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Guest:
I have this as both a crossover and not a crossover for one main reason. Because this is the first crossover of this kind on this site, I want it to be found easily so I set it as a non-crossover, but I also wanted it saved as a crossover as well for anyone who is looking for this specifically. Getting good views on a crossover fic that hasn't been done before isn't easy, after all.
DestinyVain:
There won't really be a 'Kai' of this fic. But rest assured, I know what I'm going to do when the time comes to Link-Joker's arrival, and which person will be filling the role of 'Kai' or the friend who gives into the Reverse, and I've got an idea for the Legion-Mate part of the series as well.
Guest:
As fun as that sounds, that will not be happening. If I were to have Jaune changing decks to Royal Paladin, the name 'The Vanguard of Thunder' kind of becomes redundant since he isn't ONLY the vanguard of thunder then.
TheSib:
Do not worry, Neo WILL be in this fic, definitely. Sadly, she won't be declaring her moves by holding up signs, but I already have a way for her to play without her speaking, so rest assured, that has been covered.
Without further ado, let's begin! Stand Up! Vanguard!
Chapter 4: Anger! Jaune VS Ruby!
Jaune wasn't mad. No, no, no.
He was pissed beyond comprehension. The levels of rage and anger he was feeling right now could not be explained. You would have to be in his situation, with his feelings, to understand the level of anger he felt right then and there as he sat in a quiet room, glaring at his three friends who were all looking down.
"Well?" he asked, sounding calm enough, but they could all hear the underlying rage in his voice. "Care to explain as to why you three are here? Since I'm pretty sure you three said you were busy all week," he didn't even try to hide the venom he used in the word busy.
"Jaune..." Blake spoke up softly. "We can explai-"
"Still waiting," Jaune told them, his eyes showing pure anger.
Yang looked up, flinching at the rage in Jaune's eyes. "The truth is Jaune...when we said we were 'busy' we were actually heading to card capital...the three of us are Cardfighters, and are a Team that got 5th in nationals last year. Team Aegis..."
Jaune nodded, his eyes still mad. "And WHY didn't you tell me?"
"Because we were embarrassed," Blake admits to him. "We didn't want you to think of us as...well..."
"Losers?" Jaune asked, the irritation and disbelief evident.
Ruby looked up, flinching at his gaze. "Well...yeah..."
He face palmed. "Did you honestly forget who you are talking to? Your talking to perhaps the biggest loser in our school! I wouldn't have given a damn as to whether or not you were card fighters!"
That made them all stop short as they thought about his words, before realization dawned on their faces. They had never thought Jaune was a loser at all, they'd thought he was actually a pretty cool guy. But because of that, they'd forgotten that, in the eyes of their fellow students, Jaune was just a loser.
"We...didn't think about that..." Blake mumbled.
Jaune rolled his eyes. "Of course you didn't you idiots!" he growled, before turning. "I'm leaving."
"Wait!" Ruby called out to him, before grabbing his arm. "Don't go!"
"Let go of me Ruby," he told her, his voice softening slightly.
"N-no!" she said firmly. "I won't let you go! I...if you won't forgive us, I'll make you forgive us with a cardfight!"
That got Jaune's attention as he looked at her. "You want to make me forgive you...with a cardfight?"
She nodded, "Yeah! If I win, then you have to accept our apology and forgive us for not telling you!"
He hummed in thought. They did have the time, as the final match was going to be done in about 20 minutes, since an idol card fighting group that he didn't pay attention to the name of was performing a few songs. "Alright," he agreed. "But if I win, I do what I want."
"Deal!" Ruby said immediately. Yang and Blake glanced to each other in worry.
"You sure about this Rubes?" Yang said with worry. "I mean, you haven't really had a lot of time to play with that deck yet..."
Ruby nodded firmly. "This may be our only chance! I'll win!"
Jaune walked over to a cardfight table and set his starting card down, shuffling his deck. Ruby walked over, doing the same, as Blake and Yang stood behind her with wary expressions on their faces.
The two drew their five cards, before both put 2 cards back into the deck, shuffling again before redrawing. "Ladies first?" Ruby asked.
Jaune shrugged. "Fine," he told her, before they both grabbed their vanguard.
"Stand up!" They said together. "Vanguard!" they flipped them over.
