Chapter 1
Here we go! Now this is my first time doing a Cardfight Vanguard DXD so bear with me.
For Rearguards on the left and right, I'll label them as R. Rear Guard F and B for front and back rows. Also there will be no G Strides, Legions. But there will be some Limit Breaks. This will take place in the Original Cardfight Vanguard instead of the Rebooted version. Also I like the original better than the other versions and the G Series since it's gotten bad in my opinion. But like I said that's my opinion.
Anyway Issei will have two or three decks and one of them will be shown in this chapter as he gets into the game.
Also Issei will have three or four girlfriends since most of the DXD girls won't be in this story. It'll mostly be the Cardfight Vanguard but with Issei in the storyline since I think this'll be a better option than trying to cram supernatural into a Cardfighting game. Anyway. Let's begin!
A brown haired boy was walking around the town he was visiting for the summer but his eyes seemed bored like he didn't know what to do before he felt someone poking his side. "Hey there downer. You okay? You seem to be out of it and I was wondering if I could cheer you up." The boy looked up and saw a girl standing in front of him with a smile on her face as she looked at him. She had bright sky blue eyes and her hair was light pink as well as being tied in large, curling twintails.
She wore some causal clothes which seemed to fit her style since she looked bubbly and happy which made the boy look away as he replied to her
"I'm only here because there's nothing fun to do around here. I'm just visiting my aunt for the summer and it's already boring in this small town."
The girl was shocked as she asked with a serious face. "Well have you tried playing Vanguard?"
The boy looked at her confused as he asked with a raised brow. "What's Vanguard?" This was apparently a bad question as the girls eyes widened before she yelled right at his face. "WHAT'S VANGUARD!?"
This made Issei freak out as he backed away a bit from the crazy girl before she took some deep breaths and replied with an accusatory tone. "How have you not heard about it!? It's an international card game that's popular around the world! Everyone can learn how to play if they have a deck." She said with a pout on her face as she grabbed his hand. "Come with me. I'll get you into Vanguard if it's the last thing I do! I'll turn your frown upside down."
Issei was trying to pull his hand back but the small girl was surprisingly very strong and dragged him to a mall before heading to a shop called PSY. As the girl dragged him into the shop, the boy took was finally able to take his hand back before looking at the cards. He then looked at the girl who dragged him against his will and asked. "Uh...I don't even know who you are so can you at least tell me your name first?"
The girl stopped what she was doing before she slapped her forehead until she laughed nervously. "How silly of me. I never introduced myself. My name Rekka. Rekka Tatsunagi. Pleased to meet you..." She said as she introduced herself before Issei introduced himself.
"Oh my names Issei. Issei Hyoudou.I'm actually from Kuoh Town and we don't have a Cardshop so we really don't get into Trading Card games like that. Sorry if that surprised you but can you at least tell me what Vanguard is?" Issei asked as Rekka smiled cheerfully and nodded.
"Of course. Cardfight!! Vanguard is an internationally popular Trading Card Game that allows you to use different clans with certain skills and abilities to battle your enemies as your fight on the surface Cray. There are many different units and clans that are difficult to master but in the end it's a game that's easy to pick up if you follow the rules and know how to use your units." Rekka explained as she brought him to a special room where there was a small table with a mat of sorts on top of it as Rekka smiled and brought him over to the table. "Here. We'll be fighting on this table. It's a special Virtual Reality table where the cards come to life."
Issei whistled at this as he touched the top and gasped a little as he saw it turn on which made Rekka giggle at his reaction. "It's motion sensor. When it sees a player approach the table it turns on to warm up. I'll give you a special custom deck that I think suits you." Rekka said as she gave him a small deck which made Issei look at the cards in awe as he turned over the first card to see a card labeled. "Amber Dragon Dawn."
He looked at the other units in his hand as he was amazed by their art design before he gasped a bit as he looked at the units and thought he heard a voice and looked around to see it was only him and Rekka in the room before a door opened to reveal a woman with long blonde hair, with half of her hair being tied up into a loop ending in a ponytail. She also has green eyes. She wore a lot of white which made Issei gasp a bit as he pointed to her. "No way! Kourin Tatsunagi? Your a member of Ultra Rare. Wow, wait what are you doing at PSY?"
Kourin scoffed at him as she replied. "Simple. I'm actually one of the shop owners here. I didn't expect my little sister to bring someone at the shop." Rekka then came over and explained her reason for bringing him to the shop which made Kourin nod before looking at the table and walked to it.
