I do not own Cardfight Vanguard, I'm pretty sure Bushiroad owns that.
Back in the day the life of the Hino household was that of a lax one. Everything seemed perfect, the perfect family, the perfect home. Everything was peachy.
It was Ryu and Ryou's last year in high school while Yume began her high school career. Yume had just signed up and auditioned for an idol competition and she was just coming home with Ryu. "Man you were awesome out there sis." Ryu said.
"T-t-thank you." Yume stuttered. Frankly, she was really nervous so she didn't think she did that well. She was glad her brother was there to at least give her some encouragement.
"We really need to celebrate this tonight, you're going to make it big out there!" Ryu said holding his hand out to show how famous his sister is going to become. "Mom's going to be so happy to hear about this." Ryu said with glee and opened the door to Card Paradise so they could get home.
What they ended up seeing changed their lives forever. A woman was on the floor, fainted for some unknown reason.
Both Hino siblings widened their eyes in horror, "MOM!" Ryu and Yume both shouted.
Everything used to be so peaceful, everything went the right way . . . until that day. Ryu thought and slammed Dragonic Overlord on top of his current Vanguard. "I'm coming at you at full strength!" Ryu announced to Daigo and rested the rearguard Burning Horn Dragon.
Daigo, current Vanguard being Dimensional Robo Daidragon (Dimension Police, Grade 2, Power 9000) guarded Burning Horn's attack.
I wanted to be the King, I really did. Ryu rested Dragonic Overlord and Flame of Hope Aermo (Kagero, Grade 1, Power 6000). I was going to be the King, Ryou was going to be my partner, and Yume was going to be a famous idol. Dad and Mom were going to cheer for us all. Ryu gagged a little and did his twin drive. But Mom . . .
Daigo noticed that something was wrong with Ryu because Ryu looked like he was struggling. "Are you ok?"
Ryu was sweating and panting heavily. "I'm fine." Ryu said. After a few turns playing against Daigo, a huge swarm of Ryu's memory flooded Ryu's mind and Ryu began to remember all the hardships he had to endure as he gave up his dream to become the King of Vanguard. Ryu got a Tahr as his drive check, "Critical Trigger!" Ryu announced. "Critical to Overlord and power to Cross Shot Garp! (Kagero, Grade 2, Power 10000)
Daigo took two damage with one of the cards being a heal trigger Justice Rose (Dimension Police, Grade 0, Power 5000)
Why did that have to happen! Ryu sharply rested Garp and Embodiment of Armor Bahr.
Garp fired shots from its guns at Daidragon.
Daigo guarded Daidragon with one card from his hand.
Tears fell from Ryu's eyes and he panted, "Turn End."
Shiroi and Sei noticed something wrong with Ryu. "What happened?" Sei asked Shiroi. "Wasn't he just smiling a few minutes ago?"
"He was." Shiroi nodded. Ryu's sudden change in mood sort of came out of nowhere. During the first few turns, Ryu looked like he got a headache. Daigo was willing to stop the fight for Ryu but Ryu made sure that the fight continued. Is Ryu getting really sick?
"Fighting with Daigo probably gave him a jolt to his memory." Hiroshi explained.
"What?" Shiroi asked Hiroshi.
"Cards Za Paradise used to be Card Paradise." Hiroshi said. "Ryu took over because something happened to Card Paradise."
"What had happened?" Sei asked Hiroshi.
"That I'm not entirely sure." Hiroshi said. "And I think I'm not supposed to actually talk about it either."
Daigo drew his card and noticed Ryu crying. Daigo sighed. "Ryou-sama told me at this point you were a bit unstable."
"Sorry." Ryu shook his head. "It's just fighting you reminds me of a lot of stuff." Remembering Daigo allowed Ryu to further access the lost memory that he was still recovering. The fact that Daigo reminded Ryu of Ryu's desire to become King made Ryu remembered some unfortunate events.
"I don't know what had happened back then." Daigo said holding a card, "But all I know now is that this is the present." Daigo flipped the card, "With the sword of justice, cleave your way towards the righteous path!" Daigo announced. "Dimensional Fusion!" Daigo slammed the card he was holding on top of Daidragon. "Stand up MY AVATAR!" Daigo announced and the card he played, Daiyusha, shook and flashed white. "Super Dimensional Robo, DAIYUSHA!" Daigo announced hot bloodedly.
Daidragon roared and flew high into the sky. Four other machines all with different numbers located somewhere on their bodies flew alongside Daidragon. The centerpiece of the five robos was Goyusha. Next to Goyusha were Dimensional Robo Dailander (Dimensional Robo, Grade 1, Power 6000) and Dimensional Robo Daibattle (Dimension Police, Grade 0, Power 4000) and under Goyusha was Dimensional Robo Daimariner. Dailander and Daibattle became arms for Goyusha while Daimariner became legs for Goyusha. Daidragon flew to the back of Goyusha and formed a backpack of wings for Goyusha. A helmet flew on top of Goyusha's head and a mask covered Goyusha's head. Goyusha's shield combined with its chest to form a core.
"SUPER DIMENSIONAL ROBO, DAIYUSHA!" Daiyusha himself announced upon arriving.
Ryu looked at Daiyusha in awe. This was it, the Avatar he saw that represented Daigo.
"I may not know what had happened in the past, but I do know that this is the present." Daigo swung his arm, "You may not be the King like I had hoped but that doesn't mean my respect for you has changed." Daigo pointed at Ryu. "You were the first one to encourage me, and because of you I have become stronger. Now let me show you, how hard I have worked to be at your level!"
Ryu closed his eyes. After one more tear was shed, he chuckled, "Man, you're just as cheesy as back then." Daigo was a fan of heroic shows and that translated to his games. Ryu doesn't blame Daigo for that. In fact, Ryu finds it endearing. Ryu opened his eyes, and his usual smirk became part of his face once more, "that's right, there's no reason to look towards the past now." Ryu held out his hand, "Now come on, bring it!" Ryu retorted, "Show me how well you've used your Avatar!"
"I'll gladly show you!" Daigo announced and he prepared his assault.
Daigo's hot blooded reactions kind of reminded Shiroi a bit of the Daigo on Ryou's team. "Man they're nearly identical." Shiroi said about Daigo's actions.
Fight Recap
Yume's Hand: 7, Field: 4, Damage 3 with 3 unflipped
Long's Hand: 4, Field: 5, Damage 2 with 2 unflipped
Yume looked at the predicament she was in and began to panic. Aw man what do I do? She asked herself and shuffled through her hand to figure out her next move but she couldn't figure out what to do.
"What's wrong?" Long taunted. "How long are you going to wait before you actuallly begin your turn?" He chuckled, "So you Hinos get scared really easily huh?"
"SHUT IT!" Yume shouted and shivered. She was afraid of what Long will play at the Grade 3 stage, but at the same time, Yume began fearing for what she was going to do against Long at the Grade 2 stage. Before Grade 3, Yume was already starting to fear Long's Aqua Force units.
"Yume." Ryou said softly. He really wanted to help Yume calm down but he can't interfere.
Yume shivered and then she remembered something . . .
"Yume-chan, if you keep getting nervous, you won't be able to reach your dreams."
Yume let out a small gasp and felt tears coming down her eyes. Yume touched her cheeks and felt the wetness of the tears. Ryou too felt tears coming down from under his sunglasses.
At this very moment, was the moment when Ryu's memories of the past flooded into Ryu's mind. It was like at this very moment, all three Hino siblings became connected through one memory.
This very phrase calmed Yume down, then she closed her eyes.
Back when Yume began to become interested in Vanguard, Ryu allowed Yume to borrow his deck to play against some people in the shop. She was facing off against the Mega Colony clan for the first time and Yume didn't really understand much about the units and she panicked upon facing them. Ryu told Yume, "Yume, you should calm down right now." Ryu pointed out what each Mega Colony on the field did, "If you don't calm down you won't be able to win."
Then a woman came up to Yume, "Yume-chan, if you keep getting nervous, you won't be able to reach your dreams." That was the very moment that phrase was uttered. "You want to be an idol, but it is the same during a Cardfight. No matter what if you don't calm down, you won't be able to do the same for your own dreams." The woman patted Yume's head. "Think hard, and you will find your path."
Tears came streaming down Yume's closed eyes. "Are you crying because you know you have no chance of winning?" Long taunted, but found Yume smiling. "What?"
"Whoa." Takuto gasped, "What's wrong with Yume?"
"She's . . . crying." Saito mentioned.
