I hope posting two chapters makes up for having you lovely readers wait so long. (:

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Chapter 2

Christine watched the game between Kai and Morikawa come to a really quick end making Kai the winner. With the win, the card Blaster Blade was given to Kai. Miwa was making fun of Morikawa losing again when the door to the card shop opened and a blue hair kid walked through the door panting out of breath. She guess he had be running here. The he started to make is way over to the table.

"Morikawa.. Give me my card back." The kid said.

"Aichi." Morikawa said with a groan.

"Please Morikawa.. That card is very special to me. Please give it back." Aichi begged.

Kai looked over at Aichi and lifted the card then asked. "You mean this card?"

"Yes, that's my card. Can I please have it back."

"You mean my card now." Kai said standing up. "I won the card game so now this Blaster Blade is mine."

Aichi started to panic. "You can't.. It's.."

"It's the rule of the game. This card was laid on the line by this loser, so now it's mine."

"Well.. How about you play me for it!" Aichi said shocking everyone.

Morikawa stood up shockingly. "Now hang on Aichi, you don't even know how to play let alone have a deck to play with."

"Well.." Aichi opened his school bag and took out a fully built deck. "..I never played a game before but I did build my own deck just in case I got a chance to."

When Christine looked up at Kai's face, she saw that he was quit pleased in this out come. Kai sat back down in is seat again while Miwa pushed Morikawa out of the way so Aichi could sit down. Christine watched as Kai gave back Blaster Blade temporarily and explained the game to Aichi. In this time, she new the names of Morikawa's friend Izaki. She watched the battle rage on and some time Kai would get the upper hand but then Aichi would make a come back and he would take the upper hand. At end of the card fight, Aichi actually won. Since Aichi won, Kai gave Blaster Blade to him. Kai stood up and walked out of the shop, both Christine and Miwa following him after saying goodbye to everyone in the shop. They walked together for a few miles until Miwa said he was headed home and walked across the street and around the corner to head to his house. Christine and Kai kept walking in silence.

"So.." Christine started to say. "..How have you been Kai?"

Kai just looked straight ahead and didn't say anything.

Christine sighed. "Whatever." She quickly walked away but she didn't get far because Kai grabbed her hand and pulled her back. She watched Kai open his mouth to say something but he just closed his mouth, let her hand go and he walked down a narrow alley way to were he lived as well. Christine watched him walk away and gave a frown. She continued down the street to her house and went inside. When she did, her house looked really great. Her father did some real work with making the house look like a home. She even really liked her new bedroom as well and she decided to amke her father dinner even if he wasn't home from work yet. After she made dinner and ate her fill, she made her dad his plate then placed in in the fridge for when he got home. Christine did her homework and watched TV until it was time for her to go to bed for the night.

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As the weeks went by, she always went to the Card Capital watching all different kinds of card fights. Especially when Kai was playing against someone, but he always won the game and after awhile she got really bored of watching it. She also got to know the store manager Shin and Misaki. Even though she would watch Kai card fight, they haven't talked really since he walked away from her. And when she has tried to talk to him, Kai would just turn is back and walk away. Miwa talked to her all the time even when she didn't fell like talking. Miwa got so worried about her that she caught him and Kai arguing. She didn't know about what though, but she just left them to it.

Her father worried about her some days because she would always stay in her room when coming home from school. But after a while, she was getting pissed Kai and of course at her self for feeling this way and decided that she was going to give Kai a piece of her mind. So the next day, a Saturday, Christine got ready to leave for the day and left the house. First stop she went to where Kai lived, but he wasn't there. Next, she tried looking for him at Card Capital and again he was not there. Finally, Christine went to the local park to look for Kai there.

The park was huge but she did find him laying down on a stone bench with his eyes closed. Christine walked over to him and stood over him, blocking the sunlight from his face. When he didn't look up right away, she cleared her throat loudly. Kai eventually looked up and say her standing over him. He raised up and looked at her waiting for her to say something.

"Why are you being so rude to me?" She asked him.

"I'm not doing anything."

"Then why haven't you talked to me Kai."

"I have nothing to say okay. Just leave me alone Chris." Kai told her and stood up, shoving his hands in his jacket pockets.

"Don't walk away from me Kai! I want to know why you've been ignoring me."

Kai tsk and just walked away from her. Tears formed in her eyes as she watched him walk away. Christine pouted, turning and running away and out of the park. She didn't head home but she did to Card Capital though. When she walked inside, she saw Misaki behind the counter as always, Miwa was sat at one of the tables watching Aichi and Kamui battle in a card fight. She walked over the Miwa and sat beside him, leaning her head on his arm.

"What's the matter Chris?" Miwa asked her looking concerned.

""Kai." That was all she had to say for Miwa to give a heavy sigh.

"I understand but everything will be okay."

"No it won't. I tried to talk to him but he just left me high and dry. I mean, we're suppose to be best friends again since I've moved back, but he won't talk to me." She told him sadly. "Maybe he doesn't want to friends with me anymore."

"That's not true Chris."

"Well.. The way he's ignoring tells me I'm right." She said with a sigh and started to watch the match Aichi and Kamui is playing. As she watched, she got this crazy idea. Christine looked at Miwa and said. "I want to learn how to play Vanguard."

Miwa's mouth dropped and just stared at Christine like she had lost her mind. Even Aichi and Kamui was looking at her. "Are you alright Chris?" Aichi asked her.

"Yes I am. If I can learn Vanguard and win against Kai, he'll have to talk to me and well.. He'll notice me more." She said with a slight blush on her cheeks. She stood up and made her way over to the counter to Misaki, looking at all of the pre-made decks. Christine asked Misaki all sorts of questions about which clan was better. She got a few suggestions, but it all came down to her choice though. So in the end, Christine went with a pre-made Angel Feather deck. Plus she also bought a few Angel Feather booster packs and teal deck box for her cards as well. It was getting late, so she couldn't stay at the shop long, but Miwa told her he would come over and teach her how to play.

Christine said goodbye to everyone and went to leave but when the door opened there stood Kai. They looked at each other for a while before Christine huffed and pushed passed him and headed home.

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