Well, another chapter for you.

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Kyoshiro's POV

I turned around in shock to see Kourin with her arms crossed and an expression I couldn't quite understand. The others stared at me as well, but what were they looking at? I mean, I lost the fight, didn't I? Didn't it mean I didn't pass the test?

"Umm… I'm heading outside, since I didn't beat Aichi?" I asked in a seemingly questioning tone. All of them started to laugh and my mouth corners just formed into a frown. What was so funny about my leave? Was I really that horrible against Aichi?

"I think Shingo wasn't exaggerating about your skills as a card fighter. If Aichi didn't have that perfect guard in his hand, you would have won," Misaki said, smiling at me and Aichi. Well, but he did have a perfect guard. I mean, if this would be a tournament, I would have just pulled my team down. At the tournaments, nobody cares about the 'what if' scenarios.

"Still, I didn't beat him, isn't that a condition in order to enter this club?"

"So you can fight me next! You can fight all of us until you beat one of us, because not having you in our team would be a huge waste!" Naoki said, punching his chest with a wide grin. Shingo just strongly nodded and Kourin, Misaki and Aichi just approvingly gave me a nod. I smiled at them and even let out something like a squeak.

"So let's do this!" I exclaimed, fighting against Naoki next. These people are really something special and I'm glad I returned to Japan in a time like this. Soon I became an official member of Miyaji's Cardfight Club. So I say farewell chess club, oh yeah!

The club activities are really much fun and their decks are amazing as well. Shingo's Murakumo deck is so cool and Naoki's Eradicator deck is just pure flames. Kourin's Jewel Knights are so pretty! Misaki's Genesis deck is really blowing my mind, but what fascinated me the most is Aichi's Liberator deck.

"Luquier charges in with the additional power and critical!" I yelled out as I defeated Naoki, the sixth damage falling into his damage zone. Naoki just let his head hang down and Shingo made a funny comment on how my skills are way better than his.

"Shingo, I don't think, you should be so harsh on Naoki," I said, looking at my Pale Moon deck. I was really improving with this deck, but when I would face that douche from Hitsue I would use the deck which I spent hours to build and test-play. I'm sure it will crush him to pieces, so he will never call me weak again.

"Kyoshiro, you're really good. How long have you been playing?" Kourin asked, kindly smiling at me. I looked up at her and thanked her for the kind compliment. Before I moved away, I was a total newbie to vanguard. I mean, I didn't even know the basic rules. I was horrible at it, every time I fought my friends I lost like six to three.

But this insulting speech changed my life forever.

If you keep this up, you'll only bring shame to the game of vanguard. I have never seen such a terrible player and you have been playing for like a month now. I'm not able to see any improvements on your side and it's making me frankly sick that you aren't even half as good as me even if I have fought you like a million times already.

This broke my heart to pieces. He was always a nice and kind person, why did he tell me such cruel things? I was only a child back then. However, the hatred in me motivated me to become the player I'm today. I'm not quite as good as a champion yet, but I have what it takes to defeat him in a vanguard fight.

"Do you want to join us to Card Capital? We're meeting with some friends there from Hitsue High School there so you're welcome to come with us," Aichi offered, looking at me with his adorable puppy eyes. I wonder if he has a girlfriend or something. But my attention caught the name of Hitsue. Well, the chances were low, but it was worth a try.

"Sure!" I replied, my mind now full of the idea of beating him. We left Miyaji Academy and made our way to the card shop Aichi mentioned. He had to be there. This is my chance to show him, how wrong he was. It wasn't a waste of time for me to start with vanguard. I'm passionate about it and I'm not going let him off the hook so easily with all his rude comments on my skills back when I was like 7 years old.

"Welcome!" a shriek voice of a green haired man said as he looked up from the computer. This place looked quite rundown, but comfy. My gaze stopped at the booster packs and rare cards. I have to make sure to check a few of them out later. My Pale Moon deck is actually complete, but maybe I'll get the Cross Ride unit, Silver Thorn Dragon Empress, Venus Luquier. It was an extremely rare card and I would even kill to get my hands on at least one copy.

"The stars of Hitsue have just arrived," a familiar voice said, coming in and waving with his arms as a greeting. That blonde haired human form of the mad hatter still hasn't changed in the slightest. Two boys followed his lead. One had black spiky hair and the other brown curly hair. They looked quite ordinary if you ask me, but strong card fighters.

"And who's this new fellow?" Miwa asked, standing to my side, so he wasn't able to see me face clearly. I grin appeared on my face, since I always loved to surprise him. He was one of the few people, who actually believed in me, when it came to vanguard. I turned around and smiled at him warmly. He still looked exactly the same.

"Hi, Miwa, haven't seen you in a while."

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