Future Card Buddyfight Dangerous Journey:
Chapter 37: Sengoku Rescue: A Ninja's Lost Dream!
Episode Basis: Flying Ninja Showdown!
Sorry for the long wait, everybody. School, a new job and a other issues got to me, but I am back, and I have worked out a better schedule, so thank you, those who were so patient with me and those who have followed me in the mini-hiatus. So, with no more waiting, here is the next chapter! Enjoy!
Remember the Disclaimer: don't own Future Card Buddyfight or any of the franchise in this story. I own my OCs, Kyosuke Akiyama, Jun and Kylie Tanyama, Kenji Seiryu and Takuma Kurosaki. Yuuten and Hiten Amamiya belongs to Mizuhara Yukie, Genji Omoi belongs to Zedrick Blood, Kyra Blaze belongs to PrincessAnime08, Samuel Kagan/Sumiko Kagawa belongs to Tomorrow's Hero, Alexander and Alexis Oda belong to Card-Golem, Kaji Tachikaze belongs to Petor, and Satsuki Ryusei belongs to KnightSpark. All OC cards and likeness of the OCs' buddies submitted belongs to original creators.
Yuuten: Hey, everybody. Yuuten here, giving you the play-by-play of the last match between Aibo vs Sengoku to save our schoolmate, Kiri. The last match featured yours truly against the Demon General Takuma Kurosaki, also known as the "Fortuneteller", because of the Actor Knights and Tarot cards he used. Not only that, the card I saved after my buddy fight with Kira was his buddy, High Priest, was used as intel to spy on us, which really made me upset. During the fight, Takuma was able to get in my head and almost took me down, but thanks to some encouragement from Kyosuke and the others, not to mention, my new card, Hearty the Rose, I was able to take the fake down, to which he apologized for his actions. Also, he warned us about a "Devil" and those who carry an "Eye of Darkness". Now, it's the next match and Zanya's going next, but why do I have a weird feeling that Takuma's prediction may be coming true soon?
"Now, I pay two gauge and call my new Floral Magician: Floral Magician, Hearty the Rose to the center!" Yuuten shouted.
"Hearty the Rose?" Everyone gasped.
(Music Start-Steven Universe/Smoky Quartz)
"Hello, everybody!" As two of Yuuten's gauge cards disappeared, a tornado of rose petals appeared as a slightly younger Hearty the Devastator, but with her hair being a hot pink color, and her armor becoming more of a rose red color and the blue lines turning pink. (Floral Magician, Hearty the Rose-Size 2-6000/2/4000) "The new and improved Hearty the Rose is here, baby!"
"Whatever, let's end this before it gets too weird…" Yuuten muttered. "Anyways, I attack with Little Magic Butterfly, Farfalla, who gains +2000 power and defense with Hearty on the field."
"Be careful, Farfalla…" Hearty said in a cute tone, making the little boy blush before he threw his hat-like weapon and struck Takuma down by one point.
"I won't lose… It isn't the way I predicted…" Takuma said to himself as he was attacked.
"Now, Hearty, attack the fighter quickly." Yuuten commanded.
"Whatever you say, Yui…" Hearty nodded as a pink and black wand topped with a rose-like gem formed in her hands and began to charge up light. "Rosy Blast!" Soon, the rose-colored blast struck Takuma, dealing two damage.
"And once again, Hearty can attack again, thanks to her Double Attack!" Yuuten shouted.
"What? That can't be!"
"Yet, it is! Rosy Blast Redux!" Hearty shouted as she launched another blast from her wand, dealing two more damage, causing Takuma to scream in pain.
(Music End)
FINAL RESULTS:
(T: 5/Gauge: 1/ Item-Blade of Athame-Actor Knights Chariot/None/Actor Knights Emperor)
(Y: 1/Gauge: 3/Item-None/Little Magic Butterfly, Farfalla/None/Floral Magician, Hearty the Rose)
"Game Over. Winner: Yuuten Amamiya."
"Alright! That's how we win!" Yuuten shouted, giving a victory pose.
"I just love it when we win!" Hearty shouted as she disappeared with the rest of the monsters. "See ya later, everybody!"
"I apologize for what I said, as it was not intentional for me to say and what I did with High Priest, spying on you." Takuma continued, as High Priest bowed in apology as well. "I couldn't see that you could change my prediction so easily."
"Really?" Yuuten huffed, folding her arms. "Well, I can forgive you, but you have to see that seeing the future doesn't mean it will happen."
"I know that, and I shouldn't have done that. I guess it was your determination and willingness to win that changed my prediction." Takuma said, turning to Kyosuke and the others. "Not to mention, your friend there."
"Well, yeah…" Yuuten said, giving another slight blush.
"However, I do have another message to tell you and your friends." Takuma said in a serious tone.
The Aibo Academy students gathered towards Takuma as he spoke with Yuuten saying, "What do you mean?"
"I saw a certain message before… About a certain devil… one who sits in the throne like an emperor as his soldiers will confront you all as you fight." Takuma explained.
"Devil?" Kyosuke said. "Are you talking about the Demon Generals?"
"No, it is another. One who will reveal himself in time. And when that happens, watch out for those who follow him… Those who hold an Eye of Darkness…" Takuma continued, causing the Aibo Students to gasp. "As for now, I will return to training and I hope you all save your friend."
"Buddy Skill On."
The mystical carpet of Takuma formed beneath his feet again as he and his Buddy monster flew away to the forest. Once he vanished out of view, the Aibo friends looked to each other as they wondered what he meant…
"A devil?" Gao said in confusion.
"What's that mean?" Kuguru wondered.
"You got me, bro." Baku shrugged.
"Whatever kind of message that was, it kind of ominous…" Kyosuke said as he sighed a bit. 'And for some reason, I understood what he meant, but who is he talking about?'
"It doesn't matter for now…" Zanya spoke out.
"Zanya?" Gao said as he turned to the Katana World Buddyfighter, who was fully recovered from before.
"For now, we need to focus on the main goal and that is to win and save Kiri. And I'm going next." Zanya said.
"I bet you got inspired seeing Yuuten's Buddyfight, right?" Kyosuke smirked, making Zanya gasped.
