(GS3) Field: Rijuku Residential Area

[OverDrive]

"I wanted some time to think...about the events that are transpiring at the Vanguard world to be honest, with this...power returning again...I know I have to fight but...I don't want to lose those I care about." he said, grasp losing force gradually.

He did not waver from his to help her like he promised, but rather he felt worried and filled with concern over her safety, sure she is the messiah but...she's the one he loves.

Just then as the fireworks began, and the two began watching as the several designs began illuminating the sky in their flash and beauty, as he slowly stared back at her, without a making any noise or movement he took out the box from his back pocket, and revealed the necklace he had gotten her.

Quietly, quietly, night's curtain is cut down

He stepped behind her, and slowly used his hands to make her wear the necklace, "..Listen..I know a lot of struggles are ahead, but we have overcome so much together, I will be here for you Neu like I promised.." he said, as he removed his hands and revealed the necklace, fixated on her neck, it's blue shine radiating with the fireworks.

A blue flame at the dawn of awakening

"I love you Neu..I promise I will stay with you as we get through whatever is ahead."
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Their song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36ZZ0ifoIfU (background music)

[Hope]

"Huh.. thanks..." She blushed a little, looking down at the gift, holding onto the bluish pendant.

As the fireworks shot up, waves of grief started to crash onto her subconscious mind signaling that her happy times would come to an end. Every passing moment, was something she wanted to cherish now with her beloved, but now she had to go and fulfill her duty. The longer she waited, the worse the feeling got until eventually the voices of those whom suffered called out to her and she had to make her move. Among the voices were her parents and old friends, which she never considered to be such people to her in that way. Nonetheless, tears started to stream down her face because due to the nature of circumstances, the enemy has gone too far for her to make a joke of this or to act carefree as she had. She now had to fulfill her duty.

"We'll overcome them together." She leaned onto him and kissed him. Sadly they wouldn't be able to spend another night together, not for awhile. Not even another day that passes by would be spent with Tsubasa, not even another moment after this one, but surely they would be together. She had to make sure of it.

She grabbed his hand placed a spell, giving him her "blessing" as one of those who overlooked the world, to keep him safe and leave him with her presence, even though she would be gone... gone? Her home calls.

As the fireworks shot up, she stepped back with each remaining flash. "Let's protect the world of Vanguard together."

Pop.

"Well... I guess at the end of the road, I'll find a foe that I'll find worth giving my all for."

Pop.

"I'll see you after all this is done.. but for now I have to go protect what I must."

Pop.

"You do that as well okay?"

Pop.

"I love y-"

Pop.

She was gone.

[OverDrive]

The sadness of the upcoming events and how both would have to be separated in order to deal with it, really hit hard with both of them. Tsubasa knew that she had her duties back home, and he had his own here, just like he promised her.

At the sight of her crying he immediately used his fingers to wipe her tears, trying to let her know that everything will be ok,"Don't cry, we can get through this together."

As they both kissed Tsubasa gave her all his emotions through it, as he pulled her closer to him. She then grabbed his hand in a simple way as he entertained his fingers with hers, but he could feel something else aside from her warmth,"..What is..."

As she started to walk away Tsubasa began to tear up as well, something he had hardly done before,"..I will I promise!" As Neu disappeared the show had come to a close, and with that Tsubasa began his stroll to his apartment,"I will see you again, because we truly are never apart.."

[Cece Lockhart]

Why isn't he picking up? He usually has his phone with him...

Noel is starting to get worried. Something doesn't feel right at all. None of her friends are around and hardly any of them would pick up their phone. I hope they are alright...

She couldn't shake this terrible feeling that something big is going to happen and it wasn't going to be a good thing. That is why she quickly started walking out of the park and headed towards the residential area. Noel wanted to find her brother and see what is going on. Nothing today seems right, streets are empty and the feeling of being watched was at an all time high. If I can't get a hold of Seifer on the phone, best thing to do is check to see if he is home. He should know what is going on right now!

Then she started running to Seifer's house so she can hurry and see what is happening

[AlwaysAwake]

A young man looking to be in rough shape slowly made his way towards one of the residential homes. His clothes were a mess in combination with his disheveled hair and grimey face, looking as if having been through some odd survival journey. A camping bag was trapped over his back, with his deck case resting on the side of his belt, and his face holding a look of fear.

He was sweating bullets, and that was for one reason truth be told. His mother, one would expect him to have been happy to be home but the storm that awaited him was one of legends. He made a silent prayer as he knocked on the door of the home and proceeded to enter, peering meekly as he silently made his way through.

Fast forward two hours later, an emotionally defeated yet clean Alex lay on the living room couch. Maybe the nickname "your mom" was fitting in this situation, but it was for this very reason that he had abandoned school and daily life for a few weeks, training to defeat the idol! He would reclaim his pride! Or what was left of it.

[Jello]

"alex, can u come to the hospital please. room 107 -haru"

That was all Haruka could manage to text to the boy. His fingers were mostly numb so it took a good while to fix everything.

