Episode 3: No-Damage Fighter! Ozora Kanata! Part 2

Tasuku and Kanata faced each other's in the buddy fight arena of the mall with their card deck ready. It was obviously after school since none of them wanted to face the ward of Yuna, especially with what Batzz caused.

Meanwhile, in the air, Paruko said, "Wherever you find a Buddyfight, You'll find Paruko Nanana!"

Holy was with her, which got Gao surprised, but made no comment.

"And I'm going to be observing from here too!" Holy said.

Paruko explained, "This time. It's a battle between Star Dragon World users. Will the winner be the genius fighter, Master Tasuku Ryuenji or will Kanata Ozora, rumored to be a No-Damage Fighter take victory?"

Kanata had a small smile, "Since I decided to buddyfight, I won't be going easy on you."

Tasuku smiled, "I appreciate that. I'll fight with all my strength as well."

"Finishing kick from the azure field, Long shot! Luminize! Dragon's field!" Kanata deck turned into a blue ball.

"Shine Forth! Future dragons clad in stars! Luminize! Cross Dragoner!" Tasuku deck turned into a platform with four spikes around it.

"Buddyfight!" Paruko and Holy said at the same time.

"Raise the flag! Star Dragon World!" they both declared.

"The first move goes to Kanata Ozora," Paruko said.

As the match started, Gao, Gaito and Abygale were watching the match while Batzz was eating chips, which made Gao used his allowance on those. The boy turned toward his buddy and warned him, "Batzz. You better not grow big again."

The gray dragon simply grunted, not caring about what the boy said.

Kanata started his turn, "Charge and Draw!"

Gaito said, "He uses soccer moves even when he draws cards."

"We should be able to learn why Kanata is a No-Damage Fighter by watching this match," Gao said.

"If he is a No-Damage Fighter."

Kanata began his offensive, "I equip! Crystal Spikes!" He got crystal shoes now, "Now. It's kick-off time. I call Bleu Crystal Dragon, Kalvados to the center!"

Paruko gave some detail about Kanata background, "He may use the same world as Master Tasuku, but Kanata doesn't use Neodragons. He uses a new attribute of monsters. They're called Prism Dragons."

"Kalvados! Attack the fighter!"

Kalvados said before firing beam, "Be Destroyed!"

The dragon hit Tasuku and took two life.

Gao grinned, "Next. It's Tasuku's turn."

Batzz said with an unimpressive gaze, "Neither one seems like a big deal."

"You're wrong. Tasuku is incredibly strong."

"Hum..." the dragon grunted very doubtful.

"Draw! Charge and draw!" Tasuku said. He began to prepare his offensive, "I call to the left, Rainbow Vision, Shadowscare. I buddy call to the right, Star Dragoner Jackknife."

Jackknife jumped in the field and took his real form, "Yeah!"

"Master Tasuku's buddy monster is on the scene!" Paruko said.

Tasuku continued his preparation, "I activate Jack ability. I check on the top three cards in my deck and I place one of them in Jack soul's. Crossnize."

Jackknife said, "Now I have 7 000 power and a critical of 4."

Kanata said, "Kalvados has 6 000 defense. But right now, due to the Crystal Spikes effect, his defense has increase of 2 000 for a total of 8 000. Even if you Crossnize with 7 000 power, you have no choice, but to do a link attack with Shadowscare."

Tasuku showed another card, "I have other options! Equip," he lost a life. "Twin Star. Jack and Fang!"

"If Shadow and I do a link attack," he eliminated the monster, but he had Soulguard and came back.

"Not destroyed," Kalvados said.

"Crystal Spikes' ability. Activate," Kanata said. He kicked the item like a soccer ball and took one life from Tasuku, "After a Prism Dragon is attacked, Crystal Spikes can deal one damage if the monster remained in the center."

Gaito watched it, "That item... It might have 0 power and 0 critical, but..."

Abygale said, "Who knew it had such an ability."

Gaito frowned, This is a type of card that is best to counter, dealing damage when it's the turn of his adversary. Against him, is it safe to attack him and his monsters?

Tasuku and Jackknife do a linked attack and destroyed the Prism Dragon.

"That's master Tasuku for you. He succeeds in destroying Kalvados," Paruko said, thought it wasn't as impressive as she said.

Chibi Panda said, "But now that his turn is over, Kanata's life point are totally untouched."

"Could it be? Are the rumors about Kanata Ozora being a No-Damage Fighter true?"

End of turn 1.

