"My vanguard..!" A shrill, high-pitched voice called out, as Azure started to slowly open his eyes, before realizing he wasn't at the park anymore, and instead, noticed...a tiny cyan wolf cub staring at him? That was more than enough to jolt him up, surprising the tiny wolf.
Wait a minute...That looks like Wolf, but...a cub? Azure thought to himself, as the cub was practically hopping around him in joy.
"You're okay, friend! You're okay!" The cub said, cheerily, as Azure's eyes slightly widened.
"Wait a minute, are you...Wolf?" Azure asked, as the cub looked up at him.
"Yes! It's me, Wolf! Your friend, right?" Wolf asked.
"Well yeah, but...Weren't you bigger before?" Azure asked, crouching down to Wolf's height.
"Ooh. That's why you were confused..." Wolf said, before walking off. "But, before we have a fun reunion, friend...You need to see something." He told Azure, who walked over to follow Wolf, to what seemed to be a village, except it was broken down, with signs of smoke, implying it had been burned.
"What...happened here?" Azure asked, walking into the village and looking around, Wolf following behind. "Wait a minute..." Azure realized, remembering what Astra had said before. "Another evil that ravaged Cray, but was sealed away...Do you think that could be what caused this?" Azure asked.
"Yeah...Long ago, while the war had kept Messiah distracted, the guardians were what sealed it away, at the expense of sealing themselves away as well. Supposedly, the destructive entity is breaking out of his seal as we speak, but only one of the guardians has been found and removed from their own seal." Wolf said.
"One of the guardians...Cliamh!" Azure realized, snapping his fingers. "So that means, Team Star Titan is actually..." He started, as Wolf nodded.
"The vanguards of the search teams of Cray. The units that set out to find the Titans...well, with one exception..." Wolf admitted, Azure raising an eyebrow. "You see, Megacolony has had an outrage lately. Most of the clans haven't caught wind of this, but...one of the units took the name 'Darkface' without the queen's consent, and fled the colony. Supposedly they were welcomed into the search team by Titus that way." Wolf said.
"So you mean to tell me Megacolony is having some sort of rebellion..?" Azure asked. "Then again, if they took the name 'Darkface', and other clans don't know of the rebellion...Maybe they wanted their search for the Titan to be seen as the queen's will..." He thought out loud.
"It's very likely...Although Star Titan has also awakened to type 2 Psyqualia, which means in their sleep, they assist their Vanguards in the search." Wolf told Azure. "They asked us for help, but there's only so much we can do with the destructive entity...We want to help as many people from that destruction as we can." He said, before the sound of footsteps was audible, as Azure turned to the source, before seeing...a student from his high school?
"You..." They said, almost soullessly, as their eyes were flaring up with Psyqualia.
"What the..?" Azure asked, taking a quick step back.
"You are not one of us..." The student said, holding their hand out, as 5 cards manifested in front of them.
"What's going on..? That's just a guy from my school, how'd he get here?" Azure asked Wolf, who looked at the ground.
"The destructive entity has another influence...It can forcibly invoke type 1 on people, and trap them in Cray...Then, their artificial fighters can convert them by force. Until they're broken free, they'll be stuck on Cray this way." Wolf told Azure, who's eyes slightly widened, before hearing someone else approach, as a young boy with black hair got in front of Azure. "Huh..?" Azure asked, surprised.
"I-I'll take this one, mister..!" The boy said, Azure looking confused. "I...heard about the relay fight...I'm sorry our leader doesn't know restraint, but...A fight can break the influence over your classmate..." They told Azure.
"Your leader...Wait, are you on Star Titan?" Azure asked, as the boy nodded.
"M-My name's Rais...I was an orphan for a while, but my foster family's been nice...and Alon came to me requesting my help, because of my type 2 Psyqualia..." Rais told Azure. "S-So please, let me handle this. I-I may be just the substitute member, but I can fight..!" He requested, timidly.
"I see...In that case, I'm counting on you." Azure said, as Wolf hopped on Azure's shoulder to watch, as Rais closed his eyes, 5 cards manifesting in front of him.
"Stand up...Vanguard!" Rais called out, as two units appeared, one being Moon Knight, Kuro again.
"Rebellion Scout, Gypsy Moth..!" Rais said, as a dark green moth took the field.
