Fen: Hello everyone! Fen and BD here for another exciting chapter of Cardfight Vanguard: Rise of the Courier Saints!
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…is what I would've said. Okay, I know it's been about four months since I last updated this story, mostly because BlasterDragonoid has school and all that. So unfortunately, I'm gonna have to go it alone. Anyways, let's see how well I can do this!
STAND UP! VANGUARD!
Disclaimer: Same thing.
A week has passed since the events of Kurogasa helping out Misaki with her problems and the Nationals were just weeks away. Since then, Team NJS has been working hard on playing against each other, editing their decks, and training even more. As of now, in Card Capital, Team NJS were doing their training as usual.
"Hahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh… need a break…" Kurogasa sighed.
"Aw c'mon son, you're better than that," Kyoshiro said. "The Nationals are coming up soon and you three need to be in top shape!"
"We know that, but…" Rika got out. "This training regiment really isn't exactly helping…"
"Yeah, even a groovy cat like me needs to chillax from a Saturday Night Fever dance every once in a while." Koji added.
"Anata, you're doing it again." Yukina frowned slightly. "If you keep this up, they won't be at their best."
"But Yukina–"
"You need to stop anata, or I'm not gonna let it go." Yukina smiled, making Team NJS and its coach cringe. Even the Sub–Manager, Shin, and Misaki were cringing.
"K–Kaa–san…" Kurogasa stuttered.
'She's really not holding back when she does that…' Shin thought nervously with a sweat drop.
'Scary…' Misaki thought as well.
"Okay, okay, okay I get it! Team, take a thirty minute break!" Kyoshiro said frantically.
"Thank you." Yukina smiled normally as her dark aura died down and Team NJS were finally able to relax, albeit still a bit scared of Yukina.
"I hate it when you Mom does that sometimes…" Rika whimpered to Kurogasa.
"Yeah, but that's how she is." Kurogasa whispered back. "That's what Dad got himself into when he married her."
"Saa, how about some lunch? I brought lunch for everyone." Yukina said, as she pulled out from her bag a few bento boxes.
"WOHOO! Food!" Kurogasa cheered. "Thanks, Kaa–san!" He said, taking a bento box.
"Yeah, thanks!" Rika, said taking one as well.
"You're welcome you two!" Yukina smiled before turning to Koji. "Would you like one too, Koji–kun?"
"No thanks. I already had a huge lunch before I came here." Koji politely declined before turning around to leave.
"Hey, where are you going?" Kyoshiro asked.
"Just gonna take a healthy stroll around town before I come back. Gotta let my lunch settle down after all. Don't wait up on me." He waved before the door slid open as he walked out and the Sub–Manager saw him off, meowing his goodbye.
(Cue Theme Re:member by Flow)
(Kakeru narase sonzai wo koko ni iru to~) The camera moved fast as we see Kurogasa in front of the camera running down a path. From one path, Koji comes running down to join him, giving him a high five. Rika joins them from the other side to give a high five too.
(Arata na tabi ga ima hajimaru~ [Whoa, whoa, whoa~]) After a few moments of running, the three jumped in the air and the camera moved upwards to focus on the sky.
(Whoa, whoa, whoa~ Whoa, whoa, whoa~ Whoa, whoa, whoa) The title card Cardfight Vanguard: Rise of the Courier Saints appeared on the screen and stayed there before it faded away at the last part of the lyrics.
(Instrumental) At each beat, there was a cameo shot of Aichi, Kai, Misaki, Kamui, Koji, Rika, and Kurogasa.
(Kawari yuku kisetsu no naka wo) Kurogasa looks at the screen with a smirk on his face as he held up a Vanguard card, showing the reverse side and his Courier Saints appear with him.
(Ikinuku tabi ni bokura) Rika was cooking away while apparitions of her Neo Nectar units appeared and smiled at the delicious food she was cooking before setting them on the table.
(Chie to tsuyosa wo te ni ireta kedo~ [Just looks like a survival game]) Koji does some disco dance moves, a smug smirk on his face as his Dimension Police units surround him. Hitting his last pose, a mob of girls glomp him to the ground. Rika looking irritated, gets him out of the mob, covered in lipstick kiss marks, and smacks him upside the head, making Koji have a lump while Kurogasa laughed nervously with a sweat drop.
(Nagareteku jikan no naka ni) The next scene then shows the members of Team Q4 in a group consisting of Aichi, Kai, Misaki, and Kamui.
(Okizari ni shita omoi wo) The camera then panned to the right to showing Miwa, Izaki, Morikawa, Reiji, Eiji, Emi, Shin, Kyoshiro, and Yukina as they smiled at the camera.
(Wasureta koto sura wasurete ita~) The camera then showed the members of five teams: Team Ultra Rare, Team Handsome, Team Caesar and the last two teams were unknown covered in silhouettes and the leaders of those teams had their eyes glowing ominously.
