Hi readers! Sorry I took so long but I am back with a new chapter! Taking place in episode 57-65! I hope you enjoy it! So here is chapter 5!
Aichi's POV
We reached an alley after stepping out of the portal but… there are some problems whenever I set my portals to open up at and we ended up falling onto the ground again…
"Ow… Note to self: " Set the coordinates properly to my Kirara next time we walk into the portal…" I said to myself
"Everyone alright?" I asked
"Yeah, everyone's here" Yuuko-san said
I discovered where we landed at too… my sweat dropped… instead of the back alley that we opened the portal back to Akibastar… we landed at the alley beside Card Capital! So that means…
"Hey, do you hear that?" a familiar female voice asked
"I don't know, I think it came from the alley" a familiar boy voice said
My sweat is now dropping a lot,
"Hide!" I whispered frantically
Too late…
"Onii-san? What are you doing there?" Kamui-kun saw us as he was peering to see who made the noise
"Aichi? I thought Emi said you were at your friends' house and…" they saw the others on the floor…
"Are those your friends?" she asked
"Yes…" I said back, embarrassed
We went into Card Capital and luckily it was just Morikawa-kun, Izaki-kun, Kai-kun, Miwa-kun, Misaki-san, Kamui-kun, Reiji, Eji and Manager in there only, otherwise, my group of friends will attract too many attention…
"Who are they?" Miwa-kun asked
"Well, they are my friends… I met them when I was walking around town…" I replied
"I am Takahashi Minami, you can call me Takamina"
"Oshima Yuuko!"
"Kojima Haruna! Call me Kojiharu or 'Nyan Nyan' is enough!"
"Kojiharu-san… Nobody here really feels like calling you that…" I said with a sigh…
"Akimoto Sayaka!"
"Itano Tomomi, just call me Tomochin."
"Kashiwagi Yuki, call me Yukirin."
"Miyazawa Sae, nice to meet you."
"Watanabe Mayuyu…" that is the last of the introduction for them… now it is time for Kamui-kun and the others to introduce themselves
"Tokura Misaki"
"Katsuragi Kamui!"
"Reiji Uno!"
"Eiji Saga, yo!"
"Miwa Taishi! Nice to meet ya!"
"The great me is Morikawa Katsumi"
"Yeah, yeah. My name is Izaki Yuta!"
"Kai Toshiki…"
"And I am this shop's manager, Shin! You can call me Manager!"
After introductions we talked for a while with each other to interact more and at one point Yuuko-san almost talked about Akibastar and we had to cover her mouth to make her quiet until someone arrived…
"Sendou Aichi…" It was Kourin-san…
"Yes?"
"Can you come outside with me for a minute? I need to talk to you…" those words drove Morikawa-kun crazy, luckily Izaki-kun stopped him in time but Takamina-san and Yuuko-san thought something was fishy and decided to listen too…
"I need you to come to the Foo Fighters Headquarters tonight…" that surprised me
"Why? I thought I said that I will never blindly follow him in his path." I said
"Yes, but it is not that… it's just that I think you deserve to see what is going to happen tonight…"
"What?"
"I'm going now… I still got work to do… be sure to come alright?"
"Alright, but-." Before I could finish my sentence, she drove off in her motorcycle already…
"Aichi…" Takamina-san called
"Yeah?"
"Are you really gonna go? What if it is a trap to make you join them again?" she asked
"I don't think so… Kourin-san is not the type to do that…"I replied
"Alright… then Yuuko and me will follow you!"
"Yeah!"
I was surprised at their request but accepted it anyway…
"Alright… you two can follow… but do not cause any trouble… alright?" I said
"Right!"
"Now… the others are waiting, let's go in."
"Ok!"
We were still chatting away when they asked about Vanguard and whether we can teach them…
"Well, there are some trial decks that I have so why don't you girls come and see?" Manager asked
"Sure!"
They looked through different decks… Kagero, Spike Brothers, Oracle Think Tank, Nova Grappler, Royal Paladin and Bermuda Triangle clans.
