One clear and crisp early morning on the balcony of a large mansion, a small tea cup sits on an equal-size plate on a table as a butterfly lands on the rip of the cup, only for the cup to be picked up and it flies away. A young boy with light blue hair, named Eiji, takes a sip of the tea in the cup, while reading a book as a maid walks up to him and places a plate of biscuits with a knife, butter and jelly. "Here you are master." She says to Eiji with a kind and innocent smile.
"Thank you, Maki." Eiji thanks her and sets his book down and picks up the knife to spread the butter and jelly on the inside of his biscuit and eats it. As the maid walks off, Eiji notices Koharu walking down the hall in her school uniform and carrying her usual bookbag. He gets up from his chair and walks over to meet her. "A bit early to go to school don't you think?" He tells her.
"I have student council duties to do." She says trying to avoid him, but he grabs her arm and holds her back, scaring her a bit.
"Come now," he tells her in a seductive voice, "there's no need to be so cold to your fiancée." Koharu grits her teeth, drops her bookbag and tries to backslap Eiji with her free hand but he blocks hit, "My my, feisty aren't we?"
Eiji loosens his grip on her arm and Koharu breaks free. "Leave me alone! I have to get to school." She says and runs down the hall. Eiji watches her as she leaves and puts on a crooked smile.
"Master Eiji." Another maid than before calls out to him from the other end of the hall. Eiji turns around to see her walking toward him carrying a sheet of paper, "I looked through your school student logs and you were right, a girl named Alex Shindou does attend that school." She hands Eiji the paper. It's a document with Alex's picture on it as well as a lot of information on her, including birth date, age, height, and her student bio.
"I see. Thank you Nanako." He thanks her and takes the paper to his room to study it. "Is this really the girl Koharu was talking about?" he asks himself, "She doesn't look like that good of a fighter." He then smiles crookedly again, "I guess I'll have to test her myself."
Meanwhile at the Shindou house, Alex sneezes in the shower as she rinses the shampoo out of her hair, she scratches her nose and looks off, "What was that…?" she asks herself.
Opening Theme – ZERO! (Devil is a Part-Timer opening)
Drive 5 – Commander of the Resounding Waves
A few hours later at school, Alex sits at her desk as the teacher goes through the lesson and at one point, Alex felt a strange sensation in her lower region. "Wh-what the…?!" she thinks to herself. She looks around the class room at Yui beside her and Rina in front of her. Alex puts her hands in her lap trying to look natural. "Wh-what's this feeling?" Alex asks herself and then raises her hand, "Excuse me teacher! Can I use the bathroom?" she asks.
"Sure, just make it quick." The male teacher tells her and Alex runs off to the bathroom. Yui watches as Alex runs off in a panic and looks a little worried, but pays it no mind.
Alex enters one of the stalls in the bathroom, sits down on the toilet, and pulls down her skirt and spats to notice that she is bleeding from her lower region. "AH?! Wh-WHAT IS THIS?!" she screams in fear. She tries to stop the bleeding by pushing on it, but to no avail. "Why am I bleeding? Did I cut myself?" she examines her lower area but sees no signs of cuts or any sort of injury "No… but then why does it hurt? It hurts really bad…" Not knowing what it is or how to deal with it, Alex just puts her clothes back on and cleans up any trace of the blood on and in the toilet. She exits the bathroom in a wary state, trying to act natural, but it's difficult with the extreme pain coming from her crotch. She's so distracted by the pain that she isn't looking where she's going and is toppled over by a boy she didn't see. "Ugh… sorry, I wasn't paying attention." She says and looks up to see a boy with light blue hair looming over her.
"It's fine, the fault was mine." He says and extends a hand to help her up, and she accepts.
"No… I was distracted."
"So was I, look, I'd love to talk but I have to get back to class." She says and runs past the boy back to her class but then collapses while holding her lower area, "Ugh… it hurts too much to run." She says and slow stands back up and decides to walk instead. Eiji looks back at her with a somewhat confused look.
