Future Card Buddyfight Dangerous Journey
Chapter 26: Cruise of Disaster
Episode Basis: Evil Power, Disaster Force!
Gao: After the ABC Cup ended, mostly everyone came to our ABC Cup afterparty, except for Genma and Tasuku. I guess Genma's not the party type and Tasuku was probably too busy at the Buddy Police. Anyway, Kiri and Kylie set up this awesome video, showing all the highlights of the ABC Cup matches, telling everyone about each world. Everyone had some great times to share, even with a few scares and surprises from others. And if things couldn't get any more exciting, Mom got the chance to teach Aikijujitsu in America! Talk about majorly awesome! I don't know what's going to happen after all this, but all I know is, as the Mighty Sun Fighter, I'm ready for anything!
In the dead of night, somewhere at a beach in Japan, a Buddyfight was occurring between two opponents. One of the fighters was overweight with slightly dark purple skin, black spiky hair and had a look that most people would describe as a "ogre," wearing punk biker gear with a black core gadget where, once again, no one should a core gadget, especially a man.
The other fighter was younger than him, and though his face couldn't be seen because of the hood he had on, he had baby blue curly hair and was wearing a brown, zipless hoodie with a black long sleeved shirt underneath, dark blue pants and white sneakers. His core gadget was a black curved mirror with an evil eye in the middle of the mirror floating next to his head.
The overweight fighter was furious as he was stomping his foot onto the sand, screaming, "You got lucky, kid, with that counter move there! Next turn, I'll crush you!"
The faceless boy just snickered, "Next turn? How presumptuous. Draw. Charge and draw. Let's get this over with," the boy said, holding up a single card, "Buddy call!"
The next thing was a loud scream from the overweight fighter, followed by an explosion, ending the fight. A little later, after the fight…
"How boring… Coming back to Japan, I thought, at least, a criminal fighter would be stronger," the boy from the fight said as he was in a park sitting on top of a tree branch. Suddenly, a ringing sound was heard, coming from the boy's pocket. It was his cell phone he pulled out and answered, "Hello?"
"You're needed."
"Yes, I know. Just adjusting back to home. So, what's the mission?"
"It involves a certain loose end you tied up before."
"I see. Just tell me where to meet you." The boy kept talking to his caller, only saying affirmative grunts until he got a small smirk and said, "On the cruise ship later today, huh? I'll meet you there, Master Kyoya."
During that same night, at a certain apartment, Kyosuke was in his bed, totally asleep, with his buddy, Daigo, sleeping right next to him on the bed. Suddenly, a certain light from his dresser was shining, but it wasn't his core deck, but a certain pack of cards that he got from Doai for helping him and the Seifukai during Aibo Academy's ABC Cup, but never got to it. The pack grew brighter until it enveloped the whole room. Suddenly, in another dream Kyosuke was having, he appeared in a white area.
"Huh? Another dream? That's it, no more eating soba noodles before bed," Kyosuke said, surveying his location. Suddenly, a large gust appeared next to him and as he shielded himself, the gust stopped, showing that Daigo, in his true form, appeared.
"Huh? What's going on here," Daigo said, looking around, confused until he saw his buddy next to him, "Kyosuke?"
"Daigo? What are you doing here?"
"I don't know. Where are we," The Duel Dragon asked.
"I guess, a dream. Of what, I don't know."
"Finally, you're both here," a voice said, spooking Kyosuke enough to hop in Daigo's arms.
"Aaahhh! Who's there? Just to tell you, I got a vicious Duel Dragon, and he's not afraid to attack," Kyosuke said in a frightened tone, only for the voice to chuckle a bit.
"Very amusing, but I am not here to hurt you or your friend. Just to talk," the voice replied.
"Talk," Daigo said, putting Kyosuke down gently, "Talk about what, and what or where are you?"
"Here," a voice said as the apparition appeared, who appeared to be a tall figure almost twice as tall as Daigo, with a humanoid-like figure with a fiery aura around him. "I am known to most as a "Raging Spirit", but you can call me G'ang."
"G'ang? Like a gang or something," Kyosuke answered with a confused tone.
"In a way."
The Duel Dragon took a sniff at the figure and said, "Wait a minute, i recognize this scent of yours. It smells of Ancient World's beings."
"Yes, I am from Ancient World. I need to talk to you and your buddy of something of extreme importance. It concerns of a dark being in which you humans call a buddy monster."
"Buddy monster? Dark being? What the heck does that mean," Kyosuke said to himself before remembering of what he could be talking about…
"Actually, I…," Kyosuke was about to say, before he heard a ear-screeching roar that made him fall on his knees and cover his ears in pain, "AAAAAAHHHHH!"
"Kyosuke, what's wrong!?"
"I don't know, Daigo, but it… sounds like…something screeching," Kyosuke said as he tried to get up, before hearing another screech, "Can't you hear it?"
"Wait. I think I know what you're talking about. Daigo, he's talking about the thing that grab you and Jack to weird colosseum where we fought Gael Khan and Galvanic Thunder with Tasuku," Kyosuke remembered.
"You could be right, my buddy," Daigo added.
"Hmmm… If it did that, then it could be more powerful than I thought. It could have a human buddy," G'ang theorized.
"Excuse me. Before we talk about this event, can you tell us what the heck is with that thing and us," Kyosuke said in an angry tone.
"Kyosuke is right. What do you need from us, anyway," Daigo said, sharing his buddy's mood.
"This dark presence, I am looking for, is something or someone who has been pulling monsters from other worlds, including yours, for something I don't know. Whatever it is, it's unnatural," G'ang explained, "I can't do it because of certain circumstances I cannot explain at the moment, but I need a certain human and monster who could help me."
"Why us? I know of a friend and heck, I know of a service of people who could help…," Kyosuke was trying to say.
"No. It was you I need to help. In fact, I have been observing you two for a bit," G'ang said, shocking the two a bit, "And before you say something like 'it's weird', I have been given to you for a test from someone."
"A test," Daigo said, "What kind of test?"
"A test that help you in your certain predicaments," G'ang continued as he looked to Kyosuke and then, back to Daigo, "One that could give what you require or what you desire."
Kyosuke and Daigo gasped, shocked in what this "being" they just met was talking, but they, in way, knew what he was talking about. They looked at each other, and by just unspoken communication, they understood and nodded at each other before turning back to G'ang.
"Ok. We understand," Kyosuke said, making G'ang nod in affirmation, "So, what is this test?"
"In this world, you need to find a young soul searching for brave individuals with blazing hearts to tame. If you befriend and support this soul, you will unlock powers that will aid you in your goals. I know this is a lot to swallow to you two…," G'ang said, "Do you accept?"
"Yes, we do," Kyosuke and Daigo agreed simultaneously.
"Ok. Reach out your hands and we will be linked if I need to contact you outside of this dimension," G'ang requested.
The two friends reached out and as G'ang flowed his aura to the others, the entire area flashed into a blinding light before vanishing. The next thing that happened, it was morning as the sun had just risen and the two partners were wide awake, looking at the back of their hands, looking at some kind of circle or something.
