Chapter 2 – It's time to d-d-d-d-d-d-DUEL!

Morning rolled around, and I was up bright and early. I was feeling refreshed after using up a fair amount of mana last night. 2 spells, 2 monsters and a trap takes its toll on someone who's just a beginner. I decided that I would do as Louise said for now, as long it was reasonable, learn some more about this world, and eventually find my way home. "Gate to a Different Dimension" may work, but then again, it may not, and send me somewhere completely different. Not an optimal conclusion.

Pushing those thoughts aside, I pulled back Louise's blanket. This woke her up. She stretched her arms, and turned to me, tiredly asking "Who are you?" I wasn't really in the mood to deal with her, so I just tossed her clothes on her, saying, "Here are your clothes. You're the one that told me to have them ready in the morning."

She sat up, and rubbed her eyes, saying, "Oh… the familiar… That's right, I summoned one yesterday. And the underwear?"

"You can get those for yourself at least!"

"You can go without a meal." I froze. She gestured with her head. "In the bottom drawer."

"But if I'm going to go without a meal anyway, why would I still get it for you?" I questioned.

"So you don't miss two meals." She said.

God, this girl is driving me up the wall! Thankfully, I had some spell cards that would summon some food to eat. The food wouldn't restore my mana, like I hypothesised that normal food would, but it would make sure that my body didn't go without food.

Grunting, I kneeled down in front of the drawer, and opened it. "Why me…" I sighed, pulling out a pair of panties. Registering what was in my hand; I panicked, and threw it behind me, onto Louise's bed.

"Hey, can you take this thing off me already?" I said, gesturing to the collar around my neck. I knew I could do it myself, with my magic, but something told me to save it for later, and besides, I wanted to see the look of disbelief on her face when I summoned something like "Blue Eyes White Dragon", and wrecked face.

"No."

"I won't run away! I've been brought to this place that makes no sense whatsoever!" I turned around and said, but I froze when I saw that she was just in her panties. Man, she really is a loli. Look at how flat- Anyway, I decided to turn and look at the drawer, saying "So where do you think I'm going to run off to?!"

"Shut up! Fine!" She threw her shirt at me.

"What is it now?" I asked.

"Dress me."

"You can put your own clothes on."

"Nobles that have servants never dress themselves!"

"What do you mean nobles? Don't go acting all-"

"I see!" She said. "I guess you won't be needing a meal then! And you want to keep the chain on too?"

That put some fire out from my resolve. I really didn't want to use my magic to get free and eat, so I relented. But I came this close to just summoning "Elemental Hero Burstinatrix" and being done with it.

Once Louise was dressed, I said, "It's a promise. Now take this thing off."

"I guess I have no choice." She took the key, and unlocked the collar around my neck. As she did so, I admired her face. She really would be cute if she just kept her trap shut.

Once it was off, I rubbed my neck, as the collar had been chafing my skin a little bit.

"Let's go." Louise said, picking up her wand.

"Where to?"

"To breakfast, of course."

The cafeteria screamed Hogwarts, with ridiculously long tables at which the students sat.

I heard the redhead from yesterday saying to a blonde girl with tight curls in her hair, "They're here. The runaway familiar and his master…"

When Louise stopped walking, I look at the table, and saw a feast fit for someone as stuck up as her, and let it be known as such, minus the stuck up part.

"Hurry up and pull the chair back. You really are inconsiderate." Louise said.

"Yeah, sure, sure." I said, pulling back the chair. When she sat down, I looked at the plate next to her, and said, "Is today some kind of anniversary? This is quite the meal, this early in the morning!" Turning to Louise I merely saw her pointing downwards. "Sorry, I just haven't eaten anything since yesterday, so…" I looked down to where she was pointing, and saw an old plate on the floor. "Is that for… me?"

"Only nobles can sit here. You, peasant, sit on the floor." You know, I was really getting tired of the whole noble, peasant thing. The other students started laughing, and I knew that it would be a long day.

"O great founder Brimir and Her Royal Highness, we are once again grateful for the humble meal that you have brought us this morning."

