Chapter 5: Regional Knock-out stages.
"The first match for the quarterfinals are The Divine Dragons vs Team Ultra Burst!"
"Looks like we are up, anybody want to go first?" Ruka asks.
Kyohei puts his gloves on.
Ruka looks, and smiles at him.
"Alright, alright."
Kyohei Saito, a Second year 16 year old who has no parens, and moved to a school called Miyaji Academy, which had a whole different uniform, and the school system was a lot stricter, but that doesn't stop Kyohei from doing what he loves most, Cardfight Vanguard!
The weird red haired man, entered the waiting room, where Team Ultra Burst were in.
"Why hello there Kyohei, I am a nice man, and I've decided to give you tips. After all I am also a user of the Shadow Paladins too."
The weird man gives him useful and some useless tips.
His wife with blue hair came inside with a box.
"Well thank you!" The weird man kindly thanked opening the box.
"Yes, Kyohei, here are these cards that will help you, but don't worry, you don't need to add it right away!"
Kyohei looked at the cards and a messaged came in their room.
"Kyohei Saito, please come out to the stage."
Kyohei grabbed his deck.
"Good luck Kyohei, we will be watching from in here!"
The waiting room door opens and Kyohei walks into the stage.
"Alrighty folks, welcome to the Regional Knock-out stages!"
"Our first match of the day is Team Ultra Burst vs The Divine Dragons, and our fighters will be Kyohei Saito vs Ota Fujiwara!"
Kyohei, and Ota get ready.
"Battle begin!"
"Stand Up!"
"The!"
"Vanguard!"
"Amber Dragon, Dawn!"
"Fullbau!"
"I'll take the first turn!" Ota shouted drawing his card.
"I ride, Amber Dragon Daylight, I call Dragon Knight Leather, and my turn is over."
"I draw, and I ride Blaster Javelin, using Fullbau's skill to add Blaster Dark, and Behind Javelin I call Blaster Dagger, and Javelin will strike!"
KYOHEI: DAMAGE 0 VS OTA: DAMAGE 1
Kyohei passed the turn over to Ota.
"Alright, I will draw and ride Amber Dragon, Dusk, and I will call Berserk Lord Dragon, and Dragon Knight Nehalem!"
"Supported by Leather, Nehalem will strike Blaster Javelin!"
KYOHEI: DAMAGE 1 VS OTA: DAMAGE 1
"Now Dusk will attack!"
"I don't guard."
"Drive check, and get a critical trigger, power goes to Berserk Lord, critical stays with Amber!"
KYOHEI: DAMAGE 3 VS OTA: DAMAGE 1
"Go Berserk lord!"
"I will guard the attack!"
Ota disappointed in not dealing one more damage passed the turn.
"I draw, and Ride the Vanguard, Blaster Dark!"
"There you have it folks, the all amazing Blaster Dark has been called!"
"Counterblast and Berserk Lord Dragon gets banished, then I call, Neimain, Charon, and Rugos!"
"Neimain's skill, I counterblast and drop to draw two."
"Now Rugos will attack Nehalem!"
"What, I will guard with Tahr!"
"Blaster Dagger supports, Blaster Dark will attack!"
"I don't guard."
"Drive check, Stand Trigger, Neimain gets the power Rugos will stand."
KYOHEI: DAMAGE 3 VS OTA: DAMAGE 2
"Neimain with support from Charon will attack your Vanguard!"
KYOHEI: DAMAGE 3 VS OTA: DAMAGE 3
"Rugos attack the Vanguard!"
KYOHEI: DAMAGE 3 VS OTA: DAMAGE 4
"And look at that, Kyohei Saito turned the game around only on his second turn!"
"Don't think you've won yet, I still got an ace up my sleeve, I ride Amber Dragon Eclipse!"
"Calling Flame Edge Dragon, Shinsen, and Bahr."
"Now Flame edge will attack with support from Bahr!"
