Aw what the heck I am having writers block on most of my stories anyways.
Chapter 2: card capital
A year later
Hayate woke from her sleep, at the sound of Nana Mizuki's Eternal blaze playing from her cell phone.
"Hayate breakfast is ready!" an older voice said from downstairs.
Groggily rolling out of her bed, she noticed that she had left her cards out the last night, picking herself she walked over to her table and picked up the deck "good morning everyone… you know I don't know why but I get this feeling that today will be a great day" Hayate greeted.
"You know Hayate… someone will think you are crazy for talking to what they think are inadimate objects… and even crazier if you tell them you actually hear them talk" Hayate heard a voice in her head, shuffling through her cards, she eventually came to the card she was looking for, Future Knight Liew.
Hayate's eyes began to glow as she saw herself in a plain with beautiful flowers; standing in front of her was a blonde boy wearing armor "don't be like that Liew, I don't do it in public so it's fine… besides it's not like I have any other friends."
Liew raised his eyebrow "and whose fault is that?"
Hayate crossed her arms "those stupid girls in my school… they said that Cardfight was a kid's game… its rated 12+
Liew sighed.
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Walking to school from her home, Hayate checked her pockets for money to buy a cola from a vending machine on her way, fumbling with one of the yen pieces she attempted to place it into the machine, only to have it bounce off and roll into a gutter.
"Ahhh, My 500 yen!" Hayate cringed as she tried to get the coin from the sewage system.
"That sucks doesn't it…" a new voice said from behind Hayate.
Looking back, she saw a boy, flanked both sides by girls, he was Hayate's age with large spiky hair and wearing a bright red shirt with a four leaf clover on the front of it, next to him was a blonde with a side ponytail and wearing a bandana in her hair, the other side was flanked by a girl with long orange hair, wearing an Ultra Rare shirt, and a skirt combo undernieth her uniform jacket, the three of them stood over Hayate with questioning looks.
"Do you want me to help you out?" the boy offered, walking to the vending machine and placing 500 yen into the slot "what do you want?"
Hayate blinked a few times before the implicatins hit her "you're buying me a drink?!"
The blonde girl narrowed her eyes and frowned "don't be expecting it too often I'll let you off easy this time because you dropped your 500 yen"
Hayate backed away from the blonde when she heard the hostile aura hit "okay…" she responded nervously.
"Come on Nagisa, don't be like that, you'll scare her off, she seems like a good person" the orange head chastized her friend lightly "besides I'm sure that if he buys her a drink he would have to buy us one as well."
The boy cringed "okay… I guess" he sighed as he bought 3 hot coffes "here you go" the boy said as he handed Hayate the drink "sorry if I couldn't buy what you wanted but my money was stretched pretty thin…"
"The price to pay for chivalry" the two girls said in tandem before giggling.
"Come on, we need to get to school", Nagisa comanded pointing to the west.
"Yes Ma'am!" the other girl said with a whimsical chuckle "off we go!"
The boy followed close behind with a defeated slouch.
Hayate smiled and watched the three walk away.
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After school
Hayate packed her bag up and let out a sigh "I wonder if I should take my usual route or should I go check out that new shop in town? Either way Aria will still be complaining about her latest breakup when I get home…" Hayate sighed again, her family, while nice, always seemed to have some sort of strange quirk about them, the aforementioned Aria was a responsible woman, but she tended to get emotional when she got dumped by one of her boyfriends, Aria's sister Lotte, was a strange girl who had originally gotten Hayate into Cardfight, but she had a strange tendancy to dress up as Aria and constantly ended up getting Aria's boyfriends to dump her because she was being overly emotional… causing Aria to become overly emotional… Her grandfather Gil was a military man at heart and was constantly telling stories of when he fought in world war 2 (he was a fighter plane ace with 22 kills known to his comrades as 'the zero king'), none of them actually interested her much after she started hearing of Blaster Blade's adventures (her favorite was when he saved Bermuda Princess Lena from Styl Vampir alongside Blaster Dark) and as such she always tried to decide which was better for her sanity for the day, either boredom or headaches from Aria…
"Hey Emi!"
Hayate turned around to see that the two girls from the morning were meeting in front of the school, Nagisa was obviously excited about something considering that she was practically jumping up and down at the moment "you don't mind if I go with Kamui to the mall for a bit do you?"
