"Father, who created our clan?"
"A brave warrior named Junos..."
"And who destroyed it?"
"I did..."
"What did it cost?"
"Everything..."

"Hey old man, pay attention." 
Madara's distracted eyes looked at Raijin and focused on the red haired. "I am paying attetion." He reached out for the face down card on his field and so did Raijin.
"Stand up, Vanguard!" 

(Opening Here)

"Ride Chain-bolt Dragoon, moving Hardrod back and ending my turn with that." 

Raijin
Hand: 5
Damage: 0
OXO
OXO

Madara
Hand: 5
Damage: 0
Bind: 0
OXO
OOO

"I draw a card." Madara looked at the card he drew and placed it in his hand. "I ride Black Chain Spirit Dance Formation, Kahedin. (7000) Mac Nessa moves back. Attack. (7000>>12000)"
"No guard."
"Drive check. (Death Feather Eagle- Critical) All effects to my vanguard."
"Damage check." Raijin flipped over two cards from the top of his deck and placed them in his damage zone.
"My turn is over."

Raijin
Hand: 5
Damage: 2
OXO
OXO

Madara
Hand: 6
Damage: 0
OXO
OXO

"The game just started and there's already a handicap when it comes to damage." Fubuki said to himself. "And that scrub is using Diablos of all the deck Shadows have. It pisses me off!!"
"Everything pisses you off." Ira informed.
"You saying that pisses me off even more!"
"You're vocabulary is so simplistic." Akiko said out loud. 
"Huh, Akiko, I thought you were suppost to say that in your mind, not out loud." Mamoru replied with a sweatdrop.
"Oh, I did? Oopsie daisy."
"I'LL BE THE ONE SAYING OOPSIE DAISY ONCE I SHOVE MY FIST IN YOUR FACE! LEMME AT HER!"
Chouji growled and slammed his fist right against Fubuki's skull, causing the grey haired to calm down. "Can you be quiet for once?!"
"Fine, fine..." Fubuki replied with both of his covering his skull.

"Ride Plasmatron Dragon! (9000) Call Chatura (8000>>11000), Grizel (9000) and Smash Boxer (7000)! Attack!"
"Guard!"

"So far so good. The fight overall is a close one at this point." Kira commented.
"The main focus isn't the fight." Raika replied.
"Huh? How so?"
"It's about the father who destroyed his family and the son who seeks revenge and to rebuild that family without even knowing it. This may be a fight between truth and ideals but for them, it's the first quality father-sosn time they ever had."
"O-okay.... I don't know how to react to that."
"I wasn't expecting you to."
"Can you two quiet your word holes already?" Fubuki asked. "There's a time to be poetic and a time to support our dumb red haired friend. Guess what time it is."
"To support our-"
"TO SUPPORT OUT DUMB RED HAIRED FRIEND! GO RAIJIN!!"

Raijin reached out for the top card of his deck but stopped once a few words entered his ears.
"Why are you doing this?" Madara asked.
"What...?"
"Why are you doing this? If you really wanted to be away from his family. Then why are here? Why are you fighting?"
"I..." He grabbed the card and slowly placed it in his hand. "It just felt correct. It felt like the thing that had to be done. Maybe it's because my revenge was destined to happen today, maybe it's my destiny telling me to stop the hate. In the end... I don't really know."
"Confusion about something is created due to said something." Madara said to himself.
"Eh, guess you're right for once." The haired grabbed one of his hand cards and riased it. "My god thunder break heaven and earth, RIDE! Dragonic Vanquisher "SPARKING" (11000)! Grizel! (9000)"
"No guard. (Howl Owl- Draw) Draw trigger. Power to my vanguard and I draw one card."
"Vanquisher! (11000>>16000)"
"No guard."
"Twin drive! (Lightning of Triumphant Return, Reseph- Critical. Eradicator, Dragonic Descendant "Sigma") Critical to Vanquisher, power to Chatura!"
"(Whirlwind of Darkness, Vortimer "Diablo") No trigger. (Emacipating Revenger, Allyl- Heal) Heal trigger. Power to my vanguard and I do not heal."
"Chatura! (11000>>16000>>23000)"
"Charon! (24000)"
"That ends my turn."

