The door of the store opened. Two people walked in.

"Welcome!"

Eh? It's Kazane...with Kieko?

"Huh... Jullian? Why are you here?"

"Haha, I forgot to tell you this, but I work part time here. Then again, why is Kieko here?"

"Hppmh! I'm just following her so she doesn't get caught by bad guys."

"And she also plays Vanguard."

Wow, that is shocking news. Back to the situation, everyone in the store was stunned, literally. Two foreigners came into the store and having a conversation immediately with one of the workers? Talk about a rare event.

Adrian walked to me.

"Bro! What is this? You mind explaining??"

"Urrggh, this is a pain…."

Soon after that, everyone went back to normal. Li asked me about those two too. I told everything from start to end to them.

"Fighters from Japan? Interesting... Kazane, right? Have a match with me."

That's so straightforward...

"Huh? A match?" She was startled.

"Then in that case, I'll do it in place of Onee-chan." Kieko stepped up.

"Fine by me. You're Kieko right, her little sister?"

"Correct."

Things turned out pretty exciting. I get to see Kieko fight too.

"Stand up, Vanguard!"

Their starters were revealed. Adrian with his typical Kagero and Ozu?? That's a Neo Nectar unit. It's a bad match up against Kagero. The game was in Adrian's favor for a while. Kieko kept on playing defensively and Adrian went on with his powerful offensive blows. She's not calling out rear guards too. Without the rear guards who share the same name, she can't pull off Neo Nectar's combo play. But, she was doing the right thing. Even she called out rear guards, they won't even survive for two turns. Adrian will retire them all. Even she lost a great amount of offensive power, she held on throughout the match.

Kieko only has six cards in her hand now but Adrian has nine!! It's her turn.

"I have to wrap things now. Stride Generation!! Bloom into the glorious future that I imagined! I stride Scared Jungle Dragon, Jingle Flower Dragon!"

She called three Pia and one Salianna. With Salianna's skill, she called another Pia. She went on by replacing Salianna with Maiden of Flower Screen. She was keeping all her key units the whole time and decided to use it all up in one turn? Impressive.

"Hahaha, time to taste the power of Neo Nectar! I return one card from the drop zone to the deck and Flower Screen will take Pia's name for the rest of the turn. Then, I return another two cards to the deck from the drop to activate Pia's skill and give four units 3000 power. This goes on for the rest of the Pia units I have."

Currently, every rear guard she has gets a 9000 power boost!!

"Hmm, I'm not done yet. With Jingle Flower Dragon's skill, I give all of my units a 10000 power boost. So how's my Sakura Fubuki formation?"

"Her rear guards are almost are strong as her vanguard!!! This is bad…"

Flower Screen takes the first attack and dealt him one damage. Her vanguard attacked next. It was nullified by a prefect guard. The worst situation just happened to Adrian. She got two stand triggers from her drive checks. Both rear guards that attacked just now stood back up and powered up. The game ended after Keiko gave her final attack to Adrian.

She's good too. Somehow I felt happy and fired up too. After meeting my neighbours, my life somehow turned interesting. The two girls stayed around at the shop for a while before we closed the shop.

My shift is over once Li closed the shop. I was walking the girls back home.

"Jullian-san, I didn't know that you took a part time job. And also, thanks for telling me that there's a card shop around here."

"You're welcome, Kazane-san."

"Huh, you two are on first name basis already? How close did you two after a few days?!"

"Haha sorry sorry. It's just that our people here tend to use first name calling. Plus, if I call her by her family name, it will confuse you and her, right?"

"Jullian-san has a point."

"Not bad I have to say. You sure do have someways to get Onee-chan's attention."

"I did not do that. Why would I want her attention?"

"Ah... Because you're madly in love in her?? Don't be shy, everyone falls for her."

Kazane immediately blushed and punched Keiko. Unexpectedly, I react to her words too. My face turned red.

"Th...that is not true!! I just met her five days ago. How could I fall for her within that short time??"

"Onee-chan, he's mocking you. What he say was: Onee-chan, you lack attractiveness to get boy with stupid ego like him."

"Stop it!! Sorry for my sister's rude actions." she bowed.

"Ehh.. It's okay, I'm fine."

"Jeez, it's just a joke. Look, the lift arrived. Let's go."