The orange haired girl who had been identified as Emi simply smiled and nodded "I don't mind, I was going to Card Capital anyways"
Hayate blinked a few times at the words Card Capital
"Okay them, I'll see you tomorrow" with those words Nagisa was off, practically tackling the spiky haired boy to the ground.
Emi giggled a little before sighing "seriously… why does she always feel a need to ask me for dates with Kamui… he's her boyfriend" walking off in the direction of Card Capital she noticed that someone was following her… quite poorly "I see… I guess that I'm bringing company to the Capital…"
A few minutes later
Hayate smiled as she stealthily snuck behind the girl in the Ultra Rare shirt (Ultra Rare as in the band who always sung in the biggest Cardfight tournaments… she had mentally hit herself for not catching the tidbit earlier)
Looking out from behind a garbage can, Hayate noticed that the girl stopped in front of a building with the words Card Capital in bold letters on the front of it, figuring that this was the place she prepared to move as soon as Emi went into the store "come on pretty girl, just a few more steps…"
Emi delibrately stopped to let the doors open before going into the store with haste.
Finding her opening Hayate walked calmly to the front of the store, only to find that Emi was waiting just inside the door with a smirk on her face "welcome to Card Capital for all of your trading card needs… now I don't believe that we have been properly introduced… I would actually like to know my stalkers personally… it helps with reducing the creepiness factor"
Hayate stared helplessly as Emi looked at her with a smug smirk, looking to the wall toward the back with a picture of the newest news about Cardfight vanguard (and making a mental note of looking at it later) Hayate nervously replied with "actually I was following you here so I could find this place… the Card Capital…"
Emi looked both surprised and glad, "I see… so you play card games?"
Hayate nodded in affirmation
"I see… well talk to Misaki if you want to buy something and feel free to play against any of the regulars if you get a chance… I'll be playing against Morikawa over there."
Hayate nodded as the other girl did as she said she would do and sat in front of an older boy and took out her cards, looking to the counter; she noticed a platinum haired beauty was sitting behind the counter with a book in her hand; she looked Hayate's way with passing interest before raising her eyebrow "welcome to card capital… do you want to buy something or do you want to play a match against someone?"
Hayate nervously placed some money onto the counter to buy a pack of cards from the newest set.
"I see, one pack of extreme starlight coming right up" the store clerk said as she handed Hayate her cards.
Reaching into the pack, she saw her five cards in full
Card seeker Sakura (oracle think tank) (grade 1)
White devil (oracle think tank) (grade 3)
Blaster Dagger (royal paladins) (grade 1)
Wingal king (royal paladins) (grade 2)
Black Selena (dimension police) (grade 3)
Looking at the new cards, she found that she had found a few decent cards among the five "this will be great"
"Noooo!"
Hayate heard a voice yell in anguish, looking to the center of the store, she found that people were gathering around two standing tables, on the table furthest from her was a battle between a white haired man with glasses and a younger girl with bright pink hair, she had bright green eyes and found that her opponent had just beeen defeated by her vanguard's last attack.
"Winner Caro Ru Luche!" a bespecticled man said from in the back of the store enthusiastically.
The pinkette cheered as she jumped from the podium and landed on the ground.
Hayate looked confused and looked to the store clerk "are you having a tournament?"
The store clerk nodded before walking from her post and walking to meet the pinkette and two others.
"And here are our semifinalists… the four strongest in the store… now let's introduce them once more!" the man enthusiastically pumped his hand into the air "their names are…" he paused in anticipation.
The white haired clerk walked forward and stopped
"Misaki Tokura… our very own poster girl; a powerful player who boasts power with her oracle think tank deck!"
The pink haired girl walked up next to Misaki.
"Caro Ru Luche… a newcoming player with a ferocious Kagero Dragon deck, a fan favorite for her amazing skills.
A blonde teen then smiled before giving a v sign and walked next to Misaki and Caro.
"Not to be outmatched we have Taishi Miwa, a strong Kagero player in his own right"
Finally a redhead wearing a full pirate captain garb stepped up with a smiling face.
"And Kato Marika who specializes in the Bentenmaru clan, a bold move by a relatively new player"
Marika looked dejected and looked to her cards before pouting.
Now we see the pairings for the matches, the bespecticled man then grabbed a remote before pushing a button on it to reveal two tables and two names on both of the matches
Misaki Tokora v.s Caro Ru Luche
Taishi Miwa v.s Kato Marika
The players smiled before taking their positions at the tables and shuffled their decks.
