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In the last chapter of AVCV

With their decks and starters ready, both of the girls prepared themselves for war.

"Stand up!"

"My!"

"Vanguard!".

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Ayumi's POV

"My sister.....is fighting again. Being here in a cardfight stadium, sure brings back memories" as I thought of those words, I feel myself narrowing my eyes "Bad memories..."

~Flashback~

Way back when I was still a child, before I met Emi and Mai, my older sister was my bestfriend. Everyday I would come home, with bruises on my face and legs, and my sister would always come at the doorstep with a worried look on her face.

"I'm home...." I said, barely catching my breath. My eyelids are heavy, and they might close anytime soon, but I then I saw my sister popping out of the kitchen wearing an apron.

"Welcome ho- OH MY! AYUMI WHAT HAPPENED?!" she said, quickly rushing to my aide. She began touching the bump of my face

"OW!! Don't touch that!" I shouted in pain, shoving away her shaking arms

"Ayumi, this is the 4th time this week! One day, your skull will be broken and you're still young!!"

"i don't care" I mutter back

"But I do, "she answered worriedly. The next thing I knew was her, dragging me to the living room "C'mon let's treat those wounds..."

"I'm fine..."

"Don't be silly Ayumi, we both know you're not fine." she said sternly.

This was our normal routine almost everyday, she was cooking dinner, and I would go home covered in bruises and blood. But she would treat them nicely and carefully. She keeps on scolding me about me getting into fights. But what can I do? There are so many bullies at my school...

After losing our mom, Hime and I are the only ones left, and people at my school would tease me, but I didn't care. But then they started a rumor about my sister killing my mom, that's when I started fighting

I glance at my one and only sibling "Ofcourse I can't tell that to her..."

My sister never shows it, but I know she's taking this hard. When our mother died she poured her attention to a game where she can distract herself from reality.She would lock herself in her room for almost a year and I would wake up at night only to hear her sobbing... I felt weak at that time, not being able to do anything, and worse of all she was screaming. Like she can't take the pain anymore

...

...

...

And I just stood there, watching from the sidelines

But after a year and a half, she started to smile again, like everything was ok. Whenever I come home before her, she would gleefully hum to herself while holding a stack of cards

"I home~~~" my sister said one day

"Welcome back..." I answered

"Guess what Ayumi!! I won a tons of times again today!!" she exclaimed, I glance at her only to see a beautiful face full of sparkles

I smiled to myself "Uh huh..."that's all I said before reading back to my magazine "I'm glad she's happy."

"Aw! Ayumi, you're no fun!!"

"Sorry to burst your bubble then"

"hmph!" she said as sh crossed her arms and pouted

I giggled a little "What are you? A 5 year old?"

*sigh* "You should really lighten up, Ayumi. Mom wouldn't want us to be all sloppy and stuff." sh said before going to her bedroom. "Oh! By the way, my bestfriends are coming tommorow, you better dress up, ok?!"

"Yah yah..." that's all I said before focusing myself to the magazine I'm reading

Morning came the next day, and before I know it the doorbell rang

"Opps! They're here!!" Hime said excitedly, before rushing to the door

"hip hip horray..." i said sarcastically

When Hime opened the door I saw 2 girls standing. One is a blonde and the other one has pink hair, darker than my sister's. Both by her age

"Ayumi meet my best buds. This is Azami"

"yo!" (^ｰ^)

"And this is Hinagiku, but you could call her Hina."

"Nice to meet you." ✿◕ ‿ ◕✿

"Nice to meet you too.." that's all I said before stuffing the bacon on my mouth.

My sister showed them to the dining room "You guys stay here with Ayumi. I'll prepare some breakfast for you guys."

The girl named Hinagiku was about to protest "But Hime we already-"

"Don't worry! It's my treat!!" that's all she said before disappearing into the kitchen.

Suddenly Azami's attitude change "Hello Ayumi, my name's Azami. So "suddenly she leaned in closer to my ear "Does Hime have any relationships? Did she ever bring some boys here? Did she talked about some?"

