After the Victory of the Diffriders there are only two teams left to face... Team Generation and Team Moonlight. But that morning...
"Chrono, you got up early?" was his Aunt Mikuru surprised.
"Oh yes... I don't want Tokoha and Kazuma bother because I fell asleep." replied the redhead. "Well, I'll just have some breakfast and go." he added.
"Do you think we can talk?" she asked.
"Sure, but... It will take a long?" replies Chrono "I don't want to keep Tokoha and Kazuma waiting."
"I'm getting married..." Mikuru says, the news caused Chrono to go against the wall because of the impression.
Turn 41: Radical Change
"What?" asks Chrono confused...
"I'm getting married." repeat Mikuru.
"Chrono!" a voice calls him outside, Chrono peeks out the window and sees Tokoha.
"See you Mikuru..." Chrono says leaving.
"But we're not done talking." she replies.
"Sorry, I have a tournament to win, we can talk about it later?" adds Chrono trying to evade the subject.
"Good, and lucky." Mikuru replies as he sees Chrono leave.
"Something happens to you?" asks Tokoha, as she and Chrono walked to the stadium.
"No, I'm fine." the redhead replies.
"Your face says otherwise." says Tokoha, who sees Chrono directly in the face.
"I told you I'm fine!" he yells.
"When Chrono screams that way, it's because something must have happened to him." Tokoha thinks as Chrono goes his way.
The teams are already in the arena...
"Well, I'll go first." Luna said, thinking that Chrono would send Tokoha or that he would go...
"Well, remember that if you don't win..." Enishi said, but Luna interrupts him... "If I don't win, it's all over, I know and I'm aware of it."
"That's not what you meant, did you, Enishi-chi?" commented Kumi, who just watches as Luna goes to the center of the arena.
In the meantime with the Chrono team...
"I'll go, we promised Am we'd talk to Luna and that's what I'm going to do." says Chrono who was still a little distracted.
"Kazuma, you can go?" said Tokoha, who sat Chrono on the bench...
"Hey!" replies Chrono, who is annoyed by being ignored.
"Kazuma is also part of the team, plus for some reason you're not in a position to fight." Tokoha added, while Chrono crosses his arms and sits.
"I promise not to fail you, besides, we still have to defeat those..." Kazuma said, pointing to special seats where Team Ogre members were seated. After saying goodbye to his teammates, Kazuma goes to the center of the arena to face his opponent...
"Stand Up! Vanguard!"
"Pleasure Caster/ Dragprince, Rute"
"Ladies first..." Kazuma said, so Luna gets annoying and says... "You're going to regret it."
"Ride! Cutie Paratrooper and I move Pleasure Caster." She added by calling her first grade one.
"Ride! Dragwizard, Knies. Knies attack her Vanguard!" Kazuma was calling out his first attack.
"No guard" replies Luna.
"Drive check: no trigger (Luard)" said Kazuma.
"Damage check: no trigger (grade 1)" Luna puts the card in her damage and sees Chrono, who seemed distracted.
"I want to remind you that your opponent is me." Kazuma says when he sees that Luna wasn't paying any attention to him.
Luna moves her shoulders and face in denial just to say... "You're not even worth my time, you're just a lucky beginner."
"Ride! Flaying Peryton" everyone is amazed at Luna, she usually calls Darkside princess. "If I'm a lucky beginner, then... I think today is the day that I make you see the light, since you didn't even get the grade two you normally use." laugh Kazuma.
"Shut up! With Pleasure Caster's boost, Peryton attacks!" said Luna furious.
"Don't guard!" replies Kazuma...
"Drive check: no trigger (sentinel)"
"Damage check: Draw trigger, power to my vanguard and steal a letter."
"Turn End..." Luna said as she is not able to do anything else...
"Ride! Dragwizard, Laifail. Plus... I call Swordbreaker, Swordbreaker skill: Soul blast and draw a card. Call Howl Owl and also activated his skill [power] +3k to Swordbreaker and finally... Death Feather Eagle." Kazuma wanted to fulfill the promise he had made before or just wanted to move on to the next stage... That was the doubt Am had, because the chat that she had with him has been slope.
"Vanguard attacks!" said Kazuma who as Laifail attacked Luna.
"No Guard!" she responds...
"Drive check: no trigger (grade 1)" reveals Kazuma a Knies, so Luna smiles.
"Damage check: no trigger (Harri)" Luna gets serious and prepares to start her turn again.
"My Swordbreaker is still missing her attack!" said Kazuma attacking with his last unit, leaving Luna in 3 damages.
"You're going to pay for this... Ride! Masked Phantom, Harri. Skill: I see two cards at the top of my deck, one I put in the soul and the other at the bottom of my deck. And from my hand, I call Etty. I activate Etty's skill: she allows me to call a grade two or higher of my soul." Luna complained, who began to call her Soul units with her 'Magia' ability.
