Cardfight! Vanguard is copyrighted to Bushiroad. I only own the storyline.
In the near future, TCG is very popular. The most popular one is known as Cardfight! Vanguard. In this game, humans are transported to the planet Cray, where they battle as and alongside creatures of different origins, known as units. In this story, three humans shall have battles both on Cray and here on Earth as they try to rise up and become true vanguards, for this is…
Cardfight! Vanguard: 王の中の王
-Opening Song-
tsuyosa wo motometa mujakisa ga naze
hagayui kizuna wo azawarau youni
hanarete shimatta kokoro wa ima mo
kienai itami wo kakushi motta mama
doko de machigatta no darou
hikikaesenai yume no tochuu de
kotae wa itsuka wakarusa
kachi tsuzukeru koto de shoumei shiyou
koukai wo nuguu tameni
tsuranuke, mou nani karamo nido to nige wa shinai
Ride 1: An Emperor Descends
In a park, a dirty blonde, red-eyed, 15 year-old boy wearing a black hoodie, grey jeans, black socks and black and goldenrod sneakers was lying down on a bench, listen to music on his grey headphones, which had a distinctive red lightning bolt design on the ear part. Once the song was done, the boy sat up, but his headphones on his neck and took in the fresh air. From a distance, he could see two guys his age torturing a 12 year old boy with brown hair, amber eyes, wearing a yellow t-shirt, cargo pants, white socks and white and blue shoes.
"Oy, give me back my Vowing Sword Dragon," The 12 year old begged frantically while jumping up, trying to retrieve his just out of reach card.
"Sorry, but due to the rules we agreed upon, this card is now property of the Sanctuary Gang," Bully #1 replied. He was tall, skinny, and had long green hair. He was also the one holding the card.
"I never agreed to those terms."
"You challenged to fight with us. That's good enough for us." Bully #2 stated. He had short black hair and was shorter but more well built.
"So this is what has become of the world of Vanguard, huh?" The blonde muttered to himself. He then decided to pay them no heed and pulled out, from the deck holder attached to his jeans, his own vanguard deck. He looked through his cards one-by-one. However, he accidently dropped one of his cards. As he stood to pick it up, he noticed the two bullies running towards his direction, the elementary school boy running after them. Just as Bully #1 was about to step on it, the blonde did the first thing that came to his mind.
He kicked him.
To be precise, he gave #1 a side kick to the solar plexus, causing the bully to fly a few inches to the ground, dropping the card he was holding in the process.
"Are you O.K., man," The other bully exclaimed as he went to his fallen comrade, attempting to help his up.
"What in Cray was that for!?" Bully #1 yelled out as he was getting up. He saw that the blonde ignored him and pick up his card, and he got a good look at the card itself. The elementary schooler went up and picked up his own card.
"My Vowing Sword Dragon." He looked towards his supposed savior, putting his card back into his deck.
"Sorry about that," the blonde apologized to Bully #1 as he made his way out.
"Wait," Bully #1 yelled out.
The blonde stopped and turned around. "What."
"That's quite the rare card you have in your possession."
"So?"
"Soooo…" The boy smirked "I'd like to challenge you to a cardfight. How about it?"
"Sure," the blond agreed, despite the fact that he knows what would happen if he were to lose. Both the blond and the bully moved to a card table, all prepared and set up. They set their first vanguard down, put their g-units face down on the g-zone, shuffled each other's decks, set their decks down on to the deck zone, and draw five cards from their decks. They were now ready. They both imaged themselves as astral bodies on the planet Cray, in the badlands of the Dragon Empire.
"Stand up... Vanguard!"
"Shining Knight, Millius" The bully reappeared, now wearing the clothing of the unit on his vanguard circle.
"Brawler, Volt Knuckle Dracokid" A small, brown dragon replaced the blonde on his side.
"I'll go. Draw. I ride Knight of Shield Bash. Millius moves back." The bully was now wearing the armor of his new vanguard while Millius appeared behind him. "I end my turn."
"Draw. Eradicator, Egghelm Dracokid, ride. Volt Knuckle moves back" A different dragon, red, with metal parts all over its back and tail and wearing part of an egg shell on its head, appeared on the vanguard circle while Volt Knuckle reappeared on another part of the battlefield. "Egghelm Dracokid attacks the vanguard." (7000)
"No guard."