(Kuzure kaketa toki~ kodoku wo shitte~) In a black screen, Kurogasa stood alone looking down before Sayuri's ghost hugged him from behind. Kurogasa senses her before she disappeared.
(Deaeta bokura hi~to~ri ja nai) When he turned around, he saw nothing, but his friends Koji, Rika, Aichi, Kai, Misaki, Kamui, Morikawa, Izaki, Miwa, Reiji, Eiji, Emi, Shin, Kyoshiro, and Yukina faded into view in groups and Kurogasa smiles seeing them before going over to them.
(Sarake dase kanjou wo banjou no omoi wo~) Koji and Rika are then shown standing in their spirit forms on the surface of Cray before their forms are replaced with those of Super Dimensional Robo, Daiyusha and Maiden of Trailing Roses respectively. Each of them unleash attacks on an unseen opponent.
(Namidame ga unmei wo kaete yuku~) Kurogasa is also shown standing on Cray as a spirit, standing opposite of a shadowed figure. The shadowed figure is then replaced by the silhouette of an unknown unit while Kurogasa transforms into Guardian Saint, Alexander with his facial appearance.
(Yami ni uchi narase kodou wo kitto aeru yo~) Blaster Blade walked up next to him and Kurogasa looked to see him with Aichi's facial appearance and the two nodded before charging towards the unknown unit.
(Onaji itami no hata no moto de~ [Whoa, whoa, whoa~]) As they got closer, they crossed their blades and when theirs clashed with the unknown unit's blade, the whole scenery turns white and it fades out to Kurogasa waking up from a dream seeing himself sitting at a table in Card Capital and was startled to see Koji and Rika trying to wake him up.
(Whoa, whoa, whoa~ Whoa, whoa, whoa~ Whoa, whoa, whoa) Kurogasa looks around as he sees everyone else crowding around the table and smiles. He then grabs hold of his deck as he stands up, with the shot pausing as he stood at full height with a look of determination.
Chapter 21: Disco vs. Heavy Metal
As the team decided to have lunch at Card Capital, Koji decided to take a walk around the city, walking the lunch he had before. It wasn't long until he began to think about something…
'Ever since Misaki got through her problems, Kurogasa's been feeling a whole lot better. In fact, the whole team's excitement over the Nationals has gotten them over it.' Koji said to himself as he was walking past a park. He looked over to the park and saw two kids playing Vanguard together.
"Okay, I'm attacking your Vanguard!" one kid said, turning his center card sideways.
"Oh, yeah? Guard!" the other kid followed, putting a card into the Guardian Circle as he smirked. "You're going to have to get a Trigger to get through!"
"Alright, then… Twin Drive!" The young kid said, checking the top two cards. "Alright, Critical Trigger!"
"Ehhhhhh?! No way!" the other kid gawked. "Damage Trigger, check!" he revealed his top two cards. "Aw man… I lost…"
"Wanna play again?" The young kid asked.
"Sure!"
"Hm… reminds me when Kuro and I were kids." Koji smirked.
"Hey! Give me back my cards!"
"Huh?" Koji blinked, looking at another direction in the park. He soon saw another kid trying to get back his cards from another older kid, holding his Vanguard deck over his head.
"Why should I? If you want them back, you gotta get them back yourself in a Cardfight!"
"No!"
"Then I might as well rip these cards in half!"
Seeing this before him, Koji went back down to Memory Lane.
Flashback – 8 years ago
At that time, Koji was on his way back home after a day of summer school and he just happened to follow a shortcut by a park the other day by roller skating. At that time, he saw an older kid picking on a young Kurogasa, wearing a gold shirt with black shorts as he tried to get back a Vanguard Deck while two of the bully's goons held him back. "Hmph, what's wrong kid? You want these cards back so badly?" The big guy mocked.
"Hey, give it back! It's mine!" Kurogasa cried. "My sister's going to teach me how to play Vanguard!" The bully had a smile on his face as his goons chuckled.
"Oh, really? Then maybe you should have a cardfight with me. Winner gets the deck." The bully threatened.
"NO!"
"Alright, I might as well rip these cards in half then." The bully said, as he was about to rip them.
"Oi! What are jive–turkeys like you doing?!" Koji shouted.
The bully turned around, seeing Koji with an annoyed look. "Get out of here, kid! This isn't your business?"
"Well, I make it my business!" Koji snapped.
"Playing hero, huh?" The bully said before he threw the cards away to a nearby bench and cracked his knuckles. "Let's play then!"
Koji dropped his bag and roller skated over to him. At first, he tried to swing his fist at Koji, but Koji spun rolling away before giving him a kick on his stomach. "Miss me!" he continued as Koji pushed him back, causing the bully to lose his balance for a bit before Koji finished it up. "Get outta here jive–turkey!" Koji then took a big step onto the bench and jumped right off from it before he gave him a kick onto the bully's chest, causing him to tumble down.