KYOHEI: DAMAGE 4 VS OTA: DAMAGE 4
"Skill, I can soul charge one, and now Eclipse will attack!"
Kyohei drops a card.
"Perfect guard.."
"Tsch, Twin Drive, first check Draw trigger power to Nehalem, draw, and second check."
"Now Shinsen supports Nehalem and he will attack Your Vanguard!"
"Neiman intercepts, and Darkside Trumpeter will guard."
"I end my turn.."
"Draw, and ride Phantom Blaster Dragon!"
Ota is intimidated by the huge dragon.
"I call Badhabh Caar, and with his skill, come on out, Mac Lir!"
Ota knew what was coming.
"No..NO PLEASE DON'T!" Ota begged.
"Counterblast, Corrupted charging lance!"
Charon, Mac Lir, and Badhabh Caar were sacrificed to give Phantom Blaster Dragon the power he needs.
"I call, Rugos, and Arianrhod, and Rugos will attack Flame Edge!"
"I can't I will guard!"
"Blaster Dagger supports, Fly Phantom Blaster Dragon, and using Dagger's skill, I soul blast Javelin, and he gains an additional 6000 PWR!"
"I..don't guard..Please don't get an-"
"Stand Trigger, all effects to Rugos, and second check a critical trigger, power to Rugos, Critical to my Vanguard!" Kyohei interrupted.
"No..NOOO I can't NOO!"
Phantom Blaster Dragon strikes at the Vanguard.
KYOHEI: DAMAGE 4 VS OTA: DAMAGE 6
"And there you have it folks, the winner for game one is Kyohei Saito of Team Ultra Burst!"
The audience cheered.
"Our next match will be Ruka Tohru vs Endo Hanada!"
Kyohei entered the waiting room, seeing Ruka walking to get ready.
"You did a great job." She compliments giving him a high five.
He noticed that the weird red-haired man was gone.
The weird man was at a vending machine getting a drink, when he noticed another man with brown hair.
"Ahh, you are finally here! Come on follow me quick!"
ENDO: DAMAGE 4 VS RUKA: DAMAGE 4
"Now Aurageyser Dragon attack Luquier!"
"This is it folks its all or nothing!"
"Perfect Guard!"
"Checking Twin Drive, first check..second check.."
"I end my turn."
The weird man entered the room with the brown haired man.
"Oh Kyohei, how did your match go, you won right?" He asked.
"Ye-Yeah..who is this?"
He looked at the brown haired and thought for a while.
"He is That Guy!"
Kyohei was confused and scratched his head.
"Who is That Guy?"
"This is That Guy!" The weird man pointed to the brown haired man.
He stood silently watching the battle.
"And there you have it folks, the winner is Team Ultra Burst advancing to the Semi Finals!"
Everyone looked.
"We..We won!" Kyohei jumped out of his seat.
Ruka entered with a smile on her face.
"I did it guys, were going onto the Semi Finals!"
"The next match in the Quarterfinals is The Dimension Deities vs Cardfight Counter!"
The weird man was helping Kyohei prepare his deck.
"So, why am I here, my time is being wasted, I'm going to leave now."
The weird mans wife stops him.
"I don't think so, if you want to leave you have to-"
The weird man stands.
"Now now, calm down there is no need for a fight do we?"
She immediately changes her personality.
"Oh Of Course!" Jumping to near him.
"And a two zero sweep for The Dimension Deities, moving onto the Semi Finals!"
Ruka stands on the table.
"Alright, if we want to win, we must face Dimension Deities in the final round."
The Second seed quarterfinals began.
"What an Upset, The Impacts take down Team Acid in a two to one victory!"
"And we were all hoping Team Acid is able to advance, but taken down by The Impacts."
Ruka looks at the chart.
"Looks like we will be against The Impacts again tomorrow."
"And there we have it folks a two zero victory for The Chain Reaction!"
The MC cleared his throat.