Ryn, Karen, and Miku were speechless as to what was going on.
Yume calmed down and her thoughts became much more clearer. She remembered how Long kept mentioning something about a first, second, third, fourth, and fifth attack. If that's the case . . . then the key to beating Long was. Yume's smile then contorted into a smirk.
Long shivered at the smirk. "You . . . you have the same accursed smirk!"
Yume wiped her eyes and opened them. Yume chuckled, "I've found it." Her voice became a little bit deeper than her usual tone, surprising everyone because of how seductive Yume sounded all of a sudden. "You have no chance of winning Long."
"What?" Long was flabbergasted as to how Yume could all of a sudden be so calm.
"Yume sounds really different!" Saito yelped.
"She sounds hot!" Takuto said with a sparkle in his eyes.
Yume stood her units, "Stand and draw!" Yume drew her card.
Yume's Hand: 8
Yume then grabbed Top Idol Riviere from her hand, "Beautiful songstress of the sea, your journey has turned dreams into reality." Yume slammed the card on top of Super Idol Riviere. "Ride The Vanguard!" Yume said in Ryu's honor, "TOP IDOL RIVIERE!"
Super Idol Riviere closed her eyes and a whirlpool flew around her. Her body grew a little bit into the idol that she would grow into. After much hard work, Riviere has finally obtained the dreams that she was striving for. Riviere has become a Top Idol.
"Super Idol's skill!" Yume pulled Super Idol Riviere from the soul to show the card, "When Top Idol rides on top of Super Idol Riviere and Mermaid Idol is in my soul, I can draw a card from my deck!" Yume drew the top card of her deck. "Top Idol's skill, when Super Idol is in the soul, Top Idol Riviere gains a permanent plus 1000!" Riviere glowed pink to indicate her full power up. "Call Girl's Rock Rio!"
Rio reappeared in the same spot that she had been in.
"Call Top Idol Flores (Bermuda Triangle, Grade 3, Power 10000)." Yume played down Flores right where Perla had been.
The Top Idol swam around the circle and posed for her audience. The crowd applauded Flores's appearance.
"Call Mermaid Idol Sedna (Bermuda Triangle, Grade 1, Power 8000)!" Yume played down the pink Mermaid Idol behind Riviere.
The pink mermaid appeared behind Riviere in a flash.
"Now Girls' Rock Rio with a boost from Perle attacks your Vanguard for 15000!"
"No guard." Long announced and Rio strung a melody that hit Algos. Long lost Sea Otter Soldier of Pyroxene Communication. The card flashed red. "Draw Trigger. Power to Algos and I draw."
"Now, Riviere with a boost from Sedna attacks your Vanguard!" Yume was attacking for a total of 19000.
Long grunted. Even with the power up from the Draw Trigger, Long could not just simply use his 10000 shield to block as one trigger will just break through. On top of that, Riviere has a skill that activates upon hitting the Vanguard. The thing is, will Yume activate the skill? "No guard!"
"Twin Drive." Yume's first card that she pulled was Blazer Pleasures (Bermuda Triangle, Grade 1, Power 6000). The next card was, "Drive Quartet Ressac! (Bermuda Triangle, Grade 0, Power 4000)" The card flashed blue to indicate a stand trigger. "Pefect timing! Rio stands up, and Flores gets the power!"
Riviere slammed Algos with her tail fin.
Long lost another copy of Algos as his fourth damage.
"I'm not afraid of you." Yume said. If Yume was scared of Navalgazer Dragon's limit break, Yume would've stopped at giving Long that fourth damage. But as it stands, there was no reason for Yume to be scared. "I'm going full out on you!" Yume then flipped over two of her damage. "Riviere's skill activates!" Yume revealed that she had another copy of Top Idol Riviere.
Everyone gasped in awe at Yume activating Riviere's skill.
"Persona Blast!" Yume threw the Riviere card to the drop zone. "When my attack is successful against your Vanguard I can activate her Persona Blast!" Yume clenched her hand into a fist, "Rousing Finale!"
Riviere sung a beautiful song that powered up Rio, Flores and the Perle behind Flores.
"Wait, if Riviere could power up the units, why didn't Yume give the power from the trigger to Rio so Rio could attack the powered up Algos?" Takuto asked.
"It's obvious that Yume has a plan." Karen said. "And it doesn't involve striking at the opponent's Vanguard.
"Rio rests." Yume rested Rio, "Tear Knight Lazarus, you're my target!"
Long grunted. Yume has found out the weakness of the Aqua Force and now she's exploiting it. In order for Long to activate the skills of his Aqua Force, he'll have to attack multiple times. To attack multiple times, Long needs Rearguards. With Long's small hand as is, picking out Long's only source of attacks will be troublesome for Long. Not to mention that this was the unit in front of his Storm Rider Basil meaning taking this unit out would require Long to replenish the unit in the long run so as to get that fourth hit. Long looked at his hand to see if he required that fourth hit. The Grade 3 currently in his hand was Navalgazer Dragon which did not require Long to achieve a fourth attack. There was no point in keeping Lazarus around. "He'll have to go."
Rio strum her guitar and Lazarus shattered upon getting hit by the sonic wave.
"Why did he not intercept with with that other Grade 2 to protect his stronger unit?" Takuto asked. "Rio had 13000, one intercept and that Lazarus unit would've been 15000, enough to keep Lazarus on the field."
"Do you remember what that Coral Assault does?" Karen asked and Takuto shook his head. "When it's the third attack or more, Coral Assault gains a power plus 3000 to give him a total of 11000. Lazarus has 10000 power." Then Karen pointed at Riviere's direction, "How much power does Top Idol Riviere have?"
"10000?" Takuto asked and Karen slapped the back of Takuto's head for being stupid.
"Since Yume has Super Idol in the soul, Top Idol gains a power plus 1000 giving her a total of 11000." Karen said. Takuto nodded, "Meaning at this point, Coral Assault was the more valuable unit to keep compared to Lazarus."
"Ah . . ." Takuto nodded. "Well if that's the case why didn't Yume attack Coral Assault in the first place? I mean her unit had enough power to take down Coral Assault."
"It could be that Yume was using Rio's attack to test out what Long would do." Miku explained to Takuto. "Since the turn before had Long using Algos's skill during a fourth attack, it could be Yume is testing to see if Long would keep Lazarus on the field or not. That way Yume could probably use the knowledge of Long's actions to help give her a good idea what Long could possibly be planning for the next turn. Does Long's next unit require a fourth attack or not? By taking into every action that her opponent makes, Yume can stay ahead of the game."
In other words, Yume is preparing herself to face off against Navalgazer Dragon, however she has read what Navalgazer Dragon could do but thing was, Navalgazer Dragon had no need for a fourth attack. Since Long didn't bother to defend the unit in front of Storm Rider Basil which would allow Long to achieve that fourth attack, it could be possible that Long is going to be using Navalgazer the next turn. By gauging what her opponent would do, Yume can think a few steps forward allowing her to better make her move.
Takuto nodded as if he understood, "I still don't get it." Karen again slapped the back of Takuto's head.
"Don't mind him." Saito said, "All Takuto knows and thinks about are power units."
Lazarus dashed to the front of Coral Assault and took the shockwave from Rio's guitar.
"Now, with a boost from a powered up Perle, my double powered up Flores attacks your Coral Assault!"
Long grunted. He really needed Coral Assault to fight off Yume's Riviere, but that wasn't the reason he was worried. If Flores were to hit anything, then Flores's skill activates. With a soul blast of two, Flores can return a Bermuda Triangle unit back to the hand. In doing so, Yume can use Flores to return Rio back to the hand. Yume also has one damage unflipped so with a combination of both Flores and Rio, Rio will allow Yume to draw once more increasing her hand size even further. "GUARD!" Long threw down Emerald Shield Paschal (Aqua Force, Grade 1, Power 6000, Shield 0) to the Guardian Circle. Long discarded Storm Rider Eugene (Aqua Force, Grade 1, Power 6000) from his hand. "Perfect Defense!"
Flores was about to slam Coral Assault with her tail, but then a young naval officer appeared in front of Coral Assault and pushed out his hands to create an Emerald Shield blocking Flores from striking.
"That's fine." Yume chuckled. "That ends my turn."
Yume's Ending Hand: 6
Long's Hand: 3, Field: 4, Damage: 4
"CROSS RIDE!" Ryu announced and slammed Dragonic Overlord The End on top of Dragonic Overlord. Ryu rested Burning Horn and Flame of Hope Aermo to attack Daiyusha.