"No way! Don't forget we can't afford to lose another match with our lead. That's enough motivation for me! It's time to show how good Aibo really is!" Zanya explained, full of determination as the others saw how revved up Zanya was. "Come on, guys! It's go time!"
"Yeah!" Akatsuki said, taking his brother's side as Tsukikage transformed into his true form.
"Nin!" Tsukikage agreed.
(Cue theme: UNLEASH- Gekidan Niagara)
(Instrumental) On the ledge of the Sky Home watching the horizon, Gao, Kyosuke, Zanya, Tetsuya, Yuuten, Samuel, Genma, Kazane, and Genji appeared in said order as the scene stretches to the Sengoku Academy Main Building with the rising sun in the background as the logo "Future Card Buddyfight Dangerous Journey" appears.
(Thrilling calls, one after another! The cards are calling out to me.) Gao jumping out of the sky as Drum activates his Buddy Skill, with Gao landing on it and flying on it with Baku and Kuguru through with Kyosuke using Ricky's Buddy Skill with Ricky and Daigo flying next to him, followed by Zanya on his with Tsukikage, Tetsuya on his with Asmodai, Samuel on his with Circus Magician's, Yuuten with Saki's, Genma with Duel Sieger's, Kazane with Bladewing Phoenix's, and Genji with Flare's, and Jun with Shiden's with Kylie holding on him flying into the Sengoku Academy grounds.
(Unfolding by leaps and bounds, go, ability, activate! The real fun, has just begun!) Kyosuke using G'ang's power with his Future Force power to become Mirage to jump through the forest of Sengoku and confronts Hiten and White Dragon Hermit, Nanase, both with an evil veil of darkness with the Disaster Eye above them and Magmanova, Glacies, Thundertornado, and Vragos all combine into Space Dragon Emperor, Galiazond.
(Charge the bomb! The energy is full! Let's start! 3,2,1 GO!) Drum, Daigo, Ricky, Saki, Circus Magician, Asmodai, Tsukikage, Flare, Blade and Duel Sieger each appear in a blue scene, forming a diamond that glows.
(Ah, now, let's play the melody of battle!) On the Sengoku Academy main Building, Raremaro, Kemura, Shusui Kanahebi, Shosetsu, Takuma, Satsuki, Alexander, Alexis all appear on the top floor balcony of the building with Rouga flying out with his Dark Core Gadget activated and Armorknight Cerberus "A" giving a powerful roar.
(Unleash it, my Buddy! All the passion hidden within! Don't run away! Believe in all these bonds!) Drum in his Thunder Knights form and Daigo in his Fighting Dragon Ninja form attacking Armorknight Cerberus "A" with their blades as Rouga uses Swirling Darkness to attack, but Kyosuke uses his Twin Explosive Axes, Duel Destroy to intercept the attack, but as he does, he sees the mysterious white-haired boy from his memories smiling and drifting back into the darkness as Kyosuke reaches for him, but a dark aura surrounded by Kyoya Gaen and his Buddy blocks him.
(Unleash it, my Buddy! Whatever happens tomorrow is right in front of our eyes!) Genma unleashing Martial Arts Dragon Emperor, Duel Sieger into battle, Kazane smiles happily as she attacks with her Brave Equipment, Glory Seeker and Blade flies besides her, Yuuten calling Saki and Floral Warrior, Hearty the Rose, Samuel casting The Grand Finale with Circus Magician and his Magical Performers, Zanya confronting Kanahebi with a quick look into their past troubles with a young Jun's angry gaze at Zanya, Takuma holding his crystal ball Core Gadget and Kemura with Sylph yelling for him and Satsuki and Armorknight Valkyrie raising their weapons in the air, Raremaro commanding Demonic Beast, Grendal to attack as Grendal unleashes his razor claws onto Axia, who blocks them with his staff.
(Hey, a thundering storm is rolling forth!) Kaji clashing against Gao with his Gargantua Smasher with his Thunderblade, Dragobreaker as Drum in his Thunder Knights form fights against Super Armordragon, Gargantua Blade Dragon giving a crashing slash with his massive blade, but Drum uses his drill to intercept it as Kiri watches from a distance and cries as a shadow from under him appears with a dark gaze.
(To beyond the speed!) Gao uses his Gargantua Punisher against Kaji, who strikes with his own Gargantua Punisher as the scenes changes between with Suzuha vs Kyra, Kyosuke surrounded by darkness and he and Gao with Drum and Daigo face against Kyoya Gaen with 13 beings wrapped in shadow pull out their Dark Core Deck cases and the last scene shows with Gao and Kyosuke and all their friends look into the blue sky with Aibo Academy in the background.
On the battlefield, Zanya stood at his side confidently with Tsukikage, kneeling and also prepared for battle and as they waited for their next opponent…
"Zanya's in the spotlight again," Paruko announced as she hovered down to in front of Zanya, making him flinch and turn away in fear.
"A girl!" Zanya quivered.
"People are dying to know: How are you feeling?" The 6th Grade announcer asked.
"Well, I-I know I'm going to win," Zanya explained with a slight blush on his face. "As for my feelings, I, uh…" Soon, the Katana World buddy fighter turned away to the others as he called out. "Akatsuki!"
"If you're looking for your little bro," Asmodai answered, posing like a certain little brother of Zanya's a few minutes ago, "Last thing I saw him dancing around kind of like this."
"I think the lil' lass Kylie went with him to find the restroom," Samuel continued, making Zanya and Jun gasp.
"Ah, yeah, that can only mean one thing," Axia said, knowing what that meant.
"See, what did I tell ya? These humans are definitely weird…" Drum sighed. As for Jun, he only looked back in the direction of the Student Dormitory and mentally sighed, worried about his sister and Akatsuki…
Meanwhile, in the Student Dormitory, Akatsuki was doing his little "dance" down the hall as Kylie followed him, making sure he didn't have an accident. The little Kisaragi was jumping up and down frantically, trying to keep it in, as the young Tanyama sighed.
"Akatsuki, would you calm down? We'll make it to the restroom." Kylie assured her friend.
"Easy for you to say!" Akatsuki barked as he continued to "dance" back and forth, holding it in. "Why can't we just ask someone for permission!?"
