*Kai?*
"Morikawa! Give me my card back!" Aichi shouted
"Aichi! W-what are you doing here?"
"Where's my card Morikawa?"
"I-i don't know what your talking about."
"Hi Morikawa!" I decided to make my entrance.
"HIME! I'm totally innocent! I never-"
"Where's Aichi's card?" I asked him, frowning
"Um, excuse me. Is this the card you're talking about?" a yellow-haired guy asked (miwa)
"Yes! That's it! Tha-" but before Aichi grabbed the card Kai snatched it away."Please give it back."
"No way. This card is mine."Kai said coldly
Aichi was speechless. *Wow, Kai is so mean... I swore that i have seen him before.. But where, maybe when my cousin took me here, huh, memories i was just 8 years old t that time... WAIT THIS IS NO TIME FOR FLASHBACK!. Ugh, i have to get Aichi's card back, as the president of the class, and the anti bullying mini club. I know corny right?*
I noticed that everyone is speechless. Morikawa turned around to look at Kai stood up.
"It's important that we respect the rules and regulations of a vanguard battle, don't you think?"Kai paused, and looked at Morikawa. "This guy bet me the card and lost." then I saw Morikawa looking frustrated.
"Well... Can I have it?"Aichi asked full of hope.
"Sorry kid, when you lose a battle you've gotta fight back."
This time Aichi's face went serious"Well then, why don't you fight for it!?"
All of us were shock because of those words. C'mon, who wouldn't be? Aichi has a courage to fight Kai? It's so obvious that Kai will win!
But I think Kai has some other plans "Hmph :). Okay kid, it's a deal." Kai answered
"Hold on! You can't fight him!"Morikawa shouted
"Why not?" I shouted back. Why can't Aichi fight? Is he forbidden to fight?
"W-Well..." Morikawa said, trying to speak. Maybe I was too harsh on him, he's too afraid to speak."Aichi never played vanguard! You don't even have a deck, right Aichi?"
"It's true that I've never played. But I build this deck just in case I ever get a chance to."Aichi said while grabbbing something from his bag.
"Say what?" Morikawa said, as his eyes widened. Then I glared him. As if my eyes were saying 'shut up and sit down'
"Take a seat and get comfty." Kai ordered
"Move along loser boy.!" Miwa teased. *Good one Miwa.*
"Why are you so excited?"Morikawa asked
"This game! We're gonna witness a match between the best guy in the store and a guy that has never played before! This is gonna be hilarious "Miwa explained, with his cute smile.
"Miwa's right, a guy like him shouldn't be playing with a newbie. Also if Aichi ever wins this match, i'll start believing on miracles."I replied, then a walk closer to Morikawa. "But you on the other hand. You've got to believe on people being buried alive, cuz that's what gonna happen to you tommmorow." I added as I twisted his ear.
"Ow, ow ,ow! I'M SO- SORRY HIME! I'LL NEVER DO IT AGAIN!"
I noticed that Aichi began to shake with fear... *Hmm... Kai must haved glared at him again..*
"Since this is your first time I'm gonna explain the rules as we go on."
"Uhuh." Aichi nodded
"Oh yah, you're not gonna stand a chance against me unless you have this Blaster Blade in your deck."
"Yes... That's right."
"So, you can have it, ti'll I beat you, and take it back." Kai said as he threw the Blaster Blade card to Aichi's hands.
"Blaster Blade! Thank you.."
*That Blaster Blade must be precoius to him...* I said inside my head*Just like the card that he used to give me.*
"Hime is something wrong?" Morikawa asked
"No, nothing's wrong."
"So your name is Hime right?" Miwa asked me
"Yah."
"Nice to meet you, my name is Miwa, but you can call me MIwa." then he smiled at me.
"Ok? Hi ,Miwa." then i faced the table.
"Ok now first of all you need to find a card that has a zero at the upper right corner. And place it upside down at the Vanguard circle."Kai explained
"Ok." Aichi did what Kai said
Oh no... This is a cardgame right? I forgot, I have fear on cardgames... I know it's crazy right? It's just that I can-... I-I don't want to remember it, nor talk about it. It cost me my friends...
"Now imagine it. Our spirits have just been transported to the surface of a planet similar to earth, called Cray." Aichi nodded his head.
