had it in ya." Miwa whispered so that Misaki didn't hear. Kurogasa elbowed Miwa in annoyance.
"Shut it, Miwa. What are you trying to do?" Kurogasa hissed.
"Oh c'mon, it's rare to see someone fall for her charm." Miwa grinned. "When it comes to her, she's a complete turn off for other men."
"You know that I can hear you right?" Misaki asked, making the person in question flinch.
Miwa laughed nervously. "I, uh, didn't mean it, I swear!"
Misaki glared at him. "You better not have meant it." The tone in her voice sent chills down both Miwa's and Kurogasa's spine.
'S–Scary…' Kurogasa thought.
She then turned to Kurogasa and said with a small soft smile, "Don't listen to that idiot, I'm actually really nice to be with."
"Ok, I won't listen to the idiot." Kurogasa said with a smirk as a dark cloud formed over Miwa's head.
"So cruel, both of you…" Miwa muttered.
"Hey, you brought it on yourself, not me." Kurogasa pointed out.
"That's true," Misaki said as a lightning bolt formed from the cloud over Miwa.
"EH?!" Everyone turned to see Aichi standing there as he pointed at, "Kurogasa?!"
Kurogasa looked taken aback too, "A–Aichi?!"
"Huh?" Miwa said surprised. Shin noticed as well.
"You two know each other?" Misaki asked.
"Yeah, his family had dinner with mine not too long ago." Kurogasa explained. "In fact, we're actually next door neighbors."
"Well, this certainly is a surprise." Shin said. "Now that you mention it, Aichi did say that a new family was moving in next door."
"Yep, that's me and my family." Kurogasa waved.
"What are you doing here?" Aichi asked.
"Oh, Miwa just wanted to show me around Card Capital and I just got introduced to Manager Shin and her niece before you showed up."
"I see." Aichi said.
"Yo Aichi," Miwa said, getting over his depression.
"Miwa–kun, is Kai–kun here?"
"Sorry bud, but he skipped out when we asked him." Miwa said.
"Oh… ok." Aichi said sadly.
"Huh? What's wrong?" Kurogasa asked.
"Aichi wants to have a cardfight with Kai again." Miwa explained.
"Why?"
"Well this kid in Aichi's school, Morikawa was it? He took a card that Kai gave Aichi a while back. He won it back, but told Aichi that if he wanted it back, he had to fight him. Aichi won, but Kai held back in that battle."
"Are you serious?" Kurogasa asked in disbelief.
"Yep, Kai's a really strong cardfighter." Miwa said. "He's actually the top cardfighter in this shop."
"Wow." That was the only word that came to Kurogasa's mind.
"Yeah, he's strong, but he can kinda rub people the wrong way." Miwa said.
"Yeah, I noticed…" Kurogasa frowned, before turning to Aichi. "What was the card Kai gave ya?"
"Blaster Blade," Aichi answered.
Kurogasa gawked, "Blaster Blade?! That's a rare card!"
Aichi nodded. "He gave it to me after I got bullied by a few kids. He said to imagine myself as the knight in the picture and I will be strong like the knight."
"Okay, so then why did his personality suddenly turn 180?" Kurogasa asked.
"Once again, you'll have to ask Kai about that." Miwa told him.
"Hey guys! What's up?!" A voice asked as the doors slid open to reveal a boy with tall black spiky hair with a spiky ponytail and red eyes. He wore a red vest that was open over his long–sleeved orange shirt, a pair of black shorts and a pair of red shoes.
Kurogasa leaned to Miwa. "Who's the shrimp?"
The kid gained a tick mark. "I'm not a shrimp!"
"That's Kamui Katsuragi." Miwa said. "Don't let his height fool ya. He's a strong cardfighter too. Kamui, meet the new kid in town."
"Uh… hi… name's Kurogasa Kururugi. Sorry for calling ya a shrimp." He laughed nervously.
Kamui simply huffed, "Nice to meet you, Kurogasa."
"Kurogasa moved next door to me, so we're neighbors." Aichi told Kamui who gave a huge grin.
"Sorry for getting mad Kuro–niisan!"
Kurogasa sweat dropped at that. 'Does everyone I meet have a 180 personality shift?'
"And with him, should be his two other friends."
"There's more?" Kurogasa asked.
"They're coming in right now." Misaki said as the doors slid open again.
"Kamui… runs… too fast." A small boy with blue hair tied into a ponytail and wearing glasses said in between breaths.
"TF… yo…" Another boy who was the same age as the other two said. He had light brown hair with a front ponytail on top of his head.
"Who are they?" Kurogasa asked.
"This is Reiji Uno and Eiji Saga." Miwa said. "Hey kids, meet the new guy!"
"Yo, name's Kurogasa Kururugi, nice to meet you!" Kurogasa said.
"It's nice to meet you! My name is Reiji and this is Eiji, welcome to Cardfight Capital!"
Eiji greeted with abbreviations, "WTCC yo!"
"Ohhhhh… a new kid on the block you say?" A new voice asked as the doors slid open, yet again. Everyone turned to the source of the voice and it turned out to be a middle schooler that had black hair spiked up in two parts. Next to him was another middle schooler who had short brown afro hair with brown eyes.
"Uh… yeah, I'm Kurogasa Kururugi. I'm new in town. Who are you two?"
"I'm Katsumi Morikawa!" He declared before dramatically pointing at Kurogasa. "I'm the strongest fighter here!"
"Morikawa huh…?" Kurogasa said. "So you're the guy who stole Aichi's Blaster Blade."