"The humble meal's right here." I muttered, looking at my solitary piece of bread on the old plate on the floor. I was kneeling next to Louise's seat, and as I picked up the bread, and bit into it, I found that it was stale! I swear, one of these days, I'm gonna teach all these stuck up nobles the true meaning of humility!

After breakfast, we were walking out to the courtyard, and Louise said, "Normally, familiars wait outside during a meal. I specially let you stay with me." Oh, how generous. Not.

"If that's the case, I'd rather eat elsewhere!" I said. Then I saw all of the students from when I was summoned sitting at tables in the courtyard, with their familiars. "What are they doing?"

"All second-years have the day off today. We're all supposed to communicate with our newly summoned familiars." Yeah, like I'd want to communicate with you.

"Oh?" I heard a voice say from behind me. I turned around, and was met with a scaly, reptilian face, which honestly scared the bejeezus out of me. "It's some red thing!" I shouted.

"Is this the first time you've seen a salamander?" The redhead, who was obviously its master, said.

"Keep it on a leash! That was dangerous!"

"It's fine. Familiars under contract faithfully obey every order from their master." This, I could tell, was a dig at Louise. Getting a good look at the redhead, she was pretty hot. She had tan skin, and her chest was, well-endowed, let's say. But that didn't make up for her bitchiness towards Louise. "And they never run away. Isn't that right, Flame?" She said, stroking the lizard's head. It let out a noise of approval, and wagged its tail.

"Don't give me that!" Louise shouted.

"Louise, did you just sneak in a peasant that was walking around the area? You covered it up pretty well with the explosion, but that would explain why he tried to run away." The redhead said.

"That's not true! I made the summons properly!" Louise defended. "This guy just happened to show up!" Thanks for the vote of confidence.

"Well, he's very befitting of Louise the Zero." The redhead said, smugly. She then laughed and walked off. What a bitch.

"What's wrong with that wench?" Louise hissed, balling up her fist. She then turned to me, and said, "Don't just stand there! Bring me some tea, at least!" and walked off.

I was walking along the courtyard, somewhat dejected, when a giant purple eyeball flew in front of me, surprising me, and causing me to stumble backwards, into someone walking behind me. This caused her to drop what she was holding, and turning around, I saw that it was a slice of cake. What a shame.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" I quickly apologised.

"No, it's alright." She replied. I noticed that he was wearing a maid's outfit.

She reached to pick up the slice at the same time I did, causing our hands to brush past each other, and we both recoiled, with slight blushes on our faces. Looking at her, she had black hair, grey eyes, and she was really pretty. I actually did a double take. She also looked somewhat familiar. I'd obviously never met her before, since she was from an alternate dimension, but there was something about her that felt, almost nostalgic.

"Excuse me." She said, a bit shyly.

"No, please excuse me." I replied, picking up the cake. We both stood up, and I returned the cake back to the plate that she was carrying it on. The maid looked at my hand, and asked, "Are you the familiar that Miss Valliére summoned?"

"That same one. How do you know about me?"

"There have been rumours all over the school of a peasant being summoned as a familiar."

Scratching my cheek, I remarked, "Honestly, I don't really understand this whole noble and peasant business."

"Hmmm? Isn't it just that people who can use magic are nobles, and if they can't, they're peasants?"

"Oh, is that how it is? No-one ever explained it to me. So, are you a mage then?"

"Quite the contrary. I am Siesta, and I have the privilege of working here as a maid. I'm a peasant, just like you."

"I'm Carlton Johnson. Call me Carlton."

"Mr. Carlton? That's an odd name."

"Yeah, I get that a lot."

"Hey!" We heard someone call from a table far away. It was Guiche. "Is the cake ready yet?"

"Coming right up!" Siesta replied, motioning to leave with the cake that had fallen on the floor. But I took it from her.

"I'll take it to him." I said.

"But that's-"

"It's fine." I said, recalling last night, when Guiche was flinging me about through the air. "This is all that that brat deserves."

I walked up to the table he was sitting at, with the girl who the redhead had been talking to in the Cafeteria. I heard someone call her Montmorency.

