Me: Kay kay, kay kay, let's see. For purposes, Emi is going to be Misaki's little sister instead of Aichi's in this fanfic. Well, in MiniVan, it's been stated that she'd like a big sister like Misaki, so it's almost all good.
Astral: The OCs who are used in this chapter will be given credit at the end, along with some general information. Tsu gives thanks to all of you for submitting.
Me: AHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Astral: She also went a bit crazy from how many people gave her characters. Too happy.
Me: We do not own Cardfight Vanguard! Astral! Happy dance with me!
Astral: No.
Me: Meanie!
Chapter 2: First Attempts
"Wake up, wake up!"
"Ugh… five more minutes…" Aichi groaned into the pillow, not wanting to get up ever. The bed was too soft, the pillow was too fluffy, the blankets were too warm, she just wanted to stay like this forever. Yeah, that would be nice…
"Wake up!" Someone shook her, and she yelled in shock as she woke up to see a young girl with short, light brown hair and clean, casual clothes. Aichi stared at her.
"W-Who…."
"I'm Tokura Emi! Miwa-kun asked me to come wake you up since you were running late." Emi said. "Breakfast began 30 minutes ago, and if you don't head down all of the good food will be taken."
"Huh?" Aichi sat up. "Food?!"
"Yeah. Here." Emi put a stack of clothing on the bed. "Your old clothes was all ripped shreds, so we got some new ones. Mai-chan's a good sewer."
"Oh, thanks…" Aichi picked up the clothes, looking at them and wondering if they would work. "They're nice."
She went into the bathroom and put on the clothes. A red sweater with a small, light blue jacket with black designs on it, and dark blue jeans with blue shoes. It fit nicely, and felt good. She walked out to see Emi making the bed for her. Emi looked at her and smiled. "Great! They fit!"
"Yeah." Aichi nodded. "So… where's breakfast happening?"
"Let's go." Emi said, and the two girls walked out of the room, all the way downstairs to the first floor, where a huge cafeteria filled with people sitting in seats were. There had to be at least 500 people in there. It made Aichi nervous, all these people there, talking, eating, doing stuff she hadn't seen for so long. She shivered without meaning to.
"They saved you a seat." Emi pointed at a table in the middle of the room, where Miwa, Morikawa, Izaki, Kai, and some others were sitting. "Come on!"
"O-Oh, okay…" Aichi walked slowly, so slowly that Emi had to push her to the centre where the others were. Miwa waved at her nicely, and she sat down in between him and Morikawa, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
"Here you go." A girl with cranberry-colored hair in a braid and blue eyes gave her a tray of food, setting it down before her on the table. She also gave one to Miwa and Kai.
"T-Thanks…" Aichi said.
"Thanks." Kai said. The girl blushed slightly before running off. Aichi stared.
"That girl, Hiromi, she's been eyeing Kai for a while." Miwa whispered to Aichi when he noticed her staring. "Although Kai has no idea, either that or he doesn't care."
Aichi nodded slowly.
"Well, don't be too bothered by it. Eat up! We got a lot to go over today!"
Aichi nodded again, and picked up her fork slowly, staring at the food in front of her. That was bacon, and that was… toast? Those were tomatoes, she thought. Actual food. She poked the tomato slice with a fork, picking it up and putting it in her mouth. It was juicy. It was soft. It was delicious.
"You haven't eaten in a while, have you?" Izaki, sitting next to Morikawa, asked her when he saw her put everything on the plate in her mouth as fast as she could. Aichi shook her head, chewing on some bacon.
"Are you Sendou Aichi?" Aichi turned around to see a girl slightly older than her with red eyes and purple hair tied back with a yellow headband. She wore a tight black shirt and shorts, and looked pretty serious. Aichi nodded slowly. "I'm Okada Yukari, in charge of your orientation around the place. We have lots to cover today, so there's no time to lose."
She took Aichi's hand, dragging her out of the cafeteria.