Morikawa flinched at that before he looked up at the ceiling and laughed nervously saying, "I–I don't know w–what you're talking about!"
"Don't try and hide it. Miwa and Aichi told me." Kurogasa said with a sickly sweet smile as Morikawa began to sweat a little bit.
"Just give it up." The afro boy sweat dropped before turning to Kurogasa. "I'm Izaki Yuta. It's nice to meet you Kurogasa."
"Same here," Kurogasa said, before he shook hands with him.
"Don't mind about Morikawa though. He's always like that." Izaki said.
"He's an even bigger idiot than Miwa." Misaki said bluntly.
"I can see that." Kurogasa said as both Miwa and Morikawa were suddenly in a corner with a cloud of depression over their heads.
"So cruel…" They both said.
"Not only that, Lose–umi sucks at cardfighting." Kamui snickered, making Morikawa pop a vessel in his head.
"That's not my name!" Morikawa yelled getting up in Kamui's face.
"No yelling." Misaki glared at him.
"H–Hai…"
'At least I'm not alone when it comes to not being good at card games…' Kurogasa chuckled in his thoughts.
"Yare, yare… we have one more customer/friend to add to the group, and it's already gotten lively around here." Shin sighed happily. "Saa, minna–san, I have an idea! Let's all welcome Kurogasa by letting him have his first cardfight here at Card Capital, whaddya say?" He suggested.
Morikawa perked up. "He can fight the great Morikawa!"
"Kurogasa would crush you." Miwa said as he caught a glimpse of Kurogasa's Deck when he dropped it. "How about Aichi, since he's Kurogasa's neighbor, it's only fitting."
Morikawa snapped, "WHAT?! Why would–"
*POP!*
Misaki popped a vessel. "I believe I said… no… yelling…" Misaki growled and glared. Morikawa hid behind Izaki in fear as everyone sweat dropped.
"So how about it Aichi, you want to have a cardfight?" Kurogasa asked.
"Eh, a–ano, my Deck isn't ready yet." Aichi said.
"Onii–san, I'll fight in your place!" Kamui said.
"Eh? Are you sure?" Aichi asked.
"Yeah, sure, besides, I always gotta check out my competition right? So what do you say?" Kamui looked at Kurogasa who smiled.
"Why not, I want to see where I stand, so let's go." Kurogasa said as he took out his Deck.
"This should be interesting." Shin mused as everyone but him and Misaki went to the cardfight table.
"Shin–san… Watch the counter." Misaki said, taking off her apron and going over to the table as well.
"Eh?! B–But I want to watch too!" Shin said as Misaki glared at Shin who backed away a little bit. "I'll just watch from the counter."
"Meow." The cat meowed.
Meanwhile, Kurogasa and Kamui were getting things ready for their cardfight. They placed their starting Vanguard down first before shuffling their Decks and placed it in the Deck Zone.
"This should be interesting." Kurogasa said. "I can't wait to see what clan I'll be facing."
"Same here, but I'm warning ya. I'm not gonna hold back." Kamui said as they each drew five cards.
"I'm not gonna hold back either." Kurogasa smirked back.
Meanwhile, the doors to the shop opened to reveal Kai. Although everyone that was watching the cardfight didn't notice him coming in.
"Ready?"
"You bet!"
"STAND UP, VANGUARD!"
On the planet of Cray, Kurogasa and Kamui stood on opposite ends of the battlefield. The scenery was a grey sky showing multiple planets and star. The ground they were standing on was a barren wasteland as they were engulfed in light, red for Kamui, blue for Kurogasa.
Kamui's form morphed into a giant red and white mecha robot. [Battleraizer – 3000 Power]
Kamui shouted, "Battleraizer!"
'Nova Grappler huh…?' Kurogasa thought to himself.
Kurogasa's form turned into the short brown haired boy with brown eyes, wearing the sleeveless white robe, brown sandals, and green wreath on his head, holding the golden staff with a trophy on top. And having a pair of angel wings behind his back. [Victory Angel – 4000 Power]
"Victory Angel!" Kurogasa replied in response.
"Eh? What's that?" Kamui asked. "I've never seen that card before!"
"Is that a new clan?" Aichi wondered. Everyone else looked curious and surprised too. Kai however, slightly narrowed his eyes.
"Uh–huh. They're called the Courier Saints." Kurogasa nodded.
"Courier Saints?" Everyone asked.
"Yeah. My dad made them. He's a Vanguard Card Designer." Kurogasa said sheepishly.
"A Vanguard Card Designer? That's so cool, Kuro–niisan!" Kamui said with excitement.
"Courier Saints…" Misaki murmured to herself.
"Impressive. I guess it was good that I came with this guy today, huh?" Miwa said to the others.
"Yeah. I can't wait to see what they can do." Aichi said.
"I can't wait what cool Grade 3 cards he has." Morikawa agreed as Izaki sweat dropped.
"So, who goes first?" Kurogasa asked.
"Since you're the guest of monitor, you should go first, Kuro–niisan." Kamui answered as Kurogasa sweat dropped at what his opponent said.
'Guest of monitor?' Kurogasa thought to himself.
"That's guest of honor, Kamui." Aichi corrected, making Kamui blushed in bit in embarrassment.
"Right. I meant that." Kamui said.
"Anyways, right, I'll go first." Kurogasa said. "Draw." He drew his sixth card. "I Ride Mail Charioteer!"