Alex returns to class and sits back down in her chair, still in pain. She tries to focus on the lesson, but the pain is too much for her to concentrate. She keeps holding her hand in her crotch to try and ease the pain, but with little to no avail. Yui notices Alex's strange behavior and leans over to her. "Hey Alex, are you feeling ok?" she asks in a whisper to not let the teacher hear.
"Y-Yeah… I'm fine…" Alex lied to try and cover it up, but Yui can tell something is wrong. Throughout the rest of school, Alex tries to go through her classes, but finds it difficult because of her crotch. Meanwhile, the boy with blue hair keeps watching her wherever he can.
After school, Alex stumbles into Card Capital 2 still hurting from her crotch, and Yui follows shortly behind. "Welcome!" Taiyou greets them.
"Hey Taiyou…" Alex says with little energy.
"Alex, are you sure you're ok?" Yui asks her again, "You keep holding your lower area. Do you need to pee or something?"
"No I don't, and for the last time, I'm fine Yui!" Alex tells her, growing frustrated.
"Maybe you should see a doctor?" Yui suggests.
"I said I'm fine!" Alex shouts and tries to stand up straight and ignore the pain.
"What's wrong Alex?" Taiyou asks.
"She says she has the major cramping feeling in her groin area." Yui tells him.
"I see…" Taiyou says holding his chin.
"Good afternoon." Rina greets them walking into the shop and notices Alex and Yui.
"Hi Rina." Taiyou greets her, "Can I help you find anything?"
Meanwhile, Alex walks over to the quest board, "I'll just do some quests to help take my mind off if." She thinks to herself as she scrolls through the quests with one hand and keeping the other one held between her legs.
"Ah, there you are." Another man's voice calls out to Alex. She looks over to see the same blue haired boy she ran into earlier.
"Hey, you're that guy I ran into this morning." She says.
"My name is Eiji, Eiji Kiba." He tells her an Alex's face goes pale.
"K-Kiba?! As in, a member corporation?" She asks in shock.
"Yes indeed. My father is the current CEO." Eiji tells them. Alex can't help but stare dumbfounded, so much so she forgets her pain.
"So that's the son of Kiba?" Rina says.
"Ah… ahhh…" Yui mutters as Rina looks over at her, "AHHH!" she squeals and Rina looks disgusted, "HE'S HERE!"
"What the heck's gotten into her?" Rina questions.
"I don't know…" Alex replies.
"I can't believe it! One of the richest boys in the world is here! Right in front of me! AND I'M TALKING TO HIM!" Yui squeals with joy, "AND HE'S SO HANDSOME AS WELL!
"Hmph, thank you milady." Eiji replies with a bow.
"I've never seen Yui act like this…" Alex says.
"Hey Eiji," Taiyou asks him, "what did you want with Alex?"
"A want to fight her." He says and everyone looks at him like he's crazy. He then turns his attention to Alex, "A friend of mine told me you were really good, so I wanted to test your skills." He then pulls out his Vanguard deck.
"You play Vanguard?!" Yui asks.
"It seems kind of odd that the heir to a major company would play Vanguard." Rina interjects.
"It's not too weird. His father was actually one of the biggest Vanguard champions out there. He was a member of your parent's team Alex." Taiyou explains and her expression drops.
"F-For real?!" Alex exclaims.
"Yes," Eiji replies, "my father told me a lot about his time in being a teammate with your parents, and how they were both very skilled fighters. But now I want to see how you've inherited that strength." Alex was about to accept, but the pain from her crotch hits her like a break and snaps her back to reality. She falls to her knees holding her hands on her crotch. Everyone sees this and grows concerned. "Are you ok?" Eiji asks.
"Y-Yeah I'm fine… Let's fight." Alex replies, trying to hide her pain, "I can do this… I just have to stay focused…" Alex and Eiji gather at a fight table and everyone watches from the couch to the side. They ready their starters, with Alex fumbling every so often. The two of them the declare, "Stand up…" but Alex is hit with another wave of pain and falls off sync.
"the Vanguard! Eiji declares.