"Drive check" The blonde took the top card of his deck and turned it face-up.
[Drive Check: Demonic Dragon Berserker, Garuda – No trigger]
The red dragon shot a lightning bolt from its hand toward the knight
"Damage Check" The bully took the top card of his deck and placed it face-up in the damage zone.
[Damage Check: Lunar Crescent Knight, Felax – No trigger]
"That's it for me. Your move."
Bully: Hand: 5, Damage: 1, Soul: 0, Drop: 0
Front Row: []-[Knight of Shield Bash]-[]
Back Row: []-[Shining Knight, Millius]-[]
Blonde: Hand: 6, Damage: 0, Soul: 0, Drop: 0
Front Row: []-[Eradicator, Egghelm Dracokid]-[]
Back Row: []-[]-[Brawler, Volt Knuckle Dracokid]
"Draw. I ride Absolute Blade Knight, Livarot. I call Knight of Twin Sword." The bully was now wearing the clothing of Livarot while a red-haired knight in white armor appeared to his right. "Boosted by Millius, I attack with Livarot." (10000+5000=15000)
"No guard."
"Drive trigger check."
[Drive Check: Bringer of Good Luck, Epona – Critical Trigger]
He gave a wide smile when he saw what card he got. "It must be my lucky day," he says, waving the card at him like a fan. "I got a critical trigger." He pushed the card towards his opponent's face. "Power goes to Twin Sword, while the extra critical is for my vanguard."
Livarot jumped up and sliced through Egghelm with all four of his light sabers.
[Damage Check: Dragonic Kaiser Crimson – No trigger, Dragonic Deathscythe – No trigger]
"Twin Swords shall continue the assault." (9000+5000=14000)
"No guard."
The red-haired knight cut through Egghelm with little effort thanks to his two swords.
[Damage Check: Plasma Dance Dragon – Critical Trigger]
"Turn End."
Bully: Hand: 5, Damage: 1, Soul: 1, Drop: 0
Front Row: []-[Absolute Blade Knight, Livarot]-[Knight of Twin Sword]
Back Row: []-[Shining Knight, Millius]-[]
Blonde: Hand: 6, Damage: 3, Soul: 0, Drop: 0
Front Row: []-[Eradicator, Egghelm Dracokid]-[]
Back Row: []-[]-[Brawler, Volt Knuckle Dracokid]
"The damage is one to three. You've got this man," Bully #2 exclaimed, which #1 replied with a Cheshire grin.
The 12 year old was also watching this fight, and looked towards the blond with a worried look.
"Stand and draw. Wyvern Strike, Bargs, ride." An orange winged dragon replaced Egghelm on the vanguard circle. "Demonic Dragon Berserker, Garuda, call." An orange serpentine dragon with large cannons on its back appeared in front of Volt Knuckle. "I attack you with my vanguard." (10000)
"No guard."
"Drive check."
[Drive Trigger: Rising Phoenix – No trigger]
The winged dragon coated itself in electricity and crashed into the opponent's vanguard.
[Damage Trigger: Knight of Shield Bash – No trigger]
"Boosted by Volt Knuckle, Garuda." (9000+5000=14000)
"I guard with Laurel Knight, Sicilus." (10000+5000=15000)
The serpentine dragon fired its cannons at Livarot, but a green-haired young knight appeared out of nowhere and took the brute of the attack, protecting his vanguard, and disappeared once his job was done.
"Turn End."
Bully: Hand: 4, Damage: 2, Soul: 1, Drop: 1
Front Row: []-[Absolute Blade Knight, Livarot]-[Knight of Twin Sword]
Back Row: []-[Shining Knight, Millius]-[]
Blonde: Hand: 6, Damage: 3, Soul: 1, Drop: 0
Front Row: []-[Wyvern Strike, Bargs]-[Demonic Dragon Berserker, Garuda]
Back Row: []-[]-[Brawler, Volt Knuckle Dracokid]
"Hah, the damage is two to three. And now it's my turn. You can't possibly catch up," Bully #1 gloated.
"Last time I checked, we were having a cardfight, not a conversation." The blond stated.
