(GS3) Field: Rijuku Park

[NeoBuster]

Vermillion vs Maelstrom...

Two powerful dragons going head to head in battle. With Neo's Narukami and Jellal's Aqua Force going at it, Neo's strong lightning dragons versus Jellal's restanding legendary Aqua Force Clan. While Neo used Vermillions limit break, He stood no chance against Jellal's strong Maelstrom. While now seeing Aqua Force first hand, Neo was cornered with no way out. Watching his 6th damage fall and had been defeated. He then started thinking..

"Is Jellal right?.. Am I doing this for the wrong reasons?.. Or am I truly clouded by everything?" Neo said to himself

Jellal said he went through the same pain he did, but Neo didnt believe it. Neo thought no one was in pain, and that no one can go through the pain of what he has gone through.

"My parents are gone.... No one knows my pain" Neo said

But deep down, he knew Jellal was right, the clans couldnt stay sealed forever. They had to be released eventually. But the question is.. How?

Neo took his cards off his portable table and walked up to Jellal.

"Jellal.." Neo said

"Your a strong fighter, we will cardfight in the future. I hope its on different terms with clans at stake" Neo said to him

Neo then stared at Vermillion.. thinking about all the anger he just poured onto his Vanguard..

[Kisaragi Zane]

Jellal fought against Neo. It was a battle between two powerful new clans: Aqua Force of the Storm and Narukami of the Lightning.

They fought almost evenly, Neo pressuring with his Narukami vanguards, and having his ace: Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion make his debut. Jellal noted that it looked similar to the Dragon of Kagero, Dragonic Overlord, but he wasn't shudder from the challenge. He met it with his own ace: Blue Storm Dragon, Maelstrom summoning forth his "Imperial Tempest". Unlike the Dragonic Kaiser, Maelstrom was not alone, supported by his allies, they all took turns lunging at the thunder dragon. Dragonic Kaiser then retaliated with a premature limit break, wiping out the front row, but more units replaced the fallen and Maelstrom ended the fight, passing judgement with his limit break.

Jellal accepted Neo for who he is, what he's been through, and the pain he had to shoulder. A feeling that Jellal himself, knew all to o well. He wanted Neo to see that there are ways out of this, just like he was shown a way out. No one shouldn't have to lose anything that they held precious, whether it be friends and family, precious clans, or even memories of the past. The feeling of loss is most tragic.

After his fight, he was challenged by the young girl named Neu. Jellal was... weirded out by her gestures, however this meant nothing in the face of what he would be up against: The Shadow Paladin. One of the sealed clans and one he could never forget. He was already in the zone from fighting Neo. He took early damage and assembled a strong field along with having an accessible limit break while she was still on Grade 2. Maelstrom's attack didn't go through, however, Neu was pushed to five damage. She rode a unit never seen before by Jellal, Origin Mage, Illdona. Nothing particular stood out from this unit as sinister but it had something that Shadow Paladins have yet to see before, the power to Limit break. With it, retiring two of their allies to draw two cards and gain additional power, Jellal was holding his own but recovering additional cards, made it easier for Neu to outlast a few of Jellal's turns. Eventually Jellal was defeated by having insufficient guard, causing him to be silent for the moment. She left a few words, a reminder of what she had done for Jellal and that he shouldn't forget it either, the restoration of Aqua Force was her doing, her choice.

For the first time in a while, Jellal remained silent about his defeat.

[Hope]

"Mannnnn...."

Sob stories.
Changing Weather Patterns.
Global Warming.
World Ideals.
PAIN. REVENGE.
Blahblahblah
"Sounds like Nauske Neuchiha from one the manga I read. Guuuuuh, this kind of Vanguard is so lameeee!" Neu facepalmed.

After Neo had lost, Neu felt like fighting just to show them how its done. No dumb ideals, nothing on the line, just a fun Vanguard fight, that's all. She ran over and shoved Neo aside, "I'm going to be borrowing your table!" She placed her deck down and challenged the bubble man.

"Let'ss!!! Goo!!!!" She cheerfully said.


Neu had lots of fun while playing the game. She felt Aqua Force's power all the way, as it made her have to play a little bit more differently than she should. Taking lots of risks and just letting RNGesus take you, well, that confident and happy way of playing was Neu Edelweiss' Vanguard.

Through her victory she was able to topple yet another "King," or  in this case, Admiral. Either way it was kind of her favorite thing to do, her guilty pleasure. After the fight she looked at Neo to tell him a few things that he's been doing incorrectly, but, before that.

