Shin Megami Tensei: Vanguard - War of Demons
Grade 2
New Days
Disclaimer: I do not own Cardfight! Vanguard (the anime or the TCG) or the Megami Tensei franchise. All creative rights go to their respective owners, Bushiroad and Atlus.
It's been about an hour since I arrived here in this world and won my first cardfight using the cards Louisa gave me… and right now I'm completely lost.
Doing great, self. Keep up the fantastic work of getting lost in a city you obviously don't know your way around.
Right now my only plan is to find a certain place and go from there, but so far that's been unproductive. Well to be fair I've asked for directions already from some others, and it did steer me somewhat in the right direction, but still, this city is so fucking big that it makes it hard to get around.
Well at any rate asking around allowed me to pretty much confirm that I can not only read Japanese now, but I can also speak it perfectly like I was a native.
After a while, we finally came up to where I wanted to go; a small shop nestled in between two other buildings. Sitting above the entrance was a decorative sign that sported the shop's name: "Card Capital".
"So this is where you wanted to go? Another card shop?" Louisa asked. "But why? It doesn't look like much."
"This mission of yours has something to do with this world," I answered. "But if I keep wandering around aimlessly then I won't get anywhere. There's someone here I should try and find because there's a chance hanging around him will eventually be beneficial for us. And judging by some of the girls' comments back at PSY, he should have come here by now…"
Walking inside through the sliding glass doors, the shop itself was relatively small, with the interior mostly occupied by long tables and a counter by the door. I glanced around the room and noticed a few people sitting at a table towards the back; two of them appeared to be middle schoolers while the other two looked like they were at least a year older, so likely in high school.
The first of the high schoolers was a boy with spiky blonde hair wearing a uniform consisting of a blue blazer, blue pants, and a white dress shirt with a black tie. The one sitting across from him was a middle school-aged boy with a brown afro dressed in a grey school uniform. The one sitting next to him was a boy around the same age and wearing the same uniform, but with black hair that spiked up in two different directions, however impossible that may be. Sitting off somewhat separately from them was a guy around the same age as the blondie with brown hair that stood up and swept off to the side and blue eyes, wearing the same uniform the blondie was.
"Oh, hello!" I heard someone say off to my left. I turned to see a man in his early thirties with dark green hair and a pair of square, thick-rimmed glasses, guessing he was the one that had talked. The man wore a white dress shirt, jeans, and a light blue apron. "I'm Nitta Shin, the manager here at Card Capital. Nice to meet you."
"Same to you," I shrugged in response to Shin's greeting.
"I always like to get to know new customers, so what's your name?" Shin asked.
"…Minegishi, Minegishi Kazuya." I answered a second later.
"Kazuya huh? Well it's nice to meet you." Shin said. "If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask."
"I'll be sure to do that." I nodded. I then turned to the four boys towards the back. "Hey. You guys."
"Hm? Oh hey, what's up?" asked the blonde boy. "Haven't seen you around before. You new here?"
"I'm looking for a kid named Sendou Aichi," I answered plainly. "Has he come around here?"
"You know Aichi?" the blonde raised an eyebrow. The middle schooler next to him also looked confused.
"He's not here," he cut in
"I can see that, of course." I replied. "So if you don't mind, I'll be hanging around here to wait." And with that, Louisa and I sat down at a table next to theirs. The three of them just looked at me, as if to ask how I had the balls to talk to them like that. I just rolled my eyes in response. I then glanced to the side as they looked at each other again, probably not sure what to do next.
"So we're here to meet this Aichi person?" Louisa questioned me. Right as I was about to open my mouth to answer her, I realized nobody had taken notice of the demon girl yet. Everyone aside from the girls at PSY anyways, but that one I could pretty much deduce. "You can use your thoughts to talk to me. And you've probably also figured out others can't see me."
'Makes sense,' I figured. 'We don't want anyone to know you're here, at least not yet. But getting back on topic, I'm mostly going on a gamble at this point. I figure interacting with Aichi will eventually get me somewhere.'
"Who is that guy…?" The blonde muttered to the brown haired middle schooler. I perked up my hearing after that was said.
"Not sure." Sighing halfheartedly, the blonde stood up and walked towards me.