"I don't know what happened, Daigo. But, it wasn't a dream, I can tell that much," Kyosuke said, sweating a bit over what happened.
"I believe it could be something we can't tell our friends or Shuutaro, right," Daigo asked.
"Yeah. Like they believe us anyway. Let's just get ready for school," Kyosuke said as he got out of bed. What they didn't know is that the circles on their hands vanished out of sight.
Later, in the same day, in some kind of dining room where many people in fancy clothing were either eating set dishes of delicious food or talking to each other. In another part of the room where in the middle, were other people were gathered a certain podium, where on it, contained a silver case in a glass container, guarded by security guards in red berets.
At one of the tables were Gao, Kuguru, Baku, Kyosuke, Jun, Kylie and Yuuten, eating some of the food there while Kuguru and Jun were looking the guarded case in front of them.
"I still can't believe special rare cards are in that case," Kuguru said in excitement.
"Yeah, it's kind of exciting," Yuuten said, chewing on some rice.
"I wonder which one they actually are," Gao asked.
Suddenly, Tetsuya just ran up to them, saying while pointing to the case, "Hey, guys! I just found what 1st prize of the tournament is! It's the special rare cards, yo!"
"Really? Tetsuya, I challenge you to one of the battles of the Zaibatsu Tournament, then," Yuuten said as she put down her plate and took out her violet deck case.
Asmodai came out of nowhere laughing, "I know Tets is a small fry, but are you sure you want to take on a demon?"
"What he said, yo," Tetsuya agreed before realizing his buddy said, "Smallfry! Why are you harassing on me, A-dog?"
At another table that Drum was walking by, he noticed a voice saying, "Just as I thought, there are no decent fighters here."
"Says who," Drum said back as he looked under the table.
"Sorry, this table's taken," the mysterious guest said as he slapped his blue tail on Drum's nose.
Meanwhile, at a pool in the same area, where some people were swimming, there was a certain white-haired girl wearing sunglasses, a blue hoodie and bikini under it, reading her tablet. She was sitting next to a young man with curly baby blue hair, wearing a brown hoodie, wearing yellow swim shorts with a lightning design, eating sushi with chopsticks.
"Don't get a burn, you two," said a young man with spiky hair with blood-red tipped bangs and cowlick and wearing a white sweater with a black turtle neck, gray slacks and a cross necklace, "Have the preparations been made?"
The two people got up as they took off their glasses, with the girl answering, "Of course. It's exactly as you commanded."
The young man rubbed his chin and chuckled to himself, "All there is to do then is kick back and watch the entertainment unfolds."
A horn blared off as the location this situation was happening was on a large cruise liner, which was known as the Gaen Zaibatsu, which was taking off at the Chou-Tokyo harbor.
Earlier at Aibo Academy, most of the teams who participated in the ABC Cup were called to the Buddy Main Classroom for special announcement concerning the participants. However, the announcement was more of a surprise for them…
"Did you say the Gaen Financial Group," Gao yelled in a surprised tone.
"Yes, that's right. You all have been invited to their annual party and this year, it's on their special yacht," Mr. Neginoyama answered.
"I heard that's where all the celebs and high rollers hold a one day Buddyfight tournament and mini-challenges, yo," Tetsuya whispered to Kuguru and Jun.
"The latest issue of Buddyfight Weekly said there would be some special rare cards on this time," Kuguru whispered back.
"I also heard whoever wins 1st place in the tournament wins the cards to add them to their deck however they want," Jun finished.
"It sounds great, but what is this Gaen Financial Group," Gao asked, making mostly everyone fall over, while Kiri and Kyosuke, standing next to them, just sweat dropped.
"What? You mean you really don't know, bro," Baku asked.
"Have you been living in a cave, dear boy," Mr. Neginoyama added.
"You can't blame Gao for that, guys. It isn't something most people talk about in conversation…" Kyosuke vouched for his friend just before a mist gathered from the back of the room, followed by a familiar laugh. When the doors in the entrance of the room opened, it was Suzuha Amanosuzu, with her loyal butler, Sebastian.
"Oh, Gao, you're so strange. If you want, i can totally fix you. LOL, as they say," Suzuha said.
"I personally like being strange, but thank you," Gao replied with a goofy smile.
"Oh, brother. Gao, you're a piece of work, you know that," Kyosuke muttered under his breath as the only heiress to the Amanosuzu Group walked down the stairs with Sebastian right by her.
"Among other things, the Gaen Financial Group manufactures Core Deck Cases. Daddy says that they are a major player in stabilizing the global economy. In fact, Kyoya texted me himself and told me that he wants to invite all the participants from this year's ABC Cup," Suzuha explained.
"Who's Kyoya," The Sun Fighter asked.
"Kyoya Gaen's the kid who runs the company, and I even heard that his money has money," Jin said as he, Megumi and Kenji appeared at the entrance as well.
"In a way, he's like a young bachelor," Kenji said with a chuckle.
"Who cares," Baku replied.
"The Gaen Financial Group also funds Aibo Academy," Mr. Neginoyama included.
"He's right on that," Yuuten said as she came to the entrance of the classroom as well, "Kyoya's a big fan of Buddyfight and is a total expert on the game, which is why he funds the school to make sure promising Buddyfighters will become the stuff of legend."
"You don't say," Jun said in a lackluster tone.
"It would be fun to go to the party, if only to participate in the tournament and see those rare cards," Kyosuke added.
"I don't know about you guys, but I wouldn't want to rub shoulders with those big wigs there. It sounds like a major snore fest," Jin said as he flipped his hair.
"So, you won't be going then," Megumi said.
"You couldn't drag me to there," Jin replied.
Back to the present time, where the Gaen Zaibatsu just left the harbor, everyone was about to enjoy the festivities, including a certain person dressed in beach clothing who wouldn't be caught there… unless there was free food involved…
"Alright! This is what I call a party," a certain party-goer named Jin said, holding a tropical drink in one hand and a blue inner tube in the other.
"I clearly heard you wouldn't be coming," Kuguru shouted as she and her friends saw him.
"It's not in his DNA to pass up a free lunch," Megumi said.
"Or to keep incognito. He looks like a crazed beach-goer," Yuuten replied.
As soon as that episode was done, everyone got to registering for the Buddyfight tournament spoken about before on the ship. It was a simple tournament eligible for anyone to participate in the tournament, and whoever earned enough wins would earn 1st place and get the so-called special rare cards on display. One of the matches started and it was between Kiri Hyoryu of Team Balle Du Soleil, and Kenji Seiryu of Team Naniwa Card Club. After they shuffled each others' decks…
"Buddyfight! Raise the Flag," They both said.
"I fight for Danger World!"
"I fight for Dragon World!"
(Ki: 10/Gauge: 2)
(Ke: 10/ Gauge: 2)
"I'll go first, c'nest pas? Charge and Draw! I call Blue Sky Knights, Iron Wing Dragon, to the center," Kenji began calling a blue dragon with purple armor and white wings.
"I am ready to defend, Master Kenji," Iron Wing roared.
"Thanks, so attack the fighter," Kenji commanded. Iron Wing flew over and slashed Kiri with his talons, taking off one point.