It wasn't long until two Sencad students were walking down the hall, and luckily, Kylie and Akatsuki hid, using a "Wall Blending" technique, which they were undiscovered by the students and once they pulled down the cover, they gave a relieving sigh, only to be pecked on the head by a centain buddy monster, making them cringe in pain.
"OW! That hurts!" Kylie groaned, rubbing her head.
"Hey! What's the deal?" Akatsuki said as they looked up and saw Sky Ninja, Yamigarasu eyeing down on them, making them scream.
"Intruders detected!"
Back to the battlefield…
"What's he doing? The match is starting any second now." Zanya said, worried for his little brother.
"HEY!" The Sky Ninja shouted as he held both Akatsuki and Kylie by the collar of their shirts in his talons. "Do these two belong to you?"
"Let them go!" Gao demanded.
"Yeah, they didn't do anything wrong!" Kyosuke added as Jun began to growl angrily. Tsukikage suddenly appeared in front of Zanya, as did Shiden appeared in front of the group.
"Sending the runts over to spy on us, huh? That's one way to do it." A voice said, revealing to be Shusui Kanahebi, one of the Demon Generals of Sengoku Academy. "Zanya Kisaragi, right?"
"A ninja's got to do what a ninja's got to do, right?" Akatsuki said, still holding it in as the Sky Ninja dropped both him and Kylie on the ground, with them landing on their bottoms. "Right where we started." Soon, the two little kids ran back to their friends' side.
"For the record, I don't plan on using any of those Hate Cards. My skills are enough to beat you! Hurry up, Akatsuki!" Zanya shouted.
Shusui chuckled at Zanya's attitude. "Stop trying to act so cool! I remember when you used to run around like a ninja too!" That comment made Zanya flinch once more in embarrassment.
"Read the sign! It's over there." Kuguru said, pointing in the direction of where the restroom was.
"Thanks! I just hope I can make it!" Akatsuki quickly said, running over to the restroom as Kylie walked to the others.
"That's what I was trying to help him find, but he just ran off in a huff." Kylie shrugged, which made Shusui chuckle again.
"I'm even more surprised that you were helping him, little Kylie." Shusui added, making Kylie a little sad and made Jun tense up a bit.
"Wait a minute! How do you know about what you said before?" Zanya questioned.
"Oh, don't tell me you forgot. The Kanahebi Style Ninjas, the day they were captured and only one got away, which was my uncle, and my little cousins' father too!" Shusui said, making Jun look down in sadness and making Kylie sad.
"What? It can't be!" Zanya said as he remembered.
(Start flashback)
It was about 6 years ago as Zanya, as a little kid and dressed up, like Akatsuki would be now, plus the glasses was in the middle of a crime scene as many ninjas in black garb were being rounded out by policemen.
"The ninjas are now being led out by policemen," A female news reported announced. "From what we're hearing, this leads to the capture of all Kanahebi Style ninjas."
Watching them being lead out was a older man similar in looks to Zanya, wearing a purple business suit with a white scarf on his left arm and a monocle on his left eye, with longer purple hair with a pointy beard. The man carefully eyed one of the ninjas, who had an angry and nervous look on his face.
'Not if I have to do something about it! I won't let my children be without a father!' The man mentally thought to himself as he broke out of his handcuffs and pulled out a smoke bomb and as the smoke bomb went off, all the ninjas tried to flee in the midst of the scene.
"STOP THEM! DON'T LET THEM ESCAPE!" The man said as nets were thrown over the ninjas, capturing them… almost all of them.
"Father!" The young Zanya ran over to his father, holding onto his leg, "I don't understand! Why can't we let them go? Just this once? They're way too awesome to be locked up!"
"My son… One day, you'll understand that it's my job to ensure that justice is done. I'm sorry." Zanya only looked to his father in sadness.
Meanwhile, the escaped ninja quickly appeared on the roof of a nearby building, breathing tiredly and relieved that he escaped safely from the capture.
"That was… close… I'm sorry, everyone…" The ninja muttered under his breath.
"Looks like you cut it close, brother…" another man said, as he was wearing the same ninja garb, but with a headband with a symbol carved into it and a tan, yellow and orange vest worn over it.
"Quiet, you. I only escaped because of my children. I was done with this before this heist." The man said, taking off his mask, revealing to be Jun's and Kylie's father.
"Don't say that. What kind of example would you set for your son, after all?" The man said as a young Jun in the same ninja garb ran over to his father.
"Dad, are you okay? I thought they were going to…" Jun said with tears about to weep out as his dad patted his head.
"I'm okay, Junichiro. Don't worry." Jun's father smiled as he got up and watched with his brother, Jun, and a young Shusui, the Kanahebi Style ninjas being rounded up back into the police vans.
"This isn't over. I'll make sure that our traditions live on within our children, Taka, in spite of them. You will follow in my footsteps, right, my son?" The man said, but the young Kanahebi didn't answer back as he was looking at Zanya, as did Jun, but he stared with anger at Zanya.
(End Flashback)
"You're one of them… and you escaped…," Zanya realized as he turned to Jun and Kylie. "And the man who escaped was Jun's and Kylie's father."
"Head of the famous Kanahebi family, that's who you're looking at. One of them, at least and also, the guy who's going to demolish and embarrass you in the next match!" Shusui shouted, pointing down to Zanya as the other Aibo students gasped in shock and surprise.
"What a small world! Katana, that is! This is Paruko Nanana, live from the Cho-Hakone Mountains with breaking news! Three descendents of legendary ninja and one of them is a student in Sencad and two of them in our Aibo Academy! Let's go in for a closer look!" Soon, Paruko hovered down to Shusui, hoping for an interview.
"What can I say? Ninjas have always been cool and everyone wants to join them because no one can beat them and don't you forget it. An unknown fact is that until a few years ago, we were still being asked to work as spies." Shusui explained.
"The Kanahebi were a corrupt organization, said to hire out all their members to all types of crimes," Zanya added.
"No one's perfect. Remember, the Ninja Arts were being passed down for generations. My dad said that it would be a waste to not use our skills to make a little coin, you know what I'm saying? Of course not everyone was okay with it, thinking it was bad, like my uncle Taka, who thought it was wrong to use our skills for thievery, right, Junichiro?" Shusui said, pointing down at Jun, who stared back with anger. "It wasn't long until they both got caught by Zanya's old man, Police Commissioner Kisaragi." Zanya only grunted at the fact.