[AlwaysAwake]

Blinked, his phone buzzing randomly causing him a bit of surprise though he was happy to see who it was from. Of course his mood had soured a bit after reading the message itself.

"Yeah no problemo, I'll be on my way. You okay? :c" he typed before hastily dressing himself and heading out
 He'd deal with his mother's rage some other time as he rushed to the hospital.

[Golden Sage NovaRaizer]

After the events of the day before, Darren asked the driver to take him home. After given the address within the Rijiku Residental Area it was a quick drive there. That didn't stop Darren from finally passing out as soon as he was comfortable enough to do so. When he woke up, he was in his bed. Likely his Aunt brought him there. Its a good thing she didn't have time to question what he was doing the whole time.

Now Darren was outside the Residential Area, thinking about the next thing he should do.

You could always see what Hans's sister wants. Its pretty rude to keep a lady waiting.

"Every time I go to the Training Area, its Reversed or in danger of being Reversed. If that's where I need to be now, someone can text me.

Fair enough... What about Noel. Didn't she go to look for Seifer and Rosalia? You never really heard from her after that.

"Oh nuts! You're right!"

[Cece Lockhart]

Not enough purified souls... there is still a lot of weak trash here to clean up...

Noel, after Reversing what was left of the shopping district and park along with leaving Khudus to fight the other Reversed fighters until he drops and becomes one of them, was now at the park. There were a few fighters hiding here after seeing the chaos that was happening.

"Come out, come out wherever you are... I just want to talk~" She sounded like a little kid playing hide and seek, giggling like a sadist psychopath, skipping around down the street.

[OverDrive]

Returning to his home the young man limped on his way there, walking as if half-alive, wondering if all this chaos could ever end, whether he had the strength to do anything about it. He was not in fact in pain, he could take a throw to a building, he was merely tired of feeling weak, he wanted to be sure that he won't lose those he cared about, it was only when his opponents threatened him that he knew how much he had to get stronger.

"...Just...Tch..why..even after growing with the Liberators...even after all the fights I have been a part of I cannot say with certainty that I can do this...Haruto...Neu..my friends.....have I really not grown stronger..?" he said, as he continued walking the images of his friends disappearing in front of him. "..No..COME BACK!" he shouted, only to realize that he was alone walking near the houses, causing him to collapse feeling worried.

He stayed there, his face facing the ground for a good while, until he felt a hand tap his shoulder, "Don't you think that you'd be better off doing this in your own apartment." said Fei, showing him his phone signifying that he got his message.

Tsubasa rose from the ground and took Fei into his apartment, "..Did you bring them?" he asked. "..Yea I did, though I still don't understand why you wanted this coat."

"..It used to be for my father, Ray used it to hide Haruto from the flames that night...but your mother did a great job fixing it up a bit...so i appreciate it." he said, taking the coat from his hand and spreading it out revealing the torn edges and jet black colour.

"..You called me here just for a coat, and this speech?"he asked. To that question Tsubasa immediately took off his jacket and put on the coat, it's size and look completely covering all his other clothing aside from his shoes, "..Starting now I need you to keep an eye on Haruto a bit more than before...he must not know what I am planning nor should he come into contact with anyone else right now this world is at war.." he said, as opened a drawer that contained a mask and a voice changer, the mask had a somewhat neutral red smile engraved upon it, along with a volt sign on the right eye. He attached the voice changer to the mask and put the mask on the side, making sure that Fei did not get a good look at the mask itself.

"..I will take care of him...but what are you gonna do..what is this all about..?"he asked, his face showing signs of concern. "...It does not matter, Fei, I entrust Haruto to you for the time being, don't let me down,...now leave." he said, his voice sounding more stern than usual.

Fei realized that Tsubasa was more serious than ever this time around so he slowly began leaving the house, "..Be careful, you know who to come to if you need to anything. he said, as he left apartment locking the door behind him.

"......................"

"..So you finally understand the path you must take, in order to protect your own." said a voice that emanated from his bag.

"..Hm?" he thought, as he approached the bag that radiated in purple black energy. "..The deckcase...it's opening."

"..We are ready to swing our blades in your name, my Vanguard." said the voice of Blaster Dark Revenger, as his gaze met with Tsubasa's.

Tsubasa then immediately grabbed all his things and attached his decks under his coat as he left the apartment with an extreme level of speed, as the door slammed shut and the lights turned off.

The young man had disappeared, maybe not in the eyes of his friends just yet, but quickly enough as the darkness searched for him without success. Now above the apartment building stood a cloaked figure with a mask attached to his face, his deck emanating a purple black aura that seemed to surround his figure, as the ends of his coat fluttered in the wind, ""To prevent the destruction of the world, I shall become it's Shadow...I will soar through the evil and protect those who require it." as the masked individual said that the Mordred Phantom card in his hand began to emanate a dark power creating 4 cards that were added to his deck Revenger, Dragruler Phantom

"...Now let's end this invasion, I am Diablo Falcon!" said the cloaked figure as lighting blazed through the skies, and with that the figure had disappeared, basically leaving the residential area in no more than seconds to fulfill his goals.