"You'll be facing me instead of Rekka. It'll be easier to learn the rules of the game as we play along. So to start the Vanguard Circle is you and you start by placing a Grade 0 unit on the circle." Kourin explained as she put a card on the circle which told Issei to do the same so he did.
He then looked at his deck as Kourin drew five cards from the top of the deck.
"Now before you begin you can draw up to five cards from your deck. Make sure you have a good balance of Grades 0, 1, 2, and 3 before we begin. Your also allowed a redraw by putting certain cards you don't want into the deck and shuffle it before drawing the same amount you put back in the deck." Kourin said as she put a card from her hand back into her deck and redrew one while Issei looked at his hand. "Okay. I'm good over here."
Kourin nodded as she shouted. "Stand up! My Vanguard! Brugal!" An image of the blue dog appeared on top of the Vanguard Circle as the table erected a blue arena of sorts as a hologram of the surface Cray appeared. Issei looked at her gesturing him to start as he did the same as she did.
"Stand up! My Vanguard! Amber Dragon Dawn!" Issei said as he saw his dragon emerge on the screen as he was in awe at the dragon before Kourin took him out of his daydream.
"Hey pay attention newbie!" Kourin drew a card and replied. "I'll be going first. When it's your turn you must draw a card and then choose a Grade 1 unit from your hand and ride your Grade 0 unit. So I ride! Little Sage Marron." She said as the dog disappeared and was replaced by a clerk of sorts as he held a book in one hand while fiddling with his glasses. Kourin then moves Brugal to the left back row of her rearguards as she explained her actions.
"Brugal has a special ability. When a Royal Paladin unit rides on top of Brugal, I can send him from the Vanguard circle to a rearguard circle. It's your turn." Issei nodded as he drew his card and looked at his hand before looking at one in particular.
"Okay. I ride, Amber Dragon Daylight!" Issei said as he placed the unit on his Vanguard circle and nodded as he explained the ability of his unit. "Amber Dragon Daylight receives 2000 power as long as Dawn is in the Soul. I also activate Dawns skill. When Daylight rides on top of Dawn I can search for a copy of Amber Dragon Dusk and add him to my hand." Kourin nodded at this as she then explained. "Now you can call other Grade 1 or lower units to the other rearguards you aid you in battle."
Issei nodded as he picked two cards and called them to battle. "Okay then. I call Embodiment of Armor Bahr and Heatnail Salamander." He said as he saw his units appear on the field as Kourin nodded.
"Now to attack you turn your units sideways to attack or boost." Issei nodded as he did so with Bahr. "Then first off Bahr attacks Marron!" He said as Bahr charged at Marron and slashed him which made Kourin look at the top card of her deck and smile as she revealed it. "It's a Draw Trigger. When your Vanguard attacks or you take damage, you reveal the top card of your deck and see if there's a trigger on it. It's normally in he top right corner and there are four different kinds of triggers. This red one is a Draw Trigger which allows me to add 5000 power to a unit of my choosing and I can draw another card. So the power to Marron and I draw." Kourin said as Marron glowed blue as his power raised to 13000 and the Damage Trigger was put in the Damage Zone.
Issei then looked at his Vanguard and nodded. "Then with the support of Heatnail Salamander, Daylight attacks Marron with 14000 power." Issei says as Daylight takes flight and charges at Marron which made Kourin nod as she let the attack through. Issei then looked at the top card. "Checking for a Drive Trigger." Issei flipped it to reveal a Grade 2 Berserk Dragon. "No trigger." Issei then showed to Kourin who checked for another Damage Trigger.
"Damage Trigger check." She flipped the card to reveal a copy of Marron. "No triggers this time." She said as she put it in the Damage Zone which made her smirk. "Not bad for your first attack. Now it's my turn. I stand and draw." She drew her card as she nodded at her hand.
Kourin:
Hand: Seven Cards.
Vanguard: Little Sage Marron.
Left Side: Front Row: Blank. Back Row: Brugal.
Right Side: Empty both Front and Back.
Issei
Hand: Four Cards.
Vanguard: Amber Dragon, Daylight. Back: Heatnail Salamander.
Left Side: Empty both Front and Back.
Right Side: Front: Embodiment of Armor Bahr. Back: Blank.
"I ride, Knight of the Harp Tristan!" She shouted as she rode Tristan who took on the form of a silver haired knight using a sword and a harp for her weapon. She was dressed in white clothes with lightweight armor. Kourin smiled as she called other units to battle.
"I call a pair of Knight of Silence Gallatin and a Starlight Unicorn." Kourin said as the two knights were covering the front row units while Starlight Unicorn was behind Tristan. Kourin smiled at this formation as she began her attack.