"Vanguard!" Alex declares.
"Hmm… the timing could have been better, but they're off." Taiyou states.
"Steam Maiden, Ayncia (G0/5000)!" Alex declares.
"Azure Storm Cadet, Zenos (G0/5000)." Eiji declares, and also takes the first turn. "Ride! Azure Storm Soldier, Blade Rider (G1/7000)! Using Zenos's skill, I can reveal a Grade 3 Azure Storm unit in my hand and gain 1 Imaginary Gift Accel from it."
"Imaginary Gifts again…?" Alex complains.
"What does that one do?" Rina asks Taiyou.
"That one gives you an additional front row rear-guard circle."
"Are you serious?!" Yui exclaims.
"Imaginary Gift: Accel 2!" Eiji declares holding up a card with yellow patterns on it and places it to the side of his left rear circles and an additional circle appears beneath the card. With this gift, any unit on that circle gains 5000 power during my turn and when it comes into play, I draw a card. As a downside, the unit cannot be boosted."
"Out of curiosity, what does the first one do?" Rina questions.
"Pretty much the same as the second, except it gives 10000 power without the draw." Taiyou explains and Rina nods.
"I now call Azure Storm Cadet, Naomi to the Accel Circle (G1/7000-12000) and Azure Storm Battle Princess, Nora (G1/7000). I end my turn."
"My turn!" Alex draws her card, but is over come by her pain again, "Stay focused…!" she tells herself and Yui looks concerned, "Ride! Steam Lynx, Anbu (G1/7000)! I activate Ayncia's skill! I look at the top five cards of my deck and add a Gearoid among them to my hand. I call Steam Maiden Millia (G1/7000) and Steam Fighter Memenne (G1/6000)! Ugh…" once again, Alex hit with pain, "Boosted by Millia, Anbu attacks the Vanguard (7000-14000)!" (Eiji: []).
"Ride!" Eiji declares, "Azure Storm Commander, Noland (G2/9000)!" Using Noland's skill, when he's placed and I have another Azure Storm rear-guard, I can Soul Charge 1 (Soul 2-3). Boosted by Nora, Noland attacks (9000-16000)!"
"N-No guard…"
"Drive check (Front). Front Trigger."
"I've never seen that Trigger before." Rina states.
"Yeah, it's a new one. It gives all units in your front row 10000 power." Taiyou explains.
"All units?!" Alex looks over in shock. (Noland 16000-26000) (Naomi 12000-22000). Noland raises his katana blade and brings it down on Anbu, dealing damage to Alex (Alex: []).
"Nora's skill. If an attack she boosted succeeds, I can Stand her and move her to a front row circle."
"What?!" Alex exclaims
"Nora attacks the Vanguard!"
"Guard (10000)!" Alex declares. Nora raises her trident and throws it at Anbu, only to be blocked by the guardian.
"Naomi attacks the Vanguard (22000)!" Naomi unsheathes her sword and takes a wide swing against Anbu (Alex: [][]).
"ngh… Ride!" Alex declares, still struggling, "Lost Break Dragon (G2/10000)! I bind a card in my hand and draw a card (BZ: G0-2). I call High Steam Hunter, Feena (G2/10000), and Steam Maiden, Elal (G1/7000)! Due to Elal's skill, she gains 1000 power for each grade face up in my bind zone (7000-9000). And with her other skill, I bind a card in my hand and one of my rear-guards gains 3000 power (BZ: G2-5)(9000-12000). I choose Feena (10000-13000). Boosted by Millia, Lost Break attacks (10000-17000)! Ngh…" Alex grunts in pain at the end.
"I guard (15000)."
"Drive Check (none)." Alex groans at the result, "Boosted by Elal, Feena attacks (13000-25000)!"
"No guard." Feena fires her bow at Noland (Eiji: [][]).
"Stand and draw." Eiji looks at his hand and smiles. He takes a card from it and holds it high, "Ride the Vanguard!" he declares as he slams the card down onto the Vanguard circle. "Azure Storm Captain, Lewis (G3/12000)! Imaginary Gift: Accel 2!" Eiji places down another yellow card, this time to the side of his right rear circle.