"Megacolony...Rebellion...Do you think this is..?" Azure asked Wolf, who nodded.
"There's no doubt. This is the Rebellion leader's Vanguard...which means this timid boy joined the search party with them." Wolf answered, as the student took the first turn.
"Draw..! Moon Servant, Rogue! Kuro moves back..! My turn is over!" The student declared.
[Student] - [Rais]
[Hand - 5] - [Hand - 5]
[Soul - 0] - [Soul - 0]
[Damage/CB - 0/0] - [Damage/CB - 0/0]
[Drop Zone - 0] - [Drop Zone - 0]
[FIELD]
[R] [Moon Servant, Rogue [G1 - 8000]] [R] - [R] [Rebellion Scout, Gypsy Moth [G0 - 5000]] [R]
[R] [Moon Knight, Kuro [G0 - 5000]] [R] - [R] [R] [R]
As the fight progressed slowly but surely, the advantage was clear.
[Student] - [Rais]
[Hand - 4] - [Hand - 6 (plus 'Quick Shield')]
[Soul - 3] - [Soul - 1]
[Damage/CB - 5/1] - [Damage/CB - 4/0]
[Drop Zone - 2] - [Drop Zone - 11]
[FIELD]
[R] [Moon Master Knight, Kuro [G3 - 13000]] [R] - [Rebellion Aid, Gather Beetle [G2 - 9000] [Rebellion, Grapple Mantis [G2 - 9000]] [R]
[R] [R] [R] - [Rebellion, Rush Midge [G1 - 8000]] [Rebellion Scout, Gypsy Moth [G0 - 5000]] [R]
"I can feel it...My overwhelming strength...The power of that entity is coursing through me..." The student said, as Rais held up a card, as it shattered.
"Your name will shake Megacolony to it's core..! Fight for the true cause you believe in..! Ride..!" Rais said, as the card shattered, and a rather large mutant bug, not unlike Darkface, but was colored to be silver, and surrounded by locusts, manifested. "Lord of Rebellion, Darkface 'LOCUST'..! Imaginary Gift: Protect 1!" Rais said, as the protect marker manifested in his hand.
"That must be it...The leader of Megacolony's Rebellion, and the one searching for the Zoo Titan..." Wolf commented.
"I-I release the Generation Zone, as well..!" Rais said, holding a card out, as it shattered, as the locusts suddenly shrouded Locust from view, before it came out as Locust again, but with large butterfly wings, as well as a blade. "Vanguard of Rebellion, LOCUST..! There's no point in using the stride skill, since you have no rear guards...b-but my Vanguard's effect..!" Rais said, counterblasting and turning a copy of it face-up. "Drive plus 1..! Then, for each rest unit, or empty R circle my opponent has, add 2000 power to Locust..!" Rais declared, as Locust raised their weapon, and engulfed in green energy.
"His Vanguard is rest, and the rest of his Rear guard circles are empty..." Azure commented.
[POWER - 39000]
"I-In addition, Gypsy Moth's effect..!" Rais said, resting the unit. "If none of my opponent's units are rest, and I have a grade 4 unit with 'Locust' in their name, I draw one card..!" Rais said, drawing. "Locust attacks your Vanguard..!" Rais declared, as the mutant bug rushed forward.
"Guard..!" The student said, tossing cards.
[GUARD - Moon Servant, Tank [G0 - 15000]]
[GUARD - Moon Servant, Tank [G0 - 15000]]
[TOTAL - 43000]
"That should be plenty of shield..." The student said, as Rais held up the top card of his deck.
[DRIVE CHECK - Rebellion Scout, Baby Larvae [G0 - Heal Trigger]]
"N-No..!" The student said, their psyqualia flaring up more.
[DRIVE CHECK - Lord of Rebellion, Darkface 'LOCUST' [G3]]
[DRIVE CHECK - Rebellion Champion, Ladybird [G2]]
[DRIVE CHECK - Rebellion, Silent Prayer [G0 - Critical Trigger]]
"NO..!" The student said, their psyqualia flaring up even more, as the Grade 3 was slashed out of existence, as the student fell to the ground...before disappearing.
"Looks like he was freed...and will wake up back on your world soon." Wolf told Azure, who sighed relief.
"Still, this is a crazy mess..." Azure admitted.