Disclaimer: I don't own Buddy Fight. It belongs to Bushiroad. Such awesome writers. I totally love this anime as much as I love Vanguard G with Chrono, Jaime and gang.

AN: Another one-shot dedicated to Rouga x Kazane. The word 'Stars' is a break from scenes between the two. 'Ekosi' is literally 'that's all folks'.

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Princess of Friendship

Kazane is walking down the street; she is carrying a grocery bag full of snacks for this Friday evening special event. The orange-haired girl stops mid-step; Kazane lifts up her head to silently stare at the cyan sky. It is colored a pinkish-purple. The soft winds start to breeze through her short orange hair.

Kazane combs her fingers through her rustled hair. Her silent thoughts linger to a recalled memory when she came across a troubled young teenage guy. His frame stance was facing the tidal waves of the dark blue ocean. "Poor Rouga. He looked so troubled. I wonder what is bothering him." She said, resuming her walk home.

Stars

Rouga lowers his head down; some shadows cover his cyan eyes. His ears silently listen to the blissful sounds of the waves. The waves splash against the rocks alongside the shores. There is a single card in between his fingers. "The 'Princess of Friendship', eh?" His lips allow him to say in a soft whisper. His lips curve into a soft smile. A fond memory returns to him in regards to a recent Buddy Fight against his rival, Gao Mikado. The truth is that he has learnt a lot from that match, more so than he was going to admit openly to.

Rouga lifts up the single card that is still in between his fingers to stare at it. The card in between his fingers, 'Brave Equipment Glory Seeker' is a Dungeon-based card. It has a rare bonus known as 'Miracle Revival'. The special ability for this card is to send it to the drop zone, when life points reach zero. This is a second chance to draw another card from the top of the deck. If it is a spell card, the life points will become three. He recalls a recent memory involving a certain orange-haired tomboy.

"Which one is 'Pillar of Fire'?" Kazane said, winking.

"The one on the right."

"Ding. Ding. You guessed it." Kazane said, pleased at the result of adding the card to her hand instead of adding it to her Gauge. "Now, I'll use it to destroy Ogre on the left."

Rouga silently scowls. "I draw." He said, casually touching his core gadget on his spearhead. "I charge and draw." A confident smile curves his lips at his new shuffled deck.

After a bright light vanishes, computer announcer announces the victor of the match. "Rouga Aragami."

"Hey," Kazane said, leaping down onto the stadium.

"Hm." Rouga said, slightly blinking his eyelids to gaze down at the orange-haired girl in front of him.

"Rouga Aragami, let's both exchange cards."

"Huh?" Rouga said, re-blinking his eyelids questionably.

"I'll give you 'Brave Equipment Glory Seeker' as a sign of friendship."

"A 'Brave Equipment Glory Seeker', huh?" Rouga said, receiving the Dungeon card from Kazane. Without many words exchanged between the young teenage guy and the young adolescence girl, Rouga takes a single card from the top of his Ace Defeat deck. Swiftly, Rouga hands over a single card for Kazane to receive.

"Survival Chance?" Kazane said, raising her eyebrow. "Are you sure you want to trade this spell based card for my item card, Rouga?"

Rouga gulps, quickly turning his back to Kazane. "I'm sure."

Kazane's crimson eyes soften. "Thank you. I'll treasure this card."

Rouga sidelong glances at the orange-haired girl's offensive stance with his now soften sapphire eyes to encounter another worthy rival.

"You're my 17th, Rouga."

"17th?"

"Yes. I still have 83 more friendships to encounter, until I finally reach my personal goal of having 100 friends."

"100 friends." Rouga repeats, averting his discomforting gaze elsewhere. "Friendships are…" He trails off, being wrapped in a gentle hug from behind.

"Friendships are real, Rouga. I'll prove to you that they are real." Kazane vows, lifting her head up to met his sapphire eyes with her crimson ones.

Rouga lightly shakes his head, closing his eyelids in dismissal. He takes a step back and ends up breaking free from that gentle hug of hers. Rouga reopens his ice-cold eyes to stare at her; he casually pats her head with his left palm. Before walking by past her, Rouga coldly adds his thoughts on the term. "Friendship is nothing more than an illusion based on selfish and limited benefits."

"Rouga," Kazane whispers, watching the young dishearten teenager walk out of her sights.

Stars

"Rouga," Kazane said, sitting on her windowsill. In between her fingers is a single card. It is the same card that she has received from Rouga. Kazane slides off her windowsill, she walks to her twin sized bed.

Suddenly, a gust of wind brushes against her backside. Kazane stops in her footsteps. There is a shadowy frame standing right behind her. His face is covered with a half-mask. It is a black half-faced mask with some red trims alongside the sides to hide his identity. "I've kept you waiting, haven't I?"