[OverDrive]

Returning to his apartment the falcon took off his mask and trench as he laid down his bed, taking out his phone as he began to browse through it.

"...Diablo's assault seems to have done a lot for the first day...but the result tday.....was this really what we were aiming for..." he thought.

He found that he had 2 messages left for him, one from Alex whom he had not met for so long, bringing a smile to his face. And the other from his important friend Neo...he wanted to settle things.

"Just make sure you keep urself safe, the events that took place there were too much to discuss, I'd rather everyone be safe than fall prey to this invasion."  sent to Alex.

"I understand....I'll be there." sent to Neo.

The young man got off his bed and put on Diablo's coat, the coat had given him a sense of protection or elevation above his current self, it did belong to his father after all, "Looks like your time comes faster than usual Diab-" for some reason Tsubasa's words were halted as he reached for the mask. A voice in his head kept telling him, tthat this battle is not Diablo's It's mean't for Tsubasa.

He left the apartment building, unzipped the coat to change his appearance slightly, but began running without a mask, speeding through so many areas just to reach his goal, Diablo's abilities had not left him this evening, in the meantime he pulled out his phone and sent a message to Yukino.

"You told me that our reason for fighting was to survive, today that was not the case...we took so many casualties, including innocent civilians, we cannot continue like this lest we risk the world in our efforts."

[Hope]

There was talk along the Residential Area, spreading all the way across the towns and states of a large young man who quickly gained popularity and support. Of course, many who spoke of this in this area were reversed puppets as well. Despite that, the they followed him. "His army had grown large, and his power had grown tremendously," many would say. They spoke of him as a legend, wondering what his next act was. Nothing of praises could be heard of him, they even talked about his promises of leading the country and the world into the right direction. His story was inspiration, rags to riches, his goal accomplished through his hard work.

Within the Kantei, he sat upon a black throne leather throne. An office chair, much more light, less primitive than his old one made of stone. He now had a wooden table, and his initial servants and close friends now had more official names such as "Minister of Justice," "Secretary," and "Minister of Defense." A grin on his face lay as he integrated the power of the invaders along with the law of the land.

Daisuke Oshiro, the new Prime Minister of Japan.

[OverDrive]

The time of day had not been as late as expected, after the events of last night Tsubasa spent most of the day sleeping and thinking. He could not wrap his mind on which persona he should assimilate for the rest of this war.

"..Which side should take over." he thought, almost feeling like he was going insane, but he knew that Diablo was necessary for these moments.

To his surprise his phone buzzed but this time it was from someone he had missed for so long...it was Neu, she had not been gone for too long, but such is the concept of time when one is in love. "Welcome back my Love, glad you came back safely."

Before he could think about sending another text, his TV started giving reports about criminal activity, involving cards. "..Huh..."

He turned on the volume and watched the broadcast, noticing the person that this general was referring to, Aoi, Diablo's first target. He threatened to harm the town each hour that passes while Aoi remains missing would be costly, his little stunt with the flames definitely sent a chill down his spine.

"...Dammit, I did not secure him, he's probably long gone now..." he said, as he immediately put on the coat and mask.

"I have to catch him before things escalate!" shouted Diablo, as left his apartment and raced to find the general.

[OverDrive]

Arriving home, the exhausted falcon took off his clothing and mask and laid down at his bed for a bit after taking a shower and drinking some tea. Everything about today tired him out so he opted to get some rest bit he could not do that before checking up on Haruto, he got off his bed ND went to use the home phone that was installed at the apartment. He dialed the number belonging to Fei's mom who was watching over Haruto for the time being and began asking her about him when she picked up.

"Hey Auntie, just wanted to call and see how Haruto was doing, if I could speak to him that would also be great. "
"-weeping--weeping- Oh Tsu, i'm so sorry -weeping-"
"..Auntie what's wrong? What happened?"
"-wipes tears- I went out to get some laundry, Haruto was still asleep inside, but when I got back he was gone, neither you nor Fei were reachable I don't know what to do..."
"................No....listen to me Auntie I'll handle this I'll talk to you soon rest assured."

This news definitely had it's effect on Tsubasa, he was physically tired out and now mentally destroyed by the news.

"AAAHHH" eclaimed Tsubasa as he gripped the area near his heart, it felt as if a storm was happening there, a storm that weakened his body with every beat.

"..I have...to save him...Diablo...help...me" he said, as he fell to his knees, that was when he saw it, an image of Haruto...Reversed.

"Haruto...HARUTO!!!!!!!" were his last words as he fainted to the ground, his body trying to heal from all the pain it went through today, though it was clear that Tsubasa was gonna spend the night on the floor rather than a bed. Tat was when something interesting happened he could barely feel his body bring carried as he was placed gently on his bed.

"Rest up our Vanguard."