Raijin
Hand: 6
Damage: 3
XXX
XXO

Madara
Hand: 7
Damage: 3
Bind: 1
OXO
OXO

"Stand and draw. My true power becomes the light guiding my noble ideals! Ride! Blaster Dark "Diablo" (11000)! Generation Stride! Dark Dragon, Carnivore Dragon! (26000) Carnivore's skill. I retire Mac Nessa and you retire two rear-guards."
"Grizel and Smash Boxer. Since I chose Grizel due to your card effect, you must bind a card in your drop zone."
"I bind Mac Nessa. However, her skill can still be activated."

"What? How is that possible?" Fubuki asked.
"It's simple." Mamoru replied. "Mac Nessa was firstly retired by Carnivore and then bound by another skill. She was sent to the drop zone first which means that her skill may still be activated if chosen to."
"This is why you gotta read the cards, Fubuki." Ira said with a large grin.

"I pay one counterblast and use Mac Nessa's skill. Add 5000 power to the vanguard (26000>>31000) and then a skill! I call Hoel (9000) and Dark Heart Trumpeter (7000). Skill of Trumpeter, soulblast and superior call Kahedin from the deck. Hoel's skill. Add 3000 to himself and the vanguard since Trumpeter was called (9000>>12000) (31000>>34000) and then activate the same skill due to Kahedin being called (12000>>15000) (34000>>37000) and on top of that, since Kahedin was called, countercharge and soulcharge. From hand, I also call Deathspray Dragon (11000) and he attacks boosted by Kahedin! (11000>>18000)"
"Reseph! (21000)"
"Deathspray Dragon's skill. Counterblast, retire Kahedin and Hardrod too."
Raijin placed Hardrod in his drop zone. 'He keeps making my rear-guards retreat like if he was using Kagero. And here I thought I was using the clan that retires.'
"Kahedin's skill when retired. Add 5000 power to my vanguard (37000>>42000) and a skill. Carnivore attacks the vanguard! (42000)"
Raijin shuffled his hand. 'I don't have a sentinel to use against this. Yes, I have a heal but it's better if I save it for Hoel's attack. I'll have to risk this one.' "No guard!"
"Triple drive check! (Chereshing Knight, Branwen. DarkHeart Trumpeter. Belial Owl- Critical) Critical to the vanguard, power to Hoel."
"Damage check! (Dragonic Vanquisher. Honorable Monk Dragon- Draw) Draw trigger! Power to the vanguard and I draw!"
"Skill obtained by Mac Nessa's sacrifice. Chatura if forced to retreat. And on top of that, skill obtained my Kahedin's sacrifice! I superior call another Kahedin from the deck! Hoel's skill once again (20000>>23000) (42000>>45000) Dark Trumpeter boosts, Hoel attack the vanguard! (23000>>30000)"
"I discard a Heal Trigger from my hand and use a G Guardian! Lightning Spirit King Emperor, Vrita! (31000) Thunderstrike! Add 5000 to the shield! (31000>>36000)"
"You did well surviving this turn but the next will be your last."

Raijin
Hand: 5
Damage: 5
OXO
OOO

Madara
Hand: 6
Damage: 3
Bind: 1
XXX
XOX

"And ehre I thought I was the one using a field control deck." Raijin said with a smirk. "And goddamn, all you United Sanctuary players are always cocky to some degree. No worries, I'll just show that I won't be losing anytime soon. Generation Stride!" He slammed a copy of Dragonic Vanquisher "SPARKING" into his drop zone. "Conquering Supreme Dragon, Dragonic Vanquisher "VBUSTER" (26000)! Stride skill! Counterblast one and now you'll be binding a card in the drop zone and a rear-guard!"
"Deathspray Dragon retires and is binded. Then, I bind Dark Sage Painter from my drop zone."
"Not done yet! I call Grizel (9000) and Plasmatron (9000)! Plasmatron's skill! Bind a drop zone card!"
"Branwen."
"Vbuster's own effect! I soulblast and flip another face up while you are going to bind a rear and a drop zone card!"
"Dark Heart Trumpeter, Kahedin."
"Not only that but my front row will get a sweet 3000 boost (9000>>12000) (26000>>29000) (9000>>12000)! Now count them! The number of cards in your bind zone!"
"There's six."
"So close to the best result. But nonetheless, I still get to use Grizel's Thunderstrike 5! Add 9000 power (12000>>21000) and a skill too! And then, I pay a counterblast and use the skill she gained! Lock-on on Kahedin. Now when she attacks, she'll attack your vanguard and Kahedin too. Plasmatron's Thunderstrike 4! Counterblast and add 2000 for every card in your bind zone. That makes it an 18000 boost (12000>>30000)! Glisielle! Against the vanguard and Kahedin! (21000)"
Madara looked at his hand. "No guard. Kahedin is retired and I take one damage. (Dark Sage Painter)"
"Vanquisher! (29000)"
"Complete Guard!"
"Drice check! (Chain-Bolt Dragoon. Hardrod Dracokid. Honorable Monk Dragon- Draw) All to Plasmatron. He attacks! (30000>>35000)"
"No guard. (Blaster Dark "Diablo")"
"Turn end."