"Whoa…" Kurogasa was amazed for a bit before his two goons released Kurogasa and tried to attack Koji. He took one of the goon's hands, and quickly delivered a kick onto him, causing one goon to land next to his boss.
He grabbed the other goon's arm and made him run around for a bit. Then he let out a punch onto his stomach then gave him a knee to his head, making him look at Koji.
"YOU'RE OUTTA HERE!" Koji shouted before delievering a roundhouse kick, causing him to land on top of his boss.
The three suddenly stood up and his two goons ran away with their tails between their legs as the big bully pointed his finger at Koji. "I'll get you for this!" He yelled before he left the scene.
The young Koji then turned to the young Kurogasa. "You okay Daddy–O?"
"Uh… yeah." Kurogasa got out as he stood up and Koji helped picked up his cards.
"Here. I think these belong to you." Koji said, giving the cards to Kurogasa.
"Thanks." Kurogasa thanked, taking the said cards.
"They're pretty cool Vanguard cards. Do you play?"
"No not yet, but one day I will. My sister is gonna teach me how to." Kurogasa said.
"Well that's funkadelic!" Koji grinned. "Oh, name's Koji Shinamori. Disco fanatic and dance expert!"
"Kurogasa Kururugi. Nice to meet ya." He smiled and the both of them shook hands.
End Flashback
"Alright, that's it." Koji said, as he walked over there. Upon further inspection, Koji's eyes widened. The person in question was a man who was about Koji's age with pale skin, gray eyes, black spiked hair or a Mohawk, with some piercings and has a sort of biker–esque look with a leather jacket and black pants and shoes, having chains and spikes in some places.
"Kosuke Tsunoda?!" Koji gasped.
"What it's to you? Who's calling my name…" Kosuke said, turning around and saw the person who gasped his name as Kosuke's eyes widened with fury. "You!? Disco–dud!?"
"What's a jive–turkey like you doing here? Last I heard, you were in the juvie slammer!" Koji frowned.
"Well, I got out after a year! And besides, it's none of your business! Now scram, you disco reject!" Kosuke huffed in anger.
"Oh I make it my business! How come you're taking this kid's cards huh?" Koji asked.
"Because I can, that's why! The kid doesn't deserve to have them, after all!" Kosuke explained coldly. "And by the way, I'm still mad at you for taking my girl!"
"Oh c'mon! That was a blast from the past jive–turkey!" Koji snapped. "Your girl decided by herself to change from heavy metal to disco because you weren't treating her right!"
"Whatever! How I treated her was none of your business!" Kosuke roared.
"Oh hail no, I ain't gonna let it fly like that." Koji said, before taking out his deck. "You and me Kosuke. In a cardfight. Winner gets that kid's deck!"
"Fine then. It'll be a rematch from the last time we had a cardfight, and this time, I ain't holding back." Kosuke smiled devilishly as he took his deck and pocketed the kid's deck.
"Alright, then, you jive–turkey! And this time, maybe when you lose, you'll get over this revenge thing between us!" Koji said.
The two then set up the Vanguard table that the park provided and placed their respective decks in their Deck Zones, drew their five cards and placed their starting Vanguards. The kid watched from the sidelines.
"Be careful! He's really strong!" the kid said.
"Don't worry, Daddy–O, I got this." Koji grinned, shooting him a thumbs–up.
"You got nothing, you disco reject! Now, get ready to lose!" Kosuke shouted.
"Bring it!" Koji challenged.
"STAND UP, VANGUARD!"
They imagined the battlefield as it was formed into the underwater battlefield of the Granblue, surrounded by rock walls and volumes of water between the two astral forms of the fighters.
"Workerpod, Saturday!" Koji shouted. He transformed into the pod shaped robot with a digital face appearing on the black screen of the pod. [Workerpod, Saturday – 6000 Power]
"Guiding Zombie!" Kosuke declared as he changed into the guiding corpse in a suit with the old–fashioned lantern and white balding hair. [Guiding Zombie – 5000 Power]
"Granblue huh…?" Koji muttered. 'This should be interesting…' Out loud he said, "I'll start first." Koji drew his sixth card. "I Ride Karenroid, Daisy!"
The Workerpod soon transformed into the purple cyborg with a feminine body and two blades on the side of its arms. [Karenroid, Daisy – 8000 Power]
"That's all for me." Koji concluded.
Koji
Hand: 5
Back Row: Empty/Empty/Empty
Front Row: Empty/Karenroid, Daisy/Empty
Damage: None
Kosuke
Hand: 5
Front Row: Empty/Guiding Zombie/Empty
Back Row: Empty/Empty/Empty
Damage: None
"My turn! Draw!" Kosuke said, drawing his sixth card. "I Ride Samurai Spirit!"