"First I'll have my Gallatin on my left attack Daylight." Kourin said as the unboosted Gallatin attacked which made Issei check his deck. "I check for a Damage Trigger." Issei revealed it to be a copy of Dragon Monk Goku. "No trigger." He said before putting it in the damage zone before Kourin continued her assault.
"With support from Starlight Unicorn, here comes Tristan! Starlight Unicorns skill lets me add 2000 power to any Royal Paladin unit of my choosing and the one I pick is Tristan." Tristan was glowing blue as she felt the power flow within her which made her attack 16000 before she played her harp and attack with a melody of power.
"Drive Trigger, check. Crimson Butterfly, Brigitte. Which activates Tristan's ability. When her drive check reveals a Grade 3 she receives another 5000 power until end of turn." She said before the attack succeeded which made Issei reveal a grade 2 unit before putting in his damage zone before Kourin launched her final attack. "Finally my last Gallatin will attack supported by Brugal on your Vanguard."
Gallatin charged and slashed Daylight before Issei checked to reveal a Grade 0. "It's Gatling Claw Dragon. Draw Trigger! Power to Daylight and I draw a new card." Issei said as he drew his new card before Kourin declared her turn was over.
Issei nodded as he drew his sixth card and looked at his hand and field. "Okay. I ride, Amber Dragon, Dusk!" Issei said as he rode his Grade 2 dragon. Daylight glowed with power before Dusk was formed. "As long as Daylight is in the soul, Dusk gains 1000 power permanently. Next I move Bahr back and call Berserk Dragon and Dragon Knight Nehalem." Issei declared as he summoned both units to battle as Bahr moved back.
"I activate Berserk Dragons ability. When he comes into play I can pay two in my damage zone to take out a Grade 2 or lower unit in your rear guard. Gallatin on your right retires from battle!" Issei declared as Berserk Dragon destroyed Gallatin and any him away which made Issei nod. "And now I activate Demonic Dragon Berserker, Yaksha's Hand Skill! When one of my opponents rearguards was retired during my Main Phase I can superior ride Yaksha from my hand!"
Kourin and Rekka gasped as Issei ride Yaksha as his eyes glowed which made an observer from another room smile at this as she nodded at the boy. "He's another one."
Issei looked at his units and smiled as he was starting to enjoy this game. "This is awesome! Here we go." Issei declared as he started his counterattack.
"First I'll have Berserk Dragon attack Tristan!" Kourin shook her head as she placed a card in the green circle. "Here's a lesson in guarding. I'll have Marron defend me." Marron appeared and took the blow before Berserks power dropped to 4000 power.
"That all you got?"
"Nope! Let's go Yaksha! With support from Heatnail Salamander. Here we come!" Issei said as Yaksha's power was 15000 which made Kourin look at her hand. "No guard. Since you have a Grade 3 you can do a Twin Drive. Check the top two cards this time." Issei nodded as saw Yaksha head Tristan's way. "Checking the Twin Drive. First card? Nothing. Second card? Draw Trigger! I give the 5000 power to Nehalem and I draw." Issei said as he drew and Yaksha's attack landed before drew her damage trigger. "A Critical Trigger. All effects to Tristan."
"Oh I'm not done. After supporting a successful attack, Heatnail Salamander can retire a Grade 1 unit on your field and retire it. I choose Starlight Unicorn!" Kourin groaned at this while Starlight Unicorn left the field while Tristan was glowing as the power flowed into her as Issei looked at his final attack. "Then with support from Bahr, Nehalem swings in at Tristan!" Issei said as a Whalen struck Tristan as she winced at the attack before drawing her trigger. "Sorry Issei but I scored a Heal Trigger. I recover one damage." Kourin said as she took a card from her damage zone and put it in the drop zone. Issei nodded as he ended his turn and passed it to Kourin. "I'll end my turn by shuffling Heatnail Salamander back into the deck due to his skill."
Kourin
Hand: Three Cards.
Damage: Three.
Vanguard: Knight of the Harp, Tristan. Behind: Nothing.
Left Row: Front: Gallatin. Back: Brugal.
Right Row. Nothing.
Issei
Hand: Five Cards.
Damage: Three. Two spent
Vanguard: Demonic Dragon Berserker, Yaksha. Behind: Nothing.
Left Row: Front: Berserk Dragon. Back: Nothing.
Right Row: Front: Dragon Knight Nehalem. Back: Embodiment of Armor Bahr.