"Did you hear that!? It was enough of a shocker to have real live ninjas in our midst, but now it looks they also have a connection to Zanya's past!" Park shouted, flying over in circles until she floated down to Zanya. "Is this true? Your father has really the police commissioner? Tell us about it! Do you eat a lot of donuts at your house?" Paruko giggled, but Zanya didn't pay attention or flinch again as he was totally focused on Shusui. "Not to mention…," Paruko quickly hovered away from Zanya and in front of the group to Jun and Kylie. "And you two, being part of a legendary ninja group! What's your input on it? Everyone wants to know!"
"No comment…" Jun said gruffly, making Paruko gasp.
"Sorry, Paruko, it's not something we like to talk about. Maybe later, okay?" Kylie said, trying to lighten the mood.
"Well, okay…" Paruko said as the others looked at the Tanyama siblings in worry, especially the Danger World Buddyfighter.
'Jun, I didn't know you had so much in common with Zanya. No wonder you hate him.' Kyosuke said to himself.
"Let's get this match started," Zanya said as he held out his Deck Case as he began to chant. "Striking down bandits with skillful cardplay! Luminize! Behold, Great Oedo Criminal Arrest Record!"
"Capture, constrict and swallow them whole! I luminize! Covert Crow Demonic Nightmare!" Shusui chanted as his Core Gadget changed into a small and green katana, unsheathed.
"What's going on?" Paruko said as she looked at the two Katana World Buddyfighters staring at each other with intensity. "Do I sense some tension in the air? Wonder if that daddy drama had something to do with it? Ready, set, Buddyfight!"
"Time to Raise the Flag!"
"Katana World!" Zanya shouted.
"I'm fighting for Katana World too." Shusui shouted as well.
Meawhile, Kuguru was quickly typing on her tablet, as she looking up the same news explained before…
"Here. I found it. Listen to this. 'Secret Ninja Organization Kanahebi Style Ninjas Rounded Up and Arrested'," Kuguru said, reading the article on her tablet. "It says it was a really big story when we were little."
"So, this guy's serious? He really is the descendant of ninja warriors?" Gao said.
"And that means you and Kylie are descendants, right, Jun?" Kyosuke asked, in which Jun turned away and didn't answer back. "Talk about being born to doing something."
"Yeah, bro. I wonder how his play style will mesh with Zanya's strategy." Baku continued.
"Whatever it is, it's going to be pretty eventful." Yuuten said.
"Indeed." Saki added.
"I'm not worried! Big Z is the best Katana World player ever! You'll see!" Akatsuki vouched, as Jun sighed.
'We'll see. Just hope Kisaragi doesn't get taken for a loop by Shusui.' Jun said mentally.
Soon, Zanya did his first charge and draw, increasing his gauge to 3 and his hand to six before Shusui said, "Did you draw it? Your secret weapon: Lethal Formation? No biggie. Go ahead. Use it if you want."
"You know my moves. I guess I'll have to shake things a bit if I'm going to trick you. So, for this fight, I won't use my specialty, Lethal Formation. What do you think of that, huh?"
The Aibo Academy students were still watching the two Katana World Players carefully and as they were talking, they were unable to make out what they were saying.
"I wish I knew what they were saying. This is intense," Gao said.
"I forgot that humans have the worst hearing ever. He said he wasn't going to use his usual thing." Drum explained.
"Seriously? I wonder why?" Kyosuke said, getting the idea what Drum meant.
"Hold the phone! Did he just announce that he won't be using his signature move? Is this some kind of new strategy or is Zanya scrambling because his opponent has been studying his fighting style? Either way, we're in for an exciting match," Paruko announced.
"Come on, Big Z," Akatsuki said, worried for his big brother's declaration. Jun, however, looked back up onto the Katana World Player from his school.
'Zanya, like always, you have some way to beating your opponent,' Jun thought to himself as he began to remember something from his past…
(Begin Flashback)
It was 6 years ago, a few days before the arresting of the Kanahebi Style Ninjas that my dad decided to completely abandon them, learning their connections to criminal organizations. My family decided to hide our last name and take after my mother's last name, Tanyama, to make sure we wouldn't be associated as the Kanahebi and for a while, we were okay until I officially met the son of the Police Commissioner who nearly arrested my father….
It was my first week starting into Aibo Academy…
"Class, this is Jun Tanyama, a new student. He'll be joining our class and our school, so everybody want to ask him a question," The teacher said as I was a little shy in front of the large class, and for a few seconds, no one did, except for one.
"Do you play Buddyfight?" One of the kids said, as it was Zanya, although I didn't exactly knew him at the time.
"Yeah, I do," I said nervously. "I play for Katana World."
"Cool!" Zanya praised and I smiled for a bit. It wasn't long before I got to know everyone and especially Zanya. We were kind of close friends that day until the end of it…
I was waiting for my mom to pick me up and I got a little bored, so I kind of found a tree and quickly climbed it, a little trick my dad taught me as part of my training. As I waited for a while, I heard a voice under the tree, saying, "Hey!" I looked down and saw Zanya looking up at me curiously.
"How did you get up there," Zanya asked.
"Um… I just climbed up here. It's not hard." I replied.
"Seriously? How did you do that? This tree doesn't have much branches."
I slid down from the tree in front of him. "I kind of ran up there, like this." I walked back a bit and quickly ran up the tree and stopped at the branch I was sitting at. I could see Zanya looking at me like a star.
"That was so cool!" Zanya said.
"Uh, thanks…" I smiled a bit. "It was something my dad taught me. He's kind of a ninja…"
"A ninja? Really?" Zanya gleamed as I nodded. "You got to teach me about being a ninja, please?"
"Um, are you sure? I'm still learning a bit and I don't know much," I muttered in embarrassment.
"Please! You just got to!" Zanya begged.
"Um, okay…" I relented and soon, from then, Zanya and I were close friends for a few days. I told him I learned from the Kanahebi Clan from my dad and he wanted to know everything about them. It was pretty cool having a good friend until the day happened… After that day, I just ignored Zanya the next day until one time during lunch.
