Chapter 5: clash of the dragons

Author's note: right. I've decided not to capitalize the card names, and won't be putting their full names… to tough to do that. Also, the battle phase doesn't specify which player is attacking, but you guys are geniuses, right? So figure it out on your own…

Sarah's pov:

Well, from what I saw, he was pretty good. But what exactly made me go against him? I couldn't win a vanguard fight to save my life, and to pull off a win? Forget it.

"Sarah, are you nuts? That guy is tough. You'll get creamed out there!" Thomas told me, and I gotta say: I found myself agreeing with him…

"So, are you going to forfeit before we start, or are you gonna fight?" The guy said. I don't remember his name. Willy? Or something like that.

"I'm game. Let's go!" I spoke up, sitting down and putting down a card on the vanguard circle. Then, I drew 5 cards. They were: 1 goku, 2 nehalem, 1 kimnara, and 1 bahr. I decided to keep it like that. He mulliganed three of his cards. After that, we flipped the cards up, and we simultaneously shouted, "Stand up, vanguard!"

"little battler, cron!"

"lizard soilder, Conroe!"

"I'll go first. Draw!" The willy guy said, and drew a card. "I ride kahedin!" he said. "and then, I use cron's skill to move to the rearguard circle, and end my turn."

"okay uh…. Willy, it's my turn draw!" I shouted, and drew a card.

"just so you know, my name is WILL, not Willy." He spoke crossly.

"whatever. I ride bahr, and move Conroe. With that, bahr attacks with conroe's boost!"

"no guard" he said, and I turned the top card over. There was a gold sparkle, and I knew from my experience that it was a critical. "critical trigger! All effects to bahr!" I shouted. I usually had rotten luck, but today was better, as if universe was finally compensating for all those rotten lucks that it gave me.

"damage check. First, no trigger(hare in the moon's shadow, pellinore, grade 3). Second check, draw trigger! All effects to kahedin! And I draw!" he shouted, and drew.

"well, that's the end of my turn." I replied, feeling more confident then before.

Will's POV:

I took one look at her, and I figure out that she was a newbie, or someone that was bad at vanguard. I could see that from her eyes. Smug and confident, right after the first turn. Well, it was my turn, and I wasn't gonna take it easy, even if she was new.

"my turn, and I draw." I spoke quietly, and drew the card. I took a look at my cards, which were: 2 viviane, 2 chrome jailer, 1 beaumains, 1 mark, and an sagramore(grade 1 version). "First, I ride viviane, and then I activate cron's skill. With a counterblast, I can check the top 5 cards of my deck, and I can add a grade 3 to my hand!" I spoke, and took a look. They were: 1 dindrane, 1 elixir sommelier, 2 sleygal dagger, and 1 speeder hound. "there are no grade 3s, so I shuffle my deck" I spoke, and shuffled. While shuffling, I asked her a question: "you're new at vanguard, aren't you?" she looked a bit annoyed, and asked me back, with this question: "no, and what makes you think that?" I answered back while putting the deck down, and my answer was: "no reason, except that you act like a newbie"

The way her face turned red was pretty funny. "you know, you act cool and nice, but let's see how long you can keep that act up, because I'm gonna win!"

Sarah's pov:

I was really mad. The nerve he had, comparing me to a newbie! But I started to regret what I said, because his smile disappeared, and he said "oh yeah? Then let's see your skill. Fron now on, no more mr. nice guy acts from me."

"Now, I call beaumains, and sagramore! Beaumains attacks!" power: 10000

I thought out the situation. It was looking ugly, and I didn't want to take loads of damage. So I decided to guard. "guard with kimnara!"

"fine. Then I attack with Viviane, with a boost from sagramore! Drive trigger check! No trigger! (lop ear, grae 2)" power: 6000+9000=15000

"damage check, no trigger (wyvern strike plajurl)"

"I activate sagramore's skill first! I discard lop ear, and draw! And then, viviane's skill! I can call the top card of my deck with a counterblast! The unit is…. Kahedin! and then, turn end"

Will's pov:

I was really steamed. Acting cool and nice? An act? The nerve she had! I looked at my hand, and it was this: 1 viviane, 2 chrome jailer, 1mark, and silent punisher.

It was her turn now, and now I watched her draw.

"I ride Nehalem! And I call another Nehalem and a iron claw dragon! I activate conroe's skill: by retiring this and counterblasting a card, I can add any card to my hand, as long as it's grade 1 or less! I add barri! And I attack with the rearguard Nehalem, boosted by iron claw!" power: 10000+7000=17000

"no guard" I spoke up. I wanted to conserve what hand I had, and activate my limit break.

"damage check, heal trigger. I heal a damage, and add the power to Viviane." I replied, taking a card from my damage zone, and putting it at the drop zone.

"I'll attack with my vanguard Nehalem now, and drive check! No trigger(blazing flare dragon, grade 3)"

"the attack doesn't hit, since your vanguard has lower power." I spoke up.

"I know that! Turn end!" she spoke. She seemed a bit cross, but I guess I shouldn't have tried to teach the rules as if she was a beginner….

Sarah's pov:

Now it was his turn, and I took a peek at my hands while he drew. It consisted of: goku, blazing flare, a critical trigger, blazing core, barri. But the difficult question was, which unit should I make as the vanguard? Goku or blazing flare dragon? My train of thought was interrupted when will began to chant. "the dragon of justice who jails those that sin! Descend and unleash your judgement on my opponents! I ride chrome jailer dragon!" he ended with throwing the card down. "now, you're going to regret what you said." He said, giving me an ugly look.

And… cut! The rest will be posted later, possibly somewhere around Monday? So, a kagero deck. What do you guys think? The next main character can be yours, or the main character might run your deck, so don't be hesitant to sign up, like what I posted on chapter 4. Right now, I need a decklist for Thomas. The idea is that he'll run pale moon. Help me out, guys! If you see any mistakes, don't be afraid to say it.