"By the way, my name's Miwa Taishi." he introduced. "And these guys are Yuuta Izaki…" He gestured to the dark brown-haired boy still looked at me funny. "Morikawa Katsumi..." he then gestured to the black-haired boy, who was also looking at me suspiciously. "And this guy over here is Kai Toshiki. He doesn't talk much though."
"That's nice," I replied. "But I came here to meet Aichi. I have no business with any of you."
"Hey, Miwa's just trying to be nice to you!" Izaki spoke up. "You don't have to shove it back in his face! There's no way I'll believe you're friends with-"
"I'm not Aichi's friend." I interrupted. "Like I said before, I'm only here to meet with him." And with that, Miwa went to sit back down.
"Oh…" Shin spoke up by the counter, trying to break the tension I'd caused. "There's actually someone else I'd like you to meet." He then turned to a doorway into the back. "Hey Misaki! Come on out, we have a new customer!"
A few seconds later, someone else stepped out into the main area of the shop. The person in question was a girl a couple of years younger than me with lilac hair and blue eyes. She was dressed in clothes I figured were part of some sort of school uniform with a red apron overtop all that.
"This is my niece, Tokura Misaki. She can also help with whatever you need." Shin introduced.
"Thanks, I'll be sure to remember that." I said politely.
"It's nice to meet you," Misaki greeted with a small bow.
"Likewise." I replied. "Misaki, right? I hope we get along." I could tell the others behind me were outright surprised at my manners, given their expressions.
Hey, I may be an asshole, but I know how to treat women.
"Hey! Why are you nice to her and not us?!" Morikawa snapped, pointing his finger at me accusingly.
"Got a problem with it?" I retorted, looking over my shoulder. Morikawa grumbled something to himself before backing off.
"Don't worry about him." Misaki assured. "He's nothing but hot air. He claims he's the strongest fighter in this shop when in reality his deck is full of nothing but Grade 3's."
"I can tell," I answered, which triggered another incoherent grumble from Morikawa and a smirk from me.
"Hey, this is gonna sound weird, but…" Misaki trailed off as if in thought. "Have we met somewhere before?" I raised a brow in confusion. "You just look familiar for some reason, but I can't put my finger on it…"
"I don't think so." I shrugged. Though now that she brings it up… That's been gnawing at me too. I thought back to my strange dream back in my old world, but shook my head.
No, that couldn't be it… could it?
"What's up guys?"
I turned to the entrance to see three more people come in. All three of them were kids and ones I recognized well. The first was a kid with spiky black hair that was tied into a ponytail in the back and red eyes wearing a black jacket with orange trimming and red sleeves, jeans, and black sneakers. The one next to him was the same age with brown hair tied up high in the back and blue eyes. And the one next to him was also the same age as the other two with blue hair also tied in the back into a ponytail and round, thin-rimmed glasses over his brown eyes. The three of them walked in past the counter and joined the others at the table next to me.
"Oh, hey Kamui." Miwa greeted. The black-haired kid, Kamui, then turned in my direction, having taken notice of me.
"Who's this guy?" Kamui asked.
"He's a jerk, that's what." Morikawa grumbled. Hey, that's- nah it's pretty true.
"Now, now, be nice." Shin chided before turning to Kamui. "This is Minegishi Kazuya. He's new here."
"Awesome, a new cardfighter!" Kamui pumped his fist. "I'm Katsuragi Kamui, and I'm one of the best players here."
"Hey there. And don't get too excited kid. I'm nothing special." I shrugged. Like hell I'm gonna let on about my deck without fighting them.
"Oh, and these two are my buddies Uno Reiji…" Kamui added, gesturing to the blue-haired kid. "And Saga Eiji." He also gestured to the brown-haired kid next to Reiji.
"Nice to meet you." Reiji greeted.
"Nice meeting you, yo." Eiji added.
'And the gang's almost here…' I thought to myself. 'All that's left is…'
"Anyways, wanna cardfight?" Kamui suddenly asked me.
"Hm? You wanna fight me that badly?" I responded. I shrugged. "Sure. Let's see how I stack up." And with that, the two of us walked over to one of the tables set up in here especially for cardfighting. Just as I was shuffling my deck, I heard the doors at the front slide open again.
"Hey everyone… Huh? Oh, Kamui's cardfighting?"
I turned my head to the front of the shop to see a boy who looked to be the same age as Izaki and Morikawa, with chin-length dark blue hair and light blue eyes wearing the same grey uniform as the other two middle schoolers.