Things changed in school too. I'm walking to school as usual, but now I have some company, Kazane and Keiko. Having the Takahashi sisters around is actually pretty fun. Kazane also helped me with my homework when I don't understand what the teacher was teaching. She's a genius. Am I surrounded by geniuses?! That's scary.. She enjoys watching anime too, so we had more things to talk about. Kazane has a big problem in the school though. She just can't make any friends. Why? She's just too shy!! And she's too paranoid for not getting along with the girls in the class due to culture difference. I had my problems too. I wanted to help her but I don't know how.

"You know, you should talk to the girls in our class more often. You'll get lonely."

"I'm sacred…." She whined.

"It's not like they will scold you or eat you alive. Just be natural and you're fine."

I just randomly point at one girl and pushed Kazane to her.

"Um..ah... Good morning!!"

She greeted her in Japanese??!! What's is this? A comedy skit?

"Oh, hi there.."

"Just call me...Kazane."

"Okay. I'm Alicia, the class monitor. If you have any problems, just ask me."

"Oh ok.."

"So are you fitting well in the class?"

"Ahh..I'm fine…"

"Good to hear that."

None of them said a word to each other. It went on for a few seconds.

Then she just went back to her seat??!!

"What are you doing?"

"Preparing for the next class?" She took out her books.

"Not that!! What happened over there??"

"We had a conversation. She's actually very nice. Thanks for your help."

I'm speechless. You call that a conversation? That's no more than a greeting!!

After Mathematics, the monitor started handing out papers. We are supposed to fill in the forms for what clubs we are going to join in curriculum activities. I really hate this. None of the clubs spark an interest for me. It's all so dull and mundane.

"What club are you joining?"

"I don't know, all of them are boring."

"Really? The Scouts sounds interesting. Maybe they let us camp around the school or go jungle trekking."

"In your dreams."

"You'll be learning how to do basic stuff and marching most of the time. They do this to prepare for the competition in October where all clubs can join for a marching competition."

"I see... Then can't you just make one club yourself?"

"Nope, the school won't let it."

"You should try making a Cardfight Club. I saw other schools around this state has it too."

"You kidding right?"

Back at home, I searched for information. What Kazane said was true, and there's even competition for those clubs too.

Next day, I head to the teacher's office to find our Art class teacher. I brought Kazane with me too.

"Oh, it's Jullian. It's rare to see you here. What do you need?"

"I need you to be the advisor for the Cardfight Club."

"Huh??" Both the teacher and Kazane were shocked.

A while ago...

"I'm here to see the school principal."

The office lady showed me to the principal's room. I knocked and entered.

"What business do you have with me?" The old timer gave me a small smile. That smile could be the warmest smile I ever seen in school. I like this principal. He's kind to treat everyone the same and does his work properly and takes responsibility for the school.

"I would like to create a new club. A Cardfight Club."

He hasn't say a word yet.

"It's a club where people who enjoys playing a card game called Cardfight!!Vanguard gather and have fun and enjoy."

"It sounds reasonable, but will it affect the student's studies?"

"Not to be rude, but please do not blame the game to affect a student. It's the student who should take actions to prevent that from happening. The club is like a sport club. One who doesn't excel in studies can emerge themselves as a successful people through Vanguard. There's competitions between school and even nationals."

I handed him a paper with pictures and articles about the Vanguard Association, the group who handles all the big tournaments.

"Interesting. You have a strong determination. So you want to represent the school and join these tournaments?"

"You read my mind like a book, sir. I already have five...wait six members in mind including me and I can find an advisor for the club."

"Hppmm, I see. Then, could you gather them after school?"

"I'll have to ask their opinions. Thank you for your time, teacher. I'll meet you here again."

"I look forward to it."

"And there you have my story. So teacher, if you agree to be our advisor, that's fabulous. If not, we'll have to settle things another way."

"Why did you find me? You can look for other teachers."

"You and I both know the reason the best right, teacher?"

"So Jullian, you're saying our teacher plays Vanguard too??"

"You're a fast thinker. Exactly like what you said, she's the best teacher to have as an advisor."

"I'm not going to be your advisor. Think about all the comments I'll get, saying me childish and not mature to be a teacher…."