"Crimson Lion Cub, Kryph!" Ruby declared, revealing her red and golden armoured warrior.
Crimson Lion Cub, Kryph
Grade: 0
Power: 5000
Shield: 10000
"Lizard Soldier, Saishin!" Jaune shot back as he revealed his white armoured lizard. Jaune blinked a little. "You use a Gold Paladin deck? That's the first deck I ever faced off against."
Ruby blinked at that. "Then I'll show you just how good I am with it!" she declared as she drew. She looked over her hand before she made her choice. "I ride Knight of Elegent Skills, Gareth!" she slammed it down onto her vanguard, revealing the young teen in golden armour. "Kryph moves to the rear-guard, and I end my turn," she told him as Kryph appeared behind her vanguard.
Jaune drew a card as he looked over his hand. "I'll ride Desert Gunner, Raien," he placed the card onto the vanguard circle. "Then Saishin moves back. And then with a boost from Saishin, Raien will attack Gareth!" he turned the cards onto their sides as Raien shot bullets at Gareth.
"I won't guard," Ruby told him.
"Drive check..." Jaune turned over his top card to reveal a Demonic Dragon Berserker, Garuda.
Ruby winced as her vanguard was hit. "Check for a damage trigger..." she turned over the top card and frowned at the sight of her Great Silver Wolf, Garmore. She put it into the damage zone.
"My turn is over," he told Ruby.
Jaune:
None, Raien, None
None, Saishin, None
Hand: 6
Damage: 0
Ruby:
None, Gareth, None
None, Kryph, None
Hand: 5
Damage: 1
"I draw!" the red head said, drawing a card. "I ride Knight of Superior Skills, Beaumains!" She placed the card down as the new warrior appeared on the field. "Then I'll call Knight of Elegant Skills, Gareth to rear-guard!" she placed it just to Kryph's right. "And now I'll use Kryph's skill!" she turned over the single card in her damage zone. "When Beaumains is my vanguard, I move both Gareth and Kryph into the soul," she explained as she moved the two cards to the soul, before picking up her deck and searching through before grabbing a card and shuffling her deck again, putting it down.
"Blonde lion warrior please heed my call..." she chanted lightly as she raised the card. "Show this world your divine power! Superior ride!" she slammed the card down onto Beaumains. "Incandescent Lion, Blonde Ezel!" slowly, the long blonde haired warrior appeared on the battlefield, holding his twin swords.
Incandescent Lion, Blonde Ezel
Grade: 3
Power: 10000
"Superior Ride...?" Jaune said, his eyes wide in shock. "You made it to Grade 3 on only your second turn...?"
"Then I call Little Battler, Tron!" she told him as she put the card behind her vanguard. "And Mage of Calamity, Tripp!" she placed it to Ezel's right.
Little Battler, Tron
Grade: 1
Power: 6000
Shield: 5000
Mage of Calamity, Tripp
Power: 9000
Shield: 5000
"Here goes!" Ruby said. "Ezel gets +1000 power for each Gold Paladin rear-guard I have during my turn!"
10000+2000=12000
"Tripp attacks your vanguard!" she turned the card on it's side.
"I won't guard that," Jaune told her as Tripp's attack hit, and he turned over a card. "Malevolent Djinn. A critical trigger. The power and critical will go to Raien!" he told her as he put the card in his damage zone.
Malevolent Djinn
Grade: 0 (Critical Trigger)
Power: 4000
Shield: 10000
7000+5000=12000
Ruby frowned a little. "With Tripp's skill, I flip over one card in my damage zone," she turned the face-down card face-up. "And then with a boost from Tron, Ezel attacks! And with Tron's skill, since I have more rear-guards, Ezel get's an extra 4000 power!"
12000+6000+4000=22000
Jaune grunted as he looked over his hand, frowning. "I won't guard that."
"Checking twin drive..." Ruby said as she turned over her cards, revealing a Great Silver Wolf, Garmore and Halo Shield, Mark.
"Damage check," Jaune turned over a card, clicking his tongue at the sight of his Thunder Break Dragon. He put it into the damage zone.
Ruby looked over the field before nodding. "That ends my turn."