*Hmm, planet Cray? a planet much like Earth? I hope it's still full of trees and flowers.* I thought
"In this form, there are only two powers available to us First of which, allows us to summon the monsters of this planet. The cards in you deck are your units. Call to them, but first we need to draw our starting hands, got all that?" Kai explained
*This is so confusing, I hope I can keep up.*I thought
"The cards you draw can both attack and defend for you."then he stopped grabbing cards from his his deck. He pointed at them"These are your units."
Aichi did the same.
"Each card has its own grade and power. And the other abilities are on the card."
*Flogal...Epona... Wingal...and a Little sage Marron...*
"Then there is the second power of our spirit form. The power to ride is to posses one of our units."Kai explained
"Oh really...?"Morikawa whispered.
"Dude."Miwa said lamely
"The units we merge with are called Vanguards, you follow?"Kai asked Aichi
*A little bit. Man this is complicated*
"Vanguard means the one that leads the way." Kai added
"The vanguard...leads the way."Aichi said
"Now the objective of the game is to defeat your opponent by landing 6 succesful attacks on their card in front of you is a grade 0 unit right?" Kai asked
"Yes."
"Ok, flip it over." Kai said, then he looked serious. I looked at Aichi to know what will he respond.
O_O...Hmm, I never seen him this serious. *Guess this vanguard game can change someone.* I smiled
"Ready? Stand up the vanguard!" Kai shouted as he flipped the card."Lizard runner undeux!"
"For me, stardust trumpeter, stand up!"
*Kai said something about imagining right? Guess i have to do it.* so I closed my eyes and tried to imagine a planet that is similiar to earth. Kai's spirit changed into a lizard, and Aichi changed into a person with a trumpet. *Am I imagining to much?*
"Our vanguard are ready for battle on planet cray. It will be easier for me to explain if I take the first turn okay?"
"Sure."
"You start this turn by drawing a card. Each turn you can promote your vanguard, using a unit no more than 1 grade above. Stack that unit on top of your vanguard. Ride the embodiment of armor, Bahr! Now once your vanguard is promoted you can summon lower grade support units to the battlefield, these are called rearguards."
*rearguards got it.* after that Kai called a 'rearguard' at the back of his vanguard*So, I guess this rearguard will support Kai's vanguard. Yes! I'm getting better at this. :D* I thought
"I now have 2 units on the battlefield and with them I attack." Kai said, grinning
Aichi looked surprised *oh no, this means trouble.*
"Except that you can't attack on your first turn."
Both Aichi and me gave a sign of relief.
"The downside of going first, it's your turn." Kai added
"Right." Aichi said.
*So now it's Aichi's turn. So I guess he'll do what Kai did a while ago. He'll draw a card.*
"I draw."Aichi said
*Then he 'promotes' his vanguard.*
"Then I promote. I ride little sage-."then he put the card on his vanguard circle."MARRON!"
*Then he'll call some cards on the rear-guards*
"The-Then I call wingal too."
I closed my eyes for the second time to imagine. *So Aichi's leader on his group, is the guy called Marron, then on his is Wingal. At the other side of the field, Kai's group is being lead by that ugly guy called, Bahr. His name is ugly too XP. At his vanguard's back is that Flame of hope, Aermo.*
"Well, looks like we have 2 units in play. So are you attacking?" Kai asked
"I'll- I'll attack you!" Aichi said confidently
"Then do it. Turn your vanguard to signal the attacking."
"Then I attack your Bahr with my little sage marron.!"
"When your vanguard attacks, you can support it with your rear-guards."
"In that case I add wingal's power to marron's attack!."
"When your vanguard attacks, reveal the top card of your deck. And you check for a drive trigger."
Aichi draw a card, it was marron. So meaning no trigger for this turn.
"If it has no mark on the upper right corner put it to your hand." Kai said
Aichi revealed Marron to Kai. "My attack went through?"
"Uhuh."
Marron succesfully attacked Bahr. "I'll this damage from that hit." Kai draws a card from his deck and puts it in the damage zone.
"OH! So when you attack at your opponent and your attacking power is higher than your opponent you have to check the top of your deck and put it at the damage zone!" I said at MIwa
"You're right! Wow I cant believe you can keep up."Miwa said "But that check is called Damage trigger check."
"Damage trigger check got it." I replied *now i remember.*
"Now if you can deal me 5 more damage, my forces will vanish at the surface of the planet. That means I lose. Does it all make sense?"
"Uh, yeah."
"Well it's good to see you catching up with me. It's my turn, ride the Dragon Knight Nahalem! And I call Bahr."