"GUARD!" Daigo intercepted with Cosmo Beak (Dimension Police, Grade 2, Power 8000) and threw down Glory Maker from his hand to guard.
"Now The End attacks your Vanguard!"
Daigo decided that he can take one attack from The End and rather not use his hand to block The End. "No Guard!"
Ryu drove check a critical trigger, hitting two damage for Daigo which one of them was a draw trigger. "Power to Daiyusha and I draw!" Daigo announced.
"Persona Blast!" Ryu announced and discarded The End from his hand to stand up The End again, "ETERNAL APOCALYPSE!"
The End stood up and Ryu rested The End again, "Strike once more!"
"GUARD!" Daigo played down Diamond Ace (Dimension Police, Grade 1, Power 6000, Shield 0) and discarded another copy of Daiyusha. "Perfect Defense!"
"What the?" Shiroi wondered why did Daigo all of a sudden play down a Perfect Defense card instead of on The End's first attack but then realized that Daigo must've just drawn the card from the draw trigger.
Ryu twin drove into no triggers. "Now Nehalem with a boost from Bahr attacks your Vanguard!"
Nehalem struck Daiyusha, giving Daigo his fifth damage.
Long grunted in frustration. By taking into account that he had a small hand size and that he absolutely needs his units to attack, Yume was able to force Long into a corner despite Long being able to make Yume have a panic attack.
"Stand and draw!" Long announced.
Long's Hand: 4
"Now from the depths of the sea, rise!" Long grabbed the Navalgazer Dragon card in his hand and slammed the card on Algos, "NAVALGAZER DRAGON!"
Algos roared and his body transformed into that of the blue dragon. A giant gun fell from the surface and landed in Navalgazer's hands.
Ryou noticed the dragon wasn't the same as the one in the vision that he saw. "That's a completely different unit!" Ryou yelped.
Yume on the other hand was confident she would make it.
Long growled at Yume, "stop giving off that annoying smirk!" It seems Long has a bad history with the Hinos and that smirk reminded Long of horrible memories. "Call!" Long played down Tear Knight Theo behind Coral Assault and Accelerated Commando (Aqua Force, Grade 1, Power 6000) in front of Storm Rider Basil. "Commando's skill, when he is called I can give an Aqua Force unit a power plus 2000!" Long pointed at Navalgazer, "Navalgazer gets the power!" Navalgazer roared to indicate him getting power. Then Long switched the spots between Basil and Commando. "Now, LIMIT BREAK!"
There was a tremor as Navalgazer roared.
Long flipped over two damage. "Navalgazer gains a power plus 3000 and if his attack is third and it hits your Vanguard, I am allowed to stand up 2 Aqua Force rearguards." Long then flipped over another two damage, "ONCE MORE!" Long announced. Navalgazer glowed blue to indicate him getting even more powered up. "Now I have two instances of standing up 2 rearguards, which means when this attack hits I'll be allowed to stand up 4 units!"
"You think I'm scared?" Yume said with a chuckle.
Long growled, "I'll wipe that smirk off your face. Battle Formation ready!" Long rested Basil and Commando. "With a boost from Accelerated Commando, Basil attacks your Vanguard! First attack, Basil gains a power plus 2000!" Total power was 16000.
Basil jumped on top of Accelerated Commando which was a horse. Commando galloped towards Riviere and Basil slashed the idol.
Yume took Mermaid Idol Ellie as damage.
"Coral Assault with a boost from Theo attacks your Vanguard for 16000!"
Coral Assault with a boost from Theo charged forward and rammed Riviere.
Yume lost Mermaid Idol Felucca (Bermuda Triangle, Grade 1, Power 7000) as damage.
"That was number two." Long then rested his Naval Gazer of total power of 18000 and Battle Siren Dorothea. "Third attack!" Long announced. "Navalgazer's skill, when it is the third attack, Navalgazer gets a power plus 3000. Dorothea has a similar skill, power plus 4000!" Navalgazer had a total power of 31000! Navalgazer began charging his gun to fire at Riviere.
Yume chuckled. "Do you know what I've been doing with this hand?" Yume said with her hand size of 6. "I've been preparing for your Navalgazer this whole time!" Yume announced then threw down 3 cards from her hand. "Drive Quartet Ressac (Shield: 10000), Drive Quartet Shuplu (Bermuda Triangle, Grade 0, Power 4000, Shield 10000), and Mermaid Idol Riviere (Shield 5000)." Then Yume shifted Girls Rock Rio (Shield 5000) towards the Guardian Circle, "Intercept!" The total guardian power for Riviere was 41000!
Ressac, Shuplu, Riviere, and Rio all appeared in front of Top Idol Riviere to shield her.
Long was shocked by how much shield Yume had and then realized why Yume didn't guard Algos the turn before, "You were aiming for this the whole time weren't you?" Long did his twin drive. The first card was Blue Storm Dragon Maelstrom which was a grade 3 unit. The last card he pulled was another Enemy Seeking Seagull Soldier. "Stand Trigger!" Long with the blue glowing card stood up Coral Assault and gave power to Coral Assault.
Naval Gazer fired a large concentrated beam at Riviere but her guardians created a watery barrier to shield her. Her guardians disappeared shortly after.
Long rested Coral Assault, "Coral Assault attacks Riviere!" Long announced.
Coral Assault rushed over and Riviere looked tense as she fear what was coming.
"Guard!" Yume threw down Comical Rainie (Bermuda Triangle, Grade 0, Power 5000, Shield 10000).
The young mermaid appeared in front of Riviere in order to protect Riviere, but then a metal basin fell from the sky and hit Comical Rainie on the head, which in turn made her fall and the basin flew into Coral Assault's face. Coral Assault yelped and fell off his jet ski. Riviere was tense when Coral Assault came rushing over, but after seeing Rainie protect her the way Rainie did, Riviere sweat dropped in embarrassment.
Coral Assault got back up to see the guardian that blocked him on the ground, fainted from the basin hitting her. Coral Assault blushed in embarrassment and got back on his jet ski to get back to his spot. Long growled and, "End Turn."
Long's Ending Hand: 3
Yume's Hand: 2, Field 5, Damage 5
Yume let out a breath. She was actually kind of nervous the moment before, but she made sure to radiate her confidence. Yume opened her eyes and she knew that victory was on the way, "FINAL TURN!" Yume announced. Her voice created a shockwave that blew Long a bit backwards and made everyone step a little backwards.
"She really is Ryu's little sister." Ryn mentioned. Ryou chuckled nervously because it was true, Ryu was able to make people fall a little backwards by simply shouting really loudly. Ryou on the other hand never managed to make anyone do that.
Yume stood her units and drew.
Yume's Hand: 3
"Now, I'll retire the Perle behind Flores and call the Blazer Pleasures!" Yume sent Perle to the drop zone and replaced Perle with Blazer Pleasures.
Perle disappeared from the field and three idols known as the Blazer Pleasures appeared in place of Perle.
"Pleasures' skill." Yume said, "When they're called, I can give a Bermuda Triangle unit a power plus 2000." Yume tapped Riviere. "And the unit I choose is my Vanguard!"
The Blazer Pleasures sang a song for Riviere, powering up Riviere to 13000.
"Call, Mermaid Idol Flute! (Bermuda Triangle, Grade 2, Power 8000)" Yume played down the card where Rio had been.
Flute the green haired mermaid appeared in that very circle.
"Flores with a boost from Pleasures, attacks your Basil for 16000!" Yume announced and rested Flores with Pleasures.
Flores with support from the Pleasures swam over and slammed Storm Rider Basil. Basil screamed and landed into the drop zone.
Long grunted in frustration. The point of that attack was to eliminate one of Long's interceptors and-
"Flores's skill activates." Yume said and soul blasted Mermaid Idol and Bermuda Triangle Cadet Riviere from the soul. "I return Blazer Pleasures to my hand." Yume sent the Pleasures back to her hand.
Yume then rested Riviere and Sedna, "With a boost from Sedna, Riviere with power from the pleasures attacks your Vanguard for 21000!"
With the lost of one of his interceptors, all Long was left to guard was his two Enemy Seeking Seagull Soldiers and his Coral Assault. Long would lose now if he were to take a Critical Trigger. He'll need two cards to be able to block Riviere. However if Long were to let Riviere hit and Yume doesn't check that Critical Trigger, then Riviere can use her Persona Blast to power up Flute and Perle making Long guard with even more cards than he was supposed to. All Long could hope for now was that Riviere doesn't pull that Critical so he could just simply take Flute's attack. "GUARD!" Long threw down his two Seagull Soldiers to block Navalgazer for 30000.
