Chapter 38- Card Shark 3
Author's Note: Some reviewers wanted Rôade to wow them, and well, here ya go. Enjoy!

Komui panted heavily as he held his hand over his heart, and he stared at Rôade as she looked through her deck of cards.

'This pain… It's like I just died…' Komui thought as he tried to calm his breathing, but paused when Rôade giggled cause of something.

"I know what to play next!" She said as she held her deck up, and then swiftly threw five cards to Komui and Krory.

The two caught the cards, and stared at the them as Rôade picked five for her.

"Now then. The rules are simple. Each of us has five cards that each have the same value. The point of the game is to create something with those cards. Like if I used nine diamonds, I could make a row of shark teeth, or a knight." Rôade stated as the three looked at the five nines in their hand.

"I get it…" Komui said with a small grin as he knew what to make.

Krory looked at his cards nervously as he tried to decide what to make, but he shook his head several times in denial.

"I can't think of anything…"

"No worries! I'll handle this game!" Komui said happily, and the two others stared at him as he held up the five cards.

"I'll create… KOMURIN VII!" He shouted, and Krory froze as the five cards in Komui's hand disappeared, and a large robot stood next to him while Komui laughed insanely.

Rôade silently looked up at the robot in excitement, and then paused as Komurin VII raised its fist.

"Ultra Komurin Punch!" Komui said while taking a poise, and Komurin VII swung its giant fist at Rôade.

The Noah scowled as she didn't have enough time to think, and the fist collided against a shield.

Rôade gritted her teeth as Komurin VII rose into the air, and a large round gem-like object gleamed on its chest.

"Ultra Komurin Beam!" Komui shouted, and a large beam decimated the area where Rôade was and left a large crater there.

Komui grinned evilly as he climbed onto Komurin VII, and watched as Rôade suddenly popped out of the rubble gasping for breath.

"That was cheap!" She snapped at Komui, but he just laughed insanely again.

"Tough luck! Now die!" He shouted as another beam fired at Rôade, and she scowled again as the shield she made swung in front of her, and deflected the beam, but crumbled in the process.

Rôade stared at the now destroyed shield in surprise while Komui continued to laugh.

"Komurin VII's beam is unstoppable!" He shouted, and Rôade sighed in defeat.

"Maybe I shouldn't have chosen the imagination one…" She muttered as she looked up at Komui.

"Fine, you win the second game."

"Really!? That was quick…"

Rôade held her hand up, and the rubble as well as Komurin VII turned back into cards, and Komui fell back to the ground in pain while crying. "Komurin VII…" He muttered sadly as the robot returned to cards, and Rôade sighed as she looked through her deck again.

"I'm never playing that game with you again…" She said, and she then pulled out a card with a smile.

"This one will be perfect!" She said as she quickly threw a card at Komui and Krory, and they caught it swiftly.

Rôade grinned as they looked at the card, and the moment they did, their eyes suddenly dimmed as they fell back to the ground.

"Nightmare Club Ace." Rôade said as she held up the Ace of Clubs happily. "Have fun fighting your biggest fear."

Komui looked around at the black surroundings, and he slowly walked around.

"Where is this?" He asked out loud until he heard footsteps behind him.

He looked around, and then smiled greatly as he saw Lenalee walking toward him.

"Lenalee!" He cried out and hugged his sister happily.

"I was so scared, but now that you're here… Wait, why are you here?"

Komui looked at Lenalee as she had her eyes concealed by her hair.

She then scowled before swiftly kicking Komui in the chest. Komui was slammed back into the floor, and he stared at Lenalee in confusion.

"L-Lenalee…!?"

"You're such an idiot, Nii-san. Why do you constantly get me in trouble with your stupid machines!?" She snapped at Komui, and Komui flinched at her voice.

"Lenalee! How dare you be mean to your big brother!"

"Shut up, you stupid idiot! Don't you dare ever say my name again!" Lenalee snapped again as she suddenly kicked Komui away again, and Komui stared in shock as Lenalee's boots started to glow.

"Enbu Kirikaze!" She shouted, and Komui froze as the large pillar of wind shot out from Lenalee's kick, and then slammed Komui into the ground again as blood rolled out of his mouth.

'What's going on!? What's wrong with Lenalee!?' Komui thought as Lenalee suddenly appeared in front of him, and then kicked him away again.

"Why don't you just die!" Lenalee snapped, and Komui tried to move, but his body ached in pain as his vision soon became black.

'Lenalee…'

Krory hit the ground also as the person in front of him scowled down at him.

"What a pathetic vampire you are." Eliade said as she stared down at Krory as he weakly looked up at her.

"Eliade… How…?" He muttered, and Eliade quickly slammed him into the ground again.

"How could I have ever lost to a weakling like you!?" She snapped, and then threw Krory away onto the ground as he gritted his teeth in pain.

'This can't be real… Eliade is dead… I killed her…' Krory thought as he stood back up, and then let out a deep breath as he stared at Eliade.

"Nice try, but you aren't Eliade!" He shouted as he quickly swung his fist at Eliade, and he hit her head on in the face.

Krory closed his eyes as the black surrounding changed, and he opened his eyes to see Rôade happily smiling at him.

"Excellently done. Too bad the other one didn't see it was a fake." Rôade said, and Krory looked over to see Komui laying on the ground knocked out.

"Chief!" Krory shouted as he ran over to Komui and checked his pulse.

"Good, he's still alive, but what did that to him!?"

"I did that stupid idiot in."

Krory froze as a whirlwind smacked him away. Krory opened his eyes weakly to see Lenalee staring after him, and he froze as he hit the ground.

"Lenalee…!?" Krory muttered as he stood back up, but was hit away by Lenalee again.

"No… A fake one." Krory said as he wiped some blood away from his lip, and licked it off his finger.

Rôade started to clap happily as she nodded. "Yep! Nightmare Club Ace can read the person who catches it's mind, and then make the thing they want most appear, but with a warped personality." Rôade stated as Lenalee kicked at Krory again, and he tumbled away due to the wounds he already had from Eliade.

Krory weakly stood back up as he glared at Rôade, and he then charged at the Noah.

"I will defeat you!"

"Maybe once you come to grips with my reality." Rôade said, and Krory froze as Lenalee's foot swung into his face and sent him back to the ground in pain.

"I win." Rôade said as Lenalee jumped into the air, and Krory weakly looked up as Lenalee dived down at him.

He clamped his eyes shut, but didn't feel anything.

He opened his eyes slowly to see the fake Lenalee becoming a card again while Rôade smiled at him.

"Game Three is mine. One more and I win." She said happily as Krory stood up weakly, and then staggered as his wounds screeched in pain.

"Now you are the only one left, and you need to win two games in order to beat me." Rôade said, and Krory flexed his fists as he readied himself against the Noah of Reality.

Rôade sure is good at beating people... o.o Poor Komui...

Lenalee: Nii-san! OoO

O.o What is Lenalee doing here!? You're supoosed to be somewhere else! -pushes Lenalee out of room-