"I was talking to Verdande all night long." Guiche said, gently stroking the fur of the mole familiar.

"I see… All night…" Montmorency slightly sweatdropped.

"Yes… These intelligent eyes… This sensual texture… She was truly destined to be my familiar!"

"In any case, keep it buried, when you're with me." Wow, is every noble this stuck up?

"Order up! Thanks for waiting!" I said, placing the slice of cake on the table that they were sitting at.

"Oh, and bring some more tea as well." Guiche said, not noticing that I served it.

Montmorency was gently stroking her familiar, a small frog, and Guiche said, "Your familiar is so cute, just like you."

"Hm. You're always such a flatterer." Montmorency replied.

"I won't lie to your eyes."

"I heard rumours that you're dating a first-year recently." Guiche recoiled.

"Such nonsense! There is nothing hidden-" Guiche began.

"-behind my feelings for you… wasn't it?" I finished smugly, catching Guiche by surprise, as both he and Montmorency turned to look at me as I walked off.

"What are you…?" Guiche began.

"Oh, I get it! The colour of the cape is different for each of the different years. Black for second-years. So the girl with the brown cloak last night was a first year. I see… Did you ever try any of the soufflé?" I said, trying to throw him under the bus as much as possible.

Montmorency turned to Guiche, asking, "What is he talking about?"

"Hurry up and go back to your business, waiter!" Guiche said, flustered.

"Ah. That's where you're wrong. I am no waiter." I said, turning towards him. Just someone who has a problem with you.

"You're the one that Louise the Zero…" Guiche began.

"Thanks for everything last night." I said, making sure that he knew that that was why I was doing this to him. "See ya."

Montmorency asked Guiche again, "What was that all about?"

"Oh, yes… You know, I told you, right?" Guiche began. "I had to deal with that peasant familiar last night, that's all." But both he and I saw Katy walking up at the same time, looking for Guiche. A smile came to my face, whereas Guiche looked like someone had kicked him in his nether region, and judging by how this is going, that certainly might happen. "Montmorency, it's far too rowdy here. Let's go talk under that tree over there. Hurry now…" he said, dragging her off to the new destination.

Katy looked around, worried, saying "Guiche-sama, where are you?"

I, ever the gentleman, decided to help the damsel in distress, saying, "If you're looking for Guiche, he's over there!" pointing to the place where he tried to hide.

Her eyes lit up when she saw him. "Guiche-sama!" she called out. I almost felt bad for her, but remembered that this was to teach Guiche a lesson, so a little bit of collateral wasn't really my problem.

"Ah, Katy!" Guiche said nervously, as she ran up to him. He quickly put on a façade of confidence, as he let go of Montmorency.

"I've been looking all over for you, Guiche-sama!" Katy said. Montmorency's eyes slitted as she stared at Guiche. "I thought I'd bring my homemade soufflé that I talked about last night, to the tea party today."

"Oh, that's very…" Guiche started.

"Last night?" Montmorency questioned. The righteous feminine fury was beginning to seep out of her, and fill the air.

"Well, that is…" Guiche started again, trying to diffuse the situation.

"Good for you!" I called out. "You were saying that you would love to have some of it."

"You!" Guiche said, visibly starting to panic.

"It's nothing. Just telling the truth, right?" I replied, somewhat smugly.

"Guiche, what's the meaning of this?!" Montmorency questioned, even more harshly than before, with the righteous feminine fury coming out even more intensely. Even I cringed a little bit.

"What is it that you're going on about?" Guiche asked me, clearly trying to divert attention away from himself. "You're going to found needless misunderstandings with these ladies!"

"What's going on?" One of the other students in the courtyard asked. The whole debacle was garnering quite a lot of attention.

"Guiche is picking a fight with that peasant familiar."

"What part of it is a misunderstanding?" I asked. "You're the one at fault for two-timing."

Guiche froze.

"Two-timing?!" Katy exclaimed. How she hadn't picked up on that before I outright said it was beyond me.