Victory Angel glowed brightly as he changed form into a man with red hair and green eyes while having an olive wreath on his head, wearing a white sleeveless robe with brown sandals on his feet. He was standing on a golden chariot that was being pulled by two white horse with gold armor on them and behind him was a huge brown sack of mail. [Mail Charioteer – 7000 Power]
"I move Victory Angel to the Rear Guard!" Kurogasa said as he moved Victory Angel's card out of the Soul and placed it at his bottom left circle.
A pillar of light rose from the ground and Victory Angel appeared. [Victory Angel – 4000 Power]
"I'll end my turn there."
Kurogasa
Hand: 5
Back Row: Empty/Empty/Victory Angel
Front Row: Empty/Mail Charioteer/Empty
Damage: None
Kamui
Hand: 5
Front Row: Empty/Battleraizer/Empty
Back Row: Empty/Empty/Empty
Damage: None
"Alright. The Great Kamui draws!" Kamui announced, making Kurogasa sweat drop again.
'Great? This cardfight just barely started…' Kurogasa thought to himself.
"The Great Kamui Rides Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer, Shout!" Kamui said as he placed the card on top of Battleraizer.
Taking the place of Battleraizer was a medium gray squid–like creature wearing a pair of silver headphones on his head with a microphone attached on the left headphone, a pair of black sunglasses and a red bowtie. He began to scream utter nonsense as he appeared. [Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer, Shout – 7000 Power]
"I move Battleraizer to the back." Kamui continued as he moved Battleraizer behind his Vanguard.
Soon, Battleraizer appeared behind Shout, towering over him a bit. [Battleraizer – 3000 Power]
"I Call another Shout!" Kamui said, placing the card onto the field.
Soon, another Shout appeared next to the first with a lighter complexion, but screaming the same utter nonsense as the first one. [Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer, Shout – 7000 Power]
Kamui looked at his hand and saw that he only had one Grade 2, King of Swords, in his hand. 'With only one Grade 2, I better increase my chances.' What he said out loud was, "I activate my Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer, Shout's skill. By resting him and discarding one card from my Hand, I can draw another card." Kamui turned his Rear Guard Shout sideways, discarded one card from his hand and drew another.
"So, if he's looking for a card, it's probably Genocide Jack, right?" Aichi asked Miwa, who was standing next to him.
"Possibly. He could be looking for a strong card to handle Kurogasa, especially since he's fighting against a clan we never heard of until today." Miwa answered, not taking his eyes off the match.
Kamui drew his card and saw it was a black mechanical creature with a head and body like a dragon, but had the build of a human. It also had green and gray blades on the sides of its claws and four glowing red eyes. It was his main Grade 2, Genocide Jack and when he drew it, Kamui couldn't help but get a small smirk that everyone noticed, especially Kurogasa.
'With that smirk, he probably got a card that could be useful to him later in the match. I better be careful of this kid, despite how he talks,' Kurogasa thought.
"With a boost from Battleraizer, My Vanguard Shout will attack your Vanguard!" Kamui said. "And with Battleraizer boosting a unit, he gives another +3000 Power along with his own!"
"No guard." Kurogasa replied.
Soon Battleraizer transferred his power to the Vanguard Shout. [7000 Power + 3000 Power + 3000 Power = 13000 Power]
"Drive Trigger, check," Kamui said revealing the top card.
[Drive Check – Queen of Hearts – No Trigger]
He inhaled enough air and shouted a roar of complete gibberish that caused Mail Charioteer to cover his ears, but still did damage to himself.
"Damage Trigger, check," Kurogasa said revealing the top card before putting it in the Damage Zone.
[Damage Check – Angel of Vision, Arael – No Trigger]
"That's it for my turn and since I used Battleraizer to boost Shout, he's placed back to the Deck and I shuffle." Kamui said, taking Battleraizer off the Field, placed it in his Deck, shuffled it and placed it back in its original position.
Kurogasa
Hand: 5
Back Row: Empty/Empty/Victory Angel
Front Row: Empty/Mail Charioteer/Empty
Damage: Angel of Vision, Arael (U)
Kamui
Hand: 5
Front Row: Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer Shout/Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer Shout/Empty
Back Row: Empty/Empty/Empty
Damage: None
"It's my turn! Stand and Draw!" Kurogasa said making his Hand at six. He smirked at what he got. "Get ready Kamui." He then raised his card in the air and glowed while chanting.
"A guardian's duty is to defend those who can't fight for themselves! Protect them with your life, my avatar! Ride! Guardian Saint, Alexander!"
Soon, white feathers flew around Mail Charioteer and his horses and a pillar of light engulfed him and the horse before the light dimmed down to reveal the heavy silver armored angel with his white blade at the ready. [Guardian Saint, Alexander – 9000 Power]
Everyone gasped as his Grade 2 was called, especially Aichi. Even Kai was slightly moved when he saw this, as well.
"Whew…" Miwa whistled.
"Wow! What a monster!" Reiji shouted in awe.
"WAM, yo." Eiji added.
"Kinda reminds me how you ride Blaster Blade, Aichi." Izaki said, making Aichi widen his eyes.
"It does." Aichi agreed.
'So that's his avatar, huh?' Kai thought.
"Call!" Kurogasa said as he placed two cards on the Field. The first in front of Victory Angel and the second behind Alexander. "Throne Courier, Sahaquiel and Command Angel!"
