Cardfight Vanguard G - Reborn Chapter 4: Turn 3 - Ibuki Kouji and Anjou Tokoha, a cardfight!! vanguard/cardfight!! ヴァンガード fanfic

Turn 3 : Ibuki Kouji and Anjou Tokoha.

It has been one week since I have re-started to play vanguard in this world as I kept doing quests until I finally had almost enought points to grade up to 1 and I was feeling pretty excited about it has. The Trinity Dragon has been bothersome in their atemps to compete against me in a few quests as they just had the worst timing while I managed to obtain the items of those same requests. I narrowed my eyes as the Trinity was once again trying to get the better of me by trying a not so clever idea in order to take a dangerous looking dog out of the house as he is guarding the item that was requested.

"Are you sure this is going to work? I think this is a bad idea." I said to Tsuneto as he is about to throw a bone at the dog.

"There is no need to worry Shindou, everything is going as planned." Karl reasured me that there would be no problem. However I decided to hide away from them as it was no brainer of what was going to happen next and as expected the dog was mad at them for hitting his head with the bone leaving the card for the taking as he chased them and I took it as the mut kept following them,but instead of helping them I just decided to deliver it to the person who did the request and hope for a miracle on their part.

(Card Capital 2)

"One more quest should put me to grade 1, so time to fetch the grade!" I said excited as the quests popped up and went to see if a certain stalker-san has decided to set a bait for me.

Quest- Please fight me. I want to try out a new deck,so please fight me.

Sender - Nakadai Mikoto

Clan-Kagero

Reward- 100 points

Accept

Cancel

'Here it is.' I thought as I see the quest where Ibuki shows his face for the first time,but I wonder how he bribed the Kid that was supposed to be there in the first place, otherwise it wouldn't make any sense that he showed up as his representetive. But there is no point thinking of that since I know that he stalks me around and most likely uses his position within the association in order to spy on my quests.

"Well, better accept this one and go with the flow." I said as I pressed Accept and went on my way to the Vanguard Colosseum.

(Vanguard Colosseum)

I enter a large building where a lot people are waiting to use GIRS and went to the Vangarou statue where the meeting spot is.

"According to the map, the meeting spot should be here by the Vangarou statue." I pretended to be confused as there might be a chance that the security cameras catch me saying something that I shouldn't, and a half-hour later Ibuki Kouji arrives as the so called replacement.

"Are you Shindou Ryuga-kun?" Ibuki asks me pretending to not know who I was and the fact that he stalks me.

"Yes that is me,why do you ask?" I asked feigning ignorance.

"You see,Nakadai-kun,the person who gave you that quest couldn't make it and he borrowed me the deck so I could test it for him." Ibuki explained the 'situation' as he showed me a deck,"Do you want to fight as it would be a shame after waiting for a while just for the person to not show up."

"Why not,after coming this far,better than doing nothing,so how are we going to do this? Place our FICAS in table mode?" I asked to him knowing the answer.

"No we will use GIRS. Follow me" Ibuki tells me to follow him as we went through the waiting line in front of us,he showed his FICA to the person responsible for the line and allowed us to go in and we enter the elevator.

"You seem to be a big shot around here otherwise we wouldn't have passed that huge line." I mentioned as we were in the elevator heading to a GIRS fight arena.

"So who are you exactly?" I asked Ibuki and by his reaction it was obvious that he wasn't going to answer to me.

We arrived at our destination,it was a white room with two black rectangular pillars and he simply headed to the other side.

"Place your Deck in here." Ibuki tells me to place my deck in the rectangle as he places his,"It reads the data on the deck,so you can use it during the fight."

I placed my deck as it went to the machine and the white room became a forest scenario as it changed to a vulcan,iceberg as Ibuki kept moving the screen in front of him to the side.

"Is there a specific place where you want to fight?" Ibuki asked me if there was a place where I would like to battle.

"No,feel free to choose." That was my reply.

"In that case,let's go with this one." Ibuki changed the scenario to an ancient maian temple.

"This feeling,it is almost as I am in the place itself." I couldn't help myself to this new experience,stalker plot or not.

"It seems that you liked my choice,you will understand the true value of GIRS once the fight begins." At that a virtual table appeared in front of me and a virtual copy of my deck appeared in the Main Deck Zone of the table as eight virtual cards showed up in the Generation Zone.

'I see,this system covers the number of cards in a players G-Zone so that no one can find out how many cards we have there exatly." I think to myself since I only have 4 cards in my G-zone in reality.

Then I moved my hand to the top of my Deck without touching the top card and it flew up almost touching my hand and it followed the same movements that I did.

'Amazing. So this is how it works huh?' I placed the card in the (VC) facedown and with a swing motion five cards went to my hand as they floated above it as Ibuki did the same.

"Are you ready?" He asked.

"Yup, all set to go." I told him.

"Stand Up! Owari No Vanguard!"

"Stand Up! The Vanguard!"

"Tick-Tock Dracokid" I declare the name of my starting vanguard as the unit appears in front of me.

"Perdition Dragon, Tinder Spear Dracokid" the red dragon appears in front of Ibuki.

"The unit has appeared in front of me for real? Is this some kind of hologram"? I asked to Ibuki as Tick-Tock just looks behind to see me and noods his head as a greeting.

"This is a Grand Image Real System also known as GIRS ." Ibuki tells me the name of the system.

"I see,so this is what the people at the entrance were talking about." I commented about what I heard at the colosseum's entrance.

"This system creates a three-dimensional representation of the fighter's image. In short,this is what fighers normaly image when they are cardfighting against each other and this system makes it easier without the need to do so and it is very popular nowadays." Ibuki properly explains the real use of this system.

"Such details for the units and augmented reality to better show off a cardfighter's moves during a fight." I said,then a thought came to me,"How much did you people invest into this system?" I asked one of the top questions that a fan of this series would have.

"A person would never guessed that you were the rumored fighter with the Gear Chronicle deck." Ibuki states ignoring my question just now.

"Since when it was a rumor?" I asked him out of curiosity since I never figured it out how stuff like this got leaked outside.

"There's nothing to be surprised 's what happens when you use an unusual deck." Ibuki says as I was getting sick of his kind act.

"True, but it doesn't explain why everyone needs to be surprised about it." I told him as I theorized that this clan might get released to the public sooner or later.

"Out of all existing clans,why did you picked up Gear Chronicle since you just started recently?" Ibuki asks this as he pretended to not be the responsible for me having this deck.

"It was given to me by someone unknown." I told him the truth.

"You use it because it was given to you? Not because you choose to?" He kept asking pointless questions.

"I believe that it was fate that brought Gear Chronicle to me." I told him a half-truth.

"Fate. It makes sense." Ibuki says this last words as his mask comes off a bit.

Turn 1 - Ibuki Kouji

"Then show me...that fate! Ride! Perdition Dragon Knight,Gia! I move Tinder Spear to the back in the right column." I saw Tinder Spear turning into into a warrior carrying a trident in it's hand as Tinder appeared behind in the right seconds later.

"Your turn." He says.

Shindou Ryuga's Board - (Tick-Tock Dracokid - (VC) )

Damage [] [] [] [] [] [] Hand:5 GB:0

Drop Zone:

Ibuki Kouji's Board- (Perdition Dragon Knight,Gia - (VC) ),(Perdition Dragon, Tinder Spear Dracokid - (RC) to the right in the back row)

Damage [] [] [] [] [] [] Hand:5 GB:0

Drop Zone:

Turn 2 - Shindou Ryuga

"Ride! Masergear Dragon! I will move Tick-Tock to the back in the left column." Tick-Tock turned into Masergear as I was amazed by the sight in front of me.

'Being in the Anime and watching from the computer screen really ARE different things!' I thought as my units were getting ready to fight.

"Masergear attacks your Vanguard (PW 8000)!" Masergear fired his signature attack from the chest at Gia.

"No guard" Ibuki allows the attack to go through.

"Drive check,none[Chronojet Dragon(G3/ PW 11000)]" The card was revealed to both of us as it moved to my hand as the attack caused a small explosion that was realistic to both of us.

"Damage Check,none[Perdition Dancer,Anna (G1/PW 7000)]" The card that was revealed flew to the damage zone.

"Turn End" I declared the end of this turn as the smoke that was caused by the explosion vanished.

Shindou Ryuga's Board - (Masergear Dragon - (VC) ),(Tick-Tock Dracokid - (RC) to the left in the back row)

Damage [] [] [] [] [] [] Hand:6 GB:0

Drop Zone:

Ibuki Kouji's Board- (Perdition Dragon Knight,Gia - (VC) ),(Perdition Dragon, Tinder Spear Dracokid - (RC) to the right in the back row)

Damage [Perdition Dancer,Anna] [] [] [] [] [] Hand:5 GB:0

Drop Zone:

Turn 3 - Ibuki Kouji

"Ride! Perdition Berserker, Preta (G2/PW 9000)!" Gia is surrounded by 4 Kagero Clan symbols as they surround him in circles until it transformed into a golden-armored Dragonman.