I was trying to eat alone, worrying that someone possibly knew my dad from the incident and scared I was going to get in trouble for that until Zanya came over to me, looking all sad…
"Um, Hey Jun," Zanya said sadly, to which I said nothing but looked away. "I know you probably saw what happened with my dad and the police arresting the Kanahebi Style Ninjas, but I just we're still friends, right?"
"Just leave me alone…" I muttered.
"But…" Zanya said until I pushed him down to the floor. Everyone who was around looked over to us as I was crying in anger and sadness.
"JUST STAY AWAY FROM ME! WE'RE NOT FRIENDS ANYMORE, KISARAGI!" I shouted as I just ran away from him and from then on, we just didn't talk anymore and I guess it became hatred after that. I started to distant myself away from everyone except my family and Shiden.
(End Flashback)
'I just wonder how Zanya is going to win against Shusui,' Jun thought to himself.
"I'm just giving him a handicap." Zanya said a he chose one of his cards. "I call Stealth Ninja, Kirikakure Saizo to center!"
Soon, the violet ninja appeared in the center, ready for battle. (Stealth Ninja, Kirikakure Saizo- Size 1- 2000 Power/2 Critical/3000 Defense) Without any declaration from Zanya, Kirikakure Saizo quickly slashed into Shusui, dealing two damage.
"End of Move."
(Z: 10/Gauge: 3/Item-None—None/Stealth Ninja, Kirikakure Saizo/None)
(S: 8/Gauge: 2/ Item-None—None/None/None)
"Nice try, I guess. But, you can't measure up to guys like me. We're the real deal," Shusui said, as Zanya could only grunted. "Prepare to be schooled in Kanahebi Style Ninjitsu! Alright! Draw! Charge and Draw!" Shusui's hand increased to 7 as his gauge increased to 3 as he took out two cards, holding them out. "Ninja Arts: Final Showdown on the Great Gojo Bridge and my powerful Dark Ninja Technique: Poison Mist Formation!" Soon, two orbs appeared on the left and the right of the Kanahebi Ninja, one crimson red and one purple.
"I think those are set spells," Kuguru said.
"The nerve! This guy's taking a page from Zanya's playbook," Drum shouted.
"So, Shusui's starting with those cards means one thing: he's focused on winning this slowly," Jun said to himself quietly, but loud enough for the others to hear.
"Now, I Buddy call to the right Sky Ninja, Yamigarasu." Shusui continued as his buddy flew over to the right pedestal of the tower. (Sky Ninja, Yamigarasu-4000 Power/1 Critical/1000 Power)
"With a Buddy Gift, Kanahebi regains one life," Paruko explained as Shusui's life became 9.
"To the left, I call Sniping Ninja, Yoichi and to top it off, I call Fire Streak Ninja, Gokuen!" the Kanahebi ninja continued as he called two more monsters.
On the left appeared a ninja in camouflage patterned ninja garb with his face hidden by his headband and scarf and held on a large sniping cannon of some kind and on the right appeared a ninja in a red ninja garb, a white cloak with Hiragana characters on his back and a black gas mask. (Sniping Ninja, Yoichi—2000 Power/1 Critical/5000 Defense), (Fire Streak Ninja, Gokuen — 2000 Power/1 Critical/5000 Defense)
"You ready, Yami," Shusui said.
The Sky Ninja nodded as he aimed and fired from his rifle a green blast that destroyed Kirikagure Saizo. "Told you. Piece of cake!"
"Now, Yoichi, Gokuen, the center's open. Attack the fighter!" Yoichi was the next to blast Zanya, dealing one damage as Gokuen struck a fiery blast onto Zanya as well, dealing another point of damage.
"End of move."
(Z: 8/Gauge: 3/Item-None—None/None/None)
(S: 9/Gauge: 0/Final Showdown on the Great Gojo Bridge/Dark Ninja Technique, Poison Mist Formation Item-None—Sniping Ninja, Yoichi/Fire Streak Ninja, Gokuen/Sky Ninja, Yamigarasu)
"And with that, my Cobra Crow Poison Swamp Combo is complete," Shusui said confidently, crossing his arms.
"What an exciting match! I can't even wait to recap! Kanahebi's dished out some Ninja Arts and set spells, but incredibly after the first turn, each player only suffered two damage points. Let's get back with the action," Paruko announced, analyzing the entire situation.
"Check it, yo. I can't believe that was worth two damage," Tetsuya said.
"These guys are going to take their good time fighting if this keeps up," Genji added.
"Kind of a bore, if you ask me." Flare yawned.
"The damage will be more. The combo he laid out won't come into effect until sometime in the next turn, bro," Baku said.
"Yeah, if anything, the damage will add up because of the cards Kanahebi laid out, especially on Zanya's next turn," Kyosuke added.
"Are you watching this? Seriously, it's Zanya's turn to attack next. It must be the mountain air because everybody's talking crazy," Drum said.
"Katana World's no place for demons. We're better at making traps than avoiding them," Asmodai said as their attention went back to Zanya, who was ready to take his turn next.
Soon, Zanya charged his next card and drew again after his first draw, increasing his hand to six again and his gauge to four. "Call to the right Electron Ninja, Shiden and the left, Stealth Ninja, Kirikagure Saizo! Finally, I Buddy Call Tsukikage!"
On the field appeared the Electron Ninja, Stealth Ninja and finally Tsukikage, who grunted "Nin" as Zanya's life increased to 9 after appearing onto the field. (Electron Ninja, Shiden— 3000 Power/1 Critical/1000 Defense), (Stealth Ninja, Kirikakure Saizo — 2000 Power/2 Critical/3000 Defense), (Nanomachine Ninja, Tsukikage— 5000 Power/2 Critical/1000 Defense)
"Zanya called his ninjas too! Time to stealth it up," Akatsuki cheered.
"First, I'll take care of your Buddy! Tsukikage, attack Yamigarasu!"
"Nin!" Tsukikage leaped in to take down Yamigarasu, but as he did, a long and red traditional Japanese Bridge appeared out of nowhere and an invisible barrier blocked Tsukikage from attacking as his scroll said in Japanese, "I cannot pass!"
Shusui cackled at Zanya's attempt to attack as he explained. "Set Spell: Final Showdown on the Great Gojo Bridge! And so, the fun begins, huh? Now, we're only able to attack the center position!"