On the right from Alexander, a young man with brown hair peaking out of his green mailman's hat appeared. He was also wearing a green knight's armor and holding a large yellow and gray bazooka on his shoulders and had slightly gray wings on the back of his body. Behind Alexander was the pistol holding angel from his first fight against Kourin. [Throne Courier, Sahaquiel – 8000 Power], [Command Angel – 8000 Power]
"Wow! Those are nice cards, Kurogasa." Izaki said.
"Thanks." Kurogasa said.
"Whatever. They're not Grade 3's, so who cares?" Morikawa blurted out, which made Kurogasa a little mad.
"They're cards made by my dad, so keep your stupid opinion to yourself!" Kurogasa snapped, which shocked the others a bit.
"Wow." Miwa said.
That opinion from Morikawa earned the Grade 3 lover a large slap from Misaki. "Baka…"
"What was that for?" Morikawa winced from the slap.
"For making fun of Kurogasa's cards, Lose–umi." Reiji said in anger.
"KC, jerk." Eiji added.
"Fine, then. I'll be quiet." Morikawa apologized.
"Don't worry, Kuro–niisan. We'll just ignore him for the rest of the match. Keep going with your turn."
"Gladly." Kurogasa said flipping two of his cards sideways, "Boosted by Command Angel, Alexander attacks your Vanguard!"
"No guard." Kamui said.
Right after Command Angel boosted and gave his power to Alexander, the blade–wielding Courier Saint flew over Shout, who tried to flee from the incoming attack. [9000 Power + 8000 = 17000 Power]
"Drive Trigger, check," Kurogasa said revealing the top card and it glowed red. "Draw Trigger! I give the +5000 Power to Sahaquiel and draw a card!" He said doing just that making his Hand at five.
[Drive Check – Stamp Falcon – Draw Trigger]
However, Shout couldn't avoid the attack and got hit anyway.
"Damage Trigger, check." Kamui said, revealing the top card of his deck and it glowed yellow. "Critical Trigger. All effects go to my Vanguard Shout."
Despite being hit, Shout regained some momentum from the gain of power. [7000 Power + 5000 Power = 12000 Power]
[Damage Check – Red Lightning – Critical Trigger]
"With a boost from Victory, Sahaquiel attacks your Vanguard!" Kurogasa said next.
"No guard." Kamui said.
Victory Angel glowed, transferring his power to Sahaquiel while the latter glowed brightly. [8000 Power + 5000 Power + 4000 Power = 17000 Power] Sahaquiel charged his attack from his bazooka and fired a large blast of energy at Shout, doing more damage.
"Damage Trigger, check." Kamui said, revealing another top card from his deck.
[Damage Check – Tough Boy – No Trigger]
"I end my turn."
Kurogasa
Hand: 5
Back Row: Empty/Command Angel/Victory Angel
Front Row: Empty/Guardian Saint, Alexander/Throne Courier, Sahaquiel
Damage: Angel of Vision, Arael (U)
Kamui
Hand: 5
Front Row: Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer Shout/Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer Shout/Empty
Back Row: Empty/Empty/Empty
Damage: Red Lightning (U), Tough Boy (U)
"My turn. The Great Kamui Rides Genocide Jack!" Kamui said, after drawing his card to make his Hand at six. Spinning the card on his finger, he then slapped the card on the Field.
Shout transformed into the dragon–like machine he got earlier and soon after being called, Jack gave a menacing roar. [Genocide Jack – 11000 Power]
"Wait a minute. That card is strong as a Grade 3!" Kurogasa gasped.
"I know. I'll get to why that is, soon. Now, I call King of Sword, Queen of Hearts, and Tough Boy!" Kamui said, placing down the next three cards after Jack, putting King of Swords next to him, Tough Boy behind him and Queen of Hearts behind the King.
On the field appeared a large machine that looked like a king with a white body, yellow spikes on his shoulders and head and holding a large black sword, a smaller machine behind him with red armor similar looking to robes draped over her with a yellow cover over her head and held a white staff with a pink heart, and a bulky–looking gray machine with yellow and green linings on its body and three shields on its back and the sides of his shoulders. [King of Sword – 10000 Power], [Queen of Heart – 6000 Power], [Tough Boy – 8000 Power]
"Impressive line–up, Kamui." Kurogasa praised.
"Thanks, but fluttering will get you nowhere." Kamui said.
"It's flattery, Kamui." Reiji whispered to his friend.
"IFK, yo." Eiji added.
"Whatever! Before I attack, Jack's skill, Restraint, forces me to Counterblast, getting him to rev into gear."
Jack's eyes glowed red, before roaring.
"That explains his power!" Kurogasa said, raising his eyebrow in understanding.
"Yep and now with a boost from Tough Boy, Jack attacks and since he's boosted by a Nova Grappler with him being my Vanguard, he gains an extra +5000 power!" Kamui shouted.
"No way!" Kurogasa gasped. "Grrr… No guard."
"Drive Trigger, check," Kamui said, revealing the top card before it glowed yellow. "Critical Trigger! I give the critical to Jack and the +5000 Power to King of Sword!"
[Drive Check – Red Lightning – Critical Trigger]
Tough Boy glowed white and transferred all of its energy to Jack. [11000 Power + 8000 Power + 5000 Power = 24000/Critical: 1–2] Jack blasted a intense beam of energy, engulfing Alexander in a large explosion.
"Damage Trigger, double check." Kurogasa said sadly, revealing the top two cards.
[Damage Check – Mail Tracker, Zadkiel – No Trigger]
[Damage Check – Mail Assigner – No Trigger]
"With a boost from the Queen, the King attacks. Also, when she supports King of Sword in an attack, she adds another +4000, making this a whopping 25000 attack!" Kamui said in excitement.