Yume saw her chance to win. Now it was all up to her drive check. "First check." Yume said then revealed Sleeping Beauty Mousse which glowed blue, "Stand Trigger!" Yume announced, making Long grunt in terror. "I stand Flores and I give Power Flores!"
Flores glowed blue and stood up to indicate her full power up.
Long didn't want Yume to pull a Critical, but he did not take into account for Stand Triggers.
"Second check!" Yume announced and then revealed her last trigger check. "Cooking Caspian!" Yume announced as the card she drew glowed red. "Power to Flute and I'll draw!" Yume drew her card.
Long was finished. He had no other cards to guard these last two attacks. Coral Assault was his last unit he could use to guard, but Coral Assault could not guard against either unit.
"Flores attacks Navalgazer Dragon!" Yume announced.
Even getting one trigger won't save Long. "No guard." Long said.
Flores swam up to Naval Gazer and slammed Naval Gazer.
Long took a green glowing card as damage. "Medical Officer of Rainbow Elixer (Aqua Force, Grade 0, Power 5000)." Long pointed at Navalgazer Dragon, "Power to Navalgazer." Navalgazer glowed green to indicate the power up.
"YIKES!" Takuto yelped. "A heal trigger!"
Saito whacked Takuto. "It's nothing to worry about!"
Takuto looked at Saito. "Why?" Takuto asked.
"Long only currently has 4 damage." Saito said. "Yume has 5 damage. Long can't heal because he has less damage than Yume meaning the heal is useless."
"Ooh." Takuto nodded. "But he can still power up his Vanguard!"
"Not going to help." Karen said.
"Why?" Takuto asked.
"Because if you remember Long's twin drive from the turn before, you'll realize why." Miku barged in and explained.
Takuto remembered that Long's twin drive was a stand trigger and a grade 3 unit. "I don't get it." Karen whacked Takuto for being stupid.
"Look at Long's hand." Karen said. Takuto saw one card. "Then look at his field." Takuto saw one interceptor. "Now what can he use to guard?"
"The card in the hand and the field?" Takuto asked and then Saito punched Takuto.
"That one card in the guy's hand is a Grade 3 unit you dope!" Saito shouted. "He only has Coral Assault to guard with but that's not enough to block Flute!"
"OH!" Takuto gasped and said in realization, or . . . "I still don't get it."
"Can I kill him?" Karen asked Miku because Takuto is such an idiot. Miku shook her head at Karen.
"Now, for the finale!" Yume rested Flute and Perle. "Flute's skill, when there are four or more Bermuda Triangle Rearguards, she gains a power plus 3000." Flute with the trigger boost and Perle were attacking for 23000.
Coral Assault to guard for the powered up Navalgazer Dragon would only equal to 20000, not enough to guard. "I pulled one heal trigger, I can pull another." Long declared.
"Try it!" Yume taunted the man.
Flute winked then held out her staff to fire out a heart beam at Navalgazer Dragon.
Long grabbed the top card of his deck in hopes it was a Heal Trigger. Long shook in frustration and sent the card to the damage zone. (Blue Storm Dragon Maelstrom)
Long's Damage 6
Ending Result: Yume Wins
"You . . . you win." Long sighed.
Navalgazer Dragon fell backwards and disintegrated.
A bouquet of flowers flew towards Riviere and landed in Riviere's hands. "Thank you everyone!" Riviere announced and blew kisses to the audience.
Ryou was in shock, Yume managed to defeat Long even though Long has that curse. In fact, it looked like the whole time Yume wasn't affected at all by Long. Was Long not using those eyes? Or was Yume just resistant in the same way Daigo was?
Mai and Maya were in the crowd and they applauded when the rest of the crowd applauded Yume's win. "She's good." Mai said to Maya.
"Yeah she is." Maya said. "To think she was able to defeat someone that had the curse." Maya said referring to Long's blue eye curse.
"I don't think the man even used those eyes on her." Mai said, "But your cousin here has shown some skills."
"She's probably even stronger than her elder brothers." Maya said, then frowned. "If she had been able to get to her brother that one time," Maya said referring to a certain tournament a long time ago after Ryou had became King and Ryu had fallen into a coma, "She might've actually been able to defeat him."
"As it stands, she is much more stronger than Ryu is." Mai frowned.
"If Ryu doesn't begin to break his own limits, he won't be able to improve." Maya said.
"It's sad to say . . . but Ryu may just be the weakest." Mai said, not happy with the statement.
Daigo looked at his field, then at his hand. "Ryu, you've put me into a huge disadvantage now." Daigo said, "However, I'll make sure I get out of this corner!" Daigo announced then called, "Dimensional Robo Daibattle!" Daigo announced.
Ryu wondered what Daigo was planning.
"Now," Daigo tapped Goyusha, "Goyusha's skill!" Daigo then grabbed Goyusha, two Daimariners from the field, and the Daibattle, and sent them to the soul under Daiyusha. "From my deck, I can now superior ride a Grade 3 Dimensional Robo!"
"Another Grade 3 Dimensional Robo!" Ryu didn't know such a card exist. In fact, Shiroi didn't realize there was another card other than Daiyusha. Daigo can't be superior riding Daiyusha again since Daiyusha was already the Vanguard.
"Now EVOLVE THE VANGUARD!" Daigo announced surprising everyone. "SUPERIOR CROSS RIDE!" The term Cross Ride shocked Ryu, Shiroi, and Hiroshi. The card Daigo needed flew out from the deck and into his hand, "ULTIMATE DIMENSIONAL ROBO! GREAT DAIYUSHA!"
An orb flew towards Daiyusha and Daiyusha held the orb. "OH!" Daiyusha shouted and then smashed the orb into his core. Daiyusha roared hot bloodedly and for whatever reason, a theme song began to play. Daiyusha's head became a crown shape and the mask of Daiyusha opened up. The wings of Daiyusha upgraded to become much more angelic. The core of Daiyusha shifted to change shape. "OH!" Daiyusha then punched the air in the sky, "ULTIMATE DIMENSIONAL ROBO GREAT DAIYUSHA!"
"You have finally reached your final evolution!" Daigo announced, "this is, Great Daiyusha!"
Ryu was surprised because this was a Cross Ride unit, units that were very scarce in numbers! Dragonic Overlord The End and another card were made in limited quantities due to their power. Ryu never imagined that he would see another Cross Ride unit in his lifetime. "They made a new Cross Ride unit?" Ryu was surprised.
"I'm actually under contract that I'm not allowed to use this." Daigo said, "But for you, I will gladly show you just how powerful I have become!" Daigo announced.
"That is fine." Ryu chuckled, "I'll gladly see the challenge of your Great Daiyusha!" Ryu was ready to face what Great Daiyusha can do.
"Great Daiyusha's skill, when Daiyusha is in the soul, Great Daiyusha gains a permanent power plus 2000!"
"HO!" Great Daiyusha roared to indicate the power boost.
"And now, go past your limits to a new evolution, LIMIT BREAK!" Daigo held his hand over his Damage Zone since it had five damage.
"A Cross Ride unit with Limit Break?" Shiroi yelped. "That's completely new!"
"When I have three or more Dimensional Robos in the soul," The soul stack of Great Daiyusha then lifted itself to reveal 7 Dimensional Robos in the soul, "Great Daiyusha gets a power plus 2000 and a Critical!"
"UWOH!" Great Daiyusha roared as he powered up.
"That's going to be hard to face." Ryu mentioned.
"Call Glory Maker!" Daigo played Glory Maker behind Great Daiyusha. "Cosmo Beak and Speed Star!" Daigo played Cosmo Beak to the left of Great Daiyusha and Speed Star behind Cosmo Beak. "Counterblast!" Daigo flipped over two damage for Cosmo Beak. "Power plus 4000 to Great Daiyusha! Speed Star's skill, power plus 2000 to Great Daiyusha!"
"HAH!" Great Daiyusha roared to power up.
"Call Cosmic Rider (Dimensional Robo, Grade 2, Power 8000) and Dimensional Robo Dailander!" Daigo called two units into the free column next to Great Daiyusha. "Cosmic Rider's skill, power plus 2000 to Great Daiyusha and counterblast for Dailander, power plus 4000 to Great Daiyusha!"
"SYAH!" Great Daiyusha roared again to power up.
"Now, Daimariner times three and Daibattle's skills!" Daigo threw the four cards from the soul to the Drop Zone. "Power plus 3000 each to Great Daiyusha!"
