Disclaimer: Vanguard and Buddyfight belong to Bushiroad not me. And on another note, writing this piece made me dream of learning how to play Vanguard, not that I've acted upon that dream yet...


Chrono was panicking as he held on to Chronojet Dragon, the Gear Chronicle unit speeding past the many monsters in the Hundred Demons army.

How did Tasuku make his way back to this time?! Why was he even here?! He should have been safe and sound in their past! Not in this distorted future!

Nearing the tower that made up Gratos' base, he quickly gestured to Chronojet to set him down on a nearby building and hide itself, seeing Gratos hovering in the distance. Chrono was quick to notice an older Tasuku(but not that much older) facing the demon horseman. But what caught his eye, was the fact that Tasuku was floating in the air, dressed in white and gold armour, green fire trailing behind the wheels supporting him, and the gold armoured dragon flapping its wings behind him, mechanical parts holding the ability of time travel, similar to his own Chronojet and his past and future selves.

Chrono's heart dropped out from under him when he heard the words "Open the Flag!" come out from Tasuku's mouth.

He knew that the game, Future Card Buddyfight, just like Cardfight Vanguard, involved worlds beyond their own, just like Cray. Unlike Vanguard, Buddyfight monsters had found a way to manifest on Earth much earlier than Cray's units, thanks to their large involvement in Earth's history through the Omni Lords. It was also the reason why when Vanguard found its way to Earth, many new players found it easier to bring forth the image of Cray and their units, and with the Gear Chronicle helping Cray's clans, made it easier for them to manifest on Earth as well when the battles finally broke out, Vanguard fighters battling in defence of the humans.

But he hadn't expected that Tasuku had managed to get himself deep into the war against Yamigedo, even in the past. He definitely was his adoptive parent's child, somehow getting himself into stupidly deep trouble, most likely on purpose too. Honestly, what was he going to tell Kai and Aichi? That their kid was fighting the war in the past as well? Kai would kill him for one via Draconic Overlord's hellish flames, and Aichi would probably manage to use Blaster Dark's sword to impale him to death, knowing the bluenette's hidden sadistic side.

Watching as Tasuku went against all odds and defeated the demon commander that Chrono recalled was the cause of all their current problems, Chrono continued to observe from afar, unsure if he should approach the boy.

Then following from the distance as the blue haired boy left with his dragon, the girl, and... Was that a reporter on a UFO? Chrono shook his head in disbelief and followed them into the abandoned building. Staying as close to the door as he could, Chrono eavesdropped on their discussion as to how to return to their own time without the energy required. The dragon/human known as Suzaku Kenran couldn't do it, Tasuku's dragon partner Jackknife had not enough energy to do it, and that girl...

Wait a minute. Was that Sofia Sakharov? Hadn't she disappeared years ago? And those were her kids! Then Chrono remembered the other reason he had been out of the underground base that day. The kids had gone missing again, and Chrono was sent to find them. Chrono had met the Ice Queen of Disaster once before, when she had left her kids in the care of the Vanguard fighters. Something about having to correct a mistake she made.

Distracted as he was, he never noticed Suzaku Kenran give a glare in his direction until a beam of light blasted right past his face. Chrono wouldn't admit that he yelped when he jumped back in shock, quickly dodging before the beam cut into his torso.

"Kenran! What did you do that for?" Chrono heard Tasuku yell in anger.

"I simply caught the scent of a sneaky little rat eavesdropping on our conversation," Great. Caught red handed.

"Eh?"

"Na-na-na-nani?!"

"Tasuku, look there!" the dragon pointed.

Chrono stood up as the smoke dissipated, dusting the debris out of his hair and sighed, "Looks like the choice has been taken out of my hand."

Grinning at the wary looks he was getting from the whole room, Chrono said, "Heard you all say you need to go back in time. You need a lift?"

"Ah! Chrono-nii!" The siblings yelped, looking guilty.

"You two ruffians! Your mom left you in our care for a reason! I get that you feel the need to help out, but at least inform Aichi-san or Kouji before you go!" Chrono scolded the two, walking into the room.

"Sorry," the sister apologised, "But we heard you were keeping an eye on the time travelers, and we wanted to help!"

"Then we saw Tasuku-san and wanted to meet him," the brother explained.

"And yet you two got yourselves attacked," Chrono muttered. "If you both got killed on our watch, I'd expect your mother would kill us in retaliation, regardless of the need for our help."

As he continued to scold them, Chrono paid attention to the reactions of the other room occupants.

The Dragon/Human known as Suzaku Kenran hid his expression with a fan, but it was obvious he was disturbed at how time had stopped for him, especially with the way his eyes narrowed.

The Dragon's three allies had unreadable expressions, but Chrono knew that the situation was confusing them.

The pink haired girl reporter and her octopus alien partner stood there filming the scene, never saying a word, but Chrono could see she was filing away questions for later.

The other dragon in the room, Jackknife, was just as bewildered by the situation. However he was inching closer to Tasuku, which made Chrono mentally approve of Tasuku's choice of partner. Overprotective was a good sort of protective, knowing how much trouble a child that was a combination of Kai and Aichi could get into.

Then the sound of an arrow being notched made Chrono pause in lecturing the kids. Turning to the sided, he found Sofia targeting him, hair longer and wilder than usual.

"Who are you," she asked in her usual monotone, eyes narrowed.

"Huh. So this is the infamous Disaster Force I heard about," Chrono muttered, feeling the chill from the arrow. "Considering how much more versatile Buddyfight is compared to Vanguard, it's unsurprising they were the first to be able to manifest in the real world."

Then he heard the sound of a sword being drawn, and Chrono panicked, seeing Tasuku had drawn the blade threateningly, hair long, eyes taking on a very familiar threatening look, dark energy pulsing.

"Oi oi oi... Aichi-san is definitely going to kill me now! What the hell have you gotten into Tasuku, to be able to manifest your cards like this?!" Chrono yelped.

Silence met his statement. Two humans out of time widening their eyes in shock, the dragon in human form narrowing his eyes further, the dragon by Tasuku's side inhaled deeply, and Tasuku himself backed away, eyes narrowed, grip on his sword shaky as he growled out, "Who are you? And why do you seem to know me?!"


Took my own sweet time posting this new chapter cause I now have 7+ chapters for this series in mind so far. Chapter 4 is almost done too!

Now about Sofia. And her kids(I am assuming they are her kids damnit!). Remember this is the timeline where Yamigedo never went through a second evolution. Meaning no petrifying strands of webbing. However this is also a timeline where everything went to hell because Variable Cord was an idiot and decided that without him everything would be fine and dandy. So pretty much everything went to hell, but it isn't as bad as the hell that occurs if they can't seal or kill off Yamigedo's third form(Where every human dies after being turned to stone)

But back to the inconsistency that is Sofia and her kids. This story assumes that sometime post the failed sealing of Yamigedo's second form without Variable Cord, the world fell to chaos and destruction. In that chaos, Sofia leaves and returns to Gaen Kyoya, where a couple of years later she has kids (does NOT subtly imply that they are Kyoya's kids, but it was obvious enough in the anime anyway.). The kids, once born, are sent to the Vanguard Association, where they have grounded bases(Because its hard raising kids on the move in a submarine), with Sofia giving the excuse of correcting a mistake (How she does that, well it assumes a little on what Gaen Kyoya was doing during the entirety of Hundred.).

As for what age was Sofia when she did this? Well... 22. Yeah. Meaning the kids are 9 years old. Sofia IS two years older than Chrono in canon by the way.

If you all want more timeline explanations, please pm or leave it in your review. Hope you've all enjoyed reading this crazy chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it!

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