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"There's three ranks to this place now. Think of it sort of like a pyramid." The two girls were in Yukari's room, and white board next to Yukari as she drew a pyramid divided into three parts, the top being the smallest and the bottom being the biggest. She labelled the bottom area 'civilians'. "The bottom rank are the civilians. The regular people who have been able to find shelter here. They take jobs such as growing food, making meals, taking care of armour and weapons, keeping track of security, and other regular jobs needed in society. There are around four thousand of them here at our base."
"Four thousand?!" Aichi stared.
"This is a very big apartment, much bigger than it seems." Yukari replied. "But even still, four thousand compared to how many were taken over by Void, that's not a lot. Plus the civilians can't fight. That brings us to the next level." She labelled the middle part 'warriors'. "The warriors, or the avatars. These are the people who are able to bond with one of their cards, their avatars. They take on the form and powers of their avatar, and can fight. That's around 500 people here."
"So five hundred warriors…" Aichi said slowly.
"And then there's the third class." Yukari said, labelling the tiny top of the pyramid 'vanguard'. "The cardfighters, or as we call them, the vanguards. Sometimes there are stronger than average Voided humans, or sometimes units possessed by Void come down to attack. That's when we need the vanguards. While they can double as warriors, they can also cardfight and have their own cardfight vanguard deck. When Void came, its first move was to take over people and destroy all of the cards that could oppose them as quickly as possible. As a result, there aren't many cards left, and those lucky enough to still have their original deck can become our strongest weapons against them."
"Vanguards… cardfight vanguard…" Aichi absorbed the information.
"And the way the vanguards beat them is through a cardfight, through this." Yukari held out her left arm, where a silver metal device was attached to the lower half. It had one circle on it. Yukari pressed a button on the side, and it made a beeping noise, folding outwards at all sides until it was a large board, with six circles on it, three in two rows. There was a small strip on the side, and a slit on the other side. "A Vanguard Aegis. We can vanguard fight through this. Do you know how to cardfight? I heard from Kai that you have an avatar. Do you have a deck?"
"I… have a deck… although I never learned how to cardfight." Aichi took out her deck and looked at it. She looked at Yukari, who was studying her. "Um, Yukari-san. If you have an Aegis, are you a vanguard then?"
Yukari nodded. She took out a card from a deck case attached to her waist and placed it on the main circle on the board. Suddenly, she glowed with light, and then was wearing a long-sleeved blue shirt ripped off in the middle so her midriff was visible, with matching blue shorts and a blue sheet coming from the back. She held a machine gun in one hand and a missile launcher in the other. There was a blue hat on her head, with her purple hair covering one eye. Purple plates were on her legs as armour, with another one in the middle of her forehead. "See, this is how we do it. My avatar is Battle Sister Tart, so I can take the form of her for battle. Who's yours?"
"Um," Aichi took out the top card of her deck. "Blaster Blade."
Yukari raised one eyebrow. "The actual Blaster Blade? That's impressive. But you have a deck. That means we have people to add to the vanguards."
"How many vanguards do we have here?" Aichi asked.
"Including you now, 114." Yukari answered. "With half of them not very strong. Anyways, I've taught you the basics. Takuma's gotta get you fitted with weapons and armour, and then we go back to the main hall with the others for regular sparing."
BOOOOM
Aichi screamed in shock as Yukari ran to the window of the room and looked outside. She growled.
"Attackers. Let's go!"
"G-Go where?" Aichi panicked as Yukari dashed out of the room. She didn't know what to do, but followed her out anyways.
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The front of Base Q4 was chaos. Aichi hadn't noticed before, but there was a huge, red, transparent barrier around the entire area of the apartment building. Giant bugs on the outside were hammering on it, along with at least a hundred Voided humans as well, both unable to get in.
"Takuma, situation." Kai said at the front of the band of people gathered outside, not taking his eyes off of the oncoming threat for a second. A man next to him was scanning the crowd with binoculars through his glasses, with limp black hair and a black coat with grey jeans.