Guiding Zombie glowed and transformed into the spirit with the red flame for a head and in crimson samurai's armor, holding an old katana. [Samurai Spirit – 7000 Power]
"With his skill, I move Guiding Zombie to the Rear Guard!" Gouki moved his Starting Vanguard to the right front row. "I also Call Dancing Cutlass and Knight Spirit!"
On the field, Guiding Zombie appeared to the right of Samurai Spirit, followed by a living red sword with a yellow outlined blade appearing behind Guiding Zombie. And behind Samurai Spirit, was the spirit with the blue flame for a head in the grey knight's armor, holding his sword. [Guiding Zombie – 5000 Power], [Dancing Cutlass – 7000 Power], [Knight Spirit – 4000 Power]
"With a boost from Dancing Cutlass, Guiding Zombie attacks your Vanguard!" Sosuke declared, turning his cards sideways.
"No guard." Koji responded.
Gaining power from Dancing Cutlass, the Guiding Zombie's lamp glowed before sending out a beam of light towards Karenroid and struck her on his chest hard. [5000 Power + 7000 Power = 12000 Power]
"Damage Trigger, check."
[Damage Check – Twin Order – No Trigger]
"Boosted by Knight Spirit, Samurai Spirit attacks your Vangaurd!" Kosuke declared next.
"No guard." Koji responded.
"Drive Trigger, check!" Kosuke said, before revealing the top card and it glowed red. "Haha! Draw Trigger! +5000 Power goes to Samurai Spirit and a draw an extra card!" He grinned madly as he drew an extra card.
[Drive Check – Hook–Wielding Zombie – Draw Trigger]
Knight Spirit glowed and transferred its power over to Samurai Spirit. [7000 Power + 4000 Power + 5000 Power = 16000 Power]. Samurai Spirit, then closed in on Karenroid Daisy and slashed her.
"Damage Trigger, check." Koji said, revealing the next card.
[Damage Check – Super Dimensional Robo, Daiyusha – No Trigger]
"That's all for me." Kosuke concluded.
Koji
Hand: 5
Back Row: Empty/Empty/Empty
Front Row: Empty/Karenroid, Daisy/Empty
Damage: Twin Order (U), Super Dimensional Robo, Daiyusha (U),
Kosuke
Hand: 5
Front Row: Empty/Samurai Spirit/Guiding Zombie
Back Row: Empty/Knight Spirit/Dancing Cutlass
Damage: None
"Alright, so you got moves going on, but it ain't gonna be enough for catch up with me. Draw!" Koji said, drawing his next card to increase his Hand to six. "I Ride Platinum Ace!"
Daisy glowed and turned into the silver armored alien warrior with red gems on its body appeared on the building, ready to fight its opponent. [Platinum Ace – 9000 Power]
"Call! Glory Maker! Twin Order! Karenroid, Daisy!" Koji said next.
On the field, the aqua–colored maiden, the red armored warrior Battleroid with dual plasma blades and another Karenroid, Daisy all appeared on the field around Platinum Ace. [Glory Maker – 6000 Power], [Twin Order – 10000 Power], [Karenroid, Daisy – 8000 Power]
"Now it gets interesting," Koji grinned. "Boosted by Daisy, Twin Order attacks your Vanguard!" Koji said, turning the cards sideways.
"Che… no guard." Kosuke scoffed.
Gaining power from the Karenroid, Twin Order leapt into the air, its plasma blades radiating with power as he gave a dual slash on Samurai Spirit's chest, sending him back a few feet and almost making him fall over. [10000 Power + 8000 Power = 18000 Power]
"Damage Trigger, check." Kosuke said, revealing his top card.
[Damage Check – Commodore Blueblood – No Trigger]
Koji turned his next cards sideways. "Boosted by Glory Maker, Platinum Ace attacks your Vanguard! Plus, I activate its skill! If he's the Vanguard, and his Power is 13000 or more, he gains an extra Critical!"
"Like I'll let that happen! Guard! Skeleton Lookout and Dandy Guy, Romario!" Kosuke countered, placing the two cards in the Guardian Circle.
"Drive Trigger, check." Koji said, revealing his top card and it glowed green. "Heal Trigger! I get to Heal one point of Damage, but since I can't attack you with that much Guard, I'll have to end my turn there."
[Drive Check – Justice Rose – Heal Trigger]
The platinum alien warrior, after gaining power from Glory Maker, flew over to Samurai Spirit to gave a diving kick onto its chest, but the rusty old pirate skeleton and white tuxedo dressed zombie with its rose in hand defended Samurai Spirit, making Platinum Ace back off. [9000 Power + 6000 Power + 5000 Power = 20000 Power/Critical: 1–2], [7000 Power + 10000 Shield + 5000 Shield = 22000 Power]
Koji
Hand: 3
Back Row: Karenroid, Daisy/Glory Maker/Empty
Front Row: Twin Order/Platinum Ace/Empty
Damage: Super Dimensional Robo, Daiyusha (U),
Kosuke
Hand: 3
Front Row: Empty/Samurai Spirit/Guiding Zombie
Back Row: Empty/Knight Spirit/Dancing Cutlass
Damage: Commodore Blueblood (U)
"Now it's my turn! Stand and Draw!" Kosuke said, drawing his next card to increase his Hand to four. "I Ride Captain Nightmist!"