"So there really was something going on with this first-year!" Montmorency shouted. The feminine fury was coming out in droves now, and I think I finally reached the point I was trying to. She clenched her fists, and gritted her teeth in frustration.

"Please, Montmorency the Perfume…" Guiche started, using her title to try and get on her good side, "Do not contort your face, one as beautiful as a rose, from anger!" Okay seriously, do these people have a shred of common sense? I think Guiche may have just made it worse for himself. "This is all a misunder-"

"How horrible!" Katy said. "You said I was the only one!"

"In any case, both of you calm down." Guiche desperately tried to diffuse the situation, but those were not the words to use to do it. He has made it so much worse for himself, in like 2 sentences; I'm surprised that no one found out about this earlier.

"Liar!" Both girls shouted.

*SLAP!*

There's what I was waiting for!

Guiche fell to the ground, a red handprint on his left cheek, from where Montmorency had slapped him, earning laughter from the students surrounding us.

"You just got dumped, Guiche!" One student laughed, "Well, you deserved what you got."

I wanted to fall to the floor laughing, but was able to suppress it to a mere chuckle.

Guiche looked at me with hard eyes, saying, "It seems that you do not know how to pay respect to nobility."

"Well, respect is earned. No matter how high your status, if you go around messing with people's feelings, you certainly won't get my respect. There's a saying where I come from. 'Treat others how you want to be treated.' If you don't show basic decency, you won't be shown basic decency."

"Hm. Very well then."

[Next scene – same place]

"A duel?" I asked.

"That's right. I challenge you to a duel!" Guiche said. "You are nothing but a peasant, and a familiar to boot. Yet you have mocked me, and on top of that, you have made two ladies cry!"

"Cry? They were both hopping mad!" I replied, causing the crowd to break out into laughter again. "And even so, it's your fault for two-timing!"

"Silence! Prepare yourself! I'll be waiting at Vestri Square in one hour!" Guiche said, walking off.

I chuckled as I watched him walk away. Siesta ran up to me, looking like she was about to cry. She mumbled something, which I didn't quite catch.

"Eh? What was that?" I asked.

"You won't survive!" Siesta shouted, as she ran away, with tears in her eyes.

I chased after her, and eventually caught up to her. When I finally did, I grabbed her wrist, spun her around, and hugged her, as she sobbed into my shirt. When she calmed down a bit, I held her by her shoulders, and looked her in the eyes. "Siesta." I said. "I'm not going to lose."

"But peasants can't fight nobles!" Siesta cried. "You'll be lucky to get away with only a few injuries!"

"Don't worry about me." I said. "I have a plan. Could you help me find a secluded area, so I can get ready?"

"Sure." Siesta said, clearly not believing me, but appreciating the hope I was giving her.

When she brought me to a secluded area, she left to continue with her duties. Once she had left, I summoned Alphan, and had a crash course on how to best use the abilities I had available to me at that point.

Whilst Carlton was having his crash course, the headmaster was having a discussion with the teacher from Louise's summoning ceremony.

"No previous case exists of a peasant familiar." The headmaster said.

"That is not the problem here." The professor said. "I didn't recognise the familiar's rune that appeared on him, so I looked it up, and it was strikingly similar to this." He handed over a book to the headmaster, on the page detailing the rune on Carlton's hand.

The headmaster's eyes widened. "Miss Longueville, could you please give us some privacy?"

"Understood." The green-haired secretary replied, giving a slight bow as she left.

After my crash course, I had a much better understanding of how to use my powers, and even did a couple of summons. It actually worked similarly to how it did in duel monsters. Level 1-4 monsters could be summoned with no cost, 5-6 needed one tribute, and 7+ needed two tributes. Since I wasn't actually playing duel monsters, revealing monsters wasn't really a cost, so monsters that needed to be summoned by revealing something would require that, as well as one tribute, although as my magic grows stronger, some of the summoning conditions will change, to complement my increased prowess, according to Alphan. Armed with this knowledge, I made my way to Vestri Court, with the help of a couple of students. When I arrived, Guiche was already there, along with a crowd of students.