(Kanata: Life: 10 Gauge: 2 Hand: 4)

(Tasuku: Life: 7 Gauge: 2 Hand: 4)

Kanata prepared his next assault, "I'll show you. The blinding glittering radiance, that surpasses even the starry skies. I buddy call Quintessence Crystal Dragon, Athora to the center!" His life points rose to eleven.

"Leave it to me," Athora said before taking his position in his real form.

"Athora has double attack and the ability to revive twice with Soulguard. Also, he can't take effect damage or be destroyed by an effect. He's the most powerful Prism Dragon!"

"That's amazing beauty," Gaito whispered quietly, not necessary liking the beautiful dragon, but Abygale heard him.

"That beauty hides great strength," his buddy replied.

"A-A-An a-amazing beautiful dragon has appeared!" Paruko yelled in her mic.

Tasuku frowned as he thought, "He can't be destroy unless I attack with more than 9 000 power."

"I cast! Enhancement. My gauge increase by one and I draw once card. To the left and right, I call Red Crystal Dragon, Almarone!"

"Leave it to us!" the dragons said.

Paruko commented, "This time. He called a pair of crimson prism dragons."

"Almarone on the right, attack the center," Kanata began his offensive.

"Roger that," the dragon replied before attacking, "Commencing attack, Corvina!" and took one life from Tasuku who dropped at 6.

"Tasuku!" Jackknife yelled when he saw Tasuku losing his balance.

"Almarone on the left. Follow him," that dragon took another life from Tasuku.

"Are you alright Tasuku?" Jackknife asked.

"No need to worry," he replied to his buddy, "The real fight has yet to begin! Now come! Show me your true strength!"

For one second, Kanata saw a reflection of Gao appeared besides Tasuku as the excitement raised in his heart, "It's just like that time. What is this feeling?" he wondered. He was sure it was something he already felt long ago, but the constant victory damaged the excitement he felt. Always winning made a Buddyfight match meaningless when you know you will always win the same way. It was happening the same way in this match, but he felt it in his heart.

"Kanata," Tasuku got his attention, "When you faced off against Gao in that soccer match, you threw your heart into it, and let your soul resonate. The same thing is happening right now between us."

"This is what it felt like when souls resonate?" Kanata whispered.

"That's right. You were once a Buddyfighter, so you must realised it by now," Tasuku replied.

The resonance of the souls. Kanata thought about it and realised it wasn't just about victory or losing. He remembered what he lost in his Buddyfight that made his soul resonate with the other player. The passion was one thing, the pleasure another one, but also the constant feeling that victory isn't absolute. That was what he lost when he always won. It was because he couldn't see any uncertainty in the victory. No matter if it was an illusion or not, he lost the certainty of victory, awakening the excitement he once lost and made his soul resonate with his adversary, "I see. Here, in this moment, Buddyfighting like this, I can't help, but enjoy it from the bottom of my heart."

Tasuku nodded positively, "Now. Let's continue,"

"Right now, I want to defeat you in this Buddyfight!" Kanata said with excitement.

Athora noticed that his buddy showed much more emotions that he usual had and made him lightly smiled, "Finally... Finally this day has arrived,"I've been waiting for so long, he didn't thought more about it since, he had to focus on the match right now.

"Athora! Attack the fighter!"

His buddy attacked, "Crystal Horn!"

"I cast! Earth barrier!" Tasuku yelled as he blocked the attack and gained a life point.

"Athora! Double Attack!"

"I won't go down so easily! I cast! Proto Barrier!"

"Next, it's Master Tasuku's turn," Paruko said.

"I cast! Star Jack Repair! My gauge increase by one and Jack Crossnizes with the Elgar Cannon from my drop zone!"

"Now Jack has 9 000 power and a critical of 5. He can destroy Athora in the center, who has 9 000 defense due to Crystal Spikes' effect," Paruko explained.

"Link attack on Athora!" Tasuku said.

Him and Shadowscare attacked and took one Soul from Athora.

"I will protect Kanata!" Athora declared.

"Crystal Spikes ability, activated," Kanata took one life from Tasuku.

"I'm not done yet. Double attack!" he took one of the Almarone and eliminated him. "Jack!"

"Right!" the green dragon replied, "Double Elgar Shot!" and took one other Soul from Athora.

"I'll protect Kanata, no matter what it takes."

"Then I'll use this! Cast! Soul Generator! This allows Jack to attack again!"

"Kanata will not lose. As long as I exist, he won't lose no matter what!" Athora yelled.

"I cast. Radian Shell! The attack is nullified and my opponents takes one damage," Kanata said as Jackknife beam deflected on Tasuku who's life dropped to 4.