"Megacolony. Many units, around two hundred. Voided humans 110 to 150. There's one at the head, no doubt a cardfighter. Definitely using a Megacolony deck." Takuma responded, still looking through the binoculars at the scene.
"If it's Megacolony it would be best to let Kamui handle the situation, although he's busy at a meeting with S.I.T. and won't be back until tomorrow or next week." Miwa said. "What'll you do, Kai?"
"I'll take care of it. Rest of you, take care of the minor ones." Kai responded.
"U-Um, w-what's going on?" Aichi asked quietly as she came up to them. Kai frowned, and Miwa looked at her.
"An attack. This might be a bit sudden, but you'll need to learn how to fight now." Miwa said. Aichi stared. What?
Something flew at her, and she caught it. A metal device. A Vanguard Aegis. White with blue trim on it. She looked up at Kai, who had tossed it to her.
"Here. Use it." He said. He held three fingers in the air, and the entire crowd of people became quiet. Two fingers. One finger.
One by one, everybody around them active their Vanguard Aegis, glowing with light and transforming into a warrior, charging forwards.
Aichi watched them nervously. She took a deep breath, then put the device on her arm. It was lighter than it seemed, and fit perfectly.
"Okay, um… you put the card on the middle circle…" She took out her deck, sifting through the cards for Blaster Blade and took it out. "Wait, is it on? Is there an on switch on this? How do I use this?!"
"Behind you!" She turned around to see a huge giant with brown and gold armor staring down at her. It had six wings, and two large swords almost twice the size of her. The top of its head stuck out, like a stag beetle's horn. (A/N: Martial Arts Mutant, Master Beetle) It was terrifying. One of the swords began swinging down towards her, and she shut her eyes.
There was a clang of metal, and Aichi opened her eyes, seeing a man in red armour standing in front of her. He had blocked the huge sword with a jousting lance. Brown hair was tied back with a red strip through his hair. (A/N: Thunderstorm Dragoon) He fought the sword away, and a huge thunder dragon next to him wrestled the mutant beetle away. Aichi stared as the man turned around, and she saw it was Kai, frowning at her.
"What are you waiting for?" He barked.
"I-I don't know how to use this!" Aichi held out the Vanguard Aegis. Kai growled, sliding it onto her arm and then pressing a button. It hummed to life, and he grabbed the hand she was holding Blaster Blade in, pressing it down on the middle circle.
Aichi yelled in surprise as all the sudden, she was covered in white armour from head to toe, with blue clothing underneath. Her blue hair stuck out from underneath the helmet, and she held the sword that had been her lifeline for so many months in her hand. She was Blaster Blade….
"Well?! Attack something!" Kai yelled to her as he rode on the back of the thunder dragon, striking the huge Master Beetle. Aichi turned around, and stabbed a huge millipede coming too close to her with a scream. It dropped to the ground, dissolving apart. She stared. That didn't happen with humans…
Kai struck the leader of the Megacolony units again, and it made an inhumane sound. His lance wasn't doing any good against the armour of the mutant. He frowned, then pressed a button on his Vanguard Aegis, making the front row fold out. Two cards flew out from the deck case on his side, onto the two empty rearguard circles. Flashes of light next to him formed two more dragons, one orange and mechanical, the other red and gold, with thunder running through its wings. "Call! Demonic Dragon Berserker, Garuda! Dust Plasma Dragon!"
The huge mutant beetle roared, then began shrinking down until it became a human. A guy taken over by Void, with a Vanguard Aegis on his arm. He looked at Aichi with a dead look in his eye, and held out the Aegis. Aichi stiffened.
Kai stepped between the two, holding out his Aegis and transforming back into his regular clothes, the two units he called disappearing. "I'm your opponent." He growled.