Gaining power from the Queen of Hearts, King of Sword raised his blade as the all of the power was transferred to it [10000 Power + 6000 Power + 5000 Power + 4000 Power = 25000 Power]
"Not gonna happen!" Kurogasa said, "Sahaquiel, Intercept! When he intercepts, he gains another +5000 Shield! Plus, I'll guard with Stamp Falcon and Rainbow Wings!"
As the king–like machine was about to slash Alexander, Sahaquiel, along with Rainbow Wings and a large falcon holding an oversized stamp with red ink on the bottom appeared in front of their friend, stopping the attack [9000 Power + 10000 Shield + 5000 Shield + 5000 Shield = 29000 Power] before disappearing into motes of light.
"Now Rainbow Wings's skill activates! When he's placed in the Guardian Circle and is put in the Drop Zone after, I can Counterblast one card, and Call him to a Rear Guard Circle!"
"What?!" Kamui gasped as did the others.
Rainbow Wings appeared on the field next to Command Angel. [Rainbow Wings – 6000 Power]
"It can do that?" Izaki asked.
"Hmmm… It seems that the Courier Saints work better when guarding others and even benefitting after being used." Misaki muttered loud enough for Shin to hear.
"That's what the Courier Saints are all about Misaki." Kurogasa said as he placed a hand over his heart with eyes closed. "They protect the things that matter. Things they hold dear and precious." He opened them back up, "Even if it's as simple as a message, they will make sure that it is carry out and delivered and will protect it and each other with their lives."
"Whoa." Aichi said. "They're like my Royal Paladins!"
"Yeah. Each one has their back when battling, or that's what I think at least." Miwa said while Kai just looked on.
'Protecting the things that matter most… huh?' Kai thought.
"Alright. My turn's done." Kamui said.
Kurogasa
Hand: 3
Back Row: Rainbow Wings/Command Angel/Victory Angel
Front Row: Empty/Guardian Saint, Alexander/Empty
Damage: Angel of Vision, Arael (F), Mail Tracker, Zadkiel (U), Mail Assigner (U)
Kamui
Hand: 3
Front Row: Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer Shout/Genocide Jack/King of Sword
Back Row: Empty/Tough Boy/Queen of Hearts
Damage: Red Lightning (F), Tough Boy (U)
"My turn!" Kurogasa said as he drew his next card, increasing his Hand to four. He took the next card from his Hand and he held it near his forehead as the card glowed.
"The mail will pass through no matter the cost! Clear the way, Road of Heaven! Ride! Postmaster General, Michael!"
At that point, Alexander glowed brightly and a beam of light shot towards the virtual sky making light shine while the clouds dispersed. Descending down was the 7ft. man with silver and blue armor with his head armor similar to that of a postman's cap. Equipped to his arms were gauntlets with two serrated swords that stick out and has a large pair of white angel wings. [Postmaster General, Michael – 11000 Power]
"Alright! A Grade 3!" Morikawa cheered.
"Seriously?" Izaki sweat dropped.
"It's amazing." Aichi said.
Misaki agreed as she nodded, but as she saw that angel and then looked at Kurogasa, she couldn't help but blush a bit at how confident and happy he was, playing his card.
"And get this, when Guardian Saint, Alexander is rode by a Grade 3 Courier Saint, I can take him out of the Soul and place him in the Rear Guard circle!"
"EHHHHHHHH?!" Kamui gawked.
"Mattaku, he's just full of surprises." Miwa scoffed good–naturedly, almost laughing.
"Call! Seraphiel, Messenger of the Holy Flame!" Kurogasa said, placing the Rear Guard in front of Victory Angel.
In front of Victory Angel, the wielder of the golden bow appeared, ready to fight. [Seraphiel, Messenger of the Holy Flame – 9000 Power]
"With a boost from Victory Angel, Seraphiel will attack your Vanguard!" Kurogasa said, flipping the cards sideways.
"No guard." Kamui said.
Seraphiel charged up her arrow that was on the golden bow as Victory Angel powered her up. [9000 Power + 4000 Power = 13000 Power] Seraphiel fired her arrow, striking Jack in his chest with an explosion.
"Damage Trigger, check." Kamui said, revealing the top card of his deck.
[Damage Check – Mr. Invincible – No Trigger]
"With a boost from Command Angel, Michael will attack your Vanguard! And with this, I'll activate his skill! By Counterblasting two and discarding a copy of Postmaster General, Michael, if and when he successfully attacks, when your turn comes up, your Rear Guard can't Boost!"
"WHAT?!" Everyone but Kai gawked.
Fueled by Command Angel's power, Michael was ready and flew right over to his target with swords at the ready. [11000 Power + 8000 Power = 19000 Power]
"No way that will hit me. I guard with Red Lightning!" Kamui said, placing the card in his hand onto the Guardian Circle.
In view of Michael's target, a red creature with a weirdly shaped body, coils for arms and was creating crackling electricity was guarding Jack from his attack. [11000 Power + 10000 Shield = 21000 Power]
"Twin Drive, check," Kurogasa said, revealing the top two cards and one of them glowed red.
[Drive Check – Stamp Falcon – Draw Trigger]
[Drive Check – Prism Angel – No Trigger]
"Draw Trigger! I give the +5000 Power to Michael and I draw!" Kurogasa said, doing what he did now making his Hand at four.
"These messages are embodiments of hope, love, and peace. Do not allow them to be disrupted! Burst, Solemn Decree!"
