CHAPTER 1: MY BUDDY

"Here it comes!" I said while nervously tore the third pack and revealed the six cards sealed inside it. There was Latale Shield Dragon, Green Dragon Shield, Burning Sun, Thousand Rapier Dragon and…

"Flarefang Dragon!" Mark shouted in excitement. "That's a good RR right here, too bad it's not a BR."

"I got like, 5 of them already." I tore the fourth pack and looked at the cards. "…Bal Knuckle? That's for the Sun Dragons, right?"

The Sun Dragon attribute was released five days ago and the school's hyped over it. No one's got a buddy from it yet.

"Last chance." I stared at the final pack and prayed. "Please let there be a buddy in it."

I tore it and revealed the first card. Here comes!

I flipped the first card. "Dragonblade, Dragobreach. This is the 15th already."

Second card. "Aroi Lance Dragon. 20th so far."

Third card. "White Dragon Shield. 9th."

Fourth card. "Dragonic Heal. 25th…"

Fifth Card. "Dragofearless? Really?"

I slowly flipped the sixth and final card. I could feel tiny surge of wind brushing through my fingers as I flipped it and…!

The card shone, illuminating the school's park. After that, a strong wind breezed on it, surrounding the card. I could barely open my eyes as the wind is blowing the eyes dry fiercely, but I could see a shadowy figure forming inside the wind.

And then, the wind stopped. I slowly opened my eyes and see a red dragon with long white hair standing in front of me. It wore a navy suit and cap and spoke to me:

"Greetings, kid." It put his hand (or claws?) and shook it. "My name is Flamewing Dragon, and I'll be your buddy from now on."

"H-h-h-hi, Fl-fla-flamewing." I responded. I'm just excited as after trying like forever I finally got a real buddy monster.

People from the crowd started started to form a circle around me and Flamewing. They are having conversations that I really couldn't care much.

"It's...it's so cool!" Mark was looking at Flamewing with awe. "Yang, this is a Sun Dragon! You're really, really lucky!"

I was already smiling like crazy, I literally killed two birds with one stone. Then, I realised that smiling like I just got free candy wasn't too formal for a monster and I calmed myself down.

"Sorry about the early attitude." I regained my usual cool and took a deep breath. "My name is Yang, it's a honour to meet you and I be under your care."

We shook hands once more and gave a confident smile. That's what I call formal.

"So um, what should I do when I got my buddy?" I scratched my head while asking Mark.

"The Buddy Police will come and give you a Core Gadget. Oh, there it is!" Mark pointed to the sky. But somehow, I saw a familiar green circling down and landed softly on the park.

My brother jumped down from Jackknife and approached me.

"Yang! For God's sake, you finally got a buddy!" Jack slapped my back hard and looked at Flamewing. "So this is the Sun Dragon I've heard about?"

"You must be Yang's brother, then. It's an honour." Flamewing bowed slightly.

"Is that Jack?" "It is Jack!" "This kid's his brother, I didn't know that!" voices echoed around us. Oh yeah, did I tell you that my brother's really popular in school? Even he has graduated for five years, the female students passed down the fangirl hype and the fanclub is still going strong.

"Here, brother!" Jack pulled out a rectangular box and passed it to me. "This is your very own Core Gadget. You're an official Buddyfighter now!"

The crowd applaused while I looked at the deck case. Ever since I was young, I coukd only look at my brother's. Now, I have my own buddy and Core Gadget… I smiled.

"Now, Yang." Jack coughed. "It's been my dream to fight my younger brother ever since I started playing Buddyfight."

I gulped while looking at him. The crowd was also shocked too. He didn't mean it, right?

"How about having your first fight after school at the fighting stage? I'll teach you how a true Buddyfight looks like!" Jack flashed his own deck case and Jackknife let out a roar. Cheers came out from a group of girls and they screamed like total fangirls.

"…Mark, you said you'll help me with a deck after I got my buddy right?" I turned to Mark. He nodded with a grin.

"And Flamewing, do you want to have a fight?" I turned to my buddy as he gave a confident nod.

"…Sure brother, bring it on!" I smiled confidently and cheers roared. Flamewing stood beside me, giving the most confident smile towards Jack and patted me on the shoulder.