As I thought, since they are idols and girls, most of them chose Bermuda Triangle and Oracle Think Tank.
Takamina-san – Royal Paladin (well, she is a leader in 00 too…)
Yuuko-san – Bermuda Triangle (screaming cute all the way…)
Kojiharu-san – Bermuda Triangle (as I thought…)
Sayaka-san – Kagero (suits her well…)
Yukirin-san – Bermuda Triangle (she loves mermaids…)
Tomochin-san – Oracle Think Tank (predicting the future seems fun, she said…)
Sae-san – Oracle Think Tank (seems relaxing (the pictures and names) she said…)
Mayuyu-san - Nova Grappler (she may be a cyborg but still has a girl's type of heart and feelings so she is hard to understand)
The decks were bought and since I got Royal Paladin, I needed to teach Takamina-san how to use them.
Sayaka-san is taught by Kai-kun and Miwa-kun since they know a lot about the Kagero clan and if Kai-kun is bored of teaching Miwa-kun can take over.
Mayuyu-san is taught by Kamui-kun since he is the only one with lots of knowledge about Nova Grapplers.
Misaki-san has her hands full with the other girls because of her special ability to remember something very quickly and permanently in her memory and she can teach about the Oracle Think Tanks since she uses the deck and use her memory for the Bermuda Triangle clan.
Takamina-san was surprisingly a fast learner and soon she was able to cardfight with me, although she is still a beginner, she is still amazingly making a good progress.
"Aichi!" Misaki-san called out
"Yes?" I replied
"Could you help me with Yuuko-san? She is having some trouble remembering the rules and abilities of the clan!" she requested
"Coming!" I packed my cards
"Geez, Yuuko is really troublesome but something about that is refreshing." Takamina-san commented
"Yeah." I agreed
I begin to teach Yuuko-san and it took an hour to make her to remember the rules and abilities… nobody I know would learn this slow and Morikawa-kun keep telling her to have more Grade 3s, luckily Takamina-san was there to help us by distracting him in a cardfight against him.
We all left early in the evening because I needed to tell my mother about them and we said our goodbyes and left Card Capital.
At home
"Tadaima!"
"Ara! Aichi! You're back! And you brought more friends! Wow!" my mom exclaimed after looking at them
"Excuse us for the intrusion"
"It's alright, come in! Dinner's almost ready."
"Umm… mom, we need to go somewhere, we will be back soon."
With that Takamina-san, Yuuko-san and I left the house and ran to the Foo Fighter Headquarter and we went into the headquarters and a bodyguard guided us to the floor where we are supposed to go… I was surprised at the person that was there…
"Kai-kun? Ren-san?!" I exclaimed
"Aichi?! And you two?! What are you all doing here?!" Kai-kun exclaimed too
"U-Ummm… Kourin-san told me to come over and these two followed along with me"
"He has the right to watch this." Kourin-san said
"Interesting. Now everyone who has a connection to the power is here. No better stage could have been set. Except for those two." Ren-san said
That made them mad
"I don't even want to see that face of yours! But because Aichi is coming, we will follow." Takamina-san exclaimed madly
"We may not have a connection to that power, we will still follow!" Yuuko-san exclaimed
"You two! I said not to cause any trouble so relax and watch alright?" I said
"Alright, if you say so."
Kai-kun turned to me and said "Aichi, watch our fight closely and watch how he plays."
"You two are going to fight?" I turned to Kourin-san for confirmation, she nodded
"Why are those two?" I thought to myself
They placed their decks and their starting Vanguard on the fighting table.
"Apparently, the power I have is called "Psyqualia"…" Ren-san said to Kai-kun
"Yeah, I know" Kai-kun replied
"Then I don't need to explain. I'll just show you… this magnificent power!" His eyes showed Psyqualia and we were in his image.
