(NYC) Field: Times Square

[NeoBuster]

While drinking his coffee at Starbucks, Neo noticed everyone was looking at the TV so he threw his empty cup of coffee away and got up to look at what was being viewed. He then noticed Hana and Neu on the TV screen talking on the circuit stage.

"What in the world.." Neo said to himself

After hearing what Hana said, Neo couldnt help but think:

"I have to become the Narukami leader, I just have too" Neo said

Neo then clutched his backpack and started running toward the stadium.

[[R.T] SpiderHunterMD]

Amon decided he did not want an answer from Hazama. He was disgusted by his new difference approach. In addition to this, both Shin'en and Hazama had left him on the bridge alone. Amon decided to admire the ocean from the bridge whilst debating what to do before leaving. The direction he was heading was to the stadium that the New York Circuit was being held.

-2 Affinity to Hazama

OCC

Spoiler

"It's been a while, Amon since I last used you. You were a piece of trash then, a piece of trash now. Farah has way better strength and less arrogance than you will ever have," he said to Amon. Now, get out of my sight u worthless unit."

This is a sample of Meta-gaming done, Only two individual's know the name of the alternate personality, whom are Neu Edelwiess and Haruki Yahagi. In addition, no reference to Amon being the same Amon from Demon World Marquis has been made officially, only insinuated, not confirmed. Therefore this sentence quoted is not considered Cannon. (Meaning is not apart of the official character development)

[Beryl]

Satoshi stood outside in the pouring rain. It had rained the previous night and hadn't shown any point of stopping. He was out in his trenchcoat from a while ago, staring up at the lights of the city.

He had remained fairly inactive the past several days because of a dream he had, following his encounter with Neu. A dream where the voice that had haunted him a while ago had returned.

You think your way of Vanguard has purpose? the voice had boomed in his head. What does it matter, if Vanguard itself is proven to have no purpose? A claim that it made and laughed, over and over to, returning the next night as the same dream and keeping the farmboy in bed. Despite Sephirot consoling him and promising him all was well, it definitely didn't feel that way.

Neu returning the worlds' memories didn't help, either. It showed that the whole thing was just a game, and people were better off not worry about such things as clans disappearing. She had been right, even when they, the Triad, along with their allies, believed so strongly otherwise. It was better they didn't remember. The screams in the hotel had confirmed this.

He trudged through the water now flooding the roads. The city had calmed, but his mind hadn't. Hana had also appeared on the screen, calling for the champions of the clans. Even as the last remaining Neo Nectar player to take the helm to his knowledge, Satoshi hadn't felt encouraged to show up. Hell, he still didn't, even with his guardian spirit informing him of the gathering at the World Stage.

It was because something had come to him regarding this whole situation. Yukino and Haruka were former champions of Royal Paladin and Kagero. Cero and Neo shared a similar bond. Jellal and Noah, Aqua Force. The Great Nature clan that was called for, he didn't recognize, but could only assume belonged to a man who used one of the sealed clans as well. Hana herself was Bermuda Triangle.

What was he to those people?

Yukino's irritation with him from their earlier situation rang through in his mind as his thoughts darkened over the past 48 hours. She was mad because he didn't understand. He couldn't possibly understand. He was a champion of a clan unfazed by the sealing of the strong. Why should he be up there when those who used the other clans were better off pursuing this without him?

He put his head down, hands in his pockets, and kept walking.

[Hope]

A small figure appeared in front of Satoshi. She had short green hair and wore a black headband with a red rose attached. Her dress looked as if it was out of it's time, with a gothic feel, a dark beige color, and floral designs all over. The girl stood in a distance, but inched closer and closer, walking majestically through the rain-soaked streets and among the chaotic crowd. Eventually, she had gotten close to him, having to look up to see his face as he was far taller than she was.

"Hey, loser. The princess is calling you over to the stadium. Better head over there now and stop crying." She muttered in a irritated voice.

[Beryl]

Satoshi frowned. "I'm not crying, and it's none of my business to go over there." He walked around her, still trying to figure out what exactly he should do in the meantime. At least they could manage without him...

[Hope]

Did he just walk past her? Oh no he didn't.

"You know what, if you're going to be like that I'll just take your Neo Nectar champion whatever spot and fight alongside my baby Jellal." She yelled at him, causing some passer-by to turn their heads with strange glares. "You probably got amnesia or something, but I'm F CHOPPER KOGA, the best host of PSY Shop and and pineapple lover extraordinaire." She did a little twirl and pointed at him, "...and you! Well, you kinda suck, just go over there, the princess calls omg."

[Beryl]

Satoshi stopped for a moment. Calling him out in public and claiming to be so good...the best host of PSY Shop? Not only was it a lofty claim to make, but hearing of that shop again and remembering that they had essentially done so little but cause more pain for his friends...

He raised his head and laughed, then turned.

"I suck? If you're so high and mighty, li'l calf, then surely the hosts of PSY Shop would be the champions over everyone else that's there, wouldn't they?" He loomed over her with a bit of a darker look than his normal farmboy charm. "Don't try and push me around and think you know any better. You didn't go through everything we have."