"Then take out the center, Tsukikage! Attack!" Tsukikage leapt onto the visible bridge and preceded to attack the center monster, when…
"Ability: Flame Barrier," Shusui said, discarding one card from his hand. Gokuen formed a wall of flames, blocking Tsukikage's attack and throwing the Nanomachine Ninja back a few feet. (Fire Streak Ninja, Gokuen — 2000 Power/1 Critical/5000 Defense + 4000 Defense = 9000 Defense)
"I don't get it! Why's Gokuen's defense so strong?" Zanya gasped in shock.
"You don't know about his ability? All I do is I discard one Ninja from my hand and his defense is increased for the rest of the turn," Shusui explained, as Zanya looked back and forth for options on what to do. "You could attack the left or right, but you are aware of Yoichi's and Yamigarasu's abilities, right?"
"When a opposing monster rests, they can inflict direct damage!" Zanya figured out.
"That's right! It's an ability, so it doesn't really matter if the Great Gojo Brige and the center is blocked off or not. I'll inflict damage on you either way, little donut eater."
"Being able to inflict on him either way? It kinda sounds like my ability," Axia said.
"And you're a double rare, so that's saying something, but knowing Zanya, he'll find a way out of this." Gao added.
"Hmmm…" Kyosuke muttered.
"What's wrong, Kyosuke?" Daigo asked.
"It's just that this fight seems like my first fight against Jun, you think," Kyosuke wondered.
"Yes, it does. Learning from his cousin, I'm not surprised his style is similar to his," Daigo said.
"You think Zanya is going to lose, Sensei," Ricky said.
"It's hard to say, but it's doubtful," Daigo replied. Meanwhile, Kyosuke looked over to Jun, who was still carefully looking at the match without saying anything and looked at Kylie, who was looking at his big brother with a worried look.
"Even using Shiden and Saizo with a link attack won't even defeat Gokuen in the center, so there's no point in attacking now. I declare End of Move," Zanya said.
"Perfect! Ninja Arts, Snake Gaze!" Shusui activated as his life points decreased to 8.
"No way! He cast a counter spell without being attacked," Gao gasped.
Soon, Kanahebi's counter spell took effect as his eyes pierced through Kirikakure Saizo's will and caused him to kneel down in fear.
"That's what I'm talking about! I'm going to light you, Kisaragi," Yamigarasu shouted as he fired another blast into Zanya, dealing one damage.
"End of Move."
(Z: 8/Gauge: 4/Item-None—Stealth Ninja, Kirikakure Saizo/Nanomachine Ninja, Tsukikage/Electron Ninja, Shiden)
(S: 8/Gauge: 0/Final Showdown on the Great Gojo Bridge/Dark Ninja Technique, Poison Mist Formation Item-None—Sniping Ninja, Yoichi/Fire Streak Ninja, Gokuen/Sky Ninja, Yamigarasu)
"Hey! I don't get it! Why Saizo moved like that," Akatsuki questioned.
"Snake Gaze is a handy Ninja Arts that causes an opposing monster into action. Basically, Saizo had no choice but to move and activate Yamigarasu's ability," Kuguru explained.
"Your attacks are too weak to reach me," Shusui smirked as Zanya was recovering from the sneak attack. "Now you're realizing as the match wears on, you're receiving more and more damage. This is how the ninjas you idolize when you were a kid actually fight."
Soon after that, Zanya began to reminisce the time when the Kanahebi Style Ninjas were arrested and after that, it began to rain as the young Zanya's hood as he stood in sadness. As he came out of his thoughts, he looked back as Jun, who looked away as he also remembered when he and Jun stopped being friends and started resenting each other instead.
"It was soon after that I stopped dreaming to becoming one of them. It would have been impossible." Zanya said.
"Hahaha! Spare me! You and I both know that for fighters like us, dreams are pointless. It's better to live in reality. I serve Rouga and Master Tachikaze now and follow their orders! Now, prepare for my next wave! Activate set spell, Poison Mist Formation!"
The purple set spell began to glow as a flood of poison quickly formed around Zanya as he was forced down into it and lost one life point in the process.
"Not too shabby, huh? It inflicts damage on you every time it's my turn. It may not look much, but it works," Shusui said.
"I totally get what's going on," Baku said as he understood the situation.
"So, fill me in, man," Gao asked.
"Kanahebi has a pretty unique style. He's not the type to use an impact card or equip an item and attack the opponent himself. Being a fan of ninja warfare, Zanya predicted how Kanahebi played. That's why he ditched the Lethal Formation," Baku explained.
"Wanna explain that in English, yo," Tetsuya suggested.
"What Baku means is that Lethal Formation only works in certain conditions: when the opponent uses an impact, spell or item," Jun said, as the others turned to him. "Since Shusui isn't using either of the two conditions and his monsters are meant to be used for their abilities than attack power, it eliminates those conditions and making Lethal Formation a waste to use."
"So, now you talk, huh," Kyosuke wondered as Jun rolled his eyes.
"It makes sense, though. The three choices wouldn't come into play, so it wouldn't even be a trap. Man, you got to hand it to Zanya. He's always one step ahead, isn't he," Gao said.
"I'm still kind of lost. Go over it again from the top." Drum asked.
"Oh, Drum. You Armordragons are never that quick." Axia said.
"But, still, if that's the situation, then Zanya going to be taken out if he doesn't have another plan," Yuuten pointed out.
"Come on, Big Z," Akatsuki said, worried about his big brother as Zanya braced for the next turn.
"Clear a path for the center!" Shusui commanded. "Take out his buddy!" Yoichi aimed for Tsukikage and fired the next shot, destroying the Nanomachine Ninja.
"Ability: Nanomachine Body Replacement," Zanya declared, discarding a card from his hand as Tsukikage returned to the field, catching Shusui by surprise.
"I'll soon take care of that. Yamigarasu!" Immediately, the Sky Ninja attacked Tsukikage again and then…
"Nanomachine Body Replacement!" Tsukikage returned once again in the center.
"Gokuen!"
"Nanomachine Body Replacement!" Tsukikage returned once more to the field.
"Ha! You just wasted three cards from your hand because you're so desperate to protect your center," Shusui pointed out.
"He's right. That's a lot of cards to use," Kazane added.
"Look closely, Kazane," Blade said as Kuguru showed the Dungeon World user what he was talking about.