"I will attack your vanguard (PW 9000)." Preta's charged while aiming it's claw at Masergear.

'I could take this one,but if I don't take risks,how will I succeed?' I made my decision to defend this one.

"Guard! Luckypot Dracokid (SD 13000)!" Luckypod appeared in front of me and Masergear preparing for the upcoming attack.

'An amateur move. The right choice here is to let the attack pass.' Ibuki thinks as the move that Ryuga made was reckless.

"Drive check,none [Protect Orb Dragon (G1/PW 6000/ Sentinel)]" Luckypot sucessfully bounced off Preta's claw.

"Turn end." Ibuki ended his turn.

'At first this may appear sloppy,but I must avoid take unnecessary damage. When he gives a easy one to guard,I defend since he can't cause real damage to my board until reaching LEGION or Stride.' I think as Ibuki won't drop his guard that easily.

Shindou Ryuga's Board - (Masergear Dragon - (VC) ),(Tick-Tock Dracokid - (RC) to the left in the back row)

Damage [] [] [] [] [] [] Hand:5 GB:0

Drop Zone:1xLuckypot Dracokid

Ibuki Kouji's Board- (Perdition Dragon Knight,Gia - (VC) ),(Perdition Dragon, Tinder Spear Dracokid - (RC) to the right in the back row)

Damage [Perdition Dancer,Anna] [] [] [] [] [] Hand:6 GB:0

Drop Zone:

Turn 4 - Shindou Ryuga

"Stand and Draw! Ride! Smokegear Dragon (G2/PW 10000)!" I threw Smokegear's card that flew into the board as Masergear exploded and when the smoke was gone, Smokegear stood in it's place.

"Even the visual effects of the ride can differ?! Amazing!" I once again admire the quality of the images offered by GIRS.

"In that case I will call another Smokegear to the right." The ground around us seemed to shake as another Smokegear landed to the right of the one who was leading.

"I will attack your vanguard with the Smokegear that I just called (PW 10000)." The newcomer decided to rush as fast as he came forwards the Dragonman.

"No guard. Damage check,none[Perdition Dragon, Vortex Dragonewt (G3/PW 11000)]" Ibuki allowed the attack to hit once again as Smokegear crashed into Preta.

'Dragonewt? This could be dangerous if he manages to ride that unit.' The gear dragon that just attacked Preta had decided to take a small nap.

'Too realistic.' I thought with a inner sigh as the dragon snored.

"Next I will go with my vanguard (PW 10000)!" The leading Smokegear fires a green laser from it's mouth as the fire went right next to the sleeping one.

"Guard! Perdition Cleric,Hakkai (SD 19000)!" A boarman punched Smokegear, sending him back near me as a small smoke of dust was made.

"Drive check,Get Stand trigger [Stomach Clock Gear Rabbit (G0/PW 5000)]! I will give all effects to the other Smokegear and stand it!" A mechanical rabbit appeared in front of the sleeping gear dragon and it made an annoying alarm clock sound that took me and Ibuki by surprise as the dragon woke up mad that his nap was interrupted.

'Right now stalker over there will not have a reason to guard this one,but if he gets either a draw or heal trigger in this check, he will be compensated,so I won't risk him getting lucky.' I made my decision.

"Turn end." I declared the end of turn without taking advantage of the standing smokegear that seemed to calm down.

'Another mistake.' Ibuki thought.

'Normally one would consider this a mistake and they are right. However if a heal or a draw were to get checked he would be a step ahead of me.' I justified my thought as I already had came across such scenarios before and it always turned good for my opponent's.

Shindou Ryuga's Board - (Smokegear Dragon - (VC) ),(Tick-Tock Dracokid - (RC) to the left in the back row),((Smokegear Dragon - (RC) to the right in the front row)

Damage [] [] [] [] [] [] Hand:5 GB:0

Drop Zone:1xLuckypot Dracokid

Ibuki Kouji's Board- (Perdition Dragon Knight,Gia - (VC) ),(Perdition Dragon, Tinder Spear Dracokid - (RC) to the right in the back row)

Damage [Perdition Dancer,Anna] [Perdition Dragon, Vortex Dragonewt] [] [] [] [] Hand:5 GB:0

Drop Zone:1xPerdition Cleric,Hakkai

Turn 5 - Ibuki Kouji

"Is that all?" Ibuki finally drops his mask " Listen well...You're never going to beat me the way you are now. Definetly no-" I smirked in response to his surprise and decided to interrupt him.

"About time you dropped your mask alongside that pathetic act.", I decided to show him who was actually in control here,"By the way,it has been a few days hasn't it Stalker-san?" I said surprising Ibuki and making him tick at the "Stalker" word.

"What? Did you really think that I was not aware of your false kindness that you were showing from the moment we met ? Not to mention the fact that you were following me a few weeks before I started my journey as a cardfighter?"I asked him off with a shrug .

"Althought, you suddenly stopped following me around when I got the Gear Chronicle deck,I wonder why?" Ibuki instinctively reacted at that.

"I don't know what you are talking about. From what I see,you are just trying to avoid the fact that you are a beginner and trying to distract me with small talk." Ibuki dodged my questions by using his so called 'advantage' to cover it up.

'Let's see who is really outmatched here shall we?' I thought privately as I was going to make him swallow every single arrogant word of what he just said.

"Let's leave it at that and speaking of how I knew that you were acting,let's say that it didn't match your true nature stalker-san." I continued my sermon at him.

"Ride! Perdition Dragon,Break Down Dragon (G3/PW 11000)!" The dragonman grew into a armored dragon that was carrying dual blasters in it's shoulders.

"Call! Two Perdition Dragon Knight, Tarayev (G2/PW 9000) and one Lava Flow Dragon (G1/PW 7000)" Two of the dragon's legion mate and a crimson dragon covered in lava appeared on Ibuki's side of the field.

"Let me show you... What a real attack is (PW 11000)!" Break Down fired his blasters at my vanguard,which it landed a sucessfull hit.

Trigger checks - [Perdition Dancer,Anna],[Perdition Dragon Knight,Gia]

Damage - [Steam Fighter,Amber (G2/PW 9000)]

'Lukewarm, he is not taking me seriously at all.' I thought.

"This is wh-" Ibuki atemps to scold me.

"at happens when you don't save guards for latter. Well I can't blame you for being a beginner. Did I get the script right Stalker-san?" I rudely interrupted him as I had made an imitation of his voice (did a bad job at it) with a mocking tone.

"How dare you mocking me brat!" Ibuki finally got mad at me for making a fool out of him.

"This is what happens when you are rude to another person,you damn stalker!" I call him out for his creepy habit of following me around and checking on my quests.

"Stop calling me that!" He yells at me while I was pretending to clean my ears,making him tick in anger.

"Tarayev's next (PW 14000)!" The Human to the dragon's right shot at Smokey while boosted by Tinder.

"Damage check,Get Draw trigger [Luckypot Dracokid (G0/PW 4000)] power VG and draw" I drew my card as the shot took a hit on my vanguard's left leg and made it kneel down to the ground as he did the same but with another booster which made the difference (PW 16000).

"Intercept (SD 20000)!." My other Smokegear covers his leader as it disapears afterwards. "Is that all you have,Stalker! Show me more!" I mocked him once again knowing that he couldn't do anything else this turn.

"Turn End." He recovers his composure while being mad at me from inside.

Shindou Ryuga's Board - (Smokegear Dragon - (VC) ),(Tick-Tock Dracokid - (RC) to the left in the back row)

Damage [Steam Fighter,Amber] [Luckypot Dracokid ] [] [] [] [] Hand:6 GB:0

Drop Zone:1xLuckypot Dracokid,1xSmokegear Dragon

Ibuki Kouji's Board- (Perdition Dragon,Break Down Dragon - (VC) ),(Perdition Dragon, Tinder Spear Dracokid - (RC) to the right in the back row),(Perdition Dragon Knight, Tarayev -(RC) to the right in the front row),(Perdition Dragon Knight, Tarayev - (RC) to the left of the front row),(Lava Flow Dragon -(RC) to the left in the back row)

Damage [Perdition Dancer,Anna] [Perdition Dragon, Vortex Dragonewt] [] [] [] [] Hand:5 GB:0

Drop Zone:1xPerdition Cleric,Hakkai

Turn 6 - Shindou Ryuga

"A person's true nature is revealed in fights no matter how well they try to hide it and that includes for both of us,Stalker-san." I said "Stalker" really slow in order to piss off Ibuki. He had a calm face,but I knew that this was starting to get to him.

"Stand and Draw! " I swinged the virtual card to my hand as my vanguard in the board standed up.

"Bring me the Future that I seek to create my other self! Ride! Chronojet Dragon (G3/PW 11000)!" I threw the card as Smokegear glew in a blue light that revealed Chronojet Dragon in it's full glory.