Michael, with newfound power from the trigger, charged in at Jack [19000 Power + 5000 Power = 24000 Power] Michael drew out his sword and it shined brightly before slashing it with his sword while sending a golden wave of light.
"Damage Trigger, check." Kamui said, drawing the next top card of his Deck and it glowed red too.
[Damage Check – Three Minutes – Draw Trigger]
"Heh, I got a Draw Trigger, meaning I draw a card too!" Kamui smirked as he drew to make his Hand go back at three.
Jack glowed with power. [11000 Power + 5000 Power = 16000 Power]
"Shoot… Alexander can't get through with Rainbow Wings's power boost." Kurogasa gritted. 'But at least Kamui can't Boost without retiring his Units to replace them.' He then said out loud, "I'll end my turn there."
Kurogasa
Hand: 4
Back Row: Rainbow Wings/Command Angel/Victory Angel
Front Row: Guardian Saint, Alexander/Postmaster General, Michael/Seraphiel, Messenger of the Holy Flame
Damage: Angel of Vision, Arael (F), Mail Tracker, Zadkiel (F), Mail Assigner (F)
Kamui
Hand: 3
Front Row: Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer Shout/Genocide Jack/King of Sword
Back Row: Empty/Tough Boy/Queen of Hearts
Damage: Red Lightning (F), Tough Boy (U), Mr. Invincible (U), Three Minutes (U)
"My turn." Kamui said, drawing his next card, but gritted a bit, remembering Michael's skill.
"This is done…" Kai muttered.
"Hm? You say something, Kai?" Miwa overheard.
"Eh?" Everyone asked turning to notice Kai.
"Kai–kun!" Aicha recognized. "When did you…"
"Even if the twerp replaces his Vanguard and Rear Guards, his opponent will still stop it." Kai said.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?! That's it! I'll show you! You're going down, Kurogasa!" Kamui roared.
"O–Oi, Kamui…" Kurogasa said a bit surprised. 'That guy has a point, though. Kamui will need a good card to win. I got this.'
Kamui raised his card as it spun on his finger and chanted…
"Calling the ultimate battlin' robo that has seen the light of day! The Great Kamui rides ASURA KAISER!"
Replacing Jack was a towering robot with red armor on its shoulders and legs and a mostly black body. In each of its coiled arms was a thin sword, thick blade, axe with sharp peen and a spiked flail. After appearing, its red eyes lit on with energy. [Asura Kaiser – 11000 Power]
"Um… Kamui? Might wanna cool down just a bit." Kurogasa said nervously.
"No way! I'm not letting that jerk mess me up!" Kamui said in anger.
"Too late for that…" Misaki muttered. "With his anger, he'll lose focus of the match."
"I Call Cray Soldier and another Tough Boy, replacing Queen of Hearts and the Rear Guard Tough Boy! Then I move Shout to the back and Call Genocide Jack!"
Replacing the held units was another Tough Boy, replacing the first, and a skinny gray skinned warrior with a small blaster for Queen of Hearts. As for Shout, he moved back and in his previous spot was another Jack, roaring soon after he appeared. [Tough Boy – 8000 Power], [Cray Soldier – 4000 Power], [Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer, Shout – 7000 Power], [Genocide Jack – 11000 Power]
"As expected from Kamui. He replaced the Rear guards that couldn't boost this turn." Aichi said in surprise. "However, I wonder if Kai's prediction was right."
"Kai's normally never wrong with that, but weirder things have happened." Miwa said.
"Come on! You can win this, Kamui! You're the great one!" Reiji cheered.
"YTGO, yo!" Eiji cheered as well.
"I release Jack once more." Kamui said.
The Rear guard Jack's eye gleamed red as it activated.
"Now, Jack's going to slam into you with a boost from Shout!" Kamui said, flipping the card sideways.
Shout supported with cheers and giving its power to Genocide Jack, giving the beast enough power to attack. [11000 Power + 7000 Power = 18000 Power]
"No guard." Kurogasa frowned.
Jack slashed the angel down with ferocity.
[Damage Check – Command Angel – No Trigger]
"Now, with a boost from Cray Soldier, King of Sword will attack!"
Cray Soldier lent its power to King of Sword, charging it back to attack. [10000 Power + 4000 Power = 14000 Power]
"Guard, Stamp Falcon!" Kurogasa countered, placing it in the Guardian Circle, making his Hand at 3.
"All or nothing! With a boost from Tough Boy, Asura Kaiser will attack!" Kamui said, shifting his center cards sideways.
Boosted by Tough Boy, Asura Kaiser began to take its attack on Michael. [11000 Power + 8000 Power = 19000 Power]
"…No guard." Kurogasa muttered.
"EH?!" The spectators said confused.
"Oh boy… he's risking it. He better hope Kamui doesn't Drive Check a Critical Trigger." Miwa said.
"Twin Drive, check." Kamui said as he drew the top cards of his deck with one glowed a slight blue. However, that glow wasn't from a trigger.
[Drive Check – Asura Kaiser – No Trigger]
[Drive Check – King of Sword – No Trigger]
As he saw the Grade 3, Kamui chuckled, despite not landing the final hit. Kurogasa was confused as to why.
"What's so funny?" Kurogasa asked.
"It's because of Asura Kaiser's skill. When I draw a Grade 3 Nova Grappler, I can stand a Rear Guard, and that's Jack!" Kamui explained as Kurogasa gasped.
"No way!" Kurogasa got out.
Asura Kaiser lashed its weapons at Michael, the latter cringing while skidding backwards.