"Now he's got five front row circles." Yui says, "Does that mean he's got five attacks?"
"Yeah, at minimum." Taiyou states.
"What do you mean by that?" Rina asks.
"Aqua Force is a clan that specializes in fast; hard hitting attacks. The more attacks he can get off in a turn, the more powerful he gets." He explains and both girls continue to watch the fight.
"I move Nora back and call Azure Storm Commander Noland (G2/9000) and a second Naomi to my open Accel circle (G1/7000-12000)."
Board State
(G1/12000) – (XXXXX) – (G3/12000) – (G2/9000) – (G1/12000)
(XXXXX) – (XXXXX) – (G1/7000)
"Boosted by Nora, Noland attacks the Vanguard (9000-16000)! Noland's Wave 1st!"
"What's that?" Yui asks.
"The ability of Aqua Force. They're skills that activate depending on how many attacks you've made this turn." Taiyou explains and Yui looks back in concern, meanwhile, Alex looks like she can barely stand from the pain, and doesn't even act shocked about Eiji's Wave.
"What is going on with her?" Rina wonders.
"Due to Noland's Wave, he gives 3000 power to all units in my front row for the turn." Eiji explains.
(G1/12000-15000) – (XXXXX) – (G3/12000-15000) – (G2/16000-21000) – (G1/12000-15000)
"N-No guard…" (Alex: [][][])
"My left Naomi attacks the Vanguard!" (Alex: [][][][]), Next my right Naomi attacks!"
"Guard (10000)!"
"I activate my left Naomi's Wave 3rd (Soul 4-3). When my unit's attacks, I can stand her and add 2000 power (15000-17000)."
"What?!" Alex exclaims, still groaning from the pain.
"Naomi attacks again!"
"Guard (10000)!"
"I now activate my other Naomi's Wave 3rd! Stand and add 2000 (15000-17000). Attack Feena!" The attack succeeds and Feena is retired. "Lewis now attacks the Vanguard!"
"Guard (5000)!" Alex declares and everyone stares at her with confusion.
"Umm… Alex… that's not enough shield." Rina tells her.
Alex comes to her senses and looks at the card she threw down, "I messed up!" She exclaims.
"Well then… Twin Drive (none/Draw). Draw Trigger. Power to Noland (21000-31000) and draw a card." The attack goes through since Alex's shield was equal to Eiji's power.
"Damage Check (Heal)." Alex's face lightens a little, "Heal Trigger… I heal 1 damage." (Alex: [][][][]).
"I'm not done yet."
"Seriously…?" Alex complains.
"I activate Lewis's Wave 3rd ([X][]). I can stand Noland. Noland attacks the Vanguard!"
Alex looks on with horror. "No… guard…" she groans in severe pain (Alex: [][][][][]). After the battle, she attempts to pull herself up off the floor in agony.
"Are you not feeling well? If not, we can stop here." Eiji offers.
"ngh… I'm not… giving… up!" Alex groans as she stumbles to her feet.
"I wish I knew why Alex was in pain…" Yui mutters.
"Wait… pain?" Rina thinks to herself having realized something.
"Ride! High Steam Maiden, Korona (G3/12000)! Using Memenne's skill, I draw a card and discard a card. Since I discarded a grade 3, add 5000 power to Korona, Millia, and Elal (12000-17000) (7000-12000) (12000-17000). Using the skill of Steam Maiden, Susuda in my bind zone. I put the top card of my deck into the bind zone and call her to my rear circle (G2/10000)(BZ: G5-3-6)(Elal: 17000-15000-18000). I call Steam Hunter Lippitt (G2/10000) using her skill, I bind a card in my drop zone and add 3000 power (10000-13000)(BZ: G6-8)(Elal: 18000-20000). Due to Susuda's skill, if I have 3 or more cards face up in my bind zone, she gains 3000 power and 5000 shield (10000-13000/Shield 5000-10000)."
