(GS3) Field: Destroyed Shopping District

[Jello]

"Let's make this good then!"

The fight started off in no one's particular favor. Haruka managed to critical early on the fight, but with the powerful pressure of Hana's Bermuda Triangle, and the immense hand advantage the deck offers, it took Haruka a long time to even manage to break through her defenses. The only power point Haruka could count on was retiring Hana's rear guards in order to lessen the blow from attacks next turn and force more of her hand to refill the field.

The battle raged on, 4 to 5 in Haruka's favor, but Hana drive checked a heal trigger and evened it back up. Top Idol, Riviere hit Dragonic Overlord square in the jaw for another damage tacked into his damage zone.

It was Haruka's turn now. "Stand and draw.." Haruka was nervous. Berserk Dragon. He could force a retire now and power-up his Blazing Flare Dragon, and as well as his Demonic Dragon Guru, Maharoga's on either side of the back-line. But instead, he called Dragonic Overlord. He wanted this fight to be over with raw power. "Dragonic Overlord attacks your Vanguard!!" Hana replied with a confident, "No gaado!"

Haruka broke into a sweat. "Twin Drive!!" He reached to the deck. He flipped the top card over and... breathed a sigh of relief.

"Embodiment of Spear, Tahr! Critical Trigger! Critical to My Vanguard Overlord, and power the rear guard one." The next check was a Dragon Monk, Gojo.

Haruka took the game by a hair.


"You know, Hana. That was fun... I mean, really. Most of my fights have always been about getting stronger. Being confident. But that was..." Haruka honestly smiled again. "I enjoyed that. Thanks again." He gave his signature goofy grin back to Hana.

[Crystalia]

Miyuki continued eating her ramen, blissfully enjoying the taste.
'Ahh, this is good' she thought to herself. She continued eating it, until she was interrupted by a loud voice.

'W-what? Oh I'm sorry, I didn't notice you.'

Suprised by this man, who had somehow appeared next to her, she stammered out a reply. Or had she sat down next to him, without noticing?

'So, Cero was it? You're not from around here? And King of Vanguard?'

Despite herself, she couldn't stop questions from coming out of her mouth.

[Hope]

"Whew, arigatou Pacifica." She smiled at her avatar and returned her deck back into her bag.

"That was a fun show, lots of lights and fire." That made me feel more relaxed too as she was able to try out some of her newer cards.

She stood up and saw Miyuki next to Screamo-kun. She wonder what to do for a bit... does she approach them or not?

....Well Hana decided to go home and fry an egg.

[Lance Korilum]

"That's right!  I am Cero Kirguis, the man crowned with the title of Europe's King of Vanguard!"  This was something Cero was having to repeat multiple times every time he met someone knew, and although to most it would've been getting frustrating, Cero enjoyed doing it, to make sure everyone knew exactly who he was and the extent of his abilities, even though no one in Japan really seemed to understand the importance of the title in his home continent. 

"Now that I've told you who I am, who are you?"

[Crystalia]

'O-oh, me? I'm Miyuki Himura, nice to meet you. So Cero, what exactly are you doing here? I'd have assumed a King wouldn't be eating Ramen at a shop like this.'

As she was talking to Cero, she also noticed Hana walking over. Had she been there the whole time as well? Man, being hungry sure was a scary thing.

[Jello]

Haruka noticed the sudden absence of a Hana. So instead, Haruka takes out his deck and spends some time looking at his cards.

"Dragonic Overlord... " He stares at the card, feeling hot in his hand. "Thank y-"

"I should be thanking you, My Vanguard. You truly are a worthy master."

Haruka is astonished, staring at him. A smile forms on his face. He nods and the card gives off another wave of warmth in return. He places it back in his deck and looks up to see a certain someone looking at him through the window. He raises an eyebrow and the blush suddenly returns.

"So. My Vanguard. Are you going to talk to her?"

Haruka looks forward, away from the window. "U-Uh, err..." Haruka finds himself unable to respond to Overlord, or even really move. He breathes in a big breath and releases it several seconds later. "I guess we can finally ask about the Chosen Sword now, huh?"

"That works. Don't trip over all of your words though."

[Lance Korilum]

"I've never eaten ramen before, and decided that I may as well try it while I was in Japan," Cero responded before continuing, "I'm here to challenge all of Japan's strongest cardfighters and become the true King of Vanguard!"  His goal was something he hadn't said before, so he wasn't actually sure why he said that.  After that, he realized Miyuki was looking at someone behind him, so he turned around to see Hana, his rival's sister.

[Crystalia]

'I guess that makes sense, sorry for asking you those questions.'

She noticed him looking at Hana as well, and wondered if they knew each other.

'Do you know Hana?'

[Cherry]

The queen turned to a frantic Satoshi, stowing her deck away to respond to him. "Are you alright?", she asked before answering his concerns with Cray. With Haruki off in the distance, he was probably going to approach her for some questions too. Hana and Miyuki were meeting up with each other at the Ramen shop at least, so she left them in each other's hands.

Mind you, Cero being with them may cause a disturbance...

[Jello]

Haruka finally made up his mind and made his way over to Yukino who was also accompanied by Satoshi.

He walks up to the two and makes his opening. "Hey Yukinon, Satoshi." He attempts to shake his hand, considering their last meeting had been ruined by a certain Underground Fight King.

"About Cray..." Haruka mentions. He sends a nod to Satoshi who notably is asking about the same thing.

[Cherry]

"Yukinon...?", would this guy ever get her name right? At least use Hikari if you're gonna mess up Yukino...

"So you both come to me, naturally, about Cray", chuckling lightly with her ego growing, she went on: "Well, what about Cray do you want to know?"

[Lance Korilum]

"I do know her.  She was the first person I cardfought after arriving here in Japan.  She's also the sister of my rival, Hikari," Cero said as he clenched his fists to the thought of Hikari beating him twice.  When he noticed Hikari in the distance, it took all his willpower to not stand up and shout another challenge at her in hopes of a victory.  He turned his attention back to Hana, who had yet to say anything to them.

[Nobody]

Shiki made it to the Shopping District, the goal of his most important quest yet, all that seperated him from his precious manga shop was a pair of stairs, and since he already made it this far he was filled with confidence, those stairs were nothing in the face of his love for those black and white comic books aimed mostly at children way below his age group.

As he struggled his way up this obstacle, his last reserves of energy finally left him, he lost his grip and started tumbling down the stairs, face-planting the floor from where he started making alot of noise. Thankfully to god he didn't make it past like 5 steps or else this would've ended either fatally or with a few broken bones, instead save for a few bruises here and there Shiki was actually fine, lying on the cold floor and enjoying every second of it.

[Beryl]

Satoshi nodded to Haruka acknowledging his curiosity as well and proceeded to explain to Yukino what was up:

"Well, last time we had this kind of talk, at the construction site, I wanted to know what it meant to be able to talk to the cards. Since then...well, I don't know how much this applies to you, but I've learned there's a war brewing on Cray and lines are being drawn by champions of those nations. According to my source, you, I, and several others we know fit that role as champions, though only one of us is a leader. I wanted to maybe confirm what exactly is going on and try to understand..."

He then directed his words to Haruka. "Judging by the fact you were curious as well, there's a chance you fit the role as one of those champions as well."

[Killa]

Leaving the beach, Makuto decided to walk down the Shopping District as he felt exhausted and hungry after what just happened. With minimal mood left, he stopped infront of a Ramen Shop and decided to Join in and order some Ramen.

He took a seat And started digging in ignoring the people around him.