'Bingo.' I thought to myself.
"Hey Aichi, you came just in time." Miwa grinned.
"Beat this jerk to a pulp!" Morikawa said to Kamui.
"Uh… did I miss something?" Aichi wondered aloud.
"Nothing much," I answered while continuing to shuffle my deck. "I just got acquainted with these guys."
"Sorry, who are you?"
"You can call me Minegishi Kazuya." I replied as I placed my starting Vanguard down on the field.
"Shin, watch the counter.." I heard Misaki speak up from the counter after Kamui and I drew our starting hands.
"But I want to watch-" There was a brief pause from Shin. "I-I'll just watch from here…"
"Alright, you ready new guy?" Kamui said after placing his Vanguard down as well.
"I guess so," I answered before we each flipped our cards over.
"STAND UP! (MY) VANGUARD!"
On the planet Cray, Kamui and I stood on opposite ends of the battlefield. The scenery was a grey sky showing multiple planets and star. The ground we stood on was a barren wasteland. We were then engulfed in light, red for Kamui, green for me.
Kamui's form morphed into a giant red and white mecha.
[Battleraizer – 3000 Power]
"Battleraizer!" Kamui shouted.
Meanwhile, I morphed into my starting green-armored knight. [Fairy Knight, Tam Lin - 5000 Power]
"Fairy Knight, Tam Lin!"
"Huh? What's that card? I've never seen that before!" Morikawa noticed.
"Is that a new clan?" Aichi wondered.
"...They're called the Megaten," I answered simply.
"Megaten?" Everyone asked amongst themselves. Kai simply looked towards my unit with a glare, from what I noticed. I also caught a glance of Misaki looking at the card in interest.
"I'll go first," I interjected while drawing my sixth card. "I ride Spirit of the Celestial Dance, Apsaras!"
Tam Lin morphed into a blue-skinned woman with darker blue hair dressed in a small white dress with a dark blue hem and a sheer, white scarf around her neck. [Spirit of the Celestial Dance, Apsaras - 8000 Power]
"Tam Lin moves back," I continued as I slid the Grade 0 back behind Apsaras.
At the same time, the green knight materialized behind the blue-skinned woman, ready to assist his comrade. [Fairy Knight, Tam Lin - 5000 Power]
"And I end my turn." I finished.
Kamui
Back Row: Empty / Empty / Empty
Front Row: Empty / Battleraizer / Empty
Hand: 5
Damage: None
Kazuya
Front Row: Empty / Spirit of the Celestial Dance, Apsaras / Empty
Back Row: Empty / Fairy Knight, Tam Lin / Empty
Hand: 5
Damage: None
"Then I'm up." Kamui said as he drew his sixth card. "Kamui the Great rides Tough Boy!"
Battleraizer transformed into a gunmetal grey robot with small, round shields lining his body, while greenish lightning crackled around him. [Tough Boy - 8000 Power]
"Battleraizer moves back," Kamui added as he slid his Grade 0 behind Tough Boy. "And then I call Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer, Shout!"
Appearing next to the grey robot was a greyish octopus-like creature that was outfitted like a cross between a radio DJ and an announcer at a sporting event. [Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer, Shout - 7000 Power]
"And now I'm activating Shout's skill," the Nova Grappler user added as he turned the unit sideways. "I'll discard a card to draw a new one!" Looking at what he drew, the dark-haired kid nodded to himself before turning his middle column units sideways. "Boosted by Battleraizer, Tough Boy attacks your Vanguard. Also, Battleraizer's skill is online! He gives another 3000 Power in addition to his own!"
"No guard." I shrugged.
"Drive Check!" Kamui said, revealing a glowing card outlined in yellow light. Kamui grinned nice and wide. "Critical Trigger! All effects go to Tough Boy!"
[Drive Check - Red Lightning - Critical Trigger]
Electricity was discharged from Tough Boy that struck Apsaras, making the dancer shriek in pain. [8000 Power + 3000 Power + 3000 Power + 5000 Power = 19000 Power/Critical: 1-2]
"Damage check," I said while flipping over my next two cards.
[Damage Check - Horseman of Conquest, White Rider - No Trigger]
[Damage Check - Infernal Demon Melchom - Draw Trigger]
"Draw Trigger!" I said as the cards fell into my damage zone. "I give the power to Apsaras and I draw."