"You deserve some praise, for actually showing up, and not running off." Guiche said smugly. A backhanded compliment, but I'll take it.

"Wait!" Louise shouted. Damn, I forgot about her. "That's enough, Guiche! Duels are forbidden!"

"Only duels between nobles are forbidden. He is a peasant." He said, pointing to me with his rose. "There are no problems."

"That's because nothing like this has ever happened…" Louise said.

"That's enough, Louise." I said. "I accepted his challenge, so this duel is happening."

"I don't want to hear that from you. Apologise to Guiche right now!" Louise ordered.

"No."

"What?!"

"What part didn't you understand?"

"Grrr…" Louise growled.

"Anyway, Guiche, what are the conditions for victory?" I asked, ignoring Louise.

"The first person to surrender, or lose consciousness loses."

"Very well then. Let's get started shall we?"

"But of course. My name is Guiche the Bronze!" Guiche said, waving his rose, causing a single petal to fall to the ground. When it hit, a tower of light shot up, and a metal golem rose from the ground. "As such, my Bronze Valkyrie shall be your opponent!"

The Valkyrie shot forward, landing a solid jab at my stomach. I keeled over, somewhat surprised by the sudden attack. Go figure.

"Now do you get it?" Louise asked, coming to my side. "Peasants can't beat nobles!"

"Move." I said, standing up.

"Oh? Did I go too easy on you?" Guiche asked.

"You just caught me off guard with your surprise attack."

"Why are you getting up, fool?" Louise asked.

"He irritates me." I responded.

"Eh?"

"Peasants, nobles, whatever. It makes you all act needlessly snobbish, thinking that you're better than everyone else."

"What nonsense are you spouting?" Louise shouted defensively.

"Well, I would feel bad for breaking something Louise owns, so if you apologise now, I'll forget what happened." Guiche said, smugly.

"Do it!" Louise ordered.

"Not a chance!" I smirked, knowingly. "I've been in this place for a day, and everyone's seen what's on my arm, but no one thought to ask what it was."

"Isn't it just a trinket from your world?" Louise asked.

"It was." I responded. "But now, it's so much more!" I exclaimed, drawing a card. "I activate Big Bang Shot!" I said, placing the card on the duel disk. With that, both my hands, and both my feet set alight, but didn't cause me any pain. In fact, the flames made me feel stronger.

I quickly glanced around, and everyone had frozen, even Guiche and Louise. You could hear a pin drop. Every student's jaw was at the floor, and the looks on their faces made it worth letting that Valkyrie punch me the first time. I could've dodged it, but I needed to see how dense the metal was, to determine which spell I needed to use.

"Close your mouths. You'll catch flies." I said coolly. "Now, have at thee!" I shouted, charging at Guiche's Valkyrie.

This seemed to snap Guiche out of his stupor, as he quickly shook his head, and sent the Valkyrie towards me, swinging its spear. I ducked under it, and landed a right hook right in its stomach, causing the construct to fall into dozens of pieces of armour, before disappearing.

"One hit!" I heard one student say. "He took down Guiche's Valkyrie in one hit!"

"What kind of fire magic is that? Does it reinforce your punches?"

More students started murmuring about me, but I wasn't really paying attention, as I was eyeing Guiche, seeing what he would do next.

"Hm. You think you've won?!" He exclaimed, but I could hear the panic in his voice. "Think again!" he shouted, waving his rose 8 times, summoning 8 more Valkyries.

I wasn't really a fan of the odds here, so I decided to do a little summoning of my own. I drew "Super Quantum Red Layer", and special summoned him, chanting, "Burn, flames of passion! Ignite with righteous fury and burn your foes with blazing grandeur! Special Summon! Level 5! Super Quantum Red Layer!" A pillar of fire shot up from the ground next to me, and from it, stepped a warrior, clad in robotic armour, based on a lion. His hands had wolverine claws on them, as well as his feet. He had a red visor, and was emanating a heat like I had never before seen. It was amazing, especially seeing everyone's faces when they thought I had summoned my own familiar.

"What can I do for you, boss?" Red Layer asked.