Samurai Spirit changed into the young looking pirate in a white pirate's shirt and vest with red pants and hat with an evil–looking eye–like badge attached on the side and he held a cutlass, ready for battle. [Captain Nightmist – 8000 Power]
"Guiding Zombie's skill! By putting him into the Soul, I can remove the top three cards from my Deck to the Drop Zone!" He said as he did just that.
[Drop Zone – Spirit Exceed – No Trigger]
[Drop Zone – Samurai Spirit – No Trigger]
[Drop Zone – Monster Frank – No Trigger]
"Heh, now I got ya." Kosuke smirked.
"Huh?" Koji said confused.
"I activate Samurai Spirit's skill from the Drop Zone!" Kosuke said. "By retiring my Dancing Cutlass, and counterblasting one, I can Call a Samurai Spirit to the Rear Guard!"
Dancing Cutlass disappeared and was replaced with the new unit. [Samurai Spirit – 7000 Power]
"And that's not all. Now that I got Samurai and Knight Spirit in Rear Guard, and have Grade 2 Vanguard, I can place them in the Soul and Superior Ride Spirit Exceed from the Drop Zone!"
"Shoot!" Koji gritted as Kosuke moved the said cards to the Soul and took Spirit Exceed from the Drop Zone.
"You who thrist for revenge and justice, become as one and destroy all! Superior Ride! Spirit Exceed!"
Nightmist was covered by a misty water tornado as it glowed with energy before it dispersed a few moments to reveal a new unit. This unit had half samurai armor and half knight armor. It had a wisping flame head of purple and blue mixed together and his choice of weapons were the sword and katana that Samurai and Knight Spirit had. [Spirit Exceed – 10000 Power]
"Call! Dandy Guy, Romario! Commodore Blueblood!"
The suave–looking zombie in his white suit and rose in his mouth and the a blue–skinned pirate in red pirate garb with a mustache and beard combo and a old–fashioned pistol appeared in its place. [Dandy Guy, Romario – 8000 Power], [Commodore Blueblood – 10000 Power]
"Now it's time for battle! Boosted by Romario, Spirit Exceed will attack your Vanguard!" Kosuke grinned.
"No guard." Koji frowned.
"Twin Drive, check." Kosuke said, revealing the top cards and they both glowed yellow.
"Double Critical?!" the kid gasped.
"You're kidding me!" Koji gawked.
"That's right! The Criticals all go to Spirit Exceed while both +5000 Power go to Commodore Blueblood!" Kosuke laughed.
[Drive Check – Rough Seas Banshee – Critical Trigger]
[Drive Check – Rough Seas Banshee – Critical Trigger]
The twin spirited pirate dashed into Platinum Ace, delivering him a dual–bladed strike, dealing colossal damage. [10000 Power + 8000 Power = 18000 Power/Critical: 1–3]
"Man, that ain't groovy. Damage Trigger, triple check." Koji groaned as he flipped the top three cards over.
[Damage Check – Diamond Ace – No Trigger]
[Damage Check – Masked Police Grander – No Trigger]
[Damage Check – Cosmo Roar – No Trigger]
"No way… three Damage just like that." the kid got out.
"And there's more where that came from! Commodore Blueblood attacks your Vanguard!" Kosuke said, turning the card sideways.
"Guard! Justice Rose! Twin Order, Intercept!"
Commodore aimed his flint lock styled shotgun at Platinum and fired an energy bullet, but the pink android magical girl and red robot intercepted the attacks, before they dissolved into motes of light. [10000 Power + 5000 Power + 5000 Power = 20000 Power], [9000 Power + 10000 Shield + 5000 Shield = 24000 Power]
"Tch… lucky punk, I end my turn." Kosuke scoffed.
Koji
Hand: 2
Back Row: Karenroid, Daisy/Glory Maker/Empty
Front Row: Empty/Platinum Ace/Empty
Damage: Super Dimensional Robo, Daiyusha (U), Diamond Ace (U), Masked Police Grander (U), Cosmo Roar (U)
Kosuke
Hand: 3
Front Row: Empty/Spirit Exceed/Commodore Blueblood
Back Row: Empty/Dandy Guy, Romario/Empty
Damage: Commodore Blueblood (F)
"You know, something doesn't jive with me." Koji said.
"Huh?" Kosuke said. "What are you babbling about?"
"There's no way you could've gotten that lucky to draw double triggers at that point, let alone get a Grade 3 before I do. At least not this early in the game." Koji assumed.
"What's your point?" Kosuke snapped.
"Don't know." Koji said. "Knowing you, you'd probably stacked your deck!"
"He what?!" The kid gasped.