"Stride Genaration...Miracle Element, Atmos (G4/PW 26000)!" I discarted Smithereen Colossus(G3/PW 10000) to the drop zone as the cost and the card shone in a light that was another special effect of this system. Chronojet transformed into a giant yellow celestial body with an halo on it's head and wings in it's back.

'Atmos? I don't recall giving him that card,could this mean that he has modified his deck to adapt to his fighting style?' Ibuki thought to himself as Ryuga continued his move.

"Stride Skill! I send your Lava Flow to the bottom of your deck then I call Stream Fighter,Amber to the left (G2/PW 9000)!" Atmos aimed his large hand as a hole opened below Lava Flow and sucked it into it then it disappeared as Amber came out of that hole.

"Boosted by Tick-tock,Amber attacks your vanguard (PW 14000)! Skill activate! Sending Tarayev in front of it to the bottom of your deck." Amber shot energy slash from his weapon that made Tarayev disappear as it jumped to slash Break Down Dragon.

"Guard!Perdition Dancer,Agafia (SD 21000)!" A lady blocked Amber's weapon and vanished afterwards.

"Atmos attacks your vanguard (PW 26000)!" Atmos created a white colored ball with his giant hads and shoots it at Break Down.

"Perfect Guard! Protect Orb Dragon (SD 0)! A red chinese dragon appears as Ibuki discarted a draw trigger to pay the cost for the defense.

"Triple Drive! First check,Get Stand trigger[Stomach Clock Gear Rabbit (G0/ PW 5000)]! All effects to Amber. Second check,Get Heal trigger[Stem Maiden,Uluru(G0/PW 5000)] ,power to Amber and I heal 1 point of damage. Third check,Get critical trigger[Steam Battler,Dasaig(G0/PW 5000)],all effects to Amber as well." I couldn't believe my luck as Amber's PW went to 24000 with an extra crit and it standed as the ball of light was stopped by Protect Orb.

"Go Amber!" The fighter once again goes to Break Down for a second time and slashes it twice as the dragon finally yells in pain and Ibuki feels the presure of this attack.

"Damage trigger check,none [Perdition Dragon, Vortex Dragonewt(G3/PW 11000)].Second check,none[Perdition Dragon,Break Down Dragon(G3/PW 11000)]."

'The conditions for Legion have been achieved.' The two us thought at the same time,'The next thing I will do is Legion and retire-' Ibuki continued his pattern of thought unaware that Ryuga was thinking the same as him.

'-his left column and I must keep my hand so that I can guard against his next wave of attacks,most importantly his Ragnaclock Dragon will be able to use it's full power thanks to the fact that he added more G-units. And that is what he his thinking.' I antecipated Ibuki's pattern of thought.

"Well then...continue your "lesson" Stalker-san". I taunted him again as my turn ended.

'This fight is no longer under my control,I must take this seriously now,otherwise I will loose to this kid." Ibuki thought as he noticed that Ryuga was not the begginer that he was expecting him to be since he was the one who gave him the Gear Chronicle Deck.

Shindou Ryuga's Board - (Chronojet Dragon - (VC) ),(Tick-Tock Dracokid - (RC) to the left in the back row),(Steam Fighter,Amber - (RC) to the left in the front row)

Damage [Steam Fighter,Amber](Facedown) [] [] [] [] [] Hand:7 GB:1

G-Zone Face-Up: 1xMiracle Element, Atmos

Drop Zone:2xLuckypot Dracokid,1xSmokegear Dragon,1xSmithereen Colossus

Damage [Perdition Dancer,Anna] [Perdition Dragon, Vortex Dragonewt] [Perdition Dragon, Vortex Dragonewt] [Perdition Dragon,Break Down Dragon] [] []

Hand:2 GB:0

Drop Zone: 1x(Perdition Cleric,Hakkai),1x(Perdition Dancer,Agafia),1x(Protect Orb Dragon),1x(Perdition Sprite,Flaretrooper)

Turn 7 - Ibuki Kouji

"Stand and Draw!" Ibuki slided the card from the deck to his hand and the units in his board stood up,"Seek Mate!" the four cards in his drop zone returned to his deck as the mate was slided into the (VC), "LEGION!" the symbol was shown in the console as Tarayev stood alongside Break Down.

"Legion Skill! I retire all units your left column!" Breakdown and Tarayev annihilated Amber and Tick-Tock.

"Breakdown,Tarayev Legion attack (PW 20000) ! Breakdown skill, power plus 2000 (PW 22000)!" The two units charged their cannons and fired at the same time.

"No guard!" I declared.

"Twin drive! First check,Get heal trigger [Perdition Dancer,Agafia(G0/PW 5000)],I heal 1 point of damage and give the power to my right-hand Tarayev(PW 14000). Second Check,Get critical trigger [Perdition Dragon,Buster Rain Dragon(G0/PW 5000)],giving both effects to Tarayev as well (PW 19000/Crit 2)." Both cards were revealed as triggers at the same time as Chronojet took the it creating a small curtain of smoke that when it vanished my vanguard had a bit of dust in it's body parts.

'I see. So that was why he did that crude guard earlier and didn't go for an attack when he had the chance to. He is more clever than what I gave him credit for.'

"What's wrong? It isn't going like you planned right?" I asked Ibuki as he had the face of someone who finally realized the why of my previous 'misplays'.

"You most likely expected me to call cards from my hand to the field so that you could mow them down with Break Down's Legion skill,emptying my field alongside my hand."I resumed,"The reason why I took risks when guarding thoose attacks at the beginning and didn't attack when Smokegear stood up was because I didn't wanted you to give me damage for me to worry about later and there was a risk that you could have got a draw or a heal at the time,making the attack useless. And if I conserved my hand,guarding agains high power attacks would become harder." I finished explaining my actions a few turns ago.

"I just realized as well a few moments ago,but it was too late,I will acknowledge that." Ibuki admited that he did a serious mistake in underestimating Ryuga.

'Attacking him any further will only give him more space for counterblasts and he isn't wasting them like an amateur.' Ibuki decided to end his turn."Turn End."

Shindou Ryuga's Board - (Chronojet Dragon - (VC) )

Damage [Steam Fighter,Amber](Facedown) [Steam Striker,Workin] [] [] [] [] Hand:7 GB:1

G-Zone Face-Up: 1xMiracle Element, Atmos

Drop Zone:2x(Luckypot Dracokid),1x(Smokegear Dragon),1x(Smithereen Colossus),1x(Tick-Tock Dracokid),1x(Steam Fighter,Amber)

Ibuki Kouji's Board- (Perdition Dragon,Break Down Dragon and Perdition Dragon Knight, Tarayev - (VC) LEGION ),(Perdition Dragon, Tinder Spear Dracokid - (RC) to the right in the back row),(Perdition Dragon Knight, Tarayev -(RC) to the right in the front row)

Damage [Perdition Dancer,Anna] (Facedown)[Perdition Dragon, Vortex Dragonewt] [Perdition Dragon,Break Down Dragon] [] [] [] Hand:3 GB:0

Drop Zone:

Turn 8 - Shindou Ryuga

'He didn't conduct a second attack,which means that he has no way to guard Ragnaclock at the moment,not with a perfect guard at least otherwise he would have given the critical to his VG when he had the chance to do so. I still don't know if the card he drew is a bluff or not,but if it doesn't turn out to be then I must take advantage of this gap.

"Stand and Draw! You are finally taking me seriously." I say a bit happier that he is finally taking me seriously.

'I don't want to loose to a brat who just started playing,so it is natural.' Ibuki thinks as he decided to fire me up a bit,"Shindou,bring all you have!"

"As you wish! Generation Zone...Release! " I discarted a copy of my avatar to the drop Zone as the card shone,releasing the Generation Zone.

"Come from the future and and bring a new tomorrow! STRIDE GENERATION! I yelled out with more intensity usual I could,not noticing that I started to overload the system with my Stride Force.

"Interdimensional Dragon,Ragnaclock Dragon (G4/PW 26000)! Huh? Where is my unit?" I asked to Ibuki while the later noticed that the battlefield was starting to become buggier.

(Outside the building)

A giant vanguard circle appeared outside Vanguard Colosseum as Ragnaclock got out of the circle and it was seen by the children that were fighters outside the building then it disappeared from outside.

"Look mom it is a unit!" A kid says with stars in his eyes.

"Subaru,have you been watching too much television,let's go." The mother kindly takes the kid away.

(Vanguard Colosseum Fight Area)

It only passes a few seconds,but Ragnaclock Dragon appeared as the field was becoming more unstable.

"Ibuki-san! We should stop the fight right now! It is too dangerous to continue the cardfight,so both of you please stop this!" One of the workers outside pleads to Ibuki and Ryuga to stop the cardfight.

"And miss what happens next?! Fat chance!" We yelled out at the same time to the voice.

"Call! Steam Striker,Workin(G1/PW 7000) ; Steam Engineer,Cellius (G1/PW 7000)!"

