Disclaimer: I do not own Future Card Buddyfight
I finally finished this chapter after school and lots of stress. I hope you like it because I put a lot of work into it and edited it five times. And thanks for people who reviewed the first chapter.
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"Kyon..." Raigo wanted to touch the face of the werewolf next. Touching Kyon he hoped would fell like touching his brother once again.
"Hey!" Gao shouted excited about what was happening but clearly getting impatient. "Can we get back to the fight?"
Raigo smiled and looked at his buddy's eyes who replied with the same look of excitement. The mystery world player and his buddy werewolf both looked at their foe. Both grinning before they both shouted "Game on!" Everyone cheered loudly as the match was finally going somewhere after the moment of amazement.
Gao - 5 life 3 gauge/Raigo - 4 life 4 gauge
"What just happened?! Why is you life down to 4?! wasn't it 5 just now?" Gao shouted in confusion. Whispers spread around quickly as everyone wondered about this mysterious loss of life points. "In order to call my buddy, I needed to pay his call cost of 2 life and 3 gauge. So now my life is down to 4." Raigo explained causing everyone to murmur and whisper around. "That's an extreme call cost just for a monster. You need to be careful bro! Who knows what it can do!" Baku called to Gao who nodded to him. Using the last card in his hand he declared. "I pay 1 life to equip justice seeker, Aegis mirror!" A large shield-like mirror appeared and flew to Kyon's hands.
"I destroy my Aegis mirror equip spell with Kyon's ability. Kyon's second ability activates now. Since I don't have any cards in my hand right now, you have to send all your cards to the drop zone and we both draw until we each have 5 cards. The spell cards we draw will all go to the drop zone." The two fighters drew 5 cards each, the older fighter discarded 3 cards to the drop zone while Gao discarded 2 cards. "Kyon attack Drum Bunker Dragon!" The large werewolf readied his pistol, He drew a large silver katana from the scabbard hanging around the belt. "Bring it on you Mangy Mutt!" Drum revved his engine drill as he jumped into the battle zone. The humanoid wolf dashed into the battle zone, clash! Bang! clash! Boom! The sounds of weapons clashing together fill the air with excitement as the lycanthrope slashes with his sword and fires his piston while Drum shields himself with his enormous engine drill and rams the fast agile canine.
Kyon quickly got behind Drum and slashed him, causing him to fall to his knees. Kyon jumped over Drums head to avoid the incoming attack the dragon attempted, "Down to hell!" Kyon pointed his gun to the armored dragon's forehead and pulled the trigger to send him to the drop zone. Drum bunker dragon returned to the left side of Gao's field with his soulguard ability. "Werewolf detective Kyon has a double attack, so Kyon link attack with Lue!" The two monsters nodded to their master and turned their heads towards their target. Airforce captain Lue spread his black shadow wings and flew up into the air. Kyon entered the battle field raising his sword towards Thunder knights Halberd Dragon who just growled at his foe.
Halberd raised his shield and readied his weapon to the fast approaching werewolf. Kyon fired 2 shots to which the armoured dragon blocked with his shield. The thunder knight swung his halberd down, Kyon jumped out of the way. Hearing the flaps of wings above him, Halberd turned around and saw the Raven aiming it's firearm before the avian pulled the trigger. Halberd dropped to the floor along with his weapon and shield before he disappeared to the drop zone. The two other monsters dashed back to Raigo's side. "Aegis mirror's ability activates, Since it was destroyed by an ability, I can grant a monster on the field an additional attack for this turn. Kyon get's to attack again." Raigo raised his arm in the air.
"Now, direct attack!" Raigo then dropped his arm down, motioning the order to attack. The werewolf detective was first to reach Gao and fired his gun, dropping gao's life down by 2 before jumping back to his original position. With impressive strength, Wave threw her large shield like a boomerang. The shield made its target at Gao's forehead; the attack drops his life down to 2. Gao fell back from the force of the large iron to which flew back to it's owner. "I end my turn with this." Raigo threw one of his gauge at the Yggdrasil set spell.
Gao - 2 life 3 gauge/Raigo - 3 life 4 gauge
Wiping the sweat from his face, Gao smiles at Raigo, clearly excited from the intensity of the fight. "Alright, Let's do this!" Gao grabbed the trigger on the core gadget belt, It slid over to the front and glows brightly. "I draw! Charge and Draw!" Gao studied the field closely before looking back at his cards. " I call to the Boomerang Dragon to the centre and Thousand Rapier Dragon to the right." The mighty sun fighter called more monsters to the field. "All right! It's the Gao formation! You can win this Gao!" A young girl shouted out loud. 'That girl kind of resembles Gao... Wait, the Gao formation?' Raigo readied himself for the charge of attacks.