"Who…"

"I'm called 'Wolf'." The half-masked one said, combing his fingers through her orange hair. "You're my precious soft-wind that I cannot resist to avoid any longer." He adds, reaching his hands out to cover over hers. His pair of fingers intertwined with hers. "I've missed you."

Kazane twirls her body around to break free from his firm grasp. Her crimson eyes notices that the young man has long white hair. He has a seldom expression on his handsome half-masked face. His cheeks are visible rosy, almost to the point of being considered flushed.

"I've finally found my precious soft winds that will carry my howling melody to the moonlight stars and back."

Kazane remains silent.

"Those soft winds have always been so refreshing to me." Rouga replies, reaching out his hand to grasp her hand in his. He pulls her closer to the warmth of his chest. His right palm rests on the back of her head.

"Just as I thought. You really do smell so much like a peppermint candy. I like this scent on you, Kazane Fujimiya." The warmth of his breath touches her collarbone. And, in addition his soft lips that lightly kiss her, tenderly and affectionately.

"Rouga," Kazane said, nervously swallowing. Her right palm covers her neckline, protectively. In the previous encounter with the masked one known as 'Wolf', the swift feel of his tongue had slightly touched her neckline. And, that feeling alone sent shivers down her spine. The half-masked Rouga Aragami slightly reminded her of the dangerously tongue-lashing Davide Yamazaki to her inner thoughts.

Kazane takes a few steps back and ends up breaking free from the warmth of his embrace that he shared with her. "Why are you having the sudden 'change of heart'? It is just so unlike you."

Rouga remains silent.

The soft winds breeze through her bedroom, the windy breeze lifts the white see-though curtains. The half-masked one known as 'Wolf' vanishes in a blink of an eye.

Kazane blinks her eyelids, she has returned to reality. "Was that all just a daydream?" She asked, after her miniature daydream of a certain rogue that disappears in a blink of an eye.

The orange-haired girl shakes her head from the previous daydream that she has just had. A defeated sigh escapes from her parted glossy lips. "I really do need some sleep, if I'm daydreaming like that." Kazane said, resuming to her twin sized bed. Flopping on top of her bed, her eyelids close to fall into slumber.

Stars

A pair of sapphire eyes watches from the duplex rooftops, his arms are folded across his chest. "Kazane Fujimiya." He allows his lips to say her name. "Perhaps, you really are the 'Princess of Friendship' that Azi Dahaka spoke of." Rouga said, unfolding his arms across his chest. He leaps mid-air to silently enjoy the soft breeze of the soft winds brushing through his long white hair as he descends from the duplex rooftops.

"I know this much. Azi Dahaka and Kyoya will stop at nothing to obtain you as a vessel of light." He said, landing on the cemented sidewalk. Rouga turns around to lift his head up to look at the open window.

"You're everlasting hope for one hundred friends is what makes you the 'Princess of Friendship'. I can somewhat understand that formal desire of yours. It is almost similar to mine of long ago past." He adds, confirming his inner thoughts.

"Kazane Fujimiya, I will be observing you on how this term 'friendship' is so real. How will you better educate me in regards to encountering many friendships, Kazane Fujimiya?"

Ekosi.

AN:

After watching episode 59, I really felt sorry for Rouga-kun. Kyoya and Sofia are such ruthless people. Kazane-chan does show some slight interest in Rouga-kun's character development and his Buddy Fight strategy (against Zanya). Rouga-kun & Kazane-chan are slightly out of character. it is because Rouga-kun is slowly changing his prideful characteristic trait piece by piece. Kazane-chan could have a slight fondness for Rouga-kun slightly hinted in episode 33 & 34. I think their friendship would be adorable. Just as adorable as Rouga-kun's and Gao's rivalry. Gao so badly wants to befriend Rouga-kun that it would be awesome if Rouga-kun befriended Kazane-chan before reluctantly befriending Gao.

Kyaa!

Okay…

I admit I support Kyoya x Sofia pairing. Although, I'm an anti Sofia x Rouga. Rouga-kun does deserve better than ugly Sofia. I still think that Kazane is the un-canon granddaughter of Ironclaw.

Similar, Tasuku x Gao exchange cards with each other. I can see Kazane x Rouga exchange cards that will also to symbolize their friendship. There are slight hints in the anime that these two can befriend each other.

It took me a while to find one card that Rouga-kun could exchange with Kazane-chan. I always thought Brave Equipment Glory Seeker would be a good card exchange with Rouga-kun from Kazane-chan. I decided to use the spell card known as Survival Chance.

Rouga-kun and Kazane-chan can really learn something from each other. I really wanted to see a match with Kazane x Rouga. Anyways. In episode 33, Gao x Rouga do have an even match using Danger vs. Dungeon worlds. So, I can consider it pretty close to a Kazane x Rouga match.

Just like a devoted Zelink and Zutara, I'll always support WindWolf pairing, a Kazane x Rouga ship.