Jaune:
None, Raien, None
None, Saishin, None
Hand: 6
Damage: 2
Ruby:
None, Ezel, Tripp
None, Tron, None
Hand: 4
Damage: 1
Jaune stood his units and drew. "Stand and draw...I'll ride Thunderstorm Dragoon," he placed the card down as the crimson armoured warrior on his dragon appeared on the battle field. "Then I call Garuda," he placed the card to his vanguard's left. "Garuda attacks Tripp," he turned the card on it's side.
Ruby quickly grabbed a card. "Weapons Dealer, Gwydion will guard!" she placed the draw trigger onto the field, protecting her unit.
9000+5000=14000
"Then with a boost from Saishin, Thunderstorm will attack Ezel!" he turned the cards onto their sides as Thunderstorm charged in at Ezel.
"I won't guard that one!" she told him.
"I check for a drive trigger then..." Jaune told her, turning over his top card, and making Blake, Yang and Ruby pale slightly at the sight of his Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion.
Thunderstorm slammed against Ezel with his lance, making Ruby wince a little. "Damage trigger check..." she turned it over, revealing her Silver Fang Witch, which she placed into the drop zone.
Silver Fang Witch
Grade: 1
Power: 5000
Shield: 5000
Jaune looked over the field before nodding. "I'll end my turn there."
Jaune:
Garuda, Thunderstorm, None
None, Saishin, None
Hand: 6
Damage: 2
Ruby:
None, Ezel, Tripp
None, Tron, None
Hand: 3
Damage: 2
Ruby gulped slightly as she looked over the field. Things looked even, but Jaune had the advantage since his hand was twice the size of hers. "I stand and draw," she told him as she stood her units and drew from her deck. "I call Player of the Holy Bow, Viviane, and Silver Fang Witch!" she declared as she put the two cards onto the left side of her field, Viviane in the front, Fang Witch in the back.
Player of the Holy Bow, Viviane
Grade: 2
Power: 9000
Shield: 5000
"Witch's soul blast!" Ruby told him, before taking Kryph and Gareth out of the soul and putting them in the drop zone. "I draw," she drew from her deck. "Ezel's power increases for each of his comrades!" she declared as Ezel roared.
10000+4000=14000
"With a boost from Silver Fang Witch, Viviane will attack first!" she told him as she turned the two cards onto their sides.
9000+5000=14000
"I'll guard with Photon Bomber Wyvern!" he told her as he placed the card into the guardian circle. He didn't want to waste this card, but he was willing to make sacrifices.
10000+5000=15000
Ruby clicked her tongue as Wyvern was put into the drop zone. "Not yet! With a boost from Tron, Ezel attacks! And with Tron's skill, another 4000 power!" she declared as Ezel charged in.
14000+6000+4000=24000
"No guard!" Jaune told her, knowing even if she got two critical triggers he'd be okay.
"Checking twin drive!" she told him. "First check!" she turned over the top card. "Flame of Victory! A critical trigger! The power goes to Tripp, but the critical stays with Ezel! Second check!" she turned over the second card, revealing her Gareth.
Flame of Victory
Grade: 0 (Critical Trigger)
Power: 4000
Shield: 10000
9000+5000=14000
Jaune grit his teeth as the attack hit. "Damage check..." he turned over the first card and sighed in relief. "Draw trigger. I give the power to Garuda, and draw one card," he placed his trigger into the damage zone before drawing a card. "Second check..." he turned it over, revealing a Thunder Break Dragon, which he put into the damage zone as well.
9000+5000=14000
"Tripp attacks Garuda!" she told him.
"Desert Gunner, Shiden will guard!" he told her as the Grade 2 gunner appeared, defending Garuda before being sent to the drop zone.
14000+5000=19000
"I guess my turn ends there..." Ruby told him.
Jaune:
Garuda, Thunderstorm, None
None, Saishin, None
Hand: 5
Damage: 4
Ruby:
Viviane, Ezel, Tripp
Fang Witch, Tron, None
Hand: 5
Damage: 2
"Ruby got so close..." Yang mumbled. "If only she could have gotten a hit on his vanguard with those other two attacks..."
"It gets worse Yang..." Blake mumbled. "Look at his field..."
Yang did so, and soon noticed the problem and paled heavily. "Oh no...he's got 4 damage..."
Jaune stood his units. "I stand and draw..." he drew his card and put it in his hand before grabbing another and raising it up. "Break out of the cage that binds you! Spread your heavenly wings and descend into the battlefield, incarnation of thunder!" he slammed it down. "Ride The Vanguard! Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion!"