"UWOH!" Great Daiyusha roared one final time to indicate the final power up.
"How powerful is that?" Sei asked Shiroi.
Shiroi started to calculate. 15000 plus 4000 plus 4000 plus 2000 plus 2000 plus 12000 equals, "39000!"
"WOW!" Ryu yelped as to how high Daigo to Great Daiyusha. Ryu remembered now that when they were younger, Daigo used to like holding back in giving power to Daiyusha.
However Ryu gave Daigo a piece of advice, "You know, don't hold back!" Ryu pumped his fist.
"What do you mean?" Daigo asked Ryu.
"If you have the chance to power up your Daiyusha, by all means, don't hold back! Pump it all on Daiyusha!" Ryu said.
"Oh really?" Daigo asked.
"Just be careful when you face against a Perfect Guard." Ryu said. "Or last minute heal triggers, either or."
Ryu chuckled. "Oh man, you really took my advice to heart didn't you?" Ryu asked.
"Yes." Daigo said. "I've remembered what you said to me that time and never forgot." Daigo rested Cosmo Beak with Speed Star to defeat Nehalem while Cosmic Rider and Dailander finished off Burning Horn. "Now, with a boost from Glory Maker, Great Daiyusha attacks Dragonic Overlord The End!"
Great Daiyusha's Great Justice Sword appeared in his hands and he flew towards Dragonic Overlord The End. "HAH!"
"Glory Maker's skill, when my damage zone is four or more, power plus 4000 to my Vanguard!" Total power was 49000.
Dragonic Overlord The End took to the skies to fight Great Daiyusha.
"GUARD!" Ryu threw down a whole bunch of cards to guard. "Tahr, Flame Seed Salamander, Monica, Genjo, and Garp to guard!" Ryu threw down all but one card in his hand to guard. That last card in his hand was another copy of Dragonic Overlord The End so he could not use the card to guard. The total power of Dragonic Overlord The End right now was 53000.
"I won't give up!" Daigo then flipped over the top card of his deck, "Daiyusha." One more card to flip, and Daigo got the card he needed, "Justice Rose!" The card glowed green. "I heal one damage." Daigo healed one of his flipped damage bringing his damage zone to four, "And I give power to Great Daiyusha!"
"HO!" Great Daiyusha glowed green and his total power became 54000, enough to break Dragonic Overlord The End's guard!
Dragonic Overlord The End after receiving power from his five guardians parried Great Daiyusha, but then Great Daiyusha kicked The End away. Great Daiyusha's sword grew in length and width creating a universe slayer type sword. "ULTIMATE JUSTICE SWORD!" Great Daiyusha swung the sword down and cleaved Dragonic Overlord The End.
Ryu had four damage and since Great Daiyusha had a critical of 2, Ryu would take two damage. Ryu's first damage was Kimnara. Ryu took his next card and lifted the card. Ryu didn't look at the card and his eyes were hidden by his bangs. Then Ryu placed the card facedown on the damage zone.
Dragonic Overlord The End disintegrated and the hologram completely disappeared.
"You win." Ryu said without even looking at the sixth card.
Ryu forfeits
Ending Result: Daigo wins
"Man after that move, I don't think I can top that." Ryu chuckled nervously, "You've become strong Daigo." Ryu said. "I fully remember you now." Ryu cackled, "Aw man, and to think that you were such a shy boy, but now look at you, you're smashing me with such high powered units!"
"It's nothing." Daigo said, uneasy by the fact that Ryu didn't even reveal the sixth damage.
"Anyway, I just remembered now that there's something I need to do." Ryu said to Daigo. "Do you mind helping me watch the shop for a bit?"
"That's fine." Daigo said.
"Anyway, Hiroshi help him watch the shop ok?" Ryu said to Hiroshi.
"Hai Dad." Hiroshi said bluntly, surprising Shiroi and Sei.
"OOH!" Sei yelped, "Ryu's your dad?"
"NO WAY!" Shiroi yelped since there was no way Ryu was even old enough to be Hiroshi's father.
"HIROSHI!" Ryu yelled while he headed for the exit, "You know that I'm not your father!" This alleviated some of Shiroi's disgust at least. "I may not remember how you're related to me but that doesn't mean you can just call me that!"
"But you liked it when I called you dad and Yume mom a few weeks ago." Hiroshi said making Ryu fall.
"You called Yume mom?" Shiroi shuddered. "I'm actually not really surprised, you Hinos are weird."
"That's a strange kid there." Daigo sweat dropped.
"That was different!" Ryu shouted at Hiroshi. "Watch the shop ok, I'll be back in a bit!" Ryu then ran off.
Shiroi whistled then went up to look at Great Daiyusha, "Man, I've never thought they would upgrade Daiyusha like that." Shiroi said. "I know you're not allowed to show this off, but is it fine if I take a look at it?"
"No." Daigo said with his eyes hidden by his bangs.
"Eh?" Shiroi wondered what was with that response.
"You're Shiroi right?" Daigo asked Shiroi. Shiroi nodded. "Ryou-sama has given you much praise." Daigo said, making Shiroi blushed, "But is it ok if you continue this game between me and Ryu?"
"What are you talking about?" Shiroi asked. "Isn't the game over?"
Daigo shook his head. "The fight's not over till the final damage is in the damage zone." He said. "Ryu didn't reveal what that card is." Daigo pointed at the 'sixth' damage. "So I want you to reveal it for me and continue the game."
"Um . . ." Shiroi then went to Ryu's side.
"Good luck!" Sei said to Shiroi.
"I don't think I need luck if Hino-san lost anyway." Shiroi said while flipping over the face down card, creating a green glow.
The hologram started up again and Dragonic Overlord The End then in a flash of flames, healed from the wound it took from Great Daiyusha.
Shiroi looked at the card in shock while Daigo nodded. "I knew it." Daigo chuckled.
"Dragon Monk G-G-Genjo." Shiroi stuttered at the thought that Ryu got a heal trigger as his sixth damage. Shiroi then sent one of the face down cards to the drop zone. "He's . . . he's still in the game." Shiroi muttered and took Ryu's The End unit that was supposed to be in the hand to his hand.
Daigo closed his eyes, "Well there's nothing else I can do, so turn end."
Shiroi in Ryu's place stood Ryu's units and drew a card. Shiroi drew Dragonic Overlord. Shiroi knows that Daigo only has two cards in the hand, one of which was a Grade 3, the other a 10000 shield. Daigo has 4 damage and two interceptors. The total shield that Daigo has is one 10000 shield and 2 5000 shields. At this point, Shiroi cannot rely on The End's Persona Blast. There is also three damage unflipped for Ryu's side. "Call!" Shiroi played down both Dragonic Overlord The end and Dragonic Overlord.
Daigo was kind of surprised by this play, "You're not going to use the Persona Blast?"
"At this point I don't see a point." Shiroi said, "Because I can see victory with this card!" Shiroi tapped Dragonic Overlord, "Now Counterblast!" Dragonic Overlord's counterblast of three activated. Dragonic Overlord roared and his wings blazed up.
Daigo did not expect this type of play and knows what Shiroi was planning. Dragonic Overlord was going to eliminate the interceptors and also hit Great Daiyusha, meaning Daigo would have absolutely no cards left to guard Great Daiyusha with. Victory was in the bag for Ryu's deck.
"ETERNAL FLAME!" Shiroi rested Dragonic Overlord and Bahr for a total of 24000 on Cosmic Rider.
The most Daigo can guard Cosmic Rider now would be for a total of 24000, which would be a waste of cards. "No guard."
Dragonic Overlord blasted through Cosmic Rider.
"Overlord's attack hits." Shiroi announced then stood up Overlord, "He stands up!"
"OOH!" Sei clapped for how cool Overlord's skill was.
"Overlord now attacks Cosmo Beak!" Shiroi announced and rested Overlord.
Daigo could block Cosmo Beak, but there really wasn't much of a point. "No Guard."
Dragonic Overlord slashed Cosmo Beak.
"Eternal Flame activates, STAND UP!" Shiroi stood Dragonic Overlord once more. "Now attack, Great Daiyusha!"
Dragonic Overlord and Great Daiyusha flew to the sky to sword fight, but Great Daiyusha was unable to defend against Dragonic Overlord's flaming slash.
The card that reached the damage zone glowed yellow. "Get, Daibattle, Critical Trigger!" Daigo announced. "Power to Great Daiyusha!"
From its wounds, Great Daiyusha powered up in a yellow glow.