"End of move."
(Ki: 9/Gauge: 2)
(Ke: 10/Gauge: 3)
"Pretty good start, bro. Iron Wing has 6000 defense, which makes it a good defender," Baku said, eating some popcorn.
"It's a good start, but the one who truly pushes the fight in their favor wins the Buddyfight," Jun replied.
"Let's go, Kiri," Gao cheered.
"Come on, Danger bro," Kyosuke added. Meanwhile, back up on another floor of the ship were Zanya and his brother, Akatsuki were watching the fight as well.
"Pay attention. Watch very closely and learn from their many mistakes," Zanya told his little brother. Suddenly, Gao overheard and turn to see them up on the second floor.
"Hey, Zanya, Akatsuki! Swank party, huh," Gao hollered back.
"Hmph, my other plans got canceled," Zanya scoffed.
"I draw! Charge and Draw! I Buddy call Armorknight Black Drake to the center position," Kiri said, calling his major Armorknight, who gave a magnificent roar as his life points returned to 10 due to his Buddy Gift.
"Doesn't he know by calling a size 3 monster, he can't call any other monsters? That's such a rookie mistake," Akatsuki said.
"That's not actually true," Zanya said.
"Next, I call Garg to the right and Eagle to the left," Kiri continued as he called two size 0 monsters, making the young ninja-to-be gasp.
"If they're size 0, he can call as many as he wants," Kuguru explained.
"I guess Kiri is getting good with those lessons I gave him on Danger World," Kyosuke said.
"Yeah, he's getting good. Just look at his formation," Baku added.
"If he's getting kudos from you guys, he must be doing something good out there," Gao said.
"So, he's using Armorknights and few size 0 Duel Dragons, huh? Looks like your basic hybrid deck," Zanya said to himself.
Meanwhile, Kiri commanded Garg and Eagle to link attack Iron Wing, destroying him, while Armorknight Black Drake attacked Kenji with his multiple bullets, dealing 4 damage.
"End of Move."
(Ki: 10/Gauge: 0)
(Ke: 6: Gauge: 3)
"Your move."
"Can't believe I'm down to 6 life points as it is," Kenji asked himself as Penn just shrugged.
"The writing's on the wall," Zanya said.
"Not really. Kenji's the type to fool his opponents easily, gaining the flow to his favor," Kyosuke replied, "He's just getting stronger."
"Stronger each match," Drum muttered to himself, "That's going to be me soon."
"I draw! Charge and I draw," Kenji said with a chuckle, "If you want to beat me, step up your game. What I see now is an average Danger World play style."
"Hey! I just started playing the game a few weeks ago," Kiri said back.
"Well, let's see how you handle my play style. I play Dragogenius, paying 2 gauge for drawing two cards." Kenji took a harder look at the cards and smirked, "And what cards they can be! I simultaneously cast Blue Dragon Knights "Proud Song of Soul" and Green Dragon Knights "Song of Ancient Lands", each by paying one gauge."
As Kenji cast the two set spells, two orbs floated next to his head, one blue and one green, each with their names written in Kanji on them as they each began to play a certain tune, which together, made a lovely chorus.
"See what I mean," Kyosuke said.
"Yeah, Blue Dragon Knights 'Proud Song of Soul" gives all Armordragons Kenji call 2000 power and Green Dragon Knights "Song of Ancient Lands" allows Kenji to gain 1 life point when he calls an Armordragon, but only once," Jun explained.
"The songs of Dragon World are lovely, don't you think? I call Blue Sky Knights, Slash Eagle Dragon to the left," Kenji continued as another dragon in golden and blue armor with blades extending out of its side appeared and screeched.
"Also, in addition to my Green Dragon Knights set spell, if I have no cards in my center, Slash Eagle Dragon also restores my life points by 1." Slash Eagle Dragon flew back up and flapped his wings, spreading a golden dust onto Kenji as the Green Dragon set spell gave him a green aura around as well, giving him 2 life points.
"Whoa! This guy is good in getting his life points back, huh, Big Z," Akatsuki asked.
"It's more than that. With the Blue Dragon Knights spell, his monsters gain power as well. He must be skilled to hold that type of strategy," Zanya replied.
"I also call Tuck Sword Dragon to the center!" A blue bipedal dragon in blue armor on his chest and torso appeared, holding a sword and growling a bit. "Now, Tuck Sword Dragon, attack Armorknight Black Drake!"
Tuck Sword Dragon flew at top speed, slashing Black Drake in half and flew over Kiri and slash him as well, taking off one life point, confusing the young Danger World player.
"No, not Black Drake!"
"With Tuck Sword's ability to Penetrate, it's time to size it up! Slash Eagle, attack the fighter!"
Slash Eagle Dragon slashed Kiri with his torso blades, inflicting two damage and making him kneel down.
"Lastly, I cast Dragonic Charge," Kenji said, finishing his turn.
"End of move."
(Ki: 7/Gauge: 0)
(Ke: 8/Gauge: 2)
After the attack, Kiri began to pound the ground with his fist, saying, "Argh! Why am I losing already?"
"What," Kenji said to himself, 'He's at 7 life, but when he lost his buddy, he's already beginning to lose confidence that quick in the match? Hmmm…"
"Your move."
As Kiri got back up, he began to get some more confidence, "I know I can do this! I draw! Charge and Draw!" Kiri's eyes began to harden and squint as he was concocting a plan, one that Armorknight Eagle had a feeling…
"Is he doing what I think he is doing," Eagle said to himself.
"I cast Lord Aura Mediation," Kiri said, increasing his gauge by two before picking another card from his hand, "I then pay two gauge and call Fighting Dragon, Demongodol to the center position."
Soon, the mighty Fighting Dragon came out roaring as he socked Eagle, sending him to the drop zone .
"I'm impressed! In no time, Kiri's mastered the Danger World fighting style," Kuguru complimented.
"With Demongodol's two souls for his Soulguard and his powerful Counterattack, Kenji better be careful," Baku said while Kyosuke and Gao had troubled looks.
"Maybe, but still the fight isn't over yet," Kyosuke said.
Meanwhile, in one of the dining rooms of the ship, Tasuku, in his blue suit school attire, was with two of the detectives of the Buddy Police, better known as Sueroku Shido and Seiichi Nobari.
"So, remind me again why it's important to be here," Tasuku said in an annoyed tone.
"I already told you," Sueroku reminded the young buddy cop, "In part of your suspension agreement, you'll be required to help the PR promote the game."
Tasuku growled quietly at him as a faint glow appeared from his suit pocket, but as Tasuku placed his hand over it, the glowing stopped. The glowing came from Jack, sealed in his card form, due to Tasuku being suspended and restricted from Buddyfighting or using his buddy for one month.
"Tasuku, don't let him get to you. It will all be over before you know it," Jack said to his buddy through Tasuku's mind, assuring him.
"Understood," Tasuku calmly said, "I'm suddenly not feeling well. I need to get some air." Soon, Tasuku walked away from the two Buddy Police detectives.
"Don't be long. We need you front and center," Sueroku said as Tasuku left. Suddenly, from under the table Sueroku was standing next to, the cloth lifted, revealing Magoroku Shido.
