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Kyoshiro's POV

Miwa's eyes grew wide as he saw me smirk at him. I would say he did remember me after all then. But my target however wasn't among the Hitsue students. A frown appeared on my face as I looked dreadfully at the door in hopes to see the owner of emerald pair of eyes.

"K-Kyoshiro?" Miwa asked, probably still not convinced about my presence. My blonde hair was maybe shorter now, but how possibly can he forget th fierce look with my sky blue eyes? I waved at him and saw him brighten up, since he finally approached me and my new friends and gave me a warm welcoming hug.

"Miwa, are you trying to choke me?" I asked, laughing in joy to see my childhood friend again. He laughed as well and soon released me from his firm grip. The others just threw at us confused looks, except that black haired guy, who was looking at Kourin with a lovey-dovey expression on. It was so creepy!

"Kyoshiro, do you know Miwa or something?" Misaki asked, looking curiously at me and my blonde haired friend. I just let out a giggle and explained how my relationship with Miwa actually is. All of them were surprised that I used to live here, but what can you do? It's not an extraordinary thing that people move away because of certain reasons.

"Kai!" I heard Aichi's voice call. My heartbeat stopped, my gaze turning to the slid door, seeing the same brown hair and the same poisonous green eyes. His facial features haven't changed in the slightest, his kind smile from back then now replaced with a grumpy frown.

Kai Toshiki.

I have waited such long months for this moment and now I was allowed to see him in the eyes again. I was finally present to show him how strong I have become and defeat him to make him respect me. Miwa probably noticed the hatred reflected in my eyes, but I just kept staring. I saw Aichi ran over to him, saying something excitedly to the brunette and then pointing at me. He followed Aichi's finger to see me with a smirk on my face.

"Kurosawa Kyoshiro…"

"Well, didn't expect to see me, Kai?" I spat, trying my hardest to sound cold. I wanted to repay him his 'kind' words back then. The hate was an incredibly strong motivation. Still, I silently cursed under my breath, since the deck, which would seal Kai's doom was sitting at home in my deck holder. I had no chance against Kai with my simple Pale Moon deck.

"You know him too?" Naoki asked his eyes glued on me. Well, know is maybe a strong word, but I nodded in confirmation. Kai still stared at me like I had a third eye or something. I didn't really know, but he will lose big time after I'm done with him.

"So you are at Miyaji now? Improved your card fight skills abroad?" Miwa said, smiling at me. I knew this kind of tone. Miwa Taishi was up for a challenge. A grin spread on my face as I gave him an approving look. I will show him how exactly I have become stronger. Miwa unlike Kai wasn't really that hard to beat. He was a great card fighter, no doubt, but I could take him on. If luck will be by my side, I should be able to pull this off.

"You want to convince yourself?"

"Sure thing!" Miwa yelled out as he ran to a nearby card fight table and pulled out his deck. I wonder, if he still uses Kagero, but maybe since the Break Ride Skill is now existent he switched to another Dragon Empire clan. And I would say the Seal Dragons aren't really anything for Miwa.

"Stand up, Vanguard!"

"Eradicator, Strike-Dagger Dragon!"

"Girl Who Crossed the Gap!"

Oh, so Miwa changed his Kagero for Narukami. Nice choice, I have to say, my dear friend. But he looked surprised as well, probably because I always used Kagero like he did. It was a drastic change indeed, since Kagero is using the advantages of retiring rear-guards, when Pale Moon focuses more on putting cards into the soul and then superior call them from the soul. But I would lie if I would say that I wasn't torn between this clan and Angel Feather. The skills involving the damage zone are at some part of the game pretty annoying for the person facing them.

"Now my vanguard charges in with the extra critical and power boost!" Miwa cried out as his vanguard dealt me the sixth damage point. I sighed in defeat. Well, seems like my luck has gone missing, since my lucky triggers are nowhere to be found. I looked at the field and saw some ways out of the final attack. If I hadn't guarded that much on the last turn, I could have survived this turn. And since Miwa now only had 2 cards left, one of them being a perfect guard, I could have beaten him the next turn. Well, vanguard is full of unexpected surprises.

"Miwa, you're even better than I remember!"

"But you as well, I recall beating you in only like 10 minutes, now if I hadn't pulled that critical I might have lost in the next turn," Miwa complimented, smiling at me. I nodded. Yes, I worked hard on getting stronger, to one day become the best among the best. Miwa was still the same sweet and friendly guy he used to be. I can't wait to catch up with him on the recent events.

I glanced over to the nearby table to see Aichi and Kai talk about something, probably vanguard strategies, since they had the cards on the table and discussing, whilst holding a card up for the other to see. He seems different than from the time I moved away. He looks the same, really hasn't changed at any important point, but his aura, his energy was quite more aggressive and to be honest, maybe a little odd. I wasn't used to a Kai like this, but that didn't change the fact, why I have moved back to town.

I would defeat Kai Toshiki at any cost.

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A/N Not much action, I know. There will be some in later chapters.