[Hope]

"See this is why Yukino and even Neu are so irritated with you, all you do is assume assume assume assume and speaking in behalf of others." She folded her arms looked back at him. "I'd like you to explain in detail exactly what a PSY Shop host goes through and does, because based on how you're talking right now, it seems like you have a great deal of knowledge on what we do!" A large stomp on the ground came from her right foot F CHOPPER KOGA pointed back at him again, "We would be the champions! I just said we would if you guys don't want to go ahead and do it. We apparently didn't go through what you guys did though so what reason would we? My beautiful sister FUKI used Royal Paladin, and my dinosaur of a sister TOMO used Kagero, right of course! On top of that they remembered like your friends did right?" KOGA pulled out her Vanguard deck and showed it to him.

"Don't treat me like a kid when you're the mopey loser who talks about his friends going through suffering while abandoning them! Stupid! Stupid!!!!"

[Beryl]

"Well, maybe if they'd goddamn say something, I wouldn't have to think or feel this way! Didn't think of that, did you?!"

Satoshi had had enough. This had been on his mind for a long time. People made fun of him because he wanted to understand, but they'd refuse to tell him, so he'd have to work with nothing, and then they insulted him when he had to use what little information he could get. Getting zero answers when he was genuinely concerned for others' welfare, trying to understand what made Neu keep the clans so tightly sealed when her reasoning was faulty and receiving the same answer repeatedly..

He had shouted this at the top of his lungs right in KOGA's face. Realizing what he did, he slumped right to the ground.

Seph materialized and placed a hand on his shoulder, staring at the tiny green-haired girl that had made his champion collapse so frustratedly. One might have expected him to be furiously upset with KOGA, but he instead sighed and nodded.

"What Satoshi has been going through recently...the two of us are certain we have what Vanguard means to us, and together we've been ready for this day to come for a while. Yet, there is still a part of him in particular that has been struggling with a voice that makes him feel less significant than he is. It's been with him since our visit to your shop a long time ago." His eyes narrowed. "Believe you me, I've been trying to get him to go to the stadium. The call to arms should not be ignored by someone who has the Guardian Dragon of Neo Nectar as a part of his very soul now. But all the same..."

He looked over to the boy, now staring at the ground and holding back the flow of tears KOGA had accused him of crying earlier. He shook his head. "He's been trying to make ends meet and apologize for thinking the way that he has. He wanted to do so for Neu, which is why he took her to dinner recently. He's been trying his hardest to do the same for Yukino, after trying to defend her and Haruka from the pain of their former avatars disappearing as they did. He did what he thought was right, even if it was misunderstanding things and going off alone to protect his friends."

The spirit gave a slight bow. "I must apologize for him that accusing you of not understanding is likely unfounded. All of those that are aware of Cray's affairs have met similar pain, and I'm sure PSY Shop has felt this no less, especially with the loss of those clans."

[Hope]

"Sephiroth?" She smiled a little at the familiar face.

Then she turned to the messy bag of tears and poked him with her foot, "You want to help people who don't welcome it because they want to try to get through things themselves? In some cases that's more of an insult than actually helping, or y'know, a breach on their right to privacy and having their own thoughts to themselves. Of course they wouldn't talk to you. Assuming things about them just makes it even worse, they're already troubled enough."

She pointed over to a standing coffee table inside a nearby coffee shop. "Now that you actually have the chance, I don't see why you're being stupid and letting it pass up. Just. Go. Over. There. First, you should fight me though."

[Beryl]

Seph's touch warmed Satoshi a bit. What he said was true...as was what KOGA responded with. It wasn't really that he was wrong in trying to help his friends. It was more of how much he was prying into them, trying to get at something deeper, when really, there wasn't a need to. They were friends. Friends did need space, but they wouldn't not be friends because of extended periods of space. Even though he wasn't that confident in thinking that...it did sort of make sense.

He got up, wiping his face. "I'll go...why do I need to fight you, though? Shouldn't I just head over there?"

[Cipher Izanagi]

Coming back to this place that he had some sort of fascination with, Seifer walked along the streets again, eyes forward. They still had a few days to do some things here in New York, and he figured that he should just take the time to explore a bit more. Taking his deck out again, he stared at it, sifting through the cards again. There was Dragonic Overlord like normal, but the one card that seemed weird to him was Dauntless Drive Dragon. "Break ride huh? The new evolution of Limit Break..." he smirked again, silently thanking the other champions and Neu, even if they didn't in reality have any hand in this or him getting his deck back. He just felt like it was necessary to do so. Putting the deck away, he sat down at the usual diner he'd been going back to constantly, ordering the same thing yet again, taking in the sights once more.

[Helios]

After what went down at the NYC circuit, Hazama went to chill in Times Square. He sees tons of Vanguard players fighting on the streets using the four banished clans. Well, this will be interesting, haven't seen these clans in forever. Hazama went in his normal Starbucks and sat at the table he usually sits at. He opens his backpack and pulls out the deck that was mysteriously given to him one day. He opened the holder and a shocked look was among his face.

"Original Saver, Zero! What is this card and where did it come from? Though I don't know why I am so ecstatic about this, it is just a filler deck in place of that clan I want to obtain. Neu, when you get better, I hope you will let me aid you on your quest, whatever it is."

He continues to scroll through his deck to see if any other major changes took place within the deck.

[NeoBuster]

Neo left the stadium and decided to walk through Times Square. Walking past the Starbucks he spots Hazama having his usual coffee and sitting in his usual spot. Neo decided to walk in and sit next to him.

"You know, despite our differences we sure bump into each other alot" Neo said to Hazama

"So how are you?" Neo asked Hazama

[Helios]

Hazama looks up to find Neo coming towards him asking about how Hazama's day was and why they keep bumping into each other.

"Are my feelings any of your business," Hazama said straightforward.