"Now that's a huge accusation there." Kosuke smirked widely. "Only one problem: you don't have proof."
"We'll see about that, but for now. Right here…" Koji said, drawing a card and increasing his Hand to three. "I'm going to show all I got!"
"The ultimate warrior of justice, ready to take down all those nasty hepcats! Time to boogie on down! Ride! Super Dimensional Robo, Daiyusha!"
Appearing in Platinum Ace's place, was the large mechanical robot the size of a skyscraper crashed down on the field. It had a blue face with a yellow crown on its forehead with a gem on it, a nearly white body with a yellow armored chest white mechanical wings and two large blasters on its back. It gripped its hands in preparation for battle. [Super Dimensional Robo, Daiyusha – 10000 Power]
"Call! Cosmo Beak!"
On the field, the red armored machine eagle with two laser cannons on his back appeared. [Cosmo Beak – 8000 Power]
"Pfft, like that's gonna make any difference." Kosuke scoffed.
"Oh it will. "I activate Cosmo Beak's skill! When he's placed on the Rear Guard, I can Counterblast two and give +4000 Power to a Dimension Police unit! And guess who? It's Daiyusha! And when Daiyusha's Power is 14000 or more, he gains an extra critical!"
"What?!" Kosuke growled.
"Glory Maker boosts so Daiyusha will attack! And with Glory Maker's skill, now that I got four Damage, he gains another +4000 Power!"
"Che… no guard." Kosuke scoffed.
"Twin Drive, check!" Koji said, revealing his two cards and they both glowed golden.
"What the-!" Kosuke gawked.
"Looks like what goes around, comes around." Koji smirked. "Double Critical! The Criticals will go to Daiyusha, while both the +5000 Powers goes to Cosmo Beak!"
[Drive Check – Justice Cobalt – Critical Trigger]
[Drive Check – Justice Cobalt – Critical Trigger]
Daiyusha, gaining power from Glory Maker and Cosmo Beak, unleashed its ultimate weapon, the Great Justice Sword, and it swung down hard on Spirit Exceed. [10000 Power + 6000 Power + 4000 Power + 4000 Power = 24000 Power/Critical: 1–4]
"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr… Damage Trigger, quadruple check!" Kosuke snarled, revealing the top four cards.
[Damage Check – Dandy Guy, Romario – No Trigger]
[Damage Check – Spirit Exceed – No Trigger]
[Damage Check – Commdore Blueblood – No Trigger]
[Damage Check – Rick the Ghostie – Heal Trigger]
"HA! Heal Trigger! +5000 Power will go Spirit Exceed and I Heal one point of Damage!" Kosuke laughed.
Spirit Exceed groaned as it managed to get back up from the last attack. [10000 Power + 5000 Power = 15000 Power]
"Fine, then I'll have Daisy boost Cosmo Beak to attack your Vanguard." Koji, said, turning the last cards sideways.
"No guard." Kosuke waved off.
Daisy glowed with power transferring her power to the mechanical who glowed brighter due to the power–ups from the triggers. [8000 Power + 8000 Power + 5000 Power + 5000 Power = 26000 Power] The mechanical eagle then fired its lasers from the cannon mounted on its wings and hit Spirit Exceed.
"Damage Trigger, check." Kosuke said, revealing his next card. "Oh, whaddya know, a Heal Trigger."
[Damage Check – Rick the Ghostie – Heal Trigger]
"Gh… I end my turn." Koji said.
Koji
Hand: 3
Back Row: Karenroid, Daisy/Glory Maker/Empty
Front Row: Cosmo Beak/Super Dimensional Robo, Daiyusha/Empty
Damage: Super Dimensional Robo, Daiyusha (F), Diamond Ace (F), Masked Police Grander (U), Cosmo Roar (U)
Kosuke
Hand: 3
Front Row: Commodore Blueblood/Spirit Exceed/Commodore Blueblood
Back Row: Empty/Dandy Guy, Romario/Empty
Damage: Spirit Exceed (U), Commodore Blueblood (U), Rick the Ghostie (U), Rick the Ghostie (U)
"Stand and Draw." Kosuke said, drawing his next card to increase his Hand to four. "Call! Blueblood! And two Rough Seas Banshees!"
Another Commodore Blueblood showed up with a lighter shade of color and the two gothic girls with black Victorian Era dresses and eyepatches appeared as well. [Commodore Blueblood – 10000 Power], [Rough Seas Banshee – 5000 Power] x2
"What are you up to?" Koji asked suspiciously.
"I'm just playing the game!" Kosuke snapped. "Boosted by Banshee, my first Commodore attacks your Vanguard!"
"Guard! Justice Cobalt!" Koji defended.
The first Banshee gave out a screech as she power up the firrst Commodore [10000 Power + 5000 Power = 15000 Power]. However, when the latter was about to fire, the cobalt blue alien appeared in front of Daiyusha to protect it. [10000 Power + 10000 Shield = 20000 Power]
"Boosted by Dandy Romario, Spirit Exceed attacks your Vanguard!" Kosuke said next, turning the cards sideways.
