SailorStar9: This is Chapter 29 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

Disclaimers: I own nothing, except for the plot bunny. Because, if I did own Cardfight! Vanguard and Sailor Moon, Aichi won't be such a wimpy protagonist and the Senshi would be kicking more MOTD butt than Sailor Moon.

Chapter 29: It's Summer! It's Camp! It's Vanguard!

"Figured I'll find you here." Ami remarked, spotting her partner in the café. "Can I have the banana spilt?" she placed her order. "The 'Shadow Paladins' huh?" she mused, Ren summoning 'Blaster Dark' onto the field. "I see they've chosen. Was about time, I suppose."

"Why are you here?" Kai sighed.

"And that's the long and short of it." Ami finished explaining. "Just say something to him, will you?"

"It's nonsense." Kai snorted.

"Figures." Ami chuckled. "But just a little… a few words would be fine."

"Like I care?" Kai retorted.

"Tell you what," Ami winked, shoving a spoonful of vanilla ice cream into her boyfriend's mouth. "You do that and I'll throw in something special tonight."

"Bribery, Mouse?" Kai smirked.

"Is it working?" Ami grinned.

"It's okay." Shin assured, the group debating on Kai's attendance the next morning. "Miwa and Ami are sure to bring him over. And I've prepared bait, too."

"What's up, everyone?" Miwa greeted.

"I see everyone's here." Ami noted, dragging her boyfriend in.

"I'm not gonna run away." Kai chided.

"I was positive he wouldn't show up." Kamui muttered.

"Is what you said really true?" Kai pressed.

"We'll see…" Miwa shrugged.

"Why you…" Kai growled.

"This is all of us." Shin noted. "There's no need to worry." He assured, Morikawa having done a head count. "I've prepared the perfect vehicle."

"She's totally toying with him." Izaki mused as Misaki chuckled.

"She may not look it, but even Misaki's spirits are raised by summer camp." Shin added.

"She certainly doesn't look like it." Ami sweatdropped.

"It's hard to tell." Miwa agreed.

"It looks like a big job." Koutei started. "Want some help?"

"Team Caesar!" Aichi exclaimed.

"Manager, what is this?" Kamui was confused.

"They're actually the ones who invited us to this camp." Shin explained.

"It may be rude to put it like this, but you showed promise." Koutei admitted.

"Despite not making it past the elimination round, you snatched one match away from AL4 through ability alone." Gai added. "A feat that Team Quadrifoglio only shares with our team."

"To be honest, I wanted this training camp to also be our celebration." Yuri remarked. "But unfortunately, it didn't work out that way."

"I was looking forward to meeting you." Kai stated.

"Me too." Koutei nodded.

"Kai, you knew that they were going to be here?" Aichi blinked.

"Yeah, that's why I came." Kai replied.

"I see." Kamui noted. "So they're the bait that Manager mentioned."

"Right." Miwa confirmed. "At nationals, he didn't get the chance to face off against Team Caesar, so I told him he'd be able to fight them here."

"Will you fight?" Kai brought out his deck.

"You know it." Koutei concurred.

"I lose?" Koutei was surprised.

"Seriously?" Izaki gaped. "The leader of Team Caesar, beaten?"

"That's what you might expect from Kai." Miwa noted.

"They started again." Ami sighed, both fighters going over their strategies with each other.

"Well, let's put the cards away for a while." Shin voiced, the sun setting. "You're all going to make dinner."

"Jeepers, be careful not to hurt yourself, Aichi." Emi chided, Aichi's potato slipping out of his hand.

"It slipped a little." Aichi admitted.

"I don't know why, but I'm crying like a baby." Kamui wept, chopping onions.

"Me too." Morikawa sobbed.

"It's because you're chopping onions." Izaki sighed.

"Just soak them into water." Ami advised, looking up from the measuring cup she was using to measure out the curry spices.

"Come to think of it, where's Kai?" Miwa wondered.

"Did you call me?" Kai looked up.

"I guess he's got an unexpected talent." Miwa noted.

"Well, using a sharp knife also does the trick." Ami sweatdropped.

"But you don't need to mince vegetables for curry." Izaki pointed out.

"Fried light-brown onions give the roux a well-seasoned flavour." Kai replied.

"Izaki, I learnt a long time ago never to argue with him when it comes to the kitchen." Ami chuckled.

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