"Alright, for tomorrow, will be the Semi Finals of the Regional Knock-out Stages, and the first match will be The Dimension Deities vs The Chain Reaction!"
"Alright team, I will start, then Kiba will go, and if we have too Kyohei you will be third."
Kyohei worked on the deck with his new cards.
The door opened with the weird man, and the brown haired man.
"Sorry, he will also be our roomate for the tournament, however I want Kyohei to sleep next to me."
Kyohei tried to sleep as far as possible from the man.
KYOHEI'S DREAM...
Kyohei's worst nightmare was losing Ruka to a friend..
He sees Ruka with Teru again.
They both laugh at their jokes.
"Teru..I just wanted to say that..I lo-"
Kyohei immediately woke up falling off the bed head first.
The weird man sleep talked.
"Why I must, love is amazing, oh yes!"
Kyohei grabbed his deck and went outside.
When he went outside, Ruka who seemed to have woken hours before was sitting outside in that same white outfit back at camp.
She heard the door creak, but didn't look towards it, as she knew who was coming.
"Kyohei.. I've been waiting outside in the cold..for very long."
"What do you mean, left alone?" Kyohei asks getting up on the table.
Ruka's face immediately turns red.
"N-no of course not you dummy! I didn't bring a jacket with me!" She lies.
Kyohei laughs,
"I can't believe we made it this far, I hope we don't lose against the team from our Group Stage.."
"I hope we don't." Ruka smiles
The confetti pops.
"Welcome to the Regional Knock-out Semi Finals, where our first match will be The Dimension Deities, vs The Chain Reactions!"
Everyone claps, while Team Ultra Burst were getting ready for their match today.
"Alright let the battle begin!"
The weird man walked inside the waiting room Team Ultra Burst was in.
"Alright, my wife and I bought some nice cold drinks for ya'll so you guys would get some good luck!"
Kyohei grabbed a drink and popped it open.
"It says...Clementine?"
"Ahh yes a type of fruit, similar to oranges, but different in a way."
"The Dimension Deities take down the Chain Reactions in game one!" The MC said while Team Ultra Burst were watching through their room.
As they were preparing themselves, suddenly..The MC yells in the mic really really loudly.
"OHH WHAT AN UPSET, THE CHAIN REACTIONS TAKE GAME TWO AND NOW WE GO INTO THE FINAL CARDFIGHT!"
"What even happened!" Kyohei trying to clean the drink he spilled.
"It seems like the Chain Reactions are a group of people who use Ride Chain decks, and the Dimension Deities are the Nova Grapplers deck." The weird man thought.
"Of course, they must have found a weakness to the Beast Deity Deck, and used it which was a success!" His wife added.
The third and final battle began.
"Stride Generation, Ethics Buster Catastrophe!"
Back and Forth, it almost seems like The Beast Deity deck is similar to the aqua force clan, and both players sat at exactly five damage.
"Both players are on fire right now, could this turn be the last?!"
The guy playing for The Chain Reaction responded.."FINAL TURN!"
"So..we won't even face the Dimension Deities?!"
"Stride Generation, Super Giant of Light, Enigman Crossray!"
The Dimension Deities saw a light shining.
Crossray attacked the Vanguard.
"I wo-"
A shield protected it from going through.
"Perfect Guard!"
Everyone cheered.
"Amazing, he was able to deflect Enigman Crossray's attack!" The MC shouted.
"Dang these guys are no joke." Kyohei complimented.
"Yes, Kyohei there are no joke!" The weird man added trying to make people laugh.
"Oh and as expected the Dimension Deities are advancing on to the Regional Knock-out Finals!"
"They..somehow won!"
"Our next match after break will be, The Impacts vs Team Ultra Burst!"
Ruka got excited, and got on the table.
"Alright, Kiba you are going up first, then I will go up!"
During the Break, Team Ultra Burst spent time trying to train for their semi final match.