There was no chance for the rearguard The End to hit Great Daiyusha, but Shiroi still had the Vanguard The End. "Now, The End attacks your Vanguard!" With a boost from Flame of Hope Aermo, The End was attacking Great Daiyusha for 19000.
"GUARD!" Daigo threw down Justice Rose to guard for a total of 28000. The only way Shiroi can win is if Shiroi were to pull a trigger and hand it to the rearguard The End. Don't pull one now.
"Twin Drive." Shiroi said. First card had no trigger. The second one however glowed blue, "Flame Seed Salamander, STAND TRIGGER!" Shiroi announced.
"YIPE!" Daigo yelped.
"Stand Dragonic Overlord, and power to Dragonic Overlord!" Shiroi announced.
Daigo was hoping the whole time Shiroi didn't pull a trigger to give to the rearguard The End. Daigo got his wish, but not in the same way he had hoped for.
"Now with a total power of 21000, Dragonic Overlord attacks your Great Daiyusha!"
The two titans flew once more in the air to slash at each other. Great Daiyusha attempted another universe slayer sized Ultimate Justice Sword, but Dragonic Overlord's flaming wings boosted Dragonic Overlord to bash Great Daiyusha into the air.
Dragonic Overlord then held his sword up high, flames engulfing the sword creating a large flaming sword. Dragonic Overlord then swung his sword, burning Great Daiyusha.
Daigo's last damage was another copy of Great Daiyusha. Daigo chuckled, "Well it looks like I'm the true loser."
Ending Result: Ryu could've been the winner, however Daigo still wins due to Ryu's forfeit
"So that means . . ." Shiroi realized that had Ryu not just left, Ryu would've won.
Daigo shrugged, "He's just like that." Daigo said. "If a cool move were to happen, if becomes so awed that he kind of forgets that he could possibly pull a heal trigger." Daigo chuckled remembering a similar event. Only that time Daigo actually asked Ryu to reveal the card, revealing a critical trigger, "Though he has admitted to me that other than me, no one has been able to make him react the same."
"Wow, so you're the only one who can make him feel excited." Sei said with sparkles in her eyes. "That's so romantic!"
Daigo and Shiroi both jumped in surprise. "This girl is kind of weird." Daigo whispered to Shiroi. Shiroi nodded since it was true.
Long grunted at his loss, "I lost . . . I lost . . ." Then Long regained his composure, "Well seems like I underestimated you, young idol." Long gathered up his cards.
"You better believe it." Yume said.
Then Long walked up to Yume, and pecked Yume's cheek, freezing Yume in her tracks. "I think I might have fallen in love." Long said with a mischievous grin.
Ryn, Miku, and Karen yelped. "You saw that right?" Ryn asked Miku.
"Yeah." Miku nodded. "Karen?"
"I for one am sure it happened." Karen nodded to Miku.
Ryou let out a yell, "YOU BASTARD!" How dare some guy kiss Ryou's sister!
All the other guys including Takuto yelled out, "FOUL PLAY!" How dare some guy kiss Yume('s cheek)!
Yume processed what happened, and she then lost her composure. Her voice became less seductive sounding and back to her usual tone, "YOU PERVERT!" She threw a fist at Long but Long ducked and walked off, causing Yume to accidentally punch Ryou in the face, making his mask and fedora fly off.
Long was long gone after Yume realized she punched the wrong person. "You've proven how strong you are." Long said, then frowned, "But I refused to believe that the boy who has inherited Ryuuji Hino's legacy is that much stronger." Long growled. "Soon, the Aqua Force will have their revenge." Just what does the Aqua Force have to do with Ryu anyway?
Ryou stumbled around and everyone around recognized Ryou, "It's Ryou!" Someone said.
"Nii . . . Nii-san?" Yume said in surprise.
Ryou realized that his identity was found. "DAMN IT!" Ryou broke into a run, taking his Fedora and Mask. The fans all ran after Ryou but Ryou climbed a pipe up to the roof of a building.
"HOLY COW!" The fans all yelped at how agile Ryou was.
Ryn sweat dropped. "Ryou was always after all good at running away." Ryn said to Yume, but found Yume frozen in shock at seeing her brother.
Yume stood silent, and then she yelled at Ryou, "YOU IDIOT!" Yume shouted so loudly that Ryou actually got knocked off his feet. "IDIOT NII-SAN!" Yume yelled at her brother that won't come home.
Ryou looked back at Yume, and found her pouting face a bit endearing. "Sorry Yume." Ryou saluted to Yume though Yume couldn't see it. "But Nii-san has his reasons for leaving you alone." Ryou got up and dusted himself to prepare for his trip down back to the ground away from the people. "But for now I can't spoil you just yet." Ryou said, then all of a sudden, at this very moment, Ryou felt a presence on the ground. This was the presence of Raiju.
Ryou was dressed as Blaster Dark, "What's going on here?" Ryou found himself not knowing what was going on. Ryou then looked up and found a large shadow, "What is this!"
A dark claw came down on Ryou dressed as Blaster Dark.
Ryou screamed and panted heavily. "What . . . was that?" He fell to his knees. "Was that . . . a Vanguard unit?" Ryou had never seen so much despair in one unit before. At the same time, this unit had the same silver eyes as Raiju. Ryou shivered in fear. "What . . . what is going to happen to me?"
As the sun began to set, the girls of Q4 started their walk home, and in the background Ryu was running into a store but the girl's didn't notice him. Yume was shuddering as if she had been violated and Ryn was comforting Yume. "I feel so dirty." Yume shuddered as she kept thinking back to Long's kiss to her cheeks.
"Don't feel bad about it." Ryn said and rubbed Yume's back to comfort Yume, "None of us expected him to do something like that. I'm pretty sure all of us would've done what you did if it happened to us." Yume nodded to agree with Ryn.
"Well actually," Karen said, "I would've done something a lot worse to that guy than just simply punching my own brother in the face."
"EEK!" Yume screamed and almost fainted from the thought of her little mistake against her second brother that she wasn't even aiming for, "I didn't even want to punch him, it just happened!"
"Oh?" Karen asked, "I thought you really wanted to do it since you afterwards called him an idiot at the top of your lungs."
"OH WAH!" Yume almost fainted in shock if it weren't for Ryn keeping Yume up. Yume began to sob, "I didn't even mean to do that." Yume couldn't really control her emotions at the time against the brother that just refused to come home and at least visit. She was letting her sibling rage get the best of her at the time. "He must really hate me now." Ryou's relationship with Ryu was already strained a little, Yume didn't want to add anymore fuel to that fire.
"Come on, perk up." Miku said with a reassuring smile, "Ryou's a nice guy, I'm pretty sure he won't hold a grudge against you for doing something like that."
"I hope you're right." Yume sobbed, "I wouldn't want my own brother to hate me."
"Your brothers love you a lot," Miku said since she has noticed that both Ryu and Ryou seem to dote on Yume a lot, that is Ryu did it back then and is still doing it but at least when Ryou was living together with his siblings, Ryou doted on Yume quite a bit, "I'm pretty sure Ryou still loves you even after your little rage." Yume nodded while Miku looked away to face away from the other girls, "At least you still have a good relationship with your brothers at least . . . unlike me." Miku whispered to herself so the other girls could not hear her.
Upon getting back to Cards Za Paradise, the shop was still open and wasn't going to close for a few hours. Upon entering, the girls caught sight of a man in a red coat with a similar hairstyle (at least from the back) to Ryu and he was helping some kids with their decks. "NII-CHAN!" Yume squealed happily and then lunged towards the man to hug the man from behind, "Oh I'm so happy I get to see you!"
"Huh?" The man Yume hugged however was actually Daigo . . . again. "Oh it's you again."
Yume took a while to process her mistake and Ryn, Karen, and Miku took a while to process that the similar looking man to Ryu was not actually Ryu.
"EEK!" Yume jumped backwards and Ryn and Miku had to keep Yume from falling to the floor, "It's you again!"
Daigo chuckled nervously, "Do I really look like your brother that much?" Daigo asked, "I didn't expect you to do that to me twice in a row."
Ryn gasped in surprise because Daigo did kind of resemble Ryu a little and yet Daigo looked nothing like Ryu. "It's so uncanny."
Shiroi who was still in the shop saw what happened, then looked at Daigo. "Dude, did you make yourself look like Ryu because you like him that much?"
Hearing what Shiroi said made the girls react instantly, "RYU'S STRAIGHT!" Yume, Ryn, Karen, and Miku all pointed instantly at Daigo.