"Workin's PW goes to 11000 with his skill (PW 11000)!"

"Cellius attacks Tarayev (PW 7000)! Skill,power plus 3000 (PW 10000)!" Cellius went for Tarayev.

"Guard! Perdition Dragon,Buster Rain Dragon." Cellius attack his stopped by Buster Pain.

"You really don't have a perfect guard." I confirmed my theory as Ibuki made his usual poker face.

"You would need a critical trigger to settle this." Ibuki just revealed his knowledge of Ragna's skill without even realizing it.

'He really sucks at hidding facts.' I think to myself.

"I will definetly draw it! With a boost from Workin,Ragnaclock attacks your Vanguard (PW 37000)! Skill activate! By paying 1 counterblast and flipping one copy from the G-Zone face-up you can't normal call grade 0 cards from your hand to the GC! Furthermore,since there are 2 cards face-up in my G-Zone,Ragnaclock gains 1 additional critical." Ragnaclock fires his signature move as it goes into the opposing Legion vanguard.

"Come from the fires of perdition and protect me! Perdition Dragon Knight,Sattar! Quintet Wall!" A dragon knight with a red shield appeard in front of Ragnaclock's attack, as the shield started to glow as five circles appeared in front of the shield and from thoose five different units appeared.

(Perdition Dancer,Anna (SD 16000);Perdition Dragon Knight,Gia(SD 21000);Perdition Dragon,Whirlwind Dragon (SD 26000);Lava Flow Dragon (SD 31000); Protect Orb Dragon (SD 31000))

"Furthermore guard and intercept (Perdition Dancer,Anna (SD 36000);Perdition Dragon Knight,Gia(SD 41000); Perdition Dragon Knight,Tarayev (SD 46000)!" Ibuki places his last line of defense in order to try to prevent a possible defeat as more reinforcements came to add more protection as the attack connects.

"You will need a double trigger for this to connect." Ibuki told me the obvious,but what he didn't mention is that one of them had to be a critical.

"Two people can play that game,stalker-kun." I irked him once again.

"In that case let's break that wall. Triple Drive check! First Check,Get critical trigger [Steam Battler,Dasaig(G0/PW 5000)] all effects to Ragnaclock (PW 42000/Crit 3)! Second Check [Withdrawn Gear Raven(G1/PW 6000/Sentinel)]!"The guardians were doing their best to endure the increase in power of Ragnaclock.

'This next check will settle this fight.' We both thought at the same time.

"Final Che-What?" I was about to check the last trigger when something unexpected happened...the system crashed.

"Huh?" It was the intelligent response that Ibuki and I gave at the current situation.

Emergency Shutdown - The GIRS system has entered an emergency shutdown any fighter in the room must leave at once,please leave the fight area.

'WHAT THE HELL?! This was the best part and we got cockblocked by a MEANINGLESS SHUUUUUTDOWWWWWWWWWN!?' I was really mad at this,but it couldn't be helped...sigh,sight,sigh. But the virtual table and the cards were still on the table so it is possible for us to finish the fight without the holograms,what am I saying this crash just ruined the mood.

"It seems that the GIRS has overloaded,so it will be impossible to finish this cardfight now." I said with some pity as Ibuki started to leave without the deck he builded.

"Where are you going?" I asked him as he continues to leave then I decided to add extra fuel to the pile of his patience,"You didn't forget to sign the completion of the quest haven't you Stalker-san?"Ibuki stops at that as a tick mark appears in his forehead.

"Do you really expect me to believe that the kid who I happened to accept the quest from would just leave his deck in the hands of a stranger like that?" I point out the contradiction and the flaw in it.

"No, you must have used your high position in order to keep a track of my quests and took advantage of one that wouldn't seem suspitious enough in order to move and bribed the kid so that you could replace him and fight me instead,but your atempt to scold me didn't work out like you expected." Ibuki listened as I revealed the truth behind of his little test,then he turned around,went to me and signed on my FICA with his name as my grade went from 0 to 1 as the FICA's line colours became black.

'Yeah,grade 1! Two more to go and hello regionals.' I was pleased at the grade up,but still...

"I wonder what the third check was?" Out of curiosity my hand touched the top of my deck,took a look and a small smirk was seen in my face,making Ibuki curious to see the card,but I placed it back on top.

"Let's leave it at that Ibuki-san." I told Ibuki and he tried to leave once again.

(Flashback)

'I wonder what the third check was?' Out of curiosity my hand touched the top of my deck,took a look and it was Steam Maiden,Uluru.

'Seems I won Stalker'. I grinned in thought and smirked a bit as Ibuki tried to see the card,but I prevented him from seeing it since I already done enought damage for one day.

(End of Flashback)

"One more thing." I smilled with a very,very kind smile and said this,"Next time you try to mess with me, I will beat the hell out of you Kouji." I threatned him in a cold tone with killing intent that made him shiver a bit from it as he tried to hide it while keeping my smile. And with that he left.

"Well I have nothing better to do so might as well get going" I left the fighting area and the colosseum.

(Unknow Location)

Ibuki Kouji is staring at the sky unable to understand how Rive's son figured it out that he was following him for the past few weeks and the fact that his cardfighting skills were even better than what he expected them to be.

'What the hell was that? It was like I was powerless before him in that moment. How did he develop such a killing intent?' I couldn't understand how a mere brat managed to paralize me with his killing intent even thought I am a skilled fighter myself.

"He has potential,however it seems that he has reached his current limit,I might as well send him new cards so that he can start to construct his own deck. But I must use other means so that he doesn't get anymore suspicious of me than he already is." Ibuki states as he decides to gives quests or sending mails as pretexts in order to give Ryuga more Gear Chronicle cards without stakl-following the boy,it wasn't because he was afraid or anything like that of the really,but really sweet smille.

"What did he checked in the end though?" I wondered as the data of the cardfight was transmited to my phone and checked what card he had yet to reveal alongside my damage check and made a smal frown.

"Even though I wasn't using my real deck,it seems that I lost this time around Shindou Ryuga,but next time I will be the winner. For the sake of Vanguard and my atonment I will do whatever it needs to be done." With that,I continued to stare at the sky wondering what will happen next.

(Next Day)

(Shindou Mikuru's apartment complex)

Right now I am preparing my bento as well as thinking about the events that came after Ibuki's fight from the Anime, but I don't recall everything that happens afterwards except for the Regionals and the United Sanctuary special match against Team Demise and well things have already changed,better get ready for the new events that might happen. Asides I am looking forward to eat my bento then go on a quest.

(School's hallway)

'It's lunch time,so this means time to chow the food' I thought as I am in the hallway,when I hear a "Kyaah!" turned around and see Okazaki Kumi on the ground looking for something.

"My melon bread...My melon bread...Where did it go?" She says as I looked at her with some pity about her situation.I decided to help her as I saw the bread a bit far from her and picked it up.

"Here." I show her the melon bread and hand it to her.

"Shindou-kun...Thank goodness! Theese are delicious aren't they? Thanks!" Kumi thanks me as she was bowing to me as it appeared that she was being forced to hand me over her lunch.

"Okazaki, please stop doing that before someone else misunders-" I try to make her stop thanking me like I was some deity but then the worst possible person to see this messy situation had to show up.

"HEY,SHINDOU! You're a jerk,you know that!?" I heard Tokoha's yell and shook my head down knowing that it was game over before it started.

Tokoha's P.O.V

"I wonder what I'll get for lunch,huh?" I walked in the hallway as I went to buy my lunch until I see Kumi-chan bowing to Shindou Ryuga as she was handing her melon bread to him.

"That jerk!" I rushed to them as I would give Shindou a piece of my mind for bullying Kumi-chan.

"HEY, SHINDOU! You're a jerk,you know that!?" I start to scold him as he shook his head down like he was getting bothered by a pest.

"It's a misunderstanding Anjou, ask Okazaki." Shindou lifts his head as he tried to get my atention to Kumi-chan.

"Don't give me that Shindou! It was obvious that you were forcing Kumi-chan to give you the food." The nerve of this guy.

Ryuga's P.O.V

'Not again...' I sighed as Tokoha misunderstood what was happening here as the remaining students in the hallway were looking at us right now.

"Don't you have any shame in doing something like this to a girl?! And I thought you were a better person than this! " Tokoha keeps the sermon.

"Anjou, why would I need to take her food if I already have a bento with me?" I try to reason with her as she saw the bag with the box in my left hand.

"Huh, Tokoha-chan, Shindou-kun wasn't trying to take my melon bread,in fact I lost it and I was having trouble finding it until he found it and gave it back to me,so I was thanking him." Okazaki Kumi explains to her friend that she was bowing to me as a thanks and not because I was forcing her to.

"I already told her that she was going to cause a misunderstanding,but the damage is already done,bye and enjoy your lunches." With a sigh,I left them as the green-haired girl was regreting the fact that she yelled at her classmate in front of thoose other students without trying to understanding what was going on before hand,feeling guilty and embarassed by her actions she decided to go and apologise Ryuga for the mess that she made.