"Hi, Daddy, I didn't expect to see you here," The younger Shido said.
"Magoroku! Why, I am here for official business, of course," The elder Shido said as he kneeled down to his son, "What are you doing, hiding under the table? Planning an grand entrance for winning this year's ABC Cup as their champion?"
As his father kept talking to him, Magoroku began to get teary in the eyes, "You should be the center of attention! What's wrong? Are you crying? You did win the trophy, didn't you?" That's when Shido lost it and hugged his father, crying uncontrollably.
"Oh, Daddy! They didn't let me win!"
"Ok, ok. Watch the uniform," Sueroku said, comforting his son.
Back outside, Tasuku was walking outside of the dining room when Suzuha saw him walking in her direction when she noticed him.
"Tasuku, you're here," Suzuha yelled, turning around and blushing, "I didn't think you would show. You took time out of your busy schedule just to see me." She opened her eyes, seeing that Tasuku just walked right past her, not noticing the blushing princess.
"Hey, Gao! Kyosuke," Tasuku said, noticing his past opponents/rivals/friends, "I was hoping I'd run into you two here."
"Hey, Tasuku," Kyosuke greeted.
"S'up, man," Gao greeted as well, as Suzuha and Sebastian were watching them from behind a wall.
"He completely ignored me, or was he just pretending? Yes, of course. Since I'm the only daughter of the famous Amanosuzu Group family, he wants to protect my reputation from those nasty rumors in the tabloids," Suzuha said in denial.
"Suzuha's so honest," Sebastian said, crying a little.
Back to the match, it was two turns since Kiri played his Demongodol onto the center. After last turn after losing all his monsters and equipped with his Dragonblade, Dragowing, it was Kenji's turn.
(Ki: 4/Gauge: 1)
(Ke: 5/Gauge: 4)
"I call Viking Sword Dragon to the right," Kenji said as he called a red scaled dragon with silver-blue armor around his body, had a horned helmet, and blond locks, holding one sword in each hand, staring at his confidence at his opponent. Soon, Kenji's green set spell gave him another life point as his other set spell gave his dragon a blue aura in power. "Now I play Day of the Dragon!"
"Day of the what," Gao said in question.
"It's the Day of the Dragon card," Tasuku explained as the area around Kiri and Kenji began to get misty, "It's a card that allows the user to destroy all opponent's monsters."
"Kiri's Demongodol lost his two souls after being attacked by Penguin Seeker Dragon, and then last turn, his Dragowing. but he wouldn't be able to attack due to his spell," Kyosuke remembered.
"That would be the case, bro, if Viking Sword wasn't on the field," Baku corrected him.
"He's right. If Viking Sword Dragon is on the spell while this spell is activated, his monsters will be able to attack, plus, with his Dragowing gaining an extra critical because of his ability, if he calls another monster with at least 2 critical," Tasuku explained.
"Kiri's done," Jun finished.
As for the field, Viking Sword Dragon pulled out a brown and curved horn, which called some dragon-like phantoms with spears, which flew around and went right through Kiri's monsters, destroying them.
"No," Kiri yelled.
"Now I call another Blue Sky Knights, Seeker Penguin Dragon to the left," Kenji said as he called another one of his buddy.
"I'm like a boomerang. Throw me away, and I'll come right back," Penn joked, giving some of the audience a sweat drop, "Don't get the analogy? What a crowd…"
"Don't blame them, Penn," Kenji said as he turned back to Kiri, "Ok, guys, let's finish this. Attack the fighter!"
"Right, buddy," Penn said, with Viking Sword gave an affirmative grunt as they and Kenji gave a good dash before slashing down Kiri, taking away the last of his points.
(Ki: 0/Gauge: 1)
(Ke: 6/Gauge: 3)
"Game over. Winner: Kenji Seiryu."
Kenji took a bow, saying, "That's all, folks!"
"We're close to that card, man," Penn said as he jumped and hugged Kenji. Meanwhile, a certain boy, with Sofia and another boy from before, observed the whole match, as the white-haired girl said, "Well, that wasn't a great fight."
"It had too much hilarity, especially from that blond kid," the blue-haired boy said.
"I don't know. I actually found it quite interesting, especially that little guy who uses the Danger World," the white haired boy said in response.
"You mean Kiri Hyoryu?"
"If he finds a buddy monster who fits his fighting style, he'll be someone will need to keep our eye on." Suddenly, the blue-haired boy turned and saw Kyosuke coming toward Kiri and gasped a bit under his breath.
'What? It can't be!? But I…' he thought to himself before…
"Don't worry. If he is who he is, we'll know," the white-haired boy said, putting his hand on his friend's shoulder as they all saw Kyosuke trying to help Kiri get his cards and talking to him, "Even so, it won't matter anyway."
A little later, the matches were continuing as Tetsuya and Yuuten were the next ones to Buddyfight as Gao and the others were watching this next fight, with Kiri having his head, still a little saddened by his lost.
For the fight, it was Yuuten's turn with the following stats:
(Te: 4/Gauge: 4)- Had Demon Realm Warrior, Zepar on the right and Demon Realm Death Metal, Valefar in the middle and four cards in the hand.
(Yu: 3/Gauge: 3)-no monsters on the field and three cards in the hand.
"This Buddyfight is getting heated up, with both players being Magic World users," Tasuku said with a little excitement.
"Yeah, I should know. I battled with Yuuten. She's good with those burn cards of hers," Kyosuke said with Daigo next to him nodding.
"Well, I battled Tetsuya, and I have a feeling he's not done yet. Every time he battles, he gets a little better."
"Alright, Tetsuya. You did your best to keep me down, but I'm not out, yet," Yuuten said.
"Alright, Yuuten, my sassy friend. Let's see what you got, yo," Tetsuya said, doing a finger-bang at her.
"Fine. I draw. Charge and draw! I call Floral Magician, Fiore to the left," Yuuten said as a young little girl who has shoulder length light green hair and black eyes. She wears a turtle-neck pale purple dress that is long at the back but short up to her knee at the front, with white linings at the ends. On the bottom, she wears a black tight with a pair of boot that matches her dress. She also wears a flower crown and flower bracelets that has various kinds of flowers together. Testy and some of the boys marveled at the Floral Magician's beauty as they never saw a monster like this before.
"Wow! I never saw that monster before," Gao said in amazement.
"Yeah, she's so pretty," Kylie squealed.
"That's a Floral Magician. They're a type of monster a little uncommon in the game," Tasuku said.
"What do you mean, Tasuku," Gao asked.
"What he means, Gao, is that Floral Magicians are like most Wizards in Magic World, studying to harness certain types of magic, but they harness their magic from flowers, trees and other forms of nature, so they practice in secrecy," Kuguru said.
"She's right. In fact, Fiore there defines the symbol of a flower, just bloomed," Tasuku finished as the others turned back to the fight.
"In a way, it sounds like Yuuten," Kyosuke said under his breath, so no one could hear him.