Being more interested in the store clerk, Hayate walked over to watch the match unfold in front of her.
Caro and Misaki exchanged glances and chose their starting Vanguards.
Caro narrowed her eyes and drew her starting hand "I'll go first… if you don't mind"
Misaki smiled "go ahead… I actually want to go second anyways"
The two players grabbed their cards and revealed them.
"Stand up Vanguard!" all 4 players said in unison as all of them imagined their battle.
Misaki's field
Right front rearguard circle- Empty
Vanguard circle- God hawk ichibiyoshi (power: 5000)
Left front rearguard circle- empty
Entire back row- empty
Caro's field
Right front rearguard circle- Empty
Vanguard circle- Dragon Guardian Friedrich (power: 7000)
Left front rearguard circle- empty
Entire back row- empty
Caro drew her first card and picked another from her hand "I ride Dragonic princess
Dragonic princess (power: 9000)
Misaki nodded with interest "a grade 1 with stats comparable to grade 2's… that will be trouble in the future…"
Caro checked her hand and smiled "your move"
Misaki drew her first card and took a breath "I use God Hawk Ichibiyoshi's skill, I check the top card of my deck for a Goddess of the cresent moon Tsukuyomi if it is in the check then I can ride it" she looked at the cards and among them she looked intently, smiling a happy smile she took one card from the stack and placed it inside her Vanguard circle "I ride Goddess of the cresent moon Tsukuyomi"
Hayate felt the cards of Misaki sing in joy as a flash of light briefly covered the field revealing a small woman in a long kimono and a cresent moon background.
Cresent Moon Godess, Tsukuyomi (power: 7000)
"I also call Dark cat"
Dark cat (power: 7000)
"And with Dark cat's skill both of us draw 1 card"
Caro drew her card and placed it into her hand "increasing my hand size… isn't that a bad thing especially for an oracle think tank player?"
Misaki nodded "it's a freebee and besides, it increases my hand size as well" Misaki smiled "now for my attack" she put Dark cat into rest position "boosted by Dark cat, Godess of the cresent moon Tsukuyomi attacks Dragonic princess"
Cresent Moon Godess, Tsukuyomi (power: 14000)
Misaki looked at her trigger and revealed Half Moon Goddess Tsukuyomi in the check.
"Damage check" Caro flipped her card over to reveal a Dragonic overlord, Caro looked at the card and sighed.
"I guess that was your only Dragonic overlord wasn't it?" Misaki asked with a smile "I guess that I chose correctly in letting you draw a card…"
Caro looked dejected and squirmed "could you re-phrase that… it sounds like you expected me to stack my deck or something…
Misaki sighed "sorry… it's your turn"
Caro nodded
Misaki's field
Right front rearguard circle- Empty
Vanguard circle- Godess of the Cresent moon Tsukuyomi (power: 7000)
Left front rearguard circle- empty
Back left rearguard circle- empty
Center left rearguard circle- Dark Cat (power: 7000)
Caro drew a card from her deck and pondered, "For my turn I ride lightning spearman"
Slamming down the card
Lightning spearman (power: 10000)
And I call two Dragon knight Nehalem's
Dragon knight Nehalem (X2) (power: 10000)
And two Dragon Guru Makoraga's
Dragon Guru Makoraga (X2) (power: 5000)
And Demonic Dragon Mage Kimnara
Demonic Dragon Mage Kimnara (power: 6000)
Caro flipped over her one damage card "counter blast, when I have a Kagero vanguard I can retire one of your grade 1 rearguards" placing the card beneath her vanguard she pointed to Misaki's card "and I choose Dark cat"
Misaki nodded and placed her rearguard into the discard pile
"And because of that both of my Dragon guru's gain 5000 power
Dragon Guru Makoraga (X2) (power: 10000)
"Next up is Embodiment of armor Bahr"
Embodiment of armor Bahr (power: 8000)
Misaki smiled, "I see, you aren't the type to wait are you?"
Caro pouted "I can be patient… but I prefer to win quickly"
"Oh… I see, very powerful" Misaki bantered back as she looked at her hand.
Caro turned two of her cards sideways "with a boost from Bahr my first Nehalem attacks Tsukuyomi
Dragon knight Nehalem (power: 18000)
Misaki revealed her damage trigger without a word "no trigger"
Caro rested two more cards "next I'll go for lightning spearman to vanguard as well with a boost from Makoraga"
Lightning spearman (power: 20000)
Misaki debated slightly and decided to simply declare "no guard"
Caro looked perplexed "bad hand?"