The human didn't seem to react, and the Aegis on its arm activated. Kai's activated as well, sparks flying, and everyone around there backed off to give them room. Aichi sliced through another giant millipede, then turned to watch. "A cardfight…"
"Stand up, the vanguard!" Kai yelled. The Void human made some sort of bug screech, and light erupted around them.
Where Kai was standing appeared a small, mechanical red dragon with a silver underside. He had two yellow horns on his head, with electricity dancing between them, and a sword crackling with energy. On his left arm was the Aegis, and a belt around its waist held its deck. [Lizard Soldier, Saishin – 5000]
Across from him, where the Void human had been standing was now a brown insect, around two to three feet tall. It had four arms, two wings, and a small dagger in its hand. Its eyes was black, with swirling vortexes in it. The Vanguard Aegis was attached to its arm. [Megacolony Battler C – 5000]
A card flew from the deck case into a slot on the Aegis, and another one place itself onto the field. Saishin was covered in light as it became Kai again, wearing red armor with black clothing underneath. He had on a red headband styled like a dragon's tail, and held a huge red spear. The small dragon reappeared behind him. "Red River Dragoon." He said. [Red River Dragoon – 8000] "Saishin moves. I end."
A vanguard card appeared next to the bug, disappearing, and then two appearing, placing itself on the Aegis on the bug. The brown bug transformed in a taller bug, with a humanoid shape of arms and legs. Its entire body was black, with silver gloves and boots, and a hornet's behind. Its eyes were large and black, with the same swirling vortexes in it. [Phantom Black – 8000] Beside it, another one appeared, with the brown bug from before appearing behind it.
The Phantom Black to the side ran forwards, tackling Kai, who took the attack with his spear. A card flashed next to Kai as Phantom Black ran back to its side.
[Damage Check – Hex Cannon Wyvern – No Trigger]
The first Phantom Black charged forwards, with both it and the bug behind it glowing. A card flashed next to the bug before running. [8000 + 5000 = 13000] It collided with Kai, sending him back from his spot with a painful smash. Kai winced, another card flashing next to him.
[Drive Check – Machining Armor Beetle – No Trigger]
[Damage Check – Lightning of Hope, Helena – No Trigger]
The bug gave an inhumane hiss, showing it was done for now.
Kai – Void Human
5 – Hand – 5
0 – Soul – 0
2 – Damage – 0
0 – Counterblasted – 0
Field:
None – None = None – None
Lizard Soldier, Saishin – Red River Dragoon = Phantom Black – Megacolony Battler C
None – None = Phantom Black – None
"Draw." Kai said, a card flying out of his deck case into the slot on his Aegis. "Ride the Vanguard! Thunderstorm Dragoon!"
Beneath him glowed with light, as a thunder dragon rose from underneath him with him standing on it, his spear's point growing in size until it was a huge lance. [Thunderstorm Dragoon – 10000]
"Call! Dragonic Deathscythe! Demonic Dragon Berserker, Garuda!" A huge, dark red dragon appeared on the field next to Kai, with a huge scythe, the blade made completely out of lightning. Next to them was a mechanical dragon, orange, with two large guns at its side. [Dragonic Deathscythe – 9000] [Demonic Dragon Berserker, Garuda – 9000]
"Dragonic Deathscythe, counterblast!" Two cards, the two that had gone to the damage zone, appeared next to Kai and flipped over. The dark red dragon roared, swinging out its huge scythe which smashed into the copy of Phantom Black, piercing its skin and smashing it apart in mere seconds.
"Garuda attacks your vanguard!" Kai called as the mechanical dragon next to him took aim, the two gun shooting large shots, which collided with Phantom Black with a large explosion.