"Drum link attack with Thousand rapier." The dragons nodded and charged at Defence maiden, Wave. Looking back and forth at both dragons, the blunette quickly gets sent to the drop zone with a large hole embedded in her shield and a slash mark on her back. The 2 dragons jumped back to their original position. "Next up, Boomerang attack Airforce captain, Lue!" Boomerang dragon shifted into his hover form and Gao launched him at the raven soldier. Panicking Lue fired his rifle aimlessly at the flying projectile moving towards him, all the bullets bounced off the iron scales of the hovering dragon. Boomerang crashed through the soldier and flew back to Gao's hand due to it's ability.
"Now time for a direct attack!" Gao charged straight at Raigo and threw an uppercut to his jaw, his life drop down to 1. "Raigo!" Kyon exclaimed as he saw his partner fall down. "I'm fine. You nearly finished me off there. Lucky me I guess." Raigo picked himself up snickering. "Tch tch tch, I'm not done yet." Gao shakes his head sideways before holding up a card, his entire gauge flew over and encircled the card before being absorbed into it. "Final Phase!" Gao roared out loud as the ground began to shake. The battle field split open and a gigantuous sword covered in chains rose from the crack. A dark fog covered the ceiling, suddenly a scaly arm crashed down and yanked the sword out of the earth. The chains broke off one at a time from the strength of the dragon arm. The sword flew around the field before levitating behind Gao. Everyone was either gasping or cheering out loud while Raigo and Kyon's jaw just dropped from what was happening. "Gargantua!" Gao shouted "Punnisher!" Everyone joined in and shouted with Gao. The gigantuous sword flew straight at Raigo who just flinched. Before the attack could make contact, the werewolf detective jumped in front of his partner and shielded Raigo with his body. The Impact has landed at its target.
Gao - 2 life 0 gauge/Raigo - 0 life 4 gauge
Raigo has lost.
Raigo was shocked to lose, but he congratulated Gao on his victory and walked out of the Buddy Fight stadium. He looked back to see Gao's partner Drum in chibi form. Raigo didn't have a partner like that. If he had anyone he wanted it to be Kyon.
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Inside his bedroom, Raigo is busy re-building a new deck. The formula was the same with some minor changes. He wanted to replace a few cards with different ones. The cards he used weren't ideal against Gao Mikado.
It all had to do was to make a strategy. Such as when making a deck. It was like trying to finish homework. Homework is not an easy thing to do, but those assignments have to be done.
All strategies had to be done very well, because Raigo couldn't just go against Gao the same way that he recently played before. He would just face defeat, once again.
Raigo walked down the stairs because all this work was making him tired and hungry. When he got downstairs, he sees a middle-aged woman in her early forties. Her eyelids flutter over her hazel pupils. The coffee mug is raised to her lips. A few sips are taken before placing down the cup. Her soft hazel eyes motion from left to right, as she read from her novel.
Raigo always thought that her soft hazel eyes match perfectly to her ruby-red hair. Her attire is a brown sweater and a pair of skinny blue jeans. There is a sleeping porcupine, next to her feet. This porcupine has a radiant gleam to its quills, which gleams a cyan-color in the sunlight. Raigo sniggers a chuckle from his pursed lips, this bluish porcupine-like creature has a pig nose and has long sharp claws.
When Raigo reached the bottom of the stairs, the middle-aged woman raised her head up to meet Raigo's eyes with hers. She smiles at him and waves a greeting to him.
"Guess who's favorite aunt showed up for her favorite nephew?"
Raigo couldn't believe it. She lived so very far away from home. And, she actually made some time to come visit.
"Aunt Horiya?"
"Bingo." Aunt Horiya said, widely smiling. Raigo couldn't stop himself from smiling. "Come and take a seat next to me, Raigo."
Raigo nods, walking over to pull out a chair. He always knew that his 'Aunt Horiya' only comes over to visit when she has a job for Raigo to do. For having some type of task to fulfill on behalf of his aunt, Raigo sits down on the cushioned dinning chair, across from where she is sitting.
"I heard someone is starting to like Buddy Fight." Aunt Horiya hints with a heartfelt wink. "You know, I thought you'd be more into that Vanguard game that everyone is still raving about, Raigo."