"And that'll be my turn," Kamui finished before taking Battleraizer and shuffling it into his deck. "And at the end of the turn Battleraizer uses his skill, he goes back into the deck." Placing his cards back down, I took that as my cue to start my turn.
Kamui
Back Row: Empty / Empty / Empty
Front Row: Empty / Tough Boy / Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer, Shout
Hand: 5
Damage: None
Kazuya
Front Row: Empty / Spirit of the Celestial Dance, Apsaras / Empty
Back Row: Empty / Fairy Knight, Tam Lin / Empty
Hand: 6
Damage: Horseman of Conquest, White Rider [U], Infernal Demon Melchom [U]
"Stand and draw." I said as I drew my next card, increasing my hand to seven. I plucked a card from my hand and held it high.
"Strike the opposition with your dance of swords as your crimson armor shines! Crush the foolish oppression, my avatar! Ride! Sword of Rebellion, Yoshitsune!"
Appearing in place of Apsaras, in a burst of greenish light, was my crimson-armored swordsman, wielding his katana in a battle stance. [Sword of Rebellion, Yoshitsune - 9000 Power]
"Whoa, sweet chant." Kamui remarked.
"Kinda like yours Aichi." Miwa grinned.
"I call Heavenly King, Komokuten and Spirit of the Celestial Dance, Apsaras!" I continued as I placed a card next to Yoshitsune.
Showing up next to the crimson swordsman was a tall man with dark orange skin and short blue hair tied in the back, wearing a set of armor colored in pale burgundy overtop a white Buddhist robe. The man got into a battle stance with his fists in front of him. Appearing just behind Komokuten was an exact copy of my previous Grade 1 unit. [Heavenly King, Komokuten - 9000 Power] [Spirit of the Celestial Dance, Apsaras - 8000 Power]
"Komokuten's skill!" I announced. "When he's called to the rear-guard while my Vanguard is capable of Changing, I get to draw two cards!" I smirked after seeing the cards I'd drawn.
"Change?" Kamui repeated. "Is that some kind of skill?"
"I wonder what it could be," I heard Miwa wonder aloud. I smirked as I waved my hand over Yoshitsune and Komokuten.
"Then I think I'll demonstrate," I said. "Yoshitsune! Komokuten! Change!" I then took my Vanguard and my other rear-guard and swapped their positions.
On the battlefield, the two units did the same, morphing into bits of green data before reforming in swapped locations.
"What in-" Kamui got out.
"He can do that?" Aichi sounded surprised.
I kept smirking. "Yoshitsune's Change skill!" I continued. "When he changes, he gets another 2000 Power, and he's also going Critical!"
Yoshitsune brandished his swords as his power increased. [Sword of Rebellion, Yoshitsune - 9000 Power + 2000 Power = 11000 Power / Critical: 1-2]
"But Yoshitsune is rested now…" Misaki muttered thoughtfully.
"You're right. He is. But that's about to become a different story. Komokuten's other skill is now online!" I took Apsaras out of the Soul and placed her in my Drop Zone. "I can Soul Blast to stand Yoshitsune again!"
"No way!" Izaki gawked.
"That's cheating!" Morikawa exclaimed.
"You're still here?" I asked flatly. Morikawa grumbled something or other again before piping down.
"Changing my units also activates Apsaras' skill." I added. "When I activate a Change ability, I get to draw another card." After drawing, I rested Yoshitsune and Apsaras. "Boosted by Apsaras, Yoshitsune attacks your Vanguard!"
Looking down at his hand, Kamui appeared to be thinking. "I'm not gonna guard." he finally said.
Yoshitsune, gaining support from the blue-skinned dancer behind him, dashed forward with his swords at the ready. [11000 Power + 8000 Power = 19000 Power] He leapt forward and struck Tough Boy with his weapons, knocking the grey robot back.
"Damage trigger check." Kamui said as he flipped over two cards from his deck.
[Damage Check - Tough Boy - No Trigger]
[Damage Check - King of Sword - No Trigger]
"Boosted by Tam Lin, Komokuten attacks your Vanguard!" I continued while resting my last two units.
"I'll guard that with Red Lightning!" Kamui countered as he slapped a card onto his Guardian Circle.