[Damage Check – Tail Joe – No Trigger]
"Garauda's skill! Since its attack hit, I unflip one damage. Saishin boosts, Thunderstorm attacks Phantom Black!" Kai yelled, the dragon he was riding on flying into the air. He aimed at the bug-man with his lance, sending bolts of electricity towards it. [10000 + 5000 = 15000]
[Drive Check – Photon Bomber Wyvern – No Trigger]
[Damage Check – Paralyze Madonna – No Trigger]
"Saishin's skill! I counterblast and move him to the soul to retire Megacolony Battler C!" Kai yelled, pointing his lance at the small brown bug on the field, lighting racing towards it. "Disappear!" It zapped the bug, incinerating it in an instant.
"Dragonic Deathscythe attacks Phantom Black!" Kai yelled. A woman who's lower half of body was a bee's, with wings and large bug eyes appeared in the dragon's path, taking the hit instead and disappearing. (Karma Queen)
"I end." Kai said.
Kai – Void Human
4 – Hand – 4
2 – Soul – 0
2 – Damage – 2
2 – Counterblasted – 0
Field:
None – Dragonic Deathscythe = None – None
None – Thunderstorm Dragoon = Phantom Black – None
None – Demonic Dragon Berserker, Garuda = None – None
"Woah…" Aichi said. "That's…."
"Amazing?" She turned to the side to see Miwa dressed in Dragon Knight Nehalem's armor next to her, watching as well. "Kai really is amazing, isn't he."
"Yeah…" Aichi nodded. She had never seen anything like it before. Dragons fighting against those bugs. "Why is Kai using a different, um, avatar than yesterday when I saw him?"
"Oh, why he's using the Narukami instead of Kagero?"
"Um… yeah…"
"Kai's really talented. He can switch between Narukami and Kagero, and use them both well." Miwa said. "People I know who can do that are…." He thought about it. "Kai and Misaki, who's currently away at a meeting with AL4. Kamui's able to switch through different types of Nova Grapplers, so that could count. If we go to other places, then Ren would count as well. I guess you could count Morikawa, in a way…. But he's a special case…" Miwa laughed nervously. "Anyways, let's just watch Kai handle this."
"Kai's going to win, right?" Aichi asked. Miwa raised an eyebrow at her, before smiling.
"Of course he is! He's Kai! Kai doesn't lose."
The black bug growled before glowing with dark light, getting taller and growing a large horn at the top of his head, like a stag beetle. It had two orange wings, and machine guns in its hands with a round of bullets strapped across it's chest. It's eyes were dark, swirling vortexes like the rest of them. [Bloody Hercules – 10000]
A creature with metal plates covering its entire being and tiny horns on its head appeared, with the bee woman who had guarded the attack before behind him. [Iron Fist Phantom, Rolypoly – 8000] [Karma Queen – 7000] Two cards flipped over next to the stag beetle, and the bee woman held out her hand towards Garuda. Honey flew out, tying the dragon down to the ground as it tried to break free, but failed. Kai frowned.
The iron covered bug crouched into a ball, and rolled towards Kai's dragon, bouncing into the air and colliding with him, making him cringe and step back. [8000 + 7000 = 15000]
[Damage Check – Lizard Soldier, Riki – No Trigger]
This time, the huge stag beetle mutant began running towards Kai and his dragon, fully intent on tearing him apart.
"Yellow Gem Carbuncle guards!" Kai yelled as a small fox appeared, a yellow gem shining brightly on its head. The large bug was surprised, but didn't have time to avoid impact.
[Drive Check – Toxic Trooper – No Trigger]
It screamed as the bug collided into it, disappearing. The stag beetle seemed annoyed, but stopped its attack and headed back to the other units. It gave a buzzing noise.
Kai – Void Human
3 – Hand – 3
2 – Soul – 1
3 – Damage – 2
2 – Counterblasted – 2
Field:
None – Dragonic Deathscythe = None – None
None – Thunderstorm Dragoon = Bloody Hercules – None
None – Demonic Dragon Berserker, Garuda = Iron Fist Phantom, Rolypoly – Karma Queen
"Stand and draw." Kai said, both him and the reaper dragon next to him standing up, although Garuda didn't tied down by the honey. "Ride the vanguard!"