"This is Ren-san's…"I said
"Yeah, this is his Psyqualia." Suiko-san said
"So this is Psyqualia… you told us before didn't you? Aichi? I didn't expect it to do this…" Yuuko-san said
"Alright, enough talk! Let's get this started Ren!" Kai-kun shouted
"Stand up the Vanguard!"
(Sorry guys I am too lazy to type out this fight.)
Ren-san won because of the Phantom Blaster Overlord that Suiko-san gave him.
I approached Kai-kun.
"Kai-kun." I was about to ask him whether he was alright when he said
"Don't come close! Leave me alone!" After that he walked out of the headquarters.
"Sendou Aichi." Suiko-san said while her hand reached out a ball of light and a ball of darkness, they both contained a card.
"Which will you choose?" After considering…
"I choose…"
At home
"Tadaima"
"I was worried about you three!" Emi said
"S-sorry, we had a long day"
"What about dinner?" we stopped at our tracks after Kaa-san asked us, we turned to each other.
"Sorry, we're… not very hungry right now… We'll eat later…" I said
"Dinner's wrapped, so when you three do get hungry, just pop it in the microwave." Kaa-san said
"Thanks." I replied
"Thank you, Mrs Sendou." Takamina-san and Yuuko-san said
We went up to the room and explained everything to everyone.
"Don't worry too much about it, just focus on tomorrow's match and you'll be fine…" Tomochin-san said
"Yeah, show that guy your fighting spirit that you showed us while battling Takamina alright?" Sayaka-san said
"Thanks girls, I appreciate it a lot, well it's time to sleep, don't want to wake up late tomorrow."
I turned off the lights.
"Oyasumi" I said
"Oyasumi, Aichi." They all replied
Something feels so relaxing being around them sometimes and then I drift off to sleep.
The next day…
"Everyone wake up!" Emi had to shout to wake us up again for this big day.
"Sorry, Emi…" I said, still drowsy
We freshened up and eat breakfast and all ran to Card Capital including Emi since she knows the way to the stadium.
After we reached Card Capital, we saw Misaki-san and Manager outside the shop and getting the truck ready.
"Good Morning!" we said
"Good Morning." Misaki-san greeted
"Are you girls going to see Aichi off?" Misaki-san asked
"Of course! After all, I'd worry about letting Aichi go alone." Emi said
"Hahaha…. Huh? Kamui-kun isn't here yet…" I said
"Is everybody ready?" Manager asked
"Um…" I said, suddenly, a familiar voice called out
"Hey! Wait for me! I made it in time." Kamui-kun said while catching his breath.
"Morning, Kamui-kun. Are you okay?" I asked
"Y-Yeah" he replied
"That's why I told you to go home and get some sleep!" he was already given a warning by Misaki-san yesterday
"Is everybody ready now? Huh? Where's Kai-kun?" Manager asked
"Um… everyone… I don't think he is going to come for today's match…" I said sadly
They did not want to persist on with questionings so we set off straight away to the stadium after that…
We entered the doorway to our stands where we wait for our match to start…
"I'm trickling with enticement!" Huh? "Trickling?" "Enticement?"
"That's trembling with excitement." Misaki-san corrected again
"Nice malaprop to ease the tension here, Kamui-kun."
"Huh?" Kamui-kun had an obvious question mark on his head
We went out onto the field and MC Miya announced
"And now, the curtain opens on the final round of the Vanguard National Championship!"
Cheers from the crowd and the match-ups are announced and I'm up against Ren-san as expected.
(Sorry guys, I'm too lazy to type the first two matches)
The first match-up was between Tetsu and Kamui-kun and unfortunately, Kamui-kun lost but he did his best…
The second match-up was between Asaka and Misaki-san and Misaki-san won the match! Which leaves…. The match between Ren-san and me.
"Stand up, Vanguard!"
Both of our Grade 0 units are standing on the surface of Cray with 5000 power.
Ren-san activated his Psyqualia and showed me his winning image but I rejected that image.