"Drive Trigger check," I responded as I flipped over the top card.
[Drive Check - Deception Beast, Kabuso - Stand Trigger]
"Stand Trigger!" I declared. "The Power goes to Komokuten and Yoshitsune stands back up!"
Komokuten rushed forward at Tough Boy as his power increased substantially. [9000 Power + 5000 Power + 5000 Power = 19000 Power] However, a man in a bright red , white, and black armor suit leaped in front of Tough Boy. [8000 Power + 10000 Shield = 18000 Power] The armored monk pulled back his fist and unleashed a punch with enough force to eliminate Red Lightning without so much as touching him. The sheer power generated by the attack also struck the shielded robot and pushed him back once more.
"Damage trigger check," Kamui said as he flipped over his top card.
[Damage Check - Three Minutes - Draw Trigger]
"Draw Trigger!" Kamui pumped his fist. "I'll give the power to Tough Boy and I draw."
"Yoshitsune attacks again!" I added while turning my card sideways once again.
"Twin Blader is gonna nullify that!" Kamui countered as he slid his unit onto the Guardian Circle and discarded another card.
"Hm… then that's all for me." I finished. "At the end of the turn, Yoshitsune's power return to normal." [Sword of Rebellion, Yoshitsune - 11000 Power - 2000 Power = 9000 Power / Critical: 2-1]
Kamui
Back Row: Empty / Empty / Empty
Front Row: Empty / Tough Boy / Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer, Shout
Hand: 3
Damage: Tough Boy [U], King of Sword [U], Three Minutes [U]
Kazuya
Front Row: Sword of Rebellion, Yoshitsune / Heavenly King, Komokuten / Empty
Back Row: Spirit of the Celestial Dance, Apsaras / Fairy Knight, Tam Lin / Empty
Hand: 8
Damage: Horseman of Conquest, White Rider [U], Infernal Demon Melchom [U]
"And just like that he evened it up." Miwa remarked.
"But we all know this could go either way." Misaki pointed out.
"That's true, Kamui doesn't give up easily." Aichi said.
"Alright, stand and draw." Kamui said as he started his turn. He then proceeded to do a ridiculous little stunt where he spun a card on his fingertip before slapping it down onto his Vanguard. "Kamui the Great rides Brutal Jack!"
Having transformed from its previous form as Tough Boy, a new unit stood at the head of Kamui's forces; a jet-black mechanical dragon that seemed to mostly stay still. [Brutal Jack - 11000 Power]
'I had a feeling he was searching for that card.' I thought to myself. 'Smart move.'
"And next Shout moves back and I call another Shout and Magician Girl, Kirara!"
Appearing next to the Vanguard was what pretty much constitutes for a mechanical magical girl colored in blue, white, and gold. Behind it was another copy of the oddly-dressed squid unit. [Magician Girl, Kirara - 9000 Power] [Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer, Shout - 7000 Power]
"I'm activating the skill of one of my rear-guard Shouts." Kamui stated as he rested the Shout with nothing in front of it, discarding his lone card and drawing a new card. "And next comes Jack's skill, I have to Counter Blast a card to kick him into high gear."
On the battlefield, Jack's eyes gleamed bright red as he came to life.
"Okay… Boosted by Shout, Kirara attacks your Vanguard!" Kamui announced.
"No guard."
Kirara's body glowed with power as it aimed its staff at Komokuten, firing a bolt of energy that struck my Vanguard dead-on. [9000 Power + 7000 Power = 16000 Power]
"Damage check," I said plainly while showing the top card of my deck.
[Damage Check - Wind Spirit, Kurama Tengu - No Trigger]
"Sweet, and since Kirara's attack went through, her skill lets me draw another card." Kamui informed as he drew once again while Counter Blasting two of his damage cards. "And next up is Jack aimed at your Vanguard!"
"I'll guard that with Deception Beast, Kabuso!" I retorted as I placed a card down at the center of the field.
Appearing in front of Komokuten to protect him was a small white otter-like creature with a dark blue bowl cut, lounging on its side even as it floated above the ground. [9000 Power + 10000 Shield = 19000 Power]
"Drive Trigger check," Kamui nodded in response as he checked the top card. It lit up with a blue light.
[Drive Check - Battleraizer - Stand Trigger]
"Stand Trigger! All effects to Kirara!" Kamui declared. "And now Kirara's coming in a second time!"