"Erm, what's with your hair? Jeez you look like Clephiroth Stripes from Final Mantasy Six plus One...."

[Azuki Frappé]

"Hello everyone! Its Casey from Radio Live @ Rijuku Park! I'm glad to introduce a very special guest today who has received 18 Grammy award nominations this year along with a number 1 billboard topchart with "Problem"! Lets welcome Ighanna and Ariana Grande to the stage!"

-Backing track plays in the park stage as crowds of people gathered, some with banners, some with glowsticks and as Ariana enters the stage, the crowds started roaring-

"Hey baby even though I hate ya, I wanna love ya, I want you-u-u, and even though I can't forgive ya, I really want to, I want you-u-u"
 
-skips, another furious roar of cheers chants as Ighanna enters the stage with her rap verse-

"Hey, its Iggy Iggs, Smart money bettin I'll be better off without you, in no time I'll be forgettin all about you, you saying that you don't but I really really doubt you understand my life is easy when I ain't around you, Iggy Iggy too biggie to be here stressin, I'm thinking I love the thought of you more than I love you're presence and the best thing now is probably for you to exit I let you go let you back, I finally learnt my lesson, no half steppin either you want it or you just playin, I'm listening to you knowing I can't believe what you're saying, I got a million you's baby doo so don't be dumb, I got 99 problems but you won't be one like what"

-skips to the end and the final cheering goes on as they exit the stage-

"Ahhh that was pretty tiring" Ighanna told Metatron as she replied with a slightly unsatisfied face.

"I don't think nows the right time to have a concert and what not, you should be helping the others and aim to become Cray's "Savior", there's going to be a small tournament in order to qualify the people who are going to the rift and I think you better sharpen up you're skills." Metatron suggested as she wanted Ighanna to care more about the task the Queen set.

"Ah its Neo and Jellal! And Neu oh. Hi, did you watch my concerto~?" Ighanna asked as she happily skipped and approached the two who seemed to either be starting a vanguard game or just finished one recently. She then looked around, seeing none of her fans, she turned back and started with the serious topic.

"So have you been able to figure out what to do now, I'm pretty sure leaving the clans sealed will do no good. We have to find a way to save them." Ighanna whispered to Neo as she brought on her serious face as her back turned to her fans and the guards circled them away, leaving the three in a semi-private situation though there were some kids playing around.

"So Neu, how have you been? Did you have a fun game of vanguard?" Ighanna asked sarcastically despite taking a liking to the girl ever since their cardfight at Shop Handsome.

[OverDrive]

The fight between Neo and Jellal was over almost as quickly as it started, the power of maelstrom's limit break sent a fierce wind across the park, enough to make every fighter acknowledge the strength of Jellal's clan. Regardless, Neu took over after Neo and was able to defeat Jellal, she followed her way of having fun in Vanguard and that led her to victory.

"....I...don't have the power...that either of them have...Neu may fight for the fun of it....that's her vanguard that makes her stronger and allows her to win....so then...what is my vanguard....I don't.......how can I improve then.." he thought, as he began staring at his deck.

Tsubasa looked a bit down but he knew that his main priority now was to make sure that Neo is doing okay.

"...It must be hard for your vanguard to not answer back enough...." he thought.
"Neo..you ok?" he asked.

[NeoBuster]

"I dont exactly know" Neo said to Tsubasa

Im feeling all these mixed emotions right now after my cardfight. But I need to ask you, is what we are doing wrong?" Neo asked Tsubasa

[Hope]

It was the woman from Shop Handsome. Uhhh.

"Well, yeah I did!..." Neu looked back at the white haired guy who was asking a question with an obvious answer.

"You just need to have fun while playing and not think about your pain and stuff, just enjoy the moment." Neu said as she began to walk away.

[NeoBuster]

-Sigh- "Ill see you later Tsubasa" Neo said to him. "Im going to go take a walk"

Neo decided to go take a walk to think about everything. Now he really wasnt sure what to do..

+3 AF to Tsubasa
+3 AF to Neu
+2 AF to Hazama
+3 AF to Haruki
+5 AF to Jellal
+2 AF to Ighanna
+1 AF to Noah

[OverDrive]

Neo's question hit Tsubasa hard as it addressed his emotions, regarding how he also feels that he is not doing enough to bring strength to his clan and himself...

"...That depends on your way of Vanguard...as long as you follow it then you won't be doing yourself wrong..." he said."You know what Neu would say...you were not having enough fun...which was true..you did not enjoy the thrill that facing that new clan had." he said, while knowing that he as well would have some trouble at his state.