"The three cards he used for the Body Replacement were Backhand, Right-Hand and Lethal Formation," Kuguru showed.
"Each of which are ineffective cards against the ninja's style. That's why Zanya sacrificed them," Blade continued.
"Wow, that Zanya knows how to work his cards. Pretty cool," Genji said.
Back at the Sengoku Tower…
"Argh! At this rate, the match is going to take all day to finish," Raremaro grumbled in frustration.
"I know! They're only taking one point of damage a turn! Totally boring!" Alexander grumbled as well.
"Even so, if it continues this way, Zanya's sure to lose it," Shosetsu said.
"Exactly, in this case, slow and steady wins the race. We just have to wait for it," Alexis smiled as Rouga didn't say or acknowledge to what the others said.
"End of move."
(Z: 7/Gauge: 4/Item-None—Stealth Ninja, Kirikakure Saizo/Nanomachine Ninja, Tsukikage/Electron Ninja, Shiden)
(S: 8/Gauge: 1/Final Showdown on the Great Gojo Bridge/Dark Ninja Technique, Poison Mist Formation Item-None—Sniping Ninja, Yoichi/Fire Streak Ninja, Gokuen/Sky Ninja, Yamigarasu)
"My turn, now. Draw! Charge and Draw!" Soon, Zanya's gauge increased to 5 and his hand increased to 3 as he begun his turn. "Now, Tsukikage! Shiden! Time for a link attack!"
"Nin!" Soon, the two Cyber Ninjas went to attack together as Shusui growled that he couldn't stop the link attack. Tsukikage and Shiden attacked together, finally destroying the Fire Streak Ninja.
"Get him!" The two ninjas quickly went back to Zanya's field as Saizo made a quick strike towards the Kanahebi Style Ninja's life, dealing two damage.
"Better watch out! If your monsters on your left or right move," Shusui warned.
"We warned them…"
"Now, we zap them!" Both Yamigarasu and Yoichi launched a direct strike on Zanya, dealing two damage together.
"End of Move."
(Z: 5/Gauge: 5/Item-None—Stealth Ninja, Kirikakure Saizo/Nanomachine Ninja, Tsukikage/Electron Ninja, Shiden)
(S: 6/Gauge: 1/Final Showdown on the Great Gojo Bridge/Dark Ninja Technique, Poison Mist Formation Item-None—Sniping Ninja, Yoichi/None/Sky Ninja, Yamigarasu)
"You're strong, just like I knew you would be, but so am I and we're still in this," Zanya winced as he shook off the pain. "Come on, Tsukikage! Let's put our plan into action!"
"Not if I have something to say about it." Shusui muttered as his gauge became 2 and drew another card. "Activate set spell!"
Once again, Zanya was pulled into the poisonous sea and lost another life point.
"Call to the center, Sniping Ninja, Yoichi," The Kanahebi Style Ninja declared as another Sniping Ninja in burgundy colored ninja garb appeared on the bridge. (Sniping Ninja, Yoichi—2000 Power/1 Critical/5000 Defense) "Yoichi on the left, attack Tsukikage!"
As the left Yoichi attacked and destroyed Tsukikage, Zanya came into action, saying, "Nanomachine Body Replacement!"
"Nin!" Tsukikage appeared into the center once again.
"Yamigarasu, hit him again!" Yamigarasu fired his next shot on the Sky Ninja, destroying him again. However, as Zanya looked at his hand, he knew this time he couldn't bring Tsukikage back.
"Sorry, Tsukikage. Forgive me," Zanya apologized under his breath.
"Looks like you're finally out of cards to sacrifice," Shusui mocked.
(Z: 4/Gauge: 5/Item-None—Stealth Ninja, Kirikakure Saizo/Nanomachine Ninja, Tsukikage/Electron Ninja, Shiden)
(S: 6/Gauge: 2/Final Showdown on the Great Gojo Bridge/Dark Ninja Technique, Poison Mist Formation Item-None—Sniping Ninja, Yoichi/None/Sky Ninja, Yamigarasu)
"You know what's up when it comes to the Ninja Arts," Zanya said, confusing Shusui. "But something confuses me. With skills like yours, why are you serving Rouga Aragami and this Tachikaze guy? My guess is that you dream of a revival."
As Zanya said those words, Jun looked up to his classmate in surprise. "A revival?"
"As I said before, dreams are waste of time," Shusui explained as he remembered the time he fought against Rouga and lost easily. "You know as the two heirs of the Kanahebi Clan, Jun was too young at the time to hold on that and it soon fell onto me and me alone. But, I soon realize it was useless against true strength. Aragami is a powerful fighter. He's on a totally different level than us! So, I decided for me to do is to follow his lead and learn a few tricks along the way, plus I get a lot of time to chill and have fun," he said with a chuckle.
"Makes sense. That's what I thought," Zanya understood.
"If that's so, then you and I are the same."
"No, because I stopped running away! You're still doing it!" Zanya yelled, shocking Shusui as he begun his next turn. "Draw! Charge and Draw!" As he drew his next card, he gasped in realization.
"I think he got it," Baku said.
"If it is the card he wins, then he's got a chance," Kyosuke added.
"Go get him, Zanya," Gao cheered.
"Now, I call Leaping Ninja, Sarutobi to the center!" The next monster that appeared was a young and metallic looking ninja with yellow hair in a black robe with yellow highlights, large red legs and an extra set of large robotic arms on his back. (Leaping Ninja, Sarutobi/ Size 1— 2000 Power/1 Critical/2000 Defense)
"Alright, let's show them," Sarutobi yelled as he appeared.
"Okay! Vertical Straight Line Run!" The rockets on Sarutobi's legs activated and blasted off towards the bridge. "Sarutobi has the unusual ability to enter the drop zone and take a spell card with him!"
"Now you see it, now you don't! Gojo Bridge is falling down! Falling down!" Sarutobi immediately jumped on top of the bridge before flashing and vanishing, taking the bridge with him.
"If the bridge is gone, Zanya can attack now…" Jun whispered.
"Not good!" Shusui gasped.
"Now, listen to me! I've haven't put my dreams on hold! My dream lives here in the world of Buddyfight! by using Katana World, I get to channel it," Zanya shouted as Akatsuki began to understand.