Kai glowed with light, and suddenly, from a flash of lightning descended a huge dragon. It had red and gold armored plates, and it held two divine gold weapons in its claws. Its wings were made of pure lightning and thunder, sparking brightly. Lightning flew around the field, striking down from the sky every once in a while. When it roared, everyone stopped to look at the huge thunder dragon. [Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion – 11000]
"Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion's here." Miwa said, as Aichi stared at the huge dragon.
"Woah…"
"Nobody can stand up to Kai when he's gotten to this stage." He said. "Now we just wait."
Behind the thunder dragon appeared another dragon, red with machinery attached to it. The wyvern landed behind it, screeching so high it was almost inaudible. [Photon Bomber Wyvern – 6000] Next to it appeared a half man, half dragon creature dressed in blood red armor, and holding a glowing axe. [Lizard Soldier, Riki – 7000]
"Deathscythe attacks!" Aichi heard Kai's voice echo from the dragon. The blood red dragon swung out its huge scythe, aiming for Hercules. [9000 + 7000 = 16000] It collided hard, hacking off a part of the beetle's horn, with green ooze dripping from the injury.
[Damage Check – Sharp Nail Scorpio – Critical Trigger]
The beetle stood up, slightly powered up but still bracing itself.
"Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion! Attack!" The huge thunder dragon took off into the sky, roaring so loudly it shook the field. "Wyvern's skill. Plus 4000!" [11000 + 6000 + 4000 = 21000] "Drive check."
[Drive Check – Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion – No Trigger]
[Drive Check – Yellow Gem Carbuncle – Critical Trigger]
"Critical trigger! Power and critical to Vermillion!" The thunder around the field began striking and flying around faster and faster, until a huge strike hit the beetle with terrifying force.
[Damage Check – Karma Queen – No Trigger]
[Damage Check – Bloody Hercules – No Trigger]
The dragon roared once again, setting down on the ground as the lightning calmed around it.
Kai – Void Human
3 – Hand – 3
3 – Soul – 1
3 – Damage – 5
2 – Counterblasted – 2
Field:
Lizard Soldier, Riki – Dragonic Deathscythe = None – None
Photon Bomber Wyvern – Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion = Bloody Hercules – None
None – Demonic Dragon Berserker, Garuda = Iron Fist Phantom, Rolypoly – Karma Queen
"Five damage. Kai's got it." Miwa said.
"Five damage?"
"Yeah. When you hit the opponent's vanguard and cause them six damage, they lose. Kai's at 3, while the weird bug Void's got is at 5." He explained.
Aichi looked back at the fight and at Vermillion. "This is amazing. Vanguard…"
The vanguard bug glowed with dark light, and transformed into a towering mutant, as large as Vermillion itself. It had brown armour and two huge swords in its hands. It was the unit that had attacked Aichi from before, and Aichi stepped back in fear. [Martial Arts Mutant, Master Beetle – 11000]
Two more bugs appeared around it. One of it was a grey bug with a toxic symbol on its abdomen, and what seemed to be a gas mask on its face. [Toxic Trooper – 9000] The other was the black muscular bug from before. [Phantom Black – 8000]
The toxic grey bug charged forwards at Vermillion, the containers on its back squirting out gas. Kai's two rearguard dragons choked on the substance, being unable to do anything as it hit Vermillion. [9000 + 8000 = 17000]
[Damage Check – Dragonic Deathscythe – No Trigger]
The huge mutant walked forwards slowly, and held its huge sword in the air. Its damage zone appeared next to it, and three cards flipped over. Sticky webs shot from the sword, and hit both Dreadscythe and Riki behind it, tying them down to the ground and making them unable to move. Then it proceeded to use its sword to attack Vermillion. [11000]
"Demonic Dragon Nymph, Seibo guards!" A woman with pale, snake-like skin appeared, with a large snake wrapped around her, and screamed as she was smashed apart by the large sword.