"...I have to go now, we all need some time to clear our heads, if you want to stay over at my place you're welcome to, that said I hope you feel better soon man, I'll see you later Neo, Neu and Ighanna" he said, as he began to take his leave. "The wind has calmed down...but...I have to find my way of Vanguard."

Ighanna +1 Affinity
Neo +3 Affinity
Neu +3 Affinity

[Crystalia]

Miyuki went out on her standard walk through the park. Slightly earlier than usual, sure, but it was fine. She had meant to walk through the park yesterday as well, but it had seemed busy, and she hadn't really wanted to bump into people there. It seemed quiet enough right now though, and she had come out earlier because of this.

'I'll check on Hana today' she thought. Miyuki wasn't sure why, but she'd been putting it off for a bit, worried for some reason. 'I'll definitely check later today'. Hopefully she hadn't waited too long, but she'd wanted to give the siblings time, then she had been busy. Realising that she was just making excuses to herself, she shrugged and continued her usual walk.

[Jello]

He left the house in a sort of a rush. The coffee rush was hitting him hard and the crash would be twice as lethal. Haruka needed something to do. He was quite literally sprinting across the park in search of anything to do that he found was better than nothing.

Until he blurred past a friendly face.

Turning around, he calls out.

"Miyuki!! Hey!"

Slowing down, he walks up to her. She seemed to be thinking really hard just a second ago. Maybe something happened between her and Hana? Hana had mentioned her feelings toward Miyuki so that could definitely be a part of it.

[Crystalia]

Something blew past her as she was continuing her walk through the park. 'Huh?' she thought. 'What was that?' Turning around, she saw Haruka, who had turned around and greeted her. She was slightly shocked for a second, but had no words.

That didn't last long however. 'H-hey Haruka. What exactly were you doing?' People didn't normally sprint through the park, at least not someone like Haruka. Maybe she had misjudged him though, he could be some runner in his spare time or something. She took another look at him. He seemed to be breathing faster than normal, although that made sense considering he'd been running. Something seemed slightly off about him though, so she asked. 'Are you alright?'

[Jello]

"Hmm, oh, me? Yeah, no problems here. I'm good." Haruka wiped the sweat from his forehead and scratched his head.

"To be honest here, I was going to ask you the same thing. You seem a bit off. Anything on your mind?"

Haruka wasn't usually super attentive to people. He kind of guessed how people felt and went off of that. However this rule doesn't apply to Miyuki. Since she had always been straight-up with Haruka from the get-go, Haruka felt the need to return the favor. He goes full Neo-mode honest when he talks to her.

"Also, have you seen Hana around recently? I haven't actually seen her since a couple nights ago."

His growing concern for the younger sibling got to him. Actually, he felt naturally awful at calling her the "younger sibling," considering she was her own individual and not just the sister of somebody else. He made sure to mentally rectify that way or thinking. She wasn't just the sister to the queen.

[Crystalia]

'I seem off? Really?' That was odd, people didn't normally straight out ask things like that. 'Wait I just did' she thought. Seriously what was with her today. Sure she had switched up her timetable, but she felt restless, and on edge. She wasn't really sure why though.

Haruka continued to speak. 'Hana? Well, she contacted me a bit more than a day ago saying she was busy with something. I am a bit worried though, I wanted to go check on her yesterday, but something came up.' Was Hana the reason why she was feeling off? It wasn't like anything particularly weird had happened right?

'But yeah, I was going to go the the Espoir Mansion later on to check on her. Speaking of which, how is Yukino? I hear from Hana that you went on a date.' Possibly slightly unfair of her to change the subject that way, but she was also worried about Yukino. Just slightly less then she was worried about Hana.

[Jello]

"Eh, a little. Intuition maybe." For once Haruka's ability to read people was actually effective.

"Something came up? Well, it must've been really important or something I'd she didn't want you to be there. Actually. Wait, no, if it were super important I feel like she'd want you there with her." Haruka nods confidently on that comment.

As for about Yukino.

"Y-Yeah, a date. We ended up confessing, so it seems we're together now. We are living together for a bit, courtesy of Hana and some mysterious cash stack."

Haruka pockets his hands, sort of wondering why Hana really wanted Yukino to be there. She said it was to help her relax, but that doesn't seem to be how its going to work out.

"Well I hope Hana is feeling better. Even if she's under the weather, I think you'll be a big help to her."

He hopes. Hana is sort of unpredictable after all.