"I need you to hold these guys back for a little bit, whilst I summon Blue Layer and Green Layer. Is that cool?"

"Sure, no problem!" Red Layer replied. "Let's dance, you metal-faced freaks!" He shouted, running towards them, and when he reached them, he went to town. He was jumping around, hitting some with choke slams, and even managed to hit one with a fiery version of The People's Elbow. As this was going on, I drew "Super Quantum Green Layer" and normal summoned him, chanting, "Blow, winds of change! Fly by with gale force speeds, and strike your foes with raging squall! Normal Summon! Level 4! Super Quantum Green Layer!" A tornado was created next to me, and from it, stepped a spellcaster, like myself, clad in a green trenchcoat, with a staff, glowing green lines along his body, and his helmet had a green visor, and the top had what appeared to be a bird head on it. A gentle breeze came from him as he stepped forward, awaiting instruction.

"How can I be of service, sir?" He asked, in a British accent.

"I need your power, to let me special summon Blue Layer. Are you ready?"

"For you, sir, always." He replied. Huh, he sort of reminded me of Jarvis. "Let's begin."

"Right." I said, drawing four cards. "I activate Green Layer's special power!" His staff glowed with a strong green light. I then began to chant, "Swirl, seas of wisdom! Surge with Poseidon's force, and charm your foes with your graceful showers! Special Summon! Level 3! Super Quantum Blue Layer!" A pillar of water shot up next to me, and from it, stepped a psychic, identical to the one I summoned the day before, except that she was a full size human. She was wearing blue armour, with gold shields on each of her forearms. Her armour formed a skirt at her waist, and the front part was white, with glowing blue lines running across it. Her helmet had dolphin fins on it, with red ribbons hanging from the back. Her visor was blue, and the helmet was loosely based on a dolphin.

"Alphan said that you'd found yourself in a spot of trouble." Blue Layer said.

"Yeah… we'll talk about it later. In the meantime, could you help me out?"

"Sure thing, sir!" Blue exclaimed, as she started sending psychic bolts at the Valkyries.

As my warriors engaged Guiche's in battle, I spared a glance at our audience. They were speechless, and some of the guys had nosebleeds from seeing Blue Layer. She did have a pretty good figure.

"I activate One for One!" I sent "Necro Gardna" to the graveyard, and summoned the final member of the Super Quantum team whilst Green and Blue sent magic and psychic bolts at the Valkyries. Red held off the new Valkyries that Guiche was trying to create, but due to his panic, none of them were strong enough to take more than one hit. I chanted, "Shine, light of divinity! Cut through the darkness and blind your foes with holy splendour! Special Summon! Level 1! Super Quantal Fairy Alphan!" A pillar of light shot up from next to me, and out floated what appeared to be a rabbit/robot hybrid. It was pure white, with blue eyes, and robotic paws. It had black spikes protruding from its back, forming an "X", and a large ring around its neck, with four blue panels on it, equally spaced from each other. This was my mentor, "Super Quantal Fairy Alphan"!

"I'm ready to help, sir!" she said excitedly. "Do you need me to call out another layer?"

"Not this time." I replied. "For this, I need you."

"Oh, you're doing that?"

"That's right!" I said. "Let's go!"

The layers and I each took on two Valkyries, with Alphan providing strategy and support.

Red looked like he had turned into Muhammad Ali. He had a perfect boxing form, landing two jabs and a cross on both of his opponents. He then lit his hand on fire, and punched the ground, causing a small shockwave that knocked them off-balance.

Green was expertly dodging the spear thrusts of the Valkyries, and shooting small bullets of wind at them. He jumped in the air, and sent a tornado at them, knocking them down.

Blue was stringing her opponents along. She sent a psychic bolt at one, then somersaulted over the spear thrust of another, before launching a kick at its head, sending it flying. The other tried to spear her head, but she got down into a split, before sending a psychic bolt directly at its midsection, knocking it into the other.

I dodged the spear thrust of one of my enemies, and hit the other with a dropkick, knocking it down, but not destroying it. I turned to the other, and swept its feet, disorienting it, and giving me a chance to relay a final command. "Guess what time it is, guys!"