Raijin
Hand: 7
Damage: 5
XXX
OOO

Madara
Hand: 4
Damage: 5
Bind: 6
XXO
OOO

"This is the game's climax. It's either end the game now or lose on the next turn for Madara." Chouji announced.
"What makes you so sure about that?" Akiko asked.
"I am sure that Madara has a certain unit in his G Zone, if you know what I mean. If he uses it, I'm sure that he will be closer to victory than Raijin."

"Stand and draw. Blaster Dark's skill. I can discard any card from my hand as the cost for the Stride of a Diablo G Unit. I discard Howl Owl and unleash the Generatio Zone! This is the apex of my ideals! Sacrifice everything for your noble ideals, dark dragon that guides the end! GEMNERATION STRIDE! DARK DRAGON, PHANTOM BLASTER "DIABLO" (26000)!"

"I knew it. Things just got harder for Raijin's side. And on top of that, Madara still has Hoel on the field. He will keep increasing the power of the Vanguard until Raijin stops being able to guard."

"Stride skill! Retire Plasmatron! From hand, call Charon (7000), Dark Heart (7000) and Kahedin (7000)! Hoel! (9000>>12000>>15000>>18000) (26000>>29000>>32000>>35000) Dark Heart's skill! Soulblast, superior call Dark Sage Painter from the deck (9000)! Since Dark Saga was called as a Grade 1, Hoel activates! (18000>>21000) (35000>>38000) Phantom Blaster's skill! Counterblast, flip himself, add 10000, a critical and a skill (38000>>48000)" Madara reached out for Dark Sage Painter but felt a small pain in his heart. Then, he redirected the target of his hand to Phantom Blaster and swapped it into a resting state.

"This is bad." Chouji said to the group. "If he had attacked with a rear-guard first, Raijin could use Impede if he had a heal in hand but in this scenario, all chances that Raijin of surving are became smaller by the minute."

"Skill! Retire Charon and Kahedin! You cannot retire two rear-guards, therefore you cannot use cards from hand to guard! Kahedin's skill! Add 50000! (48000>>53000)" As Madara was about to deal the final blow of the game, his mind became clouded by orange clouds and he only had one thing in mind.

"Father, who created our clan?"
"A brave warrior named Junos..."
"And who destroyed it?"
"I did..."
"What did it cost?"
Madara fell to his knees and looked up at the Raijin he saw in his thoughts.
"What did it cost?"
"Everything..."
"Exactly." Raijin turned his back to the man and start walking away.
"No... No!" Madara rushed to get up and tried to run towards Raijin but to no avail. He ran, ran and ran but couldn't leave his original place. "No..." He fell to his knees again. 
"You became the one thing you promised to fight against."
"And what's that?"
"A family falling apart. You promised that you would never allow your family to fall apart but yet, you caused it to do so."
"I... I did what was right yet wrong at the same time..."
"You keep not seeing the real picture. You did what you thought was right but you always knew it was wrong. That's why I'm here. A being made within your subconscious."
"I... I did what the clan told me to do like the blind fool I am. I was blinded by the ideals forced into my mind. Everything that is happening is because of me. I destroyed the family I swore to protect... I became what I hated the most."
The Raijin of Madara's mind started slowly turning to ash. "Yeah, you saw the real picture."
Madara looked up with tears in his eyes.
"You did it. You saw the real picture. You know what's the right thing to do and what was the wrong thing you did. Let's hope I don't come here again so soon." The Raijin waved and fully turned to ash.

"Old man." Raijin snapped his fingers in front of Madara's face. "Stop spacing out."
"Huh?" Madara looked at his son. "I... I see the real picture now."
The red haired blinked twice. "Huh... What?"
"I saw it. The errors of my ideals, the true value of the truth."

"Hey, Akiko?" Fubuki asked.
"What's up?"
"If your bad dad starts talking about some nakama shit, I'mma punch his face."