"Tch, how cheeky. Stand and draw. I ride Knight of Greatspear."
The bully was now wearing Greatspear's armor and wielding his spear.
"Greatspear's skill, when he becomes the vanguard, I can pay one counterblast and one soulblast…" He flipped one card in the damage zone and moved one card from under his vanguard to the drop zone. "… to superior call another Knight of Greatspear from my deck." The bully took his deck, picked out a Knight of Greatspear, placed it on a rearguard circle, and shuffled his deck before placing it back down on the deck zone. "I call Lunar Crescent Knight, Felax." A young, green-haired warrior wearing Arabian-styled clothing appeared behind Knight of Twin Sword. "I attack with my rearguard Knight of Greatspear." (11000)
"Egghelm Dracokid guards that." (10000+5000=15000)
The dragon wearing an eggshell appeared in Greatspear's path, preventing him from reaching his target.
"Boost by Millius, my vanguard shall tear your dragon to shreds." (11000+5000=16000)
"No guard."
"Twin drive."
[Drive trigger: Techgal – No trigger, Knight of Fragment – No trigger]
The other Greatspear jumped over Egghelm and struck Bargs down.
[Damage Trigger: Demonic Dragon Berserker, Chatura – No trigger]
"Boosted by Felax, Twin Sword shall continue the assault." (9000+8000=17000)
"No guard."
The red-haired knight struck his twin blades at the opposing vanguard once again.
[Damage Trigger: Mighty Bolt Dragoon – No trigger]
"Turn end."
Bully: Hand: 5, Damage: 2 (1 flipped), Soul: 1, Drop: 2
Front Row: [Knight of Greatspear]-[Knight of Greatspear]-[Knight of Twin Sword]
Back Row: []-[Shining Knight, Millius]-[Lunar Crescent Knight, Felax]
Blonde: Hand: 5, Damage: 5, Soul: 1, Drop: 1
Front Row: []-[Wyvern Strike, Bargs]-[Demonic Dragon Berserker, Garuda]
Back Row: []-[]-[Brawler, Volt Knuckle Dracokid]
"Ha ha ha ha. Two to five. You really messed up during this turn… no wait, when you agreed to my challenge. You should have just walked away but noooooo… you just had to say yes." #1 gloated.
"You tell him. This is going to be easy," #2 exclaimed.
"Is he gonna be alright," the 12 year old thought.
"Stand and Draw." The blonde ignored the comments and began his turn. He pulled out one of the cards in his hand and looked at it, showing a small smile on his face. Suddenly, on Cray, the storm clouds started to appear out of nowhere, bringing forth thunder and lightning on the battlefield. The Royal Paladin units looked worried while the Narukami units were pretty much unphased. "Break the chains which hold you down! Appear on the battlefield like a flash of lightning, almighty emperor of thunder! Ride the Vanguard! My very soul… Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion!"
A lightning bolt struck Bargs and in his place, a vermillion dragon appears with a halberd on one hand and a vajra on the other.
"Dragonic Kaiser… Vermillion," the little boy exclaimed.
"How does he have such an old card?" Bully #2 gasped, obviously surprised about his choice of unit. However, #1 wasn't surprised in the least, instead smirking, still thinking that he was gonna win.
"Even if you use such a rare unit, there's no way you can…"
"Generation zone… release!" He interrupted the bully and placed on card from his hand to the drop zone [Dragonic Kaiser Crimson- Grade 3] "Stride Generation! Lightning Dragon Knight, Zorras" the blonde reappeared on cray, wielding an axe in hand and riding an orange dragon. "Call, Demonic Dragon Berserker, Chatura, Rising Phoenix." A serpentine dragon wielding a naginata appeared on Zorras left while a phoenix appears behind the serpentine dragon. "Rising's skill, I soulblast two to draw one card. Zorras cuts down your vanguard." (26000)
"No guard."
"Triple Drive."
[Drive Trigger: Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion – No trigger, Deity of Love Kama – Heal Trigger, Mighty Bolt Dragoon – No trigger]
"Heal trigger. Power to Garuda, and I heal 1 damage."
The orange dragon flew towards the opposing vanguard and once it was close enough, the rider struck the knight down with his axe.