(Classroom)

" I'm sorry about what happened just now Shindou." Tokoha apologized to me as she was bowing deeply for jumping to conclusions earlier.

"I don't mind,asides this not the first time that I am caught in a misunderstanding." I told her as it was fine since I am always getting into this kind of situations one way or another as I kept eating my bento.

"How can you be fine with that? I was so mean to you just now." Tokoha is trying to understand the why I didn't mind about what happened with her earlier.

"Do you have any idea of how many troubles I am always getting into even when I am not the cause of it?" I ask her with some sarcasm as I with some bitterness recalled the fights that I got into against other people,including highschoolers,college students,thugs and the list just goes on... for all kinds of reasons even when I had nothing to do with it,but ended caught in them somehow.

"But that is no reason to not be mad at it." Tokoha was still insisting as she felt bad about earlier.

"Anjou,I have given up on getting mad by such mundane matters a very long ago. Now,if you don't have anything else to say to me,please stop bothering me." I told her as I finished eating the bento and decide to take another look at my deck,ignoring her, she quickly took the hint and left the classroom.

Tokoha's P.O.V

(Anjou's House)

I am currently having dinner with my parents and my big brother Mamoru as he managed to come home from his job in the Dragon Empire branch as the current Kagero Clan leader and for dinner we were having hotpot.

"Hey Tokoha,have you hear anything recently about a new clan?" My brother asked me if I heard about the new clan that has appeared recently.

"You mean the Gear Chronicle that Shindou Ryuga has?" I replied to him as it was the only one that was coming to my mind.

"Shindou Ryuga-kun ?" He asks me as my dad tries to grab a piece of meat with his chopsticks.

"Dad, the meat's not ready yet." I tell my dad as he just takes them away from the pot.

"Yes, he is a classmate from the same class as me and the one with the Gear Chronicle deck.I have seen him fight before and he was really good at it even though he just started recently. He is a person who normally is always by himself and kind of mysterious." I give him a small description of the swirl red haired boy.

"He sounds like an interesting guy,so this means that you are friends?" He asks me if I was friends with him and I recalled what happened during lunchtime earlier.

"Not really." It was all I could answer as I couldn't exactly call him friend even after he forgave me for what happened.

"But still,who knew that a classmate of yours would be the one with the Gear Chronicle clan. I would like to fight him myself sometime if he is as good as you say that he is." He said as he was showing interest in Shindou Ryuga and wished to fight him.

"There is no need for you to go out of your way just to fight him you know? And I was the fist on line to do so!" I complain to him as he was trying to get ahead of me on the line to cardfight against Shindou.

"Is that so? Then good luck Tokoha." He wishes me luck at that.

'But now I am more interested in fighting him now.' Mamoru thought to himself.

'I wonder how that swirl learned to be so patient. If it was me in that situation,I would have snapped and answered back.' I thought not knowing that Shindou Ryuga sneezed at that.

(Next Day)

Ryuga's P.O.V

(Card Capital 2)

After fighting Ibuki the other day,I don't feel like taking on a quest that involves any kind of intense effort,so might as well take a simple cardfight request at this shop if there is one avalable right now. I arrived at the usual cardshop as Kamui greeted me as he shows me a letter.

"Ryuga I have a letter here for you." He extended his hand to give me the mail that was most likely sent by Stalker-san.

I grabbed the letter from Kamui and checked it's contents," New Gear Chronicle units and two copies of a new G-Unit as well." I say as Ibuki has finally decided to give me some extra gears support,but I notice that the G-Unit's effect sucked as always.

'Seriously! Only an amateur would get hit by this kind skill." Here I was complaining in my thoughts and time seemed to stop around me as my vision went blank.

(Unknown Location)

I woke up fully aware that something strange was going on as people normally don't have blackouts like that unless you are really tired or sleepy.

"Where am I this time?" I wonder out loud as everything around me was dark when Chronoscommand Dragon appeared in front of me and stared at me.

"Cool! This is the second time that I get to see a Gear Chronicle unit from this close,it is a bit of a shame that your skill sucks,no offense Chronoscommand." I told him as my body started to have a rainbow colored aura around it.

"What the hell is going on here?!" I shout as the aura went from my body in a ray forwards Chronoscommand.

"Chronoscommand are you alright?" I asked the Gear Dragon with some concern as I knew nothing about this aura and what it could do.

"Roooarrrr!" He screamed as his body was glowing in the same color. It lasted a few seconds and he shrinked into a light ball that went straight into the two cards that had his image on them. The cards started to shine in the same colour and when it was done, there was nothing different except that the card's texts had changed completely.

"Interesting. Chronoscomand's effect in the text had changed and now it was more flexible than it was in the series and the skill is quite amazing and it doesn't suck,but the cost is still a bit heavier than before. Oh well, no pain no gain." I said as I continued to check the remaining cards in this subspace where I was trapped until it all went black.

(Back at Card Capital 2)

I found myself back at Card Capital 2 as Kamui began to speak.

"That's neat, you should try to put them in your deck, one of the best parts of this game is that you can customize your deck to better suit your playstyle. Althought you have already did something like that before with the Cray Elemental G-Units." Kamui explains to me as he recommends me to try them out. " I am the best person for you to-" I interrupted him.

"Kamui-san, how long was I out?" I asked to Kamui as he seemed confused by my question.

"What are you talking about Ryuga,you just mentioned that there were two copies of the same G-Unit just now." He told me.

'Could it be that time was stopped except for me in that instance?' I privately came to that conclusion as it was the only possibility right now.

"Forget that. Didn't Misaki-san told you the other day that is she saw you slacking off again,your paycheck would get cut in half?" I changed the topic as well reminding him of a previous situation where after we arrived from a quest, Tokura Misaki was there waiting for Kamui to arrive and she gave him off a slight warning.

"Fine,fine, then go on a quest to try them out or something." He sulks because of the reminder of that experience.

Quest- I'm a beginner. I want to get strong,so please be my opponent.I'm waiting at Card Capital 2."

Sender: Okazaki Kumi

Clan: Oracle Think Thank

Reward:100 Points

Accept

Cancel

'Perfect, it seems that the easy quest that I needed just came for me.' I just Accepted as Okazaki Kumi and Anjou Tokoha appeared before me a few seconds later.

"Shindou-kun, thank you for accepting my quest.I'm looking forward to this." Kumi politely thanks me for accepting her quest to be her opponent as we go to the fighting table.

"Okazaki, could you choose the field while I'm customizing my deck?" I asked the girl herself as I was changing a few cards from my deck for a few of the new ones that were in the letter and added the two copies of my new G-Unit as well.

"You've got new Gear Chronicle units Shindou?" Tokoha asks me with surprise in her voice as she avoided looking at me in the eyes for some reason.

"Yeah, it seems that a mysterious person has sent me new support for the clan and I was really needing it." I replied to her as I finished my adjustments and Kumi finished deciding the field.

"Let's go Okazaki!" I said excited for a calm fight.

"Good luck and have fun Shindou-kun." Kumi wishes me luck as well.

"Stand up! Owari No Vanguard!" I shout as usual.

"Stand up,Vanguard." Kumi says in a calm tone.

"Oi,oi,oi, they weren't in sync at all." Tsuneto says as he felt that this fight was going to be mundane.

"Tick-Tock Dracokid!" (G0/PW 5000) I announced the name of my starter.

"Battle Sister,Waffle!"(G0/PW 5000) Kumi does the same with hers.

Turn 1 - Shindou Ryuga

"Draw. I will ride Steam Breath Dragon (G1/ PW 7000) ." Tick-tock was surrounded by 4 Gear Chronicle symbols that turned it into a purple gear dragon.

"Moving Tick-Tock to a RG circle behind him and that is all for my turn." Tick-tock appeared behind Steam Breath as I ended my turn.

Shindou Ryuga's Board - (Steam Breath Dragon - (VC) ),(Tick-Tock Dracokid - (RC) behind (VG) )

Damage [] [] [] [] [] [] Hand:5 GB:0

Drop Zone:

Okazaki Kumi's Board- (Battle Sister,Waffle - (VC) )

Damage [] [] [] [] [] [] Hand:5 GB:0

Drop Zone:

Turn 2 - Okazaki Kumi

"So it's my turn right?" Kumi asked me and I nooded in response as she takes her turn as she draws her card.

"Um... in that case... which one to ride?" Kumi was thinking of which unit to ride while I was thinking about what I would make for dinner tonight,"I know this one, Battle Sister,Lollipop Ride (G1/ PW 7000)! Moving Waffle to the back ,then I attack your vanguard (PW 12000)." Loliipop jumped straight to Stream Breath.

"Go for it." I said casually.

" It is the drive check right? No trigger [Battle Sister Chocollat(G1/PW 6000/Sentinel)]" The battle nun slammed the purple dragon with her toy-weapon.