"What is it with this girl?"

"Haha, Azami you're scaring her. You have to excuse Azami, she's always like that." Hinagiku said, looking apologetic

"Oh, it's fine...Well, my sister never really talked about boys. She never brought home any boy too."

"Aw...That's too bad"Azami said, a wave of depression covered her face

"C'mon Azami, were still 12."

"True, but remember Hina. A loot of guys confessed to Hime remember that. And when I said a lot, I mean a lot."

"Is my sister popular with boys?" I asked curiously

"Yah, you didn't know? She's cute, beautiful, kind, and personally she's sexy if you know what I mean."

"Azami, you're grossing me out!" Hinagiku said playfully

"Wow, she never told me that..."

Those thoughts were interrupted when Hime came back holding 2 plates full of bacon and egg.

"C'mon Hime, Eggs again?!" Azami said ,pouting

"Well..they're my favorite..."Hime said suddenly looking down

"Haha, just be grateful Azami!!" Hinagiku cheered

I smiled at the sight before me, I am grateful to those two, without them I bet my sister wouldn't smile like that...

Those days were filled with laughter, ever since that day. Azami and Hinagiku would come to our house and chat. Azami even brought photos of every boy in Hime's batch and pinpoint everyone who confessed to her. I remember how hard I laughed during those days. Hime would come home, chasing Azami and her photo album full of boys, while Hinagiku and I would watch from the sidelines,laughing. I wished those days would last forever...

But it didn't...

It was raining that day...

Azami came home,wet from her hair to her toes. I stood up from my chair, and stopped reading my magazine. I was about to make a joke but then I realized that something was wrong. One look at Azami's face was all it took for me to realize that something was up. My smile disappeared.

"Azami? What's wrong?" I asked nervously

"Have you seen Hime?!" she suddenly shouted

I took a step back "N-no...Why? Isn't she at school?"

"...no, she didn't even come at our first class..."

silence filled the house

"H-how about you come in. I'll grab you some clothes and make some hot cocoa."

Azami came in, and I didn't care about the mess she made. I went straight upstairs and grabbed my towel and some spare clothes. Next I rushed into the kitchen and made some hot cocoa. I gave her the mug as I sat down next to her.

"...Azami, what happened?" I asked, full of curiosity. "She was panting when she came here, she didn't took her bag, and when she sat down she was shivering. And she never stopped sneezing. I'd say she was looking for my sister for a long time."

A sigh escaped Azami's lips...it a matter of seconds before she started to speak."It started a few months ago... Hime was in pain, but not because of her mother's death. It was something else"

"Something else?"

"In class, she would suddenly scream saying that her head hurts. The school also started to worry so they called several doctors. After all, Hime was their top student."

"...and then?"

"But the doctors couldn't find anything wrong with her. So Hina and I stayed by her side 24/7. Whenever she would cardfight, her screams would start to appear more often. Hina and I suggested that she should stop at playing, but she just got angrier at us. She said that game was important to her, and we should know better... Especially me, since I knew her past... So, after that she started avoiding us, but we still followed her and observed. "

Suddenly she stopped talking, like she was about to talk about something more extreme. She choose her words carefully

"Recently, she would randomly pass out..."

"What?!"

" We seriously persuaded her to stop and rest...and that we should tell you. But she said no, everytime, she wouldn't agree to our decisions. "

"Why?! I'm her sister, why wouldn't she tell?!" I shouted pouring my anger to Azami

But all she did was look at the floor "She said, you have your own problems.She doesn't want to burden you anymore..."

"Wha..."

"Today, she didn't show up at school. Hina and I were instantly worried, so after lunch break we split up and looked for your sister...." Azami said, ending her story

Hina appeared on our doorstep a few minutes later with a worried look on her face.

The three of us searched for days for my lost sister, it was nightime when I saw it...

"Ne-san...Where in the world are you?!" it's 1 in the morning. It's been a week since we last saw my sister, we haven't heard anything from her. Hina,Azami and I tried everything, but all we met was failure.