Board State
(G2/13000) – (G3/17000) – (G2/13000)
(G1/20000) – (G1/12000) – (G1/6000)
"Ugh… I can't stand this pain anymore! I have to end this quick so I can get home! Boosted by Memenne, Susuda attacks (13000-19000)!"
"No guard." (Eiji: [X][][]).
"Lippitt attacks!" (Eiji: [X][][][]). "I can do this! Using Korona's skill ([X][][][][])! I bind Lippitt and call Steam Scara Nanum (G3/12000)(BZ: G8-10)(Elal: 20000-22000)! Boosted by Millia, Korona attacks (17000-29000)!"
"Complete Guard!" Eiji declares.
Alex clicks her teeth in frustration, "Twin Drive (none/Heal). Heal Trigger! Power to Nanum (12000-22000) and heal 1 damage (Alex: [][][][])! Boosted by Elal, Nanum attacks (22000-44000)! Due to Nanum's skill (Soul 3-2), she gains 2000 power for each card in my bind zone for this battle (44000-52000)!"
"No guard." Eiji declares with little concern. (Eiji: [X][][][][]).
"I end my turn…" Alex groans again. "I bind Nanum and call Lippit (G2/10000)(BZ: G10-8-11)(Elal: 22000-20000-23000).
"Alright! Now Eiji has more damage than Alex!" Yui cheers.
"But Eiji still has the upper hand." Taiyou states and Yui grows concerned.
"My turn! Draw!" Eiji declares. "I activate Lewis's Soul Drive! I counter blast 1 and retire Noland ([X][X][][][])" The hologram of Lewis glows bright blue as he removes his white army coat revealing the large muscular body underneath. "Add 3000 power, 1 grade, and 1 drive (G3-4/12000-15000/drive 2-3)! Generation Stride!" The hologram of Lewis then fades into a bright blue light that grows in size. When it fades, a large blue-skinned dragon appears in its place with white armor plates and heavy weaponry on its back. "Azure Storm Dragon, Blue Tsunami Dragon (GX/28000)!" Alex looks on in horror seeing the massive dragon. "I activate Lewis's Stride skill (Soul 3-2)! I call Azure Storm Soldier Blade Rider and add 3000 power (G1/7000-10000)."
Board State
(G1/12000) – (XXXXX) – (GX/28000) – (G1/10000) – (G1/12000)
(XXXXX) – (XXXXX) – (G1/7000)
"Battle! Blue Tsunami Dragon attacks the Vanguard! Using it's skill ([X][X][X][][])! When it's not boosted, Tsunami Dragon gains 5000 power for each Accel gift I control."
"What?!" Alex exclaims (28000-38000). "Complete Guard!"
"Triple Drive (none/none/Critical). Critical Trigger. All effects to Tsunami (38000-48000/Crit 1-2)."
"Why would he do that? The attack already failed!" Yui remarks.
"Boosted by Nora, Blade Rider attacks (10000-17000)! Blade Rider's skill! Add 3000 power for each Accel Gift (17000-23000)."
"ngh… Guard (15000)!"
"The left Naomi attacks!"
"Guard (10000)!"
"The right Naomi attacks!"
"No guard…" (Alex: [][][][][])
"Left Naomi's skill (Soul 2-1), Stand and attack (12000-14000)!"
"Guard (5000)!"
"Right Naomi's skill (Soul 1-0), Stand and attack (12000-14000)!"
"Guard (10000)!"
"Alright! She survived all the attacks!" Yui exclaims.
"I activate Tsunami Dragon's additional Wave 5th!." Eiji interjects and Yui looks dumbfounded. "Counter Blast 2 ([X][X][X][X][X]). If I'm at Wave 5th, I can restand Tsunami Dragon with plus 5000 power and minus 2 drive (48000-53000/Crit 2/drive 3-1)."
"You've got to be joking!" Yui exclaims again as the shear look of horror spreads across Alex's face.
"Tsunami Dragon attacks one more time!"