"Guard! Justice Cobalt! Cosmo Beak, Intercept!" Koji countered.
"Twin Drive, check!" Kosuke said, revealing the top two cards.
[Drive Check – Rough Seas Banshee – Critical Trigger]
[Drive Check – Rough Seas Banshee – Critical Trigger]
"Oh no!" the kid gasped.
"You bastard! You did stack your Deck!" Koji snarled.
"Hahahahahaha! I'll do whatever means necessary to win!" Kosuke laughed. "And it's a little too late for you! And to make sure you don't escape, all the Power goes to Exceed and the Criticals are split between Spirit Exceed my other Commodore who has yet to attack!"
"NOOOOOO!" the kid shouted.
Spirit Exceed roared with power as it glowed. [10000 Power + 8000 Power + 5000 Power + 5000 Power = 28000 Power/Critical: 1–2] the blue alien and mechanical eagle moved in to stop Spirit Exceed, but the latter slashed through them easily before slashing at Daiyusha. [10000 Power + 10000 Shield + 5000 Shield = 25000 Power]
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! I did it! I finally beat the Disco–Dud!" Kosuke laughed, as Koji had his head down, being silent as he drew the top two cards for his Damage triggers. "I told you! I told you I was gonna beat ya! Who's the jive-turkey now huh?!"
"You are…" Koji muttered.
"Huh?" Kosuke said confused.
"Look what I just drew." Koji said, as he revealed the said cards.
[Damage Check – Twin Order – No Trigger]
[Damage Check – Justice Rose – Heal Trigger]
"No way!" Kosuke gawked.
"Heal Trigger. All effects go to Daiyusha and I Heal one point of Damage." Koji said.
"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!" Kosuke growled. "Whatever, I still got another unit with two criticals coming at you! I boosted Commodore with Banshee to attack your Vanguard!"
"Guard. Karenroid, Daisy." Koji said.
"No!" Kosuke growled.
The same events happened, like the first Banshee did with the first Commodore, but was blocked by a copy of Daisy. [10000 Power + 5000 Power = 15000 Power/Critical: 1–2] [15000 Power + 5000 Power = 20000 Power]
"I end my turn!" Kosuke snapped.
Koji
Hand: 0
Back Row: Karenroid, Daisy/Glory Maker/Empty
Front Row: Empty/Super Dimensional Robo, Daiyusha/Empty
Damage: Diamond Ace (F), Masked Police Grander (U), Cosmo Roar (U), Twin Order (U), Justice Rose (U)
Kosuke
Hand: 2
Front Row: Commodore Blueblood/Spirit Exceed/Commodore Blueblood
Back Row: Rough Seas Banshee/Dandy Guy, Romario/Rough Seas Banshee
Damage: Spirit Exceed (U), Commodore Blueblood (U), Rick the Ghostie (U), Rick the Ghostie (U)
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! NO! NO! NO! I had the perfect victory!" Kosuke yelled.
"Perfect? You think you call that a perfect victory? Far from it jive–turkey!" Koji snapped. "That's so like you Kosuke, stacking your Deck, doing whatever it takes to win by any means necessary! Well congratulations Kosuke, you just promoted from jive–turkey to jive–ass! Stand and Draw!"
"Gh…!" Kosuke gritted.
"Call! Cosmo Beak!" Koji said. "And his skill activates, whenever he's called, I get to Counterblast two and give +4000 Power to Daiyusha! And when Daiyusha has 14000 or more Power he gains an extra critical!"
The mechanical eagle appeared and transferred its power to Daiyusha. [Cosmo Beak – 8000 Power], [10000 Power + 4000 Power = 14000/Critical: 1–2]
"And now it's time for your Last Dance! Boosted by Daisy, Cosmo Beak attacks your Vanguard!"
"Intercept! Commodore Bluebloods!" Kosuke panicked.
Daisy powered up the mechanical eagle and the latter fired its laser cannons. [8000 Power + 8000 Power = 16000 Power], but the two blue skinned pirates got in the way and were hit by the lasers. [10000 Power + 5000 Shield + 5000 Shields = 20000 Power]
"Oh yeah, he did it!" the kid cheered.
"Boosted by Glory Maker and its skill, Daiyusha attacks your Vanguard!" Koji said.
"No, I won't let you! Guard! Rough Seas Banshees!"
"There's no escaping Kosuke! Twin Drive check!
[Drive Check – Justice Cobalt – Critical Trigger]
[Drive Check – Justice Cobalt – Critical Trigger]
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Kosuke yelled.
"All effects go to Daiyusha!" Koji cheered.