Kourin was looking at him as she looked at her hand. "I stand and draw."She drew her card as she smiled. "I ride Crimson Butterfly, Brigitte!" She said as Tristan became the Crimson Butterfly that Kourin had on her last turn. "I call Gigantech Charger." She said as she summoned a large giant as she declared his skill activation.
"With Charger's skill, I can look at the top card of my deck and if it's a Royal Paladin unit, I can then call it to the rear guard." She flipped it over and smiled as she revealed it. "I call Flogal to battle." She said as Flogal was behind Brigitte. "Now first Gigantech Charger attacks Yaksha!"
Issei shook his head as he used Berserk Dragon to intercept which made Kourin narrow her eyes at him. "Now with support from Flogal, Brigitte attacks Yaksha!" Brigitte's power rose to 15000 before she charged at Yaksha which made him look at his damage and hand. "No guard."
Kourin nodded as she began her Twin Drive. "First Card. It's a copy of Brigitte. 5000 power is added to her attack. And Second Card." She flipped it and smiled at it. "Critical Trigger. The Critical goes to Brigitte while Gallatin gains the 5000 power boost." She said as Gallatin gained the power which Issei checked his damage triggers. "First card. Nothing. Second check? Nothing." Issei groaned at this while Kourin launched her final attack. "Now Gallatin with support from Brugal attacks Yaksha!"
Issei looked at his hand and nodded. "I guard with Embodiment of Spear Tahr and Nehalem will intercept." Issei said as he blocked the final attack which made Kourin end her turn as she looked at her hand. 'I have two Grade 3's, a Grade 0 and 1. Plus I have Gallatin to intercept. I'll be fine for now as long as he doesn't pull a trigger.'
Kourin
Hand: Four Cards.
Damage: Three.
Vanguard: Crimson Butterly, Brigitte. Behind: Flogal.
Left Row: Front: Gallatin. Back: Brugal.
Right Row. Front: Gigantech Charger.
Issei
Hand: Four Cards.
Damage: Five. Two spent.
Vanguard: Demonic Dragon Berserker, Yaksha. Behind: Nothing.
Left Row: Front: Nothing. Back: Nothing.
Right Row: Front: Nothing. Back: Embodiment of Armor Bahr.
Issei drew his fifth card and looked at the card he drew before looking at Kourin with a serious look. "Final Turn." Kourin and Rekka gasped at this as Issei rode his Vanguard. "I ride Amber Dragon, Eclipse!"
The dragon roared as Issei smiled at him. "As long as Daylight is in the soul, he gains 1000 power and I'm activating his skill. A Counterblast of two. Which allows him to retire two of your rear guards after he successfully attacks your Vanguard. Then I call Nehalem, Yaksha, and Flame Fairy, Hua Po." Issei called out as Nehalem was on his left row in the front while Yaksha was on the right row in the front as a small Grade 1 Fairy was summoned to the rear guard behind Nehalem.
"I activate Hua Po's skill. When she comes into play I can countercharge one card and since I have two Grade 3 units on the field I can send her to the Soul and retire one of your Grade 1 or lower rearguards. Leave the field Brugal!" Issei declared as Brugal left the field while Issei flipped over one card. "When her skill was successful I can flip one card over in my damage zone. Now I call Dragon Dancer Frema. When she comes into play I can Soulblast one card and retire all of your rear-guards in the same column as her, and if one or less rear-guards were retired, I get to draw a new card."
Issei said as he pointed to Gigantech Charger and retired him before he drew his new card. "Oh and look at that you only have Gallatin and Flogal left. Let's end this." He said with a serious look as he began his Final Turn. "First with support from Bahr, Yaksha attacks!"
Yaksha smiled happily as he charged with his 17000 power which made Kourin groan. "No Guard." She checked her damage trigger which revealed nothing as Issei smiled at her. "And now Eclipse attacks your Vanguard Brigitte!" Eclipse roared as Kourin guarded the attack. "I guard with Epona !" She placed her card down as Rekka moaned in frustration. "Even with a trigger it won't be enough to break through. He'll need two to break through." She looked at Issei as his left eye glowed a bit as he looked at his deck. "Twin Drive Check. First card? A Heal Trigger! Power to Eclipse and I recover one." Issei said as Eclipse glowed in power before Issei flipped the second card in glee. "And look at that. A Critical Trigger. I give another 5000 power to Eclipse and plus one Critical as well."
Kourin and Rekka gasped as Eclipse was able to break through her defense and deal her two damage as she smiled at the second damage trigger check. "It's a Critical Trigger. Power to Brigitte."