"Damage check."
[Damage Trigger: Laurel Knight, Sicilus – No trigger]
"Zorras' skill, Knight of Twin Sword is retired, and I bind two cards from your drop zone."
Zorras shot a lightning bolt from his axe at Twin Sword, removing him from the battlefield.
"Chatura, attack the vanguard." (8000+3000+5000=16000)
Chatura sliced Greatspear down with its naginata.
[Damage Trigger: Aurashooter Dragon – No trigger]
"Garuda!" (9000+5000+5000=19000)
Garuda then blasted the opposing vanguard with its cannons.
[Damage Trigger: Knight of Twin Sword – No trigger]
"Turn End. Zorras returns to the g-zone."
Bully: Hand: 5, Damage: 5 (1 flipped), Soul: 1, Drop: 1, Bind: 2
Front Row: [Knight of Greatspear]-[Knight of Greatspear]-[]
Back Row: []-[Shining Knight, Millius]-[Lunar Crescent Knight, Felax]
Blonde: Hand: 6, Damage: 4, Soul: 0, Drop: 4
Front Row: [Demonic Dragon Berserker, Chatura]-[Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion]-[Demonic Dragon Berserker, Garuda]
Back Row: [Rising Phoenix]-[]-[Brawler, Volt Knuckle Dracokid]
"Damn, how did turn the tables so fast," Bully #1 though as he stood his units and drew his card. "No matter, this is as far as you go. Generation Zone… release!" [Knight of Greatspear – Grade 3] "Stride Generation! Divine Knight of Flashing Flames, Samuel!"
The bully was now wearing silver armor and riding a Pegasus.
"I call Knight of Fragment and Techgal." A knight and dog wearing silver armor appeared on different parts of the bully's side of the field. "Samuel's skill, I can deal you one point of damage."
Samuel pointed his sword at Vermillion and fired a beam of flames at the dragon.
[Damage Trigger: Wyvern Strike, Bargs – No trigger]
"Boosted by Millius, Samuel will finish you off." (26000+5000=31000)
The Pegasus flew up as the rider gathered flames on his sword, extending its reach. The knight then brought down the sword of flames on the dragon. At first, the knight though the dragon was finished until smoke cleared. Then he saw a belly dancer in front of Vermillion. Back on Earth, the bully was pissed that the blonde managed to put down a perfect guard. (Null)
"Tch! You just got lucky. Triple Drive."
[Drive Trigger: Knight of Flash – Critical trigger, Aurashooter Dragon – No trigger, Laurel Knight, Sicilus – No trigger]
"Critical Trigger, all effects go to Knight of Fragment. Boosted by Felax, Knight of Fragment will finish the job." (9000+2000+5000+8000=24000)
"Malevolent Djinn, Rising Phoenix, guard!" (11000+10000+5000=26000)
While Fragment was rushing towards Vermillion, a red genie and a phoenix stood in his way. He managed to cut them down but when Vermillion brought his bladed spear down he was forced to retreat.
"THIS AIN'T OVER! FAR FROM IT! KNIGHT OF GREATSPEAR ATTACKS! WITH TECHGAL'S SKILL, HE GETS POWER +8000!" (11000+8000=19000)
"I guard with Kama." (11000+10000=21000)
Greatspear jumped up high, hoping to pierce through Vermillion. However, a blonde noble appeared below him, but Greatspear was able to cut down the noble. However, it gave Vermillion enough time to create a field of electricity to block Greatspear's attack. On earth, everybody was surprised that the blonde managed to protect himself against that onslaught.
"Is it over now?" The blonde asked with a poker face.
"Tch. Turn… End" Bully #1 muttered, disappointed.
Bully: Hand: 6, Damage: 5 (3 flipped), Soul: 0, Drop: 2, Bind: 3
Front Row: [Knight of Greatspear]-[Knight of Greatspear]-[Knight of Fragment]
Back Row: [Techgal]-[Shining Knight, Millius]-[Lunar Crescent Knight, Felax]
Blonde: Hand: 1, Damage: 5, Soul: 0, Drop: 9
Front Row: [Demonic Dragon Berserker, Chatura]-[Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion]-[Demonic Dragon Berserker, Garuda]
Back Row: [Rising Phoenix]-[]-[Brawler, Volt Knuckle Dracokid]
"You may have escaped this turn, but know this; there is no way you can survive my next turn."