I looked down at the cards I had to work with and frowned slightly. 'That was my only Grade 0, so guarding now would just eat up everything I have…' "No guard." I finally said.
Once more, Kirara aimed its staff at Komokuten and fired, hitting the warrior square in the chest. [9000 Power + 5000 Power = 14000 Power]
"Damage check,"
[Damage Check - Ice Spirit, Jack Frost - No Trigger]
"And that's it for me." Kamui concluded.
Kamui
Back Row: Empty / Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer, Shout / Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer, Shout
Front Row: Empty / Brutal Jack / Magician Girl, Kirara
Hand: 3
Damage: Tough Boy [F], King of Sword [F], Three Minutes [F]
Kazuya
Front Row: Sword of Rebellion, Yoshitsune / Heavenly King, Komokuten / Empty
Back Row: Spirit of the Celestial Dance, Apsaras / Fairy Knight, Tam Lin / Empty
Hand: 7
Damage: Horseman of Conquest, White Rider [U], Infernal Demon Melchom [U], Wind Spirit, Kurama Tengu [U]
"And it's still dead even," Izaki commented.
"Like I said, it could go either way." Misaki added. "Plus, look at the differences in their hands. It's way too big a margin to be called even."
"You're pretty good, kid." I said as I drew my next card to increase my hand to eight. "But I'm afraid this is the end of the line…"
"What are you talking about?" Kamui asked.
"I'm gonna end it on this turn." I smirked before I raised a card in the air and chanted.
"Shining dragon that reigns over the celestial plain, unleash your prideful roar throughout the world! Final Ride! Golden Star Dragon, Huang Long!"
"Final Ride…" I heard Kai mutter. Oh that's cute. He thinks I actually have that.
Emerging from a pillar of golden light was my massive golden dragon unit, roaring with authority. [Golden Star Dragon, Huang Long - 11000 Power]
"Whoa…" Aichi said in a bit of awe.
"Call! Ice Spirit, Jack Frost! Heavenly King, Jikokuten!"
Appearing to the left of my other units was the short, pudgy snowman unit, and standing in front of him was a warrior similar in appearance to Komokuten, but with tanned skin, reddish-brown hair, and dressed in green armor over a white Buddhist robe. [Ice Spirit, Jack Frost - 7000 Power] [Heavenly King, Jikokuten - 9000 Power]
"And next, I'm changing Huang Long and Yoshitsune!" I continued.
On the battlefield, my two units followed my orders and swapped their positions.
"He rode a Grade 3 but changed it out for a Grade 2…" Misaki wondered aloud.
"Yoshitsune's Change skill! He gains 2000 Power and he goes Critical!" I explained as my new Vanguard powered up. [9000 Power + 2000 Power = 11000 Power / Critical: 1-2]
"And now for Huang Long's Change skill! He gains another 2000 Power" I continued with a faint smirk while flipping over the White Rider and Melchom in my damage zone. "And next, Counter Blast! When I use a Change ability this turn, I can retire one of your rear-guards with a Grade lower than one of the units I just changed!"
"No way!" Kamui gawked.
"I'm retiring Kirara." I stated while pointing to Kamui's Grade 2 unit.
Huang Long roared as it powered up as well. [11000 Power + 2000 Power = 13000 Power] At the same time, a bolt of lightning was discharged from its own bio-electric aura, hitting Kirara and obliterating her.
"And next up is Jikokuten's skill!" I said as I flipped over my last card in the damage zone. "I Counter Blast to give him another 1000 Power." [9000 Power + 1000 Power = 10000 Power] "Next, Tam Lin's skill. Putting into the Soul allows me to choose any of my units capable of changing, and they get 2000 Power."
Yoshitsune's swords gleamed with light as he powered up further. [11000 Power - 2000 Power = 13000 Power]
"Boosted by Apsaras, Huang Long attacks your Vanguard!" I declared.
"No guard," Kamui informed.
"A light shining in the darkness… A proud shout that shakes the soul… Resonate! Dragon Cry!"
The golden dragon roared as light covered its entire body, sending a wave of force throughout the battlefield. [13000 Power + 8000 Power = 21000 Power]
"Damage check,"
[Damage Check - Ring Girl, Clara - Heal Trigger]
"Heal Trigger! The Power goes to;"
"It won't help."