"I also Buddy Call Saki to the right," Yuuten continued, playing her buddy monster, "Next, I cast my powerful spell! Burn away, Great Spell, Deus EX Machina!" Suddenly, a large wind began to blow around them as golden streams of light gathered around the fighting area and as Tetsuya and his monsters shielded themselves, the happy-go lucky dancing Buddyfighter looked as Saki was chanting some words from his book as he was the culprit of the great wind.
"What's up with her monster and the freaky light show, yo," Tetsuya said, still shielding himself.
"It's the Great Spell! If I have a Wizard on my field, and at least six other Wizards in my drop zone, I can destroy every card on your field. Plus, with Saki's skill, all spells are reduced by one!"
"Oh, man, that bites!" As the golden lights got closer, Zepar and Valefar got really scared as the lights began to hurt them.
"Sayonara, everybody," Valefar screamed as he disappeared.
"See ya next time," Zepar yelled as he vanished as well, and soon the lights disappeared and the winds died down, as Saki finished chanting and closed his books, realigning his glasses.
"That was neat! But, Tetsuya is so done now," Kylie said.
"Maybe," Gao said, "But don't count him out yet."
"I equip Gunrod, Stradivarius," Yuuten said as her favorite item appeared in her hand, but 1 gauge was paid to equip it!
"Just one," Drum said, "What's with that?"
"With Fiore on the field, all items' equip cost is reduced by one, bro," Baku said.
"When it comes to cost reduction, Yui knows her stuff," Kyosuke said, as Yuuten overheard and blushed a bit, hearing it.
"Huh? What's with the blush," Tetsuya said, shocking Yuuten a bit and snapping out of her blush.
"Nothing! Now, Saki, attack the fighter," Yuuten commanded as Saki began to gather to chant from his book again and fired a bolt of lightning when…
"I cast Solomon's Shield," Tetsuya said, playing the shield that repelled the attack.
"Shoot! Fine, I attack with Stradivarius and Fiore!" As Yuuten's item shot a small blast at Tetsuya, Fiore came, running in with a kick, which both attacks took off two points.
"End of move. Your move."
(Te: 2/Gauge: 4)
(Yu: 4/Gauge: 1)
"I draw! Charge and Draw, yo! Now, it's time to jazz it up! I cast Great Spell, Saturday Night Devil Fever," Tetsuya said, making Yuuten gasp.
"Great Spell, Saturday Night Devil Fever," Gao wondered.
"It's the fever. Like Deus EX Machina, it works when there are more than six 72 Pillars monsters in the drop zone," Tasuku said, getting the others' attention.
"And it lets you play up to three 72 Pillars monsters without paying any of their Call Costs," Kuguru finished.
"And each of them were smashing each other's monsters down, Tetsuya has tons of 72 Pillars monsters in the drop zone," Jun added.
"Stayin' alive," Tetsuya said, staying in a pose. Soon, Asmodai, Valefar and Zepar appeared on the field, each in the same pose as Tetsuya.
"Check It! Saturday Night Fever!"
"Uh oh," Yuuten said.
"I'll get rid of a card and activate Asmodai's skill," Tetsuya said.
"Dangerous Backdrop for one!" Asmodai grabbed Saki by his waist and slammed on his head, destroying him.
"Come on! Feel the beat and attack, yo!" As the three 72 Pillars monsters attacked together, creating a powerful sound wave, it crushed away the rest of Yuuten's life points.
(Te: 1/Gauge: 2)
(Yu: 0/Gauge: 1)
"Game over. Winner: Tetsuya Kurodake."
"One down," Tetsuya said.
"Those cards are practically ours, yo," Asmodai said, as well.
Back to where Sofia and her "mysterious" friends were, the only one left was the baby blue haired boy, watching the end of the buddyfight. As he saw Yuuten shake hands with Tetsuya and Asmodai and saying something, probably thanking them for a good fight, all the guy say as he gave a careless squint in his eyes was, "Pathetic."
Back to the main dining room of the Gaen Zaibatsu, everyone stopped to gather there as a certain boy, standing to a guard, holding the suitcase from before, was about to make an announcement.
"Huh, so that's the head of the Gaen Financial Group," Gao said as his friends were gathered to hear the announcement as well, "He's not very old, is he?"
"Actually, he's quite very good in Buddyfighting too. You could say that the guy has it all," Tasuku said.
"What gives? Why aren't you getting Tasuku's autograph? He's been your hero since as long as I remember," Akatsuki said as he and Zanya were standing in a corner of the room.
"Sure, I admire his achievements, but I don't get starstruck. I never ask for it, like some lame-o," Zanya answered, trying to hide his blush.
"Ok, got ya." Suddenly, Akatsuki was handed a pad with a blank piece of paper on from his brother.
"But, if you want to get one, that would be totally cool," The shy Katana World player said, fixing his glasses.
"Good afternoon. Thank you all so much for coming today. As a major fan, I think it's wonderful we can all come together through friendship and courage and enjoy a buddyfight," Kyoya said.
"He has such a charming smile," Kuguru said, blushing.
"I don't know if 'charming' is the word. Looks kinda sketchy to me," Jin said.
"Envious much? You know, green clashes with pink," Megumi said, making Jin growl a bit.
"He's so sweet, but it's kind of weird," Kylie said in a somewhat confused mood.
"Yeah, like he's pretending or something," Jun said as Yuuten raised her eyebrow.
"I don't know. I think it's charming," Yuuten spoke in an enamored tone while Kyosuke and Daigo, standing next to him, felt otherwise.
'There's something off with this human. Like he's faking that smile of his,' Daigo thought.
'There's something weird with this guy. It's like when I saw Rouga for the first time, I think…,' Kyosuke thought to himself…
"Kyosuke Akiyama at your service," Kyosuke said while he held his hand out for a handshake.
'Kyosuke, huh? Why does that name sound familiar to me?' the boy thought as he slapped away his hand, "Fine. See you later, Kyosuke."
"Hmmm… interesting, where have I seen that guy before," Kyosuke said to himself.
"It feels like it, but…,"
"It's kind of boring hearing that guy blab, huh," someone said to Kyosuke.
"Kind of, but…," Kyosuke was about to say before he got confused about who said that to him, "Who said that?"
"I did, right here," the same voice said, coming from a small orange dragon with white armor on his chest and forehead and wearing a red sleeveless jacket, "Hello." At close comparison, Kyosuke could tell that the dragon was a little smaller than Daigo.
"Who are you," Daigo said as he noticed the dragon.
"No one important, but I think the guy's still talking," the small dragon, saying pointing to Kyoya.
"I sure hope you all have a good time and enjoy the matches and as promised, the fighter who impresses me the most will receive these 2 much sought after special rare cards. Now, let's see these rare special rare cards you could win," Kyoya finished.
As the guard opened up the suitcase, revealing the special rare cards facing backwards. However, the two cards were missing, as the guard gasped in panic, soon, followed by everyone else.
"Come on, is this a joke," Kyoya said. Everyone was panicking as well over the missing cards.
"I don't understand. How could the cards go missing," Kuguru asked.
"Oh my, now things are going to get interesting," Jin said with a smirk.
"Oh, well… Looks like I should be going now," the small orange dragon yawned as he tried to leave, but couldn't as Daigo stepped on his tail.