Misaki shook her head "I feel that this will pay off later"
Caro tilted her head in confusion before shrugging and checking her drive trigger "Embodiment of spear Tahr… I give the power to my Nehalem that hasn't attacked and give the critical to lightning spearman"
Lightning spearman (power: 20000 +critical +1)
Dragon knight Nehalem (power: 15000)
Misaki checked her damage and placed them into the damage zone "no triggers"
"My second Nehalem will attack your vanguard with a boost from my other Makoraga"
Dragon knight Nehalem (power: 25000)
Misaki looked at her hand and seemed to mull something over "okay no guard"
Caro blinked twice "you are something else… the other players at least put up a token defense"
Misaki simply smiled and placed one of her damages into the discard pile
Caro looked at misaki wide eyed "wait why did you…" she stopped talking when Misaki revealed a heal trigger from the top of her deck "how?"
Misaki placed her card into the damage zone "I trusted my friends"
Caro's field
Right front rearguard circle- Dragon knight Nehalem (power: 10000)
Vanguard circle- Lightning spearman
Left front rearguard circle- Dragon knight Nehalem (power: 10000)
Left back rearguard- Dragon Guru Makoraga (power: 5000)
Center back rearguard- Guru Makoraga (power: 5000)
Right back rearguard- Embodiment of armor Bahr (power: 8000)
Hayate on the sidelines looked more intently at the game.
Misaki drew her card and placed it in her hand I use goddess of the cresent moon's effect.
Misaki checked the top 5 cards of her deck and sighed in relief before placing all 5 on the bottom of her deck.
Caro also felt a bit safer but felt that she would still have to worry.
Misaki grabbed a card from her hand "I ride goddess of the half-moon Tsukuyomi"
Goddess of the half-moon Tsukuyomi (power: 9000)
And I call Silent tom and weather girl milk as well as battle sister cocoa
Silent Tom (power: 8000)
Weather girl milk (power: 6000)
Battle sister cocoa (power: 6000)
"And with cocoa's effect I can check the top card of my deck" doing as such Misaki smiled and placed the card back where she had taken it
Caro braced herself
"With a boost from Cocoa, Silent tom attacks Nehalem… with Tom's effect you can't guard with a grade 0 unit"
Silent Tom (power: 14000)
Caro frowned before placing her card into the discard pile.
Misaki turned her next cards over "Tsukuyomi attacks your vanguard with a boost from Milk, milk's skill she gains 4000 when I have 4 or more cards in my hand"
Goddess of the half-moon Tsukuyomi (power: 19000)
Caro smiled "no guard"
Misaki smiled "drive check" flipping over the top card from her deck Misaki revealed it to Caro with indifference "Emergency Alarmer; stand trigger"
Hayate felt the pressure from Misaki's declaration as she stood her silent Tom
Caro checked her damage trigger "Follower Reas… no trigger"
Misaki placed the card in her hand and turned Silent Tom sideways "Silent Tom will Attack your other Nehalem"
Caro placed the card into the discard pile "only a single damage this turn even though all of your attacks succeeded… but you did manage to take out my rearguards… though I fail to see how the extra damage helps you at all."
Misaki ended her turn.
Drawing her card Caro made a spin with the card before placing it in her rearguard "I call Cross shot Garp"
Cross shot Garp (power: 10000)
"Next up I attack with lightning spearman"
Lightning spearman (power: 15000)
Misaki placed 2 cards in the guardian circle "I guard with Emergency Alarmer and Dream eater"
Caro looked determined "drive trigger, check… Tahr, critical trigger… I give all effects to Garp"
Cross shot Garp (power: 15000 +critical +1)
"I attack with Garp boosted my Bahr
Cross shot Garp (power: 23000 +critical +1)
Misaki calmly placed a card into the guardian circle "battle sister chocolat"
Caro dropped her jaw at the perfect defense card.
Misaki gave a sisterly smile and waited for Caro to end her turn
"I end"
Misaki drew a card from her hand and closed her eyes "now we arrive at the predetermined conclusion… the final turn"
Caro and Hayate reeled back at Misaki's declaration, feeling the weight of her words crushing them as she stood absolute, inspiring awe in the two.
Misaki sighed and looked away "no that makes me sound pretentious; seriously everyone else makes this look easy"
Both girls looked confused at Misaki's comment.