"Is that why?" The young Kisaragi whispered.
"And some day, Tsukikage and I will join the ranks of the Buddy Police and become Stealth Masters of Justice! Every time, I give my all to a match! It's to achieve that future," Zanya continued as he pulled another card. "Equip, Five Heavenly Swords, Onimaru!"
In Zanya's hands appeared a sword with a glowing blade and red hilt as he waved it proudly. (Five Heavenly Swords, Onimaru—6000 Power/3 Critical)
"I thought that you would know better that dreams like that aren't worth anything." Shusui shouted nervously.
"Replacing Shiden and Saizo! I call to the left position, Wanderer, the Gold!"
"in bloom all year, cherry blossoms storm! Scatter the petals' powers and seize control of this match!" As the two ninjas disappeared, on the left appeared a samurai in a black and blue traditional samurai's clothing and he held the hilt of his sword proudly, he pulled out his mechanical arm from his sleeve, revealing a large shield with a cherry blossom petal design. (Wanderer, the Gold/ Size 3— 6000 Power/ 2 Critical/ 5000 Defense)
"Oh, no! Not the Gold!" Shusui gasped.
"He can attack all your monsters at the same time," Zanya said.
"The sweet smell of victory, Cherry Blossom Storm!" As cherry blossom petals were blasted from The Gold's arm, they filled the field as the Kanahebi Style Ninja was frozen in shock. As fast as lightning, the Gold immediately slashed down all of Shusui's monsters.
"Don't you know how what a privilege it is to have a buddy? With your buddy at your side, you can achieve anything you set your mind to, even if the odds are against you, so why are you letting others tell you what to do," Zanya said.
"I don't know. You have a point," Shusui said as he soon saw that he in the middle of a traditional Japanese stage, with the Gold sitting in front of him.
"Remote Punishment!" The Gold blasted another volley of cherry blossom petals, dealing 1 damage for each of Shusui's monsters that was destroyed, adding up to three damage total.
"The thing about Gold is he deals one damage for each monster he defeats," Baku explained.
"He just has three life points left! Can he do it," Kuguru wondered.
Zanya soon leapt into action, getting ready to strike. "I'll defeat the ninja I once idolize!"
"I never seen Zanya this serious," Drum gasped.
"You should see him when he wakes up in the morning," Akatsuki said.
"I've been waiting for this day as long as I can remember!" Zanya shouted as he finally struck Shusui with his item, dealing the final blow. "Five Heavenly Swords,Onimaru! Twisted Spirit Purification!" As he fell onto the ground, Shusui's life finally hit 0.
FINAL RESULTS:
(Z: 4/Gauge: 3/Item-None—Wanderer, the Gold/None/None)
(S: 0/Gauge: 2/Dark Ninja Technique, Poison Mist Formation Item-None—None/None/None)
"Game Over. Winner: Zanya Kisaragi."
"Awesome, he beat Shusui." Kylie muttered as Jun was shocked that his own cousin lost to Zanya easily. The young Kanahebi couldn't help but smile.
"Impressive, but the defeat sets us back. Who will fight next," Raremaro questioned.
"I will," Shosetsu answered.
"No way, I want a piece of this," Satsuki said.
"No, I'll go," Rouga said as the others turned to him in shock.
Back on the field, Shusui laid on the field in defeat before getting up and as he looked up, he saw his buddy flying above him as he offered his hand to help. As he smiled, he looked back at Jun, who looked back in a small smirk and Kylie, who waved as Shusui waved back before looking back at his buddy, saying, "What do you say? Follow the dream?"
Without any words, the two buddies took off and flew away into the forest before Zanya went back to his classmates' side.
"That was amazing, Zanya," Gao congratulated.
"Yeah, I thought it was touch and go for a second," Kyosuke added. "Now we have an extra win against them."
"We had to win, after all. It just made sense to win anyways," Zanya said, looking away.
"Why can't he just accept the praise? He did great," Samuel said.
"I guess for him, it's like being embarrassed or something like that," Genji shrugged as Jun came towards Zanya and directly looked him in the face.
"Jun," Kylie said.
"Big Z," Akatsuki muttered.
"This may end bad," Yuuten muttered.
"I hope not. We don't need a fight on our side now," Kyosuke overheard.
"Jun," Zanya was about to say.
"Since you beat Shusui, as soon as we get back home, we'll have our fight next. Then, we settle this then. I'm not going to let you beat one of my clan members without having my battle," Jun said, to which Zanya stood in surprise before nodding with a smile.
"Fine, but I'll still win," Zanya smirked.
"We'll see," Jun said.
"So, these two are going to fight when we get home," Kazane wondered.
"These two boys are so confusing," Blade added.
"I don't know. Maybe it'll ease the tension between these two when they do. I can't wait for that," Kyosuke smirked.
"Well, I know Jun will win," Kylie smiled.
"No way, Big Z will win," Akatsuki argued.
"Jun will!"
"Big Z will!"
The other Aibo Students just laughed at another rivalry being born as another battle between Kisaragi and Kanahebi/Tanyama family was made…
So, that is it for this chapter and hope you guys enjoyed it, truly and once again, I would like to say that I am sorry for taking so long on this one. I can tell many of my readers are upset with my long hiatuses and such as I understand. My schedule has made it hard lately with having a new job complicated some things in my schedule and college makes it worse, but I understand I need to make more of an effort, really. So, for thank you for my followers who truly read my fanfic every day and love it. I truly love it that you guys read it and it really makes me happy as a writer that you guys do, and I will truly keep going no matter what, so here's to a truly great 2017 for everyone!
Also, for those who are giving OCs for my Cardfight Vanguard G fanfic, thank you and I truly admire you guys for sending them, and those that will be sent in the future. I am still working on the storyline, and coming up with some possible new parts to the original plot myself, so hopefully it will come later in the year, so stay tuned!
Lastly, here is the next chapter preview:
Now that Zanya has defeated Shusui Kanahebi, it seems that that President Raremaro wants to fight next to show Rouga that he's strong, but Kyosuke steps up to the plate to challenge him! What will happen in this next fight? Next time: Sengoku Rescue: Danger World-Ninja Style! Join us for an awesome Buddyfight!
If that is all, then this is BlasterDragonoid signing off once again! *blasting off in a giant rocket*