Alex full stands on her feet and looks at her hand trying to ignore the pain and think of a way out of this. She decides to give up everything to survive, "Susuda and Intercepts and Guard (10000+20000+10000+5000=45000)!"
"Drive Check." Eiji declares and everyone holds their breath for the result. It's like everything is in slow motion, as Eiji picks up the card on top of his deck and flips it over (none). "No trigger." Alex puts on a satisfied face, but still reeks of pain as the attack does not connect. "I end my turn. Not a bad turn there Alex." He tells her, but Alex ignores him completely.
"Alright… I can do this… I can win it on this turn! Stand and draw!" Right as Alex stands back up, she immediately collapses from the pain again, holding her crotch.
"Seriously Alex, what's going on? It's like you've got a cramp down there." Yui says and then a realization hits Rina.
"Cramping? Ah! That's it! That's why she keeps holding her crotch!" Rina stands up in a mild rage, "Alex! Is this attitude all caused from your period?!" she exclaims in a loud and the entire room falls silent with shock.
"M-My period?" Alex questions.
"So that's it…" Eiji says.
"Um Rina, what's a period?" Yui asks in a pure and innocent way.
"We'll talk about it later." She tells her and refers back to Alex, "Alex. The pain you're feeling is completely normal! Just deal with it and win this fight!"
"You don't need to tell me twice…" Alex replies, "I can do this! Unleash! Breakthrough the darkness with your new found potential!" she chants. "Soul Drive, ACTIVATE!" Korona's hologram glows a bright blue light as mechanical wings appear on her back and her dual-blades become longer. "I send cards from my bind zone to the drop zone whose total grades equal 4 or more. I send a grade 3 and a grade 2 (BZ: G11-6). With that, Korona gains 3000 power, 1 grade, and 1 drive (G3-4/12000-15000/drive 2-3)!"
"Not bad." Eiji remarks.
"I'm not done yet!" Alex tells him and Eiji flitches a little. "Roar loud! Let it be known across the multitude of dimensions! Bring my new future to me here and now! Generation Stride!" Korona is engulfed in a bright blue light and a large blue armored dragon with a multitude of laser cannons and cybernetic wings appears in her place. "Interdimensional Dragon, Mechwind Dragon (GX/25000)!"
"Alright! Alex got a Soul Stride unit!" Yui cheers.
"But where did she get that?" Rina questions.
"I guess Yuto gave it to her in a booster yesterday." Taiyou explains.
"I activate Memenne's skill! Draw a card and discard a card. Now I activate Mechwind's skill (Soul 2-1), bind Memenne (BZ: G6-7), and call Steam Maiden Kishla and her skill gives her 1000 power for each grade in my bind zone (G2/9000-16000)! I activate Mechwind's other skill! I bind the top card of my deck face down and one of my rear-guards gains 2000 power for each grade face up in my bind zone! Right now, that's 7! So Kishla gains 14000 (16000-30000)!"
Board State
(G2/30000) – (GX/25000)
(G1/14000) – (G1/7000)
"Boosted by Millia, Mechwind Dragon attacks the Vanguard (25000-32000)!"
"Guard (10000+15000+10000=35000)!" Eiji declares.
"Triple Drive! First Check (none). Second Check (Critical). Critical Trigger! All effects to Mechwind (32000-42000/Crit 1-2)! Third Check (Critical)!"
Eiji's expression drops, "Double Critical?"
"All effects to Mechwind (42000-52000/Crit 2-3)! GOOOOOOO! Plasma Requiem!" Alex declares the attack name as Mechwind fires a barrage of lasers from its many cannons bathing Lewis in bright light and eventually disintegrating him. (Eiji: [X][X][X][X][X][]).
"I lost…" Eiji states as he stares at his 6 damage.
As he's taking in his defeat, Alex runs toward the front door in a panic. "Alex?! Where are you going?" Yui asks.
"I'm going home to see if I can get this problem fixed!" Alex says in a more cheerful tone than before.
"You can't fix it. It's something that starts and ends naturally." Rina explains.