"Get a hold of yourself, old man. We were in the middle of a fight."
"A pointless one. I asked you why you were here and I think I have the answer. You're here to do what I should have done ages ago. You're here to save your destroyed family." Madara looked at his hand cards and placed down on the table. "This isn't needed."
"I think you just lost you-"
"I'm so sorry, son." Madara rushed over to his son and placed both of his hands on his shoulder. "I know I don't have any right to apologize and to call you 'son' but I had to do it. You may never accept me as your father again but I will forever see you like my son."

"He did it... Raijin really did it... He saved our father."

"I..." Raijin placed his hand cards on the table. "I'm sorry too. For not trying to do anything sooner. For wussing out of saving our family. For being blinded by my own anger and wish of revenge."

"I can't take this anymore!" Akiko shouted. She got up and rushed towards her brother and father and wrapped both her arms around them. With all the strength of her body, she pulled the two of them into a family hug. "I love you two so much..."

"Man, what a cheesy ass finale." Fubuki commented.
"What did you want? We only got 10 chapters and the writer had to rush it quickly." Ira replied.
"Ok, what the actual fuck are you talking about this time?"
"Oh, sorry. Wrong grey/white haired person."
"WHAT?!"
"Oh don't worry, I'll tell you someday."
"WHAT?!?!"

Days had passed ever since the happy rebuilt of the Komamura-Akaze family. In such short time, Akiko, Mamoru and Raika exchanged schools. They joined Raijin's school and as such, the Vanguard Club too. 

But that wasn't the only thing that changed. Madara and Sakura had accepted the fact that they still loved each other and as such, Madara and Akiko started living with Raijin and Sakura, just like a big happy family.

With Madara giving up on being the head of the clan, his father took over and chanegd the rules created by the ideals of the clan. He also delcared that once he passed away, Raika would be the one leading the Akaze clan to a brighter tomorrow.

Chouji finally accepted the love of his stalker and as such, he and Kira became a couple for exactly 34 minutes until both realized that life would be better with one being the stalker and one being the 'stalkee'.

On the final day of their school year, all the members of the club met at the club's room.
"Eh, what a crazy ass journey this year was." Fubuki said with a large smile.
"It was. We annoyed someone because we wanted to play a card game." Ira replied.
"And technically forced his body to fall asleep so that you could find a reason to fight him." Raijin said.
"I got myself a stalker." Chouji said with a small smirk.
"And I got to date my senpai for 34 minutes!" Kira replied with a smile larger than Fubuki's.
"We stormed in like rebels..." Raijin said to himself.
Akiko approached him and pat his shoulder. "And rebuilt our family."
"Hey, you can say that we are a pretty badass thunderous rebellion!" Fubuki annaounced.

It was a happy ending for a small tale of a father blinded by ideals, a son born from truth and the battle for the salvation of a family. It was the end... But there was something more.

On a fateful day of summer break, Raijin walked in the streets of his city. He was heading for the Vanguardine Club in order to meet his friends. He walked past a dark alley and heard someone call his name.

"Raijin Komamura."

Raijin turned around and saw a group of four people leaving the alley and heading towards him. One was a beautiful black haired girl with a chest that one make boys wonder if it was a real, a tall muscular man who seemed to be the type of guy you would call 'brother from another mother', a much smaller and younger boy that looked like the type of person who's name everyone would get wrong and last but not least, a white haired boy with red eyes behind some glasses.

"Who the hell are you guys?"

"My name is Ryuzaki Mikazuchi." The white haired replied. "And you are apart of a bigger universe."

END

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And just like that, a story ends. A story not only about Vanguard but also about family. About the true meaning of family.

There's a hidden message in this story. What is it? It's that family is a wonderful thing to have, Sure, sometimes you fele like your family is shit but in the end, family plays a giant role in everyone's life. It sounded cheesy and it is cheesy but hey, I told what the message was about so now just figure the rest out by yourself.

As you can see, this story is apart of the CCEU so, you know, coming into Z World Ryuzaki already knew Raijin.

And I want to thank my brother from another mother 8mefox for making the drawing of Madara that you see in this chapter.

By the way, you might wanna check the cast.

I want to thank everyone who read Thunderous Rebellion for all the support. I truly hope that you enjoyed it. It was short, it was predictable but hey, there were some good moments.

This will be the last time I will ever say this in this book so let's go.

Don't be a ghost reader, comment and vote if you enjoyed and I'll see you later. Bye bye!