On the planet cray, Vermillion let out a powerful roar as it appeared on the battle field, it's eyes gleaming dangerously. "I call Thunderstorm and Red River Dragoon!" he told them, placing the cards on the right side of his field.
"And now...break through the limits!" he flipped over three cards in his damage zone. "Vermillion's limit break! His power goes up by 2000, and his attack will hit everything in your entire front row!" Ruby paled heavily.
11000+2000=13000
"With a boost from Saishin..." he turned the card on its side. "Vermillion attacks! Go now, Vermillion Thunderbolt!" the dragon swung its sword.
13000+5000=18000
"Not so fast!" Ruby said. "I guard with Halo Shield, Mark! Then I discard Garmore from my hand to nullify your attack!"
Jaune's eyes narrowed. "Let's check the twin drive..." he turned over the top card. "A critical trigger!" he declared with a grin. "I give all effects to Garuda! Second check..." he turned over his second card, this time revealing a Raien. "Destroy them, Vermillion!" Tripp and Viviane screamed as they were sent to the drop zone.
9000+5000=14000
Blake's eyes widened. "Even a perfect guard can only defend a single unit?!"
"It's not over yet! Garuda attacks next!" he turned the card sideways.
Ruby looked at her hand, weighing her options for a minute. "I won't guard!" she told him, wincing as the attack hit. "Damage triggers...first..." she flipped over a card. "Elixer Sommelier! A heal trigger! I give Ezel 5000 power!" she told him, putting the card into her damage zone. "Second check..." she turned over the card and winced at the sight of her Halo Shield, Mark.
10000+5000=15000
"Garuda's skill, I unflip one point of damage," he told her as he unflipped his Thunder Break Dragon. "Then with a boost from Red River, Thunderstorm attacks Ezel!"
"I'll guard that attack with Gareth!" she told him as she placed the card down, successfully defending the attack before putting the card in the drop zone.
10000+8000=18000
"My turn is done," Jaune told her, crossing his arms.
Jaune:
Garuda, Vermillion, Thunderstorm
None, Saishin, Red River
Hand: 5
Damage: 4
Ruby:
None, Ezel, None
Fang Witch, Tron, None
Hand: 2
Damage: 4
"Stand and draw..." Ruby said, doing her actions as she spoke. "I want you to forgive us Jaune...you are our best friend, and I won't let you throw it all away!"
"Hm...?" Jaune looked at her.
"On the road to atonement..." Ruby mumbled. "The walls that stop us have to be torn down! Ezel's limit break!" she declared, flipping over two cards in her damage zone and flipping over the top card of her deck. "I superior call Beaumains!" she placed the card in front of Fang Witch. "Then Ezel's power increases by Beaumain's power!"
10000+10000=20000
"What?!" Jaune's eyes widened as the sheer amount of power, before any triggers or boosts.
"Again!" Ruby told him. "Ezel's limit break!" she flipped over two more cards and turned over the top one. "Superior call Great Silver Wolf, Garmore!" she placed it on the other side of her vangaurd. "And once again, Ezel's power increases by Garmore's power!"
20000+10000=30000
"Thirty thousand power?!" Jaune stared in disbelief.
Ruby nodded. "I call Player of the Holy Axe, Nimue!" she told him as she put the card down behind Garmore. "Ezel's power increases for each Gold Paladin I have on rear-guard!" Ezel roared as aura flowed from his comrades into him.
Player of the Holy Axe, Nimue
Grade: 1
Power: 7000
Shield: 5000
30000+5000=35000
"With a boost from Nimue, Garmore attacks your vanguard!" she told him as Garmore charged in.
10000+7000=17000
"I won't guard!" Jaune told her, grunting as the attack hit. He flipped over the top card of his deck, gritting his teeth at the sight of his Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion. He put it into the drop zone.
"With a boost from Tron, Ezel attacks!" Ruby told him, turning them sideways. "And with Tron's skill, an extra 4000 power!"
35000+6000+4000=45000
Jaune gulped. "I'll nullify that attack with Wyvern Guard, Guld!" he told her as he put the sentinel card onto the field, dropping his Raien from his hand.