Suddenly the doorbell rang "Who the hell could that be in this hour?" I used all of my energy to stand up and walked myself to the door. But I didn't expect that it was her that I would see.

"O-onee-san?!" I stopped breathing, the next thing I knew was me hugging her with all my might. "What happened to you! We were so worried about you!! Do you have any idea what-" I stopped talking, when I looked at her face I stopped breathing again "...Ne-san?"

"...eak."

"Huh?"

"Weak, you're nothing but a weak person. Get out of my sight." that's all she said before she shoved me out of her way and went straight to her room.

Dead...

Her face was dead at that night...but her eyes... they were filled with a strange color...

Keeping our promise, I quickly called Azami and Hinagiku. but only Azami came, she said that Hina had some family business to take care off.

"Where's Hime?"

"Up in her room..."

Azami dashed straight to my sister's room

"Hime? Oh my gosh look at you! The boys won't like that way, c'mon let's fix you up." but Hime just shoved her arm away. She stared at us, like were nothing but trash to her

"You two are nothing, but weaklings. Leave my sight"

Azami and I were completely shocked by her words

She narrowed her eyes at us. "Leave."

We decided to follow her, and left her room

We went downstairs...but we didn't speak at each other. We were completely shocked by what we saw...and what we heard.

"...I'm going home..."

"Yah."

That's all we said to each other

The next few months were horrible. Hime would come home everyday, with lots of money, and whenever I would ask where she got it she would reply "From weaklings, what else?" and then she would lock herself in her room

At night I would hear her talking to someone, but I know that noone was there. And whenever I had the chance to open the door, I would see her talking to a card...

"Hime! You need to stop playing that card game!!"

"What do you know?! You're nothing but weak!!"

her eyes would glow really bright, whenever she would talk about weak and strong, cards and decks,

"But, you've change! C'mon please go back!!"

"Why would I want to go back?! I'm strong now! Stronger than ever!! Hahaha!! All the people here are nothing but weak! I need to dominate the world and hurt everyone! haha!!"

Those words were enough to make me leave.

"THAT'S RIGHT LEAVE! I DON'T NEED SCUMS LIKE YOU!!"

I looked for Azami while crying "I need to help her...She's not my sister anymore!! She's somebody else!"

"Ayumi?! Are you okay?!"

Tears filled my eyes "Please!!" I kneeled down "Help my sister! Bring her back!!" I began to hug her knee

"Wha?" I wave of confusion passed Azami's face

"Bring my sister back! Please!!"

Azami and I didn't know what to do at that time, I only heard from my sister from the tv and the radio. Saying that she won some tournaments.

"Guys?! What happened?! Is Hime alright?!"Hinagiku went home after a few weeks, saying that she got help from someone.

I didn't remember the rest of it, but I remember that Hime was resting soundly when she finally went back to normal. And I heard Hinagiku-

"Hime must this wear necklace everytime she plays or talks about the game."

"What happens if she doesn't wear the necklace?" I asked

"...That version of her, it will come out again."

I stared at the necklace. It was a simple card of the game she played, but it was enough to keep her safe.

~END~

I snapped back at reality when I felt Azami's hand

"Azami.."

"Don't worry Ayumi...Your sister will be fine. "

"But what if she had a headache again? then she would started screaming in pain. What if she would turn into that person again..."

"Hime said she could control it... The only way a headache would happen is when somebody nearby will have the same ability, and activate it. But that wouldn't happen in a million years..."

"But-"

"Don't worry, even if she screams. She said she could control it."

"...ok" that's all I said before focusing at my sister's match "When she screams, that means somebody nearby will use the same ability. But that wouldn't happen, right?"

"Right?"

~To be continued~

WAAH FINALLY!! haha! Surprise update guys! I was really motivated today and decided to update. So here you go! XD, next chapter is Miyuki vs.Hime XD Stay updated guys!

*yaaawn* *sigh* i want to sleep already... XD