"You see it? My path to victory. The cards have already shown it to me." Ren-san said
"And once this is over we'll finally be able to put this whole mess behind us. But first, I want to see you realize the foolish mistake you made by shutting this gift." He continued
"As though I need help remembering, I know too well what it can do and I don't need it." I thought to myself
"I ride Blaster Javelin!"
"Using Fullbau's skill to search for Blaster Dark in my deck." Ren-san revealed Blaster Dark and put it in his hand.
"I end my turn." He declared
"I draw. I ride the Little Sage, Marron. Wingal Brave moves to rear guard, with Gancelot's skill, I search for Blaster Blade and put it into my hand. And I call the Knight of Friendship, Kay, I attack Blaster Javelin with Marron!" I declared
"I don't guard" he declared
"I check for a drive trigger" no trigger
"Next, the Knight of Friendship, Kay, will attack with a boost from Wingal Brave."
"Abyss Freezer will guard that attack." He declared
"I end my turn." I declared
He draws and rides Blaster Dark and call Skull Witch, Nemain. With a counterblast with Nemain's skill, he drops a card from his hand and draws another card. And he calls Donnershlag and Garurubau and he attacks my Knight of Friendship, Kay with Donnershlag and he attacks me with Blaster Dark and since I did not guard, I was forced to imagine being slashed by Blaster Dark by his Psyqualia and lastly, Skull Witch, Nemain attacks my Vanguard again.
"I stand and draw. Stand up my avatar! I ride Blaster Blade! I won't let myself turn what you have become! Not now! Not ever! Ren-san, this is the path I chose!" I exclaimed
"I counterblast and retire Donnershlag from the field! I call Bedivere and Marron to rear guard!" I declared
"I attack your Vanguard with a boost from Marron!"
"I don't guard" he declared
"Drive trigger check! Critical trigger! I give the power to Bedivere and the extra critical to Blaster Blade!" I declared
"Bedivere attacks with a boost from Wingal Brave and since Blaster Blade is the Vanguard, he gains +3000 power!"
He got three damage because he got a heal trigger at the fourth damage trigger check.
"I stand and draw. I ride Phantom Blaster Dragon! And since Blaster Dark is in the soul, he gains a +1000 power!" he declared
This is starting to look bad.
"And I call Darkside Trumpeter. You know what happens next… Phantom Blaster Dragon's ultimate skill. With a counterblast, Damned Charging Lance! Nemain, Garurubaru, Darkside Trumpeter! Lives paid in tribute to the cursed dragon!" Phantom Blaster Dragon slashed all three of them and he gains +10000 power and +1 critical.
"He's pushing himself to the limit and beyond…" I thought to myself
"I'll end this right now! Someone like you, could never stop me!" Ren-san said
"I call another Phantom Blaster Dragon to rear guard! My Vanguard Phantom Blaster Dragon will attack first!" he declared
"I guard with Alabastar Owl and Starcall Trumpeter and Bedivere intercepts" I declared
"Twin drive check" First, no trigger and Second, Critical Trigger
"Giving all effects to my rear guard Phantom Blaster Dragon. I attack with my rear guard Phantom Blaster Dragon!" he declared
I looked through my hand and declared "No guard"
He made me imagine it again but this time forcing me to activate my Psyqualia as well but I refused again and taking 2 damage this turn. He has done a lot of damage to not only my Vanguard but I also feel the damage that my Vanguard took because of his Psyqualia.
"I stand and draw. See the king as he once was! I ride Alfred Early! Alfred Early's skill! Superior call! Blaster Blade! Counterblast! Using Blaster Blade's skill, I retire your rear guard Phantom Blaster Dragon!" I declared
"Such a cute little trick, but it will take more than that to stop me!" Ren-san said
That made me angry, I want to beat him so badly, only to realize that my Psyqualia is activating again and I shook it off.
"I'm sure Kai's feeling a lot better by now." Ren-san said
What?! He can't say that about Kai-kun!
"Though it must be pretty hard for him to sit there and watch as you struggle to stay in the game. Do you want to be just like him when you grow up?"
