-Well, I got the day off today unexpectedly, and I had nothing else to do, so I figured I would write another chapter. Thanks to the reviewer and I hope to receive more!"
Chapter 2 The Angel Versus the Goddess
"Whew." Kamui said, sitting on the chair. "Kourin-san is amazing!" He said, losing another match. "I can tell we're going to get a lot stronger with her around!" He said, pumping his fist in excitement. He had lost more than he had won, and he had won plenty of matches. Aichi had been watching most of the fights, and he could see how his deck would work against these two types of players. 'Little by little, I'm beginning to feel a connection with this clan.' He had been thinking all day.
As the Next fight began, Aichi and Kamui got to the sides of the table to watch Kourin have a Cardfight against Misaki. The pink haired woman readied her cards. She overconfident that she had all of Kourin's deck. Angel Feathers was a very potent deck to contend with, and Kourin wasn't exactly static, she was learning more and more as well.
"Stand Up, Vanguard!" Kourin and Misaki shouted as one, flipping over their face down cards. In their minds, a battle was begging on top of clouds. A bird glared at its opponent "Godhawk Ichibyoshi." Misaki said.
"Hope Child, Turiel" Kourin said. "I'll draw...and Ride Thousand Ray Pegasus. Hope Child moves to the rearguard. I end my turn."
"I draw." Misaki said, setting her cards, "Godhawk Ichibiyoshi's skill lets me check for a Goddess of the Crescent Moon, Tsukiyomi and superior ride her." She said, checking the top 5. "Superior Ride!" She said, slapping the card down, the bird transforming into a little chibi woman. "I call a second Goddess of the Crescent Moon. This one will attack your vanguard."
"Huh? Why is Misaki using her Tsukiyomi deck?" Kamui asked.
"Well, just because she has a different deck doesn't mean shes going to completely forget about her first one." Aichi said.
"Checking for a damage trigger." Kourin said, turning up nothing.
"My vanguard will now attack your vanguard." Misaki said, putting her unit to rest.
"I don't guard." Kourin said.
"Checking for a Drive Trigger... I got a critical trigger." Misaki said, showing her the card. "That's an extra damage to Goddess of the Crescent Moon."
"Checking for a Damage Trigger. First check... nothing. Second check... draw trigger. I draw."
"Turn end." Misaki said, both Goddess' of the Crescent Moon looked quite pleased with themselves.
"Three damage on her first turn! Misaki-san is getting deadly!" Kamui said with a hint of awe Aichi nodding in agreement.
"Draw," Kourin said, picking a card up. "I ride Million Ray Pegasus." She said, the horse behind her growing bigger, gaining an upgrade in weaponry as well. "I also call Thousand Ray Pegasus and Core Memory Armaros. I will use her counterblast." She said, flipping over the Chief Nurse, Shamsiel and Pure Keeper, Requiel, drawing a card due to that effect. "I call Love Machine Gun, Nociel. Her effect lets me take a card from my hand and place it into the damage zone. This allows me to pick up a card from my damage zone and add it to my hand." She said, returning Chief Nurse, Shamsiel to her hand."
"She added a Grade 3 to her hand! That's my Kourin!" Morikawa said, and the others winced.
"That WAS a good plan though, Using Nociels effect to both get a Grade 3 in her hand, and its basically the same as un-flipping a card, a lot like my deck." Kamui said, nodding in approval.
"Because a card was added to the Damage zone, Thousand Ray Pegasus attack power will go up by 2000, and Million Rays will go up by 3000. With a boost from Thousand Ray Pegasus, Million Ray will attack your vanguard/
"21000 attack power!" Aichi said. Misaki looked at her hand, deciding it wasn't worth wasting a lot of cards. "No Guard."
"Checking the drive trigger... " Kourin said, not revealing a trigger. "With a boost from Hope Child, Love Machine Gun Nociel will attack your vanguard."
"Lozenge Magus will guard that attack."
"Now Core Memory Armaros."
"Damage check. Nothing."
"I end my turn."
"Then it's my turn. I draw." Misaki said. "I use Goddess of The Crescent Moon's skill to look at the top five cards of my deck and search for Goddess of the Half Moon... it's not here." Misaki said, reordering the cards and placing them at the bottom of her deck. "I ride Goddess of the Half Moon, Tsukiyomi from my hand, her ability letting me soul charge 2." Misaki said, the Crescent moon getting a bird to stand on, but looked just as serious as before. "I call Silent Tom and Oracle Guardian, Gemini. With a boost from Gemini, Silent Tom will attack your vanguard.
"No guard." Kourin said, knowing full well of Silent Tom's ability to prevent Grade 0's from intercepting, and she wasn't going to wast two 10000 shields on it. "Checking for a Damage Trigger... It's a heal trigger. I give the plus 5000 to my vanguard and heal one damage." Kourin said, removing her flied card and sending it to the drop zone.
"Goddess of the Half Moon Tsukiyomi will attack your vanguard."
