Kai jolted up from his bed. A dream? A cold sweat trickled down his forehead. It felt almost real…

Kai looked over at the blonde sleeping on the floor next to him. At least kai didn't talk in his sleep, or Miwa would be standing there staring at him.

"What a weirdo…"

Kai yawned and fell back to sleep. He couldn't wait until his parents got home.


"So, did you sleep alright?"

Kai and Miwa walked down the usual dirt path to their usual 'after school' hang out. Ever since that dream he had, Kai had felt a little uneasy. Miwa had noticed.

"What do you mean?"

"Dude, you look exhausted. Were you training while I was sleeping or something? Not cool buddy."

"Ha! You want to be my equal that badly huh?"

"I wouldn't be fun if I was weaker than you….it would be pretty depressing."

"For you, maybe."

"Oh, shut up!"

Miwa tackled Kai playfully, causing the two boys to get all dirty. They sat up and dusted themselves off.

They looked at each other and started to laugh.

"Must you do that so much?"

"Do what?"

Kai sighed and ran ahead of the blonde, in the direction of the park bench. He looked back, hoping to see his friend, and tripped.

He got up and dusted himself off again. He looked down and saw that his shoe was untied. He tied them back up, and got ready to continue running, when he saw the little blue haired kid from a few days ago.

"Hey there!"

Kai walked up to the kid. A smile on his face.

The kid didn't look up. What now?

Kai noticed that the boy was covered in dirt. His hair was all scuffed up, and he had a scratch on his cheek.

Without thinking, Kai blurted out: "You're a mess! Did you lose a fight or something?" Bad Call!

The boy looked down, he sighed and continued to walk on.

Kai scratched his head.

Man, this is awkward…..

"Hey kid,"

Kai walked in front of the boy, stopping him in his tracks.

"Here, I want you to have it. I changed my clan, so I don't need this anymore."

The boy looked up at him. His big blue eyes sparked in the sunlight. He was clearly confused.

Kai handed him a card with the picture of a knight in gleaming white and blue armour, wielding a giant sword.

"Ok kid, listen up! Can you do that?"

The boy nodded.

"Picture yourself big and strong like the warrior on that card!"

The boy looked at the card. He looked at Kai.

"but….I can't…"

"HaHa! Well no, not at first I guess…."

Kai chuckled a little.

"Kid, you've got to believe in yourself to become the stronger person you want to be."

The boy looked down at the card again.

"Y-you think…..I'll get stronger?"

Kai nodded. He smiled at the kid. After that, Kai felt pretty good of himself. He thought he could befriend the boy and play vanguard with him and Miwa.

Oh, thats right! Kai almost forgot. the boy still didn't know that it was him and Miwa who stood up for him a few days ago...

"Oh ya, Kid? I wanted to tell you that me and my friend, we-"

"HEY KAI!"

Kai looked behind him to see Miwa running up to him, panting.

Damn, this guy is slow!

The blue haired boy looked up at Miwa, his hands held onto the card tightly.

Miwa looked at the kid and smiled brightly, then he looked over at Kai and made a face.

"You gotta warn me before runnin' off ahead of me like that dude."

Kai sighed, and imitated Miwa's expression. Miwa's childish complaining was really annoying sometimes, so it was nice to goof off with him.

"it's not my fault that you can't outrun me…"

"Hey! Come on man!"

"What now?"

"...hold on, i'm thinking of a sweet comeback."

Kai facepalmed, he looked at the little blunette. The boy had a relaxed expression for a second, perhaps even smiled, then tensed up when he noticed Kai watching him. He looked down at the card again.

Miwa walked up to the blue haired boy and smiled.

"Hey there! Remember me?"

"..."

"I'm Miwa! I helped get rid of those bullies for ya! They won't be coming around here any time soon! Not when Kai here."

Miwa pointed at Kai with his thumb."

"He scared them out of their boots!"

Kai looked down at the boy and put his hands in his pockets. He glared down at Miwa, who then got up, and pulled out his deck.

"Hey kid, do you know how to use that?"

"..."

The kid shook his head. He must not know what Vanguard actually is. Well, not YET at least.

Kai was shocked. What does this kid DO in his free time? Homework? Please, for the love of god, don't be homework…

Kai pulled out his deck and put it on a nearby bench. Miwa put his down diagonally from his and sat down opposite of Kai. The blunette looked confused, but didn't say anything. He just watched.

Kai and Miwa flipped over a card, readying themselves, when a police car caught their eye.

It rolled slowly down the road. The driver didn't seem to happy, more like a depression or distress had gotten him. There wasn't any other passenger, so he was probably delivering some news or something.

"Hey, what do you think happened? I don't see a lot of those around here…"

"Ya…"

Kai watched the car go by, and noticed the direction it was headed automatically.

"Hey, Miwa."

"Ya?"

"That car…"

"What about it?"

"Look where it's headed."

Miwa's eyes widened. The police car was headed in the direction of Kai's neighbourhood.

Kai had a sudden bad feeling in his stomach.

"Hey kid,"

Kai looked over at the blunette.

"I'm sorry, but I have to go."

The boy nodded and moved out of Kai and Miwa's way, holding onto the Blaster Blade card.

Kai and Miwa sprinted over to kai's place.

Kai prayed to god that it wasn't something serious. It could just be that his neighbour got into trouble or something.

As he ran the last corner, he turned onto his street.

Once he reached his front yard, he stopped in his tracks.

His eyes widened.

His tongue felt dry.

His face heated up.

Miwa lost control and ran right into a nearby tree, falling over, and making a weird face.

Kai fell onto his knees. He lowered his head, causing his hair to cover his eyes.

Once Miwa was able to see straight, he ran up to Kai and noticed right away that something was up.

"Hey….Kai"

"..."

"Kai! What is it? Are you ok?!"

"..."

"Dude! Answer me!"

No response. Miwa sat down next to his friend. Something was wrong.

Kai stood up. He walked up to his front porch where his grandpa was talking with the cop. He was holding a letter with Kai's name on it.

The old man looked down. Tears escaped his eyes.

As Kai walked up the steps, the cop turned around. His face was pale and grimm. There was no doubt about it.

Kai's parents,

were dead.


AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHH! This is so sad! I'm sorry! I feel awful now!

You guys probably hate me now!