"I guess this is it..." Tasuku thought, Too bad I don't have my impact card.

"Final Phase," Kanata said.

"Right now. Only Master Tasuku should be able to declare Final Phase," Paruko said confused.

"I give my power as a dragon to Kanata. Assist," Athora flew besides his buddy while crystal appeared on the feet of Kanata as the energy increased inside of him.

Tasuku looked at his surrounding when it transformers into a soccer field. He said nothing, but was surprised that it took such form. It was bizarre, but not in the way he felt when he trained with Jackknife in Dragon World. He turned toward Kanata who jumped in the air and kicked a soccer ball.

"Cristiano Ball Shoot!" Kanata yelled as he kicked a giant soccer ball made of crystal.

Tasuku looked at the attack coming at him. The impact violently hit him and took out the remaining of his life and dropped from 4 to 0.

Paruko looked at the result of the match and said nothing for a few seconds. She wasn't expecting Tasuku to lose the match, and had to recognise that the reputation about the No-Damage fighter was real and was victorious, "Game End. Winner is Kanata Ozona. Kanata Ozona was victorious over Master Tasuku, without losing a single life point. A brilliant new No-Damage Fighter has been reborn before us today!"

Gao watched the result of the match and whispered, having problem to believe that his friend was defeated, "Tasuku... Lost?" He didn't even manage to take a single life.

"It's seems the rumors about him being the No-Damage Fighter were true," Gaito said.

"And even though Gao risks his life every time he uses his impact and half-transforms into a dragon. That young boy did it without breaking a sweat," Abygale commented, Kanata didn't directly fuse like Gao did. Maybe that's why his life wasn't a risk. He hypothesis.

Gaito frowned and thought, And his impact card was used during the turn of Tasuku. This card is extremely dangerous. I never thought such card existed.

Batzz lightly grinned as he said, "Looks like he's not half-bad."

Later on, the group were outside the mall when Kanata said, "Please. Let me participate in the Buddy Masters."

Tasuku smiled when the boy made that decision, "I was hoping you'd say that."

The green dragon said, "Please take our place as the representative of our world."

"World?" Kanata said. He was thoughtful, "Now that you mention it, what's my world?"

"Hum?" Athora said when he remembered that his buddy clearly said it when they raised the flag, How did you forget it?

Gao, Gaito, Tasuku and their buddies looked at the boy with a face what they thought, Are you kidding me? Because they knew he also said it.

Abygale was the first to comment, "They say geniuses tend to be eccentric," while thinking that maybe Kanata said that on purpose.

"There's no mistake. He's a doofus," Gaito whispered.

"A Doofus... You might be right?" Athora closed his eyes with a smile.

Batzz thought, He's not impressive. He is going to be boring against him.Which demotivated him to participate in the World Buddy Masters.

Tasuku pushed that aside and lightly smiled, "I'm not the only one who set your heart on fire. Gao did the same, by facing you in that soccer showdown," Kanata nodded, agreeing about it, "I'm sure you two will continue to resonate your souls though battle."

"I can't wait for the World Buddy Masters to start," Gao said with excitement, following Tasuku's example.

"Hey. No-Damage Fighter," Batzz said with a grin, "You should compete in the World Buddy Masters just so you can be defeated by me."

"Yeah. Let's both try our best," Kanata replied too casually for Batzz taste.

Don't think of me as a minor threat and pushed aside what I just said! I'm the greatest!Batzz grunted.

During the night, Gao, his buddy and Chibi Panda watched the news.

"Today, the remaining three representatives were chosen. The Ancient World is Dai Kaido. The Legend World representative is Shosetsu Kirisame. The Star Dragon World representative is Kanata Ozora."

Gao heard someone snoring lightly and looked at his right. Batzz was asleep, probably bored out by the news.

"Now all of the worlds are represented."

Chibi Panda turned toward Gao and said, "Gao. You have to become the World Number One, no matter what."

"Yeah. I have to make Drum proud," Gao replied with a smile. He punched his fist and smiled, "My heart is already pounding with excitement."

Gao thought back and felt it had been a while since he had been this excited. He remembered that the last time was when he was with his buddy Bal. It was years ago since he felt that excitement. He looked at Batzz again, his buddy. Despite causing him some trouble, it will be worth it, as long as he made sure that the Demon Lord Dragon doesn't cause any trouble.

AC: Sorry it took a while, but my vacation allowed me to finish this part.

Next: Episode 3.5: A Night With Two Demons.