"Wait a minute, you," Daigo said, turning to the little dragon.
"What's up, Daigo," Kyosuke said over Daigo was doing. Meanwhile, as Tasuku was signing an autograph for a certain fan…
"There's been a crime," Tasuku said as he handed his autograph to Akatsuki, "Here you go. Stay in school. I got to go. Duty calls."
"Alright! My brother's your biggest fan," Akatsuki yelled as Tasuku walked to the man, or boy in charge of this party.
"Excellent. This will be more fun than I planned," Kyoya said to himself.
"Excuse me. May I examine this case?"
"Be my guest. It's Ryuuenji, right," Kyoya said.
"Yes, and you seem to be the victim of a serious theft," the young buddy cop said as he revealed his Buddy Cop uniform, "When the ship raised anchor, the two missing cards were definitely in the case, is that correct?"
"Yes, I made sure myself," Kyoya answered.
"So the theft occurred sometime after we sailed, which means the perp is still on board," Tasuku continued.
"Your reasoning seems sound."
"Such a treat, watching him in action. Oh, Tasuku, you're so wonderful," Suzuha said, watching him from afar as Tasuku had a better examination of the missing case.
"But, it doesn't look like it was forced open."
"I don't know how they did it. I had security watch it the whole time. There's no way someone could have gotten close enough to steal it."
"You seem to be missing one important thing. Most of the fighters you've invited here are Buddyfighters, which means they are lots of buddy monsters on board," Tasuku theorized as he turned to the audience, "Though it is impossible for us humans, some buddy monsters have the power of invisibility. They could have easily taken the card right under our noses."
"Are you trying to say that there is a criminal fighter among us," Kyoya asked as everyone was getting a little suspicious about the buddy monsters around them.
"Tell me, A-dog, did you," Tetsuya asked with a smirk.
"Don't get that twisted. It wasn't me and I even have witnesses," Asmodai said.
"I swear Asmodai was totally with me the whole time," one of the Asmodai doubles said.
"Me too," the other double agreed.
"Y'all sound kind of suspicious, yo!"
"I wouldn't pass him," Yamigitsune said to Saki, Penn and Tsukikage.
"Agreed. If anyone has a bad alibi, it would be the demon," Saki agreed as well.
"It's possible," Penn nodded.
"That's true," Tsukikage's scroll said.
"If anyone's good at sneaking around, it's one of you guys," Asmodai barked.
"It could be a monster from Katana World, of course. Except Shiden, of course," Jun said.
"How can you be so sure," Kenji said as he got close to heavyset deck builder.
"Cause he's not with me! He gets seasick," Jun said.
"Sure, okay."
Meanwhile, Shido was still hiding under the table when he overheard what was happening, "Things are getting heated out there." Suddenly, a couple of footsteps could be heard behind him as Shido turned around and saw a glowing card, "Could that be the missing card?"
Suddenly…
"Oh, unhand me, you circus clown," the card spoke, giving Shido a doubleslap.
"What kind of card is this," Shido said as he let go of the card.
Meanwhile, back to the mysterious dragon Kyosuke and Daigo found…
"Ok, mister. Can you let go of my tail," The little dragon said, pulling his tail from Daigo's foot.
"Hey, Daigo, calm down! You think this guy has something to do with this," Kyosuke said.
"I don't know, but him coming out of nowhere right before this happened is weird, don't you think? It's too coincidental. Plus…," Daigo answered as he gave a sharp look, scaring their suspect a bit, "I can tell he's lying."
"Please, I can tell you everything," the little dragon said as he began to tear up a bit.
"Uh oh."
"Oh man, what did I do?"
Back to the scene of the crime…
"Oh, this is a total drag," Gao moaned as he laid on the floor, getting some attention.
"They might make the thieves walk the plank. Rules are different at sea," Drum said.
"I don't care, Drum. I bet they weren't even great cards in the first place."
"Don't you think they'll find it," Kiri vouched.
"Why would I care? The only things special about those cards are their names. They're probably some wimpy, cowardly looking monsters," Gao taunted as he looked back and forth as Tasuku figured out why he was saying that stuff and smirked.
"He's right. They may not want to show themselves because of how ugly and cowardly it is," Tasuku said sarcastically. Soon, a yellow twister formed out of nowhere behind the crowd.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING UGLY," a voice said, coming from a humanoid-like dragon with blue scales and long yellow hair, coming out of his armor on his head. He had blackish-gray armor on his shoulders and arms, but also wore a long red scarf, a black and white professor's jacket, white pants and armored leggings. He also held a spear in the same fashion as his armor.
"Oh, man! That was easier than I thought," Gao said, as the others gasp.
"You're kidding me," Jin said.
"Now where's bachelor #2," Kenji joked.
"Oh, that guy! I met him under the table a while back," Drum remembered.
"Greetings. I am the Dragowizard, Qinus Axia at your service," the missing card said.
"A Dragowizard," Tasuku said in surprise.
"A dragon that hails from Magic World. One of its abilities is to directly damage the opponent, so I guess it qualifies as one of the special rare cards. So, Mr. Ryuuenji, can you explain about the other one," Kyoya said, making Tasuku think a bit, when…
"I can help with that," Kyosuke said as he came up the podium with Daigo and their "suspect."
"Yes, can I help you…," Kyoya asked.
"You can call me Kyosuke and this is Daigo," Kyosuke introduced as he lifted the little dragon who was still tearing up a bit, "And I think this could be your suspect on the other missing card and this whole caper."
"How do you think that, Kyosuke," Tasuku said as Gao and the others came a little closer.
"Because he was the other card that went missing. Right, Ricky," Daigo said.
"Ricky," Everybody said.
"He's right. Ricky here, or Dragon Kid, Ricky, is a monster from Ancient World. Though, he may not be as powerful as Axia there, but he is a very rare type called a Raging Spirit," Kyoya explained.
"Raging Spirit," Kuguru said.
"Never heard of that," Jin said.
"So, who stole them, then," Suzuha shouted.
"We weren't stolen. I decided to escape on my own and the little kid joined me," Axia spoke up, making everyone fall down, "As fellow dragons, we know that meeting our buddies should be magical like a soulmate."
"Right, but we were about to be given away to some strangers, and that seems boring, right," Ricky spoke up.
"Fellow dragons, huh. You guys are nothing like me," Drum said.
"You Armordragons are always on the small things," Axia rebutted.
"It's not the small things," Drum shouted as Gao and the others watched the argument with Kyosuke, Daigo, and Ricky coming over to them.
"Gao, I'm curious. Did you really do that because the card wasn't really stolen," Kiri asked.
"Sorta. I didn't know for sure, but you could say I had a hunch. No self-respecting Buddyfighter would stoop into stealing some 1st place prize," Gao figured.
"That doesn't explain that you knew the special rare card would be a monster," Jin pointed out, making Gao stutter a bit.
"Jin's right. It could have been an item or spell," Megumi pointed out.
"Yeah, and you didn't even know if it or the other card would've bought the bluff or if Kyosuke and Daigo didn't find the other guy," Yuuten said too.