[Damage Check – Throne Courier, Sahaquiel – No Trigger]
"Now, Jack, let's rev it up and end this!" Kamui said, shifting his Rear guard sideways again.
Despite the lack of boost from Shout, the draconic machine still lashed out at Michael. [11000 Power]
"Guard! Prism Angel!" Kurogasa declared placing it in the Guardian Circle.
A female angel in white clothing and long flowing blonde hair, holding two large crystal prisms appeared in between Jack and Michael, guarding her best. [11000 Power + 5000 Shield = 16000 Power] Prism Angel took a long sigh as her job was done and disappeared in motes of light.
"Gh… I end my turn." Kamui gritted.
Kurogasa
Hand: 2
Back Row: Rainbow Wings/Command Angel/Victory Angel
Front Row: Guardian Saint, Alexander/Postmaster General, Michael/Seraphiel, Messenger of the Holy Flame
Damage: Angel of Vision, Arael (F), Mail Tracker, Zadkiel (F), Mail Assigner (F), Command Angel (U), Throne Courier, Sahaquiel (U)
Kamui
Hand: 3
Front Row: Genocide Jack/Asura Kaiser/King of Sword
Back Row: Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer, Shout/Tough Boy/Cray Soldier
Damage: Red Lightning (F), Tough Boy (F), Mr. Invincible (F), Three Minutes (U)
"Okay Kamui, before I start, you need to cool down." Kurogasa frowned.
"Whatever. Keep going, Kuro–niisan…" Kamui said, slightly calmer than before.
"I don't know what his problem is, but you let your emotions get the better of you. You lost focus." Kurogasa said before standing his units and drawing his card to make his Hand at three. "I thought it was going to be a fun cardfight, but now it's going to end on a bittersweet note on my part because you let him get under your skin."
"…" Kamui remained silent.
"Look, you told me to ignore Morikawa. Now I'm telling you to ignore Kai. Let's just keep going and have a good time. Okay?"
Kamui didn't say anything but growl at Kurogasa's words. 'Kurogasa's right. Kai is just… No! I have to keep my emotions over control like he said, or is it under? Whether it's right or not, he's right.' He then looked at him with a grin, "You're right. Sorry about that."
"Heh… good. Now I won't feel bad about beating you." Kurogasa smirked before raising his card in the air while chanting.
"The beacon of hope guides those who were lead astray by despair! Fly down and deliver the message of redemption! Ride! My Final Vanguard! Silver Beacon, Uriel!"
Taking Michael, as his position was wrapped in a pillar of shining light, was a beautiful female angel with blond hair and red jewels wrapped around her hair. She wore a yellow vatican's hat and a white and yellow robe with a black line at the torso and had two long white wings. She held a long spear with a crystal at the spearhead. As she flew down, she stared at the opposition with a fierce, unwavering look of determination. [Silver Beacon, Uriel – 10000 Power]
Kai's eyes widened at what he said, 'Final… masaka… does he…'
"Now it's time to battle! And when I start my Battle Phase, Uriel's skill activates! By Counterblasting two cards from my Damage Zone, my front Rear Guard gains +3000 Power!"
"What?!" Kamui gasped.
Both Seraphiel and Alexander gained power when they glowed. [9000 Power + 3000 Power = 12000 Power] x2
"With a boost from Victory Angel, Seraphiel attacks Asura Kaiser!" He declared, flipping the two cards sideways.
"No guard." Kamui gritted.
Victory Angel boosted Seraphiel as the latter drew her bow back. [12000 Power + 4000 Power = 16000 Power] She then released the arrow and it exploded on contact.
"Damage Trigger, check." Kamui said revealing the top card.
[Damage Check – Genocide Jack – No Trigger]
"With a boost from Command Angel, Uriel attacks your Vanguard!" Kurogasa said next.
Command Angel glowed white and transferred all of his power to Uriel as the latter glowed brightly. [10000 Power + 8000 Power = 18000 Power]
"Jack and King of Sword will intercept!" Kamui, placing his two Rear Guards in the Guardian Circle.
The mechanical dragon and king got in front of Asura Kaiser to protect him. [11000 Power + 5000 Shield + 5000 Shield = 21000 Power]
"Twin Drive." Kurogasa said, before revealing his two cards.
[Drive Check – Soul Healer, Raphael – No Trigger]
[Drive Check – Airline Communicator, Gabriel – No Trigger]
Uriel's crystal spear shined brilliantly before releasing a wave of different colors of light, destroying Jack and King of Sword into motes of light.
"You got lucky, but you won't be so lucky with that last attack! Boosted by Rainbow Wings, Alexander attacks your Vanguard!"
Kamui looked at his Hand, and saw that he only had King of Sword to use. "No guard…" He said.
The rainbow winged eagle screeched as it transferred its power to Alexander. [12000 Power + 6000 Power = 18000 Power] The silver armored angel knight then flew towards Asura as his sword shined bright before slashing it causing Asura Kaiser to explode.
[Damage Check – Asura Kaiser – No Trigger]
FINAL RESULTS:
Kurogasa
Hand: 4
Back Row: Rainbow Wings/Command Angel/Victory Angel
Front Row: Guardian Saint, Alexander/Silver Beacon, Uriel/Seraphiel, Messenger of the Holy Flame
Damage: Angel of Vision, Arael (F), Mail Tracker, Zadkiel (F), Mail Assigner (F), Command Angel (F), Throne Courier, Sahaquiel (F)
Kamui
Hand: 3
Front Row: Empty/Asura Kaiser/Empty
Back Row: Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer, Shout/Tough Boy/Cray Soldier
Damage: Red Lightning (F), Tough Boy (F), Mr. Invincible (F), Three Minutes (U), Genocide Jack (U), Asura Kaiser (U)
"I lost." Kamui said, but then smiled. "But, that was fun. Thanks for the awesome fight, Kuro–niisan."