"Harri attacks!" said Luna, who attacked Kazuma.
"No Guard!" he replies...
"Drive check: no trigger (Masked Magician Harri) / Heal Trigger, now I'm healing a damage and power to Peryton." Luna said, as a card fell into Kazuma's damage.
"Peryton attacks!" Luna attacked Kazuma again, but he didn't defend himself.
"Once, you just make me waste my time..." Moon added, but Kazuma was starting to laugh...
"You're not very honest with yourself, are you?" said Kazuma, while riding Luard.
"What are you talking about?" asks Luna.
"I'll tell you once the fight is over..." Kazuma responds, who drops a grade three in his drop zone. "Stride Generation! Dark Dragon, Carnivore Dragon. I activate Luard's Skill: counter blast and retreat Swordbreaker and call at two grades 1 or less. I'm calling Knies and Abyssal Owl. Now I activate the Skill of Carnivore Dragon: retreat to Abyssal Owl and you must retire two of your units, if you don't... my whole front row gets [Power] + 4k. Now I call Morfessa and another Knies." Kazuma tells her, but Luna ignores him...
"Well… go for it Carnivore Dragon!" said Kazuma, but Luna blocks her attack with a perfect guard...
"You really think I'm so stupid?" she replies as she removes her card from the board.
"Triple drive: Critical trigger! Power and critical to Morfessa/ Heal trigger! Now things are the same, don't you think? / No trigger (Luard)" said Kazuma as he did his triple drive.
"Generation Guard! Chainsaw Megatrick, Furnival. Skill: I see three cards of the stop, one I put in my soul and the other two I put them in the bottom of my deck according to the order I want and he gets [Shield] + 5k" Luna answers.
"Well, then... Knies Skill: conuter blast, retire to Morfessa and steal a letter. Now I attack with my other Knies." Kazuma said.
"I don't defend myself," Luna says, as her third damage fell.
"Turn end" Kauma ends his shift with six cards in his hand.
"You're very annoying, I never liked you." Said Luna, while throwing a stride folder out of his hand. "Dragon Master, Janet. I activate Harri's skill and call Etty, now Etty's skill, I call Peryton. I activate Janet's skill. I put Peryton in and call Darkside princess, by the way Janet gives Darkside princess +2k." said Luna, who didn't notice a small mistake.
"Janet, finish him!" Luna begins her attack with her vanguard, but... "Generation Guard! Plotmaker Dragon. Plotmaker Dragon's Skill: Since I have more than 3 grades 1 in my drop zone [Shield] + 10k I also defend myself with a grade 0." replies Kazuma, who defends himself from the attack of Luna.
"Triple drive: No trigger (grade 1) / no trigger (grade 1) / heal trigger! I heal another damage and power to Darkside princess." says Luna, who again had only two damage. "Now you see... Darkside princess! I activate her Skill: When she goes into battle, she gets +5k until the end of the turn." Luna added, while Kazuma only watched her...
"No guard," replies Kazuma, who placed his third damage.
"I activate the Luard Ritual, return 2 normal units to the bottom of my deck and I can do stride with no cost. Descends... Dragdriver, Luard! Dargheart, Luard skill: Counter blast, I remove one unit and call two units grade one or less. Call Abyssal Owl and Swordbreaker. Now I activate The Skill of Route. Counter blast and I send it to the Soul. Swordbreaker gets [power] +5k" said Kazuma...
"You're done..." Luna complained.
"Yes, I'm just going to activate Dragdriver's Skill: Soul blast and flip a card with the same name on my G zone. Now I can call a grade 1 with 1k + for each grade one that is in my drop zone." Kazuma said.
"It's not the biggest deal you only have 4..." Luna answered without interest.
"Yes, Plus the 2k that Knies gets when he enters Ritual." says Kazuma. "Let's go Abyssal Owl!"
"You won't stop me!" says Luna, who stops Kazuma's attack.
"Luard attacks!" Kazuma was attacking again, but... "Generation Guard!" Luna uses a G guardian to stop the attack.
"Triple drive: No trigger (Sentinel) / heal trigger all for my Vanguard/ No trigger (grade 3)" Kazuma's triple drive causes the attacks to pair up and Kazuma manages to leave Luna with 3 damage again.
"Swordbreaker attacks!" Luna could defend herself from Kazuma's attack, but... If I did, I'd know I'd be in trouble later.
"My turn. Stride Generation! Amanda. I call Etty and Etty's Skill I call Lappin and Lappin's Skill call Darkside princess." Luna said, who sends his Vanguard to attack Kazuma. "Go Amanda!"