"If you have a next turn, that is."
"Huh? Did I hear you right? You think you're gonna beat me this turn. Keep dreaming." Despite all of his big talk, his left arm was shaking vigorously, which his friend noticed.
"Oi, you alright?"
"Of course I am! Look who you're talking to!" Bully #1 replied as he tries to stop the shaking with his right hand, but to no avail. The sight of this made the blond give a small smirk before returning to his poker face.
(A/N: Cue Kai no Theme)
"Stand and draw. Generation zone… release!" [Mighty Bolt Dragoon – Grade 1-3] "Reverberate, Roar of thunder! Echo a distant cry that never made it to the faraway future! Stride Generation! Conquering Supreme Dragon, Dragonic Kaiser Warning!"
A crimson and electric green dragon appeared on the battlefield, wielding a large silver lance on one hand. As it appeared, the wind picked up and the storm became even more vicious.
"Warning's Generation Break, It can attack all of your front row units in one attack. Take them down, Warning Thunderbolt!" (26000)
"I guard with a perfect guard!" (Null)
"Triple Drive."
[Drive Trigger: Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion – No trigger, Dragonic Deathscythe – No trigger, Malevolent Djinn – Critical trigger]
"All effects go to Garuda."
Warning struck down Knight of Fragment with his spear, then blasted the rearguard Knight of Greatspear with a bolt of lightning. However, before it could attack the vanguard, a blonde mage appeared and created a shield that blocked the attempt.
"Phew, that was close," Bully #1 sighed in relief.
"That was just a warning shot," the blond stated, making Bully #1 jump a bit. "Warning's other skill activate. When its attack hit, 2 of my units gain power +5000."
"But you didn't even hit my vanguard. Unless…" He looked towards his drop zone. More specifically at the rearguards that were just retired. "Aw dang!"
"I hit two of your units, meaning that all of my rearguards get power +5000." The two spectators looked at the blonde in both awe and fear, while the blonde's opponent just looked like he was going to faint at any second. "Boosted by Volt Knuckle, Garuda attacks." (9000+5000+5000+5000+3000+5000=32000)
"As if I'll take an attack with that amount of critical! I guard with Epona, Knight of Flash, and Knight of Shield Bash!" (11000+10000+10000+5000=36000)
Garuda fired its cannons at Greatspear, but 3 knight appeared and took the hit for him.
"Chatura!" (8000+3000+5000+5000+5000=26000)
"No guard!"
Chatura raised its naginata towards Greatspear and fired a lightning bolt towards him, hitting its mark.
[Damage Check: Air Raid Lion – Critical trigger]
(A/N: End theme here)
"It's my win."
"Just who are you anyway!?" Bully #2 said, as #1 was paralyzed in shock.
"Shu. Shu Ryuga."
"We won't forget this! Let's go man."
"… Huh… Yea!" After #1 picked up his cards, both of them ran out of there like there's no tomorrow.
After watching those two run away, Shu sighed, put his cards back into his deck case and walked away. The amber-eye boy simply just watched him leave and said something to no one in particular.
"Amazing."
-Ending Song-
Anokoro mada nani mo shirazu ni muchū ni natte kādo o kasane
Atarimae ni kawasu egao no mabushi-sa mo yorokobi mo motte ita
Kodokuna tatakai no naka de oretachi ga mi teta no wa
Kitto onaji hibi, Onaji kiokudattakara
Iwanakute mo kikanakute mo ima kōshite i rareru dake de
Umeyouga nai kūhaku sae issho ni itatte wakaru
Mae o muite korekara mo oretachi wa tomoni ikou shōri mezashite
"So, you lost, huh?" A feminine voice said.
"I wouldn't say lost…"
"It was some blonde hair kid with a Narukami deck who beat him," #2 stated, causing #1 to look at him with a surprised expression. "Said his name was Shu Ryuga."
"Shu Ryuga, huh? Sounds… interesting."
Thanks for reading
Opening: Kibou no Shoumei
Ending: Mae o Muite