"I believe I may know." Said Green.

"I've been waiting for this!" said Blue.

"Let's go!" shouted Red.

"It's climax time!" We all shouted in unison.

BGM – Say the Kyuranger

As my opponents got back up, I pushed all of my magic power into my hands, then grabbed them both by their collars, and threw them into the air. Red smashed his fists on the ground causing pillars of fire to shoot his opponents into the air. Blue used psychic power to fling them into the air, and Green used a tornado.

"I activate Super Quantal Mech Ship Magnacarrier!" I placed the card in the field zone, and a giant silver hovercraft appeared above our heads.

Guiche looked like he was about to wet his pants. I was enjoying every second of it. I didn't actually need the ship for this; I just wanted to scare him. It appeared to be working.

"Let's finish this!" I called out. Blue arranged all of the Valkyries into a downwards slope, pointing towards Guiche.

"I activate Super Quantal Alphan Spike!" I shouted. I nodded to Alphan, and she nodded back. With that, Alphan floated over to Blue, and surrounded herself with a white forcefield, that looked similar to a volleyball.

"Blue!" Alphan called out.

"Got it!" Blue used some of her psychic power to send the volleyball towards Green, the volleyball turning blue in the process. "Green!" she called.

"On it!" Green said. He caught the ball in a tornado, and swirled it around himself, turning it green, before shooting it towards Red. "Red!" He called out.

"Got it!" Red shouted, kicking the ball skyward just as it reached him, turning it red. "Boss!" He called out.

"Here we go!" I shouted. "I activate Raptor's Gust!" With this, a tornado swirled around me, as I started speeding towards the ball. Just as the ball was about to fall, I flipped in the air, so my feet were pointing upwards, then I dispelled the tornado. "SHOOOOOOT!" I shouted, kicking the ball with all of my might, turning it yellow as all of our powers combined, and setting it on fire from the speed that it was travelling. It barrelled through the line of Valkyries, and looked like it was about to hit Guiche…

*CRASH!*

End BGM

There was an explosion of dust, which I used as cover for Green to lower me safely. I noticed that Guiche was mostly unhurt, if not a bit dirty, from being sent flying backwards. I activated Super Quantal Mech Sword Magnaslayer, and held it to his throat as he opened his eyes. With me were my mentor and three layers. It must have been quite the sight, from the look on Guiche's, and everyone else's, face. "Well, Guiche." I began. "Do you-"

"I surrender! I surrender! Please don't hurt me!" Guiche cried out.

"Good." I said, letting my sword disappear. "Thanks guys." I said, turning to my team.

"No problem, boss!" Red said.

"It's certainly been a while since we had such a thrill." Green said.

"Just call us out again if you need our help." Blue said.

"I will." I nodded. At that second, the flames on my hands and feet went out, and the layers and fairy began to dissolve into motes of light.

"Well, it appears that time is up." Alphan said. "Make sure you get some proper rest and a proper meal too. You're probably going to collapse after this. You really went all out."

"Hey, flashy opponent, flashy takedown. That's like, rule number one of being a superhero." I joked.

"I guess that's true." Alphan laughed. "Take care. And I have a small surprise for you after you wake up."

"Cool." I said. "See you then." And with that, they disappeared, with the motes going back into the cards from whence they came.

After my monsters had disappeared, Siesta ran up to me, and gave me a tight hug. "That was amazing, Carlton! I had no idea you could do that! You're like a superhero!"

"Heh, thanks Siesta." I said, tiredly.

"What's wrong?" Siesta asked.

"Oh, nothing." I shrugged. "I just used up all of my mana. I need to… pass out… for a bit…" and I let the darkness consume me.

"Mr. Carlton!" I heard faintly, as I blacked out.

So, that's it for Chapter 2! Let me know what you guys think of the fight scene. It was kind of difficult to make it both long and interesting, so I'm open to suggestions on how to improve it. Anyway, this is InfinityZer0, signing off.

Next chapter: We'll have some backstory!