"Well I want to at least get it under control, my panties are probably soaked in blood right now." She replies and runs out the front door.
"You're telling me she doesn't even wear pads?" Rina remarks.
Later at home, Tokoha explain a period to Alex and she no longer feels weird for having one, but still hates the pain. Alex then lies in her bed reflecting on what happened today. "Eiji Kiba…" she mutters to herself, "He seemed like a nice person… but something just seemed off about him… almost creepy in a way. I may have won the fight, but it really doesn't feel like I won. He had the upper hand on me every step of the way… I'll have to be very careful next time I face him…" As Alex finished her thoughts on Eiji, she closed her eyes, rolled over onto her side and went to sleep.
Meanwhile, at the Kiba estate, Eiji opens two large double doors into a massive office area complete with bookshelves lining the walls, a carpet with the Kiba logo, and a desk at the back end in front of three large windows and two chairs in front of the desk. Sitting at the desk, is a middle-aged man with long blonde hair, crystal blue eyes, a rough beard, and wearing a black business suit. "Father?" Eiji said to the man.
"Yes son?" the man replies.
"You might be interested to hear I encountered your friend's daughter today. Alex Shindou?" Eiji tells him walk up to and sitting down in one of the chairs.
"Oh really? How is she?" the man asks.
"I believe she's fine," Eiji tells him, "but that's not why I'm here. I'm here to talk about taking on the business."
"Son, I told you…" the man replies, "you'll inherit the business when I think you're ready. Not a moment sooner."
"I see… well it just so happens this girl might know a thing or two about where your friend is." Eiji explains.
"Really?" the man says while tossing him a glaring look.
"Yes, you said you'd love to reunite with that man again. I can tell you where to find her if you give me the company."
The man then hesitates for a second, "Even so, I'm not giving you the company. Not until you are ready." The man says opening a book on his desk and skimming through the pages.
"But I'm am ready! Let me take it! I can lead this business far better than you can!" Ejii gripes.
"CAN IT SON!" the man shouts and Eiji backs off a little.
"For the last time. I will not hand over the company until you are ready. Now unless you have something else to say, get out of my office and go to bed." He says. Eiji clicks his teeth and leaves the office in a rage. "Alex Shindou… I'm glad to see your daughter's doing well, my old friend…" the man then leans back in his chair and stares at the nameplate on the desk that reads "Kiba Corp. CEO, Shion Kiba."
Ending Theme – Itsuka Sekai ga Kawaru made (Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet ED)
[Next Time]
Alex: It's a dreary and dull Sunday at Card Capital, and Yuto and I are the only ones here. After finally having enough of the silence, Yuto and I decide to have a fight to keep ourselves from dying of boredom… Next Time of Vanguard X "Almighty Thunder Dragon!" Don't miss it!
Alex and Rina's Card Corner
Alex: Hello everyone! Welcome to another segment of Alex and Rina's Card Corner!
Rina: Today's chapter was an interesting one, the strength of Kiba was finally revealed.
Alex: Yep! I hope we get to see more of his strength later on. But for now, let's go over the featured card!
Rina: Today's featured card is Interdimensional Dragon, Mechwind Dragon
Grade X / Triple Drive / 25000 Power / Gear Chronicle / Gear Dragon
Alex: Like all Soul Stride units, you can only play it by Striding it over a Driven unit, and it doesn't matter where that unit is on the bored.
Rina: It has an on-place ability to Soul Blast 1, as well as bind a rear-guard for a pseudo Time-Leap ability, calling another unit from the deck of 1 higher grade.
Alex: As well as that, it also binds the card you called at the end of the turn and returns the other unit to your bored.
Rina: Its other skill is once per turn, and it allows you to bind the top card of your deck face down and choose a rear-guard to gain 2000 power for each face up grade in your bind zone.
Alex: And at the end of the turn, it flips that bound card face up so you get even more grades up there.
Alex: So what do you think? You like this card?
Rina: With this, you can also…
Alex & Rina: Stand up Vanguard!