"Damage Check,get draw trigger [Luckypot Dracokid(G0/PW 4000)] I will draw a card." I drew a card.

"I end my turn" Kumi ends her turn as the Trinity Dragons were watching he moves with very bored expressions in their faces except for Nagara Kei who was already snooring.

"You know,this is..." Karl begins to muter,"...a really,really...mundane fight" as Tsuneto finishes for him.

Shindou Ryuga's Board - (Stream Breath Dragon - (VC) ),(Tick-Tock Dracokid - (RC) behind (VG) )

Damage [Luckypot Dracokid] [] [] [] [] [] Hand:6 GB:0

Drop Zone:

Okazaki Kumi's Board- (Battle Sister,Lollipop - (VC) ),(Battle Sister,Waffle - (RC) behind (VC) )

Damage [] [] [] [] [] [] Hand:6 GB:0

Drop Zone:

Turn 3 - Shindou Ryuga

"My turn." I announced the start of my turn to Kumi as she agreed, "Right."

"No,watch them. It's not a vanilla fight. It is just that girl has her way of doing things,but she is deceptively strong." Kamui disagreed with Tsuneto and Karl's words as he noticed that Ryuga wasn't showing his usual enthusiasm when he fights.

"Draw, ride Smokegear Dragon (G2/PW 10000) ." I placed the card in the (VC) with a passive voice as Steam Breath became Smokegear.

"I will also call Steam Breath Dragon to the (RC) and activate it's skill. By revealing a grade 3 from my hand [Ruin Disposal Dragon](G3/ PW 11000) I can search for a unit with "Chronojet" grade 3 in it's name from my deck being Chronojet Dragon and add it to my hand,then I discard a card,in this case it will be the card I revealed earlier." I explained her the steps of my play as I was testing how this deck worked now.

"I attack your vanguard with Steam Breath (PW 7000)."Steam Breath fires a yellow breath from it's mouth at Lollipop.

"No guard. Damage Check,no trigger [Battle Sister,Marshmallow(G2/PW 9000)]." Kumi places her card in the damage zone.

"With a boost from Tick-Tock, Smokegear attacks your Vanguard (PW 15000)." Smokegear rushes forwards the battle nun.

"No guard." Kumi doesn't defend once again.

"Drive check, no trigger [Steam Knight, Puzur-IIi](G2/ PW 9000)." I added the mate of Disposal to my hand as Smokegear slashed Lollipop with his claw.

"Damage check, no trigger [Battle Sister,Lollipop]" Kumi repeats her action.

"Activating Tick-Tock's skill. By placing this card in the soul after boosting an attack that landed a sucessfull hit in your Vanguard, I can choose a grade 1 or less unit you have and place it on the bottom of your deck,then I draw a card." Tick-tock and Waffle vanished as I drew a card and Kumi placed her Waffle on the bottom of her deck with a sad expression, "That is all." I concluded

Shindou Ryuga's Board - (Smokegear Dragon - (VC) ),(Stream Breath Dragon - (RC) to the right in the front row)

Damage [Luckypot Dracokid](Facedown) [] [] [] [] [] Hand:7 GB:0

Drop Zone:1xRuin Disposal Dragon

Okazaki Kumi's Board- (Battle Sister,Lollipop - (VC) )

Damage [Battle Sister,Marshmallow] [Battle Sister,Lollipop] [] [] [] [] Hand:6 GB:0

Drop Zone:

Turn 4 - Okazaki Kumi

"Stand and draw. Battle Sister Marshmallow (G2/PW 9000) Ride! Call! Battle Sister Cocoa (G1/ PW 6000),with her skill,I check the top card of my deck and leave it there." Kumi leaves the card in the top of her deck which no doubt it is something that she will need,"With a boost from Cocoa,Marshmallow will attack your vanguard ! (PW 15000)." Marshmallow fired a light arrow at Smokegear.

"No guard". I say as there was no point to guard.

"Drive trigger check! Critical trigger [Battle Sister,Ginger[G0/PW 5000)]! Giving all the effects to my Vanguard (PW 20000 Crit 2)." The light arrow splitted in two and landed a shot in Smokey's neck as it yelled in pain.

"Damage check,no trigger [Steam Fighter,Amber](G2/ PW 9000).Second Check,no trigger [Smokegear Dragon(G2/PW 10000)]" I placed my cards in the damage Zone as she ended her turn.

"Good going Kumi-chan,keep it up!" Tokoha cheers for Kumi who noods her head in response.

Shindou Ryuga's Board - (Smokegear Dragon - (VC) ),(Stream Breath Dragon - (RC) to the right in the front row)

Damage [Luckypot Dracokid](Facedown) [Steam Fighter,Amber] [Smokegear Dragon] [] [] [] Hand:7 GB:0

Drop Zone:1xRuin Disposal Dragon

Okazaki Kumi's Board - (Battle Sister,Marshmallow - (VC) ),(Battle Sister,Cocoa - (RC) behind (VC) )

Damage [Battle Sister,Marshmallow] [Battle Sister,Lollipop] [] [] [] [] Hand:6 GB:0

Drop Zone:

Turn 5 - Shindou Ryuga

"Stand and Draw. Bring me the Future that I seek to create! Ride! Chronojet Dragon (G3/PW 11000)" I said more excitely as my Smokegear Dragon evolved into Chronojet.

"I will move Steam Breath to the back and call two Steam Fighter,Amber(G2/PW 9000) along with 1 Masergear Dragon (G1 /PW 8000) behing Chronojet." I decided to drop a few more units in order to accelerate the game. "Amber attacks your vanguard (PW 9000)." Amber runs in Marshmallow's direction.

"Guard! Battle Sister Cocoa (SD 14000)" Cocoa appears in front of Amber and stops him from going any further as she shooks her hand with a no,no sign.

"Booster by Masergear, Chronojet Dragon attacks your vanguard (PW 19000)." Chronojet rushes to punch Marshmallow.

"Perfect Guard!" Kumi places Battle Sister Chocolat as she discards 1 card [Battle Sister,Mille-feuille(G3/PW 11000)] in order to pay the cost. Chronojet is stopped by a nun who fires her shootgun in such a clumsy way that he is forced to dodge every bullet that actually goes into his direction,making him forget Marshmallow.

"Twin Drive. First check,none[Steam Maiden,Arlim(G1/ PW 6000/Sentinel)] .Second check,no trigger [Steam Breath Dragon(G1/PW 7000)]." I added the checked cards to my hand.

"Next the second Amber boosted by Steam Breath attacks your vanguard (PW 16000)" Amber went for the opening that was left after the clumsy nun disappeared.

"No guard! Damage Check! Critical trigger[Psychic Bird(G0/PW 4000)],giving all effects to my vanguard( PW 14000 Crit 2)" Kumi gave the effects to her vanguard as it was slammed by Amber.

"Turn End!" I declare the end of my turn.

Shindou Ryuga's Board - (Chronojet Dragon - (VC) ),(Masergear Dragon - (RC) behind (VC) ),(Stream Fighter,Amber - (RC) to the right in the front row)(Stream Breath Dragon - (RC) to the right in the back row),(Stream Fighter,Amber - (RC) to the left in the front row)

Damage [Luckypot Dracokid](Facedown) [Steam Fighter,Amber] [Smokegear Dragon] [] [] [] Hand:6 GB:0

Drop Zone:1xRuin Disposal Dragon

Okazaki Kumi's Board - (Battle Sister,Marshmallow - (VC) ),(Battle Sister,Cocoa - (RC) behind (VC) )

Damage [Battle Sister,Lollipop] [Battle Sister,Lollipop] [Psychic Bird] [] [] [] Hand:3 GB:0

Drop Zone: 1xBattle Sister,Cocoa;1x Battle Sister,Mille-feuille; 1xBattle Sister, Chocolat

Turn 6 - Okazaki Kumi

"Stand and Draw! Battle Sister,Mille-feuille(G3/PW 11000) ride!"Marshmallow glowed in a light until it became an older nun with a black battle dress and was handling two katanas on both hands,"With her skill,I draw a card" Kumi drew her card.

"Generation Zone...Release!" Kumi discarted the card that was drawn throught Mille's effect which was another copy of Mille," Stride Generation! Soaring Auspicious Beast, Kirin (G4/PW 26000)."Mille transformed into a giant golden Mythical beast as it roared out loud.

"Call Battle Sister,Mocha(G2/PW 8000)." Another battle nun shows up.

'Tokoha-chan told me if I managed to land a hit with Kirin,I could increase my hand.'Kumi thinks to herself as she decided to go with the mythical beast first,"With a boost from Cocoa,Kirin will attack your vanguard (PW 31000). Kirin starts to charge straight to my vanguard.

'If Kirin attack makes a hit,she will reinforce her hand,so better drop Arlim here.' I thought to myself as Kirin kept charging at Chronojet.