"No guard." Kourin said.
"Drive trigger... nothing." Misaki said, adding the card to her hand.
A crows was beginning to form around them as kids began strolling in. "Hey, it's Kourin from Ultra Rare! " One said, and the flocking quickly commenced. Kourin wanted to call out that she was retiring, but figured it should wait until her sisters made the official announcement. No use in making a bunch of kids cry right in front of her.
Morikawa intervened, getting out a mega-horn from seemingly nowhere. "Keep order, I know how it feels to want to be with my Honey, but don't surround her at once!" He said. Miwa gave that laugh that said 'What an Idiot ."
"I draw." Kourin said, adding another card in her. 'Misaki Tokura... she plays by cycling through her deck as fast as she can so she will eventually know all the cards in order. I saw that at Nationals last year.' She thought to herself, looking at Misaki's hand. "She still has a few cards to guard with as well. I need to start by depleting those."
"I ride Chief Nurse, Shamsiel." Kourin said, her Pegasus transforming into a young woman holding a needle and syringe. "I will use Hope Child's effect, Counter blasting one, moving Hope Child and placing a card from my hand to my damage zone, then adding a card from my Damage zone to my hand. "She said, retrieving the card she just flipped. "I retire Love Machine gun Nociel, and call one Million Ray Pegasus and two Thousand Ray Pegasuses to the field. " My vanguard and the Pegasus behind it both gain 2000 power thanks to a card entering the damage zone.. With a boost from My first Pegasus knight, Love Machine Gun Nociel will attack Silent Tom."
The archer like angel shot down the one that looked entirely like a mafia boss, Misaki moving him to the drop zone."
"With a boost from Thousand Ray Pegasus, Chief Nurse Shamsiel. will attack your vanguard.
"Lozenge Magus and Battle Sister ginger will guard that attack." Misaki said, the called monsters appearing to shield their leader from harm.
"Checking the twin drive. First check, nothing. Second check... critical trigger., I give all effects to my vanguard." She said. Misaki double damaged check, both revealing nothing. "With a boost from thousand ray Pegasus, Million Ray Pegasus will attack your vanguard."
"Dark Cat, Goddess of the Crescent moon, and another crescent will stop that attack."
"Boosted by any other Thousand Ray Pegasus, Core Memory Armaros will attack your vanguard."
"No guard." Misaki said, checking the damage trigger. "Draw Trigger." She said, drawing. She drew once Kourin declared that her turn was over. "Goddess of the Half moon's skill- I search for the top 5 cards for Goddess of the full moon... superior ride!" Misaki called, Her vanguard growing in size a bit, though the appearance was largely the same.
"Now this... is girl power!" Miwa said in awe. "Two women fighting with humble gr ace."
"That doesn't sound like something you would say." Kamui said, and Miwa just laughed at that. Aichi had to agree though: Even though sparks were flying between these two it reminded Aichi f... yes, like their vanguards were dancing, or something of the like.
"I call two CEO Amaterasu." She said, , two sun goddess coming to assist the Goddess of the Moon. "With a boost From Oracle Guardian Gemini, CEO Amaterasu will attack your vanguard.
"Critical Hit Angel will stop that attack." Kourin said, and angel appearing in Amaterasu's firing path..
"Goddess of the Full moon Tsukiyomi will attack your vanguard.."
"I'll have Million Ray Pegasus and Core Memory intercept that attack."
"Twin Drive Check. First Check... second check." Misaki said. "My remaining Amaterasu will attack your vanguard."
Kourin flipped over a damage trigger, 4 in total now. Misaki had managed to tie the game with that. Misaki still had a few cards remaining, and she was getting closer to recycling her deck again. When Misaki ended her turn, Kourin drew,
"I call two The Phoenix, Calamity Flame
s." She said. Women in red feather like robes appearing behind her to glare t Misaki's line up. "Boosted by Thousand Ray Pegasus, The first Calamity Flame Will attack your CEO Amaterasu, as will the other one."
Misaki put both into her drop zone. "With a boost from another Thousand Ray Pegasus will attack your vanguard."
"Battle Sister Chocolat will perfect guard that." Misaki said, putting another card into the drop zone,
"Twin Drive Check... nothing." Kourin said, adding the cards to her hand. "I end my turn."
"I draw. I call Two Silent toms. I activate Goddess of The Full moons counter blast, drawing two cards and placing one into the soul, and I'll do so again. I call two Oracle Guardian Geminis. With Oracle Guardian Gemini boosting, Silent Tom will attack your vanguard.
"Two Battle Cupid, Nociel will guard the attack. Each of their effects allow me to send a card from my hand and place it in the damage zone, and pick two cards up. With that, all of my front guard units gain an additional 4000 attack due to their effects.
"Boosted by Oracle Guardian, Goddess of the Full Moon will attack your vanguard."
"I guard with two Critical hit Angels."