"She's right. That could've happened," Saki agreed.
"Doesn't matter, right? It worked and Kyosuke helped in finding the other guy. Right, buddy," Gao said as he grabbed his Danger World friend, who was rolling his eyes.
"You are so lucky with this stuff, aren't you," Kyosuke muttered, making Gao freeze up as Zanya and Akatsuki were still watching from the corner.
"They were just lucky, that's all," Zanya said.
"I got to say, Gao's got good instinct and Kyosuke was pretty quick too," Tasuku said as he walked down the podium as Seiichi came right in front of him, definitely with an angry look.
"Tasuku, the terms of your suspension…," the detective was about to say…
"I know I'm not allowed to conduct any police business. I promise it won't happen again," Tasuku said, as Seiichi adjusted his glasses. Meanwhile, a certain blond-haired person was watching this unfold, with an unhappy face.
'So, it is true that he's been suspended. I wish that was wrong,' Kenji thought to himself, clutching his arms a bit.
Back to Kyoya, he was walking into a elevator, guarded by two of his personal guards and inside, waiting, were Sofia looking at her tablet and the baby blue haired boy reading a small book.
Kyoya gave a small chuckle, "Well, that was fun. It was totally unexpected. That boy wonder cop was riveting and seeing my old friend was fun, but there were also a few buddyfighters I had my eye on. Let's initiate Phase 2. I'm curious how many of them have potential for Disaster Force."
Soon after that, Sofia handed her master a familiar looking black core deck case.
"By the end of this day, we'll have our new fighters."
"What should we do with escaped special rares," Sofia asked her master.
"I'll leave that to you and Hiten."
"Yes, Master Gaen," Hiten said as he bowed to his master.
"We won't disappoint you. I have just the thing."
Kyoya gripped the black core deck as it began to glow an evil shade of purple, "Activate Disaster Force! Azi Dahaka!" Underneath the sea, a large siholuette depicting some kind of three headed monster with glowing red eyes (A dead giveaway of anything evil) was activated by the Disaster Force.
Back to the dining room, Kyosuke felt something as his left hand was warming up a bit, like he felt a certain presence calling him, hurting him a bit. His friends were still talking to each other, so he was able to walk off a bit until he found a corner in a nearby room where it was vacant.
"What's going on," Kyosuke said as he removed his other hand from his left and saw that it was the same seal he and Daigo got on their arms after the conversation with G'ang. "Is this G'ang trying to contact me…" Kyosuke was about to finish his sentence when something hits the ship, making him tumble a bit.
Everyone else felt the shake from the impact as well from the dining ship.
"What was that? Can we get earthquakes from the sea," Jin said frantically.
"No, I think we hit something," Yamigitsune said.
"What could we possibly run into? Icebergs don't simply appear," Suzuha said as the others looked outside.
"Look, bro!" What they saw were monstrously sized icebergs right in front of the ship, making everyone panic even more.
"If we collide with one of those, everyone will know I can't swim good," Sueroku screamed.
"Come on, Daddy. We have to get to the lifeboats," The younger Shido said, gripping onto his father's shoulders.
"I got it! Let's get ourselves to the lifeboats!" Soon, everyone ran as fast as they can, running to the lifeboats as they filled up one by one.
"Come on, Kylie. We have to go," Jun said as he was trying to pull his sister into the lifeboat, but she resisted.
"No way! Have you forgotten that Kyosuke and Daigo aren't with us," Kylie informed her brother.
"Oh, man! You're right," Jun realized as he looked back and forth, "By the way, where's Gao and the others?"
Meanwhile, Tasuku ran to the front of the ship, as he saw everyone gather into the lifeboats, "There isn't enough time to lower the boats before impact." He took out his sealed buddy monster and was about to unseal it when…
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," Seiichi said as he came over to Tasuku, wearing a lifejacket, "Disobeying a direct order will have serious consequences." However, Tasuku didn't care and took off the tape.
"Let's go to work, Jack," Tasuku said as he raised his buddy monster card into the air as Jack transformed into his true form.
Tasuku was about to take off the tape off his core deck case when Seiichi tried to stop him, "Stop, Tasuku! The use of Future Force hasn't been authorized!" Tasuku quickly shoved him off lifted his core deck into the air.
"Hurry! There isn't much time!" Soon, Jack's eyes glowed, activating Tasuku's Buddy Skill and Tasuku flew back up to his buddy, he looked back to his commanding officer, "When will you get it? This power exists to help people."
In another part of the ship, a scream could be heard coming from Axia as he was forced into his card form by Sofia as Ricky watched in horror. Soon, Hiten walked over to the little Raging Spirit and was about to do the same thing when…
"Hey! What are you going to do to him," Gao said as he, Kuguru, Baku, Drum, and Daigo came running over to the scene.
"It's been sentenced for termination, just like this little one right here," Hiten said as he raised his hand, and by some kind of power, Ricky was forced into his card form as well, flying back into Hiten's hands.
"Ricky," Daigo yelled.
"See, capture complete," Hiten said with an emotionless face.
"No matter how rare a card is, if it doesn't obey orders, it's useless," Sofia said as she pulled out a lighter and turned it on.
"These monsters' actions are inexcusable and they must be deposed of," Hiten said as he was about to tear Ricky's card, making everyone gasp, while Drum and Daigo walked over to them.
"You can't blame or judge them for what they did. Ricky is just a child, and he didn't mean to do any harm. He was just a little anxious in finding his buddy. To tell the truth, I thought finding my buddy was a quick way to realizing my dream of being a leader, but it's more than that. Kyosuke tries to help every person he sees in danger, despite his own needs, and he's a buddy I'd risk everything on," Daigo said, making Hiten seethe a bit.
"Yeah, and so what if Axia is extremely annoying and a dragon I'd like to breathe fire on? He and the kid were right about one thing: all monsters want to choose their own buddies, even me. I chose Gao and I'm glad I did and at first, I thought he was a wimp who ran away from fighting and now I risk my life for him. I'm proud to fight besides him," Drum yelled, making him seethe more.
"Ok! I heard enough," Hiten said in a slightly angry voice, taking Axia's card from Sofia and walking over to the edge of the ship, "If you two really want to protect your friends, let's see what you would do to save them!" Hiten threw the cards over the edge and Drum ran over to catch the cards and as Gao ran over to catch them…
"I'm coming, Drum," Gao yelled as he ran over, taking off his jacket.
"Be careful," Kuguru said.
"Watch for the current," Baku said.
"Uh oh, I forgot my drill! So, that's what Father means by 'Look before you leap,' " Drum said to himself as he was falling into the water, with Gao trying to catch him, but suddenly, someone caught them with both hands. Everyone gasped at who this mysterious person was as he was in a white trench coat with the hood covering his head and a blue, torn scarf covering part of his face. His coat had silver outlines and golden accents on the sleeves with a yellow seal on the back of the coat. He had a metal left hand with a gem on it. How he was floating was because of a silver glowing circle he was floating. He lifted the two friends back on board as the others ran over to Gao and Drum.
"Bro, are you and Drum okay," Baku said.