Ruka looks at her watch.
"They should be here any minut-"
"Were here!"
The weird man and his wife came in with some food.
"Wow what is this?!"
"Its from a food place near here, good luck on your match!"
"Alright, welcome back folks, for our last semi finals match, now we have The Impacts vs Team Ultra Burst!"
"From the side of The Impacts, will be Kanji Sakamoto, and from the side Team Ultra Burst, will be Kiba Tsukumoto!"
Both players got ready.
"Nice to see you again, Kiba. Last time you beat me, but this time things will be different!"
"Battle Begin!"
"Stand Up, My Vanguard!"
"I attack with Lionetter!"
"Woah Kanji put Kiba at five damage!"
"However, Kanji himself is also at five damage.."
"Final Turn!"
"Ride Shiranui Oboro!"
"Stride Generation, Mujinlord!"
"Dominate, Lionetter!"
"Dominate? What is Dominate?!"
"Lionetter gains 4000 PWR, attack the Vanguard!"
"Wha-NOO!"
KANJI: DAMAGE 6 VS KIBA: DAMAGE 5
GAME OVER, WINNER KIBA TSUKUMOTO!
"There it is folks, the winner for game one is Kiba Tsukumoto of Team Ultra Burst!"
Everyone cheered.
"Well, we did it!" Ruka cheered as Kiba walks inside their room.
The weird man and his wife claps.
The brown haired man smiles a little.
"Our second match will be Jean Sakamoto vs Ruka Tohru."
"Stand up, my Vanguard!"
"I ride, Breathing Dragon."
"I ride, Iunbot..attack!"
JEAN: DAMAGE 0 VS RUKA: DAMAGE 1
"I ride Maricica, I call Lucamia, and Lucamia attacks!"
JEAN: DAMAGE 1 VS RUKA: DAMAGE 1
"My Vanguard will attack!"
"I guard the attack."
"I draw, and ride Uru Buster, call Lionetter."
"Lionetter attack the Vanguard!"
JEAN: DAMAGE 1 VS RUKA: DAMAGE 2
The weird man taps Kyohei on the shoulders.
"Come outside I want to talk!"
"Uru Buster!"
"Guard!"
The weird man finds a table to sit with Kyohei.
"Kyohei, Lets talk about Love."
Kyohei immediately fell in an uncomfortable position.
"But..why are we talking about this now.." Kyohei asked.
"I know that you are in love with someone, I'll tell you how I met my loved one!"
"Alright.." Kyohei frowns.
The weird man explains his love story, and gave him tips on how to get girls.
"While they are good tips sir, I have tried and failed five times already, and none of it seems to work."
The weird man gets an angry expression.
He stands up and walks over to Kyohei.
"Keep trying, your only at five damage, try one more time, you will see Kyohei it will work, IT WILL WORK!"
"The winner is Ruka Tohru of Team Ultra Burst, and they will be advancing onto the Final rounds of the Knock-out Stages!"
When Kyohei returned to the waiting room, everyone was cheering on how they won.
Ruka grabbed Kyohei's hand.
"Come on!"
Tomorrow was the final match of the Regional Qualifiers for the big stage, the National Qualifiers.
NEXT STORY
"Alright folks, this is the final match of the Regional Qualifying Tournament, The Dimension Deities who had a close game yesterday, vs Team Ultra Burst!"
"It's finally time, we either win it or lose."
"Kiba what is wrong with you!"
The battle ended in a matter of minutes.
"KIBA!"
Team Ultra Burst reach the finals against tournament favorites The Dimension Deities, however Kiba underestimated them, and might be defeated. Will Kiba be able to win this match? What about Kyohei's new deck? Find out next time on..
Your VANGUARD!
Chapter 5: Regional Knock-out stages
THE END
Note from author- Season 1 is nearing the end of its journey, only seven more chapters, and a bonus season 1 chapter.
-Ino Lovex