"I should be saying thanks. This is the second time I won with this Deck since I moved here." Kurogasa said, making Kai raise an eyebrow with interest.
"Really? Well, next time we cardfight, I'll be the victor." Kamui said as he held out his fist.
"Heh, I look forward to it." Kurogasa smirked, bumping his fist with his own.
"Well, well, that was an interesting fight," Shin said approaching the group.
"Hai. It was." Aichi smiled with a nod.
"Heh, heh, that's my pupil for ya! I taught him well!" Morikawa boasted.
"You didn't even do anything…" Izaki sweat dropped.
"That was fun to watch, huh Kai?" Miwa grinned, but as he turned around, Kai was already leaving the store. "Mattaku… he never changes." He sighed with a sad smile. Meanwhile, Kurogasa was trying to have a conversation with Misaki.
"So uh… what did you think?" He asked her.
"It was okay… for the first time seeing that clan." Misaki blushed enough for the other guys to notice.
"Heh~ what's this? Misaki is blushing?" Miwa grinned.
"Urusai…" Misaki glowered, giving him a death glare.
"Ah, young love… Misaki, if you do like him…" Shin butted in.
"Stop talking…" Misaki glowered with a darker death glare.
"Awww… those two deserve each other…" Morikawa teased.
"What are you talking about?! We're not like that! And we just met for crying out loud!" Kurogasa snapped with a heavy blush.
"The blushes on your faces doesn't help." Miwa snickered.
"Do not make me break your bones…" Misaki threatened cracking her knuckles, making the teasers flinch.
"Ehehehehehehehe…" Aichi could only watch the scene with a nervous laugh and sweat drop.
"More or less, I think Kurogasa is going to fit in just fine." Izaki said.
"Yep." Kamui added.
"Totally true!" Reiji nodded with a grin.
"TT, yo!" Eiji agreed.
Meanwhile Kai was walking on his way home, but he was particularly thinking about the cardfight Kurogasa had with Kamui.
"Ride! My Final Vanguard!"
Those words echoed in his mind as he kept walking.
"Final Vanguard. Something tells me to keep an eye on that kid. If not…" Kai said to himself as he stared into the sky with a leaf blowing in the wind.
Fenikkusumaru: Boom! Just like that, another chapter of Cardfight Vanguard: Rise of the Courier Saints is in the books!
BlasterDragonoid: How did you all like it? I loved it! Kamui vs. Kurogasa, nice. If only Kai had a personality during this first season…
Fennikusumaru: Yeah I know, but her what can you do? But at least the others were nice to Kurogasa, plus we see some romance foreshadowing! X3
BlasterDragonoid: Yes, some love between Kurogasa and Misaki, so cute! First love is so lovely!
Fenikkusumaru: Don't even think about criticizing on how Misaki reacts to love situations like this readers. Remember what we told you first chapter, if the canon characters are OOC, you'll have to deal with it, because that's how we wrote them out. So no flames!
BlasterDragonoid: No flames and no bad talking! We mean it! Anyways, what's next, Fenny?
Fenikkusumaru: Well, they have to stay tuned and find out BD, you know that.
BlasterDragonoid: Such a party pooper… But, you're right!
Fenikkusumaru: So don't forget to Favorite, Subscribe, and Review people! We'll see you next chapter!
Both: STAND UP! VANGUARD!
Stamp Falcon
Grade: 0
Trigger Unit
Clan – Courier Saint
Race – High Beast
Power: 5000 / Shield: 5000
Draw Trigger
[ACT] (RC) [Counterblast (1)]: When you call this unit to a (RC), if you have a «Courier Saint» vanguard, you may pay the cost. If you do, Move this unit to the Soul and draw two cards.
Prism Angel
Grade: 1
Normal Unit
Clan – Courier Saint
Race – Angel
Power: 6000 / Shield: 5000
[AUTO] (RC): [Counterblast (1)] When your «Courier Saint» is attacked, you may pay the cost. If you do, move this unit to (GC).
Mail Charioteer
Grade: 1
Normal Unit
Clan – Courier Saint
Race – Human
Power: 7000 / Shield: 5000
[ACT] (VC/RC): [Rest this unit & Choose a card from your Hand, and discard it] Draw a card.
Throne Courier, Sahaquiel
Grade: 2
Normal Unit
Clan – Courier Saint
Race – Angel
Power: 8000 / Shield: 5000
[AUTO]: When this unit, Intercepts, if you have a «Courier Saint» Vanguard, this unit gets [Shield] +5000 until the end of that battle.
Silver Beacon, Uriel
Grade: 3
Normal Unit
Clan – Courier Saint
Race – Angel
Power: 10000
[AUTO] (VC): [Counterblast (2)] When your «Courier Saint» Intercepts, you may pay the cost. If paid, that unit gets [Shield] +5000 until the end of that turn.
[AUTO] (VC): [Counterblast (2)] When your Battle Phase starts, you may pay the cost. If you do, your «Courier Saint» (RG) in the front row gets [Power] +3000 until the end of the turn.
(Top cards were made and edited by me and Digidramon. All creative rights go to us.)