Glory sang a song that boosted Daiyusha's power along with the other boosts. [14000 Power + 4000 Power + 6000 Power + 5000 Power + 5000 Power = 34000 Power/Critical: 1–4] Daiyusha, gaining power from Glory Maker and Cosmo Beak, unleashed its ultimate weapon, the Great Justice Sword, and it swung down hard on Spirit Exceed. The gothic girls got in the way, and let huge screeches, but it wasn't enough as the sword was brought down anyways. [10000 Power + 10000 Shield + 10000 Shield = 30000 Power] The latter roared in pain, before an explosion occurred, blinding the whole sea floor with sand.
[Damage Check – Captain Nightmist – No Trigger]
[Damage Check – Spirit Exceed – Heal Trigger]
FINAL RESULTS:
Koji
Hand: 2
Back Row: Karenroid, Daisy/Glory Maker/Empty
Front Row: Cosmo Beak/Super Dimensional Robo, Daiyusha/Empty
Damage: Diamond Ace (F), Masked Police Grander (F), Cosmo Roar (F), Twin Order (U), Justice Rose (U)
Kosuke
Hand: 0
Front Row: Empty/Spirit Exceed/Empty
Back Row: Rough Seas Banshee/Dandy Guy, Romario/Rough Seas Banshee
Damage: Spirit Exceed (U), Commodore Blueblood (U), Rick the Ghostie (U), Rick the Ghostie (U), Captain Nightmist (U), Spirit Exceed (U)
"And that's game, Daddy–O!" Koji shouted in victory as Kosuke placed the final damage point down.
"What!? How in the world is that possible? I shouldn't have lost to you again!" Kosuke shouted.
"Well, you did, you jive–turkey! Now, get back that deck you stole." Koji demanded. Kosuke growled a bit before angrily handing over the deck to Koji and turned away as he began to walk away. "Hey, Kosuke!" Koji yelled back. "I know you hate me, but let's get over that stuff, alright? It was in the past and it's best to lay it to rest. What do you say, Daddy–O?"
"I say that…" Kosuke said softly as he turned back to Koji with a evil look on his face. "You're nothing but a wimp! Next time I see you, you're going down and no one's going to save you! Death to Disco!" And with that, he stormed off.
"Geez… what a sore loser…" Koji muttered as he walked over to the kid and handed the deck over to him. 'Here you go, Daddy–O. Your deck and not a card missing!"
"Thanks, Mister! That was awesome cardfighting!" The kid said with an admiring look to Koji.
"Thanks, kid! And the name's Koji Shinamori!" Koji greeted as he gave the kid a handshake. "What's yours?"
"Takeru Shinkai!"
"Awesome name, kid! Now, I gotta go now, so keep that deck safe and work on your skills and soon, we'll have a cardfight!"
"Really?"
"Sure. Anytime and anyplace you want, buddy!"
"Great!"
"Alright, see ya later." Koji said, before finally walking off.
Later on that day, Koji came back to Card Captial. "I'm back!"
"Glad you're back!" Kyoshiro smiled. "Time for more cardfight training!" The three teens groaned.
"More training, Dad? We've practised enough for today, don't you think?" Kurogasa groaned.
"Kuro's right. Enough is enough!" Rika agreed, groaning as well.
"Now, now. Practicing will help us in the long run if we practice enough." Kyoshiro said with a smile. "Now, let's get back to work!"
Soon, the other three teens groaned again even louder, but went back to training…
"Hey, Koji?" Kurogasa asked. "What were you doing on your walk anyways?"
Koji only gave him a small smirk. "You could say that I was having a blast from the past." Koji said.
"Okayyyy…" Kurogasa rolled his eyes.
"No seriously." Koji said. "Remember when I first met you?"
"Yeah? And?"
"Well, a little something like that happened. Especially with a certain jive-turkey, but it's all good now." Koji smiled.
"Well, I may know you are talking about, and I really don't want to think about him, but I'm happy that you dealt with him, man!" Kurogasa said happily. "Now, let's get back to getting ready for Nationals!"
"Right, aibou!" Koji grinned as they placed their Starting Vanguards down and drew five cards from their deck and flipped over their Vanguards.
"STAND UP, VANGUARD!"
FINALLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! I managed to get this done! Oh man, I thought I'd never be able to! But yeah, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Well, it seems Koji had his spotlight this chapter. Hopefully, I won't have to wait another four months for BlasterDragonoid to come back so we can start another chapter. Oh, and one more thing. The kid named Takeru Shinkai. I want ya to keep an eye on him. He's gonna be improtant for something way later on. I can't tell ya why he's important, because c'mon I don't wanna spoil. But he's gonna be important and his appearances will be sporadic throughout. Takeru Shinkai. That's the name. Just keep an out for that name. Until his important role, he's gonna be the Easter Egg. I guess, lol. Anyways, thanks for you patience, hope you enjoyed the chapter, and hopefully, we'll see BlasterDragonoid again soon for the next chapter. Don't forget to Like, Subscribe, & Review!
STAND UP, VANGUARD!