"Then Kazane, you must challenge our Sensei here and change her mind. I have to go now to scout for members! Bye!"

"Wait!! I have to do it??"

"Don't tell me you want to run a round the school to meet with different people and persuade them to join?"

"Err…"

"Good girl. I'm leaving things to you here. And teacher, you won't regret it after you become our advisor. I'll prove to you as a promise."

"Jullian…"

"Hey Kazane, the teacher uses Neo Nectar, Musketeers. You should be fine with it."

"Hey you!!" The teacher got grumpy.

Time was running out. I wasted too much time explaining!!

I found Adrian and Ivan and told them the good news. I told them about my plan beforehand so I can save some more time to find people. I had all of them in my mind already.

Next, I saw Kieko walking past the canteen. It was a bit hard to explain things to her, but she listened to me. She agreed to join too.

"Fine, I'll join if Onee-chan joined. The school didn't have any interesting clubs too."

Glad she joined. She always take actions for her own sister. What a caring sibling.

Now to find the last member in my mind. I found her next to the stairs.

"Hey the girl over there, can I have a moment?"

The girl with long black hair, tied into a ponytail stopped. She has an average height for a girl, almost the same height as Kazane. She turned around, revealing her face. Wow, she's grumpy...

"What is it?"

"Wanna join the Cardfight Club?"

"Huh?"

"Fine, I'll tell the details later, but I really need your strength now. I know you are a Vanguard fighter. You use Pale Moon and you frequently visit the card shop in our area. If I remember, your name is Kazuha, right?"

Her face turn red.

"H.h..h.how did you know all this?? Are you a stalker??"

'Wow, we fought before remember? When you were first starting out, I helped understand the rules of the game and we even had a match. I was the one who uses Aqua Force…"

She calmed down and recognised me. Suddenly, she challenged me to a cardfight. She wants to see if I'm strong enough to create the club and if I lose, I'm doing things in the club under her command?? Say what?

"So you want to take over the club? Or did you just want revenge for your loss against me?"

"Like I'm interested in that!! I'm not taking over, just seeing if you have the right to boss me around." her face reddens and she exclaimed panicky.

I guess I was correct about the revenge thing huh.

"I won't boss people around and you got it. It's a deal, and I'll fight you, but I need to take care other things first. Could you stay at the school after school time and come over the the office? Then we could settle our score at the card shop."

She agreed and the bell rang.

Kazane wasn't in the class when I came back. After a while, she entered the class, with a smile.

Her expression changed, into a sad one...?

"How did the fight turn out?"

"Oh, it's a loss. Sensei was too strong…"

"Emmm, that's too bad. You need to work on your poker face, it's too fake."

"Hyaa, you saw through me. What gave me away?"

"You smile when you enter the class and your body movement is a little active. As one who's sad, they won't move around too much."

"Ceh, it's not like you could do any better."

"So true."

"Good job on winning against teacher. She wasn't any threat right??"

"She strong! I was on the edge of losing if Emilia didn't get me extra cards."

"Haha, true enough."

"So, did she agree to be our advisor?"

"As long as the principal approves it."

Now everything is in place. Hope the principal approves it.

After school, everyone meet up at the office.

"Time to prove ourselves to the principal right?' Adrian smirked.

"I'm impressed you found so many girls in such a short time. Since when you turned into a chick magnet?"

"Guys, you're leaving yourself with bad impressions."

"Lets get this over with already, I want to have lunch." Kieko was getting impatient.

Teacher showed up too.

"Hey Jullian, you fought Kazane before?"

"Yeah, why?"

"It's so different that her usual self!"

"Oh it's her self confidence and her true colors. Not too shabby right?"

Ms. Marialle's expression turned worse.

We entered the principal's room. The principal was already waiting for us.

"Ah, the advisor is Ms. Marialle. So far she hasn't supervise any clubs yet right? Good choice. And you even gathered five more members."

"So can you approve our club?"

"Sure, if you can finish my last task. I contacted one of the schools that has a Cardfight Club too. They agreed to have a friendly match with us at their school, at Rose Valley Street. There will be a van prepared for you."

Rose Valley Street? That where Crawford High School is! The team that made it to the Nationals just on their first tournament and they have been staying on the top ranks for a while.

This is one hard obstacle...