"Huh?"
"Huang Long has another skill when it gets changed…" I answered. "Your Triggers are rendered useless for the turn!"
"W-Wait, what?!" Kamui gasped.
"They're nullified?" Aichi questioned. "Is that possible?"
"Yoshitsune attacks your Vanguard next!" I announced as I readied for another attack. [13000 Power]
"I guard with Battleraizer!" Kamui countered.
Down on the battlefield, Kamui's Grade 0 mecha appeared in front of Jack, protecting his ally. [11000 Power + 10000 Shield = 21000 Power]
"Drive Trigger check," I nodded in acknowledgement as I checked the top card.
[Drive Check - Demon Sword, Rakshasa - Critical Trigger]
"Critical Trigger! All effects go to Jikokuten!"
"Not good!" Kamui panicked. I could tell by the look on his face he couldn't guard my last attack; which means this match is good as done.
"Boosted by Jack Frost, Jikokuten attacks your Vanguard!"
"…No guard."
"Thought so." I nodded.
Jikokuten's body glowed as he recieved Jack Frost's power. [10000 Power + 5000 Power + 7000 Power = 22000 Power / Critical: 1-2] The battle monk rushed forward and delivered a hard strike with its staff, knocking Brutal Jack away with the sheer force of the attack. A few seconds later, the black mecha dragon deactivated and vanished in a shower of motes of light.
[Damage Check - Brutal Jack - No Trigger]
[Damage Check - Asura Kaiser - No Trigger]
FINAL RESULTS:
Kamui
Back Row: Empty / Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer, Shout / Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer, Shout
Front Row: Empty / Brutal Jack / Magician Girl, Kirara
Hand: 3
Damage: Tough Boy [F], King of Sword [F], Three Minutes [F], Ring Girl, Clara [U], Brutal Jack [U], Asura Kaiser [U]
Kazuya
Front Row: Golden Star Dragon, Huang Long / Sword of Rebellion, Yoshitsune / Heavenly King, Jikokuten
Back Row: Spirit of the Celestial Dance, Apsaras / Empty / Ice Spirit, Jack Frost
Hand: 7
Damage: Horseman of Conquest, White Rider [F], Infernal Demon Melchom [F], Wind Spirit, Kurama Tengu [F]
"Good game." I said.
"Yeah… You really got me by surprise there." Kamui chuckled. "I didn't know what to do for a while there against those cards of yours."
"How could you lose?! After everything I taught you!" Morikawa scolded the Nova Grappler user.
"Except you didn't do anything…" Reiji deadpanned. I glanced over to Kai and noticed he was still glaring at me. I then chuckled to myself as he got up and walked out of the store.
"Huh? Hey, Kai, where you going?" Miwa called after the other high schooler, but to no avail. Meanwhile, Aichi had tried to stop the inevitable bloodshed about to occur between Morikawa and Kamui's buddies, and pretty soon, Miwa had to hop in too, leaving me leaning against the table with Misaki still nearby.
"So… what do you think of my clan?" I asked.
"For a first look, it wasn't all that bad." she replied. "They're definitely something."
"Is that right?" I responded.
"Yeah, it's… definitely a wild card, for sure." she added. She smiled somewhat. "And besides, not many people can just win as soon as they get to Grade 3. That's also an achievement."
"Well thanks. It's nice hearing that from you." I nodded back.
"Oh, what's this? Are we having a moment?" I suddenly heard Miwa ask. I turned my gaze to find he'd left all the hard work of keeping the idiots under control to Aichi. He had a rather stupid grin on his face too.
…And I just figured out why. It pisses me off for some reason.
"I-I have no idea what you're talking about!" Misaki shot back. Wait, why is she flustered?
"Heh, are you sure about that?" Miwa grinned widely. "For a second there it looked like-"
"Miwa… Are you absolutely sure you want to finish that statement?" I interrupted, putting the slightest bit of edge into my voice.
"Hey I'm just kidding, relax." Miwa grinned sheepishly, raising his hands while backing off.
"Yeah that's what I thought." I scoffed. I then looked towards Aichi who was still taking care of Kamui and Morikawa, who were still bickering with each other. I shook my head and headed towards the door. "Well I'm out."
"Oh, before you go!" Shin called to me. I turned to see what he wanted. "We're holding a tournament here at the shop tomorrow. I was wondering if you'd like to sign up." I glanced off to the side in thought before pushing up my glasses.