Those words make me so mad!
"It's like two little bugs trying to take down a giant, it's almost not even worth my time to defeat you."
That was the last straw! My Psyqualia activated because of my anger.
"Ren-san! You are disgusting human being you know that? The warrior of light standing to the king's left casts a shadow and reaches the king's right, darkness takes you! Rise my avatar! I call Blaster Dark!"
Normal POV
"There's no way!" Miwa exclaimed
And from the fighting stands…
"You guys!" Kamui exclaimed
"He can't!" Misaki exclaimed as well
"A shadow paladin!" Kai exclaimed from the audience stands
"What is this about?" Ren is even more confused
From the audience stands…
"No!" Takamina exclaimed
"It can't be!" Yuuko exclaimed
"Aichi! Snap out of it! Please!" the 00 members were shocked
"No choice… he may have ordered us not to do it but we'll do it… to bring him back!" Takamina said
"Alright!"
From the fighting stands…
"It's making my skin crawl." Misaki said and Kamui agreed
"I don't like it one bit. The last time he used the Shadow Paladins, he practically turned into a different person." Kamui said
"I don't want him to change." Misaki said
Aichi's POV
"Boosted by Wingal Brave, Blaster Blade attacks your Vanguard." I declared
"Guard with Death Feather Eagle." Ren-san declared
"With Marron's support, Alfred Early! Twin drive check." First, no trigger. Second, Draw Trigger.
"Giving the power to Blaster Dark and I draw. Get ready to strike! Can you picture it, Ren-san? Feel my hatred and let me drag along your hope with it. I attack with Blaster Dark!" I declared, "How do you like my image, Ren-san? Hahahaha!＂then I paused...
Huh? Why do I hear a familiar song? It can't be! And a voice calling out to me
"AKB0048!"
*River song starts*
"Mae e! Mae e!" "Stop!" Kai-kun?!
"Massugu susume!" "Aichi!" I turned to face him
"Kawa wo watare!" "Listen to me, Aichi Sendou!" he continued yelling
"Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!" "That's not the real you!"
"Itsudatte yume wa" "Remember your fight with me, Aichi!"
"Tooku ni mieru." My fight with him…
"Todokanai kurai kyou ni kanjiru." Memories came from that day…
"ashimoto no ishi wo." "Don't lose your true self!" he continued
"hitotsu hirotte." I began to stop my Psyqualia…
"gamushara ni natta nagete miro!" "The me before… My true…" I said to myself and he laughed… Ren-san…
"kimi no me no mae ni," "If you aren't the real Aichi, then who is?" he asked
"kawa ga nagareru." "Hungry for power, seeking to become stronger than anyone… That is certainly the true Aichi that was lurking within you."
"hiroku ooki na kawa da" "Yes, just like me!" he continued
"kuraku fukaketemo" "I, I…" Now I'm facing my other self, trying to figure out who is the true me… "The true me… The true me is…"
"nagare hayakutemo" "Aichi!" Takamina-san called out "Don't lose yourself! The you that all of us know! The you who brought all of us to happiness!" she yelled
"obienakute ii" I listened to their song… "I won't… and I will never lose myself but now I fully understand what I must do!" the song and Kai-kun words enlightened me and helped me realize that…
"hanarete itemo" " Enough!" Ren-san said "This is my Final Turn!"
"sou da mukou kishi wa aru" "I crossride! Phantom Blaster Overlord!"
"motto jibun wo shinjiro yo" "Call! With a boost from Grim Reaper, Phantom Blaster Overlord… Persona Blast!"
"Get over it! River!" Oh no! "Power 28000 and critical +1?!" I need to survive this turn no matter what!
"Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!" "I wanna win against Ren-san!" I thought to myself but the thought almost released my other self too… I quickly shook it off…
"jibun ni iiwake suru njanee!" "Twin drive. First, Heal trigger, power to Phantom Blaster Overlord and I recover 1 damage. Second, Draw trigger, power to Phantom Blaster Overlord and I draw 1 card…"
"Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!" "No way! My shield of 35000 won't work!" I said
"yatta minakerya wakannee!" I took the damage and got damaged too…
"Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!" "Is this the end of the line?" then a realization hit me…
"massugu susumu shikanee! Zutto! Zutto! Zutto!" "Damage trigger… check! First, no trigger. Second, Heal trigger! I give the power to Alfred Early and I recover 1 damage."
"arukitsuzukero! Kimeta michi wo!" "I stand and draw … but which side of me is going to fight?" The card that I drawn gave me the answer… "Light and shadow become one… then true power is born! I ride Majesty Lord Blaster! Blaster Dark attacks Fatalita!"
"kimi no kokoro ni mo, kawaga nagareru" "No guard" He declared
"ase to namida no kawada!" "Next! With a boost from Wingal Brave, Blaster Blade attacks!"
"shippai shite shimattemo, nagasarete shimattemo" "No guard. I don't like this… Light and shadow… Using both knights…" he said to me
"yarinaoseba ii, yowane haku na yo, yume ni shigamitsuku nda" "They are both me. Blaster Blade and Blaster Dark are both my avatars. The me that thirsted for power and the me that hated the thought… Both of them are me!"
"negai kanau hi ga kuru made" "With a boost from Marron, Majesty Lord Blaster attacks! Majesty Lord Blaster's skill! Blaster Blade and Blaster Dark go to the Soul!" In truth, yesterday when Suiko-san asked me to pick one, the cards picked the card that is suitable for me instead… by mixing together the light and dark… and with that last attack I won because of the twin drive check which I got critical trigger… and the match is over…
"kawa wo watare! You can do it!" "Winner! Aichi Sendou!" the referee announced
*River music ends*
The match ended and there were wild cheers from the crowd…
"Onii-san!" Kamui-kun called
"You did it! Aichi!" Misaki-san said
"At last… At last, we… Team Q4 won!" Kamui-kun was crying
"Kamui-kun…" I tried to calm him down while smiling
"Aichi! You did it! That was an awesome fight!" it was Yuuko-san and the others, I gave them a thumbs up for helping me.
Finally, we were given the winning trophies and then I heard someone said 'thank you' but I shrugged it off… we finally won!
The next day…
"Everyone, wake up!" Emi is calling us up again
"Sorry again, Emi" I said
We all freshened up and went for breakfast…
Downstairs (after breakfast)
"Itekimasu" we all said in union
"Iterashaii" My mom said
"Last one to reach Card Capital is going to have to cardfight me!" Yuuko-san exclaimed
Oh well, nothing changes much anyway except that my Psyqualia is gone… after the finals I wasn't able to feel it anymore… oh well, it's better this way. We entered the card shop and got a surprise.
Everyone was like waiting for us and then they gave way and revealed Kai-kun, almost like waiting for someone at the standing fight table.
"Let's fight, Aichi." He said
"He's been waiting for you all morning!" Miwa-kun said
"Why would you wait for me?" I asked
"Because you are the strongest fighter I know and because your strength is the real thing… now let's begin already." I smiled at what he said
"Right!" I exclaimed
"The fight you've been waiting all this time for, huh?" Misaki-san said
"If it's between Onii-san and that jerk… I mean, Kai… you know it's gonna be a fantastic fight!" Kamui-kun added
"Good luck Aichi!" Yuuko-san said
"Beat him!" Takamina-san added
"I'm kind of envious, you know." Manager said
"Huh?" Everyone said in unison
"So many people around the world are playing Cardfight. But maybe none of them are having as much fun as Aichi-kun and Kai-kun right now." He added
"Here I go, Aichi!" Kai-kun said
"Ready!" I said back to him
"Stand up, Vanguard!"
"Stand up the Vanguard!"
How was the chapter? Don't worry there are more chapters coming your way! Look forward to them! And sorry for the long chapter. Thanks for reading! And see you in the next chapter!