"Checking the twin drive... first check... Critical Trigger. I give all effects to Silent Tom. Second Check... draw trigger. The power goes to Silent tom, who will now attack your vanguard, boosted by Oracle Guardian Gemini."
"I perfect guard with Pure Keeper, Requiel."
Misaki gave a little Tsk. "I end my turn.
"There were cheers from the now massive crowd. A lot of kids were pushing to get a better view, and Even Morikawa was struggling to see the match.
"Stand and Draw. Boosted by Thousand Ray Pegasus, The first Calamity flame will attack your vanguard."
"Battle sister Tiramisu will guard that attack." Misaki called
"With a boost from Thousand Ray Pegasus, Chief Nurse will attack your vanguard.
"Battle Sister Ginger will block that attack, and Silent tom will intercept.
"Checking the twin drive. First check.. critical trigger. I give all effects to My vanguard."
Goddess of the Full moon raised her shield, but the attack pierced through it, and the moon goddess looked visibly hurt. Misaki's checks revealed... nothing.
"That was a great game Misaki-san, Kourin-san!" Kamui said, and the children began to clap as well. Misaki couldn't help but smile. "That was a close match."
"It was. You've grown stronger since t he National tournament, I believe."
"Thank you for that. I have a feeling like I got a little stronger just by having this match." Misaki said,
"Let's Cardfight, Misaki-San!" Aichi said. "Will you watch, Kourin-san?"
Kourin blinked. "I can't, I have to go home and unpack. I found a place yesterday but I didn't get much done."
"Oh..." Aichi said, looking down, but then brightened up. "Well, how about we go and give you a hand?"
"You want to help me unpack?" Kourin asked.
"Great Idea- Onii-Chan!" Kamui said. "Your a member of our team, so of course we'll give you a hand."
"I... I get a chance to go to Kourin's house!" Morikawa said, fainting. Miwa stepped forward, not bothering to catch him, and laughed.
"...Alright then, let's go."
"I'll stay here and watch the store." Misaki said, moving to her usual spot and sat down. "I'm going to increase this decks overall power to use it next time."
"Alright. We'll be off!" Aichi said, as Kourin lead the way. Twenty steps out, Morikawa jumped up. "K-Kourin-San! Wait for me!" He said, dashing out after them.
….
"That goes over there." Kourin said, looking at Aichi and Morikawa, who was walking into the door with a coffee table. Kourin had found a house that wasn't that far from the store. It was a decent size, though not incredibly large either. It hadn't been that hard to obtain either. Fame and money tended to get you things pretty quickly, even if you don't flaunt either of them. She was paying rent on it, but that wasn't going to be an issue due to her share of the royalties. Outside was a moving trunk that contained her furniture and the things that made her home her home.
They nodded, setting it down in the center of the room. Kamui came in with the TV, tottering around. As he was about to drop it, Morikawa did a baseball-style slide, catching it with his stomach. "Ohhh... good catch, Lose-umi!"
"ITS MORIKAWA!" He shouted back.
They lifted it up, mounting it onto the wall. Kamui dried the sweat on his palm. "Close call... That's almost everything. All that's left is that standing fight table.
"Take that to the back patio." Kourin ordered. Morikawa nodded with joy in his eyes , running outside to fulfill his love's order.
"That will do it. Thank you all." Kourin said, and Aichi waved like it wasn't that big of a deal. "I guess I should be a hostess or something... I'm horrible at this." She said. "I guess I should order dinner... Is Pizza alright?" She asked, dialing a pizza joint once every gave their consent.
"Let's check what's on TV." Kamui sad, grabbing the remote and turning it on.
What came on were Suiko and Rekka, in the official announcement conference. "They set that up rather quickly." Kourin commented from the side.
"That's right every one, our Kourin-chan will be on Hiatus for a while. She told us she wanted to get into the game that she always loved watching, so she'll be participating in the VF circuit in America."
"She read my moves. That's Suiko for you."
"Oh, you left Ultra Rare?" Aichi said. "Why?"
"Psyqualia." Kourin said. Aichi gave a gasp, even though he wasn't sure why, but didn't press further when Kourin wouldn't elaborate.
There were tears coming from the back porch. "Kourin said wont sing anymore!" Came Morikawa's cry
"Shut up, Lose- umi!" Kamui shouted, getting annoyed,
"Its Morikawa, you little brat!" Morikawa shouted back/
"Go learn how to play vanguard, idiot!"
"Both of you shut it or get out of my house." Kourin said. There was an '-ack' sound, followed by complete silence.
"Do you want to Cardfight while we wait for the food?" Aichi offered, pulling his deck box. Kourin stared at it, then nodded, pulling her own out.
-My, that cardfight took longer than expected. It would have gone on much longer I think, but that would have bored the viewers. I had to make Kourin's deck to learn how to play it like I did, so it was fun learning more cards. If you want more or less Cardfights of this size, let me knowNow that Kourin is settled in, what awaits Team Q4 next? Find out next time!