Daigo was kind of not sure why they said that to him and pointed at him as if he was some sort of freak. The true freak was Sei who after hearing what Shiroi said started imagining an intimate scene between Ryu and Daigo. "Whoa hey, chill, I knew Ryu during our Junior Tournament days." Daigo explained, "I just respect a lot that's all."
"Well if that's all." Yume said pouting. She then sighed in relief because the subject managed to be changed from her making the same mistake twice to Daigo's relation with Ryu.
Daigo chuckled nervously then noticed Miku. "Oh hey I remember you." Daigo said surprising Miku, "You were the first one in that team tournament." Daigo then rubbed the back of his head nervously, "Sorry for your loss."
"Huh?" Miku said in surprise. While it was true that she had lost in the team tournament that the girls entered in so they could get Yume to play against Ryou to get Ryou to visit Ryu in the hospital, Miku wondered why it was this man that was apologizing to her since she remembered that the man she played against was a really big muscular man.
Daigo wondered why Miku didn't recognize him then remembered that he wasn't in his professional alter ego form, "YIPE!" Daigo yelped. "I mean I saw you play against Daigo and I feel sorry that you lost against him." Daigo bowed to Miku.
"Man it's so weird hearing you say Daigo since that's your name too." Shiroi said.
Miku still wasn't quite convinced that was the case with Daigo. Something was suspicious about Daigo but she decided that she shouldn't think too much about it.
"Anyway what are you doing here anyway?" Yume asked Daigo, "Where's my brother? Did you kidnap him!"
"Whoa, why do you think I'm hostile to him?" Daigo asked. "He just went out for something and had me watch the shop for him."
Then Ryn saw Ryu's deck on the portable fight table, "He did something to Ryu!" Ryn pointed at Daigo. It was very uncommon for Ryu to go anywhere without his deck, especially if that deck is his Kagero deck.
"Huh?" Daigo wondered why Ryn said that.
"Should we kill him?" Karen asked while her eyes kept glaring at Daigo.
"GACK!" Daigo jumped backwards. "You're all scary now!" Daigo said as all four girls kept glaring at Daigo.
"Hey mom!" Hiroshi said to Yume, making Yume fall down to the floor.
"HIROSHI!" Yume shouted. "Ryu's not here and I know how you're related to me, and I'm not even old enough to be your mother!"
"I know that." Hiroshi said with a smile, "but I just wanted to tell you that Ryu went out a few minutes ago. You literally just missed him by a few minutes."
"Oh . . ." Yume and the girls nodded. "That makes sense."
"Seriously, I said pretty much the same thing but what I said made them want to kill me?" Daigo said with a sweat drop.
"They probably see you as a rival in love." Sei said to Daigo.
Daigo and Shiroi jumped in shock at what Sei said. "Kid, you're lucky she's cute at least." Daigo said to Shiroi. Shiroi then chuckled nervously.
"OH!" Takuto and Saito entered the shop with Takuto making a huge commotion, "I have come to impress and comfort you Yume-chan!" Takuto said but then found Shiroi flying at Takuto and wrestling Takuto to the floor.
"HOW DARE YOU SHOW YOUR FACE TO ME AFTER WHAT YOU DID!" Shiroi said and choked Takuto. "You two are traitors!"
"GACK!" Takuto gagged. "But Saito also betrayed you, beat him, beat him!" Saito whistled and just walked away.
"Huh what happened Shiroi?" Ryn asked Shiroi.
"Oh nothing." Shiroi said and then left the fainted Takuto on the floor, "I really wanted to go your concert but because of these two," Shiroi only pointed at Takuto, "I couldn't get my ticket in time."
"Hey we tried our hardest to help you get your ticket." Takuto said instantly getting up. "But we ended up using your money to get new cards." Shiroi then sharply glared at Takuto. "Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned that."
"You think?" Saito asked while he began to card fight someone in the shop.
"To be fair, Shiroi has all the right to be mad at you." Sei said to Takuto. "You two did do something shameful."
"You keep saying two but you keep looking only at me!" Takuto whined, "Go blame Saito too man!"
Saito whistled to keep attention away from himself while he played against the person he was playing against.
"You know if you really wanted to go to the concert and didn't get a ticket, you could've asked Ryu to drive you there right?" Yume asked Shiroi. "He was welcome to come in any time he wanted."
Shiroi stopped in his tracks. "Say what?"
Yume nodded, "Yeah, it's just in case that there's something that needs to be done and he needs to be around." Yume said. "He literally has free reign and could come anytime he wanted."
"HINO-SAN!" Shiroi screamed as Ryu finally came back, "Why didn't you say something to me!"
"What?" Ryu asked as he holding a box in his mouth and a wrapped gift in his mouth. Ryu then noticed the girls of Q4 home. "AW CRAP!" Ryu muffled and then ran off upstairs.
"What the . . ." Shiroi wondered why Ryu was quick to run away when he saw the girls.
Then Yume, Ryn, and Karen looked at Miku, and the three smiled at Miku. "Aw so that's why Ryu went out." Ryn said.
"That's so sweet of him." Karen said to Miku.
Miku blushed and looked away.
"What?" Daigo was curious as to why Ryu had to run out for a bit.
"It's Miku's birthday tomorrow!" Yume exclaimed, surprising everyone in the shop.
"WHOA!" Everyone else that weren't the girls of Q4 all shouted.
"Happy Birthday!" Daigo said to Miku as if he and Miku were familiar with each other. They were, but Miku doesn't know that.
"So how old are you going to be?" Shiroi asked. "21?" Shiroi asked since he knows that the girls were about 20.
Sei then punched Shiroi's arm, "Shiroi-chan, it's not nice to ask a woman her age." Sei pouted at Shiroi while Shiroi rubbed his arm to make it sting less.
"I'm actually going to be 20." Miku said to Shiroi. She didn't actually mind revealing her age.
"HUH?" Shiroi, Saito, and Takuto said in surprise.
"I thought Yume was 20 already." Takuto asked.
"Yeah, and what does that have to do with anything?" Yume asked Takuto.
"Well . . . aren't you the youngest of Q4?" Takuto asked Yume.
"I'm the oldest." Yume said with a bright smile.
This created silence between the three boys. "EH?"
"What you didn't know that?" Hiroshi asked Saito.
"I thought Yume was always the youngest!" Shiroi yelped.
"I'm actually the youngest." Miku confessed, creating even more of a surprise.
"NO WAY!" The three boys then stared at Miku's figure. She was the bustiest of the four girls of Q4 and yet . . . "YOU'RE THE YOUNGEST?"
Miku nodded.
"No one believes it huh?" Ryn asked the boys. "You three aren't even the first people to react like that."
Takuto sobbed and looked away, "Even if you're the oldest I still love you!" He said in regards to Yume but Yume didn't hear him.
Ryu came down and whistled as if he was keeping a secret. "Man you girls are home early." Ryu asked.
"What time do you think it is?" Yume asked her brother. Ryu shrugged since he was really bad at keeping time.
"Man I didn't even start on dinner yet." Ryu said. That and the shop was still open since today had extended hours for the shop so he couldn't do anything about it.
Ryu then walked up to Daigo, "Hey man thanks for watching the shop for me."
"No problem." Daigo said punching his own chest, "Anything for Ryou-sama's brother."
Hearing Ryou's name perked Yume's ears up, "You know Ryou?" Yume asked Daigo.
"Yeah he and I are friends in the pro circuit." Daigo replied, "You should know that."
"Huh . . ." Karen said because she noticed something off with what Daigo just said.
"Yume doesn't know your secret by the way." Ryu said to Daigo.
Daigo then realized that he wasn't his alter ego still, "WAH!" Daigo yelped, "I mean can you not tell that I'm your brother's friend by looking at me?" Yume shook her head.
"Honestly you look more like you're an obsessed fan of Ryu's who is stalking him." Karen replied to Daigo making Daigo drop in shame.
"Ryu! Do I really look like your stalker?" Daigo asked Ryu.
"Well . . . you were trying hard to get me to remember you and when we were fighting you acted like me a few times." Ryu replied and Daigo figured that Ryu was going to say that Daigo did seem like a stalker, "Nah nothing like a stalker at all!" Ryu exclaimed and made Daigo squeal in joy.
Then Lee came back, "I'm here to raid you!" Lee shouted while Bruce was on Lee's shoulder. Lee looked at Bruce and said, "It's you again." Lee said then Bruce punched Lee in the face and Bruce flew to perch onto Ryu's shoulder, "God damn it! Stop hitting me!"