"Perfect guard. Steam Maiden Arlim(SD 0)." I calmly discarted 1 card which was Steam Striker,Workin(G1/PW 7000) as Arlim recieved Kirin's charge and sent him backwards.

"Triple drive! First check,critical trigger [Psychic Bird(G0/PW 4000)]! All effects to Mocha (PW 13000/Crit 2).Second check,none[Battle Sister,Cocote(G2/PW 9000)]. Third Check,none [Battle Sister,Omelet (G1/PW 7000)]." Kirin recovered from Arlim's throw as Mocha prepared herself for battle.

"Mocha attack his vanguard (PW 13000/Crit 2).With her skill,since I have more than 3 cards in my hand her power goes up by 3000 (PW 16000/Crit 2)" Mocha jumped to kick Chronojet.

"No guard. Damage check,none [Steam Maiden,Arlim(G0/PW 6000/Sentinel)].Second check,Critical trigger [Steam Battler,Meshda(G0/PW 5000)] .All effects to my vanguard (PW 16000/Crit 2." A spin kick was given to Chronojet Dragon as he was bounced back a bit from the impact.

"Tsuneto, wake me up when this is over..." Karl went to the dreamland were Kei was waiting him and they began a fight in that wonderfull world.

"Karl,you left the boat as well,but for the sake of that. I must stay awake." Tsuneto swore that he wouldn't fall asleep due to Okazaki Kumi's fighting.

"Why are the Trinity Dragon even here if they are this bored?" Tokoha asked Kamui as she wondered why they were even watching the cardfight if it was so boring to them." Tsuneto and the gang are only here to see if Ryuga finally looses. You see,Ryuga has already won more than 50 times in a row at this shop without a single defeat and we all made a bet of how long it would take until he either looses or reaches a 100 victories in a row here." Kamui explained to Tokoha about a bet that he had made with the Trinity Dragon without Ryuga's knowledge.

"How much did you bet?" I asked Kamui out of curiosity. "Let's say that the money can afford a few dates." Kamui avoids mentioning the amount of cake to be won from the bet.

"You'd better share some of that with me if you win Kamui-san or I am telling Misaki-san about this since I am sure that she doesn't allows these kind of bets." I blackmailed him as he gulped.

'Boys.' Tokoha sighs.

"How come that you guys haven't fight each other yet?" Kamui asked to us since the top players in this shop should cross paths one day sooner or later.

"Well, Anjou wanted to fight me,but we never got the time to do it or I was simply to busy with quests and homework from school." I explained the why of me and Tokoha never fought against each other.

"Same reason." Tokoha agreed with me.

Kumi-chan is getting better,but Shindou has also improved a lot since I saw him fighting last still...' Tokoha has seen how far Ryuga had improved since last week.

Damage [Luckypot Dracokid](Facedown) [Steam Fighter,Amber] [Smokegear Dragon] [Steam Maiden,Arlim] [Steam Battler,Meshda] [] Hand:4 GB:0

Drop Zone:1xRuin Disposal Dragon;1xSteam Striker,Workin; 1xSteam Maiden,Arlim

Okazaki Kumi's Board - (Battle Sister,Mille-feuille - (VC) ),(Battle Sister,Cocoa - (RC) behind (VC) ),(Battle Sister,Mocha - (RC) to the right in the front row )

Damage [Battle Sister,Lollipop] [Battle Sister,Lollipop] [Psychic Bird] [] [] [] Hand:5 GB:1

G-Zone Face-up: 1xSoaring Auspicious Beast, Kirin

Drop Zone: 1xBattle Sister,Cocoa;2x Battle Sister,Mille-feuille; 1xBattle Sister, Chocolat;1xBattle Sister,Marshmallow

Turn 7 - Shindou Ryuga

"Is this the best that you can do? The last time I saw you fightning, it seemed that you were more focussed in your pursuit for victory." Tokoha says it while looking at me as I gave a small chuckle at that.

"What's so funny Shindou?!" Tokoha asks as she was getting a bit mad at my laugh.

"Anjou,I didn't guard that because now even if Okazaki were to get a heal trigger,she couldn't recover damage until the sixth one unless I score a heal during the drive checks from this turn " I told her while being amused."I was just taking this easy on her you know ? I didn't even started to take the fight seriously yet." I continued to talk to her.

"What?" Tokoha was taken back by the answer I gave her.

"He is right you know? Ryuga is normally more cautious when dealing with his opponent's attacks and this time he acted like it didn't matter since he wanted to fight on a slower pace than usual." Kamui reinforces my statement.

"If you want to see me more determined,you got your wish!" I decided to turn up my gears.

"Stand and Draw! Generation Zone...Release!" I discarted 1 Steam Breath Dragon from my hand as the stride cost.

"Come from the future and and bring a new tomorrow! Stride Generation! Interdimensional Dragon,Ragnaclock Dragon(G4/PW 26000). Chronojet turned into Ragnaclock.

"Stride skill! Sending Cocoa to the bottom of your deck!" With a roar Ragnaclock opened a purple hole that sucked Cocoa into it.

"Amber attacks Mocha (PW 9000)!" Amber slams his weapon against Battle Sister,Mocha and the nun was destroyed in a small explosion.

"Boosted by Masergear,Ragnaclock attacks your vanguard (PW 34000)! Skill activate! Now you can't call grade 0 units from your hand to the (GC)!" Ragnaclock performed his signiature move.

"No guard." Kumi didn't have shields to defend this one.

"Triple Drive! First check,none [].Second check,get critical trigger[Steam battler,Meshda(G0/PW 5000)]! Giving the power to my right-hand Amber (PW 14000) and the critical goes to my vanguard. Third check,none[]."Ragnaclock's attack hit the mark as Mille was now barelly standing.

"Damage check. First Check,heal trigger[Battle Sister,Chai(G0/PW 5000)],giving the power to my vanguard."Chai appeared and hit Mille from behind with her paper fan that made her mad at Chai for doing that as she yelled at her while standing properly and Chai only winked and disappeared in response as Mille fumed at Chai's escape,"Second check,none[Battle Sister, Chocolat(G1/PW 6000/Sentinel)]." Kumi finished placing the cards in the damage zone with a funny expression.

"Boosted by Steam Breath,Amber attacks your vanguard (PW 21000)!" Amber dashed to Mille.

"Guard. Psychic Bird (SD 26000)!" A green bird had stopped Amber in it's tracks.

"Your move,Okazaki." I told her as my turn was over.

Damage [Luckypot Dracokid] (Facedown) [Steam Fighter,Amber] [Smokegear Dragon] [Steam Maiden,Arlim](Facedown) [Steam Battler,Meshda](Facedown) [] Hand:7 GB:2

G-Zone Face-up:2x Interdimensional Dragon,Ragnaclock Dragon

Drop Zone:1xRuin Disposal Dragon;1xSteam Striker,Workin; 1xSteam Maiden,Arlim

Okazaki Kumi's Board - (Battle Sister,Mille-feuille - (VC) )

Damage [Battle Sister,Lollipop] [Battle Sister,Lollipop] [Psychic Bird] [Battle Sister,Chai] [Battle Sister, Chocolat] [] Hand:4 GB:1

G-Zone Face-up: 1xSoaring Auspicious Beast, Kirin

Drop Zone: 1xBattle Sister,Cocoa;2x Battle Sister,Mille-feuille; 1xBattle Sister, Chocolat;1xBattle Sister,Marshmallow;1xBattle Sister,Mocha;1xPsychic Bird

Turn 8 -Okazaki Kumi

"Vanguard is really fun Tokoha-chan,Shindou-kun." Kumi says this words to us as we smilled in response.

"Yeah,vanguard is really fun and exciting." I agreed with her as I looked at Chonojet Dragon's card.

"It allows us to build new bonds with people that we don't even know and experience emotions to a deeper is caplable of much,much more,the posibilities are almost endless." I said this with a pure smille in my face while Tokoha,Kumi and Kamui looked at me as if they have seen me for the first time.

'Is this really Shindou's true nature?' Tokoha tought as she finally understood that the person in front of her was not like the rumours described him of being a bad person at all,but the very opposite from it and no bad person could do a face like that.

'So that is his true face huh?' Kamui thought as he observed Ryuga.

"Amazing Shindou-kun! I only started recently as well,but I don't have such strong feelings for vanguard as you do." Kumi told me with a slight look of jealousy.

"That is very good,but we are getting of topic here,let's resume our fight Okazaki." I tell her to go back to the fighting mood.

"Stand and Draw!" Kumi drew her card as she got back to where the game was left off.

"I will activate Meille-feuille's generation break 1 skill! Checking the top two cards,add 1 of them and place the other on the bottom of my deck.I will use the same skill again."Kumi checks her top two cards twice so that she can get more resources for the fight.

"Then I will call 2 Battle Sister,Cocotte (G2/PW 9000) and 2 Battle Sister,Omelete(G1/PW 7000)!" Two more nuns and a action girl appeared on Kumi's side of the field.