[Drive Check – Death Warden, Ant Lion – No Trigger]
[Drive Check – Medical Battler, Ranpli – Heal Trigger]
The iron bug glowed with power as it rolled into a ball, spinning top speed towards Vermillion. [8000 + 7000 + 5000 = 20000] It smashed into it, making it fall down onto the ground.
[Damage Check – Wyvern Guard, Guld – No Trigger]
The huge bug vanguard growled, slamming its sword into the ground.
Kai – Void Human
1 – Hand – 3
3 – Soul – 2
5 – Damage – 4
2 – Counterblasted – 4
Field:
Lizard Soldier, Riki – Dragonic Deathscythe = Toxic Trooper – Phantom Black
Photon Bomber Wyvern – Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion = Martial Arts Mutant, Master Beetle – None
None – Demonic Dragon Berserker, Garuda = Iron Fist Phantom, Rolypoly – Karma Queen
"Final turn!" Kai yelled. Lightning raced across the field and Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion roared. The last three damage in his damage zone turned over, and the weapons in his hand flashed with electricity.
"There it is. Kai's Vermillion Thunderbolt." Miwa said.
"Nobody ever survives this." Yukari said, smashing a Megacolony unit apart with her gun.
"But right now Kai's Deathscythe and Riki can't stand. That's lowering his power all over currently." Izaki said.
"Oi oi you guys, are you forgetting who you're talking about? It's Kai! Kai doesn't lose!" Miwa yelled.
Aichi looked back at Vermillion. "Kai doesn't lose…" She said to herself.
"Calling one more Vermillion to replace Deathscythe and another Lizard Soldier Riki." Kai's voice echoed through the dragon, as Deathscythe disappeared and another Vermillion appeared in its place. Behind Garuda appeared another small, dragon-man soldier. "Wyvern boosts, Vermillion attacks! Limit Break!"
Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion roared, shaking the entire field. "Vermillion attacks all units in your front row at once!" Lightning raced across the form of the dragon as it glowed pure white. It smashed into all three opposing units at once, the thunder blasting apart the two rearguards. [11000 + 6000 + 4000 + 2000 = 23000]
[Drive Check – Thunderstorm Dragoon – No Trigger]
[Drive Check – Old Dragon Mage – Draw Trigger]
Master Beetle fell back, lightning still coursing through its form from the attack, and it growled.
[Damage Check – Paralyze Madonna – No Trigger]
The rearguard Vermillion took off into the air, flying into the air as lightning ran through its wings. [11000] It shot lightning at the opposing vanguard, but a small bug holding green light appeared in its way, taking the attack and disappearing.
"Garuda attacks!" The mechanical dragon aimed at the enemy, and fired two shots. It hit and exploded loudly, smoke bellowing across the field. Master Beetle screamed, its body beginning to come apart around it as it dissolved.
[Damage Check – Bloody Hercules – No Trigger]
Kai – Void Human
2 – Hand – 3
3 – Soul – 2
5 – Damage – 6
5 – Counterblasted – 4
Field:
Lizard Soldier, Riki – Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion = None – Phantom Black
Photon Bomber Wyvern – Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion = Martial Arts Mutant, Master Beetle – None
Lizard Soldier, Riki – Demonic Dragon Berserker, Garuda = None – Karma Queen
The giant bug disappeared, leaving behind the voided human lying on the ground, not moving. Vermillion dissolved apart as well, as its rearguards disappeared, and Kai landed on the ground. He looked around at everyone, who was all watching him.
"What are you waiting for?!" Kai yelled. "Attack!"
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"Okay, that arm should be feeling better in a week. The injury on your stomach will heal naturally, so you don't have to worry about that." Said the boy with black hair to Kai as he put away the roll of bandages. Kai nodded, then stood up and put on his usual dark blue jacket.
"Good job out there Kai!" Another boy yelled, waving at him. He was blond and wore white clothing and a huge smile on his face.
"Yeah." Kai said, then walked out.