"Well I'll be taking my leave now." Daigo bowed to Ryu then pass by Miku, "Happy early Birthday." Daigo bowed to Miku, making Miku blush since she didn't really care for him to say that to her. Daigo made his way to the entrance while Lee walked in, then Lee noticed Daigo. Lee wondered why Daigo looked a little familiar but Lee shrugged since he can't quite pinpoint why.
Daigo reached the exit then turned back to Ryu, "Ryu." Daigo said making Ryu turn back to Daigo, "I hope one day I will be able to see you in the Professional circuit."
Ryu stayed silent for a bit and Shiroi wondered what Ryu was going to do, then Ryu pointed at Daigo, "Don't count on it!" Ryu shouted with a smile surprising Daigo.
"Huh?"
"So long as Ryou is the King of Vanguard I refuse to enter the Circuit." Ryu replied, "I refuse to become one of my brother's underlings!" Ryu stomp the floor creating a huge thump that everyone heard.
"Huh . . ." Daigo said nodding as he understood what Ryu was getting at.
"My desires are to be King and King is what I'll only be!" Ryu said. "If I'm in the circuit the tile of King is the only thing I want." Ryu thumped his own chest, "And that is why I will not enter the circuit. Until the opportunity comes for me to become King, I refuse to even enter the circuit." Ryu pointed to the ceiling, "There's one thing that I want and that is to be at the top!" Ryu pointed at Daigo again, "You're the one who made me remember my desire to be King and there is no way I won't become King!" Then Ryu pointed at the girls of Q4, "And you can bet the next time you see these girls they won't be lose again so easily!"
Yume, Ryn, Karen, and Miku wondered why Ryu would say that to Daigo since it seemed that Daigo wasn't even involved in that team match. Oh if only they knew the truth . . . though to be fair, only Ryu right now in the shop really seems to know what Daigo's secret was.
Daigo was a little disappointed to hear Ryu say all that since Daigo did want to see Ryu in the circuit, but after hearing what Ryu had to say, Daigo understood, "Well then, you'll have to get through me before you can see Ryou-sama." Daigo said with a smirk. No one but Ryu really understood why Daigo said that.
"Don't worry about it no matter what I'll be at the top!" Ryu declared.
"I'm counting on it." Daigo said bowing to Ryu. "Until then, see you around." Daigo waved farewell and left.
Lee rubbed his face in pain then asked, "Who was that guy?"
Yume then said, "Man you missed a lot." She said with a smile at Lee.
Lee wondered why Yume was smiling a mischievous smile as if her smile told Lee to not pursue the matter any further, "Ok then." Then Lee found Sei going to him and stuffing a notebook to ask for an autograph, "Whoa I've never seen you around before."
"I just came to this shop today with Shiroi," Sei said, "I can't believe I can meet Captain Lee here!" She squealed.
"Oh you're friends with Shiroi?" Lee asked Sei and Sei nodded. Lee looked over to Shiroi then gave Shiroi a thumbs up. Shiroi blushed and looked away. "Well anyway, give me a pen and I'll sign." Bruce threw Lee a pen, almost hitting Lee on the head, "I didn't mean to hurt me!" Lee shouted at the parrot, then got a death glare from the parrot. "Never mind." Lee said about to sigh his name, "Br-"
"WATA!" Bruce shouted and flew over to punch Lee in the face.
"ARGH!" Lee screamed as he fell.
Ryu whistled, "Yep, I knew naming him Bruce was the best move ever." Ryu nodded. Then he looked at Yume who looked a bit flustered. "What's wrong with you?" Ryu asked.
"NOTHING!" Yume shouted and blushed because she didn't want to tell Ryu what had happened between her and Long.
"Aw you look sad." Ryu said hugging his sister from behind. "Do you want a kiss?" Yume became even more redder than she already was.
"NO!" Shiroi shouted but Sei blushed and for some reason began imagining a really intimate scene between Ryu and Yume. As one can see, Sei is quite the opposite of Shiroi, if it wasn't obvious enough yet. "NO DO NOT CROSS THAT BORDER!"
Ryu then kissed Yume on the cheek making her keep that blush that she already had, "What?" Ryu asked, "A brother isn't allowed to do that to his own sister?"
Shiroi stopped in his tracks, then he sighed, "Phew, I thought you were going to do something dirty."
"You need to take your mind out of the gutter man." Ryu said with a sweat drop.
"I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT FROM A PERVERT LIKE YOU!" Shiroi retorted at Ryu.
When the evening became dark, Ryou went back to his home to sleep off the fatigue he felt after seeing what he saw today. "Man, I don't feel so good." Ryou said groaning and covered his sunglasses with his hands.
Ryou was about to open the door to his house, but then felt a presence, "WHO'S THERE!" Ryou shouted and turned around to find who he felt was around. But he found no one . . . "Huh . . ." Ryou didn't think too much about it then just entered his condo.
From afar behind a tree, Hime was hiding, "You're still not strong enough." Hime said when Ryou couldn't hear her. "Get stronger and you can defeat the darkness," That darkness probably being Raiju, "Oh young black knight." Hime said cryptically then she disappeared into the shadows.
Late at night, Ryu began to have a nightmare.
Ryu was standing in a dark void. "What is this place?" Ryu asked then passed a mirror, only his reflection moved on its own!
"You're weak." The reflection said.
"WOW!" Ryu yelped in surprise. "What the heck are you?"
"I'm you . . . before you became soft." Mirror Ryu said.
Ryu stood speechless. "Huh?"
"If you stay the way you are, you'll never be able to improve." Mirror Ryu said, then all of a sudden, Ryu found himself having a cardfight with this reflection. Mirror Ryu rode a unit on top of Overlord, Dragonic Lawkeeper!
Ryu saw the dragon appeared and Ryu wasn't sure why. "What's going on!"
"You need to become stronger." Mirror Ryu said. "Where's the man who said that he would become the King?"
"What are you talking about, I say that I'll become King even now." Ryu said since he did today make a speech about how he only wants to be the King of Vanguard and nothing less than that.
"Only words mean nothing." Mirror Ryu said then held out his hand, "ETERNAL PRISON!"
Dragonic Lawkeeper then trapped all of Ryu's rearguards and Ryu's Dragonic Overlord. "What the!" Ryu yelped.
"You're weak." Mirror Ryu said. On Mirror Ryu's side, two units in the front row gained a power boost and the unit behind Lawkeeper also gained a power boost allowing Lawkeeper to hit 23000. "With the way you are now, you'll never become the King!"
"What are you talking about?" Ryu said then growled as he too was trapped by Lawkeeper. "ARGH!"
"You're no longer the same person you were before you had fallen to your brother." Mirror Ryu said then squeezed his hand, "You'll never become stronger that way. I'll show you, just how weak you are!"
"GAH!" Ryu screamed as Mirror Ryu's squeezing of the hand also made Lawkeeper's trap tighter. When the tap tightened enough, Lawkeeper's trap exploded all around the whole entire field.
"AHH!" Ryu screamed and quickly got up while he panted heavily. "Damn it . . ." Ryu sighed. "What was that?" Ryu took his deck box and then scrolled inside to take out the Dragonic Lawkeeper card. "Why did I even dream of this unit?" Ryu asked himself, not understanding what this Lawkeeper had to do with him becoming stronger. Ryu sighed then looked over his shoulder at his desk to find a gift that was wrapped.
Ryu sighed, "That's right, tomorrow is Miku's birthday." Ryu smiled. "I can't be looking down now can I?" Ryu placed Lawkeeper back into the deck box and Ryu placed the deck box aside. "Miku's 20th birthday huh?" Ryu smiled and then chuckled, "I can't believe how she's actually youngest of them all." Ryu chuckled. It was unbelievable to him but Miku is actually younger than his sister. In fact, Yume was actually older than Karen and Ryn as well! No one would believe it, but Yume was eldest of Q4, then Karen, and then Ryn, and finally Miku. Usually people believed Yume was the youngest and Ryn was the oldest with Karen and Miku following.
The truth is actually unbelievable.
"Man got to get a good rest, big day tomorrow." Ryu said laying down on his bed, but then his stomach growled. "Maybe a late night snack to satisfy my cravings." Ryu said getting up from bed.
Ryu was still worried about that dream of his mirror self, but Ryu isn't going to think too much of it. "Got too much on my plate already for tomorrow for me to be thinking of that." Ryu said then tripped on the box that he had brought home full of party decorations, "I really should watch where I go sometimes." Ryu muttered.