"With a boost from Omelete,Cocotte attacks your vanguard (PW 16000)!" The first nun advances to Chronojet Dragon.

"Intercept (SD 21000)!" My Ambers incecepted the first Cocotte with ease.

"My vanguard will attack yours (PW 11000)!" Mille unsheaths her katanas as she goes to my vanguard.

"Guard! Steam Battler,Meshda (SD 21000)!" Meshda' chains Mille's left leg from behind as she tries to release herself from them.

"Twin Drive! First check,none[Battle Sister,Cocoa[G1/PW 6000)].Second check,critical trigger[Battle Sister Ginger(G0/PW 5000)]! All effects to the other Cocotte (PW 14000/Crit 2)."

"Boosted by Omelete my second Cocotte attacks your vanguard as well (PW 21000/Crit 2)! The other nun atemps to do what her twin has failled to do.

"Guard! Steam Maiden,Uluru(SD 21000) and Steam Knight, Puzur-IIi(SD 26000)!" Uluru and Puzur-IIi blocked Cocotte's halberd.

"Turn end." Kumi ends her turn. 'I have 2 perfects guards in my hand,so I should be able to endure this turn.'

Shindou Ryuga's Board - (Chronojet Dragon - (VC) ),(Masergear Dragon - (RC) behind (VC) ),(Stream Breath Dragon - (RC) to the right in the back row),

Damage [Luckypot Dracokid] (Facedown) [Steam Fighter,Amber] [Smokegear Dragon] [Steam Maiden,Arlim](Facedown) [Steam Battler,Meshda](Facedown) [] Hand:4 GB:2

G-Zone Face-up:2x Interdimensional Dragon,Ragnaclock Dragon

Drop Zone:1xRuin Disposal Dragon;1xSteam Striker,Workin; 1xSteam Maiden,Arlim;1xSteam Battler,Meshda;Steam Maiden,Uluru;1xSteam Knight, Puzur-III

Okazaki Kumi's Board - (Battle Sister,Mille-feuille - (VC) ),(Battle Sister,Cocotte - (RC) to the right in the front row),(Battle Sister,Omelete - (RC) to the right in the back row),(Battle Sister,Cocotte - (RC) to the left in the front row),(Battle Sister,Omelete - (RC) to the left in the back row)

Damage [Battle Sister,Lollipop](Facedown) [Battle Sister,Lollipop](Facedown) [Psychic Bird](Facedown) [Battle Sister,Chai](Facedown) [Battle Sister, Chocolat] [] Hand:5 GB:1

G-Zone Face-up: 1xSoaring Auspicious Beast, Kirin

Drop Zone: 1xBattle Sister,Cocoa;1x Battle Sister,Mille-feuille; 1xBattle Sister, Chocolat;1xBattle Sister,Marshmallow;1xBattle Sister,Mocha;1xPsychic Bird

Turn 9 -Shindou Ryuga

"Stand and Draw!" I standed my units on the table as I drew my card.

"Call! Relic Master Dragon(G2/PW 9000) to the right! I send your left-hand Cocotte to the bottom of your deck with it's skill !" Relic Master shot down the battle nun on the left.

"Boosted by Masergear,Chronojet Dragon attacks your vanguard (PW 19000)! Chronojet's generation break 2 activate! He gains more 5000 power (PW 24000) and you can't call grade 1 or above cards from your hand to (GC) !"Chronojet Dragon rushes for the second time to punch Mille.

'Oh,no! I can't guard that!' Kumi knew that she had to bet on a heal trigger to turn the tides,"No guard." she said softly.

"Twin drive! First check,none[Ruin Disposal Dragon(G3/PW 11000].Second check,none[Steam Striker,Workin(G1/PW 7000)]."Chronojet Dragon's right fist punched Mille in the face as the nun tried to get up from the hard blow.

"Damage check,none[Battle Sister, Mille-feuille]".The sixth damage was placed on Kumi's board as the leader of the nuns fainted.

Shindou Ryuga's Board - (Chronojet Dragon - (VC) ),(Masergear Dragon - (RC) behind (VC) ),(Stream Breath Dragon - (RC) to the right in the back row),

Damage [Luckypot Dracokid] (Facedown) [Steam Fighter,Amber](Facedown) [Smokegear Dragon](Facedown) [Steam Maiden,Arlim](Facedown) [Steam Battler,Meshda](Facedown) [] Hand:4 GB:2

G-Zone Face-up:2x Interdimensional Dragon,Ragnaclock Dragon

Drop Zone:1xRuin Disposal Dragon;1xSteam Striker,Workin; 1xSteam Maiden,Arlim; 2x Steam Fighter,Amber; 1xSteam Battler,Meshda; Steam Maiden,Uluru ;1xSteam Knight, Puzur-III

Damage [Battle Sister,Lollipop](Facedown) [Battle Sister,Lollipop](Facedown) [Psychic Bird](Facedown) [Battle Sister,Chai](Facedown) [Battle Sister, Chocolat] [Battle Sister, Mille-feuille] Hand:5 GB:1

G-Zone Face-up: 1xSoaring Auspicious Beast, Kirin

Drop Zone: 1xBattle Sister,Cocoa;1x Battle Sister,Mille-feuille; 1xBattle Sister, Chocolat;1xBattle Sister,Marshmallow;1xBattle Sister,Mocha;1xPsychic Bird

"I lost,but it was fun Shindou-kun!" Kumi and I shake hands as the fight she signs my FICA and noticies that the colours of the lines were black.

"Shindou-kun,why is the colour of your FICA different from mine?" Kumi asked me as Tokoha noticed as well.

"Shindou you are a grade 1 already!?" Tokoha asked me with a very shocked expresion on her face.

'Let's hope that Kamui-san doesn't open his big mouth and brags.' I silently asked myself for the impossible.

"Is there something wrong,Tokoha-chan?" Kumi asked to her friend with a curious expression on her face.

"Listen Kumi-chan, normally it would take a month's worth of doing quests in order to move to grade 1,but he did that in a week." Tokoha explained to Kumi who started to realize how abnormal that was.

"You see Tokoha-chan,Ryuga has been doing a lot of quests non-stop since he started to cardfight here. For example,he won a mini vanguard tournament recently at another shop,he even does Rescue Quests, Fighter Hunt Quests." Kamui brags about my exploits.

'There he goes.' I decided to stop him.

"Kamui-san, I already told you to not brag about it!" I was getting embarassed with this kind of praise.

"What are those?" Kumi asks.

"Rescue Quests are like Emergency Quests but the difference is that thoose are only deployed by people that have an actual live emergency and as for Fighter Hunt it is as the name says, the sender requests for us to defeat a specific fighter within a certain period of time or just capture specific targets and thoose normaly are a bit trickier since you don't even know where the target is,even I have a bit of dificulty to track down a certain individual". I said putting Kamui's brags asides as wishing that I had Ibuki's stalking skills.

'I wonder if I can get Stalker-san to teach me how to stalk other people in order to make it easier for me to find hunt targets?' I thought without even realizing that Ibuki sneezed twice in front of Yuuichirou Kanzaki.

(Kanzaki's office in the Unitied Sanctuary Branch)

"Ibuki,did you caught a cold?" Kanzaki asked Ibuki as he kept signing his paperwork.

"No,but for some reason I want to beat up someone right now." Ibuki states as he was almost sure that someone was mocking him.

"This is not better be a sign of weakness for your own good. Weakness is a sin." Kanzaki just says his mojo.

'Bunch of nonsense. Without being weak there will never be room to grow.' Ibuki thinks as he kept wondering why he has been sneezing like that lately.

(Card Capital 2)

"Rescue quests I can understand,but it is not recommeded to people who just started to hunt points Shindou." Tokoha says it to my face.

"It is my choice,so don't be such a spoilsport Anjou." I casually said earning a glare from the green haired girl.

"Hunting other fighters sounds fun! Tokoha-chan,let's do one right now!" Kumi drags Tokoha into this situation.

"Wait Kumi-chan! Stop draging me!" Tokoha's pleads went to the void.

Amused at the sight,I decided to leave since I already had the points and nothing was holding me here now.

"See all of you tomorrow." I just left the store in my bike and called it a day but Tokoha had one more thing to say.

"Shindou! I will be the one to break your streak of victories in this shop!" Tokoha made me a declaration as she continued to be dragged by Kumi.

Chapter 4 Preview:

Turn 4 - Anjou Mamoru and Sports event

Next time Ryuga goes to the Dragon Empire's main building in order to get a chance to fight Anjou Mamoru to get the points that are being offered as a prize if he wins,but a certain slacker also learns that the Gear Chronicle user is there as well. A sports event?

"A chance to get a lot of points?"

"I will definitly,definitly get back at you for this branch chief fufufufufu."

"Now to get my reward Vangarou-kun~."

"Anything is fair like war and love."

"Security cables are for weaklings !"

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