In the room next to them, Aichi winced as a bandage was wrapped around her wrist. The green hair girl bandaging took out a pair of scissors and cut them off, tying them securely. "There! This'll help with the pain for a while."
"Thanks Ayaka…" Aichi said. Ayaka smiled.
"No problem! Seiri should be done taking care of Kai, and Kusuke and Rika should be finishing up with everyone else that's injured." Ayaka said. "Just the four of us in charge of the healing department, but it's really no problem! It's nice, helping others!"
"Yeah…"
"Plus tomorrow Kamui should be returning from Base SIT, so that'll be fun!" She continued. "He's a cute kid, you'll probably like him! Although he can be a bit annoying at times, and conceited. But he's a nice kid overall."
Aichi blinked. Okay…
"Oh, and Blitzkrieg should be returning from Base Dreadnought soon too! It's a team of four, not just a person called Blitzkrieg. Can you imagine a person named Blitzkrieg, that'd be funny! But yeah, they're fun people! Plus Charles and Reina on the team are basically our music and entertainment at parties! We do still have parties, I'm pretty sure we're going to have one to celebrate them coming back safely! You should go! It'll be fun!"
"Y-Yeah—"
"Oh! Plus Misaki-san should be coming back soon from Base AL4 too! She's really cool! And she keeps a whole bunch of those annoying boys in line, which is really nice! She seems a bit cold, but she's really nice inside! I'll introduce you to her sometime! It'll be so fun! We can all go and do girl stuff and I'll invite along Rika and man it'll be aweso—"
"Ayaka." Someone said quietly from behind her, and Ayaka turned around to see a girl with long, straight black hair and a blank expression on her face. "Your job is to heal the patient, not to bore them to death with stories."
"Rika, I'm just telling her about what's going on soon!"
"That's no excuse." Rika said, stepping around her to inspect Aichi's bandages. "The rest of the patients are done. Seiri and Kusuke are waiting."
"Okay! Bye!" Ayaka waved, then ran out of the room.
"You can go too. You'll be better soon." Rika said, then followed Ayaka out the door.
Aichi walked down the stairs, away from the hospital floor, down the hallway to the main floor. It was supposed to be dinner time soon. Her stomach grumbled. She had never worked up this much of an appetite before after fighting. But then, she never had a Vanguard Aegis or actually wore armour before, so that might have had something to do with it. Plus she never really had the opportunity to look forwards to a meal she knew she would get, so that was just making her hungry.
Aichi hit someone, and she yelled before falling to the ground. She looked up to see Kai, studying her. "S-Sorry!" She said quickly.
"Where did you get Blaster Blade?"
She blinked. "Huh?"
Kai held his right arm. "Where?"
"Oh, um…" Aichi looked down at the Vanguard Aegis on her arm. "Well, somebody gave it to me. Somebody really nice…"
"I see." Kai began walking away. Aichi stood up.
"W-Wait!" She said. Kai looked back at her and she froze. "Um, d-do you want this back?" She held the blue Aegis out.
"You can keep it. You'll need one." He replied, walking away.
Aichi kept watching him before realizing she should say something. "T-Thank you!"
Kai waved at her without looking back.
Me: FINISHED! This was a lot longer than expected.
Astral: Alternate timeline, or AU, in case anyone wonders why Kai has both Narukami and Kagero.
Me: I decided to give the whole Kai and Aichi a gradual thing, cause that makes the most drama when a romance develops! Anyway, for now:
Hitomi – AnimeLoverForever00100
Yukari Okada – Shioriri
Takuma Maki – Digidramon (who's stories you should REALLY check out)
Ayaka, Rika, Seiri, Kusuke – Mine
Me: I actually finished this! Hooray!
Astral: Now go work instead of slack off. Please.
Me: . . . review. . .
Astral: We will be getting to the general plot around chapter 4. Please be patient until she gets there. Hopefully. She'd better.
Me: . . . please review. . .