"Sure, count me in." I replied.
"Ah, that's great." the Manager smiled. "We'll be starting at 10:00 tomorrow morning. I'll look forward to seeing you there." I simply nodded to Shin and exited the shop. I didn't have anywhere in particular to go, so I just set off down one street, with Louisa tagging along behind me as usual.
"Well now what?" the demon girl asked me.
"Now we come back tomorrow and I should be able to get the answers I need." I answered. A thought then occurred to me. "Ah fuck, I don't have anywhere to stay around here…"
"I was just about to say that." Louisa said. "But then it's a good thing you have me around. Follow me." I furrowed my brow in confusion as the demon girl turned down another road.
Okay, I seriously need to interrogate this chick first chance I get.
So as it turns out, I do have somewhere to stay. And it happens to be an apartment in a complex halfway across town. The minute we got to what was going to be my new home and I saw my name on a plate attached to the door, I knew Louisa had done some serious planning ahead.
"I'm not paying rent, am I?" I asked. Because right now, I don't have cash on me.
"You're the only exception I'll be making." she answered. What?
"I beg pardon?" I said.
"Oh yeah, I own this place." Louisa replied casually. Excuse me?
"…How?"
"Demonic power and tampering with people's memories." Louisa replied. "This whole complex used to be a big patch of empty land scheduled to become a park."
"And that was how long ago?"
"Oh... maybe two days ago." she said thoughtfully.
…I need an adult…
"Okay, seriously, who the hell are you?" I demanded.
"If I told you that, then it'd be a dead giveaway of what you're here for. But as it is, I'm not allowed to divulge that information; you have to find out for yourself."
So then I'm back to square one… great…
"Whatever, let's just go in…" I sighed in defeat as I unlocked the door with a key under the mat. Stepping inside, I found it was a small, one room apartment, which I didn't mind. Everything was already furnished and things were pretty much already set up to live in. "Huh… at least it's decent."
Louisa nodded. "And like I said before, you won't have to pay me rent." she added. And with that, she turned to leave.
"Leaving so soon?" I questioned.
"I'll just be staying over in my own room. Just ring me in your head if you need anything." she answered with a wave before just up and closing the door and walking off. You know… I might have been wrong in my initial judgement of her. She's pretty similar to me. I think I could learn to like her, actually. I shrugged and walked further into the room, sitting down by the small table in the middle before laying back with my arms folded lazily behind my head.
I thought back to the others from Card Capital and chuckled. "I think I'll stick around those idiots for a while…" I mused. And with that in mind, I grabbed a remote from the table, switched on the TV, and just looked for something to occupy my time.
Deception Beast, Kabuso
Grade 0
Trigger Unit
Nation - Dark Zone / Clan - Megaten
Race - High Beast
Power - 5000 / Shield - 10000
Trigger - Stand
Spirit of the Celestial Dance, Apsaras
Grade 1
Normal Unit
Nation - Dark Zone / Clan - Megaten
Race - Sylph
Power - 8000 / Shield - 5000
[CONT] (VC/RC): Each time you activate a Change ability, draw 1 card.
[AUTO] (VC/RC): [Choose a card from your hand, and discard it] If this unit's attack hits a Vanguard while you have a unit on (VC) or (RC) with Change, you may pay the cost. If you do, search your deck for up to one Grade 2 or less «Megaten», reveal it to your opponent, put it into your hand, and shuffle your deck.
Heavenly King, Komokuten
Grade 2
Normal Unit
Nation - Dark Zone / Clan - Megaten
Race - Human
Power - 9000 / Shield - 5000
[AUTO]: When this unit is placed on (RC), if you have a Vanguard with Change, draw 2 cards.
[ACT] (VC/RC): [Soul Blast (1)] Choose one of your units that changed this turn, and stand it.
Heavenly King, Jikokuten
Grade 2
Normal Unit
Nation - Dark Zone / Clan - Megaten
Race - Human
Power - 9000 / Shield - 5000
[ACT] (VC/RC): [Counter Blast (1)] This unit gets +1000 Power until end of turn.
[AUTO]: When this unit is placed on (VC), you may search your deck for up to one «Megaten» with the Change ability, reveal it to your opponent, put it into your hand, and shuffle your deck.