"No more kai." Miwa said
"Aichi doesn't stand a chance!" Morikawa teased and Izaki just laughed
"I attack Marron with Bahr.!"
"Marron and Bahr have excact same power so-" Aichi said
"If the power is equal the attack goes through." Kai cutted in
"But if this attack goes through now, you may able to hit me again with Dragon Knight Nahalem afterwards." Aichi said "And i'll take 2 damage right?"
"Yes, but you can weaken your opponents power by defending the cards in your hand." Kai added
Aichi realized he can guard. "Then, I guard with the bringer of the good luck epona!"
"The number at the side of the card becomes your damage shield. Bahr's power isn't enough to break through."
"Ofcourse! ten thousand is higher than eight thousand." I said
"My attack has no effect but now your card that you use to guard must be put to the drop zone."
"Next I attack Marron with the Dragon knight Nahalem combined with the rear-guards power!"
"Woah that's pretty high."
"I dont guard." Aichi said
"Not like I need it but I'll check the drive trigger." Kai said as he draw a card and showed it to Aichi, but it has no trigger on it.
"So now that means Aichi has to put the top card into the damage zone."
"Okay now it's your move." Kai said
*We both have one damage each, alright.* Aichi said to himself "I ride the Knight of silence, Galatin. And also I call Marron and Flogal. I use Gallatin with the support from Wingal to attack Nahalem!"
Kai and Aichi both check the top of their decks and Kai put his at the damage zone.
"Next I attack with Marron with the support from flogal!"
"I cant let you do that." Kai said then he used one of his cards to guard Marrons attack. "Your attempt fails."
"Then I guess, that's the end of my turn." Aichi said looking dissapointed but it dissappeared quickly. *But I did cause one damage if I keep doing this maybe I'll win.*
"Hmph, why do you so relieve? Do you seriuosly think I'm gonna end it this way?" Kai interupted as he drew a card from his deck "Time for your final lesson." then after that called some units. "Picture it. The final assualt I'm about to begin."
"Oh no." I whispered
"First I attack Marron with Bahr."
"I GUARD WITH FLOGAL!"
"Pfft, then I attack your vanguard with the combined power of-"Kai continued
"Aichi is in big trouble..." I thought
"I can't guard that."
"That's right, and these two get bonus for supporting each other. An extra 4000 power!"
Aichi drew a card and put it in his damage zone. "Now we both have 2 damage, guess we're tied."
"Oh? Who said I'm finished attacking? I attack gallatin with Nahalem supported by aermo."
"Over 16 thousand!"
"Are you sure that's all?" Kai said then he drive check, a smile appeared on his face.
"This is not good."I thoguht
"Embodiment of spear, Tahr. But just look what's in the corner."
"Oh no! It has a trigger effect!" I whispered
"When this mark appears on the card you draw it gives a +5ooo thousand attack power. And it increases the damage by 1 point." Kai explained
"Then that means-"
"This one is gonna hit you for 2 damage! And once I get the lead I don't give up."
*Nahalem prepared his sword as Gallatin shivered in attacked Gallatin, and Gallatin was burned badly.* I imagined
"AAAAAAAAAAAH!" Aichi said as he fell of his chair. I guess he imagined also
"You okay man?" Morikawa asked as he tried to catch Aichi. While I looked at the 2 cards that landed in the damage zone.
"2 damage putting me in the total of 4." I heard Aichi whispered "this is bad."
"You were able to picture it I see. Witness true vanguard!" Kai shouted
"Guess its all over." Miwa said
"Hmph, if it wasme over there I could have made a cobmbat."
"For sure." Izaki said
" Oh really?" I said as I rolled my eyes. Miwa just luaghed
"It's your turn." Kai said
Aichi started his turn by drawing a card. *By the looks of it, he's in a pretty big trouble. 2 more damage and the game is over.*
"What's the matter lost the will to fight?' Kai asked
Aichi shook his head, then he laughed.
"Aichi?" Morikawa said
"You're really good, but still .this battle is a lot of fun."
"Do you know him or something?" Miwa asked
"I always hoped that one day I get the chance to fight you."Aichi replied
"So then you're Aichi... Sendou, right?"
"That's right Kai, and you gave me the power to stand me here today."Aichi said as he revealed Blaster Blade to Kai.
"I see."
"Lets go! ARISE MY AVATAR! RIDE! BLASTER BLADE!."
*wow he looked cool saying THAT.*