"That unit was the one Chrono taught Luna to play with..." thought Tokoha, while Kazuma defended himself from the attack with a Quintet Wall.
"I don't think there's a trigger in your drive check?" commented Kazuma, who makes Luna upset.
"Lappin attacks!" Luna attacked Kazuma again, but now... She attacks his re-guard.
"Not guard." Kazuma responds.
"Darkside princess, attack!" Luna makes her last attack with her rear, but... Kazuma defends himself with a Morfessa from his hand.
"It's my turn..." say Kazuma, who sends a grade 3 to his drop zone. "Stride Generation Draganger, Ogma. I call Abyssal Owl and activate Ogma's abilityes... For a Counter blast and a Soul blast I remove all the cards from my field and since they are grade one, you must withdraw the same number or get rid of five cards from your hand." Kazuma smiled.
"It's a joke..." Luna reacts surprised...
"I'm not joking princess." Luna gets rid of five cards from her hand, "Well, now I draw a card and call Death Spray Dragon and Dragwizard Liafail. By the Liafail Ritual he obtains [Power] +2k. Now Ogam attacks!" said Kazuma attacking Luna, while she watched the cards that she had in her hand.
"Guard!" she defends herself with 31, but...
"Triple Drive: Critical trigger! All to Ogma/other Critical trigger! All to Laifail/ draw trigger! I draw a card and everything to Ogma." Kazuma gives Ogma the necessary bonuses to do two damage to Luna and lose the match. After that Luna leaves, but she is received by her teammates...
"You did it well Yumizuki." Enishi tried to lift his spirits as Chrono usually did, but... "But I lost, please don't act like you'll care..." she responds, but... Receives a slap from Kumi.
"Satoru, just like all of us, we are worried about you. Why you don't want to understand!" Kumi yells at her.
"No one told you to worry about me..." after saying that, Luna leaves, leaving her companions more worried about her.
At the same time...
"Good, captain... One more win and we're on the other side." said Kazuma as he returned with his teammates…
"Yes... You're right." Answer Chrono with a fake smile. "Good... Now I'm going to beat Enishi and then all team Ogre." Added the redhead.
"Are you sure you're okay? Enishi-san is a former branch manager." Tokoha tells Chrono, as she was worried about his morning attitude.
"Take care of your business..." says Chrono, who leaves them both open-mouthed...
"Problems in paradise?" asks Kazuma, as he watches Chrono leave...
"No, but I'm sure something's wrong with him." Tokoha replies, who was still surprised by Chrono's behavior.
"Good... Then I leave it in your hands, now I have to go and take care of another issue. I promise I won't be long." Kazuma says goodbye to Tokoha and leaves.
[Fight Chrono Vs Enishi]
While the Fight between Chrono and Enishi was taking place, Kazuma was looking for Luna, to fix things and make her to be the one all of them know...
"Glad I finally found you..." Kazuma said, who was a little tired...
"You come here to make fun of me?" she asks.
"Not at all. You know, you and I are very alike." Kazuma said, as he scratched the back of his head.
"What the hell are you talking about?" asks Luna.
"My mother and I were welcomed by the Onimaru Family. You know why?" says Kazuma to Luna, while she still didn't care. "Because I'm the bastard son of that family, and to avoid rumors they forced us to live there." Kazuma added, who sat on a bench.
"Why are you telling me this?" asks Luna..
"Shut up and listen." Kazuma responds... "Every day members of the Onimaru family put me to compete against my brother. Again and again... Yet I always lost, and as usual people inside that house began to talk." Kazuma said remembering his painful past...
"One day my brother taught me to play vanguard, but I can't overcome it, that's when my father tried to hit me. But my mother tried to defend myself and soon after we were expelled from that house." Kazuma added.
"That's why you're here... For a revenge?" asks Luna.
"I don't remember telling you I was done." smiles Kazuma. "A few years later, my mother fell ill and soon after she died..." Kazuma, Luna is surprised and cries a little
"I... I... I'm sorry." Luna responds a bit sad...
"Never mind, well, her last words were... 'Don't hate anyone, because hate only brings more pain and suffering to the people closest to you.' Now you understand?" said Kazuma smiling...
"But..." Luna knew Kazuma was right, but... "Why did you come in here then?" she asks.
"Honestly... When I hit him here, it was a surprise for me too. But now... I just do it to show them that they were wrong and also... I do it for my mother." Kazuma replied... "And if Shindou doesn't see you the way you see it, it's simple... Find someone else. You're worth a lot and that's what matters." says Kazuma, who caresses Luna's head. But a few minutes later, they give the announcement that Shindou Chrono had lost to Enishi Satoru, leaving them both in shock.
To Be Continued...