"Oh well, I look at the top 5 cards of my deck to see if Goddess of the full moon Tsukuyomi is on there, and if it is I can ride it" Misaki did as she said and grabbed a single card out from the pile
"She has the card" both Hayate and Caro thought at the same time.
Hayate's eyes glowed blue, her eyes noticing that Misaki's hand was glowing.
"Gentle light that illuminates the darkness, your smile shall envelop the world."
Misaki spun the card on the tip of her finger, the glow transferring to the card almost immediately
"I ride the Goddess of the Full Moon Tsukuyomi"
Goddess of the Full Moon Tsukuyomi (power: 11000)
I also call White Devil and magic gunslingerTea
White Devil (power: 9000)
Magic Gunslinger Tea (power: 6000)
"When I play White Devil, I can counterblast to bind 1 card in your hand"
Misaki flipped over 3 cards in her damage zone
Caro looked nervously into her hand and held it out to her opponent.
Misaki made a gun shape with her index and middle fingers and pointed to Caro's hand
"Bind!"
Misaki reeled her hand back as she made a v sign with her hand
Both Hayate and Caro flinched as Caro's card flew from her hand and landed face down on the table beside her
"And when I bind a card in your hand Magical Gunslinger Tea gains 5000 power"
Magic Gunslinger Tea (power: 11000)
"And I now start my Attacks"
Caro looked to her hand and her field before noticing her damage "I don't have much damage, only 2"
Misaki turned her Silent Tom to the side "with a boost from cocoa Tom attacks Garp
Silent Tom (power: 14000)
Caro blinked in confusion "okay"
Caro placed the card in the discard zone
Misaki continued "Tsukuyomi attacks your vanguard"
Caro slammed her card down onto the table "Guard with Tahr!"
Lightning spearman (shield: 20000)
Goddess of the full moon Tsukuyomi (power: 17000)
"Drive check"
Misaki flipped over the card from the top card of her deck "Psychic bird, critical trigger… I give the effects to Tsukuyomi"
Goddess of the full moon Tsukuyomi (power: 22000 +critical +1)
Caro looked like a deer stuck in the headlights of an oncoming car.
"Second check" Misaki flipped over another card from the top of her deck revealing a card with the picture of an elven girl in a nun outfit "Battle sister Ginger, Critical trigger"
Hayate blinked as Caro went as white as a sheet
Goddess of the full moon Tsukuyomi (power: 27000 +critical +2)
The wind that whipped around the room caused everyone in the room to buckle before three cards were carried from the top of Caro's deck and landed in Caro's damage zone.
Looking to the damage zone in fear Caro felt the pressure as only the first was a heal trigger, meaning she could only boost her vanguard's power
Lightning spearman (power: 15000)
"Now White devil will end the game with a boost from Magic Gunslinger Tea"
White devil (power: 20000)
Caro fell backwards from the wind that followed, knocking a card from the top of her deck from the top, revealing Blue Ray Dracokid.
"Winner of match 1, Misaki Tokura"
Everyone in the place cheered at the battle that they had just witnessed and watched as Misaki helped her foe up from the ground.
Hayate stood gawking at how Misaki effortlessly walked from helping her felled foe from the ground to aloofly saying "you seem to have power, but you seem to lack foresight, discipline, or the skill to effectively use that power, you should think about training in those aspects of Vanguard"
Caro and Hayate stared as Misaki took her seat next to the counter
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Author's note:
Well I made a new chapter, and I have to say that I like how it turned out overall, I avoided words that I could misspell, double checked my sentences, showed off Caro's deck and playing style, showed that Misaki is badass, and expanded on the story.
Now before anyone asks I would like to address a few things
Yes Hayate does have Psyqualia, she obtained it a few days before the start of chapter 1
Hayate hasn't played any games in these chapters and won't for a while because of the above reason, she would be too broken for what is basically arc 1 enemies so I decided to give the side characters and series veterans a chance to shine (especially the veterans since they have been getting even more badass since the last time we've seen them)
The tournament currently running is the selection tournament to make the new team for Card capital like in season 1 thus Yes Kamui, Aichi, and Kai have left Q4, they have each gone down separate paths (and spoiler by the way) Kamui is on team Handsome alongside Nagisa and Emi, Kai is on team new AL4, and Aichi is doing his own thing... just wait for a few chapters and you'll see j=how much he's changed from his early days.