"Yeah, thanks to this guy," Gao said as he got up to shake his hand, "Thanks for saving me and my friends."
The hooded figure said nothing, but nodded as he walked off and back into a corner, before disappearing.
"Who was that," Drum said.
"I don't know," Gao said, a little stunned, but Seiichi's yell snapped him out of it.
"I'm warning you," Seiichi shouted.
"TIME TO UNLEASH THE FUTURE FORCE," Tasuku shouted as his core deck case activated, transforming him to his Future force form. taking one of the cards that floated out of his deck, "Ok, Jack! Unfold your first form! Become one with the lightning and harness your awesome power! Reveal Jackknife 'Thunderstorm'!"
"Tasuku's using that awesome real world force power again," Gao said , watching Jack's evolution.
"Now that's what I'm talking about," Drum said as Jack's transformation was completed, "I'd give anything for Jack's power."
'It's amazing. I wonder if that person was… Probably…,' Daigo thought to himself.
"Dragonblade, Dragobrave!" Soon, Tasuku was equipped his powerful item. He flew down and started slashing the icebergs with Jack using his Thunder Raid to break the ice as well. They were destroying most of the icebergs except for the largest one.
"Now, I cast! We need maximum power to save these people! Let's combine our energies to become one!" Soon, Tasuku's impact card was unleashed, "IMPACT! DRAGONIC PUNISHER!" The great impact card crushed the massive iceberg to pieces, with the impact causing steam to cover the entire ship.
"That's what I call power, man," Gao yelled, surprised at the powerful impact.
"Amazing," Drum said, sharing his buddy's feelings.
As Tasuku and Jack flew down, they saw the same sihouette from the ocean as before, as Daigo saw it too, gasping at the same time. The mysterious helper, watching from a corner of the ship saw it too, squinting his eyes at it before it disappeared.
"Uh oh, it's him again," Jack said, looking around.
Tasuku grunted in agreement, "He's probably the one behind this."
Meanwhile, Kyoya was watching the whole thing, "So, that's the Future Force and right on cue. But just one question remains: is it stronger than my Disaster Force?"
Soon, the boat docked to the harbor as everyone was safe from the icebergs. As soon as the gang was reunited with Kyosuke saying that he was rushed into a room by the out of control crowd, (Mostly) everyone understood it, and as the others went to their homes, Kyosuke was discussing what happened to his guardian about what happened while they were in the living room of the apartment…
"Whoa, that was so epic! I thought watching buddy fights was cool, but man… Are you sure you guys are alright," Shuutaro asked.
"Yeah, we are. We're lucky Tasuku was there when he needed to be," Kyosuke said, "I just hope it just doesn't happen again. At least, for a while."
"I hope so too, but Kyosuke… What about your friend here," Shuutaro said as he looked over to Ricky hugging onto Daigo like he was catnip and Ricky was the cat, with Kyosuke just sweat dropping.
"I don't know. Kyoya said since I helped find the kid, that I can keep the card as long as Ricky stays out of trouble. You don't mind, right," Kyosuke said.
"I guess not, I suppose. Besides, he seems pretty settled on staying, anyway," Shuutaro said, smiling.
"Yay, I get to stay! And now that I can, I want you to be my teacher," Ricky said, jumping up and down.
"Teacher," Daigo said, shocked.
"Yeah. It was boring in Ancient World, and it's boring being a card. But, I want you to make me brave as you are, Mr. Daigo, so I can be strong like you," Ricky said, cuddling onto Daigo, who was slowly giving in.
'Me, be a teacher? Like Master Blood? Well…,' Daigo thought to himself and as Kyosuke was watching, he couldn't help but smile a bit…
'Maybe, this little guy was the one G'ang was talking about. If it is, then…,' Kyosuke thought as he looked at his hand before clenching it into a fist, 'We'll need all the help we can get.'
Meanwhile, back at the Mikado residence, Drum was going through the same (or slightly worse) treatment with Axia, now in his mini-form, as they, along with Gao, were in his room.
"How can I ever thank you? You're a hero," Axia said, hugging on Drum, while the former was trying to get force the latter off.
"Let go of me! Have you ever heard of personal space," Drum said.
"I'm a hugger. Don't pretend to be so modest! You're the strongest ever, my buddy…"
"Get off of me!"
"You're not serious about Drum, are you," Gao said.
"Who else? I never believed I would ever find my buddy," Axia said, turning to Gao.
"Uh, reality check: we're both monsters," Drum said.
"Whatever! There's nothing I like more than breaking the rules," Axia said, cuddling Drum again.
"Cut it out," Drum shouted, pushing the effeminate Dragowizard off, before getting an idea, "If you really want to pay me back, then you can help out Gao."
"I'll do anything from you, Drum!"
"What are you talking about? Where are you going to be?"
"About that… I need to take a little trip," Drum said as he walked to the window, opened it and walked outside, "The ways things are right now, I just can't call myself your buddy."
Gao got very furious about that, "Are you serious? You still won't accept me as your buddy!?"
"No, you got it backwards. I'm the one not worthy of you. Jack reminded me. I need to get some strong abilities like him, so I can protect you."
"What's wrong with the ways things are? We just won the Cup," Gao said with sadness in his tone.
"As the Mighty Sun Fighter says, there comes a time where a dragon must fight alone… or something like that," Drum said as he looked back to Gao, who had teary eyes.
"Please don't go!"
See you soon, kid. Axia, take care of him." Soon, Drum jumped off on his drill into the night as he transformed to his card form and faded away…
"WHERE ARE YOU GOING? DRUM!"
What a way to end a chapter! But we all know how it works: sometimes you got to flap your wings and fly out of the nest… or something like that. Anyway, finally done with one of my long with 1 1/2 Buddyfights, revealing Raging Spirits as they will be important characters and a new card made by my helper and good friend in planning my story, Mizuhara Yukie, not to mention the new evil character, Hiten, once again from Mizuhara Yukie.
Also, since it is summer break (for most), I will have more time to update and add new chapters in between Drum's training and how Gao and the others cope with it. I say it'll be alright. So, along with my Pokémon nuzlocke (read it if you haven't), I will continue this story. HAHAHAHA! Anyway, here's the next chapter preview:
With Drum training in other worlds, Gao is totally depressed, as his friends can't watch to see him miserable. Will a helpful hand and remembrance from others help get through this funk? Plus, who is spying on Team Balle du Soleil to fight their strongest fighter? Stay tuned!
Plus, one more thing from Mizuhara Yukie's card:
Name: Floral Magician, Fiore
Flavor: Each flower has their own beauty individually
Size 0
Power: 3000
Defense: 1000
Critical: 1
If you would equip a ≪Items≫ from hand, the equip cost is reduced by 1 gauge
Appearance: A young little girl who has shoulder length light green hair and black eyes. She wears a turtle-neck pale purple dress that is long at the back but short up to her knee at the front, with white linings at the ends. On the bottom, she wears a black tight with a pair of boot that matches her dress. She also wears a flower crown and flower bracelets that has various kinds of flowers together.
Also, if anyone have episode ideas about this week of training, just PM me about it. If that's all, this is BlasterDragonoid signing off!