Brigitte glowed as her power was 15000. 'Nehalem's power is 10000. It's too weak to break through. I'll be fine.'
"Did you forget Eclipse's ability?" Kourin looked at Issei as he explained. "When Eclipse deals my opponents Vanguard damage I can retire two rear guards. Which means Gallatin and Flogal go bye bye." He said as the two units vanished as Kourin gasped before Issei pointed to Frema. "And that activates her ability. When you have one or fewer rearguards, she gains Boost and you know what that means?"
Kourin gasped as she realized that she was done for. "Now with a Boost from Frema. Here comes Nehalem." Nehalem roared as he charged his spear and fired it at Brigitte as Kourin looked at the three cards in her hand. "No Guard. I got to pull a Heal Trigger." She pulled it and groaned as she revealed it to be an Epona.
"Good Game kid. Not bad for your first time."
Issei smiled in thanks as he looked at Rekka. "Thanks Rekka for telling me about this game and honestly this was even more fun than video games. I've never heard of the game but after I read the rules and learned of what their abilities are I was able to make a winning image in my head."
Issei looked at the two and bowed which made Rekka giggle as she gave him a box. "Here. This is a special Booster Box with cards from Granblue, Pale Moon, Dark Irregulars, and Kagero. I think you can not only make your own deck with these cards but you can probably improve your Amber Dragon deck. Come again and I can give you some advice on your deck."
Issei nodded in thanks as he headed home while waving to Rekka and Kourin. Rekka waved back smiling while Kourin had her eyes closed before looking at the third member of their shop. "He has it. I felt it Suiko. What should we do about him?" A blue haired woman came out as she looked at him in the cameras.
"Let's watch him for now and see what he does with those cards we gave him."
Rekka pouted at this since she wanted to spend more time with Issei rather than just practice her act for her next show.
Hyoudou Home.
Issei was looking in the box as he sorted the cards in their special clans before looking at them all. "Let's see. Amber Dragon, Goku, and Yaksha are great units but maybe I can increase their power with some of my new Kagero clan members." He said before looking at Demon World Marquis Amon, Demon Eater, and the Amon Followers. He looked at the female members and could've sworn he saw Fallen Angel Saraqael look at him with a small smile on her face.
'Greetings Issei. We are pleased to meet you.'
Issei gasped at the voice before he saw Crimson Beast Tamer from the Pale Moon cards look at him before seeing Captain Nightmist and Cocytus.
'Welcome to our crew Captain. We'll help you plunder your foes treasure!'
Issei then saw the spirits of the cards come to life as he looked at them all. Captain Nightmist snickered at him as he put a hat on Issei's head. 'Call me Nightmist and I can help your put a fine deck together better than those circus clowns, demons, and dragons.' He said before Eclipse, Crimson Beast Tamer, and Amon tried to make them sound even better than the others which made Issei smile in joy as he looked at them all.
"Well let's get building shall we? Stand Up, my Vanguard!"
A new Cardfighter was born this day and he'll make a powerful force to be reckoned with.
End!
This is the first time in doing a Vanguard one so cut me some slack.
Anyway I wanted to do three but I think I'll do four.
Obviously the first is a Kagero deck and I thought Amber Dragons would be perfect for him. The other three will be a Granblue, Dark Irregulars, and Pale Moon Deck.
As for the OC card, I wanted add my own to it so I made Hua Po based off of the spirit in the Shin Megami Tensei Game.
Here's his Amber Dragon Deck.
Grade 0's, (17)
Amber Dragon Dawn (Starter) X1
Gattling Claw Dragon (Draw) X4
Blue-Ray Drako Kid (Critical) X4
Embodiment of spear Tahr (Critical) X4
Dragon Monk Genjo (Heal) X4
Grade 1's (14)
Amber Dragon Daylight (x4)
Heatnail Salamander (x2)
Wyvern Guard Barri (X2)
Embodiment of Armor, Bahr (X4)
Flame Fairy, Hua Po (X 2)
Grade 2's (12)
Amber Dragon Dusk (X4)
Beserk Dragon (x2)
Dragon knight Nehalem (X4)
Dragon Dancer Felma (X2)
Grade 3's (7)
Amber Dragon Eclipse (X3)
Demonic Dragon Berserker, Yaksha (X2)
Dragon Monk Goku (X2)
As for the other clans, I'm open to suggestions so please let me know in the reviews whether this story lives or not. See you all soon with the Familiar Master, Fire and Ice, and lastly the Gamer one.