"What's Vanguard?" Raigo asked, fluttering his eyelids over his dark pupils.
"That's not really important, right now."
Raigo shrugs his shoulders.
"So, you really like to play Buddy Fight, correct?"
Raigo was still feeling somewhat undecided at the first thought of the question asked of him. But, after a while, he just responded with a nod of his head.
"Well your favorite aunt has a little surprise for you, Raigo."
"You're not going to take me to another card game, are you?" Raigo asked, learning away from his formal life experience. "Because the last time, we went to somewhere. It was a Monster Truck Rally and you made me wear a large shirt with a real monster truck with vampire teeth eating a car."
"No, silly. I'm not asking you to go to a tournament. I'm just asking, if you want to be in a tournament." Aunt Horiya took out a poster with two Buddy Monsters on it.
The poster has Jack Knife Dragon and Jamadhar Dragon. The title of the poster is 'Bronze Buddy Tournament'.
"Go ahead. Read it.
"Welcome to all Buddy Fighters. This year's springtime tournament is going to be sponsored by Lady Suzuha. It will be held in May. All interested participants' will have 'sign-up sheets' that are going to be distributed from the store manager at Castle. Please talk to Dungeon Queen, Kazane Fujimiya, for further details."
"This seems like a pretty cool tournament." Raigo admits, faintly.
"And," Aunt Horiya pries for a more detailed explanation from her nephew.
"I just don't know," Raigo starts, averting his gaze. "If I should take a part in it. I already lost my last Buddy Fight to Gao Mikado."
"Gao Mikado, the 'Mighty Sun Fighter'?"
Raigo nods.
"You know, Raigo."
Raigo lifts up his head to look at the soft gaze of his aunt.
"Everyone loses in one way or another."
"I guess."
"Isn't Buddy Fight about building friendships?"
Raigo is left speechless. His inner-thoughts return to the bond he had shared with the werewolf, Kyon and how Kyon willingly risked his own life just for his safety. A faint rosiness colors his cheeks.
"You just weren't on top of your game." Aunt Horiya explains, closing her eyelids. "When you played your last opponent."
"That's true, Aunt Horiya."
"The good news is that the tournament isn't until another few days away from now." Horiya took out a card from her jeans pocket. She hands over the card to Raigo. "Here's a little gift, as a family member. I owe you a gift for your birthday, right? So, I decided to give you a gift card for my favorite nephew from a card shop."
A door opens and closes. There are some high heels making some clicking sounds as the person approaches into the dinning room. Her dark eyes turn to her guest and her son. "Raigo, why haven't you brushed your teeth? You know, it is still a school day."
That, of course, is how Raigo's authoritarian mother views on how important school really is.
Raigo felt stupid for not doing what he does everyday sooner. Even if he got a visit from his aunt that was no reason to forget to keep his teeth clean.
"Yes, Mother." A visible rosy-cheeked Raigo said, sheepishly. He walks out of the dinning room and trots up the stairs. His right palm trails on the railing, when he travels all the way up the stairs in haste.
A part of him felt stupid for not doing what he usually does sooner, as this is a daily routine in an everyday setting.
Although, - for him - to have the chance to see his busy Aunt Horiya. It is a complete blessing in the skies.
Even, if he gets a surprise visit from his Aunt Horiya. It is still no excuse for him to completely forget to keep his teeth perfectly clean.
Raigo's toothbrush was the red one. The purple one belonged to his mother. His toothbrush has lots of bristles. He reaches over for his favorite toothpaste - inside the mirror cabinet - and squeezes to squirt the toothpaste tube over onto the bristles of his toothbrush. The toothpaste is just a plain white.
Raigo turns on the bathroom sink tap to wet-damp his toothbrush. He brushes his teeth from left to right and up and down. Raigo opens his mouth to brush his tongue, as well, to get rid of those nasty breath bacteria.
Tonight, the daily routine will be to floss his teeth and his gums to get rid of those hard to reach foods that are stuck in between his teeth and gums. After flossing his teeth, he will brush his teeth. It is similar to how he's brushing his teeth, right now.
After brushing his teeth, Raigo leans over to peck kiss his mother's cheek. "I'll see you after school, Mom." The warmth of his peppermint-fresh breath touches her cheek.
"Have a good day at school, Raigo." His mother replies, more tenderly. She liked how clean his gums and teeth were after brushing them.
Raigo nods his head before re-peck kissing his mother's cheek. He turns on his heel to head out the front door and head on his way to school, Aibo Academy.