Ruby frowned. "Twin drive!" he flipped over the first card, biting her lip at the sight of her White Hare in the Moon's Shadow, Pellinore. She flipped over the second card, only to reveal another Tripp. "Not done yet! Beaumains attacks with a boost from Silver Fang Witch!" she turned the cards onto their sides.
White Hare in the Moon's Shadow, Pellinore
Grade: 3
Power: 10000
10000+5000=15000
"Malevolent Djinn will guard!" Jaune told her, slamming the critical onto the guardian circle.
11000+10000=21000
Ruby looked down. "I end my turn..." she mumbled.
Jaune:
Garuda, Vermillion, Thunderstorm
None, Saishin, Red River
Hand: 2
Damage: 5
Ruby:
Beaumains, Ezel, Garmore
Fang Witch, Tron, Nimue
Hand: 5
Damage: 4
Jaune closed his eyes for a second before he opened them and looked into Ruby's silver ones. This was a good game Ruby... he thought. It's been really close...but now...it's the... "Final turn!" Jaune declared, making the three girls look at him in surprise. "I stand and draw..." he told them as he proceeded to do so. "Then I call Red River Dragoon to my final rear-guard circle!" he placed the card down, completing his formation.
"And then..." he glanced at his damage zone. "Vermillion's limit break!" he declared, the dragon roaring loudly as he flipped over the three face-up cards in his damage zone. "He gets 2000 power! And his attack will be hitting your front row!"
11000+2000=13000
"With a boost from Saishin..." he turned it on its side before doing the same with his vanguard. "Vermillion will swing at your front row!"
13000+5000=18000
Ruby gulped. "I'll guard that attack with Flame of Victory and Tripp!" Ruby told him, placing the cards onto the field. I can still win this! So long as he doesn't pull any triggers...
10000+10000+5000=25000
"Twin drive..." Jaune turned over the first card, revealing a Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion. He then turned over his second card, and the girls paled at the sight of it.
Yellow Gem Carbuncle
"Critical Trigger..." Jaune said with a small smirk. "The power and critical...to Thunderstorm Dragoon." The warrior grew stronger as the Thunderbolt struck the field, causing Ruby's two rear-guard units in the front row to be destroyed.
10000+5000=15000
Jaune then turned two more cards onto their sides, "With a boost from Red River, Thunderstorm will end this!" the Dragon riding human charged in at Ezel.
15000+8000=23000
Ruby looked down at her hand. White Hare in the Moon's Shadow, Pellinore. Player of the Holy Axe, Nimue. Player of the Holy Bow, Viviane. It wasn't enough to stop this attack. "No guard..." she mumbled, subjecting herself to fate as the attack hit.
"Checking for damage triggers..." she flipped over the first one, biting her lips at the sight of a heal trigger, but she didn't yet have enough damage to heal. "Power to Ezel..." she mumbled. "Second check..." she slowly turned it over, everybody staring in anticipation as she flipped over the card.
White Hare in the Moon's Shadow, Pellinore.
Ruby dropped the card, tears starting to fall as Blake and Yang hugged her, all the creatures on the battlefield retreating from Cray. "I lost..." she whispered softly, feeling crushed that they'd just lost their friend.
"Yeah...you lost," Jaune said. They looked up, expecting to see him angry, but were surprised to see him just smiling. "But you had me on the ropes there. If I hadn't gotten that trigger, you'd have definitely won that match. You could have easily won the next turn."
"Thanks..." Ruby said, a little confused but still hurt. "But...I lost...which means you won't forgive us..."
"I never said I wouldn't forgive you," he told them, making them look at him in shock. "I said 'if I win, I do what I want'. I was mad because you never told me, not because you were cardfighters. I got all my anger out during that battle with Ruby...well, I'm saving a little of it for Cardin." He admitted that last part before smiling and walking over to them. "Besides, if I weren't your friend then who else is gonna be the one guy you won't have ogling you all the time?"
They stared at him before laughing and each giving him a tight hug in turn. "Thanks for forgiving us, Vomit Boy!" Yang said cheekily, making Jaune groan.
"It was one time!" he told her.
"It was enough," she countered, making him sigh through his nose, and he looked at the time. "You'd all better head up to the stands again..."
Blake raised an eyebrow. "And what are you going to do?"
"Me?" He asked her. He smiled and turned. "I have one last bully to confront..."